#not great yet but starting to get bettter

[fishlung8877]

My mind is a cardboard box just smalll enough for him to fit, anyway here's some DnD character concept sketches and shit

[ablackfangirlwrites]

Jealous

A/n: y'all should already know I really like beyonce and I really like fics inspired by music so this is just a product of that 😘 I linked the song in the title

Also language warning? Da be cursing in this one

You watched the clocks hit 4am

Keigo should have been home hours ago

Yet he wasnt

Not even a call or text

Clearly he forgot or he didnt care

And all you could do was sit there alone and feel pathetic

Your tears had already dried up a half hour ago

But that didnt mean you felt anything less then humiliated as you sat there with the now empty bottle of champagne and half naked in the lingerie you bought

It was your two year anniversary

You had it all planned out although you didnt plan for him to be a no show

But you could only blame yourself for that

Having a hero as a boyfriend is difficult

Anyone who was in a relationship with one would agree with that

But you were sure you had it just a bit worse

Because your boyfriend just so happened to be the number 2 hero

You thought it was bad when he was just number 3

But since hawks started holding the second spot it kept getting worse

At first things were fine; Great even.

He was a dotting boyfriend the two of you talked and laughed with each other about everything

Anyone who saw you together wouldn't have any doubts that you were in love

And you knew being in an official relationship would be difficult he was a hero after all

And especially since he didnt even want anyone knowing about the two of you

But you remember all those sweet words keigo would tell you

"I don't know what I'd do without you babe."

"I dont want anyone else sweetheart."

"Kid you're the most important person in my life."

"I love you y/n."

But that was the thing keigo said those things keigo was the one who kept promises he was the one you fell in love with

Not hawks

They were different people

Hawks was the man who put everything above you

The one whos lies and refuses to be straight with you

The one who shuts you out

The one who shamelessly flirted with everyone even on national tv knowing you'd see

But still didnt seem to care

And if he didn't care why should you?

Hawks got home around 6am and saw the place a mess

Curtain on the floor, broken glass. Everything disheveled

He almost thought someone had broken in and had a fight

But he knew bettter when he saw you sitting on the couch mascara stain on your face

"Shit." He mutter to himself

He knew exactly why you were upset and had this tantrum

But it wasnt exactly like he could pause in the middle of a mission to text you

"Im sorry y/n." He said sitting a banquet of roses down beside you

But keigo knew at this point those flowers were useless

"You think thats supposed to make me feel better?" You said bitterly

"Babe-"

"Dont fucking babe me." You yelled at him, "You forgot! I sat up all night looking like an idiot and you forgot because when it comes down to it you don't care about anyone but yourself keigo!"

"I was working."

"Like I believe that," you shook your head, "I bet you were with one of your new sidekicks. I bet you were just showing off for one of your adoring fans forgetting that im here."

You knew he was telling the truth he had no reason to lie about it

But in your mind you wanted to yell, you wanted to be angry you wanted to hurt him like he had been hurting you

Because tonight wasnt the first time he didnt keep a promise as of late or just simply neglected you

This had been boiling for a while and now the pot was over flowing

Hawks grew more frustrated as you yelled you were making stuff up and it wasn't even his fault

"It wasn't like that," he tired to talk only for you to jump in

"Save it hawks." You rolled your eyes walking out the room, "just admit you dont appreciate me cause you're comfortable knowing im just sitting here waiting on you and you don't have to put any real effort when you want to get your dick wet."

Keigo followed you from the other room yelling, "You know that isnt true! And you knew how this relationship was going to be from the beginning!"

"What realtionship?" You yelled, "You're barely home! I never see you anymore, and when I do its either you on tv flirting with some random person! Or when were here together you dont talk anymore! How do you think that makes me feel?"

You were letting your fears and jealousies speak, "is it someone else? Are you fucking somebody else Keigo."

"You are so insane of course not! Im working all the time its commission stuff I cant talk about it." Keigo knew deep down you were right he had been drifting away but that was because of work not because he was falling out of love with you

But maybe it was the stress of being up all night or because he was angry that you were clearly yelling at him for no reason he didint tell you that instead he yelled "You're being so fucking paranoid."

"Dont just brush me off-" but Hawk cut you off this time

"If I wanted to fuck someone else trust me kid I would, and I can cause if you hadn't noticed im pretty popular."

"You're such an asshole!"

"And your crazy!"

"Then why do you even bother Keigo! Just go!" You said throwing a pillow from your bed at him

"You're right I should! Cause its fucking pointless when your-you're acting like such a bitch." He said catching it and throwing it on the floor

His words hurt and you knew you had been pushing him to yell but still not wanting to let go you yelled with hot tears in your eyes, "I hate you!"

You both seemed to freeze once those words were spoken

You wanted to immediately take it back

You wanted to tell him that you didnt hate him that you loved him so much that it hurt

That all you really wanted tonight was to spend it in his arms

But you couldn't swallow your pride

Instead you turned away from him

Keigo knew things had already gone too far when he chased after you yelling

He felt guilty about his words

He didnt mean anything he had said, ...you kno- I- Im sorry y/n." He tried to reach out to you but you pulled away from him

"I cant do this anymore Keigo..."

Panic was clear on his face once you spoke those words

Couldnt do what?

Him? You two have aruged before you can get over it, "Y/n-"

"Ill sleep on the couch tonight." You said leaving the room and keigo

Who could only sit and wonder what would become of your relationship in the morning

Y'all bet ur sweet asses there'll be a part 2

[darkpoisonouslove]

GriffinxCodatorta (I've seen fanart of them before and got curious on your opinions) FaragondaxSaladin GriffinxValtor (even though I'm sure I know) (:

1. Griffin x Codatorta - ????? I have seen that as an idea, too but just… ????? That’s my brain’s reaction. XD I just don’t know how to react to it. Now a big part of that might be because [SPOILERS] Griffin x Valtor is my OTP. But I ship Griffin well enough with other characters so… I guess it’s not that. I wish we knew more about Codatorta so I could make up my mind. But I guess I’ll just have to work with no info at all… again… always! Anyway…

So from what we’ve seen (which is nothing, but I digress) Codatorta doesn’t seem to have a problem with dark magic which I feel is an important thing to consider. Although there was that sort of argument in the first season in the 4kids dub where he might have leaned towards the idea that Griffin knew the Trix were descendants of the Ancestral Witches and let them into Cloud Tower even despite the fact that that was forbidden. … Aaaaand shit, now I’m getting a story idea instead of analyzing.

Okay, real quick (it won’t be) going on a tangent here. That could be a starting point for a relationship between them. He realizes his mistake of even thinking that when he sees how much the whole thing with the Trix affected her and how guilty she felt and he goes out of his way to apologize to her. He says that his opinion got influenced by all those horrible things the Council is trying to blame on her (I’m going off of strictly what you told me about that because I still haven’t read the comics myself) and he’s sorry. And he wants to get to know her better since they’re colleagues and he doesn’t want to make the mistake of misjudging her again. And one thing leads to another and boom, you have a relationship! (Well, that wasn’t so long)

Back to analyzing. Again, we don’t know much about Codatorta and from what I’ve seen the writers couldn’t make up their mind about him either. On the one hand, you have that time when he defeated Saladin at that board game (and Saladin is supposed to be the “wise” one though I feel like the writers kinda forgot that at times, too, but I’m rambling again). And on the other, you have the fight against Kerborg where he was being obstinate and ridiculous by insisting he could handle Kerborg on his own when that obviously wasn’t the case. So I don’t know what to think about it tbh. I feel like he could be a good partner for her to play chess with and maybe someone she can discuss strategies with (though I feel like Faragonda is better suited for that) but we should probably leave it at that.

This got so out of control that it requires a cut. Join me below for even more thoughts:

2. Faragonda and Saladin - you managed to give me the two ships that I’m completely clueless as to how I feel about! XD Guess we’ll figure that out together! Bettter strap in cause it’s story time!

So I was completely shooketh when I read (on Wiki) that Saladin dated both Griffin and Faragonda. And that doesn’t make any sense because I knew that. And I remembered it (not like with Daphne’s existence which I had completely forgotten about tbh). But just… ?!?!?!?!?! My only reaction to that info is… I can’t unsee it. And I know I had an idea about that a few years back but it went down the drain since I wrote down exactly five sentences about it and everything else just got away from me. Which I’m totally okay with btw because it made no sense at all and my portrayal of Faragonda was… inaccurate to say the least (meaning terrible and completely OOC). Spoilers, he ended up with Griffin in that idea but now I’m just ????????? How? What do you mean? That he dated them both?!?!? WHAT?!?!?! So my brain can’t really comprehend that. Like, at all. So bear that in mind for the rest of this.

Now I feel like the different dubs disagree on what exactly happened (whether he was two-timing them or not) and I’m going with what I feel happened. I can’t really see him two-timing them so I think he first dated one (Griffin) and then the other (Faragonda)… which is still so weird considering the relationship they have in the present but whatever. Now I have some headcanons about what exactly happened there but it comes up in one of my fics and so I’m not going to spoil it.

Anyway, on the topic of the ship itself *sigh* I’m still not any closer to figuring out how I feel about it. I feel like they’re good just being friends and WHY DID THE WRITERS HAVE TO BRING THAT UP?! You know, I don’t really see it. (That whole block of text for me to reach that conclusion. Amazing!)

I feel like Saladin isn’t characterized at all for me to be able to draw conclusions about his relationships with anyone really. I have to make up an entire personality for him in order to get invested in his relationships with other characters. And I feel like that’s exactly the problem when it comes to why I’m so detached from him. Like, Griffin and Faragonda have a history together, they have banter and they play off of each other. And even if we didn’t see a lot of their dynamic, we still saw enough in order to be able to draw conclusions about it. We saw them actually react to one another and express opinions about each other and even do convergence (which, I have to admit, is one of my favorite things on the show as it speaks volumes about their friendship). And Saladin is sort of the third wheel in that friendship. There was some mild involvement on his part in season 1 where he apparently acted as a buffer between the two since they weren’t speaking to each other but even then it was just too little to actually tell you anything about his relationship with either one of them. I, personally, like to imagine that he is protective of both of them and cares equally about them and tried to subtly nudge them towards each other (hence why he’d seated them together at that celebration) so that they would finally make up (whatever happened between them because nobody tells you shit about that). Please excuse my rambling but I just had feelings about this so I hope you’ll indulge me on this one and overlook the fact that I veered completely off-topic.

3. Griffin x Valtor - now we’re talking! YES! That’s my ship! It’s my OTP! I will go down with it!

Just like you said, there’s a lot of story there and also a lot of conflict and those are my two favorite things to work with when it comes to writing relationships. So how deep do you want me to go because I’m prepared to take a dive! XD Let’s just start and I’ll stop when I get tired of typing.

So I have a lot of feelings about this so what should we start with? Let’s go with magic because I feel like that was the beginning for them.

They were obviously brought together by magic since they were partners first in that but while the show stops there, I have no such intentions. Since they were partners, I am guessing they did convergence (and it was suggested by the show the way they were drawn in that flashback in 3x10), but not only that. I think they went deeper than that to the point where their magic was so entangled that they had to relearn to do magic on their own after their separation. And that kind of bond can only be accomplished with great trust between them which already resonates in how devastating the fallout was. I feel like Valtor felt betrayed on all levels because she didn’t only leave him as a partner whose magic she knew as well as her own but as a lover whose soul she knew as well as her own. And that means rejection. She saw his darkest parts and left him because of that. And Valtor is totally not one to deal well with rejection. But I feel like the arrogance and anger only cover up how much she actually hurt him. Add on top of that Griffin fighting against him and possibly doing convergence with Faragonda and he’s ready to murder them both out of pure rage and jealousy. Why should Faragonda accept Griffin’s darkness, the darkness he knows is there since he’s seen her soul when Griffin didn’t accept his?

I feel like this also plays in his other insecurities. He was created by the Ancestral Witches to be a monster. He was never given the chance to be anything else. He was supposed to be the most powerful monster that would bring his mothers victory. And when it looked like someone was finally willing to give him the chance to be something else, to love and to be loved, she took back the hand she offered him, confirming that he was a demon undeserving of love and that only pushed him further into the mindset of gaining power and causing destruction. If it is a monster she can’t handle, then a monster he’ll give her.

And then we have Griffin’s PoV on things which is where it gets even more complicated. The choices in that relationship were only hers. Valtor had made his choices a long time ago. He only wanted power and her (which might seem like two things, but the way things were, it was really one thing with two faces. His power drew Griffin to him and she helped him gain more power so the two were inseparable in his mind). I don’t really know where I’m going with this so, please, bear with me! XD I feel like there was this judgment from Griffin towards herself because she was the one to find fault in their relationship. Valtor had settled for what they had, he wanted her which is more than she could have hoped for knowing him. Yet, she is the one that sees an issue, she is the one that is sinking their ship (I couldn’t resist!). And so there’s that additional guilt that she can’t shake off because she was forced to make the hard call. She feels bad enough for betraying him but she knows that was necessary. The universe wouldn’t have survived otherwise. But there was also the guilt of betraying her own heart and, going even further back, of allowing herself to fall in love with him. And yet, she can’t make herself regret that or stop loving him which just brings about more guilt and it’s a never-ending vicious circle. And Faragonda’s understanding and acceptance really doesn’t help (it does help knowing she has support but it only makes her feel worse for choosing to go against him. She abandoned him. How can she accept unconditional support when she wasn’t ready to give it?)

Then we have those seventeen years that are just loaded with quiet, insidious angst that hides deep down. Just imagine Griffin catching herself yearning to see his face again and then her brain turns on and she remembers that he would probably kill her slowly and painfully if he ever escaped from Omega. Or she gets lost into a what-if scenario and then just wants to die because it will hurt less than what she’s doing to herself. And the worst part is she can’t really tell any of that to Ediltrude and Zarathustra. She’s scared of disappointing them. And she’s scared of not disappointing them enough. And again, Faragonda’s acceptance helps as much as it frustrates her because she shouldn’t be having these thoughts. He hates her. He will destroy her. And the entire universe. Why is she still in love with him? (Sidenote: I feel like crying now.)

And on Valtor’s end… Oh, I’m so mad that Valtor’s side of the story wasn’t discussed on the show at all. Not even in regards to Griffin’s betrayal. I just wanted some acknowledgement of what he went through. He was frozen in a fucking block of ice for seventeen years while completely conscious, not to mention full of rage and hatred and desire for vengeance. Like, that shit is traumatic no matter who you are. And add into that that his element is the Dragon Fire. They should’ve said something about that but all we got was a throwaway line that just brushed it off because he’s a villain and, for god’s sake, how can you even think of sympathizing with him?! He’s EVIL, dammit! EVIL, I TELL YOU! And what also gets me is that no after effects were shown either. Like, he hasn’t moved for seventeen damn years! His muscles should be atrophied and moving should hurt like hell until he gets reaccustomed to the feeling. But nope! We don’t get any of that because he might just become sympathetic and likable.

And one last thing before I end this since it got out of control like two hours ago. I got a review on one of my fics saying that Valtor locking Griffin up in a cell wasn’t a good enough revenge which I’ve had thoughts on and now seems like a good moment to share since this ask derailed a long time ago and the point is lost somewhere in the blocks of text where no one will find it so what the hell, let’s just throw some more text on top, right? XD

Now as my first point, it’s a cartoon. They couldn’t really do much more than that. They can’t have him kill her or torture her and any more personalized revenge would’ve required more insight when it came to their backstory so that was out of the question! (can you feel the angry?!) But when you actually think about it, I do think that it made sense. She ran away and betrayed him because she wanted to protect the universe and that led to him being imprisoned. So imprisoning her is getting back at her directly but it’s also a kind of torture on its own. She is trapped and can’t do anything to help anyone which was exactly the reason why she betrayed him. In addition, he left her the only one in Cloud Tower not wearing his mark which was very deliberate. If he was doing all of that just for the power of the Cloud Tower residents so that he could use them as minions, it made sense to put her under his control, too, since she’s the headmistress and, therefore, the most powerful person there. But he didn’t. He left her in control of her own thoughts and actions, and conscious so that she could feel the horror of his revenge, knowing that she can’t even help those she was supposed to protect and guide. Hell, she can’t even protect herself. And that was the only reason he even took over Cloud Tower. After Griffin was rescued by Winx, he just got up and left, releasing the witches from his control since, if you really look at it well, he didn’t really need them for his plans. Only for his revenge against Griffin. So that was actually a good example of great but too subtle writing that the show pulls off plenty of times. And then you have the disastrous writing from my previous point. I don’t wanna be salty, but why is the writing so inconsistent?!

I’m just gonna leave it off here because my brain will stop working and I think this got long enough already. So yeah, in conclusion, I have a lot of feelings on the matter.

[capitainecorbeau]

So I just finished watching through a subtitled version of Dai Gyakuten Saiban and here’s some random disorganized thoughts because I’m really excited about it ! Oh, and spoilers !

-I really, really like Shu Takumi’s writing and storytelling over Takeshi Yamazaki’s. I can’t exactly put my finger over why yet (and it frustrates me), but it justs... I dunno, I connect to it a lot more ? I think it’s because the way he writes friendships feels very sweet and genuine. And I’m a sucker for good friendships. But I’m going to dig around more, because I really want to put words on why dai gyakuten saiban put a huge smile on my face while the games directed by Yamazaki kept rubbing me the wrong way.

-The animations and character design. Holy. SHIT. There is so mich attention to detail, they really took full advantage of the fact that the sprites are in 3D and they don’t have to draw every single pose. Every character feels distinct and unique, with their own little habits, gestures, and such. Like, they’re immediately recognizable just by the poses they strike. I had stars in my eyes every time, it was amazing ! Like, the example that stuck with me the most was actually Ryuunosuke’s (the protagonists) animations during his first trial. He’s unbelievably nervous, and they found so many fun ways to show it ! His eyes dart around wildly, he raises his hand before speaking, when he hits his desk he quickly looks at his hands like “oh shit ! that made more noise than expected !”. And you really see him change as the game progresses, you see him become more confident, less painfully strained, and he even starts imitating a certain someone (and, because the animations are unique to each character, it’s pretty obvious, even though nobody mentions it ! Show don’t tell done right !!).

-By the way, a quick aside, but they really did a great job portraying extreme nervousness ? Like, it’s not just the character going “I’m nervous” and maybe fumbling his words a few times, no, you see in his posture that he’s so tense it’s almost painful, he gets completely and utterly tongue-tied, or is barely comprehensible, is very easily startled, hyper aware of himself and what he’s doing/saying... They did a great job portraying how frustrating nervousness and anxiety can be. that’s the kind of attention to detail I love !

-Susato. SUSATO. i love her. I love how brave and confident she is, how clever, and I love her sens of humor (which involves a lot of slightly condescending concern). Honestly, I kinda wish she was the protagonist ? Like, don’t get me wrong, I really liked the actual protagonist, but it would’ve made just as much sense if it had been her, and it would’ve been very interesting !

-Sherlock Holmes is in this game and I think it’s my favourite portrayal of him ever. Honestly, when I first heard he was in the game I was very afraid he was going to be the classic “I can be a prick all I want because I’m a genius” trop that I despise, but I was wrong. Oh so wrong. Sherlock Holmes is a huge, massive dork. Legit almost every time he was on screen I was cryng with laughter. He’s cheerfully weird (he pops up in the background in ridiculous positions, sings his own theme song, is a huge dramaqueen, a lowkey troll), it’s like Papyrus from Undertale became a detective. And what I love is that he’s not infaillible ? Like, he gets stuff wrong. Often. he’s very quick-thinking and can deduce things in a blink, but he doesn’t really thinks things through and ends up completely off the mark. But when people correct him ? He welcomes it, is very happy when people offer to help, and once pushed in the right direction, he gets things right very quickly. I’ve seen people say that he pretends to get stuff wrong so Ryuunosuke can figure things out for himself, but I don’t really like that interpretation, personnally. Clever people get stuff wrong, and it doesn’t make them less clever. Honestly, having a character deduce things easily but getting stuff wrong is such a better way to show they’re smart than having them always guess everything right on the first try. Also, that way, we don’t get those weird parallel universes where only one person is ever capable of deductive reasoning (looking at you, AAI). Honestly, Holmes in DGS kinda reminded me of Basil from The Great Mouse Detective, only friendlier. I like interpretations that focus on making him a person rather than THE GOD OF DEDUCING AND SMARTNESS BETTTER THAT EVERYONE ELSE.

-Friendships. So many friendships. You can really feel that these characters care for each other and I love stuff like that. Ryuunosuke loves his friends so much and frankly, same.

-You know this game is very human ? Like, there’s a lot of grey morality, and good people doing misguided or plain wrong stuff, with reasons that make sense for them. Actually, there aren’t a lot of classic villains in this game. They tried some different stuff than usual and it turned out pretty cool ! And it kinda takes you offguard, because the first case is a textbook ace attorney case. the other... not so much.

-They kept the multiple-witness wross-examinations from Prof Layton vs Ace Attorney and I am so happy they did ! It makes the game’s world feel a lot more alive and real, with people existing even though you’re not focusing directly on them.

