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thefoundation2019-07-22 12:38 am
foundationmods) wrote in thefoundation2019-07-22 12:38 am
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Week 5
With the Studio in shambles, it seems odd that the game would continue on. You would think that forces from site 4 would drop in and extract people, right? But no, not a peep is heard from them. The game continues on as it has for all the previous weeks, and there is no sign of it stopping.
The weather certainly matches the mood, though. By Monday morning, a light rain will start to fall, making the area damp and gloomy. People can go outside if they so wish, but they might want to don some raincoats and rain boots.
With power off at the studio, it is safe to assume that no cameras are on there. But what about the rest of the house? Will surveillance continue there? And what is everyone going to do about this balancing act of 'survive' and 'convince everyone you should be allowed to live'? How long will it be before everyone cracks from the pressure?
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The weather certainly matches the mood, though. By Monday morning, a light rain will start to fall, making the area damp and gloomy. People can go outside if they so wish, but they might want to don some raincoats and rain boots.
With power off at the studio, it is safe to assume that no cameras are on there. But what about the rest of the house? Will surveillance continue there? And what is everyone going to do about this balancing act of 'survive' and 'convince everyone you should be allowed to live'? How long will it be before everyone cracks from the pressure?
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There ain't any way to look at it, you seriously suck at cleaning!! I'm puttin' you back in the stupid penguin bin!!
[Kicks a little harder but they are making! Good progress!!]
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[ But!! Cleaning!!!
The prinny knows better than to fight the kicking though, oh well it will have to save its errand inside for later. ]
Isn't it the thought that counts, dood? At least that's what I have heard from other [ A beat. ] prinnies, dood.
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I'm not counting the thought!! 'Cause you suck at everything, ya stupid asshole!! Including walking!
[Just going to use his foot to lever the penguin upright to make a point. Are you going to stay up or go down, lavender Prinny.]
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[ Truly this is karma at work here, in so many ways. Bouncing off the remains of one of the light fixtures there's more bird sounds until it's set upward. The prinny remains standing! ]
That is not true, I am quite adept at chess and making tea. [ Bringing a flipper to it's beak. ] Ah, and cooking of course.
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[...]
[Pushes the Prinny over again!! Actually he might just periodically push it upright just to push it over again. Prinny up, Prinny down...]
Yeah, well, try an' do chess OR tea with your stupid penguin flaps. OR cooking.
[That last one is kind of sulky?? Has he been living on frozen pizza for the weekend. Probably.]
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[ Pictured: this thread. The prinny will make an effort to get up every time, at least. But this is such a rough life, dood. ]
Tea and cooking would be difficult, but I am interested in trying nonetheless. [ A beat and then a headtilt. ]
Chess however, I think would be fairly manageable. Would you like to play?
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It’s getting so much side-eye right now.]
Ha, if you set your stupid penguin ass on fire I’m just goin’ to laugh.
[And then possibly yeet him into the pool, just for old times’ sake. Have a scowl to go with that.]
Why the hell would I wanna play chess, it’s freaking boring.
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[ That is a positive sign. ]
I will do my best not to do such a thing. [ It's a pity that neither intonation nor facial expressions are something a prinny can do. But hey it has flippers right? So there's a moment's pause and then it just kinda sticks out a flipper in some kind of aborted gesture. ]
Indeed, it has many rules and procedures and is not easy to learn. However, chess is an enjoyable past time to share with those you have a strong bond with.
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[Fortunately, Nora is not a Prinny, so there's plenty of salt and sarcasm dripping from his tone right here and if you expected him to tiptoe around the subject well shit's on fire now I guess. He stares at the flipper for a moment, curls his lip and pushes the Prinny over again.]
Bonds bonds blahblahblah you can go on about it all you want but I'd rather eat coffee beans for the next zillion years or get stuck going FISHING. Talk is cheap when all anybody wants to do around here is take themselves out!
[At this point he's actually jumped to his feet because apparently his temper won't stay down anymore and is pacing angrily and muttering.]
Stupid asshole Prinnies, stupid roof assholes, stupid freakin' stars...
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[ This time the prinny stays down, maybe it's too distracted to try to get up. ]
...I did what I felt was necessary. I could not use tetrakarn with you so close and as a bullet is incapable of killing me under normal conditions, he would have touched me to nullify my powers completely as he did moments before.
If I am going to die, then I will do it on my own terms. I will not let anyone take my free will away from me, no matter the circumstance and no matter who they are.
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Yeah, well.
Even if he can nullify powers 'cause of his STUPID CHEATING MAGIC WHATEVER it doesn't fuckin' matter if there's a bullet or anything if there's enough of us. [there's that stubborn note in his voice, the way he always asserts himself as Cerberus but somehow a little different too; I was there, too] I ain't bulletproof but I know how to take down somebody without magic and without anything and even with a stupid gun in the way.
[There's another, softer fwump and now they're both just flopped on the ground apparently.]
Didn't have to be death or nothing.
