A surprise meeting...?

[foundationmods]

[On March 1st, no matter where you are, no matter what you're doing, your character will receive a notification:]

Something important has come up. Please meet me at Site 4 at 3pm local time. If you are unable to meet in person, you can conference call in.

- Mission Control

[The notification also provides the details necessary to get in on the call.

For those who can arrive in person, there is a conference room with chairs situated in rows, not unlike a mission briefing room would be arranged. There is even a projector set up and hooked up to a computer, and a pair of cameras set up to record both the projector screen and the seating area. Frisk is also there, but they are busy setting up the video feeds and making sure everyone can patch in on the call. They are oddly focused, with a frown spread across their face and barely a glance spared at anyone who walks it.

If Frisk is taking things this seriously, then it must be important. So pull up a seat and get ready.]


[OOC NOTE: this post is for all characters who were present in rounds 1-4 and did not return to their canon world yet. Anyone who fits those criteria is welcome to join.]

Comments

[merirut]

[?!?!???]

...Wait, when exactly did this happen?

[alcor what even]

[foundfate]

Right about the time you all bailed on that reality show turned murder house. He's very protective of you two, you know.

[merirut]

[...You know, he's not sure if he should be surprised or not so here you get some kind of weird constipated expression as Sandalphon struggles to figure out how he feels about this whole revelation. But it also makes a good amount of sense as to why he was allowed to bum around stay at the shop.]

...If there was a price to be paid, you only needed to ask. I'm not so ungrateful that I refuse to pay my own debts.

[aka please give alcor a refund because what the heck???]

[foundfate]

He asked it of me, which is why he'll be the one to pay the price.

If you want to negotiate that, then he's the one to ask, not me.

[merirut]

[mrrghhhhr is this going to turn into another awkward feelings talk over matcha, stay tuned]

...And I don't suppose it would be possible to make a deal to nullify his deal?

[He won't actually do this unless he thinks Alcor ended up agreeing to something extremely stupid/dangerous/boombox-y but he figures he may as well ask anyway.]

[foundfate]

I'm not going to make him do anything stupid, if that's what you're worried about. The wish price has to be equal in value to providing you with food and shelter.

[merirut]

[Well, that's one worry off his plate. But equal in value, huh. He looks at Nora and then looks back at Watanuki.

...

How fuckin huge is this price then--]

Hmph... Does that not mean that we're prolonging his debt the longer we stay?

[foundfate]

The length of your stay was already factored in to the price. Whether you leave today or leave 20 years from now, the price will stay the same.

[merirut]

[That's one reassuring thing amidst a whole bunch of other questions. But like Watanuki said, the rest is probably just something he'd have to discuss with Alcor, so heading off to feelings o'clock it is. He'll nod in response.]

I see. [There's a short pause.] Anyway, let me know if there's something you need from me. Though the debt may be under his name, I still hold a share of the responsibility.

[foundfate]

Be sure to thank Alcor, for one. And be sure to be extra-appreciative of all the excellent food I cook.

[He may be a host, but he also has a big ego.]

[visionem]

[...oops. Taking a looooong sip of this coffee he just magic'ed up. ]

More than several months ago, shortly after we arrived here. [ Blink. ] Before you joined us, but I made sure to include that provisional in the event you left the Foundation.

[merirut]

[Alcor why. First the demon lending, then the ridiculous credit balance and now this. Even if Alcor may not think anything of it all, Sandalphon still finds it all hard to accept, especially when it feels like he hasn't really done much to earn any of it.]

I suppose the sentiment is appreciated, but the act itself was wholly unnecessary. It's not as if I'm incapable of paying my dues ['Unlike that dog' is left unspoken but there's a quick glance over to where Nora is bristling up in his own way] nor would I be reluctant to do so. So why...?

[visionem]

I did not mean to imply such a thing, Sandalphon. [ Looking at the ripples in the coffee. ]

I...am unsure myself. [ A beat and more blinking with his ridiculous eyelashes. ] No, that is not correct, but I still find these matters difficult to convey as I do not yet fully grasp them myself. It is because...it is because I wished to do something for the both of you. I know it is not a necessity, but I still desired it nonetheless.

I will not call it an apology as that would be a slight and something we have already discussed. Perhaps then, a "continuation"?

[ Will someone please help him because this is the stupidest way of saying, hey I still felt bad that I made you two feel bad when I exploded but feelings are hard so why not just write a blank check as a way of showing he cares!!! ]

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow rolls his eyes. Is it just his lot in life to translate for emotionally constipated immortals?]

It is a gift for you both, given selflessly because he considers you to be his friends, or perhaps to make up for some past transgression. It is not because he does not believe you could pay your own way. [he looks at Alcor from the corner of his eye] It is something friends do for one another.

[houndumb]

[Excuse you are you currently a literal magical generator for a star?? No?? SHUSH.

That is to say Nora probably senses the glance and turns his bristling on the resident annoying angel for a minute but he has bigger fish and Witches to fry. Fishwitches??]