thefoundation | Week 6

Entry tags:

round 4

Week 6

After that mess of a game on Saturday and the arrival of an unexpected guest, the house falls into an uneasy quiet for the rest of the weekend. Nobody else has come on site since the start of the game, barring the prinnies who come and go every day. What could this interruption mean? Dazai gives no indication that the game is over, and yet they weren't supposed to see anybody else until it was all finished. Dazai's nervousness surrounding the person known as 'Mission Control' might be concerning as well.

The rain stops sometime on Sunday night, but the air becomes humid and muggy. Luckily the house is air conditioned, but going outside is going to be miserable for a couple days until everything dries up. While the temperature remains a steady 75 degrees, the humidity is awful through Wednesday. Luckily it looks like the weather will be less miserable by the weekend, which might be what everyone needs. There's no telling what Saturday might bring.

Dazai had said the game would end 'soon', and signs are pointing towards it only lasting another week or two. But when will it really be over? Will everyone survive? And will they be able to bring back their dead friends? Only time will tell.

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursdsay

Navigation | Dazai's PCs | Locations | confessions camera | PC post | IC rules

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Pauses mid rolling. ]

That is not true, dood. [ To both things? To both things. Meat pies are an ample distraction, but is Nora going to take this prinny at its word re: laundry life? You never know what you might discover in the secret life of prinnies. ]

[I mean, meat pies are also a mobile distraction, and Nora's had his fill of sleepover shenanigans for now -- he might remember to pop back in considering new information afoot but he's currently busy catching up to the Prinny. Just to argue? Just to argue. Why would he not argue with a stuffed penguin about trivial shit.]

Yeah, well, I bet ya can't even prove it. All you Prinnies always smell weird.

[To be fair most of the Prinnies are relatively hardworking and probably drop all sorts of construction dirt and supplies on themselves. Lavender Prinny is likely the one that consistently smells like food...]

[ Lavender prinny does indeed smell consistently like food, coffee or tea. Never rubble, dirt, or trash cause this prinny absconds a life of hard labor. Will this prinny ever learn? Probably not. ]

We bathe just like you do, dood. [ That actually seems to be where lavender prinny is heading, towards the showers. ]

[I mean as long as Lavender Prinny is keeping Local Dog fed then he's not going to complain. Much. He does grumble a bit about bringing food to the showers, because that means he'll have to put down his pie eventually?? Or just. Eat it in two bites first, which is absolutely what he's doing.

There are now crumbs and cheese everywhere! What a good thing there's sinks and stuff coming up......]

Sounds fake, you'd just walk around full of water 'cause Prinnies are empty?

That doesn't mean we would be full of water unless we wanted to be dood.

[ One of the other prinnies will clean it up, it's fine! And rolling into the showers and one of the stalls. Staring up because this wasn't made for prinnies but it's fine because wings means he can reach the knobs with his flippers—which aren't really made for this either. Oh well it's not like either of them are paying the water bill for this house. ]

You should move out of the way unless you want to get wet, dood. [ Lavender prinny says this after he's turned the water on both of them. ]

Ugh, say that faster next time--!!

[There's definitely a squawk when he pokes his head in and immediately gets a face full of water. At least only his head and shoulders are getting splashed, though Nora's just bouncing back out of the shower stall real quick to shake it off like the dog he is.

He probably needed a rinse anyway, there was food in his hair. Who let him have long hair, anyway, he never takes care of it.]

This is stupid.

[There's a stuffed penguin taking a shower, this is his life now.]

You were the one who said I would get filled with water, dood. [ As if that makes this any less stupid? Anyway he's not adjusting the knobs and he wound up mostly running hot water so it's starting to steam. Penguins are definitely not made for this kind of heat, but really, it's likely the least of their problems at this point.

Just standing in the full torrent of the shower looking like an increasingly wet rag doll penguin. ]

See? I am not absorbing the water at all, dood. [ Gesturing with a flipper for Nora to get a closer look, slowly spinning proudly. What is this. ]

That's got nothing to do with anything?? Why'm I watching a fucking penguin dance in the shower.....