-On less starry-eyed notes, I really wish there were more women. And more women over the ripe age of 25. That’s a problem in every AA game, and I wish they got better about it.

-Also the prosecutor really, really grated on me. He’s extrememly abrasive, and, moreover racist (most of the english characters lowkey are, but he is really overt and blatant about it), but is never really called out on that because he has an excuse (which is actually also racist). It was to the point where I cringed everytime he opened his mouth.

Overall, I really, really liked it, and I wish I could’ve played it myself. I don’t completely get why it wasn’t localized, and I wish they’d do it eventually... though it seems hardly likely. Anyway, I’m starting the second one now !

[mafiabosstsuna]

Prompt 9: A few months after the ordeal, you are starting to feel better. Yamamoto and a few friends of yours go out for drinks. The night is lovely, until the next morning.

~

After the whole argument with Gokudera at your workplace, there had been no contact at all between the two of you. Even when you met up with Yamamoto, there was no mention of the silver-haired man or his wedding. You didn’t even know when or where it was, and honestly, at this point, you could care less.

Months had passed, and as each one gradually rolled on, your broken heart was starting to piece itself back together. The relationship that had damaged you was just a distant memory, and you weren’t bringing those around you down in the slumps anymore.

The only times that were hard were when it was only you in the dark and lonely apartment that you owned. It made you think of all the times that Gokudera and you would laze on the couch together and watch movies and cuddle (when he let you). However, it wouldn’t always be like that. One day, you’ll be able to look into your apartment and not think of Gokudera first.

Right now, you were sitting on your couch, stuffing your face full of fatty buttery goodness and not giving two shits about life. It was finally the weekend, and after a hellish week like this one, you could not be happier.

The week had been full of traveling to different parts of Italy, before flying to Japan for a meeting. Then coming back the very same day, having to stake out a potential government operation that may or may not affect the Vongola. After all that was done (this all happened before it was even Wednesday), the middle of week came around, and you were sent off on a mission where you had to set up camp in a swamp to trail some suspected traitors. This had lasted until Friday.

To put it simple, you had a horrible week. But, it had managed to make you forget about your personal problems, as getting eaten by a million mosquitoes was more important than wondering what the asshole that you dated was doing.

Back to the present, you were watching some reruns of your favorite TV show. Always something new to discover no matter how many times you watched it. Surrounding you were various types of junk food, which no one could judge you for, and you had your feet propped up on your coffee table, which had your giant glass of wine settled onto it

Honestly, you were living the life right now. The prime example of adult hood right here.

Picking up your wine glass, you took a sip, engrossed in the TV, before stuffing another heaping pile of popcorn into your mouth. Savouring the taste, you eyed the wine, then the popcorn, an idea popped into your head at that moment.

Taking a piece of popcorn, you dipped it into the wine, and threw it in your mouth. You resisted the urge to gag, and then took a gulp of the wine, hoping to wash away the taste.

Yeah, you had better ideas.

Sighing, you put back down the wine glass, and continued watching the television.

Not even two minutes later, your phone started to buzz on the cushion right next to you. Hurriedly, you grabbed, it (fumbling, because of your gread asy hands) and held the phone up to your ear.

“Hwello?” You managed to get out between the chewing. A hearty laugh was heard, and you instantly knew who it was.

“Yamawo-” You swallowed the food in your mouth, “Yamamoto, you better have a good reason for calling me. I just got back from a mission not even four hours ago, and I’m terribly tired.”

Yamamoto snorted at your reasoning.

“Mhm, I bet your watching some TV right now while stuffing your face and drinking that wine I bought you for your birthday two years ago.” Your nose wrinkled at his answer, before squinting your eyes at the bottle of wine that was at the end of the coffee table. You struggled to reach it, but when you did, you read the label.

“You bastard, you’re seriously too good at this...” While your words were harsh, there was no bite to it. Yamamoto chuckled, a deep sound that always made you feel better, and you could instantly feel yourself perking up at it.

“Sometimes, you know me better than myself.” You laughed along.

“Of course I do. We have known each other since we were kids, and it doesn’t help that your easy to read.” Yamamoto said, and you could practically hear the smile in his voice.

“Don’t be getting cocky, I bet I know you just as much as you know me.” You let out a laugh, but there was not joining in from Yamamoto.

“Ha, if only you knew...” It was whispered, but you could hear it. Instantly, you were concerned, about to ask what he meant by that. Suddenly, there was a crash in the background, and a bunch of voices and music filled the line.

“EYYY, ARE YOU SNEAKING OFF TO TALK TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND IN THE BATHROOM??!” You had to hold the phone away from your face to keep your ear from becoming deaf at the loud voice. You felt sorry for Yamamoto.

“AHAHAHAH NO DOOR CAN KEEP YOU AWAY FROM US YAMA!” Another voice jumped in.

“Did you guys break the do-alfabfoaubfbaskcbaow” The phone, from what it sounds like, was ripped from Yamamoto’s hands, due to the screaming and rustling coming from the other side.

“HEEEY, YAMA’S GIRLFRIEND, WE GOTS YOUR BOYFRIEND HELD HOSTAGE, IF YOU WHANT HIM, BETTTER COME GET HIMM.” The heavily slurred speech said, but then there was a click of the line, and you were left wondering what the fuck just went on.

A beep then indicated a new text message.

Please ignore them. However, if you would ever be so kind, I may need some saving. Help :(

You smiled, but knew that you should help your friend. Yamamoto, while being a great person that attracted many people to him, was terrible at knowing which people were the best to be around. Obviously, he had been too nice to say no to these people, and you knew that you had to help him.

Getting up and setting the popcorn bowl on the coffee table, you got to work getting ready to go out, forgetting your prior exhaustion.

After you were done getting ready, and texted Yamamoto to ask where he was, you got into a taxi and headed over to the bar that Yamamoto was at. Looking up at the bright neon lights, you did not know what to expect.

Pushing open the door, you were greeted with the scent of smoke and alcohol. It was hard to see past the loads of people that surrounded the place, but, from the ruckus you could see at the other side of the room, you knew that Yamamoto was somewhere over there.

The music was great, and you could already feel your blood pumping from the excitement all around you. The dim lights and smoky atmosphere gave a mysterious yet inviting vibe. It was hard to discern faces in the crowd, but you just needed to find Yamamoto.

Pushing past bodies that were bumping around to the music, you finally spotted the loud rain guardian being accompanied by four men who were laughing and chugging bears like no tomorrow. Yamamoto just laughed as one man slung a burly arm around his shoulder.

You quickly walked over, and Yamamoto saw you from the corner of your eye. He shrugged off the man’s arm discreetly, putting on a bright smile to the man, before turning towards you.

“[Name], you made it!” His voice was loud, trying to be heard from over the music, but also you could smell a strong scent of alcohol on his body. You did not know if it was from the men or from his own intake.

“Of course, I needed to save the damsel in distress.” You joked, looking over at the men who were now trying to balance a beer on one of the man’s head. Cringing when the beer fell, spilling all over the pants of the dude who was closest to him. It was a weird sight.

Yamamoto had his coat on his arm and was now pushing you out of the club.

“Hey, hey, hey~ Since you made me come all the way out here, we should stay longer.” You pouted. While you did not necessarily want to hang with the people that Yamamoto was hanging out with, you did not want to go home yet. Yamamoto stopped when the two of you were a safe distance away from the rowdy men.

“Those were some colleagues that Tsuna wanted me to speak to, and then it got really wild. If you want to go someplace else, we can, but I don’t think it would be good to stay around them any longer.” Yamamoto said, and you knew that he was right. You did want to have a good time, but not like that.

“Fine, but you got to treat me at the next place.” You agreed, and Yamamoto patted you on the head (which you grumbled about, because hair!)

The two of you went to the bar a few blocks over. You did not know at what point was the mistake that caused the following events, but you knew that something happened when you downed your third beer.

That’s when the lines got blurred and faces were no longer recognizable. It was when you imagined silver hair, and piercing emerald eyes as you fell into muscular arms, and leaned into the warmth, not knowing that it was anything but that.

[professor-abeloved]

For the shipsss: mc x maxwell and mc x sean (if it hasn't been done yet)

sorry it’s a lil late dear @allthecowslovetheleo​ !! thank you though for asking about my two fave ships mahal kita kaibigan

here’s my trr mc, eliza wong!! HAH SHE HAS AN ACTUAL NAME SUCK ON THAT PB

Send me a Ship and I’ll Break Them DOWN

How did they they meet?

as is in canon, they met when eliza was serving maxwell & friends as a waitress. maxwell thought she was gorgeous in that green dress and had a good feeling about eliza, especially when he saw the way liam looked at her. eliza thought maxwell was friendly, hilarious, maybe too impulsive, but she liked him right off the bat.

Who developed romantic feelings first?

maxwell!! he realised it early on in the competition - he just kept his feelings under wraps, not only for the sake of house beaumont and cordonia, but for eliza’s and liam’s sakes as well.

eliza slowly developed feelings for maxwell the more they spent time together, but it took her a long time to recognize what she was feeling. part of that is because she was so dead-set on winning the competition that she didn’t focus on anything else. 

this is because 

she’s competitive and wanted to prove olivia and the others wrong

she wanted to prove something to her stepmother and her childhood self since she grew up with dreams of becoming a princess - but was always told that she couldn’t and she was a fool for even dreaming

she wanted to save house beaumont so badly. at first she thought that she simply wanted to repay maxwell for his kindness, but it ran so much deeper than that

eventually, eliza grew disillusioned with courtly life and realized that she didn’t need a tiara, a fairytale prince or a billion fancy dresses. all eliza needed was something who could appreciate her inner princess (aka the kind, compassionate, driven woman she was), regardless if she was wearing a waitress outfit or a beautiful ballgown.

addtionally, her “feelings” for liam were just strong aesthetic & platonic attraction. plus, he seemed like the fairytale prince of her childhood dreams. who wouldn’t be drawn to that?

i’ve written more about eliza, her feelings for maxwell and her backstory in this fanfic

Who is their biggest “shipper?”

surprisingly, liam!! he just wants both of them to be happy. in my canon, he realised maxwell’s feelings as well as eliza’s discomfort with courtly life earlier than they did. although he couldn’t say that he wasn’t disappointed, he managed to accept and get over it before he could develop any deep feelings for eliza.

When did they have their first kiss and under what circumstances?

so i may or may not be writing this, but in my canon, eliza doesn’t get chosen to be cordonia’s queen because liam can’t bring himself to do that to her. (he doesn’t know about house beaumont’s situation.)

eliza is devastated that she couldn’t save house beaumont. maxwell thinks he should be as well… but mostly he’s relieved that eliza wasn’t chosen, and he hates himself for it.

eliza apologzes for not being enough to save house beaumont, and maxwell apologises for not being enough to make her dreams come true.

eliza smiles tearfully as she says, “maxwell, you were my new dream.” 

and then she finally gets to confess how everything she did was for him (and bertrand but he’s off drowning his sorrows somehere off-screen). maxwell confesses that everything he did (even “rejecting” her earlier confessing) was for her (and liam, bertrand and the rest of cordonia… he thinks a lot about other people)

with nothing left to lose, they finally give in to their feelings and kiss. desperately, they clutch at each other and hurriedly talk about plans for moving to new york and starting anew, of eliza seeing hope in maxwell’s eyes, and him seeing determination blazing in hers. they talk about making it work, despite all the trials and tribulations they’re going to face, but knowing that they can overcome them as long as they’ve got each other.

Who confessed their feelings first?

^ eliza HAHA. maxwell has so many reservations about confessing & the fic i linked earlier has eliza attempting to confess.

maxwell feels so bad about that though. so after they elope to new york, he “confesses” his love for her everyday in unique ways. one time he wrote eliza a poem and emailed it to her while she was at work since she was working late and he just couldn’t wait! 

another, maxwell makes her a fancy meal and served as her “waiter” for no other reason than he just wanted to tell her that he loves her at the end of it!

another time is when he arranged the refridgerator magnets to say “i love you, little blossom”

What was their first official date?

the day the future queen of cordonia was announced, maxwell immediately asked eliza out to make up for all that lost time.

he talked about splurging the last of his money to take her on an epic date around cordonia, but eliza managed to talk him down for a simple cronut run. max and eliza reminisce about the last time they went there since, once in the middle of the social season, they snuck out by themselves to de-stress and ended up talking all night in that cronut place.

How do they feel about double dates/group dates?

surprisingly, it’s the more reserved, introverted eliza who prefers group/double dates over the energetic, extraverted maxwell HAHA

but that’s because when they’re on a date, maxwell just wants to lavish all his attention on eliza and apparently thats #Rude to the other people

generally though, he’s down for double/group dates (especially with hana and her gf aka my other trr mc ashanti HAHA) as long as he gets enough “Eliza Time" at the end of the day

What do they do in their down time?

they like to read together on the couch, with maxwell’s head on eliza’s lap. (also they game together in the college au)

What was the first meeting of parents as an official couple like?

um i hc maxwell’s parents are dead, eliza’s father & biological mother are also dea. there’s no way she’s gonna let maxwell meet her step-mom so… no.

What was their first fight over and how did they get past it?

again it’s related to this fanfic where eliza tries to confess her feelings but #spoiler maxwell cuts her off and shoots her down before she can get the words out. it’s not really a fight, but eliza sort of ices him out (it’s her defense mechanism) and he went through such lengths to get her to “forgive” him, even though she says there’s nothing to forgive. they sort of go back to normal, despite the lingering tension from their feelings… until the Confession above ^ happens.

Which one is more easily made jealous?

neither? eliza isn’t really the jealous type and she finds it amusing when people flirt with maxwell ‘cause he acts like he doesn’t know and finds interesting ways to let them know that he’s only got eyes for eliza. (he’s the king of friendzoning people nO IM NOT BITTER)

maxwell isn’t the jealous type either like, he’s more likely to get sad and insecure tbh. more of the “she deserves better” altruist. sometimes he asks her why she choose him and eliza never fails to provide him with a million reasons of why she choose such a sweet, thoughtful, hilarious man to be by her side.

What is their favourite thing to get to eat?

CRONUTS BABY

other than that, eliza’s favourite is whatever food maxwell’s cooking up. i headcanon him to be a great, if experimental, chef lol

Who’s the cuddly one? What their favourite cuddling position?

they’re hella cuddly!! maxwell is big spoon and eliza is little spoon! but they also like cuddling facing each other lol

Are they hand holders?

yes!! they’re a very casually affectionate couple so if they’re not holding hands, then either maxwell has his arm around eliza’s shoulders or eliza has her arm around his waist or something. more often than not they’re touching lol

How long do they wait before sleeping together for the first time? What’s the circumstances?

oh mann so in my canon they elope right? well they sleep together the first night they touch down in new york and get their stuff in mc’s old apartment. it’s not something they planned, they were just chasing each other around (they weren’t even properly settled in tbh, it was so messy) when eliza trips over a suitcase and falls on maxwell. 

their giddy laughter trails off as they stare into each other’s eyes… and end up kissing.

they’re just both so overwhelmed with emotion that night because fuck, they finally made it, their dreams of building a future together are becoming reality that they make love that night.

Who tops?

maxwell heheh

What’s the worst fight (?) they’ve ever gotten into?

oh man i haven’t really decided but maybe in the future they have a really domestic argument with eliza chastising maxwell for being too irresponsible and maxwell getting mad at eliza for prioritizing her job over him and their kids/dogs… and they end up saying hurtful things like “i wish i’d never chosen you” and “i wish i had never brought you to cordonia in the first place” but those are just words they said to hurt each other, they don’t really mean it

they spend a day or so apart, but the distance crushes them and hurts the kids, so they reconcile the next day and just spend a long time talking things out and straightening (lol i dont hc them as straight) their issues. their marriage ends up being stronger than ever since they commit to always communication and being bettter, more patient and understanding with each other #Goals

Who does the shopping and the cooking?

eliza is more organized and efficient so she does the shopping while maxwell, though inventive af, cooks the most interesting (if not almost always delicious) foods

Which one is more organized and prone to tidiness?

elizaaaa

Who proposes?

maxwell on the urging of liam, drake and hana HAHA. eliza was happy just by being with maxwell and marriage wasn’t exactly on her mind then, but she was e c s t a t i c when maxwell proposed. it was the thing in her life she never knew she needed. just like maxwell himself.

Do they have joined Bachelor/Bacheloette parties or separate?

JOINED BOI!! he and eliza are gonna kick in on the dance floooor

Who is the best man/maid of honour? Any other groomsmen or bridesmaids?

drake’s the best man & hana’s the maid of honor! liam walked eliza down the aisle though :’) i want to say that eliza kept in touch with kiara and penelope so they’re bridesmaids too! olivia and madeleine surprisingly showed up, hand-in-hand hehe

Big Ceremony or Small?

biggg! the reception was Legendary and was featured in the news LMAO

Do they have a honeymoon? If so, where?  

pff, cordonia of course! they wanted to go back to where it all started and maybe visit bertrand (idk what he’s doing in my canon though). eliza and maxwell go all around cordonia and re-enact what they would’ve done if they were open about their feelings for each other earlier. (like ice-skate romantically in olivia’s home turf, feed each other pie at the apple blossom festival, etc)

Do they have children? How many?

they get a bunch of dogs at first HAHA but also end up adopting like 5 kids since eliza always wanted a lot & maxwell’s so good with kids !! their household is always so full of fun and activity

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det. AU 14

Sheepy: Sheepy: - So last time on "Nyar's Clues", we solved two separate cases of disappearing people - one supernatural and one not.

