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  1. <Jaspersprite> *** Unpause! The party continues their rather unfortunate (and first) day in Ardor, their beloved clownpanion still spending his share time in the ER. A lesson is to be learned, from this. That lesson being don't drink from cauldrons with witch corpses in them. Or normal corpses. You know what? Cannibalism altogether is just disadvised.
  2. <Jaspersprite> *** Don't eat eachother. That's the lesson.
  3. -*- Rabbit jasp you know about rabbit collapsing yes?
  4. --> pyrokineticFeathers (Mibbit@user-0can0po.cable.mindspring.com) has joined #Flarp2
  5. -*- Rabbit yes hello!
  6. <-- pyrokineticFeathers (Mibbit@user-0can0po.cable.mindspring.com) has quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  7. -*- Rabbit oh
  8. -*- ZeeZee good job.
  9. <Jaspersprite> *** Yes, as a matter of fact! I am fully and inCREDIBLY BELATEDLY aware of the automaton's misfortunes. That's just the price to pay, after spending so much time out on his own. Neither resting nor spending the time to top himself off, the poor thing. Thankfully, he collapsed in the most convenient place there is to collapse! A HOSPTIAL. The nursodiles have d
  10. <Jaspersprite> one their damndest to fix the musical bot right up (See: Restored his STEAM to full with the help of the bathroom sink), restoring his STATS to full. At the very least, this serves as a reminder to keep tabs on how much STEAM you've got left!
  11. -*- Rabbit yes good
  12. -*- ZeeZee jasp you know about me killing everyone yes?
  13. <Jaspersprite> *** The nursodiles also provide a reminder to do this when you are IN THE PEDIATRIC WARD.
  14. <Jaspersprite> *** In the pressence of IMPRESSIONABLE SICK CHILDREN.
  15. <Jaspersprite> *** (Yes Zee I am aware of that)
  16. <Jaspersprite> *** (You failed because you rolled a d1)
  17. -*- Rabbit gee, tell them I just felt a little ill, is all! I'm better now I swears.
  18. <Jaspersprite> *** It's too late. The damage has already been done. This is the moment in time that they could have grown up to be perfectly normal salamanders and other cold blooded animals, but couldn't. They couldn't because they saw a singing robot malfunction. Saddest thing in the world, right here.
  19. <Jaspersprite> *** (None of this is said. But.)
  20. <Jaspersprite> *** (Still!!!!!)
  21. <Rabbit> (except for the terminal ones, Jasp)
  22. <Jaspersprite> *** (Except maybe for those.)
  23. <Jaspersprite> *** Rabbit is given the nursodiles' grattitude, in any case. It was very sweet, what you did! Or, er. Attempted to do but failed due to a tragic malfunction. They're sure that they would love to see you again, at some point or another.
  24. <Jaspersprite> *** But.
  25. <Jaspersprite> *** Be careful next time.
  26. -*- Rabbit ah alright.
  27. -*- ZeeZee damnit...
  28. <Nitro> [oK YES I AM HERE]
  29. <Jaspersprite> [[Fffffff welcome back uOu]]
  30. <Nitro> [also will build a steam-o-meter as soon as compruder's not comprude]
  31. <Jaspersprite> [[That would also be v good--]]
  32. <Jaspersprite> [[I shall]]
  33. <Jaspersprite> [[Also give you the stat sheets Nites :9]]
  34. -*- Rabbit can I get that too
  35. <Jaspersprite> *** Good! The bathroom door is opened for the little robot kindly. Be safe out there, now!
  36. <Jaspersprite> *** Rabbit, doing something purely from the kindness of his heart for the good of others, gains a LEVEL: HEART SIZE x3
  37. <ZeeZee> (But then his heart grew so large it ruptured.)
  38. <Jaspersprite> *** CHARISMA +1
  39. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (and then he exploded)
  40. <Jaspersprite> *** End list.
  41. <Jaspersprite> [[The Grinch Reboot]]
  42. -*- ZeeZee where was he again? Oh... Right... Sollux was sitting in a chair in the hospital somewhere... He must have fallen asleep in that chair... Damnit... Where in the hospital is he now? Just gonna, scan the place...
  43. -*- Rabbit yesss awesome, I leveled up B)
  44. <-> You are now known as abstersiveCorndog
  45. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (mine's)
  46. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (better B[ )
  47. <abstersiveCorndog> [it's not and you know it]
  48. <Jaspersprite> [[alluminationAuxillumination]]
  49. <Jaspersprite> [[Get it because]]
  50. <Jaspersprite> [[Kanaya glows]]
  51. -*- Jaspersprite Illumination puns b4 they were cool]]
  52. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend HEY! WAIT! I GOT A NEW COMPLAAAAAAINT...
  53. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend FOREVER IN DEBT TO YOUR ADVIIII--
  54. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...No.
  55. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Wait.
  56. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend That's not quite right.
  57. -*- Rabbit steps out of the bathroom, and waves to the nice nurses, "T'anks for the help, now, you make sure all dem kids get better, okay?" He called after with a smile, before continuing off in search of some of those people he came in with. As much as he liked performing, Those guys were the first nonamphibious/reptilian being he'd met since he got here.
  58. -*- Rabbit maybe they knew how he could get back to the mansion, since the automaton lacked the capabilities to teleport-something he always wondered if Hatchy or Jon could do.
  59. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend IT'S LIKE GOOOOOOOLDDUUUUUUST, HEAR ME COMIN' THROUGH YOUR SPE-E-E-EAKERS
  60. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend YOU SEE ME MASHIN' UP YOUR AIRWAAAAAYS
  61. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend YOU KNOW Y'CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF MY SOOOOOUND...
  62. -*- abstersiveCorndog He didn't ask for hypersensitive ears --
  63. -*- ZeeZee rubs his eyes and gets up out of his chair, slowly making his way back to the waiting room. He was still a little dizzy from feeding Kanaya, but better than the migraine... Once in the waiting room Sollux took one of the few spare seats, waiting for someone he recognized to come along.
  64. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend No, it's alright, she can hear it from here too.
  65. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You.
  66. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You learn to live with it.
  67. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Eventually.
  68. -*- abstersiveCorndog Dante wasn't even here and he still managed to drive Vergil nuts with his music -- he'd never learned to live with it. After fourteen years.
  69. -*- abstersiveCorndog Dante turn that down -- it was on the tip of his tongue before he caught himself. This was not Dante -- Dante wasn't here. It was, perhaps, that thought that really made it sink in: this really was his...alternate timeline paradox nephew.
  70. -*- abstersiveCorndog Yeah.
  71. <Jaspersprite> *** Sollux SCANS the HOSPITAL, verifying that this is indeed a HOSPITAL that he is in. The sterile white and sick people in the waiting room should have been his first hints, really! Yes, there is no doubt that he is currently stationed inside of a HOSPITAL. The most HOSPITAL-Y HOSPITAL that ever was a HOSPITAL.
  72. <Jaspersprite> [[Oops was really belated and forgot to scroll down and is fuMBLING THROUGH EVERYTHING]]
  73. -*- ZeeZee fff is chill.)
  74. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...but they had better things to do than linger on that topic. Like. Find the authorities. Or anything that wasn't standing around here.
  75. -*- abstersiveCorndog And they had better things to do than listen to vaguely obnoxious music.
  76. -*- ZeeZee Ainsley had returned to sitting outside, watching the sky above quietly as they thought about things that weren't all that important to anyone in particular, but their self.
  77. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend But yes, it was no surprise the headphones had been slipped back on again. They were the easy way out. Tune in, tune on, tune out. The rest of the world didn't matter when you were too busy drowning it out. And right now, he'd prefer to drown it out all out than to have to deal with-- with--
  78. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Ugh.
  79. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Just.
  80. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Everything.
  81. -*- abstersiveCorndog "...Would you turn that off?" he finally ground out, irrationally frustrated. Because they'd been yelling and fighting so much and this was just the final stra-- except it wasn't. This was Nero. And that somehow only served to set him further on edge.
  82. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Today had been far too long a day. He'd lost his ride, his drive, and his--
  83. -*- ZeeZee Sollux should get an award, he was getting so much nothing done, it was almost a miracle.
  84. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Oh great, what was it now. He--
  85. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend This--
  86. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...This was easily the worst part. This guy right here. Except, he--
  87. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He--
  88. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...He wasn't that bad. Maybe not the complete tool he had been so shocked to find. But he was there where he shouldn't and he somehow managed to makes things a million times more frustrating and--
  89. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...And he was just so tired.
  90. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend So tired, even, that he couldn't managed muck up even the slightest sneer. Rebellion was just too-- too tiring to do today. Apathy would have to cut it for now.
  91. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Schluck. "...what? ygot a problem with it?"
  92. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Hardly even trying. His dad would be so disappointed. Come on kid, step it up.
  93. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "well--"
  94. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend CRSSSSSH.
  95. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...?
  96. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...
  97. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...
  98. <Jaspersprite> *** Ellipses.
  99. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend . . . Ugggggggh. Seriously? Seriously? This, after everything else?
  100. -*- abstersiveCorndog Hhhffffffff. He's just a kid -- he's. Not Dante. Not Dante trying to irritate him. "I've had quite enough of your sou--"
  101. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...uh?
  102. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "well its dead now. yhappy?"
  103. -*- Rabbit good thing you have me 8)
  104. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend nero calls for aid
  105. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend pls send dj-pon3
  106. -*- Rabbit are u sure Nero cause
  107. -*- Rabbit I'm a robutt
  108. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend how good are ywubs
  109. -*- ZeeZee he play2 the accordiian...
  110. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...damn it all. "Then you're fortunate to be in what appears to be the most electricity-loving city I've seen in a long time," he answered, not quite darkly. He...knew how much music meant to Dante, at least -- and himself for that matter (albeit a different sort). And being deprived of it was. Hard.
  111. -*- abstersiveCorndog "But our first priority right now needs to be finding the authorities." ...Granted --
  112. -*- Rabbit they're pretty good!
  113. -*- Rabbit screerb
  114. -*- Rabbit (das a wub)
  115. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend uh
  116. -*- abstersiveCorndog Those hospital gurneys were beginning to look very appealing, the closer they drew to the lobby they'd entered at. His leg ached and he was fairly certain that limp was showing more than it had even after he'd first gotten hit.
  117. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...Hey --
  118. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Was that automaton with you?"
  119. -*- Rabbit clunk clunk clunks down the hall he was in, aiming for the lobby so that he could start looking for those humans and aliens and the dog and
  120. -*- Rabbit ...
  121. -*- Rabbit demons 8(
  122. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh. Right. They were in this whole...Electric boogaloo place. Lots of crazy ass tech here, no doubt. That's how all these dumb RPG cities worked, right? You had your desert city, your forest city, your tech city, and--
  123. -*- Rabbit dang world why you gotta be scary what if they're the kind who try to take over everything and stuff
  124. -*- abstersiveCorndog Speaking of the dog!
  125. -*- ZeeZee just kinda sitting in the lobby staring out into space, good work Sollux.
  126. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And ordinarily he knew he should've been hyped as all hell about it. He was swimming in technological wonders here. It. It should've been great. Yeah.
  127. -*- Rabbit may proceed to walk right into the quartet, or maybe appear just ahead/behind them
  128. -*- Rabbit take your pick
  129. -*- abstersiveCorndog Presuming he was still safely held by either Kanaya or Nero's stronger arm, said canine was fixated on the Demon's back. His growl had mostly died down, but ohhh, trust him, Demon -- he'd slept for hours over the course of the journey here and he could do this all. Day. Long.
  130. -*- Rabbit third option, we go on a wild goose chase
  131. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [but i have so much to wRITE]
  132. -*- abstersiveCorndog (...it was starting to get a little boring --)
  133. <Rabbit> (shhhh you can do eet)
  134. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...But right now, he could barely muster anything less than exhaustion. This day. This day. It'd just keep going on and on, wouldn't it? On and on and on...
  135. -*- Rabbit or might even be in another wing entirely
  136. -*- Rabbit idk go with what works best for you
  137. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "whatever, it--" There went those hands again, rubbing his temples like it would do any good. It didn't, of course. "(bound thappen anyway...)"
  138. -*- abstersiveCorndog The Demon had yet to do anything, except his low aggressive voice just now, but he still reeked of blood and death, and neither of the other two seemed at all wary of him --
  139. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "(god)"
  140. -*- abstersiveCorndog cLUNK CLUNK CLUNK.
  141. -*- abstersiveCorndog W h a t
  142. -*- abstersiveCorndog Was that?
  143. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend . . .
  144. -*- abstersiveCorndog Startled from his vigil, Halley pricked his ears in the direction of the sound. Uh?
  145. -*- abstersiveCorndog Sounded sort of like. He knew he'd heard it earlier --
  146. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "the automoton isnt a member of our party if thats what youre inquiring."
  147. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "im."
  148. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "sorry."
  149. <abstersiveCorndog> [omf Kanaya baby]
  150. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend That voice was hardly her own-- too quiet, too submissive, too broken to be hers.
  151. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend But.
  152. -*- abstersiveCorndog "...It sounds like he's nearby," he remarked almost under his breath. The robot had seemed a little familiar with the area -- as much as Vergil himself, knowing where the hospital was and offering to guide them there. Maybe he'd be helpful to have along?
  153. -*- abstersiveCorndog (He barely even heard the difference in her voice. Vergil, your empathy, please --)
  154. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (CHR 4)
  155. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (ROCKIN' THAT IGNORANCE)
  156. -*- abstersiveCorndog ROCKIN' IT HARD]
  157. -*- abstersiveCorndog Dante ain't got nothin' on /this/]
  158. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Go on outside and wait for me," he told them, already starting up the hall in the direction of the sound -- past the lobby, at that. "I'll join you soon enough."
  159. -*- abstersiveCorndog (Vergil no you are inconsiderate --)
  160. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend But it only occured to her just now, in that long silent walk, just how little she'd accomplish today. How much she had failed. How much she had tried, struggled to make a difference, but hardly made a mark at all. How, even if did manage to suceed here, she'd only be coming back to yet another crisis-- no-- yet another game that was rigged against her. Against all of them.
  161. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Just like this one.
  162. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And she could only stand. And watch. And try her best to be helpful.
  163. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend So when the new boy-- the new boy who had shook everything up in no less than day-- she didn't say a word. Only watched him go.
  164. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "...we."
  165. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "we should wait for him."
  166. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...
  167. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Gurl.
  168. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Go home.
  169. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You're tired.
  170. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Even his gangly awkward ass could see that.
  171. -*- abstersiveCorndog Too bad Vergil was very preoccupied and trying not to focus on anything but The Plan.
  172. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...you ok?"
  173. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "im."
  174. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "im fine."
  175. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend /8
  176. -*- ZeeZee lies and slander. :I
  177. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend /8<
  178. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You know what, they-- they just needed to get the hell out of this place. It was exhausting just being here. "cmon," he mumbled, gently grabbing her free hand. "theres a bench out there. lets just--"
  179. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "just go."
  180. -*- abstersiveCorndog The heavy metallic footsteps were easy to find, with or without demonically enhanced hearing -- he was sure it had to be right around here (though the amplified sound made it ironically harder to pinpoint, the way these halls echoed), in one of these branching halls -- this one up here, maybe? He --
  181. -*- abstersiveCorndog D'OOF --
  182. <abstersiveCorndog> [has Vergil run into someone w/o permission apologies]
  183. -*- Rabbit shh it's okay it's only Rabbit
  184. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She didn't argue against it.
  185. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You never, do you?
