Anyway, eventually, Childe will come track him down; he stayed through the whole execution today, hanging out rather impassively in the background until the end. Do you ever just watch a guy gayly rip out your friend's throat? It happens.]
Hey, do you have a minute? [He can come back later if LBX is busy, or he'll help if LBX wants him to, either one.]
I spoke to Lavi last night. [Unsurprisingly; he assumes most people did.] He mentioned that you went on one of those little "adventures"--that you heard voices talking about keeping us here forever.
[ oh. god, that. he does not make a face, even if the emotional equivalent of "eugh" is there. ]
....Something like that, yes, though that was just a smaller part of it. You've been on quite a few of those, too, right? Do you want to compare notes?
I've only been on one myself. But I do think we should put together as much information as we can. [Muttered:] It'd be easier with Katya here, but... [And back in a normal tone--] I'm not sure how much it'll help, but I'd rather not sit on my hands and wait for things to run their course.
Mm. I agree with you. [ and he will pull up his personal device! the screens light up over his wrist, and he navigates a few screens over to a set of notes. ]
Right. So, each time we unlock some strange location, it has to do with either a new week or an odd encounter. Mine was out in the residential district, with Kon and D.va. We ran into the shapeshifting octopus, out of its tank, [ his nose wrinkles briefly. ] It was in the shape of a doll, and it sang us a song and chased us all over the place.
The part you're referring to.. the third verse, as we were going through the aquarium.
You see it's simple / I'm just a puppet made to keep you entertained But I'm so much more than meets the eyes / I'm sadistic, and I love pain So mes amis, just take your time and enjoy your joie d'vivre. 'Case like the Hotel California, you can come but never leave.
Childe doesn't have any notes on him, apparently; he just leans against the counter with his hands in his pockets, listening as Lu Bixing talks. Damn can't believe they ran into a Scaramouche doll... wild]
Like an ancient, ancient doll - like something out of an old movie. I may have a sketch in here somewhere, and if I don't, Kon probably does. We tried to get pictures, but it moved too fast, and it was too dark.
[ but rest assured! it was horrifying! ]
Really, it was referring to its 'one man show', over and over, and talking about the increasingly creative ways it could kill us. We managed to stop it when we got it out into the onsen - once it was out in the direct sunlight, it was much, much easier for us to catch. It took out the lights in each location we were in until then.
[CREEPY HORRIFYING DOLL... well at least that fits in with the general Hell Ambiance. His brow furrows as he mulls this over.]
I'd say that sounds odd, but it seems more fitting for this place than what Gideon, Rynlan and I ran into. [THEIR FRIENDLY HORRIFIC FURRIES. GOD.] I wonder if there's any truth to what it was saying, or if it was just meant to scare you all.
Well. We certainly learned that thing can be sadistic.
[ this octopus
but, less dead inside ]
I was thinking so, too. The description isn't off, if we're thinking about hell - and, honestly, I used what Gideon told me about yours when we first interacted with it, to try and see if I couldn't attempt to befriend it, but it didn't even remotely work.
Those paired with our adventure last week, and the one that Tuuri went on - it does seem like things are escalating.
[THE FUCKING OCTOPUS. They should've taken one for the team and voted for it tbh. W2 TPK but worth it.]
I wonder if it has anything to do with our "acclimation." If these islands of ours are heading... deeper into hell, or something like that. [Hmmm.] Then again, Lavi and Eto's adventure sounded a little more traumatic than ours, and they were the first, weren't they?
Mm, maybe. [Or maybe next week's adventure will be as stupid as meat ducks and only odd-numbered weeks are horrifying. Who's to say.]
Do you think these adventures are connected to the others at all? Yours from last week, Lavi's from this week. [The CYOAs... he seems doubtful about this one, though.]
Only in the way that they're designed to cause suffering.
[ he seems to agree - it seems doubtful. ] Whether that suffering is just the exhaustion of dealing with meat ducks, or the emotional suffering of making choices that could harm someone you loved, like my adventure was. That's the overarching theme of everything, so far, and not so creative, considering it's hell.