Sheepy: Sheepy: Diego and Rupel among many others are now safe thanks to the valiant efforts of Arsene and Harley. Meanwhile, on the more supernatural side, we discovered in a previous episode that a giga mind controlling zombifying slug by the name of Glaaki was causing people to disappear into his cave. Of course, our goal was to help as many people as possible before dealing with the route of the problem. Thanks to Phil, however, we were relieved of this, because he went straight for the kill. Is there anyone left alive? What's the secret behind Moldy? How do I have such great hair? All these questions and more will have their revealed in this newest episode of "Nyar's Clues"! Arsé-kun: Arséne: ... A bit short, maybe lacking in some information. The outline is there, however, so you didn't fail. I give it a C+. Sheepy: Sheepy: Bettter than nothing! Arsé-kun: Arséne: Luckily for you, I did record names and locations. And why did you name it after HIM? Sheepy: Sheepy: Because it's close to Blue's Clues. Sheepy: Sheepy: He's our weird immortal dog we all have to take care of. Arsé-kun: Arséne: I'd rather actual dogs. Sheepy: Sheepy: Beggars can't be choosers. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Can you at least get Blue Sr. to get HIS father off of my sofa? Having a human experiments expert here is rather uncomfortable. Sheepy: Sheepy: He can sleep. Sheepy: Sheepy: I fear the consequences of removing him. Arsé-kun: Arséne: ... Fair point. Sheepy: Sheepy: You can risk it all if you want. Arsé-kun: Arséne: *he sighs and accepts this before moving on* Can you at least give the injury count? Sheepy: Sheepy: Uuuhh... Sheepy: Sheepy: So many. Arsé-kun: Arséne: I know that. Do we at least have a count of MISSED people? Sheepy: Sheepy: 10. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Thank you. Sheepy: Sheepy: What do we do from here? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Take a well-deserved break, unless another case throws itself into my lap. And it better be normal- Next supernatural case is going squarely to you. Sheepy: Sheepy: Aww, fine, fine! Sheepy: Sheepy: But what constitutes supernatural? Arsé-kun: Arséne: If you have a wider base of knowledge on a subject, there is a decent chance it's supernatural. Sheepy: Sheepy: Great! Sheepy: Sheepy: I sure feel lucky. Sheepy: Sheepy: So what, do we just wait for a case now? Arsé-kun: Arséne: As we always do. Arsé-kun: *A pause as they both look at the door. Nothing happens. For once* Sheepy: Sheepy: Well, I guess the adult thing to do is to check the newspaper and complain while drinking terrible coffee. Arsé-kun: Arséne: I suppose so. Fetch the paper for me while I finish up these reports. Sheepy: *Sheepy gets the paper for Arsene* Arsé-kun: *Does he want to look at it?* Sheepy: *Sheepy looks at it* Arsé-kun: *A picture of the lake. Bad start.* Sheepy: Sheepy:...Oh no. Sheepy: Sheepy: You aren't going to like this. Arsé-kun: Arséne: ..... I don't like this already. Sheepy: Sheepy: There's a lake. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Oh no. Sheepy: *Sheepy looks further.* Sheepy: Sheepy:..Oh shoot, it's about the whole lake case. Who put this information out? Who released this? Arsé-kun: Arséne: THE WHOLE THING?! Sheepy: Sheepy: Everything but names. Arsé-kun: Arséne: So it's just out there now... *he slowly puts his face into his hands* Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't understand. Who did this? Why? Sheepy: Sheepy: Uh...maybe we should check to see if people are actually taking it seriously. Arsé-kun: Arséne: ... I certainly hope not, but if it's in the paper... Sheepy: Sheepy: They might think it's a hoax. Sheepy: Sheepy: There have been lies in the newspaper before. Arsé-kun: Arséne: I absolutely hope so! Sheepy: Sheepy: We could check Twitter maybe. Sheepy: Sheepy: Hold on, I barely use it but I'll bring it up. Sheepy: *Sheepy brings up Twitter.* Arsé-kun: @10LivesCyan: *pictures of cats she saw on the street today* Sheepy: @magicalgirliris:*responded to said post with a picture of Wagahai* Arsé-kun: @legendoflegnds: *responded to this post with a picture of Rom.* Sheepy: @darksungod: The Dark Sun God feels an even greater need to protect his sanctuary... A slug is an unclean thing... Sheepy: @fallenangelcrow: YEAHH!! CATS!!!! Arsé-kun: @Compardus: Why was I posted into this thread?? Arsé-kun: @Compardus: @fallenangelcrow I would use salt, now stop asking inane questions before I block you again. Sheepy: @fallenangelcrow: @Compardus But I worked so hard to be unblocked the first tiiime!! Sheepy: @darksungod: Someone has dared step forth into my sanctuary...A stranger no less. However...the abyss is not ready to absorb yet one more soul... Arsé-kun: @Compardus: Could you please speak to them like a normal person? I'm preoccupied. Sheepy: @darksungod: They put off an intimidating aura. They wish not to speak with me...but rather... 'Ron'... Arsé-kun: @Compardus: why can i not take a break in peac Sheepy: @darksungod: They have the look of evil within them. They want for something. Your soul? Arsé-kun: @legendoflegnds: I'm watching this interaction and Ive never seen Rom get so quiet, come see this Sheepy: @fallenangelcrow: I'm coming, I'm coming! Sheepy: Manager: He said he was only taking a short break to deal with some errands, but when a "short break" became an uncharacteristicically long 2 weeks with no response by the end of it...Well, I only could think of coming to you, Ron? Rob? Well, whoever you are, you're his emergency contact! Arsé-kun: Rom: .... I see. I have not heard from him either, but I'll do what I can in finding him. Sheepy: Manager: Good, good! Honestly, I would've just waited on it...but right before he left, his illness- Oh, what am I saying? I can't reveal secrets to people I barely know...But I suppose it might be a hint to where he could be...It made a turn for the worse and his quality went down tremendously! He's my star! If he breaks, I break...! So you have to find him in good condition! Arsé-kun: Rom: ... *he does not appear to like any of this* Arsé-kun: @legendoflegnds: I hope Rom's friend is okay and not ACTUALLY missing Sheepy: @fallenangelcrow: Everyone knows that slugs don't actually exist. I'm sure he's fine! Arsé-kun: @legendoflegnds: what Sheepy: @fallenangelcrow: Have you ever seen a slug? No Sheepy: @darksungod: Sometimes they appear on the sidewalk. Arsé-kun: @10LivesCyan: *posts a very cute slug* :3c Sheepy: @fallenangelcrow: Look at this naked snail Cyan posted!! Sheepy: @darksungod: That's a slug. Arsé-kun: @10LivesCyan: NO!! HE'S NOT NAKEY! Sheepy: Sheepy: So is a mysterious missing friend. Sheepy: Sheepy: Some believe it. Some don't believe in slugs at all. Arsé-kun: Arséne: ... What? Sheepy: Sheepy: Yes, someone was arguing that Glaaki couldn't exist because, I quote, "everyone knows that slugs don't actually exist". Sheepy: Sheepy: But it seems like the celebrity side of Twitter got caught up in the mess and now there's someone missing who may or may not be a celebrity as well. Sheepy: Sheepy: Which is problematic. Arsé-kun: Arséne: And that's only the first thread... I'm afraid of looking further. Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah. Sheepy: Sheepy: I guess it was inevitable... Arsé-kun: Arséne: Touché... Sheepy: Sheepy: Hold on. Sheepy: @sheeptective: @darksungod @fallenangelcrow @Compardus @legendoflegends I can help you with your missing person problem. Do you want me to come over? Arsé-kun: @legendoflegnds THE LEGEND OF EXTREMELY GOOD TIMING! Yes, please!! Sheepy: @sheeptective: Right, coming over. See you soon. Sheepy: Sheepy: Well I've got a case now! Sheepy: Sheepy: You can come if you want but I'm going to head over to it. Arsé-kun: Arséne: This shouldn't be complicated, so I'm okay with trusting you with it. Call if it gets hairy. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay, great! I will if I need to. Sheepy: *Sheepy rushes out to Shingancrimsonz base* Arsé-kun: *He is not given any trouble doing so. Horray!* Sheepy: Sheepy: Hi, I'm here! Sheepy: Aion: An intruder in the Dark Sun God's sanctuary... Sheepy: Aion: His heart is.... Sheepy: Aion: Complicated! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Hence, it must be the junior detective, y-yes? Sheepy: Sheepy: Yup, that's me. Sheepy: Crow: Eh? Really? Sheepy: Sheepy: I already have an idea of where your friend could be. Arsé-kun: *Rom is being an Adult and calling multiple different numbers, but pauses to hear Sheepy out. He hasn't even touched his glass of milk.* Sheepy: Sheepy: If he has anything to do with the recent case, he'd probably be at the nearby hospital. Sheepy: Sheepy: Many if the missing cases recently are related to it. Arsé-kun: Cyan: See, Crow? Slugs are real! Sheepy: Crow: What?! Sheepy: Crow: No way!!! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: *he was serious...* Sheepy: Sheepy: I'd recommend giving it a try at least. Sheepy: Sheepy: If nothing else, it rules out a possibility. Arsé-kun: Rom: I appreciate the suggestion. *he gets up briskly* But I doubt the hospital will let us in so easily without an authority. Sheepy: Sheepy: Eh? I can go with you and then you can go in. Arsé-kun: Rom: That would be very appreciated. Sheepy: Sheepy: Should we head over? Sheepy: Crow: Ohh, the forbidden side of the hospital...!!! Sheepy: Crow: I'm getting fired up just thinking about it! Sheepy: Sheepy: If all else fails, I call Sherlock. Sheepy: Sheepy: But for now, let's try my authority! Sheepy: *Sheepy heads to the hospital.* Arsé-kun: *Fast Travel Animation* Sheepy: Sheepy: Hi, do you have anyone here by the name of...uh, what's your friend's name? Arsé-kun: Rom: Shuzo. Sheepy: Sheepy: Shuzo. Arsé-kun: *The secretary ducks down for a moment, and Alex comes back up. Huh!* Arsé-kun: Alex: Yeah. heard that name earlier today. Sheepy: Sheepy: Where? We want to visit him. Arsé-kun: Alex: *he shuffles through papers on the desk. they're a mess and he hates it* 602. You'll need gowns and masks. He's sick and they're unsure if he's contagious. Sheepy: Sheepy: Eh? Sheepy: Sheepy: Uh, sure, that's fine. Sheepy: Sheepy: Thanks. Sheepy: *Crow seems more focused on staring off into space than anything.* Arsé-kun: Alex: Don't do anything stupid, and don't let Okita in his room. Sheepy: Sheepy: Because Okita's sick too? Arsé-kun: Alex: And because he keeps riling everyone up. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'll make sure he doesn't get in. Arsé-kun: Alex: Good luck. Sheepy: Sheepy: Thanks! Arsé-kun: *To floor 6! ... With the elevator! WHO USES STAIRS??* Sheepy: Crow: *he's visibly distressed* Arsé-kun: Rom: ... Is something wrong, Crow? Sheepy: Crow: I sense it. Disaster. Sheepy: Sheepy: Hey, I hate you saying that in an elevator. Arsé-kun: Rom: I second this!! Sheepy: Crow: No, no, someone just died! Arsé-kun: Rom: ... It is a hospital. That does happen. Sheepy: Crow: What?! Why...? Arsé-kun: Rom: Not everyone can be saved by doctors. It's unfortunate, but a fact of life. Sheepy: Crow: I don't understand...but I guess I don't have to. Arsé-kun: *Ding! Floor 6!* Sheepy: Sheepy: Great, that was a fun conversation! Onto 602! Arsé-kun: Rom: It most certainly was not. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay, fun in a sarcastic way. Sheepy: Sheepy: It should be just over here. Arsé-kun: *The room certainly exists. The door is shut.* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he knocks on the door* Arsé-kun: *The door is cracked open, and who peeks out but Watson! Who is exhausted from working literally all night* Arsé-kun: Watson: Oh. It's you. What is it? Sheepy: Sheepy: I have guests for this guy. Sheepy: Sheepy: An edgelord and a not so edgelord. Arsé-kun: Watson: ... Yeah, sure. Mask up. *he passes some facemasks over* Sheepy: Sheepy: *he puts it on* Arsé-kun: *Rom does the same* Sheepy: Crow:....???? Arsé-kun: Rom: Do you need help? Sheepy: Crow: What's this thing? Sheepy: Crow: Oh, I know! You put it over your eyes when you sleep!! Arsé-kun: Rom: ... Close, but no. Sheepy: Crow:....But I'm not tired...What's the deal with that?! Sheepy: Sheepy: To block out disease. Sheepy: Crow: Angels don't get sick! Why would I want this? Arsé-kun: Rom: ... Don't question it more than you need to, Crow. Sheepy: Crow: Oh, fine! *he puts it on* Sheepy: Sheepy: Now we're ready to go in! Arsé-kun: Watson: Then quickly. Before Someone realizes the door is open. Sheepy: *Sheepy enters* Arsé-kun: *Rom follows* Sheepy: *and so does Crow!* Sheepy: Shuzo: Ahahaha...*he hasn't looked over yet* I just need a short break...and then my journey through the stars will continue! *he begins coughing before cringing. Based on his bandaged state, that break will be a while.* Arsé-kun: Rom: ... Are you on an incredible amount of painkillers, or are we in the wrong room? I don't remember you speaking like this.. Sheepy: Shuzo: *he looks over, visibly surprised (and exhausted)* You're...?! Arsé-kun: Rom: Your idiot manager couldn't find you. *sigh* I'm an emergency contact? I'm honored. Sheepy: Shuzo:..If nothing else, you know better than anyone where I'd go. Arsé-kun: Rom: That is true. You look worse than usual. Did you get run over by a teenagers sparkly fursona? Sheepy: Shuzo: No, I haven't a clue what happened. Arsé-kun: Rom: I'm sorry to hear that. Sheepy: Shuzo: Someone attacked me I think. I think there was a cave. Arsé-kun: Rom: ... Oh. Sheepy: Shuzo: Something inside of me is screaming at me not to try to remember. Maybe my broken rib! *he laughs briefly. wakey wakey big mistakey. He cringes* Arsé-kun: Watson: I recommend not trying, then. There must be a reason your mind does not want that information. Sheepy: Shuzo:.....*he squints at Crow* You feel... Sheepy: Crow: I sure do! Arsé-kun: Rom: ... He's harmless. Sheepy: Shuzo: ...It’s not the same as how I felt, but similar. Sheepy: Shuzo: It's out of this world~! Among the stars! ⭐️ Sheepy: Shuzo: ...Sorry. Force of habit. Arsé-kun: Rom: ... That was painful to watch. Sheepy: Shuzo: Ahahaha... Sheepy: Shuzo: It’s attractive to many people, so it pays well. Arsé-kun: Rom: Did you know your manager was more worried about you as a money source? I still think you should quit. Sheepy: Shuzo: ......Quitting this far in... Sheepy: Shuzo: ...And yet, I haven’t a clue what I’m really striving for at this point. Arsé-kun: Rom: I don't think "Space Fox from Planet Gay Disaster" was the high point of your career. Sheepy: Shuzo: I guess at first I had fun. I’m not sure at this point. Arsé-kun: Rom: I'll hold a spot open if you change your mind. Sheepy: Shuzo: I’m considering it. I feel guilty, abandoning my fans like this... Arsé-kun: Rom: If they love you, they'll follow. Sheepy: Crow: Like cattle!! Arsé-kun: Rom: If you turn this into some kind of milk metaphor, I'm kicking you out. Sheepy: Crow: ?!?!? Sheepy: Crow: H-hey! Sheepy: Shuzo: Maybe I can slink away from my current situation by moving to your band... Sheepy: Shuzo: They work me into the ground. Arsé-kun: Rom: Maybe. Sheepy: Shuzo: I want to try at least. Sheepy: Shuzo: I could feign memory loss. ...No, I’m kidding. Unless....? Arsé-kun: Rom: It would get fan attention. Sheepy: Shuzo: What a pain. Arsé-kun: Rom: Listen, it's easier than whatever drivel you were saying. Sheepy: Shuzo: Hmm. Sheepy: Crow: Hey, is it cold in here, or is that the chill of death passing through? Sheepy: Shuzo: Hm? I felt nothing. ... I’m fine! ⭐️ — *he starts coughing again before grimacing* Sheepy: jack; I didn’t expect you to hit the pavement so hard Arsé-kun has started dreaming. Arsé-kun: Rom: Crow? Can you save unsettling statements like that for the stage? Sheepy: Crow: Huuuh? The stage is for showing off my crimson soul! Why would I wanna ruin that with bringing death into the picture?! Arsé-kun: Rom: Because even that won't stop your crimson soul? It'd make a good halloween theme. Sheepy: Crow: Eeehh? But I really meant it! Arsé-kun: Rom: I wasn't insulting you... Sheepy: Crow: Oh! ...O-of course not! Sheepy: Crow: Of course not! 'Cause I'm lovable! I'm a star! Arsé-kun: Rom: .... Next Halloween is too far away for a plot to resurrect a different band's main singer. Unless we rush a Nightmare on Christmas theme? Sheepy: Shuzo: A star shines most brightly in the darkest times! ⭐️ Go out there and be the shooting star that makes people dream again! ⭐️ -- *cough, cough, cringe* Arsé-kun: Rom: You stop that. Sheepy: Shuzo:...Force of habit. Arsé-kun: Rom: You look and sound whipped when you do that. Sheepy: Shuzo: Ahahaha... Sheepy: Shuzo: Maybe to you, but most people like it. Arsé-kun: Rom: Unfortunately, we're not allowed to kill another manager on stage yet. Sheepy: Crow: Murder's a sin in at least one situation! Sheepy: Crow: When you hate someone... the best thing to do is...! Sheepy: Crow: ... Sheepy: Crow: I don't know, I've never been in that situation. Sheepy: Crow: But it's not killing people! Arsé-kun: Rom: Of course not. We've seen enough of that this year. Sheepy: Shuzo: What? Arsé-kun: Rom: Anyway, *he isn't answering that* Do you think you can get fired before New Years so we can hire you? Sheepy: Shuzo: I'm beginning to consider feigning memory loss again. Arsé-kun: Rom: If you need help, we're working with a theater troupe. Sheepy: Shuzo: Hm. That might come in handy... Arsé-kun: Rom: So will getting that neon trash out of your hair. You look like some 90's anime sidekick. Sheepy: Shuzo: How do we get it out? Arsé-kun: Rom: Dandruff shampoo and baking soda. Sometimes dish soap. Depends how bad it is. Sheepy: Shuzo: Let's try it once I can leave. Arsé-kun: Rom: But you'll be recognized far too fast with that obnoxious hair color. Sheepy: Shuzo: I doubt I'd be allowed to do it in here, though... Arsé-kun: *Rom is Thinking* Sheepy: *Crow is not* Arsé-kun: *This is a surprise to no one* Sheepy: Crow: If you unhook yourself and hook yourself back, nobody will ever know you left! Sheepy: Shuzo: ... Arsé-kun: Rom: That is a terrible idea. Sheepy: Crow: Tell me one reason why! Arsé-kun: Rom: Because the IVs are things he NEEDS. Sheepy: Crow: Really? All the time? Arsé-kun: Rom: Well, no, but here, yes. Sheepy: Crow: Huh! Sheepy: Crow: Then why don't we need them? Arsé-kun: Rom: *groan* Because we weren't in a cave for several days with no food or water, now stop asking questions. Sheepy: Crow: Can I ask 'em afterwards at least?! Arsé-kun: Rom: Yes. Sheepy: Crow:!! Sheepy: Shuzo: Is that where I was? I haven't gotten answers. Arsé-kun: Rom: It was something like that, I was told. Sheepy: Shuzo: That does explain a lot of how I feel. Sheepy: Shuzo: Except the sharp pain and bump on the back of my head. Arsé-kun: Rom: It's possibly related. Sheepy: Sheepy: I have a feeling I already know the culprit... Arsé-kun: *Rom jumps a little. He honestly forgot about Sheepy* Sheepy: Sheepy: Whoops. Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah, someone was attacking people and dragging them to that cave under orders. Arsé-kun: Rom: That would do it. Sheepy: Crow: I've got an idea! Sheepy: Crow: *pose* "Due to my traumatic experience, I've had second thoughts about continuing to play the spacey guy in those advertisements!" Arsé-kun: Rom: Not a bad idea.. Sheepy: Shuzo: It could work. Arsé-kun: Rom: But we can't try the memory gambit AFTER that. Sheepy: Shuzo: Maybe let's try the memory gambit first. Arsé-kun: Rom: Hopefully we have time before your manager shows up. Sheepy: Shuzo: Right... where to begin... Sheepy: Crow: "Who are you? Why are you here?" Arsé-kun: Rom: "Where am I?" Sheepy: Crow: *pose* Being an amnesiaf means asking a lot of questions and not understanding the answers! Sheepy: Crow: It's like math!! Arsé-kun: Rom: I hate to agree with him. Sheepy: Crow: You should dishate it. It means you're smart! Arsé-kun: Rom: ... ... Sheepy: Shuzo:.... Arsé-kun: *Rom calmly turns around and punches Crow* Sheepy: Crow: Ow!!! Sheepy: Crow: Wh-why?! Arsé-kun: Rom: "Dishate" isn't a word! Sheepy: Crow: Dislike! Distrust! Disappointment! Dishate! Arsé-kun: Rom: You can't just make up words! Sheepy: Crow: That's just what language is! Arsé-kun: Rom: No!!! Sheepy: Crow: Then what is language? Arsé-kun: Rom: Decided on my multiple people, not just you. Sheepy: Crow: Who are they? I'll recommend it. Arsé-kun: Alex: .... *he's pushed the door open, and he looks #Done*... Detective, can you spare time? You've been requested for a different situation. Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah, sure. Sheepy: Crow: Eh? What's going on? Arsé-kun: Alex: Don't worry about it. Sheepy: Crow: Can I help? Sheepy: Sheepy: Don't worry about it. Sheepy: Crow: Is it about the dead person? Arsé-kun: Alex: Stop asking questions before you skip the morgue entirely. Sheepy: Crow: You're gonna bring me to a morgue?! Sheepy: Crow: I've never been to a morgue before! Sheepy: Crow:...... Sheepy: Crow: What IS a morgue? Sheepy: Sheepy: It's your future temporary housing! Arsé-kun: Rom: .... It's a threat, Crow. Sheepy: Crow: ?! Sheepy: Crow: I'll give you a taste of my crimson fists if you try anything! Sheepy: Crow: But only a taste. Anything more and my cattle will become jealous! Arsé-kun: Alex: ... Sure. Sheepy: Crow: Sure as in I can go? Sheepy: Crow: I feel drawn to the haunting presence of death! It calls to me! Arsé-kun: Alex: .... I'm going to dump you with the TB patient. Sheepy: Crow: Tee Bee? Arsé-kun: Alex: .... *he looks to Sheepy* How do you properly deal with this? Sheepy: Sheepy: You smile, walk away, and slam the door on his face when he tries to follow. Sheepy: Crow: That's what my uncle does with me except he doesn't do step 1. Arsé-kun: Alex: Okay. Please leave, Detective Jr., so I can slam it in his face. Sheepy: Sheepy: *he exits* Arsé-kun: *alex does, in fact, slam it closed in crow's face* Arsé-kun: *A few moments of silence for them to get some distance, and out of eavesdropping range* Arsé-kun: Alex: ... I was being, "polite". Speaking of it in front of him would end poorly. Sheepy: Sheepy: The person who died is someone he knows? Arsé-kun: Alex: I was told that, but I don't believe it until I see for myself. Sheepy: Sheepy: So we should go check on the body? Arsé-kun: Alex: Yes. The method is obvious, but getting the answer to Who is proving more difficult. I am told I need "Lawful supervision" for that part. Sheepy: Sheepy: Great! Let's go in then. I'll be your lawful supervision. Arsé-kun: Alex: Wonderful. Judging by your handling of the slug, you're not squeamish? Sheepy: Sheepy: Nope. Arsé-kun: Alex: The less questions you ask about how I'm doing this, the better. Sheepy: Sheepy: I probably don't want to know. Arsé-kun: Alex: Think Egyptian Mummification process mixed with a spirit channeler. Arsé-kun: Alex: Except not like that at all. Sheepy: Sheepy: Let's go! Arsé-kun: *They Go. Alex leads Sheepy through some back hallways. This will probably be useful in the future* Arsé-kun: *And eventually get to the Morgue. Yep, that's a body.