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TAVROS: *yoooooo* VRISKA: *wow rude* [Yo.] VRISKA: *starts KICKING* h-HEY, what the FUCK! TEREZI: H-H3Y WH4T DO YOU TH1NK YOUR3 DO1NG? L3T GO OF US! DAVE: *This is just like- wait, no, this is not like anything Dave has ever experienced before. This one is definitely going in the scrapbook. He starts yelling a long string of curses which will not be typed out before he's even fully awake.* TAVROS: *is way too compliant with being dragged away* DAMARA: *is pretty neutral about this so far* TEREZI: *struggles and thrashes, trying to free herself* NEPETA: :33 < *one second she's curled up cozy, and the next she's being wrenched up by strange hands. the obvious solution is to struggle like mad, scr33ching all the way* nooo, let go!! DAVE: *he equips his sword.* if you dont let go im gonna have to start chopping fingers KANKRI: *Doesn't appreciate being manhandled, and looks around* Please, t9wnsf9lk, put us d9wn. Y9u may 6e 9ffending friends 9f mine, and n9t t9 menti9n I d9n't quite appreciate 6eing handled in such a manner, either. S9 please place us 9n the gr9und, and, excuse me, "6ack the fuck 9ff". ROXY: wHAT THA STEAMIN BALLSACKS ON A SKEWER-- *sleepy roxy what r u doin* DAMARA: 彼らは、イニシアチブを示す。私はそれが好きです。 ROXY: *unfortunately this is something Roxy is actually kind of used to and she's probably going to end up punching people* [There are simply too many to fight for now, and one by one they pull you all outside and towards the center of town. Ankles are grabbed if necessary, but once you are there, you are set on your feet, with a person holding your hands behind your backs. You're facing what looks like a stone stage, and there are people lining the town circle in a ring around it. There's one person in blue standing t she holds a heavy book.] We are here gathered today to conduct a rite. DAVE: i only participate in dark rituals with one person DAVE: so im gonna pass Silence. [Someone covers his mouth with a cloth.] TEREZI: STR1D3R W3 4R3 1N TROUBL3 1F YOU H4V3NT FULLY GR4SP3D OUR S1TU4T1ON DAVE: *angry noises* NEPETA: :33 < *still trying to wrench her arms fr33, but goes silent as she watches in awe* DAMARA: 0_0 VRISKA: *just kind of...stands there, staring blankly at the stage. maybe she would get what she wanted afterall* [The woman speaks up to address the entirety of those gathered.] This land lies upon a critical mark in this world. A watched mark, and a sacred one. ROXY: *roxy is bad at not struggling* this is some BUUUUUUUUULLSHET [The woman clearly turns to look at Roxy, and though you can't see her face, there is a heavy familiarity along with the voice that Dave should also detect, as well. It's a little older, though.] ROSEMOM?: Delburelth is upon us. [She announces louder as she looks away, raising her tome.] DAVE: *kicks at the shin-area of the blob holding him* TEREZI: *Whoever Terezi is the closest to, she whispers none too softly over to them* WHOS D3L-B4RF3R? KANKRI: *holds his arms up* Every9ne, please calm d9wn. This is their religi9n, and we must respect it. KANKRI: *doesn't think anyone's actually going to listen to him though* ROXY: at the expense of uh US? ROXY: shit naw ROXY: they can respect my fine ASS TEREZI: K4NKR1 W3R3 1N TROUBL3 >:/ 1T CONC3RNS M3 TH4T 1 H4V3 TO S4Y 1T 4G41N The cheval glass in the woodland has been stirred, by a hand of one among those who do not call this place their own. A hand that changed the course of this season's ceremony. KANKRI: What are y9u talking a69ut? I see n9thing wr9ng with their cerem9ny s9 far. [One person steps forward to bring forth what looks like something framed, but covered over with a cloth.] TEREZI: 4LL R1GHT L3TS JUST B3 H3LD 1N M1D41R 4ND S33 WH4T H4PP3NS SH4LL W3? This hand has adopted a new purpose. TAVROS: *slow blink at kankri* ROXY: dunno bout u but being held against my will qualifies as wrong 2 me ROXY: *BITTER* ROSEMOM?: Unveil it. [She flicks a hand at the one carrying the object, ignoring their chatter to continue with the speech. Some spectators cover their faces at the thing is revealed, and it looks like a mirror, though its surface seems to ripple.] KANKRI: I understand, 6ut perhaps part 9f the reas9n they haven't all9wed us t9 leave yet is h9w little we have 6een respecting their t9wn's cust9ms? Every9ne needs t9 6e much m9re sensitive. [It casts a glow of blue and green, like the sea, and immediately that glow is set upon Roxy. The townspeople shift their eyes to her.] VRISKA: *finally tears her eyes away from the stage to look at the mirror thing. you all are so lucky that vriska's super sad or else you'd all be mega dead* TEREZI: M4YB3 1F TH3YD T3LL US WH4TS GO1NG ON 1D B3 4 B1T MOR3 SYMP4TH3T1C!! ROXY: .______. ROSEMOM?: Bring her to me. [Those holding her, obey.] ROXY: *squint y is this happen* ROXY: oww u shiTHEADS KANKRI: Wait, what is happening. TEREZI: WH4T 4R3 YOU DO1---? L3T H3R GO YOU V1LL4NOUS SCUM! ROXY: *this is actually really nerve wracking though, wtf did she do* DAVE: *bites the hand of the blob holding him* KANKRI: What are they d9ing with that girl? NEPETA: :33 < *at this, she begins to scream in earnest, jumping back against the figure holding her to try and throw them off balance* KANKRI: ... TEREZI: *Woah now, Dave.* [The person draws back his hand. Dave can talk. Huzzah.] [The ones holding all the rest of them remain still, though. None of you are moving yet.] DAVE: hey you motherfucking shitheads let go of her before i start using your dumb looking nebulous heads for basketballs VRISKA: *uh oh, she DID promise eridan that she'd look out for roxy,,,,,,,,starts to finally struggle against the arms holding her* DAVE: *tries to jerk free of the bloob* [The bloob persists.] [The woman at the stage holds her hand up to Roxy as she's pulled towards the stage. Her fingernails are painted black. She reaches for Roxy's arm to grab her wrist, and move her hand to the mirror.] TEREZI: *Terezi flails with all of her strength, thrashing like a fish out of water.