  186. -*- abstersiveCorndog Demon safely out of sight, Halley glanced uncertainly between the human(oid) duo in his care. They uh.
  187. -*- abstersiveCorndog Didn't look so good.
  188. -*- abstersiveCorndog Ears low, he nudged the hand holding his temporary leash.
  189. -*- abstersiveCorndog Hey. You.
  190. -*- abstersiveCorndog You okay? 8<
  191. -*- abstersiveCorndog Lick lick. Nudge.
  192. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He led her out the door, grabbing hold of the leash for her, as they made for the bench.
  193. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She'll.
  194. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She'll be fine.
  195. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It was just business as usual after all, wasn't it?
  196. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You.
  197. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Are not okay, girl.
  198. -*- ZeeZee sitting on a chair next to that bench Sollux glanced up to his friends. Lifting a hand he gave a small wave before standing and walking over to the three. "hey" Ah Sollux, what a way with words you have.
  199. -*- abstersiveCorndog Hi, uh --
  200. -*- abstersiveCorndog Honeybee?
  201. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Less okay than him, even. And it was weird and uncomfortable and he didn't know what to do about it, but--
  202. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She was a friend. A good friend, even. The least he could do was be a little bit less than a total lump about it--
  203. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend The leash was tied to the bench's armchair as he gently, ever so gently, guided her into her seat.
  204. <Jaspersprite> [[Oops yes sorry hello friends I am here]]
  205. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And, then--
  206. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend FWUMP.
  207. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend So much for being gentle.
  208. -*- abstersiveCorndog The dog didn't even resist his restraint, electing instead to casually lean on the newly-seated not-human's leg and get his (lovely sleek!) white fur all over her fashionable clothes. An unavoidable thing, with dogs.
  209. -*- Rabbit WUMPF, causing the slightly panicked, and possibly muttering ('shut up other me they haven't done anyding bad!' 'yeah well you barely know dem!' 'well, your teeth are crooked!') to himself. A few heavy steps were taken backwards, as the taller of the pair was pulled out of his distractions. Blink.
  210. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend But, hell, it had been a long fucking day. As far as he was concerned, he had a right to slump into that bench however loudly he damn well pleased.
  211. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Oh--
  212. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh. Sollux was there.
  213. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "...hey."
  214. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It was the best he could muster, half-hearted wave and all. Hardly even a wave, if you really thought about it.
  215. <ZeeZee> man you look liike how gz probably feel2.
  216. <Rabbit> "Oh, hi, didn't think I'd run into yasso soon. You doin' alright?"
  217. -*- abstersiveCorndog Oh God that jolted his leg and it hurt and --
  218. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Kanaya's wasn't much better, hardly even glancing up as she wrung circles into the frabic of her skirt. Hardly even caring that it was now covered, slathered in tiny white hairs. That. That didn't matter anymore.
  219. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...sollux."
  220. <ZeeZee> hey kanaya
  221. -*- ZeeZee squiiiiiints at the jade blood.
  222. <ZeeZee> did you watch a grub diie or 2omethiing?
  223. <-- ZeeZee (Mibbit@cpe-72-230-101-247.twcny.res.rr.com) has quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  224. --> ZeeZee (Mibbit@cpe-72-230-101-247.twcny.res.rr.com) has joined #Flarp2
  225. <ZeeZee> (The window clooosed.)
  226. -*- abstersiveCorndog Landing flat on his back was not how Vergil had planned to "run into", as they say, the automaton -- he absently thought he was glad Dante wasn't here to see it ("fancy feet, princess. we'll sign y'up f'ballet t'morrow!" -- but then he quickly took that back). With ever so slightly hindered movements, he unceremoniously scrambled to his feet.
  227. <ZeeZee> (Did I miss anything?)
  228. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She doesn't answer, not at first. Chews her lip, wrings her skirt, maybe even run a hand in her hair-- but. No answer. Nothing but a pitiful little "i..."
  229. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "its."
  230. <Jaspersprite> [[I can send you anything you missed if someone didn't already--]]
  231. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Uh." He kicked himself for the delay -- that was hardly necessary. It wasn't as if he hadn't heard the question, he just -- hadn't processed it. Somehow. "I'm fine," he assured, almost awkwardly terse.
  232. <Jaspersprite> [[Also sorry I'm]]
  233. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "been something of a long day."
  234. <abstersiveCorndog> [You didn't miss anything. uwu]
  235. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "a very long day."
  236. <Jaspersprite> [[Not doing much-- not that I'm particularly needed r/n but sssstill]]
  237. <ZeeZee> (Aaaah, okay, and, is cool Jaspers.)
  238. <Jaspersprite> [[Usually I provide more incredibly rude commentary than this]]
  239. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend *fuckin]
  240. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend how'd i miss that fuckin']
  241. <ZeeZee> ... id offer up moiiraiil 2erviice2 but ii kiinda uniintentiionally kiilled my la2t moiiraiil, 2o ii'm not quiite 2ure you want me two talk two.
  242. -*- Rabbit !! he fusses a bit, momentarily forgetting that Vergil was more then just a human. "Ya sure? Lookin a little worse for wear, and you /did/ get hit by a car..."
  243. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Huff. If he could be any more slumped into that bench, he'd be slag. "long dont even begin tdescribe it."
  244. -*- abstersiveCorndog ("...sorry 'bout him -- y'know, he just can't keep his hands t'himself.") "I a-apologize," he added, glancing away uncomfortably. "I'm certain that I'm -- fine, yes." Oh, how he hated those little pauses and hesitations he seemed to so habitually take.
  245. <ZeeZee> iif iit make2 you feel any better ii've ba2iically been 2iittiing around doiing nothiing thii2 whole tiime 2o at lea2t you diid 2omethiing
  246. -*- abstersiveCorndog "It...only grazed me," he assured. Nevermind that little bloody patch on his left shoulder. "But that's hardly the -- point. I was looking for you."
  247. <Rabbit> His head cocked to the side, as he shifted to better see the other's face. "No need to apologize; does things happen all d-da time!" He smiled, and patted the half demon's shoulder. "Ya absolutely certain, cause we could alwayss snag one of does wheel chairs lyin around and roll outa here lickity split!"
  248. -*- Rabbit oh wait shoot I was typing and not paying attention.
  249. <abstersiveCorndog> [no no it's ok uwu]
  250. -*- Rabbit Rabbit probably still does that I will add more
  251. <abstersiveCorndog> [we can say my post was after yours and Vergil was just switching topics to get away from it so -- also true]
  252. -*- Rabbit adds more to further respond whilst Rabbit probably touches said shoulder
  253. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend The glare Sollux had gotten for that comment probably would've scared off a whole horde of demons...if, that is, he had the energy to back it up. As it was now, it was only mildly irritated. "oh yeah weve done a lot of things tday."
  254. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "great fuckin things."
  255. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "man i wish everyday was like tday."
  256. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "so i can just."
  257. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "wallow in the fuckin greatness of it all."
  258. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "nero."
  259. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "what?"
  260. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "hes."
  261. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "only trying to help."
  262. <ZeeZee> nah iit'2 cool ii'm kiinda bad at that helpiing thiing ju2t a2k aa
  263. <Rabbit> "Really? What do ya n-need me for?" Now the feeling that had been keeping him up for the last week or so--the threat of being snatched up and dismantled, possibly even hurt or kill someone in the process--was nipping at the wires in his head.
  264. <ZeeZee> but uh ii thiink gamzee'2 gonna be a whiile 2o why don't we fiind a map of the place or 2omethiing? 2o we know how to get around and 2tuff.
  265. <ZeeZee> at lea2t get out of the ho2piital for a whiile
  266. -*- abstersiveCorndog He was just going to pretend that touch didn't actually ache. Just a little. He'd sleep it off after he did what he needed to do. It'd be. Fine. ("y'fuckin' nimrod -- y'tryin' t'hurt y'self? jus' go siddown. n' get th'fuck outta there.")
  267. -*- abstersiveCorndog "I --"
  268. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...He hadn't actually thought about what to say.
  269. -*- abstersiveCorndog Uh. Better spit something out. "You seem...familiar with the area," he managed as smoothly as could be expected, the words forming awkwardly on their own. "We -- my companions and I -- would be...greatly helped. By that."
  270. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Huff. Christ, he was gonna be doing that a lot tonight wasn't he? "im just--"
  271. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "i..."
  272. -*- abstersiveCorndog "We're looking for..." (The local law enforcement, was what he'd been going to say -- "a goddamn bed'd be nice. now if y'could just. stop. those awkward. pauses. n' manage t' say it.")
  273. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...yknow what? sure. why not. better than just rottin here next tthis fuckin graveyard."
  274. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "cmon kanaya."
  275. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "maybe well uh--"
  276. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "maybe well find a hotel or somethin."
  277. -*- Rabbit cocks his head again, his hand drawing away as he listened. "F-f-for...?" His hands tucked up against his chest once more.
  278. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "y"
  279. -*- abstersiveCorndog "...A p-p-police st-station, if you know where one may be" ("fuckin' brilliant plan. 'cause they c'n do a better job than you. y'can't even pull it t'gether t'talk right.") "...or a place to stay. Until we can find one, tomorrow."
  280. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "ylook like ycould use athrest."
  281. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...whatever i can do to help."
  282. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Uh.
  283. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend That was.
  284. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Worrying.
  285. <ZeeZee> hm hey kanaya
  286. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "..?"
  287. -*- Rabbit stands up with a flare of pride-hands on his hips. "Sure I know where one is!" He said excitedly, before taking pause, if only to notice the red splotch on Vergil's shoulder once more. "Hm, m-maybe we should find somewheres to rest for a bit. A lots happened today as is."
  288. <ZeeZee> well ii dont know iif anyone el2e ha2 notiiced but we've kiind of been weariing the 2ame thiing2 that we were weariing when we entered the game and that'2 great and all but per2onally well... ii'm gettiing hole2 iin my clothe2... normally fa2hiion ii2 2tupiid but ii know your liike really good wiith that 2tuff 2o could you help me eiither fiix up the clothe2
  289. <ZeeZee> ii'm weariing now or get 2ome new one2?
  290. <ZeeZee> becau2e ii have no fuckiing clue about that 2hiit
  291. -*- abstersiveCorndog "...Th-that's true." He chose to ignore the robo-eyes directed at his formerly-grievous injury. "That would be...wise. Then would you like t-to...come with us? To find a place to stay."
  292. <abstersiveCorndog> [Rabbit's adoracute ok]
  293. <abstersiveCorndog> [just saying]
  294. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Squint. Oh. That. That was clever. If that didn't got her attention, nothing would. Might as well throw their hands up and go home.
  295. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (Though.)
  296. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (He didn't see anything wrong with his clothes. They were just fine. Rugged. Tatters make a man, his old man always said.)
  297. <Rabbit> "O'course!" he exclaimed with more excitement then he may have intended. "Ain't much for me wanderin' da streets for days on end. Robutts need rest t-too, y'know." He nodded a bit. "I saws a place a short ways from here about a week ago."
  298. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Oh. They. They needed a wardrobe change, didn't they? They were all starting to look a little worse for wear-- or, in Nero's special case, worseer-- and...
  299. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...And they needed her for that, didn't they? Nobody else could fix up a good pair of slacks like she could, could she? And nobody else could thread a jacket like her, or a suit, or--
  300. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "i..."
  301. <Rabbit> (plot twist Kanaya is really Gaston)
  302. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "Yes Of Course."
  303. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "Id Love To Help You."
  304. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Was that.
  305. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Was that a smile?
  306. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend A very faint one, maybe, but--
  307. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Oh, you're good.
  308. -*- abstersiveCorndog Whoa, this automaton sure was...excitable. "That will work," he affirmed almost uncertainly. "My...companions are waiting for me, outside." He started to turn and start back up the hall --
  309. -*- ZeeZee Sollux gots skillz.
  310. -*- abstersiveCorndog "...My name is Vergil, by the way," he added uncomfortably over his shoulder. He, uh. He kept forgetting about introductions.
  311. <Jaspersprite> *** How you have even 4 points in your CHARISMA stat, Vergil, shall forever remain a mystery.
  312. <Jaspersprite> *** You unsociable butt.
  313. <ZeeZee> thank2 uh... though there may be a biit of a problem wiith me iin partiicular ii'm flat broke from buyiing my 2triife 2pecubii
  314. <ZeeZee> but knowiing you
  315. <ZeeZee> you'll fiigure 2omethiing out
  316. -*- abstersiveCorndog ("...y'really that bad at this, aren't y'. y'ask a guy f'help n' don't even let him know who y'are. what, y'expect it t'just fall at y'feet? y'fuckin' asshole.")
  317. -*- abstersiveCorndog It was usually Dante's job. Or his job to temper out Dante charging ahead thoughtlessly, and without that...it never even occurred to him.
  318. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Oh I--"
  319. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "No I Dont Think Finances Will Be Much Of A Issue At All."
  320. <ZeeZee> 2weet
  321. -*- abstersiveCorndog Yes hello his name is Finances
  322. <ZeeZee> (FFF)
  323. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "I Have Plenty Of Boondollars Left To Spare And Im Sure Nero--"
  324. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Uh."
  325. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "You--?"
  326. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...oh. uh."
  327. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "yeah. yeah i--"
  328. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "yeah."
  329. <Jaspersprite> *** The dog is the provider, Kanaya. Step aside.
  330. <Jaspersprite> *** He pulled five digits this year on a canine's salary.
  331. <Rabbit> "Nice ta meet ya, Verg." He said, catching up beside him with ease. "My name is Rabbit, and I was built back in 1896--" He paused in the middle of his introduction, having remembered, "hey, you ain't da bad kind a demon, are ya? You guys were talking about it earlier before I left and..." he let off a bit of steam, "well... I don't mean ta be rude or anythin.
  332. <Jaspersprite> *** A canine's salary being fucking nOTHING.
  333. <Rabbit> Ya just hear a lot over a century, ya know?"
  334. <Jaspersprite> *** Demonic racism is outdated, Rabbit.
  335. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend To be honest, he was saving that for hordes upon hordes of junk conpoments, but--
  336. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend For her, he'd spare a few. Or a lot. Whatever he had to do.
  337. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "yeah dont worry im-- im covered."
  338. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Oh."
  339. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Splendid."
  340. <ZeeZee> 2o all we need ii2 the re2t of the group and then we can head out?
  341. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Yes, she-- she could handle this. Could deal with this. This was something she could do.
  342. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend But oh--
  343. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Wait--
  344. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...We Were Supposed To Wait For Him."
  345. <ZeeZee> who gamzee?
  346. -*- abstersiveCorndog Vergil's shoulders seized up mid-step -- nevertheless, he kept moving smoothly. It was...very unusual to simply be called out on being a...well, demon. By anyone but Dante, anyway. Even the other players had, for the most part, seemed to tiptoe around the topic -- not all of them, but most of them, and even with the ones who didn't, it didn't ordinarily just come up.
  347. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh, Nero wished. That would be so, so much easier.
  348. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "shes talkin bout uncle scrooge over there."
  349. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "i dunno what hes doin in there but--"
  350. <ZeeZee> ... ohhh riight...
  351. -*- Rabbit rude narrator I just have not heard much about good demons nor met them because I generally try to avoid them
  352. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "We Should Still Wait For Him."
  353. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "He Is."
  354. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Part Of Our Comraderie Now After All."
  355. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Great.
  356. <ZeeZee> what? really?
  357. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "yeah."
  358. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "surprise."
  359. <ZeeZee> guh cant he get hii2 own clothe2?