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh. Sheepy: Sheepy: Who is it? Arsé-kun: Alex: One Mr. Goro Akechi, age 16, shot in the stomach. No other wounds present. Arsé-kun: *he pulls the sheet back. well. it sure is.* Sheepy: Sheepy: That's a horrible way to die. Sheepy: Sheepy: He seems familiar. Sheepy: Sheepy: He's the star of that show Sherlock watches. Arsé-kun: Alex: ... Ah, that's why he's familiar. The show is on every so often in Okita's room. Sheepy: Sheepy: Or was it Harley?, Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh. Sheepy: Sheepy: I wonder who had beef with him... Arsé-kun: Alex: ... Get something to write with. I'm going to have last words from him for you. Sheepy: *Sheepy takes out something to write on* Arsé-kun: *Alex, to spare Sheepy, blocks his view of what he's DOING, but it SOUNDS FLESHY and GROSS* Arsé-kun: *... And eventually pulls back the curtain to reveal.. Two Goros, no Alex! Wow!!*+ Arsé-kun: "Goro": ... Dark brown hair with wide, purple eyes. I heard him referred to as "Dami"- Whether that is accurate or not I cannot say. He was meant to falsely shoot me for a scene, but... ... *he trails off briefly, looking to the actual Goro's body* .... He'd be very upset. The man had plans for the future. Arsé-kun: "Goro": ... But ask as many questions as you can. I can only hold this for so long. Sheepy: Sheepy: Had he been in any of your scenes before? Arsé-kun: "Goro": ... Yes, I believe so. Sheepy: Sheepy: Did you have any enemies? Arsé-kun: *"Goro" bitterly laughs. Obviously* Sheepy: Sheepy: What were your relationships between yourself and your coworkers? Were they positive? Did anyone wish to replace you? Arsé-kun: "Goro": Some good, some bad, as I don't get along with everyone. The worst was usually just being rude, though... And who wouldn't want a lead role? Sheepy: Sheepy: Did you see your killer associate with anyone in your team? Arsé-kun: "Goro": Occasionally. If you mean outside of work, I don't believe so. Sheepy: Sheepy: So he wouldn't have had any reason to hate you, maybe... Sheepy: Sheepy: Although, considering another star was attacked as well... Perhaps they were related...? But he was hit over the head... Arsé-kun: "Goro": I'm not entirely sure of the motives, admittedly. Jealousy would have resulted in a much worse ending. Sheepy: Sheepy: Hmmm.. Arsé-kun: "Goro": ... I'm afraid I can't be of any more help. Sheepy: Sheepy: That's unfortunate. We don't have much to work on...I guess I have to take my search to your studio. Where do you work? Arsé-kun: *"Goro" tells him.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Thanks. Arsé-kun: "Goro": of course. Oh, and before it slips my mind, can you... *he sticks his hand under the covers, and comes out with a cell phone. It has a bit of dried blood on it* Deliver this to "my" boyfriend? I want him to have the contents. Sheepy: Sheepy: Minato, right? Arsé-kun: "Goro": Yes. Just... Don't say "I" said any of this. Sheepy: Sheepy: What do you want me to say? Arsé-kun: "Goro": Just suggest that it is being given to the closest person to "me". Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh, alright. Arsé-kun: "Goro": ... And my time's up. But thank you very much for your help, fellow detective. Sheepy: Sheepy: No problem. Hopefully I won't talk to you soon? Arsé-kun: "Goro": Hm, I certainly hope not. That would be rather awkward. Arsé-kun rolled a die with 20 sides. The die showed: 1 Sheepy: Sheepy: I'll go bring this to Minato. Arsé-kun: "Goro": Please do. Sheepy: *Sheepy goes back to Rom and Crow* Arsé-kun: *Alex has changed back to normal and Immediately ate shit. INSTANT migraine. The disabling kind. You understand. The price of hubris* Arsé-kun: Rom: Oh, you're back. Welcome. Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah, turns out I've got a new case! But I have to deliver this to someone. *He shows the phone* Sheepy: Crow: ?! Arsé-kun: Rom: Well, aren't... What is it, Crow? Sheepy: Crow:...Hey, hey! That's.... Sheepy: Crow: That's Gogo's phone! Arsé-kun: Rom: You know his phone, but not his name... Sheepy: Crow: But look! It has blood on it! Arsé-kun: Rom: But is it real blood? Sheepy: Crow: Why do you have that?! Why's it got blood on it?! Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah, it is. Arsé-kun: Rom: Please don't ye-- ... ... Crow? Arsé-kun: Rom: Let's save screaming for outside. I'll allow it. Arsé-kun: Rom: This time. Sheepy: Crow: *He's visibly upset...* Sheepy: Sheepy: I'll tell you more once we're outside. Arsé-kun: Rom: Yes please. Crow, lets go out. *he pats Crow's shoulder* Sheepy: *Crow goes out as requested. Sheepy follows* Arsé-kun: *Rom follows up the rear, closing the door behind him* Sheepy: Sheepy: I just got back from the morgue. Arsé-kun: Rom: .... This is a horrible way to start an explanation. Sheepy: Sheepy: I haven't a clue why they didn't confiscate this sooner considering it's evidence. Sheepy: Sheepy: Basically, he's been murdered. Arsé-kun: Rom: That's horrible. *he at least keeps a straight face, but he's looking at Crow* Sheepy: Crow: *He is about to blow up.* Arsé-kun: *Rom puts an arm around Crow's shoulders. Support.* Sheepy: Crow: Who did it?! I'll, I'll...! Sheepy: Sheepy: I dunno. Arsé-kun: Rom: Keep it under wraps. I don't know what Crow will do. Sheepy: Crow: What?! Sheepy: Crow: He was my friend! I can't just let this stand! Sheepy: Sheepy: I guess I'll get a better understanding if I pass this phone to Minato as requested. Sheepy: Sheepy: Do you know where he lives? Sheepy: Crow: I do! Sheepy: Crow: But I don't get it! Sheepy: Crow: Who would do something like that?! Arsé-kun: Rom: If we knew, don't you think we'd tell you? Sheepy: Crow: You just said NOT to tell me! Sheepy: Crow: Which is it, huh?! Arsé-kun: Rom: ... Ah... I meant their actual identity, not what kind of person would. *he sighs and braces himself* Sheepy: Crow: That doesn't make any sense!! Arsé-kun: Rom: So I realize, thank you. Sheepy: Sheepy: If I bring this to Minato we might get more information. Sheepy: Sheepy: If nothing else, my current task will be completed. Sheepy: Sheepy: Although asking around at his workplace should find the answer. Sheepy: Sheepy: But can you show me where Mina- Sheepy: *Crow grabs Sheepy's arm and starts running in the direction of the mystery gang base* Arsé-kun: *Rom almost loses his arm. He has to take off running after them. He'll catch them eventually* Sheepy: *Crow makes it to the mystery gang base in record time! Sheepy is dazed. help, rom* Arsé-kun: *Rom makes it a couple of minutes later, nearly out of breath but still standing!* Sheepy: Sheepy: Ouch, ouch... Arsé-kun: Minako: *she throws the door open* Good afternoon, fellas! We're about to close, but we can spare a couple of minutes for some good boys! Sheepy: Sheepy: Uuugh...Heaven...has a closing time?... Sheepy: Crow: You need to tell everyone what you told us! Sheepy: Sheepy: My murderer followed me to Heaven and is tormenting me even there... Sheepy: Sheepy: Is Minato home? Arsé-kun: Minako: ...? Yeah, he's upstairs. Diiiiid something happen..? Sheepy: Sheepy: It's complicated. You can find out when I tell him. Arsé-kun: Minako: Right, well, um. Come in. Sheepy: Sheepy: Thanks. *he enters, closely followed by a very upset Crow* Sheepy: *...and both head upstairs! crow please* Arsé-kun: *Rom and Minako catch up a moment later, Minako looking unhappy* Sheepy: Sheepy: Minato? Arsé-kun: Minato: ... mm? *he rounds a corner, looking a bit drowsy* ... And you brought the angel why? Sheepy: Sheepy: He brought himself. Arsé-kun: Minato: That doesn't inspire confidence... Sheepy: Sheepy: I have something for you. Sheepy: *Sheepy takes out Goro's phone and gives it to Minato* Sheepy: Sheepy: I was asked to give this to you. Arsé-kun: *Minato takes a moment to process what he was given. He nearly drops it and silently looks back up at Sheepy in terror* Sheepy: Sheepy: It's Goro's. Sheepy: Sheepy: I was asked to give it to you because apparently he wants you to see what's on it. Sheepy: Sheepy: I suppose because he can't tell you. Arsé-kun: Minato: Wh... ... Sheepy: Sheepy: 'Cause he's dead. Arsé-kun: *SHEEPY THAT IS NOT HOW YOU* Arsé-kun: Minato: WHAT?! Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah, I just visited him in the morgue. Sheepy: Sheepy: He was murdered. I don't know by whom yet. Arsé-kun: *Minato stares at him in silent horror. He nearly drops the phone a second time.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Sorry, I suppose I should have been more gentle delivering the news, but this is my first case alone. Sheepy: Sheepy: I could try again but this isn't really the time for that. Sheepy: Crow: When I find Gogo's killer, I'll....!! Sheepy: Sheepy:...He's dead and you STILL can't get his name right... Arsé-kun: Rom: Don't egg him on. Arsé-kun: *Minato has gotten into the phone and found the Photo Gallery. He's not going to cry. Of course not.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Sorry to be delivering this news at all. Sheepy: Crow:.. Arsé-kun: Minato: .... *he nods* ... Find who did it. Sheepy: Sheepy: Don't worry, I will. Sheepy: Crow: I'll give them these crimson fists! Sheepy: Sheepy: But what if you need them later? Arsé-kun: Minato: Make sure the bastard rots. Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't control the speed at which people rot, but I'll try. Arsé-kun: *Varied tones of yelling from downstairs as Minako calls an emergency meeting to spread the news. Lovely* Sheepy: Sheepy: Fascinatingly, another star was attacked as well, but I've yet to find out if that's related. At this point, I'm assuming not. Sheepy: Sheepy: One quick question, though. Sheepy: Sheepy: Does the name "Dami" mean anything to you? I'm assuming it's a nickname. Arsé-kun: Minato: ... Not at all. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh. Alright. Sheepy: Sheepy: I need to go to his workplace but I don't know where it is. Arsé-kun: Minato: .... Let one of the others take you. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay, thanks. Sheepy: Sheepy: *he heads downstairs* Arsé-kun: Minako: ---do WE do though?! There's no way Minato's is gonna take it well!! Sheepy: Sheepy: Can anyone bring me to Goro's workplace? Minato won't. Sheepy: Sheepy: Probably 'cause his boyfriend is dead. Sheepy: Crow: You're taking this way too calmly! It ticks me off! Arsé-kun: Katsuya: It's part of the job. We have to be. *he nods to Sheepy* I'll take you along. Sheepy: Crow: Why? Why?! You should be allowed to get upset! I'll rough them up! Arsé-kun: Katsuya: Emotion clouds judgement. We don't want to make any mistakes. Sheepy: Crow: What? Sheepy: Crow: Let's go already! Uncle can prosecute them! Arsé-kun: Katsuya: I highly doubt the suspect will be THERE, but we can look for evidence. Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah, exactly. Sheepy: Sheepy: Although at this point... Sheepy: Sheepy: I wonder if I can get in? Sheepy: Crow: Break down the doors if you can’t! Sheepy: Sheepy: That doesn’t really help. Sheepy: Sheepy: At this point, the police will be there. This whole thing is set up so incompetently too that I was capable of carrying potentially case breaking evidence that could have had valuable fingerprints on it out of the morgue... Sheepy: Sheepy: And on top of that, people don’t just die from being shot in the stomach. It takes a long time. With medical attention it shouldn’t be difficult to survive... Sheepy: Sheepy: What am I missing here? He only mentioned being shot in the stomach. There didn’t appear to be any bruising at a quick glance, but I doubt blunt force trauma because he at least would have been conscious to see it... *mumbling* Arsé-kun: Katsuya: There are several holes, yes. Arsé-kun: Katsuya: I also now have... Several questions. Sheepy: Sheepy: You're police, right? Maybe you can help me get in? Sheepy: Sheepy: What are they? Arsé-kun: Katsuya: Who mentioned these things? The dead cannot speak, generally speaking. Sheepy: Sheepy: The mostly dead can. (lie) Arsé-kun: Katsuya: This explains nothing. Sheepy: Sheepy: It's incredibly complicated. Sheepy: Sheepy: And by that, I mean there are some things in life you can go without ever knowing. This is one of them. Sheepy: Sheepy: Let's just go with the explanation that despite being dead, he wasn't necessarily entirely dead, and therefore a remnant of Goro could be spoken to. Arsé-kun: Minako: You can't just... Say that and not expect more questions!! Arsé-kun: Minako: What does that MEAN?? Sheepy: Sheepy: The brain doesn't necessarily die at the same point as the body. Sheepy: Sheepy: The brain can die before the body or could die after the body, depending on what the body is lacking. Sheepy: Sheepy: Of course, if someone were to be capable of communicating with just the brain, even if the victim is dead doesn't necessarily mean there isn't the potential to get information out of them. Sheepy: Crow: I don't understand at all! Arsé-kun: Katsuya: ... To be used as legit evidence, you're going to have to explain it in more detail. Arsé-kun: Minako: ... Sounds like a mind reader! Does anyone else think it's a mind reader? Arsé-kun: Tatsuya: ... I was just going to say a basic brain scan... Why is everything strange with you guys? Arsé-kun: Katsuya: ... Probably stranger, admittedly. Sheepy: Sheepy: I listened to a man slurp a brain. Sheepy: Crow: *his foot is tap tap tap tap tap tapping. he appears anxious and annoyed* Sheepy: Crow: Come on, come on...!!! Arsé-kun: Minako: I kinda wanna see that next time! Arsé-kun: Tats: *does not look pleased with any of this information, honestly* Sheepy: Sheepy: I didn’t see it, just hear it. Arsé-kun: Minako: I repeat myself anyway. Sheepy: Sheepy: Uhuh. Sheepy: Crow: The longer we stand around, the more chance the killer will get away! Sheepy: Yu: Did it sound like a smoothie? Sheepy: Sheepy: I guess? Arsé-kun: Tats: Yu, that is SO cursed! Sheepy: Yu: I needed to know. Arsé-kun: Katsuya: *got his work suit on- or at least the upper half of it* I'm not going to be given time to at least look decent, am I? Sheepy: Crow: It’s not like you’ve got Rom’s job! Doesn’t matter how you look! Who’s going to see you, the killer?! They don’t care! Arsé-kun: Katsuya: ... You know we can track them after the fact, yes? Sheepy: Sheepy: Learning patience would do you some good. You can easily turn from the predator to the prey with one wrong step. Sheepy: Crow: There’s such things as cars! You can drive them! Arsé-kun: *Minato is briefly spotted stealing an entire tub of ice cream. Given the circumstance, this is permitted behavior.* Sheepy: Crow: It’s easy to make a get away. If the real culprit isn’t there to be blamed, some innocent soul will. That’s how it works! Sheepy: *relatable minato* Arsé-kun: Katsuya: Can you please leave this to the actual justice department? Sheepy: Crow: The last time I trusted the actual “justice” department they blamed the old man! Arsé-kun: Katsuya: And Sheepy, did Lupin send you on this alone knowing what happened? Sheepy: Sheepy: No, I came upon it solving a missing person case. Arsé-kun: Katsuya: So you... Didn't tell him there's a murder case? At all? Sheepy: Sheepy: I’m not particularly attached to the case in any way so I can pass it on to him. Sheepy: Sheepy: The second it came up Crow dragged me here like a ragdoll. Arsé-kun: Minako: So you're just gonna say you don't care, in my house?? *there is likely a misunderstanding here* Sheepy: Sheepy: It’s not that I don’t care. Sheepy: Sheepy: It’s that it’s not my area of expertise. Sheepy: Sheepy: I can call him if you want. Arsé-kun: Katsuya: That would be wise. Sheepy: Sheepy: *he calls up Lupin* Arsé-kun: Arséne: *he picks up JUST before the voicemail does* Yes, Mouton, how may we help you on this fine evening? Sheepy: Sheepy: Hi, I found a dead body. Arsé-kun: Arséne: what Sheepy: Sheepy: Can you figure out whodunnit? Arsé-kun: Arséne: With Just that information? Obviously not! Sheepy: Sheepy: Then what kinda detective are you?? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Please say sike. Sheepy: Sheepy: That last bit’s a joke but there really was a dead body. Arsé-kun: Arséne: ... Do you need me to pick you up? Sheepy: Sheepy: I’ve already left it. Sheepy: Sheepy: Goro Akechi, 16 years old. Murdered on set by a bullet wound to the stomach. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Isn't that...? *frantic paper shuffling* I'll try to be at location within the hour, but no guarantees. Sheepy: Sheepy: The actor who shot him had a nickname of “Dami” apparently. Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah, he’s the star of that TV show Sherlock likes. Arsé-kun: Arséne: You did work this time, thank you. And he won't like to hear that. Sheepy: Sheepy: ...Or is it Harley??? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Do you care enough to give me the hyper specifics? Sheepy: Sheepy: Hyper specifics? Like what? Sheepy: Sheepy: How I found it? Arsé-kun: Arséne: All of it. Sheepy: Sheepy: Where do you usually find dead bodies? Arsé-kun: Arséne: On the floor. Sheepy: Sheepy: I predominantly find then in backstreet alleys. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh. Sheepy: Sheepy: I found this one on a table. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Eh... Morgue, huh? Sheepy: Sheepy: Specifically in a morgue. Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Grrreat. There goes potential information. Either way, once I free myself from this furry prison, I'll meet you at the location. Sheepy: Sheepy: No problem. I’ll be there. Potentially only partially depending on how much carpet burn this edgelord gives me dragging me there. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Good luck. Sheepy: Sheepy: Thanks. Arsé-kun: *Background meow of annoyance as Arséne frees himself from several cats and a dog* Sheepy: Sheepy: You’re drowning in cats? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Apparently. Sheepy: Crow: There’s no time for drowning or cats! Arsé-kun: Arséne: ... Ah, him. I now understand what you were talking about. Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah. Poor vampire man. Arsé-kun: Arséne: He's not... Oh, forget it, that's not important right now. Sheepy: Sheepy: He wears a cape. Who wears a cape other than vampires? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Stage magicians. Knights. Wizards. People hiding something. Sheepy: Sheepy: We’ve done it, Arsene. Sheepy: Sheepy: We know what he is now. Arsé-kun: Arséne: The embodiment of an adult temper tantrum. Sheepy: Sheepy: A magician knight with a vampire side and a deep dark secret. Sheepy: Crow: He’s not, he’s not! Arsé-kun: Arséne: Could he be any louder? Sheepy: Crow: He’s a prosciutto! Arsé-kun: Arséne: .... .... How am I supposed to take this seriously? Sheepy: Sheepy: He sure is. In fact, you should call him that to his face. Sheepy: Crow: I will when I call him, you don’t need to tell me that! Arsé-kun: *katsuya exitted scene to start the damn car, mink's fighting to not laugh at crow and instantly be banished to the shadow realm, minato returned to dump off an empty metal tub. He takes a moment to stare at Crow* Sheepy: Crow. What, what? Sheepy: Crow: I know I’m really handsome but it’s not the time for that! Arsé-kun: Minato: ... If not for the laws of this land, I would slaughter you. Sheepy: Crow: What?! Sheepy: Crow: Oh, oh, you wanna have a taste of my crimson fists to follow up your frozen milk, huh? Sheepy: Sheepy: ...Fr-Frozen milk. Arsé-kun: Minato: ... ... *he just gives up and moves onto a second tub of ice cream. help him* Sheepy: Sheepy: Now we meet him there. Sheepy: Crow: I can call my uncle for help! Sheepy: Sheepy: I considered that with the things you’ve been saying. Sheepy: Crow: Hah-hah! But I thought of it first! Arsé-kun: Minako: Let him call his prostitute uncle, see how they can help! Arsé-kun: *Minako knows what she said.* Sheepy: Crow: Right! Sheepy: *Crow calls Barok* Arsé-kun: *Barok is Not Pleased.* Arsé-kun: Barok: I JUST opened a bottle of wine. This better be important. Sheepy: Crow: Uncle! My friend’s been murdered! Arsé-kun: Barok: That's terrible. I'm sorry to hear that. *he doesn't sound it at all.* Sheepy: Crow: I need you to do your prostitute job to stop the killer! Arsé-kun: Barok: *wine pouring stops* Sheepy: Crow: So! Will you?! Arsé-kun: *Mink buries her face in Yu's shoulder to hide her laughter from Crow.* Arsé-kun: Barok: Learn the profession name properly and I will consider it. Sheepy: *Yu has his face buried in his hands* Arsé-kun: *Tats is just staring in dismay.