* ROXY: let the fuck GO of me!!! i dont wanna touch your jank ass king arthur age eluvian mirror bullshit KANKRI: What is their plan?! *suddenly he doesn't feel like being so sensitive to this whack religion* DAMARA: *is actually quite intrigued by all of this. also being carried is kind of relaxng* ROXY: ill smudge that shit is that what you want TEREZI: *causing a general rumpus* NEPETA: :33 < *yep, just struggling uselessly* what are you doing, no no no no! ROXY: finger smudges all over your nice mirror DAVE: ARE YOU DEAF DAVE: let go of me so i can sign language this bitch DAVE: i dont speak sign language but i sure as hell know how to say fuck off [The hand tightens, firmly. Almost like a reprimanding mother would grab her child to haul them out of the grocer for causing a scene. She touches Roxy's hand flat to the mirror, and it glows around it like confirming something. Like she's set her hand there before. The colors there start to swirl like a swimming dragon around Roxy's arm.] ROSEMOM?: And so, it shall be done. The sea will swallow your heart and soul, and we will continue to survive in peace. ROXY: oh shit ROXY: what DAVE: wait stop no DAVE: no swallowing hearts and souls TEREZI: WH4T KANKRI: *performs a nice flip, the powers of which he gained from wearing such tight pants, trying to kick a blob in the face. This move probably doesn't do much good but it sure looks fancy.* TEREZI: WH4T DAVE: no no no ROXY: the fucks on my arm [The hooded woman looks at Roxy as she releases her, and her eyes are quite clearly lilac. The men holding her begin hauling her to the inlet.] [Don't worry, everyone. You're coming, too.] TEREZI: *Terezi would comment on the awesome dragon were the situation not so dire* ROXY: oh heck naw ROXY: oh KANKRI: *DID MY FLIP DO ANYTHING OH GREAT LANDMASTER? DID IT FREE ME?* ROXY: *Suddenly those eyes seem way too familiar.* ROXY: oh god [Did you just suplex yourself, Kankri?[ ROXY: who the hell ARE YOU [Looks like you did.] KANKRI: *ouch* TAVROS: *stares with wide eyes as they start to pull Roxy away* nO, rOXY, *NOOOOW he tries to squirm out of their grasp* [It's okay, Kankri. They scoop you up nice and tight again and carry you to the inlet with everyone else like the little prince you really are.] KANKRI: *STRUGGLES LIKE A PETULANT CHILD* DAVE: *elbows the bloobs very, very hard* TEREZI: *Okay, this is one big, gigantic NO.* *Cane sword now in hand, Terezi uses THR34T3N.* [You got a bloob in the boob, it seems. That wasn't very nice.] DAVE: *GOOD* DAMARA: *looks backwards into the eyes of her carrier bloob* VRISKA: *oh god damnit. SHE might want to die, but she isn't going to just stand around and potentially let anyone else die. tries to stomp on some feet, elbow some ribs, backwards headbutt, ANYTHIIING* DAVE: *twists around and tries to bite a bloob's face, since that worked last time* [Damara's carrier seems to have two different colored eyes, but it's probably a trick of the light. They stare forward instead of at her.] NEPETA: :33 < *probably just being lifted through the air as she kicks any blobs that stray too close, still making a pawful racket* ROXY: ANSWER ME DAMMIT [Overall, your struggles do nothing to faze the people before you get to the inlet, and Roxy is clearly being pulled towards the longest of the docks, and a boat. She gets no answer.] ROXY: *Roxy's clinging to that one thing because she doesn't want to think about what's happening right now, about the fact that her struggling isn't helping.* DAVE: *long minutes of imaginative profanity.* [Just as she reaches the end and is about to be pulled onto the boat, a shrill but defiant voice screams out.] DEADYLAMAR: STOP! [Roxy should know this voice.] ROXY: wha-- DEADYLAMAR: [The girl she met behind barred windows pushes through the crowd, running along the dock to stand angrily before the hooded woman.] I will not let you kill this girl. DAMARA: このカットシーンが長すぎる。 TEREZI: WH4T DO YOU M34N BY /K1LL/ [What did you think they meant by feeding her to the sea, Terezi.] ROXY: *Roxy doesn't quite know what to say to this. She had been looking for her... she wasn't dead?* ROXY: *She just stares with wide eyes, mouth agape* TEREZI: *But it's so calm* [Not for long.] TEREZI: *Welp.* ROSEMOM?: [The hooded woman answers,] Your time has passed. Things have changed, and she has been chosen. DAVE: ... DEADYLAMAR: I had accepted my fate, [The girl answers.] A life is a life. Take mine. DAMARA: *yawns* ROXY: *and that prompts her to speak, though her voice is choked* what DEADYLAMAR: [She looks at Roxy.] This isn't what you're meant for. TEREZI: *1s so confused.* *What things changed? What do they mean by chosen? Who is this girl? What is going on?!* ROXY: *she doesn't know how to argue. Why was it something that girl was meant for though? Dammit, if only her void powers worked, bawls* ROXY: but [The girl lunges to grab Roxy's hand before anyone can protest further, and the dragon slithers around their fingers before curling around her arm instead. It seems to be writhing on her skin, though, like it doesn't belong there.] TEREZI: ...UM Now you have to take me. [The hooded woman is OFFEND.] DAMARA: 私は飢えている！ DAVE: what the fuck is going on [Damara's handler actually mutters back in Japanese, 後でハンバーガー。私が買う。] [She sounds kind of like Damara, actually. Go figure.] [Liiiittle older though.] ROXY: *hey i want a burger* ROXY: *i mean* TAVROS: *can I have a vaguely ancestory blob too* TAVROS: *I need some SELF ESTEEMS right about now* [Tavros' is standing with a sassy hip pop he probably can't see.] TAVROS: *thank you* [He sneezes. It sounded vaguely spanish to you. You probably ignore that.] DAMARA: *she quirks a brow, tilting her head back up* あなたは、女性の扱い方を知っている。私はおそらくあなたの人生を惜しまでしょう。 ROXY: i dont ROXY: no i didnt want this NEPETA: :33 < *distressed wailing has died down by this point* *just watching open mouthed* TEREZI: *Same as Nepeta, but rather smells open nosed* DEADYLAMAR: Just let me do this. [The girl clutches her arm, like the dragon burns, but she looks up at the hooded woman. Roxy is begrudgingly moved out of the way, and the girl steps calmly onto the boat.] ROXY: NO ROXY: why the hell are you DOING THIS ROXY: *her anger's redirected at the hooded woman, then everyone around her* why are all you lettin this HAPPEN ROXY: the hells WRONG with you ppl???? VRISKA: *yeah okay, all's well now. kinda. so she's stopped struggling and just watches* DAVE: *doesnt really wanna be the guy to say it* TEREZI: *Fine. Someone has to do it. Stabs downward with her sword* ROXY: *doesn't this usually work in the movies???* ROSEMOM?: The wyvern decides. Delburelth will receive his tribute. [The boat begins to drift out to sea, and as far as you can tell, the water is still calm. The hooded figure doesn't sound all that convinced, though.] TEREZI: *Did the stabbing work?