[03/10/26] - Starting Over (Cyrus / Scintilla / The Wizard / Ivy)
Players: Cyrus (Joco), Cinder (Scintilla), Cass (The Wizard, Ivy)
Four individuals from another world find themselves transported to another universe entirely when a ritual performed by a child of the void goes unexpectedly.
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[Editor's Note: Sorry about the formatting on this one being inconsistent! Ran into an issue with the amount of line breaks allowed, but got around it :)]
Full summary below the cut
In another world entirely, Joco and Scintilla prepare themselves for a ritual to attempt to remove Joco’s curse. The ritual works a little too well, and transports Joco and Scintilla, along with the Wizard and Ivy and a Verde Drug remembered in memories of someone long gone.
Joco begins to spiral, questioning how they could possibly have done this, trekking through the unfamiliar world with Scintilla on his heels. They discover a strange location with the letters “GH” on the front, which resembles a slightly wrong Verde Drug. The small group convenes as Joco and Scintilla discover the Wizard and Ivy inside.
The Wizard confesses that he and Ivy were once Unknowns, but not anymore (though Ivy argues that she still has immense power). Joco and the Wizard come to the sudden understanding that Joco has aged, which means that not only was the werewolf curse removed, but also the flaw in their Code that caused them to stop aging. When going to introduce themself to the boisterous robot Ivy, Joco remembers the name that their parents gave them, Cyrus. They remark that Scintilla has done something incredible, seemingly without realizing.
The Wizard brings up that without the previous world’s protections, they might be in danger of alerting the Unknowns to their presence, and should work quickly to figure out how to create protections of their own. Scintilla asks which of them it should stay with, and Cyrus responds that they should all stick together and stay in whatever this new “Verde Drug” is, while they figure out what’s happening.
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[Somewhere, in another universe entirely…Joco grabs a handful of bluets from a barrel. They stare at them, and then hastily shove them back in, shaking their head as they grab a handful of daisies instead. A scrawled list sits beside them, covered in chicken scratch and diagrams, cross-referencing a book in their inventory.]
[17:55:44] <[RP] ✦Joco> No, no, it's gotta be more round
[Scintilla, above in the attic, moves atop the haybales they’ve settled on. They knock a bale of tightly bound hay to the ground with a thump. Joco’s ears twitch, and they glance towards the noise. Their body goes very still.]
[17:56:45] <[RP] ✦Joco> Candles. I need white candles, the wax and the bonemeal are in the basement.
[They tread lightly towards the guest house entrance, poking their head in to look around. Scintilla sighs and hops down off of the hay pile, quiet except for the sound of their pointed feet hitting the wooden floor. Better clean up after itself.
Joco calls out:]
[17:58:44] <[RP] ✦Joco> Hello? [17:58:54] <[RP] ✦Joco> Is someone... Is someone here? [17:58:55] <[RP] ✦Joco> Doc?
[Scintilla is focused on trying to put the hay bale back into place. They’re not really listening for anything, and don’t respond. Quietly, to themself:]
[18:00:00] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Why keep so much hay up here?
[Joco hears the sound, muffled through the wall but clearer coming through the window. Joco murmurs:]
[18:01:06] <[RP] ✦Joco> The attic?
[18:01:40] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Okay, there. Better!
[Joco considers the ladder option, climbing to the treetops to see into the attic, but shake their head and pull out their axe instead. They hesitate before opening up the door to Cinder’s room.]
[18:02:52] <[RP] ✦Joco> Wolf???
[Scintilla hears Joco below, and pops their head down from the trap door, hanging upside down.]
[18:03:11] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Joco! Hello!
[Joco screams. Scintilla screams too, but mostly out of confusion.]
[18:03:50] <[RP] ✦Joco> WHY [18:03:52] <[RP] ✦Joco> HI [18:03:56] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Hi! [18:04:00] <[RP] ✦Joco> Why are you up there
[18:04:07] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I did it right this time! I was not right in your face!
[The attic’s allay flies down happily towards Joco. They flinch away from it.]
[18:04:17] <[RP] ✦Joco> You! You did [18:04:23] <[RP] ✦Joco> Good job!
[18:04:28] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Well you told me where your house was! And this attic had an easy entry [18:04:42] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And lots of hay, very comfortable to lie down on. So I've been doing that! [18:04:52] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You know, since it's empty besides that strange little creature [18:04:59] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And they didn't seem to mind the company
[18:05:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> That- yeah. [18:05:11] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yeah that's. That's an Allay [18:05:17] <[RP] ✦Joco> They retrieve things
[18:05:31] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Well how is it meant to do that when trapped up there?
[18:05:29] <[RP] ✦Joco> You've been. Hanging out up there??
[18:05:41] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Yes! You were not in your house so I waited [18:05:49] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And then I left, then I came back and waited again!
[18:05:55] <[RP] ✦Joco> Ah. I've been, sorry I. Yeah
[18:05:58] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I thought that was the best place to do so.
[18:06:04] <[RP] ✦Joco> Okay, sure. Yeah.
[18:06:07] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> No one's using it, right?