  360. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It wasn't like-- like he was bad or anything. At least, Nero didn't think so. But just-- just having him there made thing feel so...So weird. So difficult. So.
  361. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend So stressful.
  362. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "A Promise Is A Promise Sollux."
  363. <ZeeZee> fiine but he better hurry thii2 place ii2 boriing a2 fuck
  364. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "You Should Know That As Well As Anyone."
  365. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Oh--"
  366. -*- abstersiveCorndog ("...well? he's waitin'. y'a bad demon, or just an asshole?") He swallowed hard before speaking. "I'm...no threat to you." It was slow, halting. "U-unless you're one to me." ("oh, that was a fuckin' awful joke. y'delivery, verge. y'sound like y'gonna whip out y'sword n' stab his robot eyes out. how -- what's that dumb word? eloquent.")
  367. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Im--"
  368. <abstersiveCorndog> [I like how so much of it's red]
  369. <abstersiveCorndog> [omfg]
  370. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [dante you are literally overtaking your brother's own posts]
  371. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [hIJACKER]
  372. <ZeeZee> (Good Dante, good.)
  373. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Sorry I Didnt Mean To--"
  374. <ZeeZee> eh iit'2 cool
  375. <ZeeZee> oh riight you feeliing better after eatiing now?
  376. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And he wanted to make things right and try to make amends, but--
  377. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Oh. How strange. She thought that would set him off for sure. At least, set him off the way it used to. Such promises, such friendships, such...mistakes made. It was fragile ground at best.
  378. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend But.
  379. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Maybe she had spoke too soon.
  380. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...I."
  381. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Yes Im--"
  382. <ZeeZee> alriight
  383. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "In Much Better Condition Now Thank You."
  384. <ZeeZee> yeah no problem
  385. <Rabbit> Well, that wasn't vaguely threatening. Still, it was better then getting stabbed or possessed or something. "Eh, I wouldn't hurt a fly." He shrugged, barely noting any discomfort he caused. "Now, let's go find dat hotel."
  386. <ZeeZee> waiit...
  387. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Better That I Dont Linger Around Here As It Is."
  388. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Its."
  389. <ZeeZee> yeah
  390. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "No Place For A Rainbow Drinker."
  391. <ZeeZee> but do you thiink the front de2k miight have a map?
  392. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Among other reasons.
  393. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Many, many other reasons.
  394. <Jaspersprite> *** I thought you learned the lesson from Gamzee Kanaya caNNIBALISM IS DISADVISED
  395. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend But what could he do to make things right again? What could he say? It felt like every move would just--
  396. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Oh.
  397. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "uh yeah i guess."
  398. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "but i--"
  399. <ZeeZee> go check
  400. <Jaspersprite> *** Even though it's not quite as much cannibalism and moreso biting cold-blooded animals and drinking their blood, but. Even still.
  401. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...seriously?"
  402. <ZeeZee> ye2
  403. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "cmon dude i--"
  404. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "mnot in thmood tgo back in there okay?"
  405. -*- Rabbit plz don't eat the children kanaya they still need ta go to da beach
  406. <ZeeZee> fiine be that way
  407. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Come on. Seriously? It's been a long day, dude. A long fucking day. He just.
  408. <ZeeZee> iif ii can get up ii'll go do iit...
  409. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Right." It was a short walk back to the lobby and out the door -- behold, Nero, your salvation.
  410. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Wanted to hang out with his friends for a bit then find a nice, soft bed and crash into it.
  411. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Pl--
  412. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Oh.
  413. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh indeed.
  414. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...You Came Back."
  415. -*- Rabbit waves!
  416. -*- ZeeZee staaaaaands up, blinking a few times as the blood rushes down to his feet. "guh alriight hold your hoofbea2t2 whiile ii go get a map"
  417. -*- abstersiveCorndog Vergil made a point of ignoring the low-growling dog who lifted his head from the girl's lap to glare at the approaching Demon. "...Yes?" he answered, a little slowly. What was her deal? Did she -- did he really give the impression that -- ("nice goin'. 's been, what, ten minutes? an' y'already made such a good impression.") "...This is Rabbit, and he does indeed know where a p-police station...is. Along with an...inn, I suppose."
  418. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Along with an...inn, I suppose." [guesses where it might've cut off again I]
  419. <abstersiveCorndog> [can't tell]
  420. <Rabbit> (p-police station...is.)
  421. <Rabbit> ( I assume you got it doe)
  422. <ZeeZee> ... 2o we don't need a map?
  423. <abstersiveCorndog> [nailed it apparently]
  424. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [oops i]
  425. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [had to pop away for a bit]
  426. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [also halley do you need a mUZZLE]
  427. -*- Rabbit looks over the group, taking in just how... tired they looked. Kind of reminded him of the kids in the trenches, only without the dirt and blood.
  428. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "..."
  429. <alaroraAuxilafiend> ". . ."
  430. <Rabbit> "We're gonna g-go to da Inn, first. Looks like you all could use some rest."
  431. -*- abstersiveCorndog "No, a map won't be necessary as of...right now. It would be...wise," he added, shifting his weight off of his left leg, "to rest before we...confront the police." For lack of any better word.
  432. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "izzat a robot."
  433. <abstersiveCorndog> [omfg Nero]
  434. -*- Rabbit Nero you are so late to the party
  435. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Apparently so."
  436. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Holy shit how did he miss the robot. He--
  437. <ZeeZee> duh
  438. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend How.
  439. -*- abstersiveCorndog He'd really stopped questioning this kind of thing.
  440. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "i--"
  441. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "freal"
  442. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "like"
  443. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "freally real"
  444. <ZeeZee> he'2 been around 2iince liike vergiil got ran over...
  445. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "cuz like"
  446. <Jaspersprite> *** "i need ttake him apart"
  447. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "i just thought he was some dude in make up or whatever an you guys were too st-"
  448. <Jaspersprite> *** "sHOW ME HOW YOU WORK"
  449. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "uh"
  450. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "couldnt tell thdifference"
  451. -*- Rabbit huffs a bit of steam, though not in a negative way. "In da copper." He said, confirming his disbelief.
  452. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "b-but--"
  453. -*- Rabbit frowns. "Now das just rude."
  454. -*- Rabbit says Rabbit
  455. <abstersiveCorndog> [iN DA COPPER]
  456. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...er.
  457. -*- Rabbit also please don't take me apart I have trauma related to dat
  458. -*- Rabbit has trauma related to everything
  459. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Man. He.
  460. <Jaspersprite> [[In da copper Rabbit confirmed for best]]
  461. <Rabbit> (uwu*(
  462. -*- ZeeZee now that everyone had assembled outside Ainsley walked up to join the group. "It is from my observation that he is also missing from his home, is that correct?"
  463. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend A robot. A real live robot in the copper. And it had to come at the worst possible time, when he was far too exhausted to ask the million of questions just on the tip of this tongue. He-- he should've been excited.
  464. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Instead, he was--
  465. -*- abstersiveCorndog "...Yes, he is a robot. Named Rabbit." ("...y'really indirectly reprimandin' him f'manners? oh, that. hahaha, that's a laugh.")
  466. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Very mildly exspaserated. In a good way. He think.
  467. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Let him just. Slump off this chair and dully examine you. Very dully.
  468. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It's.
  469. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It's so great.
  470. -*- Rabbit looks at the previously missing member of the group, "Oh, yeah, actually; how'd ya figure dat out?"
  471. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend This is the best moment of his life.
  472. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Really.
  473. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It. It really is he swears.
  474. -*- abstersiveCorndog "...What are you doing?" Nero has earned a very bizarre look from Vergil. It...didn't seem normal to leer like that. Sluggishly, to the point where the...fascination(?) looked creepy.
  475. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Oh. He. He was being weird, wasn't he. Not even in his usual manic way, the way that would make most mad scientists' blush a pretty pink. Just. Weird weird. Creepy weird.
  476. <ZeeZee> It was rather simple, seeing as you match none of the technology around us, and from what you sang of the ocean well... You obviously haven't been around to experience the ocean here, to say the things you did.
  477. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh. Good. Here comes the shame. Just what he needed for his repertoire. Stupid stupid stupid.
  478. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "well i dunno i--"
  479. <alaroraAuxilafiend> " i just--"
  480. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "(ive never seen a robot before okay)"
  481. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "(its just)"
  482. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "(kinda cool.)"
  483. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "(or whatever.)"
  484. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Half mumbled excuses from a half baked idiot. Fan-fucking-tastic.
  485. -*- Rabbit furrows his brow. "I d-don't remember seein' you there when I was performin." He said, slightly suspicious.
  486. <ZeeZee> No... I wasn't there, not completely, but a part of me was. You remember the butterfly don't you?
  487. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh. She should.
  488. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Pat. Pat.
  489. <ZeeZee> what?
  490. -*- ZeeZee snrk
  491. <ZeeZee> really? you've never 2een a robot?
  492. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It was pennance enough for helping her out of that bind before. Or, at least, trying to. She wasn't sure if she was completely okay. Not yet. But.
  493. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She could try.
  494. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And she could help.
  495. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Mumble grumble pretend you don't appreciate the patting.
  496. <Rabbit> "Yeah... but I'm pretty certain people can't turn into butterfys." He folded his arms.
  497. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...no?"
  498. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...That was probably more optimistic than Vergil had been all day. It had been a long enough day that he had no inkling to appreciate the intricate and impressive futuristic technology, despite its apparent age -- what had it said? A century? A long time for something like this. And, another day, if he weren't...if it wasn't...he might've wanted to know. He might've asked the hows and the whys. Maybe if it was...before the game. Before all of that. Or if Dante were there.
  499. <ZeeZee> Normally no, it is not of human ability, however, I am not human.
  500. -*- abstersiveCorndog Maybe if it was...before the game. Before all of that. Or if Dante were there.
  501. -*- abstersiveCorndog "...Well."
  502. -*- ZeeZee Sollux laughed, Sollux laughed a lot.
  503. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You weren't sure it was capable for someone to sound so glum. Like teenage angst, confusion, and insecurity all rolled up into one perfection.
  504. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend The laughing didn't help.
  505. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Pout.
  506. -*- abstersiveCorndog "There's time for that when you don't look like a soft spring breeze could topple you." It was easy to see -- even if he didn't have all the same mannerisms as Dante.
  507. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend The floor suddenly seemed intensely interesting again. God. Just. What a great floor.
  508. <ZeeZee> fuck man 2eriiou2ly!? oh wow you're 2o comiing back to alterniia and meetiing equiiu2 the guy2 a total bulge wrangler but he know2 a thiing or two about robot2.
  509. <ZeeZee> though he'2 kiinda an a22 about iit and, well everythiing cu2 he'2 a hiighblood but yeah he made up a robo body for aa after ii...
  510. <ZeeZee> yeah...
  511. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Equius Would Certainly Know A Thing Or Two About Robotics Yes."
  512. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "He Could Tell You About It When All This Is Over Im Sure."
  513. <ZeeZee> yeah iit'll be 2weet man
  514. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Oh. Whatever. He knew that. He knew they weren't laughing at him.
  515. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...mfine."
  516. <ZeeZee> even iif equiiu2 ii2 a total tool
  517. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Id Disagree."
  518. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "And Im Certain Most Of Our Companions Are In Something Of A Similar State."
  519. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "I Wouldnt Mind A Bed Myself."
  520. <ZeeZee> oh right yeah let'2 go two that iinn or whatever
  521. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Right." That was...probably the most expressive he'd been since meeting these people. Except for.
  522. -*- abstersiveCorndog In the psych ward.
  523. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend The moon was starting rise, after all, and her mooncream could only go for so far--
  524. -*- abstersiveCorndog Didn't count.
  525. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (dIDN'T COUNT)
  526. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (vergil you don't get to write the rules for these kinds of things)
  527. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (you barely even understand 'these kinds of things')
  528. <Jaspersprite> [[Oh]]
  529. <Jaspersprite> [[Am I needed for GM things again]]
  530. <Jaspersprite> [[Or]]
  531. <Jaspersprite> [[At all]]
  532. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Come on, then -- R-Rabbit, if you would." He crossed his arms, looking at the ground impatiently. He really just. Wanted to lie down and not deal with this kid who was so much like Dante -- or maybe he --
  533. -*- abstersiveCorndog Whatever.
  534. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Whatever.
  535. <abstersiveCorndog> [In a second I think yes o:]
  536. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Let's just.
  537. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Go.
  538. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend The less he had to deal with this-- all of this-- the better.
  539. <Jaspersprite> *** The sun was setting, just behind the walls of the city. The lights of buildings flickered on, one at a time, street lamps illuminated (gET IT BECAUSE ILLUMINATION) the streets, and neon signs hummed to life. The sidewalks, once bustling with citizens of Ardor, were now more-or-less deserted, save for the occasional late night stroller.
  540. -*- Rabbit looked Ainsly up and down, apparantly not fully believing butterfly people could be a thing, when Demons and horned vampires were a-ok. His attention snapped to Vergil, and his concentrated scowl turned to that of determination.
  541. <abstersiveCorndog> [Rabbit seriously why are you so cute I don't understand]
  542. <Rabbit> "Right dis way, den-- Da streets ain't as busy, so we'll get there a bit quicker."
  543. <Rabbit> (because I am anime it is me
  544. <Jaspersprite> [[Rabbit I love how your eyes]]
  545. -*- abstersiveCorndog Right, and he'll just.
  546. <Jaspersprite> [[~*~*Sparkle*~*~]]
  547. <Rabbit> (Uguu~)
  548. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She understood that sentiment. She really did. Shared it until the end of time, however secretly. But...there were things still left to do. Still things left to help. Her might've been pulled out of her hands-- maybe had never been in her hands in the first place-- but the least she could was deal with the hand she had been dealt, as Dave might've said.
  549. -*- abstersiveCorndog Get ready to fall in line at the rear. Keep an eye on people. And stay out of that mutt's biting range.
  550. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend That was all anyon could do.
  551. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend That was all she could do.
  552. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And she wasn't ready to chip in just yet.
  553. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Fold.
  554. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend The word you're looking for is fold.
  555. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend O-oh.
  556. <abstersiveCorndog> [spoiler Nero is ace at poker]
  557. <abstersiveCorndog> [bEATS HIS OLD MAN EVERY TIME]
  558. <abstersiveCorndog> [(and somehow thinks that's an accomplishment)]
  559. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [as if that's any feat]
  560. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [a little girl can beat dante at poker]
  561. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [for /ice/ /cream/ /money/]
  562. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [(but)]
  563. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [(ssh)]
  564. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [(let him have his moment)]
  565. <Jaspersprite> [[Headcanon Jaspers challenges Dante to Go Fish all the time]]
  566. <Jaspersprite> [[And always]]
  567. <Jaspersprite> [[Wins]]
  568. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [dante's luck stat is basically negative infinity]
  569. -*- Jaspersprite Dante owes that cat his weight in fish]]
  570. -*- abstersiveCorndog "...You said you were a century old, Rabbit?"
  571. <Rabbit> "Hundred and sixteen, ta be more exact."
  572. -*- Rabbit we're on the move right
  573. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...The quiet felt weird, okay. Too much tension, too much room to think. The only time it had been silent since he entered the game -- since long before that -- was when he and Dante weren't arguing so much.
  574. -*- abstersiveCorndog So yes, it was. Unnerving.
  575. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Remarkably advanced technology to be from the late 1800's." Advanced and...a little breaking down, but nevertheless impressive. (Dante probably would've liked the look the oxidized copper had.)