* [Meanwhile, Terezi stabs someone who hisses kind of like a ...lizard, actually, and immediately draws up some kind of rope up to her throat in threatening. Watch it, Pyrope.] TEREZI: NO TH1S 1S BULLSH1T! KANKRI: *watch out for his body rolls, he's about to pull some mad moves* [Orly.] KANKRI: *they are indescribably awesome you don't understand* [Rlyly.] TEREZI: *struggles more* 4R3 W3 R34LLY GO1NG TO W4TCH TH1S H4PP3N? KANKRI: *he is all like u_u as he does a weird spinny thing* [You're gonna smell it happen, if we're being technical.] [Meanwhile the sound that resounds from behind Kankri sounds kind of like church bells and manly weeping.] KANKRI: *y'all didn't wathc out* TEREZI: *Stabs more* DAMARA: *casually uses psychic powers to lift a joint into her mouth* [You can attack the people all you like, but they'll hold onto you until the ritual is complete. The boat is far away, but you can clearly see that the girl is being held over the edge, and is eventually dunked under] DAVE: *BT* TEREZI: >:[ DAMARA: 0_0 ROXY: NO!!!!! DAMARA: *goes for the lighter next* ROXY: *COME ON VOID POWERS WORK NOW OF ALL TIMES* [Damara's handler lights that joint with her own ligher. I got u.] DAMARA: *aw ye* [The girl stops splashing after a while, and is let go to sink.] NEPETA: :33 < *attempts one final wrench away to fr33dom, but one assumes the hands that are holding her in place are too clawy to escape from* [Yes, Nepeta. But they're finely manicured with the crusted blood of her most recent kill.] ROXY: fuck ROXY: fuck [Mee-yow.] ROXY: FUCK ROXY: FUCK AAAAAAAAAALL YAAAAAAAAAAAAALL ROXY: *she's yelling, but more than that, she's crying now* [The hooded woman watches her.] ROXY: *she slumps where she's being held, why fight now when she already failed* DAVE: *also just kind of slumps because he's a failure* TEREZI: *The hand holding her sword goes slack and it clatters to the ground.* [Suddenly, there is a loud crack of thunder that doesn't sound remotely natural, and all of you are released as the people reel back in horror.] VRISKA: *goes back to being her new normal lethargic depressed se-whOA* [The sky darkens. The sea churns.] KANKRI: *finally, he's free to do as he pleases* TEREZI: *Well that was sudden and somewhat painful* DAMARA: *floats like a fucking boss except thats pretty weird man* NEPETA: :33 < *oops she's not being held up anymore, and promptly crumples to the floor* *meOW* TAVROS: D:{ ROXY: *she crumples for a second as she's released, not expecting it, but after she gathers herself she whips around with a roundhouse kick* DAVE: holy shitdick DAVE: *immediately distances himself from his captor* [There are no Captors here, dumbass. Wrong c00ld00d.] DAVE: *son* VRISKA: *watches the water, not worried about the person holding her as she stares out at the sea* [The boat that was out there begins to be pulled around in a watery vortex that was expanding from the depths to open up. The wind grows louder.] [The hooded woman falls to the deck with the force of Roxy's kick.] DAVE: *strides over to roxy and looks down at the hooded lady* TEREZI: *sniffs* WH3R3S TH3 BO4T? DAVE: *aint scared of a lil cthulu action* ROXY: *she had hoped that kick would have made her feel better, but it really didn't. At least now she can maybe get a better look* [The woman rolls over to cradle her face, but it's clear she wants to get off the deck right about now.] DAMARA: *sets herself on her feet still not really plussed by the stormy business. she glances over to her handler/doppleganger?* ROXY: *Roxy doesn't even want to bother with her anymore, too disgusted by all of this, and she looks at Dave briefly before she finally looks to the ocean* whats happening? DAVE: *equips sword* i dont know but its some lovecraftian bullshit for sure HANDMAID?: [Damara's handler watches the storm, standing still and seemingly knowing.] 彼はここにある。 DAVE: rose would know DAVE: *looks suspiciously at hooded lady* [The woman is trying to get up and run.] TEREZI: *Gropes for her sword and picks it up in a white-kuckled grip. The rain is washing away all the colors and she can't smell a thing.* [I never said it rained. But now it is.] [And it's like mothafuckin' bullets.] TEREZI: *Oh. Well. /Thanks/ landmaster.* DAVE: *thanks terezi* DAMARA: *dammit now the joint is ruined* DAVE: *puts one foot on the woman's chest and pushes her down* *SIT* DAVE: who are you TEREZI: *Hey at least you guys can still see each other* ROXY: *on that note, she's gonna whip out her rifle, no messin' around* ROSEMOM?: [The woman lets out a sort of 'hurp' noise and flops back on the deck.] It doesn't matter who I am, if you want to live you will /leave this place/ with the rest of us. TEREZI: *Makes her way to the talking voices and joins Roxy and Dave* ROXY: yeah well sounds like a good time to start talkin then huh DAVE: weve been trying to leave this place from the start homie ROXY: yeah! NEPETA: :33 < *gets back up to follow terezi, pulling her coat over her head as she goes* we can leave? ROSEMOM?: Get off this dock! [She practically screams, and there is a roar from behind you, in the water.] TEREZI: *Can no longer smell Nepeta; thank goodness for hearing though.* 1 DONT KNO-- TEREZI: *Turns to the water* DAMARA: *that sure is a cue to leave. damara stays put though* DAVE: ok maybe we should get off this dick DAVE: fuck NEPETA: :33 < *grabbing terezi s33ms to just be a thing, so she hauls them both back a few steps with a squeak* ROXY: *looks at dave* VRISKA: *blinks, finally starting to get some emotion on her face. is that a sea monster? she thinks it's a sea montser. sea monsters 8n't no thang, you killed one, you've killed them all. reaches up to grab her trusty cutlass out of the air* Fuck no. I'm staying right here. DAMARA: *gives a small snicker at davethat is drowned by the commotion* ROXY: *that was some slip up there* ROXY: *but the roar is kind of distracting* KANKRI: *zoiks!