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[ I'm not thinking too hard about preambles for these. They just happen. They are in a room. It's fine. Maybe he grabbed Dimitri earlier for an exploring buddy. Either way, I rolled and they are now in
Molly leans over to whisper to Dimitri. ]
What the fuck is happening.
You open the door and find yourself seated at a table in an Olive Garden restaurant. In front of you is a pink snake, which has a Never Ending Pasta Pass on the table in front of it. It is eating from a bowl of pasta. In front of you is a bowl of pasta, as well. The snake hisses "Eat!" at you. If you refuse, it will bite you, and you will find yourself back in the hallway, disoriented and nursing an unpleasantly painful snakebite. If you eat, you will enjoy(?) a mediocre pasta meal, and will find yourself back in the hallway with a full belly. In either case, only four minutes have passed.
Molly leans over to whisper to Dimitri. ]
What the fuck is happening.
Edited 2022-06-07 00:10 (UTC)
[ there is some perfectly mediocre pasta and some very average stuffed mushrooms if he would like to enjoy them as dimitri gets hissed at and attacked by a snake that he is trying to kill?
a meatball rolls across the table in the ruckus and lands in molly's lap. ]
a meatball rolls across the table in the ruckus and lands in molly's lap. ]
[ You know what? Fine. He doesn't know this snake, and he doesn't know this kid, but he does know how to fight and the snake was demanding unreasonable things. He'll just start trying to stab at it too with dinnerware, shoving a whole plate of fettuccine down its open mouth when it tries to bite him too. ]
[ Yeah! Nothing bad ever went down here, in this pretty gazebo with the beautiful lovely flowers around.
Molly is just anxiety-wandering, poking around locations that are unfamiliar, trying to see how far he can go before he's stopped. ]
... You talked to her at all? That girl?
Molly is just anxiety-wandering, poking around locations that are unfamiliar, trying to see how far he can go before he's stopped. ]
... You talked to her at all? That girl?
[ there is definitely nothing out of place in this gazebo. but restless wandering is perfectly valid after their first body announcement, even if it's probably not a surprise to literally anyone.
he greets molly with a short nod before he pauses, then answers with a very wan smile. ]
A classmate of mine. She and I were both in this camp together, before. [ so yeah, they talked. ]
he greets molly with a short nod before he pauses, then answers with a very wan smile. ]
A classmate of mine. She and I were both in this camp together, before. [ so yeah, they talked. ]
...I suppose you've a point.
[ he takes a moment to look over the flowers again, jaw tight for a moment in thought before he tackles the question again. ]
It was... tense. None of us had any time to recover after the previous 'games' we'd suffered through before we were thrust into a new one. Those who did not know what was happening were hurt, angry—frightened. Those that did were villified and hamstrung by the rules we were forced to abide by.
[ so no, he is not fond. ]
There were times and people there that I cherish still. But that is the situation that Flayn had come out of.
[ and now she's dead. ]
[ he takes a moment to look over the flowers again, jaw tight for a moment in thought before he tackles the question again. ]
It was... tense. None of us had any time to recover after the previous 'games' we'd suffered through before we were thrust into a new one. Those who did not know what was happening were hurt, angry—frightened. Those that did were villified and hamstrung by the rules we were forced to abide by.
[ so no, he is not fond. ]
There were times and people there that I cherish still. But that is the situation that Flayn had come out of.
[ and now she's dead. ]
[ Going to sit on the steps on the gazebo, picking a few of the flowers idly, tail flicking a bit. ]
I don't want to pump up any false hopes or anything, you know, overly delusional stuff like "we'll just fix it" and all, but. There's things to do. These places can't be all powerful.
I don't want to pump up any false hopes or anything, you know, overly delusional stuff like "we'll just fix it" and all, but. There's things to do. These places can't be all powerful.
They are not.
[ he's sad, but that doesn't mean he can't sound angry in this instance, still. ]
And we are obliged to try and find ways to fight back, lest we wait until each of us is picked off, in ones and twos. [ ... ] But I know we will suffer losses regardless. We already have.
[ he's sad, but that doesn't mean he can't sound angry in this instance, still. ]
And we are obliged to try and find ways to fight back, lest we wait until each of us is picked off, in ones and twos. [ ... ] But I know we will suffer losses regardless. We already have.
[ he nods, but doesn't look optimistic either. it's a hope without any expectation. ]
...It is all right. I think, in a way, she would prefer this outcome to a repeat of everything that happened in this camp.
[ he goes back to picking some roses. ]
That does not soften the blow any for the living, though.
...It is all right. I think, in a way, she would prefer this outcome to a repeat of everything that happened in this camp.
[ he goes back to picking some roses. ]
That does not soften the blow any for the living, though.
[ sometimes you are having a perfectly fine day and then suddenly a tiefling shows up to potentially ruin it.
he takes a look at the lobby doors... then shrugs, one-shouldered. better than leaving poor molly to go investigate on his own. ]
As long as it isn't the camp anymore, all right.
he takes a look at the lobby doors... then shrugs, one-shouldered. better than leaving poor molly to go investigate on his own. ]
As long as it isn't the camp anymore, all right.
[ OKAY THEN? that's not comforting, but it's fine, actually. because for the first archway they end up in...
a very mundane office.
somewhere, deep in dimitri's still teenage heart, he is disappointed. ]
Oh. Yes, this is very... weird. [ he says it like he's trying to comfort molly. ]
a very mundane office.
somewhere, deep in dimitri's still teenage heart, he is disappointed. ]
Oh. Yes, this is very... weird. [ he says it like he's trying to comfort molly. ]
[ Molly, who'd just been chillin', gives a bit of a start when the pole whacks the tree near his head like that, but he can't exactly argue this isn't normal for him either. This is probably a regular occurrence. ]
Got to get it out somehow, I suppose.
Got to get it out somehow, I suppose.
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