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underwhelms) wrote2017-07-02 12:05 pm
underwhelms) wrote2017-07-02 12:05 pm
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✨👑KING JJ👑✨
✨👑KING JJ👑✨
since none of us are ever going to top level; after the descent
strictdiscipline
2017-07-16 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nothing like traumatic VR experiences to bring people closer together! They aren't exactly friends per se, but JJ's left enough of an impression on her that she thinks to contact him once most of the chaos has blown over for the night. ]
How are you? Did you manage to get a tent set up?
How are you? Did you manage to get a tent set up?
riza?
oh god riza
[ Get ready for a retelling of the entire event, Riza. ]
i just woke up in that pod and
i had not idea what was going to happen
i just started praying
AND THEN THERE WAS A FIRE
but nothing exploded
i don't even know how to explain to you
but there are so many people here that look normal
but aren't normal
which is great
but i am normal
i mean i'm not normal but in terms of superpowers yknow
and it's so hard because it's like the vr room
but the simulation never ends
im just so tired
like more tired than i've ever been after practice
riza
yeah i got a tent set up
haha i went camping so often as a kid
but this place has nothing on algonquin
you don't think there are actually monsters here do you?
oh god riza
[ Get ready for a retelling of the entire event, Riza. ]
i just woke up in that pod and
i had not idea what was going to happen
i just started praying
AND THEN THERE WAS A FIRE
but nothing exploded
i don't even know how to explain to you
but there are so many people here that look normal
but aren't normal
which is great
but i am normal
i mean i'm not normal but in terms of superpowers yknow
and it's so hard because it's like the vr room
but the simulation never ends
im just so tired
like more tired than i've ever been after practice
riza
yeah i got a tent set up
haha i went camping so often as a kid
but this place has nothing on algonquin
you don't think there are actually monsters here do you?
[ has he forgotten that she went through the same experience....probably. honestly she only gives the whole (very long....) message a cursory skim, largely because if he can type out all that in such quick succession, then he's probably fine.
she does, however, feel bad that he's being forced to go through all of this. ]
It's best to prepared if there are.
[ if he wasn't hoping for solid reassurance, then she's the wrong person to ask it from. ]
But it sounds as though you're handling yourself well so far. It must be a lot to take in. Have you found people to camp with?
she does, however, feel bad that he's being forced to go through all of this. ]
It's best to prepared if there are.
[ if he wasn't hoping for solid reassurance, then she's the wrong person to ask it from. ]
But it sounds as though you're handling yourself well so far. It must be a lot to take in. Have you found people to camp with?
[ Riza, if he can't count on you to lie to him then what are we even doing here. ]
be prepared??
i don't have any weapons
am i just supposed to hide behind other people???
i mean
i don't know if anyone here can fight any better than me
they're mostly skinnier than i am
be prepared??
i don't have any weapons
am i just supposed to hide behind other people???
i mean
i don't know if anyone here can fight any better than me
they're mostly skinnier than i am
except the robot
there's a robot
[ He still hasn't gotten around to asking her how she's doing though. What a stand up guy. ]
there's a robot
[ He still hasn't gotten around to asking her how she's doing though. What a stand up guy. ]
We can find you weapons, if you want to learn how to use them.
[ Normally she'd prefer to refrain from placing regular citizens into the line of fire and sticking sharp pointy things in their hands, but this is hardly a normal situation.
That said—]
A robot? Like a moving machine?
[ Normally she'd prefer to refrain from placing regular citizens into the line of fire and sticking sharp pointy things in their hands, but this is hardly a normal situation.
That said—]
A robot? Like a moving machine?
[ He hesitates when he hears that. On one hand, running around with a gun sounds really cool, but on the other...
A gun? The idea leaves a bad taste in his mouth. He's not police or military, those kinds of weapons have no place in his life. ]
yeah
a walking talking machine
with a giant flashlight head
its pretty polite
i'm not sure if it's a person or a weapon though
A gun? The idea leaves a bad taste in his mouth. He's not police or military, those kinds of weapons have no place in his life. ]
yeah
a walking talking machine
with a giant flashlight head
its pretty polite
i'm not sure if it's a person or a weapon though
[ His lack of answer's noted but not questioned. Perhaps he got distracted, perhaps he just didn't care. Either way, if it's something he's truly interested in, he'll bring it up later. ]
Can it not be both?
[ Which seems almost cruel, in a way, but she considers herself both. ]
Can it not be both?
[ Which seems almost cruel, in a way, but she considers herself both. ]
[ CALLS HIM AGAIN IN THE MORNING
okay this time her butt doesn't hang up. there's lots of rustling noises........
...
..
. ]
My dear brother... how I wish you were here with me now. You would certainly marvel at the sight of me—why, I have just washed my hair in a river! A perfectly common river. How very rustic, no?