* TEREZI: *3eeps as she's pulled back; her panic at not being able to smell increases by the minute* [From the vortex rises a very large creature, in the form of, that's right -- a sea warthog. It lets out a scream of fury, water cascading down its face.] DAVE: *he removes his foot from rose's chest, grabs her arm and hauls her away* gotta go fast TAVROS: ,,, *single tear at the sea warthog, just for you land master* TEREZI: *Yelling* WH4T 1S 1T? WH4T 1S 1T? DAVE: *in context this is very terrifying* NEPETA: :33 < *still got a good grasp on terezi as she backpedals* a monster!! a tuskbeast! ROXY: hoooooly shit *it's like more princess mononoke* DAMARA: *looks at the sea warthog, looks at joint, tosses joint* ROXY: *follows after Dave but stops at Nepeta* maybe we should just be not so close to the water???? ROXY: O_O [Princess Mononoke indeed. Waves careen around it as it nears the dock, its mouth open as it continues to wail.] NEPETA: :33 < maybe it cant get out? NEPETA: :33 < *please say it cant get out* [You'll have to see for yourself.] KANKRI: *8O* DAVE: *draggin mama rose along, haulin butt, tryin to make up for what might have been the last freudian slip of his life* [Mama Rose heard the slip and gave you such a look under the hood.] ROXY: yeah naw i think we should ollie the fuck out *grabs both nep and terezi to start floating them away GOTTA FLOAT FAST* TEREZI: *Holding onto Nepeta, because really she's blind for real now* TEREZI: *4nd then what* [The sea pig rises with the waves, and those waves start to hulk over the land as it approaches. Like a tidal wave. Surfing sea pig wants to hug you with its teeth.] ROXY: o HELL naw NEPETA: :33 < *clings to both ladies* yes good idea!! ROXY: *FLOAT FASTER* TEREZI: WH4TS H4PP3N1NG?! VRISKA: *is totally still standing there, staring it down-oh water. FLOATS UP to still stare it down* ROXY: ITS COMIN AT US LIKE A ROXY: WELL LIKE A FUCKIN SEA PIG NEPETA: :33 < its following!! DD: TEREZI: WH4T TH3 FUCK 1S 4 S34 P1G ROXY: U COULD ASK IT BUT I DONT RECOMMEND IT TEREZI: OK4Y [The sea pig's name is Delburelth, and he'll talk to you if you ask him nicely.] DAVE: *fuck this, he decides to catch some air, but brings the hooded lady with him* DAVE: *lois lane style* TEREZI: WHY 1S TH1S D3L-B4RF3R SO 4NGRY? [Hooded lady just wants to get away from wilbur.] DAVE: so why exactly did we decide to wake up bacon gumbo over there [Delburelth pauses where he is in order to stare at Vriska, gurgling water.] DAVE: and by we i mean you NEPETA: :33 < it must be to do with what just happened! VRISKA: *glares* KANKRI: *i have no idea where kankri is now* DAMARA: *gets her float on, though is more like vriska in the whole not running away much thing* [He's just suspended by overflowing waves and glaring back, before it shoots salt water at her from the side, aiming to ensnare her.] KANKRI: *oh he got abandoned, for kankri can't fly* *he just watches everyone else* VRISKA: *shoots up to dodge it, but she doesn't move after that. she's gotta study her enemy first before she attacks like a good fighter* KANKRI: *or he's getting washed away* KANKRI: *or eaten* [Kankri is probably going swimming.] KANKRI: *DROWNS* [Welp.] TAVROS: *tavros begrugingly rescues kankri from a watery grave* KANKRI: *my hero* [Delburelth roars again, and rises to bap her with his sea pig snout.] TEREZI: SHOULDNT W3 DO SOM3TH1NG? DAVE: *hollers* vriska get your butt out of there NEPETA: :33 < *looks betw33n them both* i dont know, purrobably! VRISKA: *holds her cutlass out to stab it, but the force still knocks her back, pulling her sword back as she goes flying. well, at least she did SOME damage* DAVE: christ on a cracker [Now Delburelth has a cut on his nose. Salt water got in it. That smarts. Cue pig wailing.] DAVE: if you decide to take on that pig then we all have to take on the pig and i dont wanna take on the pig ROXY: *Roxy pauses, looks like they're safe enough away to turn around* *SIIIGH* aight guess we got nothin better 2 do ROXY: DAVE WERE TAKIN ON THE PIG *yells to him* DAVE: ughhhh NEPETA: :33 < right! ill take terezi, and you just shoot! ROXY: on the bright side maybe bacon? DAVE: *sets the hooded woman down on safe-ish land regretfully because she will most likely escape* TEREZI: T4K3 M3 /WH3R3/? DAVE: is it bacon or is it sushi though NEPETA: :33 < ummm ROXY: *aims her rifle, but it's kind of hard to make sure everyone's out of the way with all the rain* NEPETA: :33 < do you think youll be able to stab it? maybe? DAVE: *while it is distracted by its lil papercut and roxy's shooting, he flies around toward the side of its head* NEPETA: :33 < if i get you in close furst? ROXY: just dont get in the way of the laser beams TEREZI: W3LL Y3S OF COURS3 1 ST1LL H4V3 MY H4NDS TEREZI: W41T WH4T TEREZI: L4S3R B34MS? ROXY: *Roxy zips a little closer to get clearer shots, especially since Dave has decided to go over there, gdi* TEREZI: OH TEREZI: TH4T W4S STUP1D ROXY: *pew pew pew* NEPETA: :33 < its alright! just hold on tight, ok? KANKRI: *watches the fight, wishing he had human pom poms* I 6elieve in y9u all! Trust in y9urselves, and y9u will prevail! DAMARA: *just sort of looks at the giant pig and then back to her older self person thing* DAVE: *stays out of roxy's way bc he doesnt wanna get shot* *gets DANGEROUSLY close to the pig because he has no long range weapon and stabs at its eye* [The pig is shot a bunch of times. He shoots water at Roxy in retaliation, while the waves head straight for the town.] TEREZI: YOU GOT 1T TEREZI: TH4T WONT B3 4 PROBL3M NEPETA: :33 < *adjusts her grip on terezi, rolls her eyes at kankri and then its wing time* ok! HANDMAID?: [Damara's handler has taken off her hood. She suddenly has horns (that totally wouldn't have fit under a hood) and watches the chaos unmovingly.] このために私は待っていた。 [The pig is totally skewered through the eye. Luau.] ROXY: o shit ROXY: *does weird flips in the air* ROXY: *why is this a giant pig squirt gun* [Pig can't see flips. Ain't impressed.] TEREZI: *Flies up up up with the catgirl* NEPETA: :33 < *nyooms through the rain in an arc, heading for piggy mid-section as she looks back towards the town* oh no, the people! VRISKA: *tries to shake her head clear after being baped, and she's pleased to see that she's not fighting alone now. goes for the other eye with her sword* [The pig is blinded, and its tears go unnoticed in the water sheeting over it. It lashes out at all of you with more waves.] DAMARA: *floats on down because man fuck pigs* 今度は何？ DAVE: *unfortunately cannot see townspeople and is a little busy* DAVE: *hes so wet* HANDMAID?: この場所は死んでしまう。 VRISKA: *fuck these waves. she's angry, and she finally has something to stab. flies up now to slice at the top of its head, dodging the waves* [You get an ear. Delicious.] [Screeeeeeeech.] VRISKA: *it's like she's playing diablo* DAVE: *he tries to avoid the waves but still ends up getting knocked around a lil. taking vriska's cue, he waits between waves and then flies at the back of its neck and tries to slice a chunk out.* DAVE: *this pig is relatively defenseless.* [Is he?] TEREZI: WH4TS H4PP3N1NG? *Feels ridiculous as to how many times she's asked this already.