  576. <Jaspersprite> *** The party, with the guidance of a very helpful automaton, soon find themselves at not only one hotel, but /two/! One parallel to the other. On the RIGHT side of the road, the proud multi-storied 99 HOTEL stands tall, a handful of windows on the higher floors lit. Everything says high class about this place, from the marble archway to the flowing angel fou
  577. <Jaspersprite> ntain just outside. On the LEFT, the signifigantly less admirable by comparison MOTORIZED INN. The parking lot seems a lot less full than the other's, but that might just be due to it being smaller. The sign outside helpfully states that VACANCY is still not out of the question. Needless to say, one will definitely be more expensive than the other.
  578. -*- Jaspersprite I wasn't entirely sure so I waited--]]
  579. -*- Jaspersprite S o r r y y8]]
  580. <abstersiveCorndog> [Shhh no it's okay. uwu It was hard to tell.]
  581. <abstersiveCorndog> [I really wasn't sure what was going on for a minute haha]
  582. <ZeeZee> ... ii thiink our be2t bet ii2 at the motor place...
  583. <Rabbit> "Yup! Dere are lotsa robutts my pappy made after that year, but I was the first. Still got most of da parts he used!" Rabbit turned to face the group, his arms arching out to present the two hotels.
  584. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Too quiet was right. The buzzing in his ears could've damned near kill him with its defeaning judgement. He made a grab for his mp3 player more than once, only to find that-- no-- still wasn't working. Battery must've finally gave out. Fuck.
  585. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He could've said something, maybe. But why bother? It was bound to cause some kind of chaotic mess anyway. And he was so, so tired of making messes.
  586. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend So he kept his trap shut and stared on. Don't say anything. Just keep walking. Just keep waiting for that bed. Bed bed bed.
  587. -*- abstersiveCorndog Vergil didn't even have to think about it before veering off toward the broken down-looking MOTORIZED INN. A cheap, flea-infested bed was better than none at all, and he didn't doubt the other one would be far out of...well, at least his price range. And why spend more money? That'd just be stupid.
  588. -*- abstersiveCorndog And something Dante would want to do. Still stupid.
  589. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (He'd be lying if he said he wasn't listening in to certain conversations, though. Not even purposefully. Just. Almost subconsciously interested.)
  590. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (Robots were cool okay?)
  591. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend But when they had finally arrived at the pair of hotels and everyone, everyone had almost instantly veered to the shittier of the two.
  592. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He.
  593. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He had only thing to say. Well, two things. A few things, even.
  594. -*- abstersiveCorndog "You're...steam-powered, then?" It was hard not to hear the low hiss whenever the automaton took a step or moved.
  595. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "ive had a shitty day for a long"
  596. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "long"
  597. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "long time"
  598. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "thleast i deserve is a bed that dont smell like piss"
  599. -*- abstersiveCorndog Please, please don't -- he really was just like Dante.
  600. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "charge the dog"
  601. -*- abstersiveCorndog "That's a waste of money that could be put toward something else," he pointed out, stopping and crossing his arms. (He doubted the dog would pay for him...whatever the kid meant by that.)
  602. <Jaspersprite> *** DOUG OR CARLEY PISSY MATRESS OR HEATED KIND OF NEAT MATRESS
  603. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Something like resources. Transportation to the next town, or finding out information. You don't know when you'll need it."
  604. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Nope. Nope nope nope. He is already gone. Not even worth a response. Just a backhand wave.
  605. <Rabbit> "Yup!" He answered, before focusing on the conversation between the long-lost twins that weren't really twins.
  606. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (...Did.)
  607. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (Did he just give you the finger?)
  608. -*- Rabbit Verg are you that one roleplayer who saves everything for the next boss only to save it for the boss prior
  609. -*- abstersiveCorndog He's gonna break that finger in a minute.
  610. -*- Rabbit oh woah lewd
  611. -*- abstersiveCorndog basically yes
  612. <Jaspersprite> *** Vergil is given the FINGER. (-1)
  613. <abstersiveCorndog> [omfg]
  614. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (hAHAHA)
  615. <abstersiveCorndog> [n E R O]
  616. <Rabbit> (yes good)
  617. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (nero's rude gestures have pOWER)
  618. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (POWER LIKE NONE HAVE EVER SEEN)
  619. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend C'mere mutt, we're gonna have a nice bed with a nice shower and maybe even a nice TV. It'll.
  620. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It'll be nice.
  621. <Jaspersprite> *** Giving someone the finger is, indeed, a legitimate strategy for COMBAT. Check the GAME MANUAL for further details on executing EVASIVE RUDE GESTURE MANEUVERS.
  622. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Kid, this is a waste of resources." It was all he could do not to call said kid Dante.
  623. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Nicer than it's been for a long, long while.
  624. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [omfg don't tell nero that]
  625. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [that'll be all he'll eVER DO]
  626. <Jaspersprite> [[He gives the final boss the bird]]
  627. <Jaspersprite> [[CRITICAL HIT]]
  628. <Rabbit> (the final boss is MORBIDLY OFFENDED)
  629. <Rabbit> (He is now PARALYZED WITH SHOCK)
  630. -*- Jaspersprite THAT'S 9FFENSIVE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,]]
  631. -*- Jaspersprite Final Boss Kankri Vantas]]
  632. -*- abstersiveCorndog Halley had no problem with this idea -- except the backward, angry glances at the Demon. Yeah, Boy, nice rooms are great, but what if -- what if he does something? Can't you smell that, Boy? He smells dangerous. Like he'll burn down that shitty motel.
  633. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Yeah, so what. He smells like that all the time. 'Cause he's a tool. He wouldn't do anything, though. Probably just sit there and whine in that nasally ass tone of his. Kanaya wouldn't let him, anyway.
  634. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend That chainsaw could tear through marble. What chance did he have?
  635. -*- abstersiveCorndog ("y'know, y'could quit bein' an asshole. y'really think th'kid deserves a bad back n' mysterious gank in his bed on top of ev'rything else?")
  636. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...Whatever.
  637. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend S i g h. Why. Why couldn't this have been easy for once. She had no objections to wherever they may go, though one was obviously more practical than the other, but...
  638. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...No, he'd be fine. Nero could take care of himself. And he'd have Halley with him-- Halley wouldn't let anything bad happen to the boy, would he?
  639. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Come on, then." It was an exhausted sentence, but stern. Irritated. And then he was headed again for this spectacularly shitty hotel. Even if everyone else went over to the other one...well.
  640. -*- abstersiveCorndog Maybe he was just too damn stubborn. ("y'think?")
  641. -*- abstersiveCorndog Halley would not let anything happen to the Boy. The Boy was comparatively okay.
  642. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend dante you have no right
  643. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend nO RIGHT
  644. -*- abstersiveCorndog none whatsoever
  645. -*- abstersiveCorndog and yET
  646. -*- ZeeZee shrugging Sollux followed.
  647. <Jaspersprite> *** Nero enters 99 HOTEL. The doorman greets him with a smile and an offer to take his FIRE ATTIRE. The main lobby is warm and well illuminated. Welcoming, even-- a pleasant contrast to the nightlife of Ardor. A jolly receptionist stands behind the desk-- a human one, at that-- his attire consisting of only the finest and most obligatory of formals.
  648. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Of course he wouldn't. Of course, she wouldn't follow-- Vergil had a point, after all. As much as he hated to admit it, they had no finances for luxuries. Better to save it for another day.
  649. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And yet.
  650. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Maybe it was better to just--
  651. <abstersiveCorndog> [Halley has finances for luxuries]
  652. <abstersiveCorndog> [Halley's /pimpin'/]
  653. <ZeeZee> (FFF)
  654. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Its Better To Let Him Go."
  655. <Jaspersprite> [[All this money and relatively nothing to spend it on]]
  656. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Mmm." It was a hum that came out more like a grinding growl.
  657. <Jaspersprite> [[As is the sad and unfortunate life of a canine]]
  658. -*- Rabbit looks between the pair, uncertain about which way to go. He'd rather not have possible ceepy crawlys and a presumably more reliable electricity. Also, he's pretty certain, he won't be charged--after all, the hotels they'd go to back home would just treat him and the other robutts as items.
  659. <abstersiveCorndog> [eXCEPT DRUGS]
  660. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She said it with a frown, twirling her umbrella-- all the better to hide from the moonlight in-- in a way that could only be described as anxious. "I Doubt Wed Be Able To Offset His Stubbornness Anyway."
  661. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "His Is A Unique Kind Im Afraid."
  662. -*- Rabbit so, he follows Nero, since he also appears to be the only one outside of Halley going to the nicer hotel.
  663. -*- ZeeZee wait... Remembers he has no money and retuuurns to the group. Oopsie
  664. -*- Rabbit he'll need /someone/ to reach the top shelf.
  665. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [hAHAHA]
  666. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [yes]
  667. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [yes he will]
  668. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Unique?" Vergil actually looked at her, at that, and smiled thinly. Like he wanted to laugh.
  669. -*- Rabbit just wants to h-help uwu)
  670. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh. Th-this place was nice. Almost too nice. He'd never really been in a swanky hotel like this before. Never really had the money for it, the old man said. But this.
  671. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend This was.
  672. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend This was.
  673. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Amazing.
  674. -*- abstersiveCorndog "Unique" was not the word he'd use. Not when he was the spitting image of his father -- rougher, perhaps, but...too similar, nevertheless.
  675. -*- abstersiveCorndog Walk like you belong, Boy, and you'll be on the right track.
  676. -*- Rabbit Nero and Company
  677. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend O-oh, yeah, yeah. Just. Keep on walking. Offer him the coat, though. That was the polite thing to do, right?
  678. -*- Rabbit is Rabbit the chihuahua who hits on all da ladies
  679. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (N-no n-no like that you fl-flustered ninny.)
  680. -*- abstersiveCorndog Halley proceeded to do so, leading the way via leash straight to the front desk. Hello, sir. He'll take one room for the night.
  681. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Y-yeah. A room. For tw--
  682. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Dear god the robot followed them.
  683. -*- abstersiveCorndog Two, and a pet.
  684. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh my--
  685. -*- Rabbit yes hello
  686. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend H-he--
  687. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Y-yeah. Two and a pet.
  688. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (This was going so much better than he ever thought it could.)
  689. <Jaspersprite> *** Nero, fulfilling no doubt ALL HIS CHILDHOOD DREAMS IN A SINGLE NIGHT, manages to gain a LEVEL: YOUR LIFE, YOUR CHOICES
  690. <ZeeZee> (NO DOGS ALLOWED! >[ )
  691. <Jaspersprite> *** CHARISMA +1
  692. <ZeeZee> ... 2o uh... ii gue22 we 2hould head in?
  693. <Jaspersprite> *** INTELLIGENCE +1
  694. <Jaspersprite> *** End list.
  695. -*- abstersiveCorndog Meanwhile, Vergil shoved open the door to the other hotel, entering in a buzz of zingy-sharp something and sulfur. Yeah, this is gonna be great.
  696. <Jaspersprite> *** Nero has reached level 6! He can now, once more, UPGRADE HIS SPECIAL ABILITY!
  697. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh. Look at that. Was that another smile? A very thin one, perhaps, but still? Even now? That's two for zero, Vergil. How unprecedented.
  698. <Jaspersprite> *** GRIMDARK METER: 65%
  699. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (don't get too cocky though)
  700. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (CHR 4 is still)
  701. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (well)
  702. -*- Rabbit is def taking in all the sights as well, Nero, though not hiding it at all. Are you certain you want to get a room for two, cause I currently have no intention of actually laying down in a bed.
  703. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (CHR 4)
  704. -*- Rabbit that sort of
  705. <Jaspersprite> *** Jesus christ Nero for someone who just got his van stolen you sure are on a roll
  706. -*- Rabbit messes up my internals
  707. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Im Starting To Think It Runs In The Family Perhaps."
  708. -*- Rabbit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8RCznpya4A
  709. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Just Perhaps."
  710. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He earned this, okay?
  711. -*- abstersiveCorndog That actually earned a snort. "...Perhaps," he said, just a little more mildly. Just a little.
  712. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend O-oh. O-okay. He didn't know if robots needed to sleep or--
  713. <Jaspersprite> *** Meanwhile! Vergil and the rest enter the MOTORIZED INN. The flea-ridden matresses and peeling wallpaper seemed to be an exaggeration, more or less! If anything, the Inn seemed... more, uh. Used. Save for a SUSPICIOUS STAIN on the carpet in the corner and the SHADY LIGHTING, it doesn't seem... /terribly/ bad! An elderly woman sits behind the counter, looki
  714. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Or--
  715. <Jaspersprite> ng none too pleased about... nothing in particular.
  716. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...You sure? He doesn't want to be r-rude or anythinmg, you know.
  717. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And he doesn't want it to be, like, crowded. And-- and he's--
  718. -*- Rabbit not unless you want to think I'm dead in the morning from rabbit hypnotics
  719. -*- Rabbit I can stand/sit-das what I always do uvu
  720. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...And he didn't mean to be rude or anything b-before. He just. H-he.
  721. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...He never thought he'd see a robot before.
  722. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Like.
  723. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend A r-real one, you know?
  724. <Jaspersprite> *** "Welcome to 99 Hotel. Where the first room is always yours. A basic room for two and a pet, then? That should be about... 75 boondollars for the three of you, please. Any other requests, such as room service and breakfast, will cost extra." Make Transaction? Y/N
  725. -*- abstersiveCorndog Kid, you're losing your class. C'mon, keep it cool.
  726. -*- abstersiveCorndog Smooth.
  727. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh, and now a chuckle. Careful there, Verge, you're gonna turn into Dante if you keep this up.
  728. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend But she.
  729. -*- ZeeZee just kinda... Scoots on over to the front desk. "uh hii we need a room for..." Glances back over his shoulder "three? yeah three"
  730. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She might learn to like your company.
  731. <Jaspersprite> *** Seriously the dog is cooler than you r/n jesus christ you'd think you never rode in a limo or had a wine tasting party with your good chums before
  732. -*- abstersiveCorndog Y
  733. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend W-what? O-oh. Yeah. Gotta keep it cool.
  734. -*- Rabbit what about Ainsly sollux
  735. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Y.
  736. -*- Rabbit Y
  737. -*- Rabbit I'll have to pay you back later
  738. -*- ZeeZee oh... Ainsley wasn't there when he counted...?
  739. -*- abstersiveCorndog This dog was incredibly classy. He'd been around the block when it came to such places as this -- refined places. The Old Master, the Man he so adored and admired once upon a time...this hadn't been his favorite sort of scene, no, but it was certainly the sort of family he came from.
  740. <Jaspersprite> *** Ding! -75. The key to their ROOM (104) is retrieved from behind the counter and handed off with a content nod. "Thank you again for choosing 99 Hotel. I hope the three of you enjoy your stay!"
  741. -*- ZeeZee I will join them later.
  742. -*- abstersiveCorndog And Halley had long learned to appreciate such refined things as the Master did: this was nice, but he really wanted to get out hunting as soon as possible.
  743. -*- abstersiveCorndog Ah, memories.
  744. <Rabbit> "Danks!" He said for the pair, and then already started for way to their room.
  745. -*- Rabbit for the trio*
  746. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Th-thanks.
  747. <abstersiveCorndog> [-75 from whose --]
  748. <abstersiveCorndog> [w/e hALLEY'S PAYING]
  749. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He'll just.
  750. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Go up there now.
  751. <Jaspersprite> [[I would've assumed Halley's-- fff]]
  752. -*- abstersiveCorndog It's on the first level, Boy.
