[i was gonna photoshop eyes on goofy but it's taking too long,
ARE THEY IN THE SWOOM? DO THEY NEED GUIDANCE FROM THEIR FELLOW SWORDS??? WELL THEY ARE NOW!!! Itsuki looks less shaken compared to how he looked when he got spat into the volcano node, but that's not saying much, honestly. he's just here to (dana voice) wander around and say a plot thing,]
-- What the hell?
[he immediately shakes his hand, just long enough for the bright neon pink eye stretched across his palm to disappear,]
These eyes -- they're from that Dreamer guy, right?
[Kashuu has also since cooled from his explosive fury somewhat. Now he's just the frigid fury that tends to accompany his most volatile of negative emotions, all of which are directed at the DREAMER!! i think about how he didn't like dreamer from the start for a pettyass reason and yet he was so right.
Anyway.]
Gross.
[He says this one single word with the amount of venom that Shakespeare writes into an entire villain monologue.]
They might be watching us, but whatever. S'not like that's anything new.
[SURE they can be in the swoom. Yasusada's pacing, deep in thought.]
...I don't know if we have enough power to defeat him and try to save them. [If they can even be saved, at this point. Maybe it's naive to even consider it, but he pulled it off once in an illusory world, so... it's worth leaving on the table. FUCKIN DREAMER, THOUGH...] He's way too powerful like that.
[Yasusada was not in Kokobo but getting flung around like a rag doll like that still didn't feel great!!!]
[there is such a temptation to stab these goddamn eyes but buzen has settled for rolling his sleeves down like it'd be enough to get him to ignore them. he crosses his arms, aggravated.]
I think he kept receiving color. First to get the journal back from Heliotrope, then whatever happened with Tay-san and the others in the mountains.
But even if that happened to the Residents on this side - it's not like we're without options. We can probably try to contact the other three.
[He's grateful that they all abandoned Yams before running off to do that, jk. He's worried, but at this point -- it's probably too late to think of what else they could have done.
He looks to Buzen instead, eyebrows raised.]
Is there a way to do that? I don't think I ever saw them when I was there.
[Buzen is Kashuu with these fckin eyes. HE WANTS TO GOUGE THEM but unfortunately they are on his body. Hateful.]
We'll have to - what, find a way to take his color away, then? [HE HATES IT HERE.] That guy has way more control over this place than we do, but I have a feeling the prism's been trying to help us out, too.
[With their gumballs this week and all... He'll give Buzen a curious look at that, though, since he also knows shit-all about the other three except that Revenge is also a dick.]
It'd be nice if we knew how to drain him and and give that color to the residents--oh, but maybe that would make it worse...
[He doesn't know, help.
But, oh--that reminds him.]
I went to check on everyone in Marine. Vax said he tried to use his gumball--the one that lets him go to the other side, or however it works. He said it was completely empty, so he thinks the others are here, somewhere. They might be able to help us.
[He's not really counting on it, just because they've seen so little of the other three; it seems foolish to pin too much hope on spirits that might not be able to help them, even if they are found.]
[do you think about how buzen kept getting plot info and i was fed up so i died about it but now he's back he's the only one with graveyard plot info i guess i could die about it again]
Mm, that makes sense. There were a lot of items that we requested from you all - the scarf and everything - and we think they belonged to the Residents on that side. We returned it all to them, and then just before we left to come back here we couldn't find them... but I think that their spirits are imbued in the items that were given to them. So I think that they're on this side since we brought them over with us... and we have to go get a Santa jacket from Sunrise, but that should be the last of the items.
Of the three, there's Momo-san... well, Thinker-san, but I don't think they like to be called that. So Momo-san. And then Scout-san and Revenge-san. Scout-san and Revenge-san tend to say that Momo-san is the most reasonable, and I'd agree. Momo-san gave us a lot of direction, and they're normally the one watching Dreamer-san to make sure that they don't get too wild... so we'll probably have to figure out how to talk to them again and get their help.
We'll need a plan just in case we can't, too. It'd be nice if we had more backup, but I'm not going into whatever the hell's coming up relying on it.
[He's never met a single one of these deadzo residents so he has no personal ties or affinity or trust. He also actively dislikes Revenge, so there's that. Help.]
[Kind of? But not quite, since they were presumably people once? Help.]
...Kiyomitsu's right, though. We'll need everyone on the same page, if we can manage it. [If it were up to him, they would be having an emergency meeting with everyone like, right now, but waves hands vaguely in rp] We have to make sure everyone's prepared.
[To fight, yes--but more importantly, to make the hard choices, if they need to be made.]