* DAVE: *did i jinx it* [Yeah.] DAVE: *i fucke dup. i fucke d up im so sorry im trash* [Asymmetrical trash.] DAVE: *tittyfuck* NEPETA: :33 < *there's not much they'd be able to do for them anyway, and she's a little distracted getting buffeted with water, so yep going to k33p trying to head towards her original destination* dave and vriska are cutting at it, and thats what were going to do soon too! ROXY: *Roxy is probably attempting to cook the pig with LATHER BEAMTH* [The pig roars as it's assailed from all sides with lather beamth and spinal cord slashing and wimpy crying. It's just hungry, guys. That girl wasn't a good enough snack.] TEREZI: OK4Y GR34T! *readies her swords in preparation* *4lso can she use her Seer powers, or is that still kaput?* VRISKA: *she's gritting her teeth, trying to blink the water out of her eyes, but fuck she's just so upset and she's pretty much just blindly slashing at its head now* [The faster the pig dies, the more your powers seem to be able to work. How did you not notice them fading before?] ROXY: *Roxy isn't bothering to try her void powers atm because she's still convinced they ain't workin* NEPETA: :33 < *narrowly avoids a wave to set terezi down at a prime neck slashing spot* now! KANKRI: *THE POOOWWERRRR* DAVE: *i can feel the fourth dimension* TEREZI: *Probably because we were drowning in sadness like we're now drowning in the shower* TAVROS: *feels the cosmos* TEREZI: *Neck slashes!!!* [Dying sea pig noises.] TEREZI: *4lso there is much stabbings* NEPETA: :33 < *oh yeah let me join you there friend CLAWS* DAMARA: *takes a nice ringside seat with other-damara yeah* DAVE: *now that the ladies have got it, he pulls up and wipes his face off and then looks around* VRISKA: *starts stabbing instead of slashing now. can her puny little sword even get through its skull oh well she don't care and keeps stabbing it* TEREZI: *Ventures to use her mind powers; what does she 'see'/8 TEREZI: * DAVE: *very very suspicious of how easy this was* DAVE: is this gonna be one of those things where the real monster is hiding under the first monster [Eventually, the pig falls to the ground, crushing a building that wasn't washed away with the rest of the town, that you can all see has now been flooded.] DAMARA: *metal* [Terezi sees that someone among them is keeping a secret.] TEREZI: *...* VRISKA: *stays where she is in the air, panting and wiping off the water/blood?? from her face, and just stares at the corpse* NEPETA: :33 < *retracts them claws to catch terezi, staying floating above the carnage* is NEPETA: :33 < is it ofur? [Damara's handler tilts her head up into the rain, and it stops.] TEREZI: *blinks* 1 TH1NK 1T 1S! TH4T W4S 34SY 1N COMP4R1SON TO TH3 D3N1Z3NS OF TH3 G4M3, R1GHT? DAVE: hell yeah DAVE: everyone ok NEPETA: :33 < relatively! VRISKA: ........Yeah. TEREZI: W3R3 F1N3 OV3R H3R3! TEREZI: *Preoccupied over the secrets. Secrets? What secrets?* DAMARA: *gives another "now what?" look to her handler* ROXY: wut ROXY: rly? NEPETA: :33 < *lowers them both down to a dry patch* can you smell yet? HANDMAID?: それが行われます。ビースト死者。持ち上げ呪う。 HANDMAID?: 私は自由だ。 HANDMAID?: [She looks Damara in the eye.] HANDMAID?: そして、あなたはあまりにも、である。 TEREZI: *Oh thank Signless it's solid ground. Sniffity sniff sniffs* Y34H NOW YOU SM3LL L1K3 K1W1 1NST34D OF SOGGY SP1N4CH [Solid sloshy ground. The place is destroyed, and sodden.] ROXY: *floats down, too* NEPETA: :33 < *half-heartedly shoves* h33h33, good! i think? [You are probably ankle deep in water at the very least.] KANKRI: *is probably landed now too* TAVROS: *yes. he landed with kankri in his arms* ,,, *quickly sets him down* DAVE: *joins friends* TEREZI: NO YOUR3 R1GHT >:] 1TS V3RY GOOD H3H3 VRISKA: *floats down to stand in the water, still staring silently at the thing, holding her sword at her side* NEPETA: :33 < *her smile fades away again quickly as she looks around* DAMARA: *looks her dead in the eye as well* 我々は両方まだハンバーガーを得ることができますか？ TEREZI: *Steps forward through the sludge, attempting to do a headcount* *Roll call!* KANKRI: *heah* DAVE: *looking around for the hooded lady* ROXY: place got trashed :( NEPETA: :33 < i hope efurryone got away in time HANDMAID?: 別の生活の中で。多分。 [She faces her completely, and reaches into her robes for a pair of sharp needles.] HANDMAID?: あなたが好意を与えることはありません。 HANDMAID?: しかし、私は1つを必要とする。 [The hooded lady is nowhere to be seen.] DAMARA: *cocks her head to the side* HANDMAID?: 私たちの両方を解放する。 DAVE: raise your hand if you think a door out of here has magically appeared as a result of this victory VRISKA: *oh well that gets her attention. finally joins the land of the living again* Do you think it works like that? NEPETA: :33 < *tugs on terezi's sl33ves and points megido-ward* ROXY: we can only hope DAMARA: 何をしなければならない？ ROXY: *is there something anime happening* TEREZI: >:? TEREZI: *looks Megidowards* HANDMAID?: [Reaches to tuck the needles into Damara's hands.] HANDMAID?: 私は今、死ぬことができます。 ROXY: uhh ROXY: whats happenin KANKRI: That looks like drugs. DAVE: its not drugs wtf KANKRI: It 6etter n9t 6e drugs 9n my watch. DAVE: ok maybe it is but thats none of your business TEREZI: K4NKR1 TH3YR3 N33DL3 W4NDS OBV1OUSLY DAMARA: *she squints slightly, looking down at the needles* この決定は最終的なもの？ HANDMAID?: 私は長い間待っていた。 ROXY: *slow blink* ROXY: i dont get it DAVE: me neither TEREZI: *Wonders what the heck they're saying* [You'll get the gist soon enough.] DAMARA: *she looks down at the needles for a bit longer, sucking in a breath before effortlessly twirling them and plunging them right into her elder selfs chest. right to the heart* VRISKA: *ho hum, just still standing aroun-oH MY GOD* DAVE: what DAVE: *stares* TAVROS: }:O ROXY: HOLY-- TEREZI: D4M4R4! KANKRI: !!!! VRISKA: *but yeah, she's not really phased and just stands there watching with a blank face* [The Handmaid contains a short noise, her eyes having slipped closed in waiting, and there is barely a smile on her mouth as she sways and slumps against the visage of herself that now has a chance. The second that she dies, all feeling will fade away, for all of you.] ROXY: *she can't even bring herself to understand what just happened before she can't think at all* NEPETA: :33 < *had jumped at the sudden action, but then there is nothing* VRISKA: Wha-*oh god she's swaying and she can't feel her legs or her anything, and she's trying not to fall over but...**sploosh, right in the water* TEREZI: *had brought her hands to the face, but now there's nothing there that had fueled it.* TAVROS: *timberrrr* DAMARA: *she reflexively catches the ancestor, stumbling heavily as all feeling drains away. its not an unfamiliar feeling for her, but the weight on top of her certainly doesnt make it easy to manage* ROXY: *welp*

