(Someone is patrolling Hatchetfield. A PEIP agent, it looks like.)
@neon-novas
[Tinky goes for a human form. He tries to make himself seem like a normal, everyday citizen, sitting at a cafe and playing with a 'rubix cube']
@neon-novas
(They briefly look towards him, then do a double take.)
[A, shoot, have they seen through his diguise? He tries to look normal as possible]
(John told them what the Lords in Black typically look like. But this could just be . . . a guy.)
um, hello?
Hey. Can I help you?
i’m sorry, you just seem. familiar.
Do I now?
mhm. um, sorry to bother you, sir.
It's fine, really. What's your name?
um...
(You shouldn’t be telling him this. Oh God. Quick, think of a fake name.)
no...va?
(Fuck.)
I'm Tnoy. I mean, uh, Tony.
[Damn it damn it damn it]
...ok. hi, tony.
So, No-Va, you're...a PEIP agent?
peip? what’s that? i-i’ve never heard of that. not a peep.
Neither have i. Forget I said anything.
[Tinky faceplams at himself]
haha, yeahhh...
(Fuck, they’re so bad at this. John’s gonna be so mad. . . . No, not mad. Disappointed. Which everyone knows is worse.)
What...what is your actual job, by the way? Which is totally not Secret Agent of Special Unit Paranormal, Extraterrestrial, Interdimensional Phenomena.
[Tinky groans at himself again.]
i work with...the...um....i’m a cosplayer?
(Is that even an actual job? They don’t know.)
Oh, cool.
mhm. so, um, what’s with...the cube?
(The cube is all different shades of yellow and he accidentally called himself T’noy. This is so obviously T’noy Karaxis. What do they do.)
It's, um, it's a very special Rubix's cube.
special...how so?
It's all yellow.
is...is that, um, all?
Yes.
[There's no one in there anymore, so technically not a lie. Okay it's still very much a lie but still]
nothing’s ever been...in there?
Nope. None. I mean nothing. How would something even get into a Rubix's cube
i...i’ve heard stories. from reputable sources.
About what.
people getting trapped in boxes that look like yellow rubix cubes.
Who did you hear that from? The Homeless man?
no. someone else.
i, um, can’t say.
Right, yeah.
nice...nice meeting you.
You too.
[He prays Peip won't show up later to take him away]
(They practically sprint away, tearing up. They fucked up so unbelievably bad-)