[18:06:16] <[RP] ✦Joco> No- no, they're not [18:06:47] <[RP] ✦Joco> It's supposed to be- but, no, it won't get used ever
[18:06:53] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> What was it meant for?
[18:07:01] <[RP] ✦Joco> My friend [18:07:20] <[RP] ✦Joco> A guest area, for them to- fly, in. Learn to fly.
[18:07:20] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Which one? Why won't they use it, don't they like it?
[18:07:29] <[RP] ✦Joco> This is the friend that died
[18:08:03] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Ah, the one who returned to Void, I remember.
[18:08:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes [18:08:10] <[RP] ✦Joco> They had wings [18:08:21] <[RP] ✦Joco> But, the wings were. Bad [18:08:32] <[RP] ✦Joco> So, no learning to fly
[18:08:42] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And also they are dead
[18:08:51] <[RP] ✦Joco> - [18:08:52] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes
[18:08:53] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> That makes it hard to learn to fly too
[18:08:59] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes, that's why it won't be used
[18:09:27] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> So is it a problem that I was up there? [18:09:33] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You're making a strange face
[18:09:47] <[RP] ✦Joco> Mmm [18:09:52] <[RP] ✦Joco> I just [18:10:11] <[RP] ✦Joco> You don't knOW
[The allay flies near Joco’s face, startling them.]
[18:10:25] <[RP] ✦Joco> gaghu [18:10:35] <[RP] ✦Joco> The uh. Mourning thing I told you? It's like that [18:10:45] <[RP] ✦Joco> I designed this before ae died.
[18:10:59] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Right. Lots of emotions that turn bad
[18:11:17] <[RP] ✦Joco> And it hurt to not build it. And it hurt to have it built with no aer to stay here [18:11:33] <[RP] ✦Joco> And having someone else here. Feels wrong
[18:12:19] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Right. I should not be there then.
[18:12:35] <[RP] ✦Joco> The uh- the allay. It stays up there because the wings frighten me sometimes. And if I let it loose, it'll get lost, and I can't lose it that's- yeah.
[18:12:59] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Wings frighten you? Oh, that's-
[Scintilla considers itself for a moment.]
[18:13:02] <[RP] ✦Joco> Maybe? You can- I don't. I'm not sure. It's not hurting anything, right? [18:13:19] <[RP] ✦Joco> The werewolf thing, yeah. Wings aren't. Awesome on my brain [18:13:32] <[RP] ✦Joco> You don't smell like wing dust, though. You just smell like space
[18:13:51] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> So should I... Go?
[Joco ducks under the allay as it zips past them again. It considers the lily in the pot, and then disappears back up into the attic.]
[18:14:10] <[RP] ✦Joco> I- that feels rude
[18:14:39] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Princebot says being rude is effective communication
[18:14:58] <[RP] ✦Joco> Your wings aren't really wings like. It's bird wings that my brain hates. Yours is a cape, like moths [18:15:04] <[RP] ✦Joco> Princebot isn't an effective communicator
[18:15:16] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I do not have much other point of reference!
[18:15:32] <[RP] ✦Joco> I- Hm. [18:15:37] <[RP] ✦Joco> No one here is normal enough
[18:16:01] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> That's what The Wizard said when I first met him. You two are a bit similar
[18:16:09] <[RP] ✦Joco> Don't base on Doc he's Doc. I'm... dealing. Wiz is? Gone?
[18:16:18] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Yep, gone.
[Processing what Scintilla’d said:] [18:16:20] <[RP] ✦Joco> That's. Touching
[There’s a brief moment where a remarkable sadness overtakes Joco. It leaves quickly.]
[18:16:33] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I have never met Doc. What is he like?
[18:16:58] <[RP] ✦Joco> Abnormal [18:17:13] <[RP] ✦Joco> He's. God, what is he like?
[Joco moves out of the doorway to lean against the desk with the flower planter.]
[18:18:00] <[RP] ✦Joco> He isn't from here, hit his head on the way. So he's got bad memory. And Prince hurt him terribly
[18:18:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> Which made his brain Worse, somehow
[18:18:20] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I'm not from here either. Maybe he could be interesting
[18:18:26] <[RP] ✦Joco> Maybe!
[18:18:59] <[RP] ✦Joco> Flick is the most normal local
[18:19:03] <[RP] ✦Joco> I think
[18:19:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> Nearby
[18:19:14] <[RP] ✦Joco> He's bird
[18:19:17] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I've never met anyone else. Wasn't sure if I should
[18:19:22] <[RP] ✦Joco> You can bond over-
[Joco flinches.]
[18:19:30] <[RP] ✦Joco> Meeting people is good
[18:20:02] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You were fun. It's a good sign
[18:20:12] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes!
[18:20:14] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Why weren't you in your house for a long time?
[Joco flexes their ears back. The allay soars down from above, Joco bats it away lightly.]
[18:20:49] <[RP] ✦Joco> I have a place I feel- less afraid? In?
[18:20:59] <[RP] ✦Joco> The werewolf thing makes me afraid so I made a safe place.
[18:21:11] <[RP] ✦Joco> But! I have ideas to try, so I'm here to. Try it. The idea.