#in which there is a warthog-summoning ritual and Terezi becomes temporarily blind again #in which wtf happened at the end damn #almosteveryonelog #terraMiseria #erhmegerd-sberb

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Terezi: Be sad somewhere else.

[When you awaken, the first thing you hear is that the rain has stopped. You are unsure of how long you slept, but even as it takes you a prolonged moment to bring yourself to rise, you can sense that no one around you is awake. What will you do?]

TEREZI: *Still down in the dumps but not feeling like she want to drop from the sky any time soon, Terezi puts it on herself to do a little investigating on her own at ground level. With her feet on the ground. Did 1 mention ground? Sneaking by, she quietly opens the door and goes outside.*

[The town is quieter than it has been. It appears to be closer to nighttime, and there are only a few forms out and about. There are single-bulb lamps above some buildings, though the signs are still unreadable. The village itself seems more alluring than the stone steps to the inlet.]

TEREZI: *3ven though the water was one of the first things she wanted to look at closer, she is somehow drawn towards the town, trying to shake off an uncomfortable feeling the street lamps emanated. She'll check out the bay later.*

[In the town, there are three lit buildings. The windows are dark, however, and there aren't many signs of activity.]

TEREZI: *Goes right up to one of those windows and carefully brings her face closer to the glass, attempting to get a good whiff of whatever is inside.*

TEREZI: *No Tact Terezi*

[It is a tavern. There is no one inside but the tender, cleaning the bar with a rag.]

TEREZI: *Welp, best start off somewhere. She tries the doorknob/handle?*

[It's a doorknob. It's unlocked.]

TEREZI: *Tentatively enters the bar.*

[The lights are dim here. There is a jukebox on the far wall, a slow song playing as though someone had simply let it go despite leaving. There are stools at the bar, and some tables scattered. It's a small place all together, and clearly empty. The bartender notices you, and looks up.]

TEREZI: *4lthough this is an interrogation, politeness is key. 1n this situation anyway. Raising her hand in a wave, Terezi allows herself to half-smile in greeting.* HOW 4R3 YOU TON1GHT?

[The bartender answers in a low and casual tone, fleeting, though you cannot quite understand his words clearly. He leans on the bar, unaware of this rift.]

TEREZI: *Nodding even though she didn't understand that, she assumed it to be the equivalent of 'nothing much.'* UH... *4pproaching closer to the actual bar, Terezi took a seat on the stool and pondered the selections lined up along the wall.* WH4T DO YOU SUGG3ST?