* Sheepy: Crow: What? Is that important when Gogo’s dead? Sheepy: Sheepy: You can’t even get the dead guy’s name right! Sheepy: Crow: ...It’s prosciutto, right?! Arsé-kun: Barok: That's lunch meat. Sheepy: Crow: .......... Arsé-kun: Barok: And I am not defining 'prostitute' for you again. Sheepy: Crow: Eh? ... Man, word games are so hard! Sheepy: Crow: Roooom! What’s the word for the layer who stops criminals? Sheepy: Sheepy: ...Layer, like onion. Arsé-kun: Minako: Ogres have layer. Arsé-kun: Rom: .... A prosecutor? Sheepy: Sheepy: Our fun is all ogre now. Sheepy: Crow: Prosecutor! Arsé-kun: Barok: .... Fine. Sheepy: Sheepy: It only took you publicly embarrassing yourself twice but you got there. *clap clap* Arsé-kun: Minato: Would a prostitutor be a sexy cop? *he finished that second tub and is regretting his decisions, but he feels a little better. for now* Sheepy: Sheepy: I doubt this. Arsé-kun: Rom: *what the fuck did I come back to* Sheepy: Sheepy: He called his uncle lunch meat and a prostitute. Arsé-kun: Rom: Ah. His teammates have some serious competition in making errors, then. Sheepy: Crow: Oh, you’ll help?! I’ll put away my crimson fists temporarily and not hunt them down! Sheepy: Sheepy: What have they been doing? Arsé-kun: Rom: One of them climbed down a well and the other is about five minutes from falling in on them. I can't go ten minutes. Arsé-kun: Barok: I'll do you one better. I'll also beat you there. Sheepy: Crow: What?! No! I’ll get there first! Sheepy: Sheepy: Are you even paid for your babysitting? Arsé-kun: Rom: We get paid for surviving and putting out songs. So, I suppose so. Sheepy: Sheepy: That’s something! Arsé-kun: *Click, beep-beep. Crow, you've been hung up on* Sheepy: Crow: Heyheyhey, he didn’t even do a countdown!!!! Sheepy: Crow: *he rushes out* Arsé-kun: Rom: ... ... Arsé-kun: Rom: I am so sorry for subjecting everyone to him again. Arsé-kun: Rom: I was going to take him home so we could deal with his teammates, but that's not an option anymore unfortunately. Arsé-kun: Rom: ... I hope you don't mind dealing with him a bit longer. I need to, as stated, babysit the other two. Sheepy: Sheepy: It’s okay, I babysit evil incarnate capable of mass destruction and instantaneous insanity on a regular basis. Sheepy: Sheepy: Crow’s probably like an actual baby compared to that. Arsé-kun: Rom: Sure. Sheepy: Sheepy: His name is is Nyar and he broke Sherlock’s arm once. It turns out though that there’s worse in the world so everyone has pretty much forgiven him. Arsé-kun: Minako: You really just say these things like it's normal, huh?? Arsé-kun: Minako: Because it's super cool! !! Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? It is? It’s my daily life. Sheepy: Sheepy: Anyway, should I head out now? Arsé-kun: Katsuya: The car's been started, so if you don't want to walk, the option is there. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'll take that option, thanks. Sheepy: Sheepy: Walking will probably take too long. Sheepy: *Sheepy heads to the car* Arsé-kun: *and they Go to the Location. They have been beaten there by Literally Everyone Else that was recruited.* Sheepy: Crow: Have you found anything yet? Well, have you? Sheepy: Harley: Rome was not built in a day. Be patient. You're being distracting. Arsé-kun: Barok: I agree entirely. Things like that take time. Sheepy: Crow: Rom's not a golem! He wasn't built at all! What're you talking about?! Arsé-kun: Barok: Your drummer is not an Italian city. Sheepy: Crow: Eh? Arsé-kun: Barok: Why don't you go help the blond detective instead? He looked lonely. Sheepy: Crow: Because he tried to accuse the old man of murder the last time I met him. Sheepy: Crow: He doesn't have his assistant with him so he won't have a push in the right direction this time. Sheepy: Harley: Oh, I know, you could push him in the right direction! Sheepy: Crow: Uh? Arsé-kun: Barok: It's rather obvious none of us did this, so you can... "Kindly" inform him when his suggestions are foul. Sheepy: Crow: Uhhhh.. Sheepy: Harley: You're our only hope to keep him out of trouble. Sheepy: Crow: Yeah, yeah, I am! Sheepy: Crow: The great Crow will save the day! Ahahahaha! Sheepy: Crow: *he rushes off to harass Sherlock* Sheepy: Harley: I see, so he's full of himself. Arsé-kun: Barok: Incredibly. He's a good kid, but doesn't quite get the idea of stopping. Sheepy: Harley: Hm. Sheepy: Harley: So like Sherlock. Sheepy: Harley:...Perhaps teaming them up wasn't such a good idea. Sheepy: Harley: I'm seeing little of interest. Arsé-kun: Barok: I hope Lupin has found something, otherwise all of the evidence has already been collected. Sheepy: Harley: It seems incredibly simple to me. Sheepy: Harley: We have a where, when and how. Upon checking the listed actors for the scene, we should have a who. Of course, interrogation is still necessary. Sheepy: Harley: Due to the possibility of a different actor being put in the role as at the last minute or someone working with the killer. And then there's the why. Sheepy: Harley: But any evidence can change everything we know. Sheepy: Sheepy: Hi Harley, Hi Proscuitto. Arsé-kun: Barok: Please do not do that. Sheepy: Sheepy: Your nephew has probably given me carpet burn by dragging me around. Arsé-kun: Barok: Unsurprising. Sheepy: Sheepy: I looked at the dead body and listened to someone slurp its brain. Sheepy: Harley: Can you not deliver horrible, disgusting news to me for one day? Arsé-kun: Barok: .... Was this at least useful in some way? Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah. Sheepy: Sheepy: I wrote down everything the victim witnessed. Sheepy: Sheepy:....And told me about, anyway. Sheepy: Harley: Why do you keep delving into the supernatural? Who are you trying to spite here? Sheepy: Sheepy: Mostly anti-Superwholocks. Sheepy: Sheepy: *he passes the notes to Barok* Sheepy: Sheepy: Here. Arsé-kun: *Barok starts looking them over. He doesn't seem surprised* Sheepy: Sheepy: What do you think about them? Arsé-kun: Barok: I'll accept it as evidence, as it does give possibly useful information, but I'm not quite sure I like the method. Sheepy: Sheepy: I didn't have much choice. Sheepy: Sheepy: But is the name familiar in any way? Arsé-kun: Barok: Unfortunately not. Sheepy: Sheepy: It gives a starting point, anyway. Sheepy: Harley: Presumably there's footage of the incident. Arsé-kun: Barok: Predictably. Sheepy: Harley: It could have the face of the culprit. Arsé-kun: Barok: And even if it does not, there are faces of the witnesses. Sheepy: Harley: Right. Arsé-kun rolled a die with 20 sides. The die showed: 20 Arsé-kun: Arséne: Pardon-moi! *he snuck up on them. Who knows how long he's been there?* Sheepy: Harley:?! L-Lupin?! Sheepy: Sheepy: Wow, you're slow. Arsé-kun: *Barok stiffens, but doesn't react much otherwise* Sheepy: Sheepy: Did you just get here? Arsé-kun: Arséne: I've found the payroll~~ Sheepy: Sheepy: Oh, did it have a Dami- on it? Arsé-kun: Arséne: A Dami-EN. And it gets better from there! Arsé-kun: Arséne: Sheepy, take a SINGLE guess at his last name. Wrong answers only. Sheepy: Sheepy: En. Sheepy: Sheepy: Full name Dami En. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Byrd. Sheepy: Sheepy: What?! Sheepy: Sheepy: Seriously? ...It couldn't be the same one, could it? Sheepy: Harley: Hmm. The same one who killed his dad and Tom.... Sheepy: Harley:... I suppose that hasn't been confirmed yet, but a presumably rich actor like him wouldn't need to take out a loan, would he? Sheepy: Sheepy: The missing person case I came back from was a rich actor too. Apparently he got attacked and thrown into Glaaki's cave, but I don't know how this could correlate. Based on the timing, well...I can't really see a connection, but... Sheepy: Harley: In theory, if it's the same attacker, it's very easily explained. He already thirsts for violence, but with Glaaki present, he had an excuse to commit it. But without Glaaki, that thirst is still there and now he no longer has a good place to hide the body. Sheepy: Harley: But we don't know if they are the same attacker. It could easily be a coincidence that both victims are rich actors. Arsé-kun: Arséne: And where the slug is involved, we unfortunately have to speak to... Them Sheepy: Harley: Right. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Well, good luck with that. You can handle that part, yes? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Because I have other concerns. such as why I have never seen a Byrd named Damien despite all the hours into the subject. Sheepy: Sheepy: I'll ask them about that as well. Arsé-kun: Arséne: But otherwise, this is a remarkably simple case. Who and where are settled, why might take a bit. Sheepy: Harley: Right. Arsé-kun: *in the meantime, Katsuya is TRYING to do fingerprint dusting but juggling this with babysitting two morons. please help him* Sheepy: Crow: Hey, hey, what is this stuff, huh? Arsé-kun: Katsuya: Aluminum powder. It's for finding fingerprints, so don't touch it. Sheepy: Crow: Huh? Fingerprints? Sheepy: Crow: This detective's got ten. One on each finger. Arsé-kun: Katsuya: I would hope so. Sheepy: Crow: Hey, what do you do with the culprit once you find him, anyway? Sheepy: Crow: Where I come from, they throw them off the edge and make 'em fall to their deaths! Or chain 'em up. Sheepy: Crow: Of course, I survived all that! Arsé-kun: Katsuya: It depends on what it is, but usually some form of arrest. Sheepy: Crow: A-rest, like you make them take a nap? Huh? Arsé-kun: Katsuya: Arrest, as in going to jail. Sheepy: Crow: Huh. When I was little I was punished like that. You guys really don't go past that? You can only handle punishment for children, huh? Sheepy: Crow: Huh. When I was little I was punished like that. You guys really don't go past that? You can only handle punishment for children, huh? Arsé-kun: Katsuya: Mortal lifespans don't always survive the sentencing. Sheepy: Crow: Eeehh?! Words like that are way too hard to keep track of! Sheepy: Crow: So "a rest" and "arrest" are different, huh... Arsé-kun: Katsuya: *he groans* Human life short, jail time long. Hu-man die if jail time longer than life span. Sheepy: Crow: No, no, no! Sheepy: Crow: Don't think I'm that dumb! Arsé-kun: Katsuya: And if it's really bad, well, then they just die. And honestly? After "prostitute"? Sheepy: Crow: I don't know what that word means. It sounds a lot like prosecute. Sheepy: Crow: Which is what I mixed it up with, by the way! Sheepy: Crow: It's not like we had all of these things where I came from! Sheepy: Crow:...That I know of, anyway. Arsé-kun: *Katsuya wisely does not ask for details* Sheepy: Crow: Uncle didn't tell me about them from what I remember. Nor did Pops, but he kinda just up and disappeared one day. Maybe he went off to learn about this kinda stuff? Sheepy: Sheepy: --I texted Nyar and he does recognize the name. Sheepy: Sheepy: He's being obnoxious. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Horrible. Terrible. Disgusting. I know where this situation is going, so I'm going to make sure Sherlock isn't trying to lick something for prints. Sheepy: Sheepy: Would he really? Sheepy: Nyar: How does aluminum powder taste when you lick it? Is it fingerprints-licking good? Arsé-kun: *Arséne groans LOUDLY and excuses himself.* Sheepy: Nyar: Awww. Arsé-kun: *He did not actually go that far- Arséne ducked around a corner to eavesdrop. He just doesn't like being around Nyar.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Go back in, nobody wants you here. Sheepy: Nyar: I want me here. Arsé-kun: Barok: If it's going to be useful at all, then get it over with. *he's unimpressed.* Sheepy: Nyar: Yeah, that Damien guy worked for Twili....Heyyy, it's you! Arsé-kun: Barok: Finish that sentence. Sheepy: Nyar: You're not for friendly chatter until I get business out of the way, huh? No dessert until I finish my broccoli? Sheepy: Nyar: Fine, fine. Sheepy: Nyar: He worked for Twilight. Sheepy: Nyar: He's also known as Brent. Kinda. They were a pair. But even a pair can be split apart. Sheepy: Nyar: Really fascinating stuff. I should've experimented on him. Sheepy: Nyar: Although I suppose we made Damien, so if I really wanted I could just pick him up and test on him. Arsé-kun: Arséne: *peeking out from around the corner* What do you mean "were"?? Sheepy: Nyar: It's the past tense for "are"! Sheepy: Nyar: Which means! They no longer, here's the word of the day, kids, *are* a pair! Sheepy: Nyar: Oh. Sheepy: Nyar: Well, you know. Sheepy: Nyar: You just split them apart like a kitkat. Sheepy: Nyar:....You think I know how everything works?! Nope! But there are two Byrds running around now. Brent and Damian. Brent was useful for manipulation. Too bad Damian had a tendency to kill. Arsé-kun: Arséne: So back when I interviewed Brent... *he's thinking Real Hard* Sheepy: Nyar: I would've liked grabbing that Sheep guy and Fluffy's dad over there for my own use. Sheepy: Nyar: It's easier to grab people nobody will miss, you know? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Why can't you just tell us these things?! Sheepy: Nyar: What? Sheepy: Nyar: If I tell you everything, you'll stop talking to me. Sheepy: Nyar: I won't be important anymore. Arsé-kun: Arséne: For FUCK'S sake, *he storms back into the circle* At least give things asked of you instead of waiting, say, over a month?? Sheepy: Nyar: Oh, oh, I like this! This is attention, yes! Sheepy: Nyar: Yeah, I was gonna use that Tim guy and what's his face for my testing. Sheepy: Nyar: But Damien got to 'em before I could. What a drag! Sheepy: Nyar: Hey, but you know what this means? Arsé-kun: Arséne: No. Tell me. Sheepy: Nyar: My dinner is over, right? So now dessert? Arsé-kun: Arséne: ... Yes, fine. Go ahead. Sheepy: Nyar: Baaaa~rok. It's been so long! Arsé-kun: Barok: I was hoping it would stay that way. How will you taunt me this evening? Sheepy: Nyar: How're you doing, huh? How's your brother doing? Sheepy: Nyar: Oh! Oops! Silly me! I forgot! Sheepy: Nyar: He's dead! (LOL) Arsé-kun: Barok: You're running out of material. You've used that one three times now. *he's displeased nevertheless* Sheepy: Nyar: Ehh? I could do an even better one. Sheepy: Nyar: Hey, he's less dead than your career! Arsé-kun: *Nyar gets kicked in the face. Impressive.* Sheepy: Nyar: Ouch, ouch! Sheepy: Nyar: You're no fun! Arsé-kun: Barok: Thank you. Sheepy: Nyar: I know someone more fun. Sheepy: Nyar: Hey Crane! Sheepy: Crow: It's CROW!!! Like the bird! Sheepy: Crow: Are you one of my cattle? I'm not doing autographs right now! Arsé-kun: *Katsuya re-enters scene behind him, carefully holding several successful fingerprint paints. Arséne wonders why a cop is doing forensics work. Katsuya sweats. Minato continues climbing out of Katsuya's car to snoop around* Sheepy: Nyar: How'd falling feel, huh? Just like how your Pops fell, huh? You still denying your guilt, saying you're innocent? Huh? How long can you keep it up 'till you hit acceptance? Arsé-kun: *Everyone present recognizes just how dead Nyar is about to be. Arséne pulls out his phone for footage.* Sheepy: *Crow clenches his fists before...Slugging Nyar!* Arsé-kun: *and Barok kicks Nyar down. Double team* Sheepy: Nyar: Ouch, ouch, ouch! That hurts!! Arsé-kun: Barok: Oh, you really do have pain receptors? That's wonderful information. Sheepy: Nyar: Well, it hurts my feelings! Sheepy: *Crow is visibly upset. Nyar goal accomplished: upset someone visibly* Sheepy: Crow: What do you know, anyway, huh?! I didn't do anything wrong...! Sheepy: Nyar: See, Barok? That's what I wanna see! Try more for that next time! Arsé-kun: Barok: ... Normally, I would not be permitted to act, but given the circumstances.. *he slowly puts a hand on his sword hilt. apparently, that is a real sword.* Arsé-kun: Minato: (When HE wears a sword, he's "cool" and "vampiric", but when I do it I'm "breaking the law" and "too young for weapons") *he's jealous* Sheepy: Nyar: Woah, woah, woah, hey! That's against the law! You sure you wanna stab me and potentially lose your job? Huh? Arsé-kun: Barok: I would, if children were not watching. Sheepy: Nyar: Eh? The eyes of the law are children now, seriously? Arsé-kun: Barok: Slime such as yourself wouldn't understand the concept of morals if it shot you through the jaw and called thou a whore. Sheepy: Nyar: Eh?! Sheepy: Nyar: That's the exact opposite of morals, isn't it?! Sheepy: Sheepy: (...Thou? How old IS Barok?) Arsé-kun: Barok: Action against an unlawful being is quite within law, thank you. Sheepy: Nyar: Uh? Sheepy: Nyar: C'mon, I only bullied your nephew a little! Did I strike your nerve, huh? I'm getting somewhere, huh? Arsé-kun: Barok: You're piling up reasons for me to take action. I recommend, as a lawyer, to keep your mouth shut. Sheepy: Nyar: Eh? Sheepy: Nyar: You can't even keep that dog thing on a leash and you expect to keep me on one? Sheepy: Crow: It's hedgehog, not hedgedog! What's up with you, anyway? You trying to put a damper on my crimson soul? You can't! *Despite this, it's clear that Nyar has put a damper on his crimson soul* Arsé-kun: Barok: You don't need a leash. You need a little goldfish bowl. Sheepy: Nyar: How are you going to fit me in a goldfish bowl, huh? Arsé-kun: Barok: Only part of you has to fit. Sheepy: Nyar: Eh? Arsé-kun: Barok: Excuse me. What I mean to say is "I am going to behead you." Sheepy: Nyar: Huuuuh? You're gonna ruin a crime scene, just like that? On what? That won't kill me. Arsé-kun: Barok: Not yet. Sheepy: Nyar: And maybe I know things you want to know. Sheepy: Nyar: You're gonna wait until I leave the scene? Arsé-kun: Barok: Ah, you've gone to bartering for your life in an instant. Arsé-kun: Barok: Perhaps. Sheepy: Nyar: Perhaps? You think you can? How? Arsé-kun: Barok: *he hums and chooses to not indulge Nyar.* Sheepy: Nyar: Wouldn't you like that? Arsé-kun: Katsuya: Absolutely not. *he bustles into the circle, between Barok and Nyar* I can confirm the fingerprints belonged to one Mr. Brent Byrd. Or perhaps Damien? But they do not have a public record. Sheepy: Nyar: Uh, yeah. Sheepy: Nyar: If he couldn't even hide his crimes, what use would he be to me? He'd be expendable. Sheepy: Nyar: You think I'm dumb? Arsé-kun: Katsuya: I'm not legally allowed to instigate a fight. Sheepy: Sheepy: I don't think dumb is the word to use here......... Sheepy: Nyar: Oh, oh, Fluffy is the only one backing me here! Sheepy: Nyar: Anyway, here's a fun thing to chew on! Sheepy: Nyar: How'd I learn all I know about Crane over there? Especially the more recent stuff? What's my source? Something to mull over! Arsé-kun: *Minato is still staring at him from behind Katsuya's car. He is Intrigued* Sheepy: Nyar: Hey, I feel all eyes on me! That's enough for me! Sheepy: Nyar: Even a set you may not notice! Arsé-kun: *Katsuya looks around and spots Minato. Minato just smiles at him. Katsuya groans* Sheepy: Sheepy: ? *He follows Katsuya's gaze* Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh? When did he get here? Arsé-kun: Minato: I've been. Nobody checks the trunks of cars anymore. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh. Now I know. Sheepy: Crow: Ehh? You watched this creep say bad rumors about me? ...Man, first Gogo dies, and now I've been badmouthed in front of his boyfriend... Sheepy: Crow: Sheesh, how much worse is this day gonna get? Sheepy: Nyar: I can help make it worse. Sheepy: Crow: And when I get home, Stinkion is going to call me short... Sheepy: Nyar: Cruelly ignored and rejected! Sheepy: Crow: Anyway! They figured out who killed Gogo. Arsé-kun: Minato: Good. *he smacks his free hand with the end of his baseball bat* Sheepy: Crow: What's that for? Sheepy: Sheepy: Presumably busting kneecaps. Arsé-kun: Minato: Exactly. Arsé-kun: Minato: You didn't kill him. Sheepy: Crow: I don't wear caps on my knees... Who would? Arsé-kun: Minato: People who don't have them, obviously. Sheepy: Crow: Oh, like prophetics, huh! Sheepy: Crow: When you lose a limb, they replace it with a prophetic! Arsé-kun: Minato: ... *he's really considering turning his Right Eye on Nyar to see what happens* Sheepy: Nyar: What're you lookin' at? Arsé-kun: Minato: ... What ARE you? Sheepy: Nyar: Oh? Sheepy: Nyar: I'm Fluffy's pal! Sheepy: Nyar: I can be anything! Like playdoh! Arsé-kun: Minato: Not like that... *he pushes his hair to the side--- and pales Immediately before bailing* Sheepy: Nyar: Ah-ah-ah! I wouldn't recommend that! Sheepy: Nyar: That's restricted to only special people~ Sheepy: Nyar: Speaking of which! Barok, aren't you pleased? I consider you special. I might even take off my mask just for you! Eheheh! Sheepy: Nyar: Although he might get jealous...Hmmm... Sheepy: Crow: You give me...bad vibes. Sheepy: Nyar: I can give you a vibe check if you want! Sheepy: Crow: My vibes are very crimson! Sheepy: Nyar: Like your blood? Sheepy: Nyar: What's the color of your blood, huh? What is it? Arsé-kun: *Nyar gets bonked with Barok's sheath* Sheepy: Nyar: Ouch! Sheepy: Nyar: Hey, that's not nice! Arsé-kun: Barok: Thank you. Sheepy: Nyar: You've hurt my feelings. Sheepy: Nyar: I might even cry and blow into that tissue around your neck like a Kleenex (tm). Arsé-kun: Arséne: *to Harley* Do you think we should let him deal with the squid so we can go? Sheepy: Harley: Yes. I don't care enough to bother with the squid. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Sherlock? Sheepy: Sherlock: ? Sure. *he's holding a mouse* Arsé-kun: Arséne: Let that mouse go home. You know how our cats are. Sheepy: Sherlock: Awww.. *he puts it down. it goes about its business* Oh well. Sheepy: Sheepy: Can you rescue me, too? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Certainly. Good work today. Sheepy: Sheepy:....! *he appears flustered* Uh, thanks. Sheepy: Sheepy: We're going home, right? Finally! Arsé-kun: Arséne: Yes, finally. Sheepy: Sheepy: *he exits to get away from squidward tentacles over here* Arsé-kun: *Arséne and the two Holmes go with. Scene exitted* Sheepy: Nyar: You're so mean to me too when I've got juicy information you'd like. Sheepy: Nyar: I even could tell you this information! Sheepy: Nyar: If you want, anyway. Arsé-kun: Barok: At least wait until we're alone. Sheepy: Nyar: Uuuugh, fiiiiine! Sheepy: Nyar: When can we be alone, huh? Sheepy: Crow: Eh? Sheepy: Crow: Why do you need to be alone? Arsé-kun: Barok: It will be sensitive information. It always is. Sheepy: Crow: Sensitive? Sheepy: Crow: So I should go home? Arsé-kun: Barok: I didn't mean you. *he slowly looks to Katsuya, who wisely exits to find Minato* Sheepy: Crow: Oh. Sheepy: Nyar: So I can start now? Arsé-kun: Barok: ... Fine. Sheepy: Nyar: Someone who you used to look up to and love might be your enemy soon~ Eheheh. Arsé-kun: Barok: .... ... ..... Arsé-kun: Barok: All that! For that tidbit?! Sheepy: Nyar: Ehehehehe! Arsé-kun: Barok: Step back, Crow. Sheepy: Nyar: Yeah, sure, that's all, if you want to call it that! Sheepy: *Crow steps back* Arsé-kun: Barok: Are you aware that you are not immortal? Sheepy: Nyar:....Huh? Arsé-kun: Barok: After all, how does it go? "And with strange eons, even death may die"? Sheepy: Nyar: Uuuhhh... Sheepy: Nyar:..... Arsé-kun: Barok: Shalt we find out? *he slowly takes his sword hilt* Sheepy: Nyar: Ummm....Huh. This is a toughie. Sheepy: Nyar: I could divulge more information which would ruin the fun...or get my guts spilled. Arsé-kun: Barok: So make your choice. Sheepy: Nyar:...Ugh, this is tough. Man, you're kinda scary...I guess the first one? Arsé-kun: *AND WE IMMEDIATELY CUT TO A DIFFERENT SCENE BECAUSE HECK YOU* Arsé-kun: *Yaiba's given up yelling for help and is just sitting in cold, gross well water. help the boy. Where's Aion? who knows.