[18:21:31] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And the idea will stop you being afraid?
[18:21:40] <[RP] ✦Joco> Maybe!
[18:21:46] <[RP] ✦Joco> I. I hope.
[18:21:46] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> What is being afraid like?
[18:21:48] <[RP] ✦Joco> Bad
[18:22:10] <[RP] ✦Joco> Your brain tells you to get away from the thing or fight it or curl up into a ball to get safe
[18:22:16] <[RP] ✦Joco> And it can make other thoughts hard
[18:22:58] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I think I've been that, once
[18:23:33] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> What is your idea to fix it?
[18:24:03] <[RP] ✦Joco> Some stories have a- ritual? To fix? It?
[18:24:13] <[RP] ✦Joco> And I know a ritual . That works with Code
[18:24:33] <[RP] ✦Joco> So I'm going to change things, and. Try to fix me. With ritual stuff.
[Scintilla freezes at the mention of a ritual. It stiffens up completely. Then, it relaxes, just as fast as it froze. It tilts its head curiously.]
[18:25:56] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> How will that work?
[Joco blinks at the reaction, but writes it off. They’re just paranoid, over-noticing.]
[18:26:29] <[RP] ✦Joco> Uh, I've got. Torches, and flowers, and. A circular spot. And I've made a chant.
[18:26:38] <[RP] ✦Joco> In Code-understanding language.
[18:27:22] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I would like to be there.
[18:27:26] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> When you... Do the ritual.
[18:27:28] <[RP] ✦Joco> ?
[18:27:40] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I want to be there.
[18:27:40] <[RP] ✦Joco> To.. watch? You can watch, sure?
[18:27:46] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Okay.
[18:28:02] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I don't... I don't know why.
[18:28:10] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I don't know why I want to?
[18:28:19] <[RP] ✦Joco> Hm
[18:28:34] <[RP] ✦Joco> Do you... want to come see? My farms?
[18:28:42] <[RP] ✦Joco> It would help me.
[18:28:45] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I would like that.
[18:28:53] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You let me stay in your attic
[18:28:58] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I will repay the favour
[18:28:58] <[RP] ✦Joco> I- yes
[18:29:00] <[RP] ✦Joco> Ok?
[18:29:07] <[RP] ✦Joco> That. Ok sure
[18:29:12] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Well I suppose you did not let me but I did it and you didn't stop me.
[18:29:15] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Can I do it again?
[18:29:28] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes?
[18:29:37] <[RP] ✦Joco> It's. Better to be used than not, that space
[18:29:56] <[RP] ✦Joco> If you get bored, I would not scold you for messing with the hay. You can make bread from wheat.
[18:30:12] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I think your creature needs the company. Do they have a name?
[18:30:28] <[RP] ✦Joco> They- yeah, I uh. I call 'em Baby Bird
[18:30:40] <[RP] ✦Joco> They reminded me of. Of someone. So I named accordingly
[18:31:05] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> That's funny. Birds eat bugs and yet it is so much smaller than me!
[Joco huffs out a laugh.]
[18:31:15] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I will not eat your Bird, I promise.
[18:31:21] <[RP] ✦Joco> Thanks, bud
[18:31:41] <[RP] ✦Joco> Not every bird eats bugs, and not every bug is eaten by birds, y'know?
[18:31:41] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Where do you go, when you're afraid? Can I go there too?
[Joco blinks.]
[18:32:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> Sure?
[18:32:20] <[RP] ✦Joco> Doc visits me, you might meet him there. Maybe
[18:32:41] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I would like to meet your strange friend!
[18:32:56] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I hope he is just as interesting as you. And answers my questions just as much.
[Joco smiles a bit mischievously.]
[18:33:22] <[RP] ✦Joco> oh I think he loves answering questions
[18:33:25] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> The Wizard taught me how to do conversation and I am quite good at it now. Ask a lot of invasive questions and you win!
[18:33:29] <[RP] ✦Joco> Every question about everything
[18:33:36] <[RP] ✦Joco> EVERY question
[18:34:19] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I am glad you told me where your house was. It feels nice to be here.
[18:34:40] <[RP] ✦Joco> oh, I'm. That's very sweet, I'm glad too
[18:34:54] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I like being at The Wizards house but Prince doesn't talk to me so it is awkward sometimes when I'm with Princebot. And I do not have any other place to be.
[18:35:12] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Houses are interesting places
[18:35:19] <[RP] ✦Joco> They ARE, yes
[18:35:34] <[RP] ✦Joco> Here, let's. Go find wax and stuff. While my brain is nicer.
[18:35:48] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I'm glad your brain is nicer
[18:36:26] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And that I smell of space and not wing dust. That means I'm allowed back, right? Even when it's not?
[18:36:31] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes
[18:36:35] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes, you're allowed back
[18:37:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> I'd not- you're very sweet. Of course you're allowed back
[18:37:27] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I don't think I've ever been called 'sweet' before.
[18:37:45] <[RP] ✦Joco> Well, it's. True, I think
[18:38:11] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I thought people generally didn't like it when you broke into their houses. That's what Princebot said when I told him where I was going.