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[ The prinny listens intently, or that's what it looks like it's doing anyway. When Nora is done it rolls over on it's side to more properly face him. ]
They would not have let us. In that situation I decided that the only acceptable casualty was myself. [ Moving a bit, it shifts so its staring dramatically at its flipper. ] If I have learned anything from humans, I have learned how to be selfish.
...I think that may have been selfish of me.
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You don't know that. You don't-- All of you, you assholes just won't fucking listen an' you won't fucking let--
[He cuts himself off with a noise of frustration kind of like steam escaping, which sounds almost as stupid as a penguin getting kicked. And then he smacks himself with his other hand because he's rubbing it across his face so hard but it's fine.]
Ugh, selfish is probably the word, but it still pisses me off!!
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........
[ There are probably a million things the prinny could do in this scenario, but it wasn't very good at them when it had hands instead of flippers. So in lieu of an action (or a cube), it rolls a bit closer and lowers its voice. This isn't at all right because of the pitch of plushie penguins, but there is considerable effort here to sound serious. ]
I did not know for certain, you are correct. But I did not want to risk you.
...and while I do not fully comprehend why this angers you, I am sorry.
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He doesn't move, at least, letting the penguin attempt its slightly squeaky plush appeal. There's a brief, unintelligible mumble into his hands again before he shifts and it comes through a little clearer.]
... don't need your goddamn apologies, I don't care about those, s'just not fucking fair. [another restless shift and it's all muffled again] I'm fucking Cerberus, that's enough for a little risk, stupid...
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...ah. [ Something clicks into place, and this star turned prinny is reminded of when he got similarly yelled at by an archangel. ]
I did not have time to ask you, but if I did or if there was time for you to make your will clear—I would have respected it, as I respect you.
[ Audible shifting but in the end the prinny stays right where it is. ]
Doubtlessly there are those who believe I wanted to kill all of you, but that is not true. I trusted in you, I still trust in you, and in your ability to take action when it is needed.
...if I took that from you in my attempt to set things right I...
[ Apologies have already been said, but this is probably felt regardless. ]
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[After a long silence there's just an equally long sigh, loud and vaguely grouchy-sounding but maybe not as much a prelude to yelling as all his motions and noises have been so far.]
I almost fucking forgot that part.
[You know. The part where they almost all got blown up. Possibly because he was pretty much 1000% distracted at that point and also because it somehow registered less than everything happening around it. Saturday was A Lot and he's still processing it. There are a billion more things he could be mad about!!
But he's very good at choosing a grudge and chomping down on it, which is sometimes good and sometimes bad. There's a brief motion of his hands, fingers uncurling just a little before he peeks around them with one vaguely baleful red eye at the Prinny.]
Y'know it's really hard to take you seriously in that dumb penguin voice.
[He seems at least a little mollified, though... maybe.]
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[ Same here, 'cept this prinny really has no excuse. Besides the fact that he hasn't completely come to a stop from rolling, even if it has slowed down. Meeting the eye contact with that same prinny look, still sideways in the rubble. ]
...I cannot disagree with you. But this is the only way we can communicate verbally, even if we are free to move around normally without these costumes in a limited sense.
I could write you a long letter, however. [ Just a hint of playfulness there, as the successful(?) apology has not gone unnoticed. ]
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For now he grumbles and then reaches over to thwap at the Prinny with one hand.]
Hmph. Just save it, I hate reading long freakin' letters and shit.
[The vague smacking turns into a more solid punch, approximately where flipper shoulder might be. These damn penguins don't have shoulders either.]
Don't think you're getting off easy just 'cause you're a penguin, though!! I'm still going to drag your ass back from the afterlife an' punch you!!
[And there's all that stubbornness again, like an avalanche, something that nothing and no one can budge or take.]
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I will keep in mind that a list or some other medium would be more acceptable to you. [ The prinny is moved a bit from the punch, but it rolls back to where it was after with a delayed "Oww." ]
I would expect nothing less. However, i would not recommend punching me in my natural form. [ Just giving out pointers for angry retaliation as a star does. ]
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[There's another punch but this one seems to be more of a warning shot or a reflex reaction than anything else, so it's lighter and kind of bounces off amid his usual grumbling about stupid Prinnies, stupid expectations, etc. Have some side-eye before Nora just stares at the sky instead.]
And don't underestimate my FISTS, even sealed I've punched crazier shit than cubes or stars or whatever. Probably!
[He seems keen to demonstrate this by... punching the air. Such menace very threat wow.]
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[ Rolls back in from the punch! ]
I am normally resistant or reflective to any physical damage in that form. However, if you would like to in essence punch yourself, I will not stop you.
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'Course you are. There ain't many barriers I can't punch through, though. AND I have magic. I don't care how many times I gotta try!!
[Or how many times he punches himself, I guess. Nora are you trying to rekill star already. He ain't even back yet.]
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I am resistant to most magic as well, in addition to reflecting fire. But...it might be fun. [ Seeing Nora punch himself? Seeing dog trying to kill star as soon as he gets revived? Maybe all of the above. He does sound like he's genuinely looking forward to this though, what kinda nostalgia is this?
The truth is more simply: he's just simply happy to be talking with Nora like this again. Feelings are still difficult, but this is familiar. ]