  753. -*- abstersiveCorndog 104.
  754. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Man, what was it even gonna be like? Would there be a water bed? Would there be a shower? A mini-b--
  755. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh.
  756. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Then let's.
  757. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Let's um.
  758. -*- abstersiveCorndog Siiiigh.
  759. -*- abstersiveCorndog Come on.
  760. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend L-let's go there then.
  761. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He's lived a life of near poverty okay?
  762. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He never he'd ever step foot in a place like this.
  763. <Jaspersprite> *** "Wh-- /oh/. That's fine, I guess. Don't expect no luxuries or nothin' and don't break anythin', or it's on you." She warrily says, fishing out the key and dropping it on the countertop with a clink. "Have a nice night or whatever."
  764. -*- abstersiveCorndog Vergil, meanwhile, overcomes his hysterical laughter at the girl's -- Kanaya, wasn't it? -- words. (In actuality, he'd just been staring at the stain on the carpet, reflecting on what sort of comments Dante would have to make about the place.)
  765. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Why would they ever break something--
  766. -*- abstersiveCorndog He trailed along behind, feeling...
  767. -*- abstersiveCorndog Out of place?
  768. -*- abstersiveCorndog Remarkable, yes. Because that had never happened before.
  769. -*- ZeeZee Sollux takes up the key and offers it up to Kanaya. "would you liike two lead the way?"
  770. -*- Rabbit there will def be a bathing area-
  771. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...He didn't really know what to do with himself, without Dante there.
  772. <Jaspersprite> *** Vergil stares at the stain in the corner.
  773. <Jaspersprite> *** It stares back. (-1)
  774. <ZeeZee> (FFF)
  775. <abstersiveCorndog> [vERGE]
  776. <abstersiveCorndog> [YOU]
  777. <ZeeZee> (Vergil you are not doing well.)
  778. <Rabbit> "Hey, I don't think I know your name." He's pretty certain introductions weren't made between him and the sulky teen.
  779. -*- Rabbit verg plz
  780. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh. "Of Course" she smiled, if not a little thinly, as she took the keys. "Hopefully We Wont Suffer Through Any More Hardships As We Walk Through This Perlious Hallway."
  781. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [is everything out to hurt you verge]
  782. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [like]
  783. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [literally everything]
  784. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "o-oh yeah. right."
  785. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "(sorry.)"
  786. <ZeeZee> careful kn don't jiink2 u2
  787. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "..m."
  788. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "nero."
  789. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "nero redgrave."
  790. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "y-youre rabbit right?"
  791. -*- abstersiveCorndog Boy cease your stutterous mannerisms youre making a terrible impression!
  792. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "Oh Sollux I Doubt We Could Be Any More Jinxed Then We Are Now."
  793. -*- abstersiveCorndog Vergil glanced up, dully eyeing the girl. She certainly seemed far more...chipper. Moreso than when he'd exited the hospital, at least.
  794. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Surpisingly, that had been said with more of a smile than a scowl. Better to keep morale up, after all. Her silk skirts trailed after her as she lead the way, umbrella carefully unfolded back by her side. Yes. Hopefully Hopefully indeed.
  795. -*- ZeeZee snrk. "true"
  796. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Perhaps if she pressed it enough, it would finally be true.
  797. <Jaspersprite> *** Nero, Halley and Rabbit arrive just outside the door to their room sooner than later; room 104, stated neatly on a gold plate on the mahogany wood. ... Christ, even the /doors/ look hoity toity. You have no place in being here, Nero. This may be the only time you ever get to be in a hotel like this.
  798. <Jaspersprite> *** /Savor/ /it/.
  799. <Rabbit> "Yup. Nice to meet ya, Nero." He said with a sing-song voice--glad to have a safe resting place since he got here. "Looks like dis's our room!"
  800. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/659722870/Hot-free-shipping-New-Sexy-font-b-Black-b-font-Chiffon-font-b-Long-b-font.jpg How Could I Ever Feel Bad When I Look This Fabulous Vergil]
  801. -*- abstersiveCorndog Quite fabulous, indeed.]
  802. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "y-yeah," he stuttered, fumbling with the key as he tried to lock it in. "g-guess it-t is."
  803. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...h-hey."
  804. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "um."
  805. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "y-you ever been t-to a place like this?"
  806. -*- Rabbit hums a bit in thought. "Maybe waaay back in da day, but not for a few decades. How about you?"
  807. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "...um."
  808. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "no. n-not."
  809. <Jaspersprite> *** Meanwhile! Kanaya, Vergil and Sollux make their way to their own room, the hallway's floorboards creaking understep. A rickety wooden door with brass hinges and a handle to match is eventually reached, no doubt the one the party members are searching for.
  810. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "n-not really."
  811. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "(like.)"
  812. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "(ever.)"
  813. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...Mmhm.
  814. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Should.
  815. -*- abstersiveCorndog Vergil brushed past the other two and tested the handle. Was this thing...
  816. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Should she have her lipstick for this.
  817. -*- abstersiveCorndog Did they even need to unlock it?
  818. <Jaspersprite> *** They didn't.
  819. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend That's.
  820. <Jaspersprite> *** The Motorized Inn, everyone.
  821. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Distressing.
  822. -*- abstersiveCorndog Maybe it was just his hearing that made it sound so creaky as it opened. "...How promising," he remarked dryly.
  823. <Rabbit> "Really? Huh, guess you get to now, then." He continued with the same tone, patting Nero on the back. "D'ya think they have complementary waters and such?"
  824. -*- abstersiveCorndog ("y'just had t'go n' play th'practical card, didn't ya? y'gonna get. fuckin' gangrene. but hey! at least that limp won't be botherin' y'anymore!")
  825. <ZeeZee> eeeh a2 long a2 we don't end up iin a wiitch hut agaiin ii'm cool...
  826. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh, so the robot didn't like-- care or anything. Guess it really had been a long time for Rabbit. He didn't care that he'd been patted on the back in that patronizing-- maybe even fatherly-- way. This was all just too overwhelming for him to be-- to be--
  827. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend To be mad about.
  828. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend "i...m-maybe? i dunno."
  829. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "guess well f-find out huh?"
  830. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Click.
  831. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Finally.
  832. -*- Rabbit nods. "Yep!"
  833. <Jaspersprite> *** When Nero opens the door a hORDE OF RATS SWARM HIM
  834. <ZeeZee> (FFFF)
  835. -*- Rabbit oh noOO
  836. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend gODDAMIT--
  837. -*- abstersiveCorndog Too late now. That bed looked appealing enough to cross the room and...lie down on in a dignified manner. Didn't even remove his coat.
  838. -*- abstersiveCorndog Or shoes.
  839. -*- abstersiveCorndog Vergil, you're more civilized than this.
  840. -*- ZeeZee apparently not.
  841. -*- Rabbit the real plot twist is when the kitchen staff try to cook Nero and Hally, and Rabbit's used as kitchen utensils
  842. -*- Jaspersprite Andy StHilton
  843. -*- abstersiveCorndog (...Despite this, he still somehow managed to make it look slick. Dante wasn't the only one with that particular ability.)
  844. -*- abstersiveCorndog (Vergil just had a much better style.)
  845. -*- ZeeZee sits on the bed and takes off his bearings, UNLIKE /SOME/ PEOPLE.
  846. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...She was going to take out her lipstick anyway, just to be safe. You never knew in a place like this.
  847. <Jaspersprite> *** The room... it, uh. It doesn't look. TERRIBLY bad! I mean. The lamp on the end table looks like it's from when the first lightbulb was invented, sure, and the wallpaper is tacky enough to make you hurl, and /yeah/, the bed doesn't look like the MOST comfortable thing, but...
  848. <Jaspersprite> *** It's /practical/, right Verge?
  849. - {Day changed to Mon Jan 21 00:00:00 2013}
  850. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend With a heavy sigh, she-- gracefully, mind you. You're not the only one with style, boy-- slinked down onto her bed and tried not to look at the wallpaper. Such sheer tackiness was the last thing she needed right now.
  851. -*- abstersiveCorndog ...This really was going to be hell on his leg and shoulder, wasn't it.
  852. <Jaspersprite> *** My Great Grand Lusus Called
  853. <Jaspersprite> *** Even She Does Not Want That Wallpaper Back
  854. <abstersiveCorndog> [Kanaya spends all night redecorating the room]
  855. <Jaspersprite> [[Home Makeover: Vampire Edition]]
  856. <abstersiveCorndog> [The hotel pays her for her services]
  857. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend c'mon, isn't this what y'wanted? y'wanted t'do it th'practical way after all, didn't y'?
  858. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend y'made y'bed.
  859. -*- abstersiveCorndog He's already laying in it, okay?
  860. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend now lie in it.
  861. <Jaspersprite> *** Click! Nero opens the door to his room, and...
  862. -*- abstersiveCorndog Sigh.
  863. <Jaspersprite> *** ... Yeah you're never seeing a room like this again in your entire life Nero--
  864. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend yeah, y'go an' sigh that out. 'cause this ain't y'fault at all, right? poor lil' youse bein' forced t'bed with some honky tonk strangers from nowheresville.
  865. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend oh.
  866. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend wait.
  867. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend totally f'got th'part where this is entirely y'fuckin' fault 'cause y'an unlikeable douche that can't play nice with fuckin' anyone.
  868. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend not even me.
  869. -*- Rabbit stop being rude dantil das rude
  870. -*- abstersiveCorndog In hindsight, even this was probably a waste.
  871. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Mary Mother of God--
  872. -*- abstersiveCorndog He hadn't slept in...he wasn't sure how long. Too long. It was never something that had been easy, but in the game?
  873. -*- abstersiveCorndog Forget about it.
  874. <Jaspersprite> *** A flat screen TV is mounted on the wall, just parallel to the beds-- the ever so comfortable beds, long since prepared and ready for slumber. At the foot of the beds lays one COMPLIMENTARY ROBE respectively, folded so neatly and carefully you'd think that the crown jewels were kept inside. ... And, yes.
  875. <Jaspersprite> *** There's even a dog bed inbetween the two normal sized ones. DOG-FITTED COMPLIMENTARY ROBE and all. How--
  876. <Jaspersprite> *** hoW DID THEY KNOW--
  877. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend always too busy readin' up on some book or sizin' up some other angle f'th'game, right?
  878. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend yeah right.
  879. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend not even th'mutt believed that one. not even f'a minute.
  880. -*- abstersiveCorndog If he wasn't fighting with Dante or at odds with their fellow players or trying to get everyone on-track, he was listening to Dante moving quietly around downstairs, guarding their house-slash-base from imps.
  881. <Jaspersprite> *** Lamps sit on the night standws, a spare door leads to the bathroom, and literally every classy hotel stereotype is fulfilled. There's probably miniature soaps, too.
  882. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend least i did somethin' 'bout it
  883. <Jaspersprite> *** They've probably got miniature soaps by the fucking pile.
  884. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend what did y'ever do f'them?
  885. <Jaspersprite> *** Vergil and Kanaya just. Lay down in their respective beds. Practically. They are about to participate in the most practical sleep that has ever occured. It's going to be so practical, it'll physically hurt.
  886. -*- abstersiveCorndog They always alternated, but somehow...somehow Vergil always ended up perched by him on the bed. The only time he could close his eyes and not toss and turn.
  887. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend admit it, y'just fuckin' hated 'em, didn't y'? y'hated 'em 'fore th'game, an' y'just couldn't stop goin' on hatin' 'em. not even when th'goddamn universe was at stake. hate. hate. hate.
  888. -*- abstersiveCorndog Wright almost got stabbed once, because of it. He hadn't been watching. He...
  889. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend worthless petty lil' bastards. if only y'could get away f'rm it all somehow. if only y'could teleport t'some other world an' never come back.
  890. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend that's why y'learned that lil' trick, didn't y'? don't look at me like that, i ain't that stupid. i can read y'like an open book, verge. haven't y'figured that out already?
  891. -*- abstersiveCorndog He'd get back. Make it up to them. Apologize for -- abandoning them, again -- he didn't...
  892. -*- abstersiveCorndog What if they were hurt? What...
  893. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend they'd all think y'got y'self killed on one of y'stupid lil' expeditions. th'perfect plan.
  894. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend an' as f'lil ol' me, well...
  895. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...i'd live, wouldn't i?
  896. <Jaspersprite> *** This is why you shouldn't stare at stains, Vergil. It--
  897. <Jaspersprite> *** It does shit to your head.
  898. -*- Rabbit grins at the sight. Okay, maybe he will take one of the beds. "I don't know what I was expectin', but it might not have been as swanky as dis!"
  899. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend it'd be th'practical thing t'do, after all. go on an' find that other pretty, pretty universe that ain't gettin' itself eaten alive by some douchetron in spandex.
  900. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend an' look, y'found it! y'finally found it. finally left everyone behind.
  901. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend so enjoy it, verge.
  902. -*- abstersiveCorndog No no no no -- they. They'd be...fine. They were always fine. Had never needed him. They... He'd get back and it wouldn't matter because they'd be fine. He'd...
  903. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend go enjoy y'practical lil' world.
  904. -*- abstersiveCorndog Unceremoniously, he pulled the coarse, thin pillow over his head, sinking in his fingers like claws.
  905. <Jaspersprite> *** To be fair Econ doesn't exactly have the cornerstone of practicality it doesn't even have vehicles--
  906. -*- abstersiveCorndog He wouldn't sleep much tonight.
  907. <abstersiveCorndog> [laughed harder than I should have omfg]
  908. -*- abstersiveCorndog Meanwhile...
  909. -*- abstersiveCorndog Halley's CANINE SIXTH SENSE told him that the Demon was SUFFERING IMMENSELY. He was not displeased by this.
  910. <ZeeZee> (FFF)
  911. -*- abstersiveCorndog Though he was afraid he'd have to reject the dog bed in favor of sprawling out on Nero. As it turned out, proven by the earlier van ride, the boy made quite the pillow. Very warm.
  912. -*- abstersiveCorndog At least.
  913. -*- abstersiveCorndog His shoulder kind of was.
  914. -*- abstersiveCorndog And that arm but. He preferred not to mess with the arm.
  915. <Jaspersprite> *** Gnaw hungrily on arm? Y/N
  916. -*- abstersiveCorndog Y.
  917. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend MEANWHILE,,,
  918. <Jaspersprite> *** Vergil takes -1 damage--
  919. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [pFFFF]
  920. <abstersiveCorndog> [oMFG --]
  921. <Jaspersprite> *** He doESN'T EVEN KNOW WHY,,,,,,
  922. <ZeeZee> (FFFFF)
  923. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Nero was way too busy enjoy this complimentary robe and bed to care about any of that bullshit. Didn't even care if the dog was using him as a bed. This shit was just.
  924. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend So soft.
  925. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Softer than anything he'd ever felt in his entire life. It was like sinking into a sea of silk and cotton.
  926. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It had occured to him, more than once, that there was a real live robot in the room and he should be asking-- like-- all the questions. All of them.
  927. -*- abstersiveCorndog The dog, somehow equipped with his own robe, indeed climbed up to the bed and flopped effectively on the boy's right side. Ahhhhhh, comfort.
  928. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It also occured to him that the shower they had was probably better than the creaky old one back home. Probably a million times better. And he did smell like, well, a fucking sweatrag. A bloody ass sweatrag at that.
  929. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend But.
  930. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend That could all wait in the morning.
  931. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Right now, he just wanted to sleep.
  932. -*- abstersiveCorndog Incidentally, the dog's tail may or may not be serving as a mustache to the preteen. Nero, your peach fuzz is rather...
