Knowledge Is Half The Battle

And the other half is explosives.

[rochirawaters]

By siccing him on some unfortunate, innocent person, yes. I'll get right on it.

No.

[rochirawaters]

Are you telling me to do it for you, because I will.

Take care of Kevin?

[rochirawaters]

((i think these cards prove that no one should ever date me)) 

I have no idea what is happening in this card.

[rochirawaters]

Yes. Yes, you do. And then introduce Kevin to them so they can deal with him. -Sul

I'm not that cruel.

[rochirawaters]

this one is also apparently a valentines day card 

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and another one 

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Also... I got this weird feeling in my chest that I've never felt before when I thought about talking to you right now. Do you think it could be... love? Wait. Wait, no. I've felt this before. It's not love, it's a TARANTULA IN MY CHEST. THAT BASTARD TOOK MY HEART AND REPLACED IT WITH A SPIDER, DONT INCINERATE THE BOX JUST SEND IT BACK ILL HANDLE THIS

...

I really need to get out and meet new people.

[rochirawaters]

Watch out, Kevin might have sent you something on my behalf for Valentines Day. Knowing him it's probably something creepy like a spider, or centipedes, or a furby. I advise you to incinerate anything that he gives you. - P.A.W.

I know what two of those things are.

[rochirawaters]

Another disturbing card in the pack 

((Kevin, no))

[rochirawaters]

Outside of Rochira's door there is a dripping box with several Valentines Day cards stacked on top of it and a note that says:

" Dearest Miss Waters, 

I noticed that your mate has been so busy lately that he forgot about Valentines Day! I've been studying outsider behavior and I've heard that your kind gives each other their hearts and charming little cards for this occasion. So, here's a stack of Valentines day cards and Peter's heart! 

Your bestest friend, 

Kevin <3"

She really should have seen this coming also you dont have to reply to any of this i have just been laughing about these cards for like a week and thought theyd be perfect for kevin to send someone. 

[rochirawaters]

He waits until the giant lowers his bow to stand. "What was your plan, if I can ask? Maybe I can help you instead? I'm all for trying to get us out of that place as long as it doesn't jeopardize our plans. Or involve me opening doors that weren't there five minutes ago and are clearly growling at people who pass by. I don't know why people keep making me do that, we've lost three people to those things!"

"He was going to attempt to possess Kevin so we could throw every poison we know down that creature's throat."

She stepped away from Peter only to realize halfway through her dazed wandering that this is very much not her house. Rochira rubbed her face and sighed. "He was the one who knew how to configure the portals, too."

Yeah, that's why she's upset.

[rochirawaters]

"I think the rune was just meant to send him back where he came from, not keep him there. He can probably get back here the same way he did in the first place. Hmm..." He glances up at the horrified but angry giant that is aiming an arrow at his face before hastily adding "I'm certain that he's fine! Trust me, I'm a scientist!!"

Seeing as Peter can obviously sit up on his own, Rochira slowly rises to her feet. "Oh. I see."

She looks around as if not really sure what to do. "I guess there goes our plan," she says quietly, her voice distant. 

[rochirawaters]

The smug smile on his face quickly fades as he accesses the situation. Let's see, on the floor with a horrified almost-stranger, in an unfamiliar house, wearing someone else's clothes. Oh, and he just banished the woman's boyfriend to the underworld and bragged about it. There's that too. "Er, I mean there's no evidence that points to that happening! He'll probably be back to ruthlessly stealing bodies in no time! Okay, about that, I don't mean to be rude but what the hell did he get me into!?"

Rochira continued to stare, not moving, as everything that just happened clicked into placed. When she tried to speak, her voice quavered and broke. She swallowed, closed her eyes, took a deep breath..

and slid into her usual stoic expression, jaw set and brow slightly creased. "I. I apologize. He, the other you, was using your body without your permission. I had suspected as much and had just convinced him to assist in killing that abomination so you and the other scientists could go free. Is...he really...?"

[rochirawaters]

After a few seconds of silence the stone slips from his hand, landing face down and revealing the rune on it's back. By the time it hits the ground Peter is already awake. "HA! It worked! Sent that jerk right back to the underworld! Probably! I don't really know where ghosts go after coming in contact with Night Valian exorcism runes but I hope that it's boring and there's no science to do!" He says, far too triumphantly for someone who just fainted and is now on the ground with a strange woman.

Rochira's expression slowly changes from concern and fear to something much more akin to heartbreak -- all of which is just more and more alien to see on her face. 

"P- Peter, are y- you...? E-exorcism?"

[rochirawaters]

"I'd love to! Certainly better than learning alone like I did, that didn't go so well for me, haha..." With a distant look in his eyes he lightly touches his face, as if to confirm that it's still there. "But anyway," He forces a smile. "let's see what he left me!" Peter cautiously opens the package to find a seemingly ordinary stone. "Okay, so he might be a bit angry with me because he engraved 'TAKE THIS, YOU FACELESS UNDEAD BASTARD' into this rock. Should I-" And then he faints.

"I'm not sure I could figure it out alone," Rochira admits.

She sighs softly and starts to say "I told you so", but halfway through it becomes a fearful cry of "PETER!" as she all but dives the distance between herself and Peter to cushion his fall. "No, no, no. Peter? Can you hear me?"

[rochirawaters]

"We could try to find another portal like the one I came through, that one was definitely one way though." Well, it /was/ a two way portal to Desert Bluffs until he panicked and closed it to slow down the abomination pursuing him. "Do you think we should risk re-calibrating the one to my..." He trails off as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small parcel labelled 'FOR GHOST PETER'. "Huh, this must be from the other Peter. Er, do I open it?"

"Maybe it's a letter saying 'stop stealing my body you jerk'," Rochira said wryly, the ghost of a smile on her lips. "If you teach me how you re-calibrate portals at all, we'll have a better chance of you being able to escape quickly. I'd also like to see if I can find a way to block them altogether. I mean, it's great that you can visit, but I'm not so pleased about the others."

[rochirawaters]

"Oh. Right. Okay. Okay. I'll go alone but how do I get over there? Wait, are we still doing the tea party thing or am I breaking into his house and possessing him? They're both equally terrifying options." He has a sinking feeling that he'll have to give the body back to it's original owner soon.

"Oh." Rochira frowns. "Right. Getting there is a problem, isn't it? Um, second one, but it doesn't help much if we still have no way of getting there that isn't sudden kidnapping." She cursed under her breath.