[The bartender leans back to look himself, but doesn't take long, as he appears to know exactly what to give you. A bottle makes contact with the bar, and is slid towards you. Something in you can tell he's giving you a languid, expectant smile.]

TEREZI: *Catching the bottle and smiling in turn, Terezi wipes some of the condensation away in a small symbol of her sign before rubbing it away entirely with her thumb.* MY FR13NDS 4ND 1 GR34TLY 4PPR3C14T3 TH3 HOSP1T4L1TY YOUR TOWN H4S SHOWN, BUT W3V3 4LSO B33N WOND3R1NG...

TEREZI: WH3R3 4R3 W3 3X4CTLY?

[Finally, the bartender's words are decipherable, though what you hear seems to be different than what he'd said. He says the word "Miseria," and you're sure of it, but a whisper leaned around that word's shoulders. "We're in misery, pretty sister."]

TEREZI: *Blinking, unsure of what she heard, she searched her pan for a loophole question that could cover either, finally settling on,* WHY?

[He appears to be waiting for you to take a sip of your drink.]

BARTENDER: It's where people like us oughta get to being, is why.

TEREZI: *Takes a sip of that drink and discovers it tastes....???*

[You have tasted this before. Too many times, you have tasted this before, and the whisper behind his voice becomes more familiar as it drawls, "People like /you./"]

[His real voice, however, is simplistic as it repeats more murmured confusion.]

TEREZI: *4 veritable chill slammed into her upper back as memories from the Meteor came rushing through her head, not to mention that hearing a full sentence from him stunned her to silence. There was something really strange about the way he spoke. No, not strange. /Familiar/. Swallowing the beverage with more caution this time, Terezi found the strength to speak again.* WH4T DO YOU M34N BY TH4T? *Her tone is casual and light.* "P3OPL3 L1K3..../US/"?

[His words are still garbled. The jukebox is still playing, a slow and continuous tune like the chimes of a carousel's ambience. The voice is disembodied when it comes again, as it had been, and it sounds closer now. The bartender has leaned closer to your face, and he smells more familiar than he has all this time.]

BARTENDER: 'Cuz we all got to being what deserves it.

TEREZI: *3ven though a very large part of her wants to turn tail and run without ever looking back, a much louder part of her urged her to stay and finish this. Taking a swig this time in hopes to encourage him to give her more of an answer, she downed half of it before setting it back down on her counter. Oh man. Probably a mistake. Her head was spinning. She slid her hand across the counter closer to his.* 4ND WH4T W4S OUR SUPPOS3D TR4NSGR3SS1ON?

BARTENDER: You really gotta get to asking me all that? Haha. [The whisper is becoming more prominent over the murmurs. The familiarity that you sensed is becoming more solid. The hand that briefly brushes it's fingers over yours feel cold, and all the same, like they have touched you before. You can almost feel his breath.] You know what you done, we all got our knowing. Can't hide it, can't forget. Slates don't clean that easy. You know what you all motherfuckin' done.

TEREZI: *Now it's apparent and she's afraid. 3verything she ever regretted surfaced in her memory and her legs screamed at her to run Run RUN!! She had to check one more thing. Just one more and she would be out of there so fast, Dirk Strider would be impressed. Heart pounding in her chest, she said,*

TEREZI: ....G4MZ33?

[For a moment, there is silence, though you can hear that slow, easy breath and you can hear a smile splitting the face of this person in front of you, inches away from you, who says he knows you. And then, the whisper is gone, the bartender's voice returned to him with a finally audible and distinctly unfamiliar, "Who?" He is safely distanced again. The jukebox plays the same song.]

TEREZI: *That tipped the scale of her balanced mind. She can't take it anymore. Shaking her head, she replied,* NO ON3, MY M1ST4K3 *Wishing him a good night, she briskly walked to the door and once she was outside, she didn't stop running. 3ven when she arrived at the houses, her feet continued to pound into the stone until she smelt brine and water lapped at her feet. There was a moderate weight in her hand and she realized she had taken the bottle with her.*

[The inlet is calm. The air is cool, and the only motion in the water is from your footsteps. The ripple doesn't last long, and stillness settles once you stop moving. There is a heaviness in that cool air. You are alone.]

TEREZI: *4lone? Yes, she was alone. The urge to cry is dominant again, and she bit hard on her lower lip to prevent herself from doing so. Shoving down the pain in her heart of which the source was unknown, Terezi gave the bottle of Faygo a dark glare and raised her arm to throw it out to sea.*

[The water swallows the bottle with a sound hardly louder than blood dripping to the floor. A breeze wraps around you before even that is gone and there is silence.]

TEREZI: *Suddenly had an idea.* SH1T *Runs out into the water to retrieve the bottle*

[The bottle had stayed afloat, though it was open, and would tip.]

TEREZI: *Grabs that mofo and upends that swill until not a drop is left. Holding the bottle under arm, she pulls out her phone and scrolls through her list of contacts to the one she wants to speak to the most.*

[Your phone is functional. Your friends are online.]

— geloscopicCarnifex [GC] began trolling twofoldAffliction [TA] —

GC: SOLLUX? 4R3 YOU 4LL R1GHT?

GC: 4 F3W OF US 4R3....STUCK

GC: W3 DONT S33M TO B3 ON 34RTH OR 4LT3RNUS 4ND 1 TH1NK W3 4R3 1N TROUBL3

[Sollux is idle at first.]

-- twofoldAffliction [TA] is now an idle chum! --

GC: D4MM1T

GC: PL34S3

GC: 1 N33D YOU

[He remains idle.]

GC: SOLLUX 1M SORRY 1 LOST MYS3LF 4G41N

GC: PL34S3 4NSW3R >:[

[There will be no answer from Sollux Captor.]

— geloscopicCarnifex [GC] gave up trolling twofoldAffliction [TA] —

TEREZI: *1nhaling sharply through her nose, Terezi told herself to calm down. Sollux was probably busy...with his own thing...doing...whatever. Hopefully safe. Picks person #2.*

— geloscopicCarnifex [GC] began trolling carnivorousGravitation [CG] —

GC: OH F34RL3SS L34D3R

GC: K4RKL3S 4R3 YOU TH3R3?