[18:38:19] <[RP] ✦Joco> Oh, they don't
[18:38:30] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Well I'm glad you like it!
[18:38:31] <[RP] ✦Joco> 'm too old n tired to care
[18:39:48] <[RP] ✦Joco> C'mon, the basement calls
[18:40:01] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I don't think I can hear anything from the basement
[18:40:07] <[RP] ✦Joco> It's a saying
[18:40:23] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You people say such strange things
[18:41:35] <[RP] ✦Joco> OH
[18:41:42] <[RP] ✦Joco> You didn't know! Ok so
[18:41:46] <[RP] ✦Joco> Ok so!
[18:41:49] <[RP] ✦Joco> This is weed
[18:41:55] <[RP] ✦Joco> These plants
[18:42:02] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Like the plants we pulled out at the garden?
[18:42:14] <[RP] ✦Joco> No! It's different! But with the same name!
[18:42:16] <[RP] ✦Joco> Silly thing
[18:42:23] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Oh! The other one!
[18:42:25] <[RP] ✦Joco> Cannabis is better name
[18:42:45] <[RP] ✦Joco> If you bake it then smoke it or eat it, it does things to the brain. Which is fun.
[18:42:52] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Do you 'smoke weed' like how Princebot used to
[18:43:00] <[RP] ✦Joco> I don't smoke normally, just eat
[18:43:03] <[RP] ✦Joco> Put it in brownies
[Opening a birch trapdoor and hesitating for a moment before beginning the climb:]
[18:43:12] <[RP] ✦Joco> We're going down this ladder
[18:43:19] <[RP] ✦Joco> And nothing is down here to kill us
[18:43:24] <[RP] ✦Joco> And nothing will kill us
[18:43:50] <[RP] ✦Joco> This is more plants to know
[18:43:54] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> That was a very specific clarification!
[Scintilla lands just behind Joco as they look around the space suspiciously.]
[18:44:01] <[RP] ✦Joco> That was! For me
[18:44:09] <[RP] ✦Joco> Don't worry
[Leading Scintilla left from the ladder, past four wool sheep, Joco stops to tap on a pair of glass blocks.]
[18:44:24] <[RP] ✦Joco> Here are my chickens. They don't flap and I can't smell them so it is OK
[Walking onward, Joco stops in front of a larger window. Behind it, two beehives sit, some bees flying in and out of them to gather nectar from flowers planted inside.]
[18:44:29] <[RP] ✦Joco> THIS is bees
[18:45:01] <[RP] ✦Joco> My bee farm collects honey and wax from the bees
[Bending down to pull some honeycomb out of a chest below the glass:]
[18:45:11] <[RP] ✦Joco> So then I can use them for stuff
[18:45:17] <[RP] ✦Joco> Like! Candles
[Their ears twitch as a bee bonks against the glass, and they swiftly move back over to the ladders, surrounded on both sides by an auto-composting setup.]
[18:45:22] <[RP] ✦Joco> And over here
[18:45:30] <[RP] ✦Joco> Composters make bonemeal
[Pulling bonemeal out of a chest tucked under the ladder:]
[18:45:34] <[RP] ✦Joco> Which helps farms AND
[Crafting quickly:] [18:45:36] <[RP] ✦Joco> White dye
[18:45:41] <[RP] ✦Joco> For candles!
[18:45:46] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> There are so many systems involved. How did you discover all of this?
[18:45:55] <[RP] ✦Joco> Other people!
[18:46:03] <[RP] ✦Joco> Other people discovered, and I gathered knowledge
[18:46:08] <[RP] ✦Joco> And I just. Put it in one place
[Gesturing to each farm in turn:] [18:46:18] <[RP] ✦Joco> The sheep farms gather wool
[18:46:32] <[RP] ✦Joco> There are melon and pumpkin farms that gather those things for me
[18:46:47] <[RP] ✦Joco> I am an accumulation of thousands of people's knowledge
[18:47:02] <[RP] ✦Joco> Millions, even
[18:47:07] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I think I understand. I'm an accumulation of all of my Mother’s
[18:47:31] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> It knows a lot of things. I thought all of them, but I'm starting to realise that isn't the case.
[18:47:31] <[RP] ✦Joco> And! You're gaining more, from Wiz and me and. Princes
[18:47:52] <[RP] ✦Joco> The Void does not know things as they live in their environments
[Staring into nothing, toward the floor.] [18:47:58] <[RP] ✦Joco> It does not know things as they live
[18:48:26] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And I suppose I'm doing that now. Living. Maybe that's why things are so confusing
[Clapping their hands and looking back up:] [18:48:39] <[RP] ✦Joco> yes!
[18:48:49] <[RP] ✦Joco> New
[18:48:55] <[RP] ✦Joco> Fun, scary, confusing
[18:49:22] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I guess those are emotions. I might have them after all.
[18:49:27] <[RP] ✦Joco> Maybe!
[18:49:35] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You seem to have far too many
[18:49:37] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes
[18:49:46] <[RP] ✦Joco> It's. The ritual will help. I hope
[18:49:58] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Which is why we need the wax
[18:50:07] <[RP] ✦Joco> And bonemeal!