* Sheepy: Aion: *he's shivering from the cold, but his hand still hasn't left his face* Th-Th-The Dark Sun God....Wish...Wishes to return to his Sancfuary... Sheepy: *Aion slinks out of his hiding spot, the shadows* Sheepy: Aion: Perhaps the angel's touch has left it... Sheepy: Aion: But it seems that the Dark Sun God is once more chained within the Pris-Pris-Prison of the Abyss... Sheepy: Aion: Aaah... The store is so far... Light years away. It seems that this pit that was in the Dark Sun God’s path... Is inescapable. Sheepy: Aion: The Dark Sun God only desired honey buns... However, his worth was not great enough for lowly humans to make sacrifices upon, so he was hoping to find some lying around. Arsé-kun: Yaiba: H-how did you even fall in? You had to actively climb in...! Sheepy: Aion: ......... Sheepy: Aion: The Dark Sun God’s secrets... will not be divulged. Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Wh-what do we do now? Rom and Crow aren't here, hence, we might be in a Legend of Dying like fools! W--[omitted] Sheepy: Aion: However. Sheepy: Aion: It has been whispered... Sheepy: Aion: That the Dark Sun God was curious. Sheepy: Aion: Only a rumor. Arsé-kun: Yaiba: .... .... *in Crow's absense, he makes a Face™* Sheepy: Aion: And yet... Sheepy: Aion: The Dark Sun God...Still hungers... Sheepy: Aion: ...For honey buns... Arsé-kun: Yaiba: I'll henceforth buy you some if we get out before tomorrow. Legend of promise. Sheepy: Aion: Then we must escape before the dawn’s rays hit... Arsé-kun: *Another small flash of light from above. Could be a car's headlights, or someone's phone, or lightning, which is the worst of the possible options, which means of COURSE that's what it is, what do you expect?* Sheepy: Aion: It has spotted us! Oh! The devil’s eyes! Hear its roar! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: what in the legend of hence does that mean?!? Sheepy: Aion: Behold! It seeks us! Hunts us down like prey! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Aion, what does that m- Arsé-kun: *KABOOM!!* Arsé-kun: Yaiba: -AAAAAAAA Sheepy: *Aion screams and leaps into Yaiba’s arms* Arsé-kun: *The catch is pathetic, and Aion also now has a case of wet ass* Sheepy: Aion: It will tear us limb for limb..!! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: It's just thunder..! We're down a hole hence it sounds worse than it actually is!! Sheepy: Aion: The hole that will become our unlabeled graves! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Stop that! Sheepy: Aion: *Tremble, sob* Oh... I want to go home...! Arsé-kun: *Yaiba puts his hands over Aion's ears (probably not helpful with how big them ears are) and just screams. MMMMYYYAAAAAAAAUOOH! Fuckin'.... You're not being STABBED, Yaiba.* Sheepy: Crow: —Oh! Oh!!! Sheepy: Crow: What?! A ghost is in the well thingy! Arsé-kun: Barok: ... Concerning. Arsé-kun: Rom: *he finally got here, because public bus schedules are a suggestion more than fact. And he immediately peers down the cistern* Sheepy: Crow: Do you see the ghost, Rom?! Arsé-kun: Rom: No, you idiot, your bandmates are down there. Sheepy: Crow: Why? Arsé-kun: Rom: What does that matter? Do you think you can fit down that cistern and fly them back out? Sheepy: Crow: You need the great Crow to save the day, huh?! Yeah, I can! Arsé-kun: Rom: Are you SURE? Sheepy: Crow: Eh? Probably? Sheepy: *Crow goes into the cistern* Sheepy: Crow: I’ll save you two! Sheepy: Aion: *sob* Arsé-kun: Yaiba: T-take Aion first, I can, I can wait Sheepy: *Crow picks up Aion and attempts to fly out* Arsé-kun rolled a die with 20 sides. The die showed: 20 Sheepy: *He successfully and painlessly escapes with Aion, placing him down on the grass before popping back in* Arsé-kun: *Rom immediately tends to Aion with a fresh towel* Sheepy: Aion: *sob* I want to go home... Arsé-kun: Rom: *!!!!* Arsé-kun: Rom: *he scoops up Aion without a problem* I'll bring you inside, and we'll see what we can do. Sheepy: Aion: .... Sheepy: *Crow attempts to escape with Yaiba as well* Sheepy rolled a die with 20 sides. The die showed: 1 Sheepy: *...That loud cry of pain from Crow makes it clear that his wings aren’t too keen on being used a second time* Arsé-kun: Yaiba: *he's thinking. and then picks up Crow* You're smaller, hence, this will work! *and he throws Crow upwards. Get outta here!* Sheepy: Crow: Ugh...! Thanks! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Anytime! Sheepy: Crow: I’m sorry, Rom...! I can’t do it. Arsé-kun: Rom: That's fine. You did great, get inside and ice your wings. Arsé-kun: *Rom exits scene for a moment, before coming back with a tall, wooden ladder. oh. yes, this also works* Sheepy: Crow: Eh...? You have that? Arsé-kun: Rom: It's from the set design crew. I didn't even remember we had this until I saw it bringing Aion inside. Sheepy: Crow: Huh. ....Ouch, ouch... Arsé-kun: *Rom drops the ladder in. Faint 'ouch' from Yaiba as it hits him in the face. 10/10 aim* Sheepy: Crow: ? Arsé-kun: *Yaiba climbs up and pulls himself over the edge. str* Arsé-kun: Yaiba: *rant omitted as he complains at Rom for that Great Injustice and how he now owes him honey buns* Sheepy: Crow: You could do that all along?! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: ---What? Climb a ladder?? Sheepy: Crow: Yeah! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Can you not?? Sheepy: Crow: I can! But why didn't you sooner? You saw the ladder, right? Arsé-kun: Yaiba: .... I mean, obviously, if I saw it, I would have used it, hence! Sheepy: Crow: Eh? Sheepy: Crow:...Huh, alright. Sheepy: Crow: Let's go inside! I'll tell you about my day! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Yes, please, before it starts to rain! *he picks up the other mysterious towel and hurries indoors* Sheepy: Crow: *he follows Yaiba* Arsé-kun: *Rom follows them in, shutting the door just as the rain starts coming down. flash, boom, all that fun stuff* Sheepy: Crow: Guess what I saw today! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: I don't know, Crow, what was the legend you saw today? Sheepy: Crow: My uncle stabbed someone. Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Well, no surprise! Where else would you get your crimson fury from? Sheepy: Crow: Yeah! He was a jerk! Hah! He couldn't even get my name right! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: But you get people's names wrong constantly, hence you have no right to talk! Sheepy: Crow: Huuuuuh? But my name is full of crimson passion! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: .... hence, you're full of hot air! Sheepy: Crow: C! Stands for Crimson! R! Is also in Crimson! O! Is also in Crimson! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: The W is in Wimp, hence- Sheepy: Crow: No!!!! Sheepy: Crow: No! It stands for... Sheepy: Crow:..... Sheepy: Crow:....WINNER!! Sheepy: Crow: Which spells... CROW! Sheepy: Crow:....I'm still working out the kinks, alright?! Even someone like me needs time to think on stuff sometimes! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: That's too long, hence! Wrong, weird, ween, worse, weed, wrenched! Sheepy: Crow: Eh? Eeeeehhh?! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Wrecked Sheepy: Crow: What!!! Sheepy: Crow: I'll have you know that there's not much you can do when you're falling from the sky at a bajillion miles an hour! Arsé-kun: Rom: You, are, insultingly, boring, asshole Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Hence?! Sheepy: Crow: And, and! Sheepy: Crow: My wings used to be a whole lot cooler. And I had more of them! Sheepy: Crow: Six, like the number of...Uh... Sheepy: Crow: Letters in WINNER!!! Sheepy: Crow: So I didn't intentionally wreck! Arsé-kun: Rom: You counted to six. Good work. *sarcastic* Maybe you can reach seven next week. Sheepy: Crow: Wow! You have so much confiden.... Sheepy: Crow:.... Sheepy: Crow: *squint* Arsé-kun: Yaiba: legend of get owned Sheepy: Crow: Wh-whaaaat?! Arsé-kun: *Yaiba dabs. everyone take three points of psychic damage* Sheepy: Crow: Ugh...too cool! But not as cool as Rom - eh, I mean, not as cool as me! Arsé-kun: Rom: .... Take this! *he slaps a ping pong ball off the table, at Crow.* Sheepy: Crow: Hah! You're a million light years away from defeating me! *he slaps it back* Arsé-kun: *it bounces off Rom's face. rom eats shit* Sheepy: Crow: Hah-hah! I am the greatest! The only! Crowwww!!! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: *he just loudly slurps a capri sun. hekk u* Sheepy: Aion:....The Dark Sun God sees through your lies, rodent, and into the truth: you are not the greatest. Arsé-kun: *Yaiba leans over to Aion to Conspire* Sheepy: Aion: What do you wish to conspire about? Arsé-kun: Yaiba: *whispering* If we take him down now, we might be able to sleep before two am Sheepy: Aion:?! Sheepy: Aion:......Hm...Hmmm. Sheepy: Aion: *he lowers his voice* A murder plot... Arsé-kun: Yaiba: No! Sheepy: Aion: Hm? How do we accomplish this, then? Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Observe. *he picks up a cushion and flings it at Crow* Sheepy: Crow: Ugh?! Sheepy: Crow: Hey! What's that for?! Sheepy: Crow: Oh, I get it. A pillow fight, right? Sheepy: Aion: No. We were hoping you would suffocate on it. Arsé-kun: Yaiba: A fight with you? Hence, only five minutes wasted! Sheepy: Crow: Eeehhhh?! You guys're both jerks! You think it'd be a waste, hm? Sheepy: Crow: Come at me, then! Sheepy: Aion: The Dark Sun God has little interest in a mere rodent's acts of rebellion. He will be squashed in an instant. Arsé-kun: Yaiba: *overdramatic detailing that took most of the budget and lightning effects* I certainly will!! *he picks up another cushion* Sheepy: Crow: Hah! *he picks up rhe nearby cushion* I'll make you eat your words! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Get ready for the beating of a lifetime, Sonic Hedgehog! Sheepy: Crow: Haaaaaaah! Now you've made me MAD!!! Arsé-kun: *ten mil more deducted from budget for crow's gremlin face* Sheepy: Aion: *he sips his capri sun* Arsé-kun: *Rom stays out of it, for once* Sheepy: Crow: *he lunges for Yaiba with his crimson pillow of the fallen* Arsé-kun: *Yaiba winds up, and recklessly hurls himself at Crow, his lightning aura reaching a max-- ok ok you get it* Sheepy: *They clash, a fallen angel versus the Legendary Yaiba of Legend of Ryuukuden, hence, chaos ensues* Arsé-kun: *yes that, thank you* Sheepy: Aion: Hmmm...The Black Monster craves a honey bun. Arsé-kun: *Aion gets lightly smacked by a honey bun, still in the packaging. Toss a coin to your Rommer* Sheepy: Aion: The sacrifice has been received...! Arsé-kun: Rom: Great. I've got work tomorrow, so next person to scream is getting annihilated. Sheepy: Aion: It will be burned within the deepest pits! Sheepy: Crow: Huuuh? Arsé-kun: *crow gets smacked with a cushion* Sheepy: Crow: The heck? I was just getting fired up- OW!! Sheepy: Crow: No fair! Rom distracted me! Arsé-kun: Yaiba: Left your guard down, you fool! Sheepy: Crow: No, you cheated! Arsé-kun: Rom: ..... .......... Arsé-kun: *the entire sofa soars past Aion and at the two boys fighting. goodbye. there's an explosion. rom poses cool* Arsé-kun: *Cyan gingerly steps over the devastation for her own band practice, or maybe just to go outside and play with other cats. We don't know.* Sheepy: Aion: Be careful. It hungers for souls. It flashes and roars. Rips and tears at flesh. You can spot it in the sky. Lingering. Waiting. Sheepy: Aion: *munch munch* Sheepy: Aion: You must sneak quietly. Softly. Refuse to look into the abyss... Arsé-kun: *Cyan takes one step outside, feels water, and promptly decides against it* Sheepy: Aion:....*munch munch* Arsé-kun: Cyan: Euch. It'll have to wait until tomorrow... What are you eating? Sheepy: Aion: A honeybun. Arsé-kun: Cyan: Very nice. Sheepy: Aion: The Black Monster craved it and got imprisoned within the damp prison nearby. Sheepy: Aion: For looking too deeply inside.... Arsé-kun: Cyan: The big rain well? It's a big drop! Sheepy: Aion: The angels...They whisper.... a rumor. Of the Dark Sun God's curiosity. Arsé-kun: Cyan: It's always tempting to look, but it's so scary! Arsé-kun: *Quiet achieved. Rom can actually sleep for once* Sheepy: *Morning comes quickly for people with responsibilities!* Arsé-kun: *Unfortunate!!* Sheepy: *But you know what you DO get as a benefit, Rom? 30 texts from Shuzo!* Arsé-kun: Rom: ..... wh.... *he picks up his phone, looks at it, puts it back down* Arsé-kun: *Rom's phone vibrates AGAIN, and he groans before finally checking it* Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] jm so gubrgy thus hodpjtal food is trash lol Arsé-kun: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] i realy wan a schuro Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] if ibky a deally nice and jncredibly handskme drummerbwould come save me (wifh s cinnamkn churro) Arsé-kun: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] wie is me/ i hjave noo chureo Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] ilu bur even more with churro Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] please. churro Arsé-kun: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] churros wer made innnnnn yer 5 by mr man churo Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] which is almkdt whdn stars were msde Arsé-kun: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] stars like you11! and me ⭐️⭐️ Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] haha....what if we....flew throhhj space rigether ... on q shooting star...a date.... haha...ghatd be so ronanric... Arsé-kun: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] haha... unles Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] even more romantic....with churro Arsé-kun: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] wWho needs capitalism when u can have a churro Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] if gou ever wanr ro eat s wall just eat hospitsl food haha wow so tasty ⭐️ Arsé-kun: *Rom feels like he is supposed to get this man a churro. He might be wrong.* Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] gonna give rhis place 5 ⭐️ on help for its food alone Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] Help Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] Help Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] Yelp Arsé-kun: Rom: [text: to Shuzo] Yes, I'll buy you a fucking churro, it's 6 am, are you high?? Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] cant feek most of mg bodh Arsé-kun: Rom: [text: to Shuzo] How are you messaging me? Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] :) Arsé-kun: Rom: [text: to Shuzo] ⭐️ Sheepy: Shuzo: [text: to Rom] wuth lobe ♥♥ Arsé-kun: *Rom decides he is obligated to get this man a churro. He can be a little late for work today. Just a little.* Sheepy: *thank you Rom* Arsé-kun: *Rom calls in ahead of time like a responsible adult* Sheepy: *Incredible! The ideal man!* Arsé-kun: *He shows up to Shuzo's room exactly 45 minutes later, armed with a churro and a dream. Only one of these is needed here.* Sheepy: Shuzo: *he looks over, a little on the dazed side* Arsé-kun: Rom: Good morning, Shuu. Sheepy: Shuzo: Good morning ⭐️ It's such a beautiful day today. Make sure to enjoy it while it lasts ⭐️ Sheepy: Shuzo:..... Arsé-kun: Rom: Please stop doing that so early. Sheepy: Shuzo: Did you come here on the way to work without having eaten breakfast first? Arsé-kun: Rom: .... .... You sent me no less than ten messages asking for food. Sheepy: Shuzo: ........? Sheepy: Shuzo: *he mulls this over* Sheepy: Shuzo: What, did I? Arsé-kun: Rom: You said some other things, but I disregarded them for you. But I did bring the churro you begged for. Sheepy: Shuzo: I don't remember a thing ⭐️ Arsé-kun: Rom: You typed like you wouldn't have anyway. Sheepy: Shuzo: Oh, I fear the embarrassing things I said... Arsé-kun: Rom: :) Sheepy: Shuzo:....Your grin.... *he goes to check* Sheepy: Shuzo:......... Sheepy: Shuzo:...Just how many people did I text...?! Arsé-kun: Rom: I do not know, but I'm alarmed now. Sheepy: Shuzo: I sent the twins in caps.... "Texting my ex ⭐️"... In response to every one of their messages. Sheepy: Shuzo: My ex what?? Sheepy: Shuzo: And- ...Oh- Oh. Arsé-kun: Rom: What's the damage? Sheepy: Shuzo: ...Unfortunately, I can't use that with you. Arsé-kun: Rom: Perhaps because I'm in front of you. Sheepy: Shuzo: If you weren't, with what I was saying to you, I would...And to my friend... Arsé-kun: Rom: You can try that, if you're out of options. Sheepy: Shuzo: I could try but I don't think it'll work. Sheepy: Shuzo: *he mumbles something along the lines of, "Unless you see it, I suppose it's not too terrible"* Arsé-kun: Rom: You sure hope so. Arsé-kun: Rom: But okay, I fulfilled my task. Arsé-kun: Rom: That's a shame. Sheepy: Shuzo: You can eat it and think of me while eating it ⭐️ Because you bought it for me. Arsé-kun: Rom: But I already... *he stops that train of thought Immediately* I already had one. Sheepy: Shuzo: Oh, I'd love to take it off your hands. Sheepy: Shuzo: I'll value the feelings behind your actions instead ⭐️ Arsé-kun: Rom: That's more than I could have hoped for ⭐️ *cough* How do you do that all day? Sheepy: Shuzo: I'm paid a ton to do it. Arsé-kun: Rom: Fair enough. Sheepy: Shuzo: I suppose it'd break the theme if I joined your band and did it. Arsé-kun: Rom: It would mess them up. ... It might be funny. Sheepy: Shuzo: I have to get rid of this hairdye first....But what will the twins think? Arsé-kun: Rom: If they think you're the coolest thing since the invention of churros, it shouldn't matter, yeah Arsé-kun: Rom: Which, by the way, was not year five. Sheepy: Shuzo: What? Arsé-kun: Rom: Your texts again. Sheepy: Shuzo: How embarrassing was I to you...? Arsé-kun: Rom: Extremely. Please get some sleep. Sheepy: Shuzo: I will. I hope work goes well for you. Sheepy: Shuzo: Maybe when I awake I'll be a dreamy prince again ⭐️ Arsé-kun: Rom: I'm going to flip your bed over. Sheepy: Shuzo: That would hurt. Arsé-kun: Rom: That would be the intent. Sheepy: Shuzo: Haha...that's cruel. Arsé-kun: Rom: Then stop doing that to your throat. Sheepy: Shuzo: I'll try. Sheepy: Shuzo: Just for you ⭐️ It’ll be our little secret ⭐️ Only the stars will know ⭐️ Sheepy: Shuzo: *cough, cough, cough* Sheepy: Shuzo: I was going to end up here anyway ⭐️ Perhaps it’s fate you showed up ⭐️ My job is killing me slowly. Sheepy: Shuzo: At least I eat right, but I barely sleep and constantly deal with stress which is further weakening me and setting off the sickness I mostly had under control. But because of who I am, “I’m ⭐️ not ⭐️ allowed ⭐️ to ⭐️ show ⭐️ it ⭐️“. *cough, cough, cough*... Sorry, you should go to work before you get late. Arsé-kun: Rom: Have you considered ⭐️ obliterating your manager Sheepy: Shuzo: No. Moreso my past self. I thought my dream could be achieved. But perhaps it was no dream at all. It would’ve been better dead at the start. Arsé-kun: Rom: Were you not in a hospital bed, I would punch you! Sheepy: Shuzo: Haha, that wouldn’t be very nice. Arsé-kun: Rom: Neither is giving up! Look where you are! You'll just live here if you give up and let it die!! Sheepy: Shuzo: And what do you propose doing? I suppose I’ve become a symbol of chasing your dreams for many ⭐️ But this clearly won’t work in the long run. Sheepy: Shuzo: Should I really throw away everything? Arsé-kun: Rom: Then ACTUALLY go DO IT, you idiot! If people really like you, you won't throw anything away except that shitty hair dye! Sheepy: Shuzo: ... Sheepy: Shuzo: I suppose if it doesn’t work, I can just take back this role. Arsé-kun: Rom: Hell, take some time off for yourself. Go on vacation. Punch your bandmates. Whatever. Sheepy: Shuzo: But... The twins will be heartbroken. I can’t do that to them. Arsé-kun: Rom: What are they, kids?? Do they even have a legal guardian? Sheepy: Shuzo: No. Arsé-kun: Rom: Wh.... You need adoption papers? I can pick some up for you later. Sheepy: Shuzo: They see me as an older brother... Sheepy: Shuzo: Not a dad! I’m not that old! Arsé-kun: Rom: You can be a legal guardian and still be a sibling... I think? Sheepy: Shuzo: I wouldn’t know. Arsé-kun: Rom: I'll have to look into it. Either way, bring them with you. Let them be kids for once. Sheepy: Shuzo: I suppose. Sheepy: Shuzo: I’ll ask them. Sheepy: Shuzo: I won’t force them into anything. They should make their own choices. Sheepy: Shuzo: ...Thanks. You come in here due to annoying messages I sent to give me food I can’t eat but you’re still willing to listen ⭐️ Arsé-kun: Rom: ... Of course. *he raises his fist and... very gently punches Shuzo's shoulder* You know I'll listen. Sheepy: Shuzo: I may vent to you more often. Arsé-kun: Rom: I might suplex you through something if you start quitting again. Sheepy: Shuzo: I’ll try to see it as changing my course towards achieving my dreams ⭐️ Arsé-kun: Rom: I will throw you at them! You'll have no choice in the matter! Sheepy: Shuzo: I’m counting on you! Sheepy: Shuzo: If I keep you much longer, you’ll be late for work. Arsé-kun: Rom: *he checks the time* Arsé-kun: Rom: ..... Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit~⭐️⭐️♪♪ Sheepy: Shuzo: How late are you? Arsé-kun: Rom: Late enough that I may as well take my time. Arsé-kun: Alex: *peering in, quietly* What's your take on it? I'm getting former friend vibes. Sheepy: Okita: Definitely exes. Sheepy: Okita: There's a big and messy drama there about them breaking up, I bet. Arsé-kun: Alex: It's possible. Bet you my lunch you're wrong, though. Sheepy: Okita: Oh? That's a good bet. You can have my nasty lunch if I'm wrong. Arsé-kun: Alex: Great. I don't want it. Sheepy: Okita: Nor do I. Arsé-kun: Alex: ... Do you just want me to sneak out and buy mcdonalds again? Sheepy: Okita: Yeah. Arsé-kun: Alex: Figured. Arsé-kun: *Watson's approach is not subtle in any way shape or form. How do you miss bright ginger coming towards you* Sheepy: Okita: Oh? The doctor's here to yell at me again. Arsé-kun: Watson: I only needed to give you something, and no, it isn't medication. Sheepy: Okita: Huh? Arsé-kun: *Watson hands him a wad of paperwork. The first page has a big ol' ''DISCHARGED'' stamped on it. How exciting!