Hello, My name is Martha and We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s warranty! … Aw Father they hung up again! This game is silly, can we play the one where I tell them they won something again?
Mugen hangs up the rotary phone and rocks back and forth where she’s sitting.
(( @well-actually-youre-wrong ))
Sure kiddo~ you do like giving good news don’t you? You’re very good at cold calling Mugen! No phone anxiety at all! You’re so brave! I couldn’t be prouder!~<3
Scam ruffles Mugen’s hair a bit.
(( @pretty-likely ))
Scam frowns instantly.
Oh no, I’m having bonding time with my kid right now-
(( @pretty-likely !!!))
Stop that~!
Pretty appears directly behind Scam, hand in hand in hand in hand with Mark.
Hello again Cousin!
(( @dilf-dennis ))
Mark looks up at Scam, frowning. He knows that Scam doesn't want to see her right now, but -
But -
Mark's gaze lands on Mugen. Well's kid.
"What is he doing here?" He demands, glaring at Scam. "She doesn't have anything to do with you."
(( @mugen-actually ))
Mugen scrambles to her feet to greet the family members he’d never seen before, happily skipping to close the distance between her and Mark.
Hello! I am Mugen! We talked before! You are my Aunt-Uncle! And I don’t know you arm and leg person!
She tries to hug Mark first.
You brought Mark?
Scam sighs.
Little Mugen has everything to do with me! You see, I’ve been there for Mugen all along~ when not one of the rest of you were! What? Was I supposed to leave the poor child alone with Jodie or one of her other neglectful Fathers? No, See, despite what you think, I don’t abandon those I care about! Why are you here? Pretty can’t delete me so you’re out of luck~
Pretty points between Mark and Scam.
Are you two fighting? Ohh this will be interesting!
(( @dilf-dennis ))
Mark finds himself paralyzed by the small blue creature that wraps happy little arms around him. It's all she can do not to immediately kick Mugen off of him. She's normally pretty chill with children, so why does the sight of Mugen make his skin crawl?
"It's... nice to meet you... Mugen..." Mark answers through gritted teeth and forced smiles before carefully peeling him off and handing her to Pretty.
Turning back to Scam, Mark folds her arms. "I have to keep an eye on you. Every time I turn around, you're doing another stupid thing."
(( @mugen-actually ))
Mugen keeps reaching for Mark even as Pretty grabs hold of him and hugs him. It takes a second before she shifts and returns the hug.
Father is not stupid he is really really smart! And he always helps me- wait, Father is that still a secret??
Scam frowns at Mark’s narration but says nothing. He smiles at Mugen.
No, my little Blueberry, you can tell whoever you want now! Cat’s out of the bag as they say!~
And really Mark, What stupid thing am I doing? Have you made up with your ’best friend’ yet?~ Or are you going to just let that relationship die hmm? Just go home, My Jodie actually wants to meet to talk, and then I’m spending more time with Mugen until Minutes comes back or one of his little friends pulls a good enough scam to come have a play date with the kid~
Pretty cuddles Mugen happily, Arms closing around the kid as he’s passed to her with the same looking reflex as a Venus Fly Trap closing around prey.
What a cute new cousin! I didn’t know you had another kid Scam! This one is different than the other one right? The other one wasn’t blue right?? Congratulations!
(( @dilf-dennis ))
"...she doesn't want to talk to me," Mark says, looking away from Scam uncomfortably. He knows that Scam can read her narration right now, and it frustrates him that she can't read it too.
The mention of Revenge Jodie is startling. Did xe really ask to meet with Scam? He'd never seemed interested in talking to Scam during the conversations xe and Mark shared, but maybe it was something that had just been in the back of Jodie's mind this whole time.
"Looks like the stupid thing you're doing right now is surrounding yourself with danger," Mark grumbles, looking away unhappily. "I'm not worried about you. Whatever happens to you happens to Well."
@mugen-actually
Father isn’t in danger and even if he was I’m really strong thanks to him so I will protect him! He’s gonna marry Grumpy father , so he won’t be in danger meeting him either!
Mugen manages to pry his way out of Pretty’s hug to hug Mark again.
You seem sad! I’ll cheer you up!
‘Never seemed interested’? I’ll have you know he knows about our destroyed future and that I’m trying to repair it and xe said he misses me! So if you think you’re going to squeeze your way in and I’ll just hand him over like I did with Zhao you’re VERY WRONG! You aren’t taking Minutes away from me either, not even if you manage to fix that friendship! And if Minutes won’t talk to you that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t leave a lengthy apology message!
He points at Mark and frowns.
Pretty seems genuinely surprised that Mugen is able to pry it’s arms off.
Uh… wow little guy is strong!
(( @dilf-dennis ))
Mark flinches at Mugen's touch, just barely passing her Wisdom Save.