  933. -*- abstersiveCorndog Bristly.
  934. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend like he even /has/ peach fuzz]
  935. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend No regrets. No regrets at all.
  936. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You know, he wondered...
  937. -*- abstersiveCorndog > Nero: Twirl mustache in a refined manner.
  938. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend What would the old man think...about...the-- the
  939. <Jaspersprite> *** COMPLIMENTARY ROBE: A soft and comfortable robe, sash and all, with the number 99 sewn neatly over the heart.
  940. <ZeeZee> (FFF)
  941. <Jaspersprite> *** HALLEY and RABBIT also gain one of these.
  942. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Theeeesnooggggoar...
  943. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Just like a baby.
  944. <Jaspersprite> *** Sleep overcomes the party members and the lights turn off, as with the rest of the city's windows. Everything in sight seemed to power down, from a glance, save for the POWER FACILITY in the far distance. Always lit. Always standing tall. Always there.
  945. <Jaspersprite> *** A fitting centerpiece, but... still eerily foreboding. Hard to say why, really. It's just a power facility, like any other.
  946. <Jaspersprite> *** Huh.
  947. <ZeeZee> (OR WAS IT?!)
  948. <Jaspersprite> *** Oh, well. There's time to think about that later! It's time for COMPLETELY DREAMLESS SLUMBER and POST-PERSONAL PROBLEM SNOOZING.
  949. <Jaspersprite> *** Continue Session? Y/N
  950. <ZeeZee> (I would say Y but up to you guys. :B)
  951. -*- Rabbit and rabbit trances with oil drool
  952. -*- Rabbit I'm oikay with y
  953. <Jaspersprite> [[Since I can def stay up for longer than this and there's a lot of things to do still oOo]]
  954. <ZeeZee> (Well if Jasps is up for it then YYYYYY)
  955. <abstersiveCorndog> [Y/HY/HFY]
  956. <Rabbit> (hfy)
  957. <Jaspersprite> *** MAJORITY RULE. Y SELECTED. DEMOCRACY IS VICTORIOUS ONCE MORE.
  958. <Jaspersprite> *** RE: YOUR VOTE DOESN'T COUNT FOR ANYTHING, CG. GO HOME.
  959. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend bUT
  960. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend I WAS GONNA SAY Y,,,
  961. <abstersiveCorndog> *** THE RESULT BECOMES N BY DEFAULT.
  962. <Jaspersprite> *** GO HOME.
  963. <abstersiveCorndog> *** EVERYONE GO HOME.
  964. <Jaspersprite> [[But yes continuing now ovo]]
  965. <Jaspersprite> *** ...
  966. <Jaspersprite> *** CUTSCENE.
  967. <ZeeZee> (Yesss)
  968. <Jaspersprite> *** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfrjM2uGoIo
  969. <Jaspersprite> *** The COMPLETELY DREAMLESS SLUMBER is broken by a DREAM. A voice, present in an otherwise empty abyss of the unwaking. Familiar, if all but faintly. From the scent to the visions to even the feel of the ground beneath your feet, your senses abandon you.
  970. <Jaspersprite> *** "--lo? Christ, you're taking forever. Can you even hear this? I don't know if you can, but a shot in the dark is all I got. Please. I'm in the power facility in Ardor-- if you can find me, please do. I can't stay holed up in here forever! I--"
  971. <Jaspersprite> *** "I need help, pl--" Kshh. "se--" Kshhhh. Static is all that follows, before even that quiets to nothing. Nothing but the endless expanse of black dark nothing emptiness.
  972. <Jaspersprite> *** And then--
  973. <Jaspersprite> *** END CUTSCENE.
  974. <Jaspersprite> *** The party wakes up.
  975. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Mmmmmnh, ten more minutes...
  976. -*- abstersiveCorndog What an awful night.
  977. <Jaspersprite> *** ... Probably not simutaneously. That'd be weird. Like, really weird. Hivemind shit. But yes! What a restful/practical night's sleep/staredown with the ceiling that was.
  978. <Jaspersprite> *** Surely worth the money/practicality indeed!
  979. -*- abstersiveCorndog Ssssssssnooore.
  980. -*- Rabbit drooools whilst seeming to have rolled over from his back, meaning it'd be easier for him to move from the get go.
  981. <Jaspersprite> *** Whether that's sarcasm I'm using or not is decided by your DECISIONS.
  982. -*- Rabbit if he wasn't tangled up in his own power cord.
  983. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [hint: vergil you are legitimately the worst]
  984. -*- abstersiveCorndog He knows.
  985. <Jaspersprite> [[His special ability is being the worst]]
  986. -*- abstersiveCorndog He spent the entire night reflecting on this fact.
  987. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [wait what]
  988. -*- abstersiveCorndog You're not helping.
  989. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [who the hell do you think you are?]
  990. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [/deadpool/]
  991. <ZeeZee> (FFFF)
  992. -*- abstersiveCorndog He can do what he wants.
  993. -*- abstersiveCorndog And he's just as capable of...
  994. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [get back behind the fourth wall you sassy little shit]
  995. -*- abstersiveCorndog Cutting a bitch UP.
  996. -*- abstersiveCorndog You can't tell him what to dO (without using the proper interface).
  997. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [no, but]
  998. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [the gm can 8y]
  999. -*- abstersiveCorndog > Demon: Rise up.
  1000. <Jaspersprite> *** Don't think I won't.
  1001. <Jaspersprite> *** Capital B bracket.
  1002. -*- abstersiveCorndog ....Uuuuuuuggggh.
  1003. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [yeah you better run]
  1004. -*- abstersiveCorndog His entire left side was stiff and sore, and his hair was effectively mussed into the state that his twin's was constantly in, he had no doubt. What was it he'd read somewhere? The night was an inn for phantoms; in the morning, we must sweep out the shadows.
  1005. <abstersiveCorndog> [wait]
  1006. <abstersiveCorndog> [I skipped a sentence holy crap]
  1007. <abstersiveCorndog> [I've never done that before omfg]
  1008. <Jaspersprite> [[Fffffffff]]
  1009. <ZeeZee> (Nitro u r drunk)
  1010. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend In that case someone must have sweeped them out awfully early, as a certain someone had already made their leave. Her bed had already been tidied up into near perfect (or, well, as perfect as this inn could ever muster) condition. You would've thought that no one had ever been there.
  1011. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Of course...you knew better, right?
  1012. <Jaspersprite> *** Or perhaps Kanaya was a ghost all alooOOOOONG...
  1013. -*- ZeeZee SOLLUX SLEPT LIKE A LAZY ASS. THE END.
  1014. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend the final boss is actually her remains.]
  1015. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [in a vase]
  1016. -*- abstersiveCorndog It would be easier to push himself up off the bed if the weight on his shoulders didn't feel so heavy. If all that he had on his mind was the state of his hair and rumpled clothes, or the dark, exhausted shadows cast on his face. But no: he had his own demons to contend with, between brief little stretches of drifting sleep.
  1017. <ZeeZee> (FFF)
  1018. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [GOOD LUCK!]
  1019. <abstersiveCorndog> [one sentence more like five sentences --]
  1020. -*- abstersiveCorndog What was it he'd read somewhere? The night was an inn for phantoms; in the morning, we must sweep out the shadows.
  1021. <Jaspersprite> [[Kanaya's Vase of Remains in a helicopter]]
  1022. <Jaspersprite> [[Good luck indeed]]
  1023. -*- abstersiveCorndog With an aged kind of (attempt at) grace and dignity, he...more or less rolled out of bed. And then sat back down, perched on the edge of the mattress.
  1024. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Nah.
  1025. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He'll.
  1026. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He'll just lay for a while. He'll get back up, he promises. Just.
  1027. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Go back to the other guy, okay?
  1028. -*- abstersiveCorndog Nero may or may not be afflicted by a SLEEPING DOG BLANKET. And possibly dog breath.
  1029. -*- abstersiveCorndog He MAY OR MAY NOT even care.
  1030. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Take a wild guess which one it was.
  1031. <Jaspersprite> *** Sleeping dog blanket?
  1032. <Jaspersprite> *** You, ah. You might be mistaken there, Corndog.
  1033. <Jaspersprite> *** Just by a smidge.
  1034. <Jaspersprite> *** Let's back up for a second-- rememeber when Lilly blatantly stated how a little spill of those concoctions could kick off the next bubonic plague? Yeah, well...
  1035. -*- abstersiveCorndog Smidges are for cats.
  1036. <ZeeZee> (God domnit)
  1037. <Jaspersprite> *** The effects of a big spill are just now begining to set in for KANAYA, NERO, HALLEY, ROXY, GAMZEE and SOLLUX.
  1038. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (oh)
  1039. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (oh /lord/)
  1040. <Jaspersprite> *** You're right, Halley. Smidges are for cats. Halley is afflicted with a terrible case of FELITUS. A perfectly legitimate disease in the land of Econ in which the bearer is A CREATURE OF FELINE NATURE.
  1041. <abstersiveCorndog> [omfg]
  1042. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (oH MY GOD)
  1043. <abstersiveCorndog> [oMFG]
  1044. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (CAN WE JUST SAY)
  1045. <alaroraAuxilafiend> (BEST SESSION)
  1046. <abstersiveCorndog> [LIES DOWN AND DIES]
  1047. <abstersiveCorndog> [AFTER STORMING OUT]
  1048. <abstersiveCorndog> [laughing really hard tho omfg perf Jasp]
  1049. <ZeeZee> (I APPROVE.)
  1050. <ZeeZee> (I APPROVE SO HARD.)
  1051. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Well I dunno, he--
  1052. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend He's feeling pretty damn good right now.
  1053. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend So just.
  1054. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Leave him alone, okay?
  1055. -*- abstersiveCorndog Purrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
  1056. -*- Rabbit whirrrrrrrrr
  1057. <Jaspersprite> *** KANAYA'S glowing skin keeps changing colors like a broken strobe light, Nero can speak ONLY IN PROVERBS, and SOLLUX has DYSENTRY.
  1058. <-> You are now known as catstersiveTournure
  1059. <Jaspersprite> *** ... WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
  1060. <catstersiveTournure> [OH MY GOD]
  1061. <catstersiveTournure> [I AM]
  1062. <catstersiveTournure> [I]
  1063. <catstersiveTournure> [HELP]
  1064. <catstersiveTournure> [NERO CAN SPEAK ONLY IN PROVERBS]
  1065. <catstersiveTournure> [SOLLUX HAS THE WORST DISEASE IN OREGON TRAIL]
  1066. <ZeeZee> (GOD DAMNIT.)
  1067. <catstersiveTournure> [KANAYA'S HAVING A PANIC AT THE DISCO]
  1068. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [i'M]
  1069. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [NOT EVEN SURE WHAT TO SAY]
  1070. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [EXCEPT I BETTER GO GET A BOOK OF PROVERBS]
  1071. <catstersiveTournure> [HAHAHA]
  1072. <Jaspersprite> [[YOU ARE WELCOME]]
  1073. <catstersiveTournure> [wHEN IN DOUBT QUOTE UNCLE IROH]
  1074. <ZeeZee> (YES GOOD)
  1075. <Rabbit> (this is going to be)
  1076. <Rabbit> (magestic)
  1077. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend There's a reason why she's wearing one of her more...elaborate hats today.
  1078. <catstersiveTournure> [It will be so, so beautiful]
  1079. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And by elaborate she means.
  1080. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/hatstore/GiantSpectator.jpeg Large.
  1081. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Very, very large. And very, very covering.
  1082. <Jaspersprite> [[First cutscene second]]
  1083. <Jaspersprite> [[POTION PROBLEMS]]
  1084. <catstersiveTournure> [Did you steal that from Snowman, Kanaya --]
  1085. -*- catstersiveTournure Meanwhile...
  1086. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Possibly.
  1087. <Jaspersprite> [[Dave also needs to be afflicted by potion effects--]]
  1088. -*- Jaspersprite Dave's smuppet fuses with some of the skin on his face]]
  1089. <ZeeZee> (FFF)
  1090. -*- catstersiveTournure Vergil rubbed his face and stared at the wall. He. He needed to get up. Make sure the boy, the mutt, and the robot didn't get...
  1091. -*- Jaspersprite Dave you are now siamese twins with a smuppet]]
  1092. -*- catstersiveTournure Kidnapped and killed for some...heinous government conspiracy. Or something.
  1093. -*- Rabbit I read that as Krilled
  1094. -*- catstersiveTournure ...He'd had way, way too long a night --
  1095. -*- ZeeZee good.
  1096. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Try waking up to find that you're a living disco ball, dear.
  1097. -*- Rabbit geeze verge you /did/ have too long of a night
  1098. <Jaspersprite> *** Ah, yes. That tricky, tricky government. Always kidnapping and killing children and robots and dogs. I just hate it when they do that. Why, Obama. Why this.
  1099. -*- Rabbit thanks obama
  1100. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [*bush sr]
  1101. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [early nineties after all 8y]
  1102. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [or would it be bill clinton]
  1103. <catstersiveTournure> [cLINTON]
  1104. <catstersiveTournure> [YOU AND YOUR]
  1105. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [let's pretend it's bill clinton]
  1106. <catstersiveTournure> [CONSPIRACIES]
  1107. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [SAXOPHONE]
  1108. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [YOUR CONSPIRACY SAXOPHONE]
  1109. <Jaspersprite> [[Everytime a note is played on the saxaphone America is plagued with another conspiracy]]
  1110. -*- Rabbit alright who played the conspiracy saxophone in the sixties
  1111. <ZeeZee> (Good.)
  1112. <ZeeZee> (Guys, guys, how do I ... Dysentery...)
  1113. <ZeeZee> (How does one, role play that?)
  1114. -*- Rabbit loose control over your bowels
  1115. -*- Rabbit lose
  1116. -*- Rabbit eh
  1117. -*- Rabbit loose works
  1118. -*- ZeeZee Sollux went to the bathroom, all. day. long.)
  1119. -*- Rabbit we couldn't do anything because Sollux wouldn't stop poopin
  1120. -*- ZeeZee so much that he ended up shitting so much blood he died.)
  1121. <Jaspersprite> [[Basically]]
  1122. <ZeeZee> (THANKS JASPERS.)
  1123. <ZeeZee> (THANKS.)
  1124. <Jaspersprite> [[C:]]
  1125. -*- ZeeZee and then Sollux died in a pool of shit mucus and blood.
  1126. -*- Rabbit yaaaay
  1127. -*- Jaspersprite Level up
  1128. <ZeeZee> (FFF)
  1129. -*- ZeeZee outside the cheaper of the two hotels Ainsley sat, legs crossed, on the ground. Leaning up against the wall by the door their eyes stared skyward, slowly breathing in the chilled morning air. Not having been covered in the concoctions the day before they were unaware of any side effects any in the party might have been having.
  1130. -*- catstersiveTournure Vergil...seemed to have effectively forgotten about the third occupant of the room, starting for the door with little hesitation. He was pretty sure he didn't have a change of clothes or anything. Not that anyone had been doing much of that since the game started, either, but --
  1131. -*- catstersiveTournure ...Whatever. It didn't matter.
  1132. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Uggggggh, fine. Fine, fine, he's up. He's been up. He just wanted to enjoy this for as long as possible, okay? He was pretty sure he'd never have a chance like this again. Not as long as he'd ever live, that's for sure. It was just so.
  1133. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend So nice.
  1134. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend So peaceful.
  1135. -*- catstersiveTournure Purrrrrrrrrfection, wasn't it, Boy?
  1136. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend So--
  1137. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Wait.