* Arsé-kun: Watson: I'm legally permitted to tell you to fuck off, you pain in the ass. *he's teasing, mostly* Sheepy: Okita: ....Huh. Sheepy: Okita: Now what? Arsé-kun: Watson: You... Go home? Take a bus if you have to? Sheepy: Okita: I've got nobody to go home to. Arsé-kun: Watson: ... :v Sheepy: Okita: I was just living by myself before all this. It's more fun making you mad. Arsé-kun: Watson: Well, you can't just live here unfortunately. Sheepy: Okita: Huh. Sheepy: Okita: I guess I've got no choice but to go home then. Arsé-kun: Watson: It's not great, but if you need assistance I can probably drag someone out of the woodworks. Sheepy: Okita: What do you mean, assistance? Arsé-kun: Watson: Well, that certainly depends. I can probably assist in getting you some form of income, maybe help fixing up the property since no one has been there for months. The works. Sheepy: Okita: I guess. Arsé-kun: Watson: Disappointed? Sheepy: Okita: I actually was having fun being here despite everything. Arsé-kun: Watson: That's good to hear...! Sheepy: Okita: Mostly making you mad. Arsé-kun: Watson: ... Not as great, but better that than being destructive. Sheepy: Okita: I like teasing people. Sheepy: Okita: Eh, one thing though. Sheepy: Okita: You got a priest? Sheepy: Okita: I need one to exorcise a demon out of my house. Arsé-kun: Watson: ..... *unsure if Okita is kidding or not* Sheepy: Okita: Huh? What's that look for? Sheepy: Okita: Sure, he's got no horns, but you know what he does have? Arsé-kun: Watson: .. A temper? Sheepy: Okita: Yeah. Arsé-kun: Watson: I vaguely recall you mentioning this months ago, just barely. Sheepy: Okita: And he dumps tons of homework on me. I could easily do it but I don't bother because it's funny taunting him like that. A's from all of the teachers except him. All Fs from him. Sheepy: Okita: *grin* If you were a teacher, I might toy with you a bit like that too. Turn things in late. Not come to class. Sheepy: Okita: Just to see you get annoyed. It's funny. Arsé-kun: Watson: But what do you do when they get used to that? Sheepy: Okita: Subvert their expectations. Sheepy: Okita: Leave them second guessing. Sheepy: Okita: I turn in all my homework and show up to my classes for all of my teachers except for that demon Hijikata. Arsé-kun: Watson: And you live with him, so do you actually have to...? Sheepy: Okita: He gives me Fs, which drags my GPA down. What a demon, right? Sheepy: Okita: He writes lame haikus and watches soap operas at 4 am. Arsé-kun: Watson: Ah. That kind of demon. Sheepy: Okita: Yeah. You got any ideas? Sheepy: Okita: I'm thinking about pelting him with garlic until he runs away with his tail between his legs. Arsé-kun: Watson: Does that actually work? I've seen one cook with it regularly. Sheepy: Okita: I dunno. Sheepy: Okita: Maybe I'll shine a flashlight in his face. Sheepy: Okita: It's more fun pelting him with small objects as he tries to sleep though. Sheepy: Okita: My current record is 102 M&Ms. Arsé-kun: Watson: He's going to bite one of these days. I can't help you if he does. Sheepy: Okita: Hey, if he does, he's gotta deal with me for all eternity. Arsé-kun: Watson: It doesn't work like that, unfortunately. Sheepy: Okita: Uh, what? Really? Arsé-kun: Watson: They have control over that or something. So you can easily just be left to bleed out instead. Sheepy: Okita: Hijikata wouldn't do that. Arsé-kun: Watson: Being bitten would still suck, though. Sheepy: Okita: Not until I-.... Sheepy: Okita:..... Arsé-kun: Watson: :) Sheepy: Okita: Not until I finish all of my homework. Sheepy: Okita: He dragged me here when I was coughing up blood because I'm not allowed to die until I finish my homework. Arsé-kun: Watson: Immortality doesn't work that way either. Sheepy: Okita: How does it? Sheepy: Okita: You know a lot, don't you? Arsé-kun: Watson: I do. But I am fairly certain homework percentages will not affect anything involving your lifespan. Sheepy: Okita: Ahahahah. Sheepy: Okita: If I get thrown off a bridge by that demon for not doing my homework well it will. Sheepy: Okita: Can you save me then? Arsé-kun: Watson: In the case of that, don't land horizontally. You'll want to roll into the water to reduce impact. And maybe. Sheepy: Okita: ....Eh? Sheepy: Okita: You think I'm savvy enoughto tuck 'n roll while falling to my death? Arsé-kun: Watson: It won't kill you if you know what you're doing. Sheepy: Okita: I spent almost all of my developmental years in and out of the hospital, I'm not savvy with much physically other than a sword. Arsé-kun: Watson: mmmmhm. Sheepy: Okita: You don't believe me? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Not one bit. *nat 20 stealth check. he had no reason to do this* Arsé-kun: Watson: *JFC* Sheepy: Okita: *he quickly turns to face Arsene* Oh? It's you? Arsé-kun: Arséne: It's me. Unfortunately. Sheepy: Okita: I forgot all about you. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Certainly needed to know that. Sheepy: Okita: You did, huh? Sheepy: Okita: That's a surprise. Sheepy: Okita: What're you here for anyway? Business or pleasure? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Now, what on earth do you think? Arsé-kun: Arséne: But don't answer that. Business, of course. *he hands Watson paperwork to look at* This is the last place I'd come for pleasure. Arsé-kun: Watson: ... *he hands the paperwork back and lets Arséne into the closest room* Arsé-kun: Watson: ... But yes, go on ahead, Okita. Get your belongings, get Mercer, I can arrange for a driver to drop you off if you need it. Sheepy: Okita: Uh, thanks. Sheepy: Okita: It'd be useful. Sheepy: Okita: I'll go get him. Arsé-kun: Watson: All right. I'll have a secretary call a ride for you. Arsé-kun: *ok okita go do the stuff* Sheepy: *Okita goes to bother Alex* Sheepy: Okita: Hey. Arsé-kun: Alex: .. What? Did you get cleared? Sheepy: Okita: Yeah. Sheepy: Okita: They said to bring you home with me. Arsé-kun: Alex: Huh... What? Sheepy: Okita: Don't ask me why. Arsé-kun: Alex: I think I have a pretty good idea. Arsé-kun: Alex: But will the Demon General allow me to live? Sheepy: Okita: We can fight him together. Arsé-kun: Alex: Uplifting, but hard to do if I'm dead in a puddle on the floor. Sheepy: Okita: But we make a good team. Arsé-kun: Alex: This is true. Sheepy: Okita: So we have nothing to worry about. Sheepy: Okita: Anything you wanna do before we head out? Arsé-kun: Alex: ... Hmm. It's not like we have a lot of belongings. Arsé-kun: Alex: Yeah, lemme check one thing and I'll be good. Sheepy: Okita: Right. Sheepy: Okita: Go ahead. Sheepy: Okita: I'll be here. Arsé-kun: Alex: Do you think I'm going to leave you here? Sheepy: Okita: Where are you bringing me, then? Arsé-kun: Alex: With me. Also, do you want McDonalds or not? Sheepy: Okita: I do! Arsé-kun: Alex: Then lets.. Go, I suppose? Sheepy: Okita: Yeah. Arsé-kun: *they get mcdonalds lunch for breakfast because time is an illusion and even death may die* Sheepy: *foreboding* Sheepy: Okita: It seems different now that I'm not sneaking out. Arsé-kun: Alex: Doesn't it? It almost feels wrong. Sheepy: Okita: It's not as fun... Sheepy: Okita: Guess I just gotta get sick again....Just kidding. Arsé-kun: Alex: Now you'll have to pay for it, like a member of society. Sheepy: Okita: Huuuh?! Sheepy: Okita: Like I've got any money. Hijikata can do it. Arsé-kun: Alex: ... Okay, fair. Sheepy: Okita: You got anything you want to do before we head there? Sheepy: Okita: Stuff to pick up? Sights to see? Arsé-kun: Alex: Absolutely not. Sheepy: Okita: Great. Sheepy: Okita: Then can we go? Arsé-kun: Alex: Yeah. Lets get your three belongings. Sheepy: Okita: Great. I'm excited. Arsé-kun: *in the background, meanwhile* Sheepy: Sheepy: Do you remember how you ended up here? Arsé-kun: ?: .... No. Arsé-kun: ?: .... Not really, no. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh. That's problematic. Sheepy: Sheepy:...Uh, do you at least know your name?? Arsé-kun: ?: ... No. ... I talked of a being and informed that a nickname I was given will be based upon it. Sheepy: Sheepy: Uh. Okay. Arsé-kun: ?: ... I was named 'Glass' in absence of a name. I do not know what being this refers to.. Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh. Sheepy: Sheepy: Well, alright. I guess that's what I'll call you for now. Arsé-kun: Glass: I am sorry I am not of help. Sheepy: Sheepy: No problem. It must've been traumatic so I shouldn't dig too deeply into it anyway. Arsé-kun: Alex: Sucks to be those people. Sheepy: Okita: Yeah, I'll take TB any day over having my brain wrecked by a big slimy slug. Sheepy: Okita: ...Heh, I wonder if it hated salt... Sheepy: Okita: You think they tried turning it into peeled escargot? Arsé-kun: Alex: I doubt that would have worked, honestly. Sheepy: Okita: Dunk it in the ocean. Sheepy: Okita: Have it shrivel like a prune. Sheepy: Okita: Although...I guess sea slugs are a thing. Sheepy: Okita: Anyway, now that I've got my stuff, we can go. Me. You. This dangerous weapon no one will notice. Arsé-kun: Alex: ... Oh, you mean that. Sheepy: Okita: Yeah. Arsé-kun: Alex: How subtle. Sheepy: Okita: I'll just say it's a prop. Arsé-kun: Alex: ... I'm fairly certain everyone knows by now. Sheepy: Okita: Yeah, but passerbys don't. Arsé-kun: Alex: ... Do you need me to hide it for you? Sheepy: Okita: Could you? Arsé-kun: Alex: Yes. I certainly could. Sheepy: Okita: Just don't mess it up. It's real important to me. Sheepy: Okita: *He passes it to Alex* Arsé-kun: *Alex puts it behind his back, lining it up with his leg. And then takes his arm back out* Arsé-kun: Alex: Ta da. Sheepy: Okita: You're magic. Sheepy: Okita: Thanks. Sheepy: Okita: Now we shouldn't be stopped by anyone not in the know. Arsé-kun: Alex: Or hopefully at all. Sheepy: Okita: Yeah. I don't want to deal with it. Sheepy: Okita: Let's go before we waste the whole day. If we get there at night we can't ruin that demon's sleep. Sheepy: Okita: Although if it's a weekday and not winter break I suppose he could be at work. Arsé-kun: Alex: If you absolutely insist, I'll pick up the pace. Just for you. Sheepy: *Okita heads home via the provided ride* Sheepy: Okita: Get ready to run. Arsé-kun: Alex: I'll consider it. Sheepy: *Okita knocks on the door. There's a pause before it opens. There's an exhausted looking man on the other side, holding a sheet of partially graded homework* Sheepy: ?: I'm not buying anything. Arsé-kun: Alex: *imitating Okita roughly* I come for free, old man Sheepy: Hijikata: Oh, it's you. Sheepy: Hijikata: It was inevitable. Come in. Arsé-kun: *Alex pushes Okita in ahead of him. Just in case.* Sheepy: *Okita enters* Sheepy: Hijikata:...Hold on - *He rubs his eyes* ....You brought a guest? Why? Arsé-kun: Alex: The doc told him to bring me with. I... Don't exactly have anywhere to go. My apologies. Sheepy: Okita: If we don't have enough room, we can kick you out, Hijikata. Sheepy: Hijikata: *glare* Souji........! *sharp inhale* Fine, I understand. Sheepy: Okita: Score! Sheepy: Okita: I can show you my room. Arsé-kun: Alex: ... Uh, sure. Sheepy: *Okita leads him there* Arsé-kun: *It is covered in dust. Absolutely blanketed. Dead skin and dirt snow baybe. gross* Sheepy: Okita: Sheesh, he couldn't at least dust? -*cough, cough, wheeze* It's horrible in here... Sheepy: Okita: I guess I have to do it all myself! Arsé-kun: Alex: You mean it isn't normally like this? Sheepy: Okita: No. Sheepy: Okita: You think I'd keep things dusty when dust makes me sick? Sheepy: Okita: Especially my picture of Kondou. That'll be dusted first. Sheepy: Okita: Hey, if you want, you can help too. Arsé-kun: Alex: I'll think about it. *he will. he's being Difficult* Arsé-kun: Alex: But your sword is going to wait until after it's clean. Sheepy: Okita: Oh, you're holding my sword from me until I clean my room? Sheepy: Okita: Sheesh, you're cruel. Arsé-kun: Alex: Where would you LIKE it to be placed?? Sheepy: Okita: ...Eh, good point. Sheepy: Okita: Alright, let'get to it! Arsé-kun: *they do that. yaaaaaay. we'll find the plot someday.* Sheepy: *the plot....was in Arsene's home all along...!* Arsé-kun: *NO SHIT, HONEY* Sheepy: Sheepy: He's still on our sofa...the key to our answers... Sheepy: Nyar, bleeding profusely: My father? Arsé-kun: Arséne: There are two things wrong with this scene. Sheepy: Nyar: Only two? Arsé-kun: Arséne: *he gestures to Nyar* Did you get into a fight with a woodchipper? Sheepy: Nyar: No, with Barok. Arsé-kun: Arséne: *his eyebrows shoot off into space* Sheepy: Nyar: Actually I let him beat me up because I had a good time tormenting him. Sheepy: Nyar: So he stabbed me a bunch. Ouch. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Ah. That makes much more sense. Arsé-kun: Arséne: The second *he gestures to the couch* Is that he's sTILL HERE Sheepy: Nyar: It turns out that ange- Sheepy: Sheepy: He's sleepy so he's sleeping on our couch. Sheepy: Sheepy: Maybe we should charge him rent. Sheepy: Nyar: -do pack a punch! Sheepy: Sheepy: We could ask him about Brent if he was awake... Sheepy: Sheepy:...Maybe I'll wake him up? Sheepy: Sheepy:...Haha, just kidding. Sheepy: Sheepy:....Unless...? Arsé-kun: *Arséne gains the Anxiety skill* Arsé-kun: Arséne: I want to say no, but you're going to do it anyway. Sheepy: Nyar: It was the day of my birth. Sheepy: Nyar: My father slept through my 0th birthday. Sheepy: Nyar: It was really sad. Arsé-kun: Tom: I was born in the hospital and both my parents were absent. wow. Sheepy: Nyar: Sheesh, the hospital? Sheepy: Nyar: What did you do, bust into view and bash their heads in? Sheepy: Nyar: Burst out of your mother like an alien? What's a hospital needed for? Arsé-kun: Tom: The nurses left me for the wolves. The wolves abandoned me and I was adopted by a pack of luchadores Sheepy: Nyar: Fascinating. Sheepy: Nyar: They didn't have luchadores where I came from..... Sheepy: Nyar:....actually, they didn't h- Fluffy, stop shaking him-ave anything... Sheepy: Sheepy: Goooooood morning sunshine! Arsé-kun: Randy, detecting something unfathomably stupid: Wh-what are you doing?? Sheepy: Sheepy: I need answers so I'm getting it out of the mouth's horse. Sheepy: Sheepy: Wakey, wakey. Arsé-kun: Tom: AAAAAAAAAAA Arsé-kun: Randy: ... ... ... Arsé-kun: Randy: Nyar, do you want popcorn? I'm going to make a whole bag. Sheepy: Sheepy: The house's morth. Arsé-kun: *Arséne puts his head in his hands* Sheepy: Nyar: Sure, we can use it as a weapon for when Dad wakes up. Sheepy: Sheepy: *shake, shake, shake* Arsé-kun: Tom: Mhe torse houth Sheepy: Nyar: Then again, it won't matter if we're dead anyway. Arsé-kun: Randy: May as well enjoy what time is left. Sheepy: Nyar: Yeah! Sheepy: Sheepy: Well, if Nyar wasn't so secretive I wouldn't have to do this. Sheepy: Sheepy: But, alas, we live in a world with an evil squishy squid who only wants to see people miserable, with no care for his own safety. Arsé-kun: Randy: That's like telling a cat not to meow, or y'[omitted in all ways] not to be disgusting. It's what Nyar does. Sheepy: Nyar: Hey, hey, hey! I could, in theory, tell the truth. Arsé-kun: Randy: You could, but will you? Sheepy: Nyar: But after I do, where's my value, huh? Sheepy: Nyar: Something is most valuable when it's just within reach. Sheepy: Nyar: The second you have it, that strong desire of want leaves. Sheepy: Nyar: And that's all part of the fun. Arsé-kun: *distant impey complaining that you cannot microwave multiple bags of popcorn at once. no! do not* Sheepy: Nyar: I do what I want, old man! Sheepy: Sheepy: You are older than all of our ages combined and then some... Arsé-kun: *arséne wonders if he's the only one having a stroke here* Sheepy: Sheepy: Arsene, help me cause our imminent demise. Arsé-kun: Arséne: Absolutely not. Sheepy: Sheepy: Awwww..... Sheepy: Sheepy:...This isn't working... Arsé-kun: Randy: *with several burnt bags of popcorn* Of course not. Sheepy: Nyar:...Fine. I'll key you into one little secret. Sheepy: Nyar: The truth is........... Sheepy: *Nyar pulls out a rubber chicken* Sheepy: Nyar: *squeaky* Arsé-kun: Randy: ... Y'know, I've got a bad feeling about this one, scoob. *he gets back up* Sheepy: Nyar: *Screeeeee* Arsé-kun: *Nyar is inexplicably blasted out of his seat. The seat is blasted out of this plane. Azathoth rolls over and goes back to sleep.* Sheepy: Nyar: Uuuugh...! Arsé-kun: Randy: Like zoinks, I told ya scoob Sheepy: Sheepy: Hhhmmmm...amplify the chicken.... Arsé-kun: Arséne: I no longer feel safe Sheepy: Sheepy: Do we have a vacuum cleaner? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Of course...? But if we need a new one, it's coming out of your allowance..! Sheepy: Sheepy: No, Nyar can buy it for being cheap with information. Arsé-kun: *Arséne then decides he'd much rather be anywhere but here right now, but still finds time to shoot Sheepy a Disappointed Fatherly Stare* Sheepy: Sheepy: What? Sheepy: Sheepy: Do you want a solved case or not, huh? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Yes, but not like THIS..! Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay, what do you propose doing? Arsé-kun: Arséne: Almost anything else that won't provoke violence. Sheepy: Sheepy: Okay. I'll give you $5 and a pack of gum to wake up, Azathoth. Arsé-kun: *this works about as well as you expect* Sheepy: Sheepy: See? Time for plan rubber chicken. Sheepy: Sheepy: *he gets a vacuum cleaner and puts the rubber chicken in it. he puts it by aza before turning it on. SKREEEEEEEEEE* Sheepy: Nyar: Fluffy no!!! Arsé-kun: *The vacuum does not survive. A single tentacle crushes it, but the RESULTING sounds and uncomfortable suction make it even HARDER to sleep through.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh. That sounds horrible. Arsé-kun: Aza: ... ... *he frowns, rolls back over to get his tentacle back, and falls off the sofa* MKA Arsé-kun: *Randy, good man he is, spares us all and turns the vacuum off.* Sheepy: Sheepy: Hey. Sheepy: *Nyar seems scared...* Sheepy: Sheepy: Can you answer some questions about a Damien Byrd? Arsé-kun: Aza: ... .... mmm? *he's already nearly dozing back off. incredible* Byr... Ah, yes, that one. Strange one. Never quite... Figured that one out. Arsé-kun: Aza: .... Not quite sure where Dami... Came from, exactly.. Sheepy: Sheepy: But do you know where he could be or why he killed the Detective Prince? Arsé-kun: Aza: Violence level nearing Nodens'. Reasoning is... Not the strong suit. Arsé-kun: Aza: ....... Don't know where... I am, much less him. Sheepy: Sheepy: You’re on our sofa. Arsé-kun: Aza: ..... Good to know. Sheepy: Sheepy: Can you tell us his backstory? Arsé-kun: Aza: .... mmm. Now..? Sheepy: Sheepy: Yeah. Arsé-kun: Aza: .... .... Glaaki wanted attention. I sent a few personel over... Byrd came back as someone different. I, uh. Never realized until Nyarl told me.. Never saw them together, after all.. Sheepy: Sheepy: Hmmm... Arsé-kun: Aza: ... 'ventually figured if this one human contains two, wouldn't it be better if they were two? ... Arsé-kun: Aza: i made a mistake. Sheepy: Sheepy:...Seriously? Sheepy: Nyar: Just because he has an average IQ of 60 doesn't mean you should criticise him. Arsé-kun: Aza: .... Still don't know where my error was. Sheepy: Nyar: Let's say, hypothetically, you have a rabid dog. Sheepy: Nyar: The rabid dog is safe if it's chained up, but sometimes those chains may break. Sheepy: Nyar: However, it's better than the alternative, which is allowing the rabid dog to roam free. It doesn't comprehend its actions are wrong. Sheepy: Nyar: It doesn't care. It's a rabid dog. Sheepy: Nyar: It'll slaughter as it pleases. Arsé-kun: Aza: ... Yes, but how did this rabid one come into being? Why did it turn to inhuman violence so quickly? *he sits up, finally* Arsé-kun: Aza: And if we are referring to him as a dog, is this the point where I would refer to him as "A bitch" as per human "comedy"? Sheepy: Nyar: We've got that effect on people. Arsé-kun: Aza: Unfortunate.. Sheepy: Nyar: But he's on the loose... Sheepy: Nyar: Hmmm..but if I find him... Sheepy: Nyar: Let's say....in theory... Sheepy: Nyar: That I found him. Sheepy: Nyar: What do I get out of it? Arsé-kun: Aza: Unfortunate human contact and likely several more wounds. Sheepy: Nyar: .... Sheepy: Nyar: I'm asking them to bribe me... Arsé-kun: Randy: You can have this Get Out of Jail Free card I found between the couch and the wall. Sheepy: Nyar: Sheesh, you're bad at this. Sheepy: Sheepy: You can have a pack of gum. Sheepy: Nyar: No! I want attention. Sheepy: Sheepy:...TWO packs of gum. Sheepy: Nyar: You know, a dog will sniff out anyone you please loyally, but you're supposed to give it a pat on the head for doing a good job. Sheepy: Sheepy: What's with you and dogs right now? Sheepy: Nyar: Who knows? Sheepy: Nyar: Anyway, does that make it clear what I want? Sheepy: Sheepy:...THREE packs of gum. Sheepy: Sheepy: That's my final offer. Sheepy: Nyar: I don't want any gum! Arsé-kun: Randy: I've got some pocket lint and old keys. Sheepy: Sheepy: So you'll work for free? Great! Sheepy: Nyar: Both of you are jerks! No wonder your souls didn't reject each other! Arsé-kun: *They've lost Azathoth completely* Sheepy: Nyar: I'll ask Saint-Germain instead. Sheepy: Nyar: Saiiint! Sheepy: Sheepy: You can't just walk? You have to shout? Arsé-kun: Germain: [text: to Nyar] (ﾒ￣▽￣)︻┳═一 Sheepy: Nyar: Hey, that's what I said after I hung up to Sherlock when I broke hi- Oh, a text! Sheepy: Nyar: [text: to Germain] Will you bribe me to fix my dad's problems? Arsé-kun: Germain: [text: to Nyar] I'll give you wisdom. If you turn into a cat and sit on a lap, you gain unlimited attention. Sheepy: Nyar: [text: to Germain] I want praise and compliments... Arsé-kun: Germain: [text: to Nyar] We can chat when you come up here. Sheepy: *Nyar heads over quickly* Arsé-kun: Aza: ....? Sheepy: Sheepy: Huh. Arsé-kun: Randy: I'm not sure I want to know.