[Last time he had to watch a star-adjacent guy doing twirls was only marginally less ridiculous, so Nora feels fully justified in deadeyeing this display. Literally why. After a moment or two of meaningful(??) slowmo penguin pirouettes he gives an exasperated sigh and edges in a bit.

He's going to use the ragdoll as a shower shield, but more than likely he'll just be a drowned rat dog when he escapes.]

Because you said we didn't bathe, dood. [ Circular logic is circular. Lavender prinny also goes up on releve just like a certain star, proving that walking is about choices not actual balancing skill. ]

Normally we do this outside, but there was too much tea for that today, dood. [ Is it possible the entire house has been missing pirouetting penguins all along? Hmm. Either way once Nora gets closer, lavender prinny will speak in hushed, albeit high pitched tone because plushie penguin. There's ample steam and a whole lot of water going on so they should be safe for a little while. ]

Nora, I will make this as brief as possible. Unlike the rest of the data I have transferred to you, I believe this is best communicated verbally. I am not sure if it will be of use to you or not, but given the priorities of those remaining, it might still be worth mentioning.

It is about the one who calls himself Osamu Dazai and what happened in the aftermath of the explosion.

Hmph, I ain't seen penguins dancin' in weeks, so you guys probably dance even less than you take baths.

[This argument is also stupid but it's not like Nora's paying that much attention -- he's perfectly capable of carrying on entire bickering conversations out of sheer reflex, and currently he's preoccupied with trying to push the ballet penguin over. This is super productive and will not lead at all to even more splashing.

Did he think this through? No.

Squeakity squeak, what should really be dramatic spy messaging just sounds like a five-year-old on helium.]

Uh-huh. I hear ya. Real brief.

[But at least he is probably listening while he's also bullying.]

...have you been watching us this whole time dood? Even while we sleep? [ Lavender prinny is perfectly capable of poking fun at itself past and present apparently. It is not capable of maintaining it's balance while it's being poked at though! Yeah there it goes sliding in the shower, sending water and splashes everywhere. ]

...I have great balance in typical situations. [ Did it fall down on purpose or is this an attempt at saving its dignity??? But right, important dramatic faux helium laced messages. ]

I imagine he attempted to play it off as having miraculously escaped with only minor injuries, but this is untrue. We were able to find him in the rubble and he was severely injured, after which several of the others made attempts to heal him but they were unsuccessful. Shortly thereafter, he died. However... there was some type of resurrection switch that was triggered. Briefly an image of a clock manifested that swung between HEROIC and JUST before it stopped dead in the middle, and he revived with none of the injuries he had suffered previously.

Whoever he is, he possesses more power than I expected.

I ain't a fucking weirdo, 'sides Prinnies don't even--

[And he would have continued in that vein but there's a burst of snickers at the Prinny flopping on the floor in the shower, just because no matter what it's a hilarious sight. Truly, the joy of the penguin afterlife -- truly it's gameshowesque to reconcile the dead with slapstick bird buffoonery.

Nora's head is tilted as he tries not to snicker even harder at the dramatic penguin revelations. I could probably make a stupid joke about helium bonds here but more importantly, after a lengthy moment and a round-eyed stare--]

THAT'S SOME BULLSHIT. [...] DANCE MOVES. FUCKIN'-- BULLSHIT PENGUIN DANCE MOVES.

[He really did his best here but no, seriously. What. What did he just even listen to.]

How the-- [volume control is hard] How the FUCK, that damn cheating cheater playin' up his stupid-ass sob story about not being able to come back or whatever they keep prattling on about and he had this shit up his sleeve the whole time. I swear to fuck--

[He possibly needs a little bit longer to process this since all you're getting is a low growl now.]

You are merely jealous, dood. [ Continuing to spin and slip-slide all over the shower. ]

I am not certain and it may be only a one time mechanism. He did not explain, but had us injure him afterwards so at to appear more convincing. I am not sure if those more intimately acquainted with him would know better, but I leave it up to you on whether they should know or not. [ Doing a flip off the wall now. ]

There are several more things. I told you about the powerlines earlier—in the event that you would like them severed please let me know as I am able to teleport to the location and back without concern for the wildlife or becoming lost.