  1138. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Was that...purring?
  1139. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Like.
  1140. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Cat purring?
  1141. -*- catstersiveTournure Halley had already awoken -- halfway, anyway. All he'd managed to do was streeeeetch his limbs and then curl back up on the Boy's chest, warm and content. He'd just catch another little cat nap.
  1142. -*- catstersiveTournure This was such a luxurious place to be, after all. And this robe felt simply tailored to fit him.
  1143. -*- catstersiveTournure Purrr-rrrrrrrr-rrrrr.
  1144. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Nero's eyes blearily fluttered open at that-- that racket, struggling to find the source. Come on, it couldn't have been a cat. This hotel was too swanky for something like that, right? That was for like. Trailer parks. Or whatever.
  1145. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And this was no trailer paaaaa--
  1146. -*- catstersiveTournure Wouldn't you know, Boy.
  1147. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend WH-
  1148. -*- catstersiveTournure ...Huh?
  1149. -*- catstersiveTournure What was with the Boy moving around all of the sudden? Lay still.
  1150. -*- catstersiveTournure pAW PAW.
  1151. -*- catstersiveTournure (which may or may not turn out to be cLAW CLAW)
  1152. -*- catstersiveTournure (Halley you make a very bad cat)
  1153. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "He is like a lion eager to te--"
  1154. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend WHAT.
  1155. -*- catstersiveTournure Wh--
  1156. -*- catstersiveTournure WHAT.
  1157. -*- catstersiveTournure Meanwhile...
  1158. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend His mouth snapped close as soon the words stumbled out, hands snapping over his lips in terror.
  1159. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend What...what the fuck?
  1160. -*- ZeeZee Sollux woke suddenly, eyes shooting open before his body started to shake. Without warning he flew any traces of covers away and bolted out the room for the toilet. Holy. Fuck.
  1161. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend MEANWHILE,,,
  1162. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh no, wait.
  1163. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend The boys were taking their sweet time on this one.
  1164. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend That's okay.
  1165. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She can wait.
  1166. -*- catstersiveTournure Vergil was all too happy to exit his room and the building, straightening his clothes as he went. He'd have to find the g-- Kanaya, once he found the kid's room, and they could gather up the...party.
  1167. -*- catstersiveTournure Party.
  1168. -*- catstersiveTournure Hah. Dante would love that.
  1169. -*- ZeeZee noticing the newest member of their group exit the inn Ainsley spoke up in greeting. "Good morning."
  1170. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend As it turned out, Vergil didn't have to look very far. She had gone no further than the trailer park bench, somberly sitting there and watching the sun rise in its full. Truly, she was a thing of beauty, with her massive swooping hat and her ruffed vintage chiffon dress. That girl knew had to dress in that syle, that was for sure.
  1171. -*- catstersiveTournure The thought was a stark contrast to the entire previous night -- warm and pleasant by comparison, even when it left that hollow ache in his chest throbbing. He --
  1172. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Of course, it was doubtful Vergil noticed any of that.
  1173. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Noooo, he'd probably be too focused on just.
  1174. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend One.
  1175. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Thing.
  1176. <alaroraAuxilafiend> [IT'S A SPACE RAVE]
  1177. -*- catstersiveTournure Was that a flash of r--
  1178. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Now it's orange! How delightful!
  1179. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Oh, back to teal again.
  1180. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend She's not particularly fond of this color at all.
  1181. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Or this one.
  1182. -*- ZeeZee MY EYES.)
  1183. -*- catstersiveTournure He snapped to attention at the voice, blinking away the no doubt imaginary flare. Get it together -- he had better things to do than...
  1184. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Definitely not this one.
  1185. -*- catstersiveTournure "Good morning," he greeted, not quite coldly.
  1186. <ZeeZee> I do apologize, as it would seem I have yet to introduce myself. It is rather rude, but I'm afraid the opportune moment did not arise during the time we first met until now... My name is Ainsley.
  1187. -*- catstersiveTournure It was better than looking frantically toward the imaginary flash in the corner of his e-- that was not a flare of gold he just saw.
  1188. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend It was indeed.
  1189. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Don't mind her, dears, she'll just.
  1190. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Wait right here for you.
  1191. -*- ZeeZee the alien turned away, looking toward the glowing wonder once more. "It is pleasing to see that you don't share Kanaya's affliction. Such an array from everyone would be rather troublesome I suspect... Though... I've come to doubt much of my knowledge as of late..."
  1192. -*- catstersiveTournure ...He really wasn't sure what to ask about first -- the affliction or the...other affliction. The doubt.
  1193. -*- ZeeZee without turning their head Ainsley looked back up to Vergil. "I have gathered that your name is Vergil, is that correct?
  1194. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You think she might've glanced back, though it's hard to tell when her eyes were covered by such a heavy silk veil. Certainly couldn't see it from this distance, that's for sure.
  1195. -*- catstersiveTournure "Yes, that is correct." He paused, briefly, to look her over. "...Doubt your knowledge?" he prompted, just a little uncertainly -- it'd feel cruel to ignore the such a statement, a rather...personal, emotional one, in favor of...well, pragmatism. If it were urgent, she'd te-tell him.
  1196. <ZeeZee> Yes... It is very hard to believe anything when so little of what you know is useful.
  1197. -*- catstersiveTournure ("yeah. like y'never have before. not like y'never noticed all those signs. no, i know better'n that.")
  1198. <ZeeZee> ... I apologize... Such statements hold little meaning without the knowledge to support them...
  1199. -*- catstersiveTournure ("y'selfish, verge. nobody likes t'deal with youse, n' f'good reason. y'never even woulda known about felicia's mom or claire's brother or anythin' if y'had y'way.")
  1200. -*- catstersiveTournure "...It's fine," he dismissed calmly, crossing his arms. Seemed to be a habit. "Why...doubt your knowledge?"
  1201. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend At least--
  1202. -*- catstersiveTournure "I mean --"
  1203. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend At least you still have a brother!
  1204. -*- catstersiveTournure "Why...specifically?"
  1205. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend And you...
  1206. -*- catstersiveTournure He doesn't know that --
  1207. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You--
  1208. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You don't even treat him right!
  1209. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...sniff.
  1210. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend I-I'm sorry.
  1211. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend I-
  1212. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend I didn't mean it--
  1213. <ZeeZee> ... Have you ever come into a situation where everything you were taught and learned became completely and utterly useless, increasingly so as time went on?
  1214. -*- catstersiveTournure An arm came untangled to press a hand to his temples soundly.
  1215. -*- catstersiveTournure "...Yes, somewhat." He shifted his weight off of his left leg again. At this rate, he'd need hip replacement surgery by the age of fi-- oh. Right. He was dead long before fifty.
  1216. -*- catstersiveTournure Some alternate version of him, yes, but...
  1217. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend You know, this sunrise is looking awfully lovely today.
  1218. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend Perhaps you should look at it.
  1219. -*- catstersiveTournure Rather than elaborating, he glanced up briefly at the -- er. Ainsley. Then straight back to the ground.
  1220. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (And not.)
  1221. -*- catstersiveTournure No, the ground is far more interesting.
  1222. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend (Her.)
  1223. -*- Rabbit stirs a bit, his systems whirring and humming to life as the automaton smacked his metal lips. Photoreceptors blink open blearily, as he tugs experimentally at his cord.
  1224. -*- catstersiveTournure sOMEWHERE OUT THERE...
  1225. -*- catstersiveTournure Halley sat up to stare down at the Boy, effectively weirded out by his behavior. Boy you're
  1226. <ZeeZee> That... That is every day for me now...
  1227. -*- catstersiveTournure You're
  1228. -*- catstersiveTournure Um.
  1229. -*- catstersiveTournure Bigger? Than usual?
  1230. -*- catstersiveTournure It's okay, Boy. Jake went through these growth spurts too --
  1231. -*- catstersiveTournure Presumably, uh, this size was a side-effect of. You know. Weirdness.
  1232. -*- catstersiveTournure You'll be able to readjust to society. Don't worry.
  1233. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Wh-what was that? What in the world was that? Forget this cat-- the one that looked awfully too much like Halley than he was comfortable with-- he--
  1234. -*- catstersiveTournure ...Might have to make the doorways a bit bigger, but.
  1235. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend His words--
  1236. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend H-his--
  1237. <-- Jaspersprite (Mibbit@24-148-127-150.ip.mhcable.com) has quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  1238. -*- Rabbit squints a bit at the sight, wondering faintly where that cat came from
  1239. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend What-- What--
  1240. -*- Rabbit casually does a very good impression of a cat. prrlowr
  1241. <catstersiveTournure> *** The cat purrs. Vergil takes damage. (-1)
  1242. <alaroraAuxilafiend> "(the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?)"
  1243. <ZeeZee> (FFFF)
  1244. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend SMACK.
  1245. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend n-nO GODDAMNIT.
  1246. -*- alaroraAuxilafiend ...Wh-what-- what was happening to him?
  1247. -*- ZeeZee Nero are you teen clown demon pregnant?
  1248. -*- catstersiveTournure I believe you mean
  1249. -*- catstersiveTournure The Lord takes vengeance against his foes
  1250. -*- catstersiveTournure He sustains his rage against his enemies
  1251. -*- catstersiveTournure :y
  1252. -*- ZeeZee yes good.
  1253. -*- ZeeZee now if you'll excuse me I have to be a sad butterfly.
  1254. <-- Rabbit (Mibbit@173-26-241-249.client.mchsi.com) has quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  1255. <-- alaroraAuxilafiend (~Rory@cpe-74-79-162-167.twcny.res.rr.com) has quit (Ping timeout: 202 seconds)
  1256. --> chthonianGunslinger (~Rory@cpe-74-79-162-167.twcny.res.rr.com) has joined #Flarp2
  1257. --> Rabbit (Mibbit@173-26-241-249.client.mchsi.com) has joined #Flarp2
  1258. -*- chthonianGunslinger i accidentally the entire computer
  1259. -*- catstersiveTournure punches compruder
  1260. -*- catstersiveTournure you didn't miss anything
  1261. -*- chthonianGunslinger aNYWAY
  1262. -*- chthonianGunslinger to answer your question zee
  1263. -*- Rabbit did I miss anything or
  1264. -*- catstersiveTournure no uwu
  1265. -*- Rabbit yes okay uwu
  1266. -*- ZeeZee yes?
  1267. -*- chthonianGunslinger behold, i was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
  1268. <chthonianGunslinger> [take that as you will 8y]
  1269. -*- ZeeZee yes good.
  1270. <chthonianGunslinger> [hint: that's a yes]
  1271. -*- ZeeZee YES GOOD.
  1272. <chthonianGunslinger> [he is totally teen demon clown pregnant]
  1273. -*- ZeeZee I knew it.
  1274. <catstersiveTournure> [...I think I've read a fanfic in which that basically actually happens I]
  1275. <catstersiveTournure> [It was]
  1276. <catstersiveTournure> [Um]
  1277. <ZeeZee> (GOOD)
  1278. <catstersiveTournure> [An /experience/]
  1279. <chthonianGunslinger> [was it]
  1280. <chthonianGunslinger> [a homestuck fic]
  1281. <catstersiveTournure> [I don't rEMEMBER]
  1282. <catstersiveTournure> [I don't think so tho]
  1283. -*- ZeeZee there was a brief pause. "I do apologize, such things are of rare relativity..."
  1284. -*- ZeeZee whoops is that me going back to da rp? OOPS
  1285. -*- catstersiveTournure This...Ainsley apologized a lot. He...
  1286. -*- catstersiveTournure Wasn't really sure what to do with that.
  1287. <catstersiveTournure> [> 2:40; continue y/y]
  1288. <ZeeZee> (Y)
  1289. <catstersiveTournure> [RP responsibly]
  1290. <ZeeZee> (Never)
  1291. <catstersiveTournure> [I don't actually have tomorrow off but I'd probably be staying up anyway sO]
  1292. <ZeeZee> (FFF)
  1293. -*- catstersiveTournure "...What situation are you in that all your education is useless?" He'd feel far, far too guilty to let it go, when she seemed so...just a little lost. Confused. And not enjoying one second of it.
  1294. <ZeeZee> This one. The one I'm in right now, with you and the others.
  1295. -*- catstersiveTournure ("y'just fuckin' curious. 'cause she's not human. 'cause that's interestin' n' y'tryin' t'focus on that. y'prick.")
  1296. -*- catstersiveTournure "How so?" Indeed, he could smell well enough that she wasn't human -- wasn't quite like anything else he'd ever smelled, either. It was hard to say what she might mean by it.
  1297. <catstersiveTournure> [casually feminine pronouns]
  1298. <ZeeZee> (Is okay. :B)
  1299. <catstersiveTournure> [Vergil ain't even care ok]
  1300. <chthonianGunslinger> [cis scum B[ ]
  1301. <chthonianGunslinger> [cis demon scum]
  1302. -*- catstersiveTournure Halley squinted down at the...uh, oversized boy, deciding to crawl off his chest and hop off the bed. He was talking very str--
  1303. -*- catstersiveTournure ...
  1304. -*- catstersiveTournure ...was it just him, or
  1305. <ZeeZee> ... I was born and raised to fight and kill, it is the duty and job of a soldier after all. That is my life, that is who I am... But here, in this place, being a soldier every day... Is uncalled for.
  1306. -*- catstersiveTournure or was the ground a lot farther down than it was before?
  1307. <ZeeZee> Military tactics, and knowledge on how to kill your opponent are useless when dealing with things like emotion and feelings. They are so... Unusual, and I can barely comprehend how they are lived with, but everyone here has them... Absolutely everyone.
  1308. -*- Rabbit lifts his head, and looks down to the feline. "Where'd da cat come from?"
  1309. -*- catstersiveTournure Cat?!
  1310. -*- catstersiveTournure wHERE --
  1311. -*- catstersiveTournure ...
  1312. -*- ZeeZee LOOK IN THE MIRROR HALLEY YOU'LL FIND IT!!
  1313. -*- catstersiveTournure You lion, robot? You tryin' to mess with him?
  1314. -*- Rabbit I'm looking right at 'im
  1315. -*- chthonianGunslinger Nero would love to answer your question Rabbit, he really would, but he's a bit too busy shivering in the corner of his bed.
  1316. -*- catstersiveTournure ...Uh. Boy?
  1317. -*- chthonianGunslinger Just-- what-- what was going on with him? It's like everytime he tried to say something, anything, it'd--
  1318. -*- chthonianGunslinger It'd come out wrong.
  1319. -*- chthonianGunslinger Like--
  1320. -*- chthonianGunslinger Like he had no control at all--
  1321. -*- catstersiveTournure Halley cautiously crossed the bed (it took several more than too many steps), sniffing at him and then nudging him and oh God all of his proportions were wrong.
  1322. -*- Rabbit takes note of Nero's state after a moment, which finally gives him good reason to unravel from his wirey snare.
  1323. <ZeeZee> ... Even you.
  1324. -*- catstersiveTournure Y-yeah, he.
  1325. -*- catstersiveTournure Hard to avoid.
  1326. -*- catstersiveTournure ("oh but don't you just try, eh, verge?")
  1327. <ZeeZee> It is so very easy to see it. All of your faces, each and every one of you, even the ones trying to hide something, I can see it, I can see it all, because I know, I've truly seen a face, void of everything.
  1328. <ZeeZee> Because it's my face...
  1329. <ZeeZee> And it makes absolutely no sense to me.
