vi is here with a churro at EXCITATRON 9000, watching a movie. but kind of like how you find a dad watching television where he's just standing across the room watching the screen like he's been there for twenty minutes because he was on the way to the garage but got fascinated by a documentary or something.
that's how she's standing, munching on this churro and watching john wick head down the yellow brick road. ]
[ why does it feel like you just described my dad, yours, and aki while pixi's doing anything? anyway apollo is here and he's investigating the area. mostly because now that they have new biomes he wants to know what's around and what might be going on. maybe finding other people? he would love to find other people. alas, he only comes across vi and he takes a moment to observe.
Great. Even the movies are weird here. ]
See something interesting? [ this movie cannot be that good... ]
i think movies are probably not wildly out of the question in arcane so it's not the tech, it's just the like... extravagance, really. and also maybe the fact that john wick is playing dorothy, so it's just keanu reeves in a blue dress and ruby red heels. ]
What, you think this isn't the stupidest thing you've ever seen in your life?
[ gestures at the movie, but like, she sounds totally amused by it. also she tears off a bit of this churro and offers it. ]
[ the way he's just. thinking about this very hard before (in the flattest tone in the world): ]
Not even close. [ he comes from a world where his boss famously cross-examined a parrot, after all. but he blinks in surprise at the offer and he'll take it. ] Thanks.
[ nom. ]
Not that this makes up for everything else, but at least we know there's more to this place than the city. Still no signs of other people though.
[ there's a liiiiittle smirk. sometimes you learn to say cryptic things and feel good about it. like yeah! finally i'm the one who gets to say shit people wonder about!
but then his expression skews a little more thoughtful, and agitated. ]
When Ema and I were talking about this, she compared it to something only a rich person with a lot of money would build out of boredom. [ it's not quite what she said, but close enough. ] I'm starting to wonder if she was right. It also doesn't explain why some of us were invited but not other people we know.
[ whenever she is unswanned, he's just approaching her and reaching into his bag to dump a bottle of water and a fancy breakfast sandwich in front of her for her hungover ass. even if he's dressed in an oversized hoodie and jeans, the look on his face seems to indicate he's back to normal. ]
Probably not. [ he absolutely did. but he's dropping down into a nearby chair and setting his bag on the floor, slouching a little to turn and face her. ]
I'll admit. A swan's creative, but I'm more impressed your feathers stayed the same color. [ haha. ]
It was like that when I got turned into a dog, too. Pink fur. [ sorry, she is talking with her mouth full. ] I just woke up like that, I've got no idea what did it.
At least it's consistent. [ stop turning into animals!! ] But with how often this place has been cursing us maybe I shouldn't be surprised someone can wake up like that.
[ he doesn't seem to care she's speaking with her mouth full, but there is a slight grin. ]
Yeah, I've been trying to catch up. [ gently kicks his bag. even if she's teasing, he does look faintly sheepish because oof. yeah! weird and creepy! he would have also been creeped out. ]
Thanks, I'm glad, too. [ heh. ] It wasn't that. I knew who I was. But I didn't remember who I was. Or at least I didn't remember the things that made me myself.
It's fine. We're fine. [ this is actually sort of mean to apollo who has re-unlocked a memory of being swept away downstream as a child but it's fine. ]
There's less accidents here and way more curses. I can't figure out where they're all coming from.
Me either. My guess is they're meant to keep us busy and distracted so we don't get out. [ stretches, lazily. ] They made you and Ema complacent. Like you just wanted to be here forever, kind of.
Not that that helps us know what's doing it in the first place. A person or something else.
It's as good a theory as any. We've seen how easily derailed people get when something happens. [ vi was a swan earlier. he punched klavier the other day. men are barking. ]
I wouldn't call myself a complacent person. [ if anything, apollo's too headstrong sometimes. but the way he says this isn't really brushing it off, it's more vaguely disturbed how easily he could become so. ] But that was... all I could think about. What I wanted to do here, and how I wanted to spend my vacation days. Everything everyone else said didn't make sense.
It feels less and less like a person's behind all of this, but I don't know what the something else would be either. Unless you believe it really is Death.
It could be. Me and Kiruko were talking about luring Death out and dropping a building on him.
[ a half grin. ]
... It's just weird, right? If it has the power to do all this, trap us here, wipe your brain clear, throw you in random places, why does it wait? There's gotta be rules.
[ and she wants to know what they are so she can BREAK THEM ]
Are we sure Death has an actual form? [ this is a real question, he hadn't heard exactly what happened on their cyoa so he's just like ?? ]
But it's weird, yeah. I think it's probably waiting because it knows the waiting's going to kill us just as much as actually killing us will. Like anticipation. But who do you think Death would answer to?