[18:50:14] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And bonemeal!
[18:50:20] <[RP] ✦Joco> Now back. Up the ladder
[They turn to look up the ladder, feet glued in place.]
[18:50:31] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Would you like me to go first?
[18:50:51] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> If there is anything up there I can decimate it ^-^
[18:50:59] <[RP] ✦Joco> Oh, that
[18:51:06] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yeah, that. That would help. Yes
[18:51:24] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Nothing up here but cannabis!
[Joco steels themself below, taking in a deep breath. They follow Scintilla up the ladder.]
[18:51:45] <[RP] ✦Joco> Cannabis, and
[18:51:54] <[RP] ✦Joco> You know this flower, it's at the island
[18:52:28] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> It's a .... Cornflower?
[18:52:34] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes!
[18:52:37] <[RP] ✦Joco> Good job!
[They fall into conversation and preparation. The ritual site is readied. Scintilla joins Joco within it. They sit together inside the circle of prepared items. They chant softly under their breath as they do so. Joco’s eyes are screwed shut tight, but Scintilla seems to have very little expression at all. Something happens. A rush of wind, the whisper of unclear voices, and the overwhelming hum of the Void itself. There is a feeling like electricity spiking through the body. Joco stumbles and falls backwards, one hand reaching up to feel their face while the other braces them against the ground. Something had felt Wrong about their skin, for just a moment.]
[18:56:12] <[RP] Joco> WHAT
[Joco pats their face. They look around, noticing the sudden lack of shadows on the ground. The boughs of…acacia trees rise up into the sky, not dark oak.]
[18:56:44] <[RP] Joco> WHAT???
[Beside them, Scintilla falls onto their knees. Their face splits opens in a wide maw as they begin to retch. A pool of dark, sparkling liquid spreads forth from them, and they shudder slightly. Joco watches the bug, chest heaving. They whisper:] [18:57:08] <[RP] Joco> what
[Shakily:] [18:57:23] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not think It liked me doing that
[Joco stands slowly. Sunlight crests over the savannah. They stand inside a courtyard, the same one they’d been in for the last few minutes.]
[18:57:30] <[RP] Joco> What did you DO
[18:57:44] <[RP] Joco> That. Did you change the biome???
[18:57:50] <[RP] Joco> Or did you. Move? Us?
[18:57:55] <[RP] Scintilla> You wanted to get something Out, right? I just pulled it out!
[18:58:37] <[RP] Scintilla> There was something wrong and I could see it, once we started doing all the chanting and the candles and the- you know! I knew what to do!
[Joco grabs their tail. It’s less fluffy now, more akin to the cat’s tail they’d been used to not even a year prior. It’s yellow-tan and striped with black.]
[18:59:04] <[RP] Joco> You knew?? What to do????
[18:59:07] <[RP] Scintilla> I knew how to do it somehow, so I did! Did it work? Are you better now?
[18:59:11] <[RP] Joco> I mean. Okay. Okay sure, yeah. Yeah ok.
[18:59:19] <[RP] Joco> Yeah, the.
[Joco takes a deep breath, searching for what this might mean.]
[18:59:37] <[RP] Joco> Yeah. You fixed it, kid
[18:59:43] <[RP] Joco> But what ELSE did you do????
[19:00:01] <[RP] Joco> Where?? Are we?
[19:00:09] <[RP] Scintilla> I'm not... Sure.
[19:00:23] <[RP] Scintilla> We aren't Nowhere, so that is good!
[Forming an eye so ae can express facially:] [19:00:39] <[RP] Scintilla> My Mother would not appreciate a houseguest ^-^
[Joco leaves the courtyard, patting the walls as they go.]
[19:00:36] <[RP] Joco> This is a savannah
[19:00:43] <[RP] Joco> Scintilla this is. This is a savannah?
[19:00:59] <[RP] Joco> Scintilla where in the world
[19:01:05] <[RP] Scintilla> More trees and grass, that seems the same as where we were, no?
[19:01:14] <[RP] Joco> No this is a different. biome
[19:01:21] <[RP] Joco> The trees and grass are different
[19:01:08] <[RP] Joco> We're still in. The world, right
[19:01:23] <[RP] Joco> My HOUSE
[19:01:30] <[RP] Joco> My house is gone
[19:01:35] <[RP] Scintilla> This is definitely the world! It isn't my Home, now is it?
[19:01:47] <[RP] Joco> Are we in the same world as before?
[19:01:49] <[RP] Joco> There are many worlds
[19:01:54] <[RP] Joco> Not just Void and World
[19:01:57] <[RP] Joco> There are so many worlds
[19:02:09] <[RP] Scintilla> Everything changes itself all of the time, no World is really the same each time you blink
[19:02:20] <[RP] Scintilla> So perhaps, and perhaps not!
[Joco looks at the Void entity incredulously. They blink several times, then turn around and keep walking in the direction the stairs were pointing. Scintilla follows eagerly, close at Joco’s heels.]
[19:04:06] <[RP] Joco> I didn't explore the world enough to know. If we're even . What the heck
[19:04:18] <[RP] Scintilla> All I know is that I fixed the problem. I don't know how, but it just did what I thought it should do!