[ ... ]
This is certainly much more onerous without someone to comb my hair.
okay this time her butt doesn't hang up. there's lots of rustling noises........
...
..
. ]
My dear brother... how I wish you were here with me now. You would certainly marvel at the sight of me—why, I have just washed my hair in a river! A perfectly common river. How very rustic, no?
[ ... ]
This is certainly much more onerous without someone to comb my hair.
[ ??? ]
i mean i don't know
if it's an actual object or a person
not like how my smile is a weapon because it's so cute
i mean i don't know
if it's an actual object or a person
not like how my smile is a weapon because it's so cute
[ JJ has a nightmare.
He has a nightmare that he's being stalked. That after everything, his family being asleep, the rocky descent, and lack of food and commercial comforts, he ends up with a stalker that creeps over him, startling him awake at night, breathing in his ear and muttering gibberish, a lazy drawl echoing in his ear in the dark.
By the time morning comes, JJ's on the verge of tears, wishing only for freedom from this sorry existence as he lays curled up in his tent, so so tired when the voice filters in again.
He doesn't even know what's going on, so he makes a pathetic offering in the hopes of finding peace: ]
Mud masks are supposed to be as good for your hair as they are for your face.
He has a nightmare that he's being stalked. That after everything, his family being asleep, the rocky descent, and lack of food and commercial comforts, he ends up with a stalker that creeps over him, startling him awake at night, breathing in his ear and muttering gibberish, a lazy drawl echoing in his ear in the dark.
By the time morning comes, JJ's on the verge of tears, wishing only for freedom from this sorry existence as he lays curled up in his tent, so so tired when the voice filters in again.
He doesn't even know what's going on, so he makes a pathetic offering in the hopes of finding peace: ]
Mud masks are supposed to be as good for your hair as they are for your face.
[ jfc she's just not gonna comment on that ]
Do you think there's a person inside the robot? Is that why you're unsure?
Do you think there's a person inside the robot? Is that why you're unsure?
yeah you ever seen iron man?
kinda like is this jarvis
is this robot gonna kill us all because robots are superior to humans
you know
instead of aliens
kinda like is this jarvis
is this robot gonna kill us all because robots are superior to humans
you know
instead of aliens
I've never heard of this "iron man". Is that what he does, destroy humans because he considers them inferior?
[ sounds real concerning, tbqh ]
[ sounds real concerning, tbqh ]
well no iron man is human but the iron part is a robot
[ He doesn't actually remember the movies too well. ]
anyway computers take over the world
because humans... hm
they don't know what's good for them?
[ He doesn't actually remember the movies too well. ]
anyway computers take over the world
because humans... hm
they don't know what's good for them?
My word!
[ The voice startles her enough that she nearly jumps out of her skin. She looks around, expecting to find someone lurking nearby—but she doesn't see anything. That's... odd. Very cautiously, she asks: ]
To whom am I speaking? I would ask that you show yourself.
[ The voice startles her enough that she nearly jumps out of her skin. She looks around, expecting to find someone lurking nearby—but she doesn't see anything. That's... odd. Very cautiously, she asks: ]
To whom am I speaking? I would ask that you show yourself.
[ Lying foggy-headed and exhausted in his tent, JJ has no idea what's going on outside, and moreover, he doesn't care.
He wants to ignore the life threatening journey they're on for two seconds. ]
I guess you wouldn't be able to handle the sight of me.
[ Stifling a yawn, he smiles a little as he goes on, ] Do you want to hear a song?
He wants to ignore the life threatening journey they're on for two seconds. ]
I guess you wouldn't be able to handle the sight of me.
[ Stifling a yawn, he smiles a little as he goes on, ] Do you want to hear a song?
[ Wait a minute... is that... her butt that's speaking? She slowly reaches back and digs around in her pocket, eventually coming up with the little communication slab. (You mean a phone, Clair...) It's talking. Actually, it says that someone named °˖✧♔KING JJ♔✧˖° is talking, apparently?
(A real king?!)
His majesty is asking if she wants to hear a song.
(This feels more like the behavior of a court jester.
Still, she doesn't want to take any risks by refusing a possible king.) ]
V... Very well. I will hear your song, King JJ.
(A real king?!)
His majesty is asking if she wants to hear a song.
(This feels more like the behavior of a court jester.
Still, she doesn't want to take any risks by refusing a possible king.) ]
V... Very well. I will hear your song, King JJ.
I bet you will. [ He acknowledges her answer with a nod, eyes closing and sighing to himself. ] But this isn't the time or place. My songs have to be shared in a lot more intimate way.
[ There's a pause after that, and then: ]
Are you stalking me?
[ There's a pause after that, and then: ]
Are you stalking me?
That's what makes us human.
[ for better or for worse ]
But I like to think we try our best all the same, even if it doesn't always end in the best results.
[ for better or for worse ]
But I like to think we try our best all the same, even if it doesn't always end in the best results.
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