Something like that. The items seem to be holding them for now... which is why I'm hoping that they weren't affected by what Dreamer-san did. We never did get an item for Dreamer-san to bring them with us, so...
[who. who knows what's going on there, buzen doesn't.]
We'll consolidate all our information at once tomorrow. We've been able to get a clear look of our enemy. It's daunting - but we'll figure out how to address the power gap so we can win.
[there's like
not really another option, right? if it's between victory and defeat then they need only race toward victory]
We all got gumballs, right? We can see how to split up our resources and use them effectively.
It's probably that journal -- the one that was in Heliotrope.
[any other situation Itsuki would be like 'someone took the initiative to get their shit back? good for them' but it's dreamer so he's only scornful about it,]
holds his arm open for itsuki to lean against him in case he for some reason needs to be comforted about this gumball? he doesn't know he's just following the boyfriend-shaped instinct]
I turn into a big cat. [wait,] Oh, and I can find something that we're looking for... but I'll want to play for ten minutes first. So uh, try to remind me to use it early...
The journal is probably it... They asked me to get it for them, and then didn't give any of us permission to look inside. But it's pretty important to them... even though Momo-san didn't know what it contained.
What kinda weirdo gumball did you get, Itsusu? [First and foremost because that's most important, but also:] If their souls're tied to those items, maybe we can destroy the book and it'll kill him, too.
[lets Kashuu interrogate Itsuki as he thinks about this]
Like breaking him... [Maybe??? He doesn't think using color is actually going to work on Dreamer, so if Kashuu's on the right track, then the biggest challenge will be getting close enough to him to actually get at it.] Maybe. He's strong, but... everyone has some kind of weakness.
[Dreamer's will be Itsuki's seductive bear dancing]
Mm.... yeah. [thoughtfully] Momo-san mentioned in the graveyard that they were never sure if they'd be able to come back to their full form... because they'd lost too many pieces of themselves?
I wonder if Dreamer-san managed to go around that, and collect his pieces...
So we'd just have to see if we can break him again.
[Yeah the other swords are talking about Sword Things that make sense to Kashuu and that he is in full agreement with, and that he knows they know he'd be in full agreement with, so he doesn't bother verbalizing that out loud.
Instead he just
reaches out and places a hand on Itsuki's shoulder.]
...Maybe you can use it to distract Dreamer while we go for his journal.
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w7 friday
ARE THEY IN THE SWOOM? DO THEY NEED GUIDANCE FROM THEIR FELLOW SWORDS??? WELL THEY ARE NOW!!! Itsuki looks less shaken compared to how he looked when he got spat into the volcano node, but that's not saying much, honestly. he's just here to (dana voice) wander around and say a plot thing,]
-- What the hell?
[he immediately shakes his hand, just long enough for the bright neon pink eye stretched across his palm to disappear,]
These eyes -- they're from that Dreamer guy, right?
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Anyway.]
Gross.
[He says this one single word with the amount of venom that Shakespeare writes into an entire villain monologue.]
They might be watching us, but whatever. S'not like that's anything new.
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...I don't know if we have enough power to defeat him and try to save them. [If they can even be saved, at this point. Maybe it's naive to even consider it, but he pulled it off once in an illusory world, so... it's worth leaving on the table. FUCKIN DREAMER, THOUGH...] He's way too powerful like that.
[Yasusada was not in Kokobo but getting flung around like a rag doll like that still didn't feel great!!!]
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I think he kept receiving color. First to get the journal back from Heliotrope, then whatever happened with Tay-san and the others in the mountains.
But even if that happened to the Residents on this side - it's not like we're without options. We can probably try to contact the other three.
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[He's grateful that they all abandoned Yams before running off to do that, jk. He's worried, but at this point -- it's probably too late to think of what else they could have done.
He looks to Buzen instead, eyebrows raised.]
Is there a way to do that? I don't think I ever saw them when I was there.
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We'll have to - what, find a way to take his color away, then? [HE HATES IT HERE.] That guy has way more control over this place than we do, but I have a feeling the prism's been trying to help us out, too.
[With their gumballs this week and all... He'll give Buzen a curious look at that, though, since he also knows shit-all about the other three except that Revenge is also a dick.]
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[He doesn't know, help.
But, oh--that reminds him.]
I went to check on everyone in Marine. Vax said he tried to use his gumball--the one that lets him go to the other side, or however it works. He said it was completely empty, so he thinks the others are here, somewhere. They might be able to help us.
[He's not really counting on it, just because they've seen so little of the other three; it seems foolish to pin too much hope on spirits that might not be able to help them, even if they are found.]