[swipestream]

The Second Sweep: Hard Theology, Shonen Manga, and Superscience

Criticism (Brian Niemeier) – Nonetheless, I can sympathize with the rocket scientists, engineers, and network admins who groan at authorial violations of physical laws. That’s because I contend that the single most hamhandedly misrepresented and abused science in all of fiction is mine, the queen and mistress of all sciences, theology.

Now, hard SF usually provides a respite from the relentless drumbeat of theological illiteracy pervading the rest of pop culture, if only because hard SF tends to studiously ignore theological questions. The worst you get is a Big Men with Screwdrivers Meet Scooby-Doo story like Star Trek V.

When any other genre deals with theology or a related discipline like ecclesiology, soteriology, pneumatology, etc., it subjects your local theologian to a trial of Christian patience.

Science Fiction (John C. Wright) – The basic limit of Hard SF is the writer cannot violate no known facts of science: Venus is a sulferic hell with a temperature to melt lead, for example, and if the daughter of a monarch of Mars is going to look like a nubile maiden from Europe or India, except with bright red skin, there had bettter be some explanation involving parallel evolution or mutual interplanetary ancestors.

Now, working within these limits is fun, and it is fun to do research and get all the details of travel times and distances to nearby stars correct, or to make sure that what you are saying about higher mathematics or exotic matter properties or Einsteinian frame-dragging effects of rotating black holes is correct according to the latest theory.

But it is also fun to write about a nubile space princess being saved from an evil dinosaur of Venus.

Anime (J. D. Cowan) – We talk a lot about forgotten traditions and warped ones, but how about those still holding the line? You would be surprised just how well following a formula that works could hold tight for so long but as those in Generation Y know, Japan had managed it for an absurdly long time. Nowhere is this more obvious than in their most popular export: the shonen story.

In March a milestone was hit for two of Japan’s most popular magazines. While much was made about Weekly Shonen Jump reaching its 50th year of creating hits in 2018, this year marks the 60th anniversary for both Weekly Shonen Magazine and Weekly Shonen Sunday. It is hard to imagine from our perspective how a tradition could go for so long. These magazines started well after their format had all but went extinct overseas and yet they are still going to this day and running series that continue to get exposure all over the world. If you know Japanese entertainment then you know at least some of them.

Gaming (SEGA) – The Total War franchise pays homage to Predator with the latest Total War: Warhammer II DLC trailer.

Awards (The Emperor’s Notepad) – Commenting on my last post, where I gave a harsh beating to the previous Hugo short story finalist, Alexandru Constantin mentioned that he “can’t get past the stupid titles.” Yes, I have thought about that too, and it’s a common issue with these award-worthy stories or those that give off some kind of literary aspiration: they usually have humongous titles. It’s like they are trying to compensate for something, or perhaps it’s a way to mark the story as one of their own. It reminds me of that amusing observation about the length of a country’s official names correlating with how undemocratic it is (e.g., People’s Democratic Republic of Something or Other.)

Pulp (Hollywood in Toto) – Even if you’ve never read any of Leigh Brackett’s stories, or if the name sounds unfamiliar, you probably know her work.

Try “The Big Sleep” for Bogart fans, “Hatari” and “Rio Bravo” for John Wayne addicts and “The Empire Strikes Back” for everyone else.

Brackett’s career spanned several decades as a screenwriter, but to the science fiction crowd (George Lucas included), she was the Queen of Space Opera.

Brackett began making a name for herself in the pulp magazines of the ’40s. While you might sometimes hear these days that Brackett skated as a woman in a men’s field with her “masculine sounding name,” it was common knowledge among scifi readers that Brackett was a woman.

Criticism (Misha Burnett) – Superscienceis something that is impossible in our world, but which follows definite and consistent rules within the story. Superpowers in comic books, the abilities of vampires and werewolves, magic spells in urban fantasy series like The Dresden Files and The Rivers Of London, warp drives and phasers in Star Trek.

Superscience can be a lot of fun. Writers often construct scenarios where one superscience power is pitted against another one, or a hero must use his ability creatively to solve a problem. These are the kinds of plot elements that make for great late night drunken conversations at cons. Could the Hulk beat a sandworm? What would happen if Rogue from X-Men touched Sylar from Heroes? Could a Dalek become a vampire? (Exsanguinate! Exsanguinate! Exsanguinate!)

And while Superscience is often defined as (small m) magic in the story world, it is really just a variant form of technology in terms of how it works in the plot.

Amazon Woes (John Van Stry) – So, once again Amazon screws up at the end of March, deleting all new releases for a sizeable number of Authors. My last two books are now gone and there’s no way to get them back until Amazon figures out how to restore a backup.

  The Second Sweep: Hard Theology, Shonen Manga, and Superscience published first on https://medium.com/@ReloadedPCGames

[survivormarmoreal]

Episode #2: “I have no material for a confessional” - John

Cole got voted out? Who is Cole? Oh the one who proclaimed that "the real bitch has arrived"...bye.

Ok so now that Cole is gone, my next target if we lose I think Bryce should be next. The tribe shoulda known what would happen when me and Nick got put together :) only the inevitable tribe swap can screw this up.

So I have no idea who that first boot guy was, but rip the first of many people!  I hope to not follow him out the door anytime soon lmfao...

This challenge looks like it'll be fun and brain blasting, but I'm so bad at everything, so we shall have to see how I perform!  I really want to thrive in this pre-merge portion and not only form alliances but also show that I can do a challenge for my tribe and do it well!

Hi! I’m Nicole! I’ve been doing so terrible in this game so far, I already got a strike for not submitting a confessional and also abstained from last immunity. I absolutely HAVE TO pull my weight this round or my tribe is gonna hate my guts. I love Alice in Wonderland so I’m sad that I am doing so pooorly but hopefully I still have time to turn it around.

I did the challenge and i hope i did well enough to give us points to win immunity. Dont really want to go to tribal. I really like my tribe. It is time tho to have somewhat game talk. Right now Im feeling like I want to align with sharky, dennis, and charlie. But need to see who they would want to work with. I also really like Brian. So by default if we do lose, my target might be Nicole which sucks but we havent really talked. Those are my thoughts so far.

I started my game talk with Dennis and he wants to work together which is great. (Hopefully he is telling the truth). Next we talked about who we should bring in and he said charlie and Im down with that because Charlie is awesome. I brought up Sharky and Dennis said that he was chill and would work with him. He’s asking Charlie and I’ll be asking Sharky. Hopefully this four person alliance works. I really like to work with them three.

Okay challenge performance: Not my best? Outfit I wore while I did my challenge: cute.

Okay the game has officially BEGUN. Maynor just came to me pitching an alliance. I feel great about working with because we get on really well. The only hiccup is that he followed it with pitching us working with Dennis and Charlie as a 4 person alliance. I really want to work with Brian though so I'm going to try and get him to keep his options open...but I have an alliance at least.

Does Nicole have a personality? I'm really not sure because our conversation has consisted of NOTHING. I want to work with women...but not Nicole…

Charlie and Sharky both agreed to be part of the 4 person alliance. This is great because we will have majority on our tribe. Hopefully its true tho. Sharky is down to be my duo partner in this game and im 100% truthful about that. I would totally go to the end with him. Lets just hope we win immunity today so we can avoid tribal again.

Okay so this alliance is in motion and Brian is getting left behind...I have to figure out a way to warn him without freaking him out

Wowee, tribal. Not a fan. I should be Gucci but like maybe a new Gucci gang will usurp me. Though I do severely doubt it lol. wooo! Did someone mention that I have an exam tomorrow as well? Love this. Brb gonna have a mental breakdown.

WE WON. Thank god. The longer we stay on this winning streak the longer I can keep from having to make real choices in who I align with.

From here on out Maynor and I will be a power couple known only as The Scream Team.

All I know is Keaton BETTTER STAY. If he leaves, ima kick his ass

Alliance of 4 is great. Going to make a chat later with host. Need to come up with an alliance name first. We won immunity which is awesome. We are now only tribe to have all memebers still. Which is good and bad since we could be targets during a swap for having everyone still in the game. Lets 🤞 that doesn’t happen.

ok so jayden stays ignoring but finally started talking to me for like 4 minutes so love that!! he really cares. and like still ppl force me to have convos with them like i just want a social game sorry to inconvenience u!! love naomi smalls. uh i have a f2 now! me and nathan WILL win this game know that we scored the highest in the challenge too.. WHICH WE WON! WOOOOH

Keaton has decided he wants to be buddies with me and BC now so *surprise* that’s an alliance now. Woohoo. Keaton’s growing on me a lot actually - it took him a while to get started but now he’s arguably one of my favorites. Keep it up Keaton!

At this point it’s getting increasingly obvious that BC wants to be everyone’s best friend. The alliance with Matt happened because BC had a chat with both of us the night before about allying separately. And Keaton initiated the alliance yesterday because of a conversation he had with BC. And then apparently BC gets on really well with Marie as well? From my perspective, he’s spreading himself too thin and it could bite him in the ass if he’s not careful.

As for the vote, it’s between Marie and John. BC and I are leaning John. The guy hasn’t talked to me once since the first night. He’s putting in super low effort, and I’d rather have someone like Marie who actually tries to be a part of the team. Matt and Keaton seem to be leaning Marie though. I’m going to try to push BC into committing against John without being too vocal either way myself. If Marie winds up going, it’s not the end of the world, but I’d really like to see John gone.

Also, a swap would be great right about now pls and ty

Sooooo I have an idol... a legacy advantage... a majority alliance... and our tribe won immunity... I think I’m the most powerful player in the game right now... let’s just stay that way!

I just sent in to create the Four of a Kind alliance which is me, Dennis, Charlie, and Sharky. Sharky and I named our duo alliance. I feel that Sharky is genuine to were I trust that he does want to work together. I still want to bond with Brian because I really like him. Nicole is mostly offline so idk. Our conversation like stopped.

So apparently the hosts want me to make one of these so I will. Not much to talk about since im in the majority and we aren't going to tribal. Bryce is presumably going next although he is good at challenges and appreciates Travis Scott. But according to Nathan he tried to target me so ya know.

So my phone is gone... this is sad and for now I have no way of getting it back so I am not quitting until I get voted out but I am not giving up.

So I’m shook I survived the first vote and we won thank god. I’m so happy for Nathan he really stood up for me last round and I’ve got his back no matter what now! I’m just hoping that Bryce isn’t angry with me for the cole vote oops

I thought I was clever. I was going to let other people take charge of this vote, let someone who cared more about who got voted out decide who goes. No need to get blood on my hands this early, right?

well APPARENTLY we're all so fucking bright that we all had the same great idea. none of us are going to dare suggest we have a preference here, and we're going to sit around until late tonight going "ya idk im fine with whatever". because that's what survivor's all about.

at least Keaton's hinting aggressively that he prefers to vote Marie here. if he were a little more active he'd be a lock for my favorite on the tribe.

Why I get paranoid: I thought why not share why I’m paranoid when I play games... Survivor is a very cut throat killer game and when thinking about how to control that part to me to where I can be cut throat with no regrets. I turn that on at merge and cut away the paranoia because I simply know that once merge hits there is some respect to everyone left in so I feel a bit more comfortable making the plays I do but before merge it’s kind of stressful... fun fact about me is I never have gotten premerge in an official group game. So in a sense I guess I’m paranoid because the pressure is on premerge and merge is where I really start to pull it together because if I go out there’s simply no reason to really care what place I get.

So, some developments. First of all me and Dennis feel like we've cracked a part of the puzzle on the search thing, as the wording was the same in two different things we found. Praying that Dennis gets and advantage. Imagine if we held all the powers by day 5 hahahaha.

Also, Dennis told me Maynor wants to make an alliance with me him and Sharky. I do feel good about this but would rather have Brian involved tbh. Despite this, me and Brian talked and I feel good about my relationship with him. He's a really nice guy!

Dennis didn't get anything on the hunt.. boooo. I am kinda wondering whether he's lying to me, cos I don't really understand why he tried to talk 4 times when there was another option... idk I trust him but I hope he's not hiding any advantage from me.

The alliance also got made. Good to feel comfortable in a group tbh

So happy we won the challenge!! I was a high scorer in this challenge, maybe I need to tone it down, don't want to seem a threat lol!!

I am a little bit worried about having told Sharky about the idol. Idk if I can trust him yet. It felt kinda awkward when I promised him I'd share the idol with him, I am genuine about that but I hope he sees that.

I have no idea what’s happening this vote so I’m gonna vote Keaton because he’s the one I’ve talked to the least and hopefully I don’t get voted out ughhh

John is voted out 4-1-1.