The hell, I ain't ever going to be jealous of any stupid penguin an' the only dancing I do's around attacks anyway!!!

[He got that out all in one breath and is still trying to push the Prinny over. Extremely productive gab session, that. The irritation is real and the pride on the last part (should...... he really be proud of that) is also quite real, so overall it makes for a good cover. Is it cover if you actually mean what you say.....]

Hmph. I'm goin' to give him a piece of my mind first just 'cause I'm tired of turning around and having him pull something else totally outta left field just 'cause he feels like it. His powers are freakin' stupid. Everybody else can wait till then!

[HUFF. Yes I guess he's going to confront Doezai at some point and rough him up a little because boy he's frustrated by their Host. Just. Forever. Anyway, there's a blink and then a tilt of the head once he absorbs the rest...]

What, you're goin' to teleport as a Prinny? I mean, it's useful, but...

[Look he doesn't exactly know the ins and outs of being a penguin ghost.]

Edited 2019-08-02 17:22 (UTC)

Then how come you're just watching me dood? [ Join in the fun? He's adding suds to the mix why not. ]

Indeed, he is quite troublesome. But it is heartening to know he is capable of something on his own at least.

Partially. We cannot use our powers in the prinny suit, but we are capable of using them outside of it. Teleporting to the power box location and casting zio to make a tree fall over would be easy to accomplish. Last time I summoned Ogre to move around, but since I know the coordinates this time that won't be necessary.

[ Please picture lavender prinny riding atop Ogre's shoulder while being followed by espresso prinny. ]

I TOLD ya I don't dance unless it's to fi-- WAUGH.

[Why'd you have to add suds now dog is doing the slip'n slide too after a careless misstep?? Shower stalls were not meant for a whole-ass teenager and bloated soaked penguin both trying to mess around. After the angry yelp he's just trying to elbow the Prinny out of the way so he can get to his feet again.

But, well, it's a lost cause at this point and Nora makes a deeply annoyed noise that may be for Doezai and the Prinny both.]

This is the WORST place to try an' be sneaky, I swear-- An' I don't think there's anything all that good about that guy or ever will be.

[He's going to be stubborn about it because he's still salty and is going to be salty for a while. Maybe once he confronts Doezai it'll mellow out a little..... very maybe. Super maybe.]

Huh. So there are ghosts just walkin' around like normal ghosts, so they can't track you guys or nothin'. [it would make sense considering how well-hidden the Prinnies are...] That's gotta be about the time Silver tossed you guys in the forest. I told him I'd throw more Prinnies in the forest just 'cause.

[Which probably isn't terribly helpful at this point, but for the record.]

[ Lavender prinnys on the floor again, only managing to roll over a few times so now there's even more suds and bubbles everywhere. ]

Just trying to get clean, dood. [ A high pitched sound of.. amusement? Something like it, at both the state of dog + Doezai disapproval. ]

You won't find be disagreeing. Yes, but we cannot go far in spirit form so unfortunately these suits are necessary. [ Splashing a particularly large wave of water at Nora with a flipper. ]

It was beneficial, but there's no reason to do so again. Ah, and speaking of "sneakiness", the microphones outside by the pool are disabled.

All that's happenin' is you getting fucking soap everywhere, can you at least KEEP THE SOAP ON YOUR SIDE!!

[The bathroom is all echoey, how helpful. Nora grumbles and grabs a soapful of suds to slap the penguin with, don't penguin-laugh at him or whatever that is. What does a supersoaked Prinny sound like. Does it squeak. Does it echo. Knock knock.]

Thought you didn't even like water, you're totally turning into a penguin for real. [that's just him still being grouchy about suddenly ending up like a dog in a carwash except instead of rolling brushes there are rolling birds smh] Eh, I was just goin' to mess with that OTHER stupid coffee asshole and then the guy with the weird eyes. Maybe the stupid cat too. I don't need a reason to mess with them.

[Leo doesn't actually deserve this and there are way too many coffee assholes in this joint but. Okay back on topic, sort of.]