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Mm, that makes sense. There were a lot of items that we requested from you all - the scarf and everything - and we think they belonged to the Residents on that side. We returned it all to them, and then just before we left to come back here we couldn't find them... but I think that their spirits are imbued in the items that were given to them. So I think that they're on this side since we brought them over with us... and we have to go get a Santa jacket from Sunrise, but that should be the last of the items.
Of the three, there's Momo-san... well, Thinker-san, but I don't think they like to be called that. So Momo-san. And then Scout-san and Revenge-san. Scout-san and Revenge-san tend to say that Momo-san is the most reasonable, and I'd agree. Momo-san gave us a lot of direction, and they're normally the one watching Dreamer-san to make sure that they don't get too wild... so we'll probably have to figure out how to talk to them again and get their help.
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He doesn't have anything to add to that because he truly did not meet these mysterious residents,]
So we just have to find them? Or summon them?
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We'll need a plan just in case we can't, too. It'd be nice if we had more backup, but I'm not going into whatever the hell's coming up relying on it.
[He's never met a single one of these deadzo residents so he has no personal ties or affinity or trust. He also actively dislikes Revenge, so there's that. Help.]
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Tsukumogami...?
[Kind of? But not quite, since they were presumably people once? Help.]
...Kiyomitsu's right, though. We'll need everyone on the same page, if we can manage it. [If it were up to him, they would be having an emergency meeting with everyone like, right now, but waves hands vaguely in rp] We have to make sure everyone's prepared.
[To fight, yes--but more importantly, to make the hard choices, if they need to be made.]
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[who. who knows what's going on there, buzen doesn't.]
We'll consolidate all our information at once tomorrow. We've been able to get a clear look of our enemy. It's daunting - but we'll figure out how to address the power gap so we can win.
[there's like
not really another option, right? if it's between victory and defeat then they need only race toward victory]
We all got gumballs, right? We can see how to split up our resources and use them effectively.
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[any other situation Itsuki would be like 'someone took the initiative to get their shit back? good for them' but it's dreamer so he's only scornful about it,]
Right, our gumballs... I got one.
[he doesn't say anything else]
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He's just glancing at Itsuki at that, though. Maybe he is just waiting to get prompted into sharing? Silly lad! It's fine Kashuu will go first.]
I did, too. It'll let me heal whoever needs it - like, minor levels. But it'll also make everyone trip out for ten minutes.
[WHY.]
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Mine is the one I told you about yesterday. I didn't get a new one--my token just went to my other one.
[His teleporting horse powers]
What do yours do?
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holds his arm open for itsuki to lean against him in case he for some reason needs to be comforted about this gumball? he doesn't know he's just following the boyfriend-shaped instinct]
I turn into a big cat. [wait,] Oh, and I can find something that we're looking for... but I'll want to play for ten minutes first. So uh, try to remind me to use it early...
The journal is probably it... They asked me to get it for them, and then didn't give any of us permission to look inside. But it's pretty important to them... even though Momo-san didn't know what it contained.
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he'll just link his hand with his instead,]
Why are these gumballs so weird... [TRIPPING OUT?? PLAYFUL??? well, buzen's sounds cute actually, but like, it's still weird.]
...Maybe we can take it back from them? Or is it too late by now...
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What kinda weirdo gumball did you get, Itsusu? [First and foremost because that's most important, but also:] If their souls're tied to those items, maybe we can destroy the book and it'll kill him, too.
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Like breaking him... [Maybe??? He doesn't think using color is actually going to work on Dreamer, so if Kashuu's on the right track, then the biggest challenge will be getting close enough to him to actually get at it.] Maybe. He's strong, but... everyone has some kind of weakness.
[Dreamer's will be Itsuki's seductive bear dancing]
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Mm.... yeah. [thoughtfully] Momo-san mentioned in the graveyard that they were never sure if they'd be able to come back to their full form... because they'd lost too many pieces of themselves?
I wonder if Dreamer-san managed to go around that, and collect his pieces...
So we'd just have to see if we can break him again.
[this is
such a swords meeting]
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...It lets me seduce a target through singing and dancing for about ten minutes.
[he'll take a page out of Kashuu's book by not mentioning the animal form,]
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Instead he just
reaches out and places a hand on Itsuki's shoulder.]
...Maybe you can use it to distract Dreamer while we go for his journal.
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Eh, as an animal?
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Suki's gumball just sounds like our missions in the modern era...?
[someone has to say it]
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I thought you guys performed for peace? [how is it a distraction?] And you don't transform into anything, right?
[itsuki inadvertently revealing that he also has to transform into an animal]
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