  1330. <catstersiveTournure> [Ainsley baby --]
  1331. -*- catstersiveTournure "...That's how people tend to be," he answered almost gruffly. "They...they're emotional." He paused, uncertainty draining at the stoniness in his expression before it was restored tenfold. (Yet another demonstration of emotion, whether he liked it or not.)
  1332. <ZeeZee> No... It's not how people tend to be. Not where I'm from, not where I've been my entire life up until recently.
  1333. -*- chthonianGunslinger Gulp.
  1334. -*- chthonianGunslinger Shiver.
  1335. -*- catstersiveTournure 8l
  1336. <ZeeZee> Emotions do not exist. They are trained away from the start, only the few old enough to remember before the war know of such things, have such things.
  1337. <chthonianGunslinger> "you serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell!?"
  1338. -*- chthonianGunslinger WHY.
  1339. -*- catstersiveTournure Lick lick with that. Sandpaper tongue.
  1340. -*- ZeeZee your words, so wise Nero, so wise. They bring a tear to my eye, sniff sniff.
  1341. <chthonianGunslinger> "...But Doesnt Nessecarily Mean You Are Truely Without Them At All."
  1342. -*- chthonianGunslinger Oh.
  1343. -*- chthonianGunslinger She's.
  1344. -*- chthonianGunslinger Sorry.
  1345. -*- catstersiveTournure "...That does not m-make you...incapable of experiencing emotion," Vergil answered slowly, actually looking up now. "Logic is a way of thinking that can be learned later in life; it's the same with emotion."
  1346. -*- catstersiveTournure ...!
  1347. -*- catstersiveTournure ...uh.
  1348. -*- chthonianGunslinger She couldn't help but to overhear, and then her feet started walking on their own, and--
  1349. -*- catstersiveTournure Kanaya, you've got a little --
  1350. <ZeeZee> ... Hello Kanaya.
  1351. -*- chthonianGunslinger And Ainsley was her friend.
  1352. -*- catstersiveTournure Uh 00
  1353. <catstersiveTournure> [*--]
  1354. <catstersiveTournure> [omfg]
  1355. -*- catstersiveTournure ... <8l
  1356. -*- chthonianGunslinger Still, she persed her lips the moment she spoke, regretting them instant. Now they could see her in all her hideous glory.
  1357. -*- chthonianGunslinger In her offensive glory.
  1358. -*- chthonianGunslinger So very, very offensive.
  1359. <ZeeZee> Are you doing well? That is to say, does it hurt to change color in such drastic of manners?
  1360. -*- ZeeZee topic chaaaaange.
  1361. -*- chthonianGunslinger The only apology she could give was a dejected shrug and a pitiful, perhaps even apologetic, look from beneath silky veils and lowered eyelashes.
  1362. <chthonianGunslinger> "..."
  1363. <chthonianGunslinger> "I--"
  1364. -*- catstersiveTournure ...She seemed sort of. Upset?
  1365. -*- catstersiveTournure O-or maybe that was just. Him.
  1366. <chthonianGunslinger> "Well No But--"
  1367. -*- chthonianGunslinger Another helpless, pitiful shrug.
  1368. <ZeeZee> That is a relief.
  1369. <chthonianGunslinger> "...Navy Looks Good With Everything."
  1370. <ZeeZee> To be honest I find your affliction rather...
  1371. <ZeeZee> Appealing.
  1372. -*- catstersiveTournure Um.
  1373. <ZeeZee> The colors are quite reminiscent of home...
  1374. <catstersiveTournure> [oh gosh qt]
  1375. -*- chthonianGunslinger ...?
  1376. <chthonianGunslinger> "They..."
  1377. <ZeeZee> Are beautiful.
  1378. <chthonianGunslinger> "They Do?"
  1379. <ZeeZee> Yes.
  1380. -*- catstersiveTournure ...cough.
  1381. -*- catstersiveTournure "(...'s a very.)"
  1382. -*- catstersiveTournure Mumble mumble.
  1383. -*- ZeeZee SO HELPFUL VERGE.
  1384. -*- catstersiveTournure "(...a very n-nice dr-dress.)"
  1385. -*- catstersiveTournure H-he...
  1386. -*- catstersiveTournure He helped.
  1387. <ZeeZee> There is little around in this world that is so bright and alluring... The splashes and flickers are much like the act of one preforming the butterfly effect...
  1388. -*- chthonianGunslinger Oh. Well. Perhaps it wasn't so bad, was it? If-- If it reminded someone of home, then it wasn't all bad. It couldn't-- couldn't be that bad.
  1389. -*- chthonianGunslinger N-no, it--
  1390. -*- chthonianGunslinger She--
  1391. -*- catstersiveTournure ...Privately, Vergil observed and noted for later reference that the alien did not seem so unemotional now.
  1392. -*- chthonianGunslinger Ainsley thought she looked pretty, then--
  1393. -*- chthonianGunslinger Oh--
  1394. -*- chthonianGunslinger Due to not being a vampire and not a super demon, as some could claim to, Kanaya didn't have hearing extraordinary enough to hear what Vergil had managed to fumble out. But she had heard something and, in her jittery state, that was more than enough to make her head twitch towards him. And--
  1395. <chthonianGunslinger> "Oh."
  1396. <chthonianGunslinger> "Your Hair."
  1397. -*- catstersiveTournure So, uh. "I'll --"
  1398. -*- catstersiveTournure "...m-my...(hai--)"
  1399. -*- catstersiveTournure O-oh. Right, his hair. He, uh.
  1400. -*- catstersiveTournure Forgot about it.
  1401. -*- chthonianGunslinger She gently reached out to touch it, but-- No, that wasn't right. Too personal. Especially for someone she just met. Especially when she was like this. It was pulled back as quickly as it had been put out.
  1402. -*- catstersiveTournure In response, he quickly raised a hand and slicked it back, nervously eyeing the slender fingers just beginning to reach toward him. It didn't stay perfectly, perhaps even a little less so than normal, but. It'd work.
  1403. -*- catstersiveTournure Th-there. Back. Back to normal.
  1404. <chthonianGunslinger> "I--"
  1405. -*- ZeeZee watches quietly.
  1406. <chthonianGunslinger> "Here--" A slender little bottle had suddenly appeared in her hands, seemingly from thin air itself, as she almost timidly offered it in her palm. "Its What I Use To Keep My Own Hair Into Place."
  1407. -*- ZeeZee Meanwhile... Sollux is still in the bathroom.
  1408. <chthonianGunslinger> "Its."
  1409. -*- chthonianGunslinger Eyes back onto the ground again. Such a fascinating, astounding sidewalk.
  1410. <chthonianGunslinger> "The Least I Can Offer."
  1411. <chthonianGunslinger> [omfg rainbownaya your text is so /hard/]
  1412. <ZeeZee> (It's hard and nobody understands?)
  1413. <chthonianGunslinger> [actually i]
  1414. <chthonianGunslinger> [i'm pretty sure sollux is the hardest one of all]
  1415. <chthonianGunslinger> [if you know what i mean]
  1416. <ZeeZee> (FFF)
  1417. <chthonianGunslinger> [8y]
  1418. <ZeeZee> (Thanks.)
  1419. <chthonianGunslinger> [everyone has a gRAND OLD ADVENTURE]
  1420. <chthonianGunslinger> [sollux]
  1421. <chthonianGunslinger> [sollux has a grand old adventure too!]
  1422. <chthonianGunslinger> [in]
  1423. <chthonianGunslinger> [in the bathroom]
  1424. <ZeeZee> (For days.)
  1425. <catstersiveTournure> *** The TOILET stopped flushing the third time.
  1426. <catstersiveTournure> *** You are FRANKLY SURPRISED that it lasted that long.
  1427. <catstersiveTournure> *** It now smells like...
  1428. <catstersiveTournure> *** You'd rather never, ever record or remember any details about this moment.
  1429. <catstersiveTournure> *** It's the worst moment. In your life.
  1430. <ZeeZee> (Poor Sollux.)
  1431. -*- catstersiveTournure "Uh --"
  1432. -*- ZeeZee continues to watch
  1433. -*- catstersiveTournure Slowly, as though expecting the bottle to suddenly bite him, he reached out and just sort of. Took it. Took a smallish sample and dropped it back in her hand.
  1434. -*- catstersiveTournure "Th-- (...thanks.)"
  1435. <chthonianGunslinger> *** CHOMP
  1436. <chthonianGunslinger> *** Shouldn't have trusted that bottle, Verge. (-1)
  1437. <ZeeZee> (FFFF)
  1438. -*- ZeeZee wonders if they should go back to sitting...
  1439. -*- catstersiveTournure This gel felt...less stiff than the stuff he preferred, and smelled significantly different. Nevertheless, with practiced motion, he fixed the object of their focus. It probably wouldn't last the day -- no gel ever quite seemed to -- but it would do well enough.
  1440. -*- chthonianGunslinger The bottle disappeared as quickly as it appeared, and Kanaya's hands were left to wring themselves into all of eternity. "...Think Nothing Of It."
  1441. -*- ZeeZee will just, sit back down and lean against the inn wall.
  1442. <chthonianGunslinger> "..."
  1443. <chthonianGunslinger> " . . . "
  1444. -*- catstersiveTournure "..."
  1445. <ZeeZee> ...? Is something the matter?
  1446. -*- catstersiveTournure "I'll go...find N-(Nero's room,)" he mumbled. It felt...unnatural to say the name.
  1447. -*- catstersiveTournure The ground was most definitely a fascinating structure.
  1448. <chthonianGunslinger> "I Suppose Now Is A Good As Any To Confront The Proverbial Trunkbeast In The Hive Isnt It."
  1449. -*- chthonianGunslinger Sigh.
  1450. <chthonianGunslinger> "I."
  1451. <chthonianGunslinger> "Am An Epilectic Seizure In The Making."
  1452. <chthonianGunslinger> "And I Havent The Faintest Clue Why."
  1453. <ZeeZee> Has anything unusual happened recently?
  1454. -*- chthonianGunslinger The ground is indeed the most curious thing in this city, yes.
  1455. <chthonianGunslinger> "..."
  1456. <-- catstersiveTournure (~quassel@oh-76-5-107-218.dhcp.embarqhsd.net) has left #Flarp2 (http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.)
  1457. --> catstersiveTournure (~quassel@oh-76-5-107-218.dhcp.embarqhsd.net) has joined #Flarp2
  1458. * Topic for #Flarp2 is "Welcome to #Flarp2 ! | Please keep in mind that this is a moderately SFW room, and it would be preffered to keep it as that. | Fill out the character template to start playing! ( http://pastebin.com/EF96XdN2 ) | Inventory and finished character sheets here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O56j8pU3M7e_2drZtQoczC8UcWR-KcGpYKiljZNcK_s/edit?pli=1"
  1459. * Topic set by Jaspers|turntableGeneration on Mon May 14 04:04:31 2012
  1460. *** Mode #Flarp2 +nt by availo.esper.net
  1461. * Channel #Flarp2 created on Thu Jan 17 16:09:50 2013
  1462. <catstersiveTournure> [whoops]
  1463. <chthonianGunslinger> [nitro r u]
  1464. <catstersiveTournure> [didn't miss anything did I]
  1465. <chthonianGunslinger> [r u ok]
  1466. <chthonianGunslinger> [<chthonianGunslinger> "Define Unusual."]
  1467. <chthonianGunslinger> [just this]
  1468. <chthonianGunslinger> [in various eye bleeding colors]
  1469. <catstersiveTournure> [I accidentally right-clicked and then clicked Leave Room -- lEGITIMATELY ACCIDENTAL --]
  1470. <catstersiveTournure> [how did I miss that in like four seconds]
  1471. <chthonianGunslinger> [i]
  1472. <chthonianGunslinger> [are you for real]
  1473. <chthonianGunslinger> [like]
  1474. <chthonianGunslinger> [for really real]
  1475. <catstersiveTournure> [I am the most real]
  1476. <chthonianGunslinger> [nitro,,,]
  1477. <ZeeZee> Oh... Yes I suppose many unusual things could happen here... How about any contact with something or someone that would cause such an ailment?
  1478. <catstersiveTournure> [about both four seconds and the accidental leave room]
  1479. <catstersiveTournure> [this mouse is easy to accidentally click]
  1480. -*- catstersiveTournure "...Str-strange substances or...p-people or cre-cr-- creatures?"
  1481. <catstersiveTournure> [Are we still awake --]
  1482. <chthonianGunslinger> "I Cant Imagine Who Or What Could Possibly Inflict An Ailment As-- As Outlandish And Grevious As--"
  1483. <catstersiveTournure> [Oh ok]
  1484. <chthonianGunslinger> [yes hi i just]
  1485. <chthonianGunslinger> [rainbownaya]
  1486. <chthonianGunslinger> [rainbownaya you are making my /wrist/ cramp]
  1487. <catstersiveTournure> [Shhh its k I just]
  1488. <catstersiveTournure> [Wasn't sure]
  1489. -*- chthonianGunslinger ...Those potions. She had mentioned how dangerous they were, didn't they? Probably filled with strange and bizzare concoctions from every corner of the wasteland.
  1490. -*- chthonianGunslinger Perhaps even one just bizarre enough to...
  1491. <chthonianGunslinger> "...Caul."
  1492. -*- catstersiveTournure "(...uh...?)"
  1493. -*- chthonianGunslinger And then.
  1494. -*- chthonianGunslinger Suddenly.
  1495. <chthonianGunslinger> "LET JUSTICE ROLL DOWN LIKE WATERS, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS LIKE AN EVERFLOWING STREAM!"
  1496. -*- chthonianGunslinger Oh, that.
  1497. -*- chthonianGunslinger That doesn't sound good at all.
  1498. -*- chthonianGunslinger The fact that you could hear it all the way from here, past the windows and doors and walls, was probably a testament to that fact.
  1499. -*- chthonianGunslinger ("incredible. ain't even been a day an' my kid's already flippin' out nutso style.")
  1500. -*- chthonianGunslinger ("y'such a good uncle, verge.")
  1501. -*- chthonianGunslinger END SESSION? [Y/N]
  1502. <chthonianGunslinger> [unless you uh]
  1503. <chthonianGunslinger> [wanna react to that maybe hahaha]
  1504. <-- Rabbit (Mibbit@173-26-241-249.client.mchsi.com) has quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  1505. <-- ZeeZee (Mibbit@cpe-72-230-101-247.twcny.res.rr.com) has quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  1506. -*- catstersiveTournure A vicious, low, tightly-controlled growl was all the warning that Kanaya received before being promptly -- oh. He didn't barge past her at all. Simply stepped around her in a rush of wind and sulfur and something that seemed to singe the nosehairs, left a burning chemical taste at the back of the throat.
  1507. -*- catstersiveTournure It took him far less time than it would any ordinary human to sprint across the stretch to the 99 Hotel's overly fancy doors, vaulting off the edge of the intricate fountain in favor of going around it. The solid doors slammed open and creaked painfully on their hinges, quickly forgotten in his wake.
  1508. -*- catstersiveTournure He halted abruptly in the center of the room, ignoring the attention he'd managed to garner. The brief breath it took to find the scent he knew so well (even when it was different in all the wrong ways) was the only pause he took before stalking, looking wholly the part of a storm of righteous fury, along the very same path the scent took.
  1509. -*- catstersiveTournure Cli-click. The handle rattled, unmoving, in his grip. He growled.
  1510. -*- catstersiveTournure BANG BANG.
  1511. -*- catstersiveTournure ...It might've been meant to be a knock.
  1512. -*- catstersiveTournure > Y
  1513. <catstersiveTournure> *** END SESSION.
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