[Karkat answers.]

CG: OH, FUCK. TEREZI.

GC: K4RK4T!!!

GC: WH3R3 4R3 YOU?

GC: 4R3 YOU OK4Y?

CG: THOSE ARE BOTH TREMENDOUSLY STUPID QUESTIONS COMING FROM YOU RIGHT NOW CONSIDERING YOU SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO BOTH OF THEM.

CG: FUCK, WHAT AM I SAYING.

CG: I SHOULD BE ASKING YOU THE SAME THING.

GC: >:[ 1 DONT L1K3 TH3 SOUND OF TH4T

GC: 4ND 1M F1N3 SORT OF

GC: NOTH1NG /T3RR1BL3/ H4S H4PP3N3D 1 GU3SS

GC: OH! N3P3T4'S H3R3 TOO! SH3S 4LSO F1N3

TEREZI: *remembers yesterday*

GC: MOR3 OR L3SS

CG: WOW, THAT'S STRIKINGLY POLAR TO WHAT I WAS EXPECTING YOU TO SAY AND FOCUS ON.

CG: IF YOU RAN OFF OR SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU WERE SOME INSANE LEVEL OF DISTRAUGHT AND ABOUT TO GO ON A ROARING RAMPAGE OF DEATH, DESTRUCTION AND SOME OTHER D WORD THAT LEADS TO THINGS NO LONGER EXISTING, THEN I MIGHT UNDERSTAND, BUT WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT THE HELL KIND OF A MOIRAIL ARE YOU?

CG: I THOUGHT *I* WAS SHITTY.

GC: ....3XCUS3 M3???

GC: WH4T 4R3 YOU T4LK1NG 4BOUT?

CG: HOLY SHIT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

CG: OH GOD.

CG: FUCK, I'M AN EVEN WORSE FRIEND.

GC: 4LL 1S FORG1V3N

GC: JUST T3LL M3 WH4T H4PP3N3D B3C4US3 1 DONT L1K3 TH3 SM3LL OF WH3R3 TH1S 1S GO1NG

CG: GOD FUCKING DAMMIT, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU WHAT JUST HAPPENED? THIS ISN'T MY JOB. THIS WOULD BE HIS JOB.

CG: BUT OBVIOUSLY HE CAN'T DO HIS FUCKING JOB BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T DOING YOURS.

CG: FUCK, I CAN'T.

GC: WH4T 1S THAT SUPPOS3D TO M34N?

GC: K4RK4T

GC: C4LM DOWN 4ND L1ST3N TO M3

GC: 1F YOU'R3 TH1NK1NG 4BOUT S1GN1NG OFF, DONT

GC: NOW T3LL M3 WH4TS GO1NG ON

CG: YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE KEEPING HIM IN FUCKING LINE!

CG: YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP HIM FROM

CG: I THOUGHT YOU KNEW. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE FOUND OUT ABOUT WHAT HE DID BEFORE YOU, RIGHT?

CG: THE FACT THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE AND KIND OF DON'T SEEM TO GIVE A SINGLE SHITROASTED FUCK THAT SOLLUX JUST WENT AND

CG: FUCK.

CG: GOD DAMMIT, TEREZI, I'M SORRY.

— carnivorousGravitation [CG] gave up trolling geloscopicCarnifex [GC] —

[Karkat disconnects.]

— geloscopicCarnifex [GC] began trolling carnivorousGravitation [CG] —

GC: K4RK4T DONT YOU D4R3!!

GC: WH4T D1D SOLLUX DO?!

[He doesn't answer again.]

GC: K4RK4T 1 SW34R TO GOG 1F YOU DONT 4NSW3R M3 1LL PULL YOUR CH3RRY 3Y3S OUT!

GC: K4RK4T!!!!

[It appears his fate is sealed.]

— geloscopicCarnifex [GC] gave up trolling carnivorousGravitation [CG] —

TEREZI: *Her head is spinning and not because of the Faygo. What did Sollux do what did Sollux do what did he do why did Karkat say she was supposed to keep him in line what did Sollux do? Back to her phone again, she typed a new message. 4 raindrop hit the screen of phone and she wiped it away with the heel of her hand. 1t stained her palm teal.*

— geloscopicCarnifex [GC] began trolling gaffeledCadillac [GC] —

GC: L4TZ 4R3 YOU TH3R3?

GC: D4NS1ST3R?

[Latula is offline.]

GC: W3LL WH3N YOU D3C1D3 NOT TO B3 OFFL1N3 4NYMOR3 PL34S3 TROLL M3 4S SOON 4S POSS1BL3

GC: 1T 1S OF D1R3 1MPORT4NC3

[Who knows how long that will take.]

— geloscopicCarnifex [GC] gave up trolling gaffeledCadillac [GC] —

TEREZI: *Tucking her phone away rather reluctantly, she pulled out a red pen (doesn't have other colors) and paper and scrawls out a hastily written note explaining where she was, who was with her, and that there was something off she couldn't quite pinpoint. Stuffing it into the bottle, she capped it, waded out a bit further until the water was up to her waist, and threw it as hard as she could.*

[The water is still enough that it will not go very far. Eventually, something will make it sink. For now, it simply bobs in the water.]

TEREZI: *Holding back a torrent, she muttered over and over again, one for the bartender, one for Karkat's message, one for the bartender, one for Karkat's message--* 1M OK4Y 1M OK4Y 1M OK4Y 1M OK4Y-- *The bottle's fate represented Terezi's dwindling spirit, but for now she hoped it would reach some far shore and someone would find her and help her. In Miseria she was free to do what she wished, but in reality her freedom sat behind tender and consoling bars. Terezi turned her back to the sea and made her way back hom-- NO. She knew where home was, and it wasn't here.* 1M OK4Y 1M OK4Y 1M OK4Y 1M OK4Y 1M OK4Y 1M OK4Y 1M--

[The wind wraps around you again, and it's cold now that you've stood in the water. The cottage door will be open as you left it. No one will have woken in the night. You have had this time all to yourself.]

TEREZI: *4ll to herself, and all alone.*

#in which Terezi explores alone #terraMiseria #erhmegerd-sberb

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