What, you serious?? We spend more time in the pool than we do inside at this point. [a brief snort] You figured out how to hack that shit?

I am trying, but it is slippery in here dood. [ More rolling, more suds, lavender prinny looks like it's trying... to get soap all over Nora RIP. It squeaks when it's hit with the suds, with a trace of residual echo because shower stall. ]

I don't like it in my clothes or hair, but a penguin suit is neither of those.

I see...that one has spent most of his time anguishing over his choices. And assuming what everyone thinks of him. [ Doin a lil flipper wave, punt Leo if you want Nora. ]

If I was able to hack into the system I would have falsified all the feeds in this house. What I did was take advantage of how difficult it is to handle food items with flippers.

You are totally not fuckin' trying, penguins don't slip!!

[Penguins with peg legs might, but rolling penguins are 1000% screwing around and Nora knows it OK?? He makes a squawking noise when more soap lands on him and starts scrubbing at his face trying to get it out of his eyes. Congratulations, you've now also taken the dog camera offline. F.]

How the fuck were you even keepin' clean, don't tell me stars are self-cleaning or whatever, what the fuck.

[SMH why are stars like this. He could keep going down that space rabbithole or he could focus, or he could just spend more time to trying to clean up his face and grumbling about it. The flipper wave isn't caught but there's a snort there anyway.]

Ya think if I throw some more of 'em they'll explode and hit the guards-- [look, it's just idle speculation and he's always been curious about weaponizing Prinnies, there's just been less of them to weaponize before now; lavender Prinny gets another snort after a moment] What the hell did you even do...

Soap isn't ice, dood! [ Lavender prinny is just good at messing with all kinds of cameras and mics. ]

No, but dealing with water in star form is different than human form. [ Clean his true form, get humanoid clean form \o/. Or something like that. It's more just he has entirely too much clothes on when he's humanoid so it just feels like a soggy mess.

...kinda like now actually. The prinny comes to a stop rolling with a squeak. ]

Some of the guards are sympathetic, so do not. As strange as it is, they view us more favorably than the Foundation. They also are friendly enough to share sandwiches and coffee. [ ...Alcor may have adopted a random guard in the treeline. ]

I emptied an entire satchel of chocolate truffles on a keyboard, and then proceeded to hit a few keys in my attempt to clean it up.

I'll show you NOT ICE, take that! And that! Soap Fight Fleeing Attack Shot!!!

[... That was a terrible play on Ice Light Freezing Attack Shot but this is probably as far as you'll get with dog wordplay. Accordingly, Nora is rolling away as far as he can while kicking water and soap onto soggy Prinny form now that it's stopped. True to the foreshadowing at the start of the thread, he's truly a washed dog now.]

What, you don't rust or nothin'?

[It's half a serious question and half messing around because weird supernatural cube stars still don't make any sense except magically and occasionally if they explode. Those are the only two times.]

An' I thought the guards was part of the Foundation staff and everything. I bet they're just friendly to Prinnies 'cause you feed them coffee or whatever. [of course random guards like coffee, his grumpy tone concludes, but also] S'that mean you guys infiltrated the place with food...? Damn. That's stupid, but it works.

(no subject)

resortghosts - 2019-08-02 22:24 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

houndumb - 2019-08-02 23:10 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

resortghosts - 2019-08-03 00:21 (UTC) - Expand

[god job, short attention span dog.

Did he happen to leave behind those wax paper scraps by any chance?]

[Short attention span dog was being distracted by like a zillion pies, leave him and his food motivations alone. Also yes, he can totally throw the paper scraps at people when he leaves. Enjoy getting those stuck to your quills, Silverfish.

Put together, they state the following:

- forum posts are more favorable to the contestants than they appear
- deleted messages: critical of the foundation OR dm's to contestants
- "We know you're reading the boards, if you catch this before it gets deleted then just know we're rooting for you."
- willing to shut down forums entirely

-- ☆ showers]

[Sigh.

Silver picks them out of his quills before he arranges them. Then he rewrites them on a separate piece of paper to be passed around.

But the knowledge that the rest of the Foundation is more on their side than they thought... it gives him hope]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only