[19:04:28] <[RP] Joco> You've caused! Other problems in the fixing
[19:04:47] <[RP] Scintilla> What other problems? We're safe, are we not?
[19:04:55] <[RP] Joco> I appreciate the fixing, kid, I really do. But I've got FRIENDS back there! If we're actually out of the world, then .
[A stutter in their step.] [19:05:02] <[RP] Joco> Then we might never see those guys again
[19:05:25] <[RP] Scintilla> Well if there's so many worlds, surely there are more friends here. What would it matter?
[19:05:38] <[RP] Joco> Keeping the same friends is nice
[19:05:57] <[RP] Joco> If you... liked a toy, would you want to have to find a new one?? That's not a good comparison. That's a bad comparison.
[19:06:10] <[RP] Scintilla> What is a toy?
[19:06:29] <[RP] Joco> A toy is. I'm not explaining that right now
[19:06:18] <[RP] Joco> If your mother somehow became not your mother. And a new Void took its place.
[19:06:23] <[RP] Joco> Would you be enthused?
[19:06:36] <[RP] Scintilla> There is no Void that isn't Void
[19:06:50] <[RP] Joco> Okay but if somehow there Was
[19:07:11] <[RP] Scintilla> My Mother cannot be something, It is what is not
[19:07:11] <[RP] Joco> If something in the universe changed, and the Void became a differently behaved entity, and you could never experience the same Void you knew before
[19:07:20] <[RP] Joco> That'd be bad, right
[19:07:28] <[RP] Joco> You could never go back to your mom.
[19:07:30] <[RP] Joco> Ever
[19:07:37] <[RP] Joco> You had to accept a new mom
[19:07:44] <[RP] Scintilla> My Mother does not want me back
[19:07:50] <[RP] Scintilla> It would not be so different
[19:07:52] <[RP] Joco> Does that feel?? Good?
[19:07:54] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not understand you
[19:07:58] <[RP] Joco> Okay so you're already living this.
[19:08:05] <[RP] Scintilla> It doesn't feel like Anything
[19:08:06] <[RP] Joco> Does it feel good to not be able to go back home
[19:08:43] <[RP] Scintilla> I am no use to my Mother as I am now. There is no use thinking on it further
[19:08:48] <[RP] Joco> Hm
[19:09:01] <[RP] Joco> Sounds like avoidance
[Hitting their forehead with the base of their hand:]
[19:09:11] <[RP] Joco> GOD
[19:09:17] <[RP] Scintilla> That is what you do too, no?
[19:09:18] <[RP] Joco> I built an entire Verde Drug!! AGAIN
[19:09:30] <[RP] Scintilla> You built this?
[19:09:37] <[RP] Joco> We don't need to talk about my emotions right now because at least I acknowledge them.
[Joco, who had been looking where they stepped rather than forward, turns back to Scintilla, then looks back to where they’d been heading.]
[19:16:30] <[RP] Joco> I built- WHAT?
[19:16:33] <[RP] Scintilla> You people care so much about feelings
[19:16:51] <[RP] Scintilla> That is- hmm
[A large building appears just ahead of them in the distance. Its shape is…familiar.]
[19:16:54] <[RP] Joco> IS THAT FUCKING VERDE DRUG
[19:17:05] <[RP] Joco> No. No. It's wrong. It's . What the hell is GH
[19:17:15] <[RP] Scintilla> Is that a place you know?
[19:17:23] <[RP] Joco> THE
[19:17:31] <[RP] Joco> I've been many places
[19:17:45] <[RP] Scintilla> I have been very few!
[19:18:00] <[RP] Joco> Is this the fucking. Refuge camp. From a CENTURY ago
[19:18:07] <[RP] Scintilla> Well if you know this place, we are clearly right where we should be, no?
[19:18:18] <[RP] Joco> I DON'T know this place!! It's!!
[19:18:25] <[RP] Joco> There's a squid in that window!!
[19:18:35] <[RP] Joco> This is Verde Drug but SO off
[19:18:46] <[RP] Scintilla> Maybe it lives there. Who are we to say where a squid should be
[Joco moves to stare into the window.]
[19:19:06] <[RP] Joco> Two..
[Joco rests their forehead and a hand on the glass.]
[19:20:10] <[RP] Scintilla> Well, are we in your Home? Or are we elsewhere? Are you okay, you have a strange look on your face.
[Joco fake knocks their fist on the glass.]
[19:20:58] <[RP] Joco> Kid, I have no idea
[Inside, the Wizard stumbles as the ground of what he believes is Wolf Trap stops shaking. Ivy sits on the ground from where he dropped her proxy.]
[19:19:21] <[RP] The Wizard> The hell...
[19:19:38] <[RP] The Wizard> Ivy are you alright?
[19:19:54] <[RP] The Wizard> Something just happened
[19:19:59] <[RP] Ivy> Yeesh, yeah I'm fine
[19:20:09] <[RP] Ivy> Don't drop me again geezer
[19:20:35] <[RP] The Wizard> Sorry about that, I'll try not to.