"I... yeah." He struggles over what to do with the small blue child on his leg, but decides that ignoring it might be the easiest thing to do right now.
"Look, I don't want him, or Zhao Dae for that matter. And-" Mark pauses, because Scam had a literal point. She could just send Psi an apology, even if he didn't think she'd be forgiven. "Don't talk to me about Kel. I know them better than you." He swats Scam's pointing finger down and maintains a stubborn demeanor. "I'm going now. Take your... kid."
@mugen-actually
Mugen starts trying to climb up onto Marks shoulders, deciding that being taller just like her aunt-uncle would make cheering up her new favorite person way easier.
How many arms do you have? Can you tell me? You have so many mouths can they say different things at the same time? Can you talk to me with one and Father with another at once? How many days old are you? You are so very cool! Can I be like you when I get older? I want to be able to talk to so many people at once!
He grabs one of Mark’s arms and tries to heft himself up further.
(( @well-actually-youre-wrong ))
Oh I’ll talk about them as much as I want actually~! And sure maybe you know more right now but that’s subject to change Mark, especially since I’m dating Minutes. There will be a point in the near future where I’ll know more and if you can’t handle that then maybe it’s time you look at yourself hmm~? Someone’s jealous their friend has someone else in their life I think! And Good! Even if you did want Jodie It wouldn’t be without a fight!
He frowns
And you Pretty, how many times did you delete someone on Kelsey?! I thought your games were one and done?
Mugen get off her, I’m going to go visit Jodie so I have to find you a babysitter, you made such a mess when you were on your own last night after I was so sure you’d gone to sleep~ I’m so proud but really, I’d rather not rebuild a whole portion of the realm so, come here kiddo~!
Usually they are one and done but imagine my surprise when I hopped back in to give my toy a little haunting reminder and there was the person back again! Gosh following her around and just giving a little quick -boop- right out of existence every once in a while was just so entertaining and oh gosh the fear was just so exciting! I’ve seen what it does to normal people but imagine it on that level! But then he got all boring and stopped looking for the Sonnet and I got bored and thought…. What if I changed the game just a bittttttt you know? Just a teeny bit and maybe sometimes some other people they got close to just bopped away too? Like how fucked up would that make someone right? And I mean have you seen them? Hilarious!
Pretty laughs loudly, fingers fluttering
(( @dilf-dennis ))
Mark winces as Mugen starts to use him as a jungle gym, restraining herself from up and hurling the child off. The rapidfire slew of questioning almost seems to collide with the serious conversation he's trying to have with her brother, and without the ability to use the narration as a source of closed captions, Mark starts to struggle to process the words being spoken. He blanks at Scam for a moment, then scowls.
"I'm not jealous," she tries to interrupt. "If I was then I'd have- I'm sorry. I don't think I heard that right. A fight? A fight. When's the last time you were in a fight, Scam? Don't make me laugh."
Mark would have more to say, but Pretty starts recounting its game with Kelsey in more detail. Mark stares at his cousin, realizing there was more to what happened than she had known about previously.
His arms go limp and her shoulders droop, erasing any foothold Mugen had.
"...that really would fuck someone up," he mumbles, starting to wonder just how much Kelsey went through after he stopped confiding in Mark.
@mugen-actually
Uwa-
Mugen slips in her attempt to climb Mark, making a sad sound and tries again, grabbing her hair this time trying to pull himself up.
(( @well-actually-youre-wrong ))
That’s the point Mark!~ I’m not a fighter but I will fight for my Jodie~ Go home Mark, apologize to Minutes and go home!
Scam frowns grabbing Mugen by the collar trying to tug her off ineffectually.
You too Pretty, You can’t delete me so it’s a stalemate in your little game! Find someone else to play with~
Ughhhhh boring. It’s not over, the rules have just changed that’s all! I’ll give you one cause you won me a bet against Devotion with that little divorce stunt you pulled! Sooooo fiiiine I’ll lay off a little for noooow!
(( @dilf-dennis ))
"Fine, I get it- ow!" Mark stumbles as his head is yanked back painfully. She was in the middle of opening a portal to leave, but Mugen's unintentional attack yanks him off balance and she stumbles through it... taking Mugen along for the ride with him.
@mugen-actually
Oh fuck!
Mugen looks momentarily surprised when Goofs realm fades into the distance of the closing portal, clinging hard to Mark the entire time.
(( @well-actually-youre-wrong ))
Scam let’s go of Mugen just in time to not be yanked through as well. He laughs watching the portal close behind them.
Guess you’re babysitting! I was going to leave the little guy-gal with Henry but this works!~
He turns to Pretty
Go, shoo, I’ve got a really important date right now so you have got to leave!~
Okay jeeeez!
Pretty disappears without much more prompting, one on one conversations were a little boring anyway.