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W1, MONDAY
vi is here with a churro at EXCITATRON 9000, watching a movie. but kind of like how you find a dad watching television where he's just standing across the room watching the screen like he's been there for twenty minutes because he was on the way to the garage but got fascinated by a documentary or something.
that's how she's standing, munching on this churro and watching john wick head down the yellow brick road. ]
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Great. Even the movies are weird here. ]
See something interesting? [ this movie cannot be that good... ]
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i think movies are probably not wildly out of the question in arcane so it's not the tech, it's just the like... extravagance, really. and also maybe the fact that john wick is playing dorothy, so it's just keanu reeves in a blue dress and ruby red heels. ]
What, you think this isn't the stupidest thing you've ever seen in your life?
[ gestures at the movie, but like, she sounds totally amused by it. also she tears off a bit of this churro and offers it. ]
Want some?
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Not even close. [ he comes from a world where his boss famously cross-examined a parrot, after all. but he blinks in surprise at the offer and he'll take it. ] Thanks.
[ nom. ]
Not that this makes up for everything else, but at least we know there's more to this place than the city. Still no signs of other people though.
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Sheesh. Way to make a girl curious. [ but as for the rest, she rolls her shoulders back. ]
... Yeah, that's getting me. Why's it only us? This is a huge city for what, only maybe thirty of us? Not a single other vacationer?
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but then his expression skews a little more thoughtful, and agitated. ]
When Ema and I were talking about this, she compared it to something only a rich person with a lot of money would build out of boredom. [ it's not quite what she said, but close enough. ] I'm starting to wonder if she was right. It also doesn't explain why some of us were invited but not other people we know.
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Honestly? I don't think she's wrong. This smells like topsider bullshit. And there's a good reason someone would want to make me vanish.
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[ as for the rest, she rolls her shoulders. ]
Because I'm nosy. [ she could explain more but she doesn't ]
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Nosy about what? [ he asks, equally nosy. ]
w2, friday
Did you have to bite me?
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she peers up at him from under her forearm, sprawled out on a chair somewhere. ]
Probably not. [ hehe. ] Did you deserve it?
[ grabs for the sandwich... and gives him a lazy little salute. thanks bro. ]
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I'll admit. A swan's creative, but I'm more impressed your feathers stayed the same color. [ haha. ]
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It was like that when I got turned into a dog, too. Pink fur. [ sorry, she is talking with her mouth full. ] I just woke up like that, I've got no idea what did it.
[ a beat. ]
You sound like you.
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[ he doesn't seem to care she's speaking with her mouth full, but there is a slight grin. ]
I feel like me, too. Sorry, that was... weird.
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[ swallows, and then: ]
Good, though. It was creepy. [ gently teasing. ] Glad you got your brain back. Did you just think you were someone else, or what?
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Thanks, I'm glad, too. [ heh. ] It wasn't that. I knew who I was. But I didn't remember who I was. Or at least I didn't remember the things that made me myself.
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[ she tilts her head back. ]
How'd you die again? Do you remember?
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Some of the details are a little unclear, but I think we drowned in the end.
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[ that sounds sarcastic but she means it genuinely. ]
Guess that's good deterrent for getting up to shit over here. Not as many freak accidents, anyway.
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There's less accidents here and way more curses. I can't figure out where they're all coming from.
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Me either. My guess is they're meant to keep us busy and distracted so we don't get out. [ stretches, lazily. ] They made you and Ema complacent. Like you just wanted to be here forever, kind of.
Not that that helps us know what's doing it in the first place. A person or something else.
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It's as good a theory as any. We've seen how easily derailed people get when something happens. [ vi was a swan earlier. he punched klavier the other day. men are barking. ]
I wouldn't call myself a complacent person. [ if anything, apollo's too headstrong sometimes. but the way he says this isn't really brushing it off, it's more vaguely disturbed how easily he could become so. ] But that was... all I could think about. What I wanted to do here, and how I wanted to spend my vacation days. Everything everyone else said didn't make sense.
It feels less and less like a person's behind all of this, but I don't know what the something else would be either. Unless you believe it really is Death.
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[ a half grin. ]
... It's just weird, right? If it has the power to do all this, trap us here, wipe your brain clear, throw you in random places, why does it wait? There's gotta be rules.
[ and she wants to know what they are so she can BREAK THEM ]
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But it's weird, yeah. I think it's probably waiting because it knows the waiting's going to kill us just as much as actually killing us will. Like anticipation. But who do you think Death would answer to?