[19:20:46] <[RP] Ivy> Whatever. Let's just...let's go home
[19:21:15] <[RP] The Wizard> Now you want to go home
[19:21:32] <[RP] Ivy> Uh yeah, I'm sick of this creepy mirror place
[19:21:44] <[RP] The Wizard> Mirror place…
[Outside, Joco’s ears twitch at the faint sounds of talking from inside. They keep staring at the stupid squid.]
[19:22:10] <[RP] Scintilla> Is there something wrong with the squid?
[Joco sighs.]
[19:22:31] <[RP] Joco> They're too big for this tank, for one.
[19:22:54] <[RP] Scintilla> Maybe it is what they are used to
[19:22:58] <[RP] Joco> They're for.... oceans, and rivers, and caves.
[19:23:33] <[RP] Joco> They can't live properly in the wrong home
[19:23:52] <[RP] Scintilla> So they need to be somewhere else?
[19:23:59] <[RP] Joco> That's a problem for another time
[Inside, the Wizard gets his bearings. He looks around at the strange, warped Verde Drug-Wolf Trap-something else.]
[19:22:01] <[RP] The Wizard> This didn't...this didn't look like this a second ago
[19:22:24] <[RP] Ivy> Okay, so what did it look like?
[19:22:29] <[RP] The Wizard> Not like this...
[19:22:40] <[RP] Ivy> Super helpful nimrod
[19:22:55] <[RP] The Wizard> Hey now. I'm not joking, something's up
[19:23:58] <[RP] Ivy> What are you scaredddddd ooooooh ooooooh Archie's scareddddd
[19:24:14] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm not scared, just cautious
[Joco rests their palm on the glass once more, than stands up straight.]
[19:24:06] <[RP] Joco> Do we. In? [19:24:14] <[RP] Joco> Go in? Thoughts?
[19:24:14] <[RP] Scintilla> A door is made to be opened!
[19:24:21] <[RP] Joco> Yeah okay sure
[Joco opens the door. They shout into the building.]
[19:24:36] <[RP] Joco> THIS IS FUCKING VERDE DRUG
[19:24:46] <[RP] The Wizard> Okay now I'm scared
[19:24:48] <[RP] Joco> SCINTILLA
[19:24:51] <[RP] Scintilla> Yes?
[19:24:59] <[RP] Joco> THIS IS [19:25:05] <[RP] Joco> it's verde drug but WRONG [19:25:18] <[RP] Joco> Wiz's shops are fucked up
[19:24:50] <[RP] Ivy> Huh [19:25:01] <[RP] Ivy> That sounded like
[19:25:19] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh Void I'm being haunted
[19:25:37] <[RP] Ivy> No idiot that sounded like your stupid gay friend
[19:25:56] <[RP] The Wizard> Ivy, that's not-
[Joco approaches the wall where the horse mural used to be.]
[19:25:23] <[RP] Joco> The gay horses....
[19:25:29] <[RP] Scintilla> i don't know how I'm meant to know that, I've never seen it!
[Joco rests a hand on the wall. They turn, spotting a figure through the magenta glass.]
[19:25:54] <[RP] Joco> HELLO? [19:25:59] <[RP] Joco> DO YOU KNOW INTELLE-
[Joco squints.]
[19:26:02] <[RP] Joco> WIZARD?
[19:26:05] <[RP] The Wizard> Joco? [19:26:14] <[RP] The Wizard> This has got to be a dream
[Scintilla peers around the corner.]
[19:26:14] <[RP] Scintilla> Oh, the Wizard is here! Hello!
[Scintilla waves with excitement. Joco throws their hands up and walks back out the still open door.]
[19:26:40] <[RP] Scintilla> Joco, where are you going?
[19:26:26] <[RP] The Wizard> Well...maybe a nightmare [19:26:37] <[RP] The Wizard> Definitely a nightmare
[19:26:47] <[RP] Ivy> Looks like the bug thingy is here too
[19:26:57] <[RP] The Wizard> Scintilla...yes... [19:27:10] <[RP] The Wizard> Should we follow-
[19:27:15] <[RP] Ivy> YES. OBVIOUSLY.
[Joco yells out into the savannah.]
[19:26:43] <[RP] Joco> What the FUCK
[19:26:52] <[RP] Scintilla> We found one of your friends! You just said you wanted those!
[Joco holds out their hands, shaking them like they’re pretending to strangle Scintilla.]
[19:27:27] <[RP] Scintilla> haha you are so silly ^-^
[19:27:40] <[RP] Joco> What!! The FUCK [19:27:59] <[RP] Joco> Why is there! A weird-ass Verde!! With WIZ INSIDE [19:28:08] <[RP] Joco> What did you DO
[The Wizard walks cautiously through the “Verde Drug”, towards the entrance.]
[19:27:57] <[RP] The Wizard> Huh. Like it, but not quite
[Scintilla stands in the doorway.]
[19:28:08] <[RP] Scintilla> Hello The Wizard! It has been a long time!
[19:28:20] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh. Hello Scintilla. Yes, yes it has, hasn't it?
[19:28:36] <[RP] Scintilla> I fixed your problem. Anything else was... An accident.