I'm not sure. [It's an uncomfortable thing to admit--he seems a little annoyed about it, actually. Not having all the cards.] It would fit with the last thing I remember from before I woke up here. But it's never seemed to fit quite right, in my opinion. There are too many things that don't make sense.
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Anyway, eventually, Childe will come track him down; he stayed through the whole execution today, hanging out rather impassively in the background until the end. Do you ever just watch a guy gayly rip out your friend's throat? It happens.]
Hey, do you have a minute? [He can come back later if LBX is busy, or he'll help if LBX wants him to, either one.]
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anyway. this gets his attention, so!! he looks up from where he's measuring, and tilts his head...? ]
What's up?
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Childe will get straight to the point, though!]
I spoke to Lavi last night. [Unsurprisingly; he assumes most people did.] He mentioned that you went on one of those little "adventures"--that you heard voices talking about keeping us here forever.
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....Something like that, yes, though that was just a smaller part of it. You've been on quite a few of those, too, right? Do you want to compare notes?
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I've only been on one myself. But I do think we should put together as much information as we can. [Muttered:] It'd be easier with Katya here, but... [And back in a normal tone--] I'm not sure how much it'll help, but I'd rather not sit on my hands and wait for things to run their course.
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Mm. I agree with you. [ and he will pull up his personal device! the screens light up over his wrist, and he navigates a few screens over to a set of notes. ]
Right. So, each time we unlock some strange location, it has to do with either a new week or an odd encounter. Mine was out in the residential district, with Kon and D.va. We ran into the shapeshifting octopus, out of its tank, [ his nose wrinkles briefly. ] It was in the shape of a doll, and it sang us a song and chased us all over the place.
The part you're referring to.. the third verse, as we were going through the aquarium.
You see it's simple / I'm just a puppet made to keep you entertained
But I'm so much more than meets the eyes / I'm sadistic, and I love pain
So mes amis, just take your time and enjoy your joie d'vivre.
'Case like the Hotel California, you can come but never leave.
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Childe doesn't have any notes on him, apparently; he just leans against the counter with his hands in his pockets, listening as Lu Bixing talks. Damn can't believe they ran into a Scaramouche doll... wild]
Did the doll look like anything in particular?
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[ but rest assured! it was horrifying! ]
Really, it was referring to its 'one man show', over and over, and talking about the increasingly creative ways it could kill us. We managed to stop it when we got it out into the onsen - once it was out in the direct sunlight, it was much, much easier for us to catch. It took out the lights in each location we were in until then.
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I'd say that sounds odd, but it seems more fitting for this place than what Gideon, Rynlan and I ran into. [THEIR FRIENDLY HORRIFIC FURRIES. GOD.] I wonder if there's any truth to what it was saying, or if it was just meant to scare you all.
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[ this octopus
but, less dead inside ]
I was thinking so, too. The description isn't off, if we're thinking about hell - and, honestly, I used what Gideon told me about yours when we first interacted with it, to try and see if I couldn't attempt to befriend it, but it didn't even remotely work.
Those paired with our adventure last week, and the one that Tuuri went on - it does seem like things are escalating.
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I wonder if it has anything to do with our "acclimation." If these islands of ours are heading... deeper into hell, or something like that. [Hmmm.] Then again, Lavi and Eto's adventure sounded a little more traumatic than ours, and they were the first, weren't they?
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Maybe it was a baseline test, since that was our first week here.
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Do you think these adventures are connected to the others at all? Yours from last week, Lavi's from this week. [The CYOAs... he seems doubtful about this one, though.]
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[ he seems to agree - it seems doubtful. ] Whether that suffering is just the exhaustion of dealing with meat ducks, or the emotional suffering of making choices that could harm someone you loved, like my adventure was. That's the overarching theme of everything, so far, and not so creative, considering it's hell.
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Childe's quiet for a minute, thinking.]
...Do you believe that we're truly dead?
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... ]
No. [ he says, quietly. ] I haven't believed it for a second. Have you?
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