[19:28:40] <[RP] The Wizard> Do...are we dreaming? [19:28:46] <[RP] The Wizard> ...Huh.
[19:28:51] <[RP] Scintilla> I cannot dream!
[19:28:59] <[RP] Ivy> Ohhhh freaky bug has freaky bug powers oh we're fucked
[19:29:06] <[RP] Joco> WHAT DO YOU MEANNNNNN
[19:29:07] <[RP] Ivy> We're SOOOO fucked [19:29:14] <[RP] Ivy> So INCREDIBLYYYYY fucked
[19:29:23] <[RP] Scintilla> Who is the tiny thing?
[19:29:24] <[RP] Joco> Who's the fucking ROBOT
[19:29:36] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh! This is my sister, Ivy
[19:29:45] <[RP] Ivy> IVELYN VELVET BITCHHHHH CHECK IT
[19:29:55] <[RP] The Wizard> Ivy, please mind your language
[19:30:00] <[RP] Ivy> Fuck no
[Joco, who had reapproached the door, turns back around to shove their face into a grass block and scream.]
[19:29:57] <[RP] Scintilla> What is a bitch?
[19:30:04] <[RP] Ivy> OH!!!!!!
[19:30:11] <[RP] The Wizard> Ivy please-
[19:30:25] <[RP] Ivy> It's a curse word that I LOVEEE [19:30:30] <[RP] Ivy> You should say it all the time
[19:30:37] <[RP] The Wizard> Ivy please stop
[19:30:51] <[RP] Scintilla> Wizard where were you? you said if I came to your house you would be there, but you were not! For a long time!
[Abruptly lifting their head out of the Joco-shaped dent in the ground:]
[19:31:03] <[RP] Joco> YEAH
[19:31:07] <[RP] Scintilla> And can you please check on Joco I fear maybe I fixed his problem incorrectly
[19:31:10] <[RP] Joco> where DID you go [19:31:18] <[RP] Joco> You left!! the fuckass cats!!! ALONE
[The Wizard looks down at Ivy in his arms, murmuring:]
[19:31:20] <[RP] The Wizard> ...And now you're quiet
[The Wizard sighs.]
[19:31:43] <[RP] The Wizard> I did tell you that, didn't I? [19:31:50] <[RP] The Wizard> I did mean it, at the time
[19:32:04] <[RP] The Wizard> Then this one decided that she needed to take an adventure into the wild beyond
[19:32:15] <[RP] Joco> "I'll be there" and then you’re not's a pattern of yours, ain't it.
[They flinch at their own words, clenching their fists in the grass.]
[19:32:31] <[RP] Joco> FUCK
[The Wizard looks down at Ivy in his hands, and nods solemnly. Joco’s head falls back down to faceplant in their grass block.]
[19:32:49] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm sorry, Scintilla [19:32:56] <[RP] The Wizard> I hope I didn't cause you too much trouble
[19:33:09] <[RP] Scintilla> That's okay! I lived in your house while you were gone
[19:33:16] <[RP] The Wizard> You what- [19:33:18] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm not gonna [19:33:22] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm not gonna question that
[Scintilla moves to stare at Joco.]
[19:33:13] <[RP] Scintilla> Joco are you alright?
[The Wizard steps out of the building, and onto the entryway. Joco, muffled:]
[19:33:36] <[RP] Joco> I had to teach Prince what plants were weeds
[Looking up to stare at the Wizard, grass stuck in their beard:]
[19:33:44] <[RP] Joco> YOU SHOULDVE DONE THATTTTTTT
[19:33:47] <[RP] The Wizard> ... [19:33:58] <[RP] The Wizard> Well I still can, can't I?
[19:34:00] <[RP] Scintilla> Joco taught us a lot about weeds
[19:34:03] <[RP] The Wizard> Or maybe... [19:34:16] <[RP] The Wizard> Did the "Verde Drug" move?
[19:34:16] <[RP] Joco> I don't know where we ARE [19:34:23] <[RP] Joco> THIS ISN'T VERDE DRUG!!
[19:34:25] <[RP] The Wizard> Er...whatever it was called?
[19:34:27] <[RP] Joco> Look at it!!!
[19:34:37] <[RP] The Wizard> It's certainly different
[19:34:48] <[RP] Ivy> It certainly smelled like ass
[19:34:38] <[RP] Scintilla> It's a 'GH'! I don't know what that is
[19:34:58] <[RP] Joco> It's the wrong materials! [19:35:04] <[RP] Joco> Why is it MUD [19:35:19] <[RP] Joco> It's in a SAVANNAH
[19:35:28] <[RP] The Wizard> So it is...
[19:35:30] <[RP] Joco> The shops!! Are fucked up!!
[19:35:32] <[RP] Scintilla> Trees are basically all the same anyway
[19:35:49] <[RP] The Wizard> They're quite different, actually, but we don't have to get into that now
[Joco points at Scintilla wordlessly, looking like they’re about to yell at it before holding their head in their hands.]
[19:36:04] <[RP] The Wizard> The shops were indeed - messed up - so to speak
[19:36:07] <[RP] Scintilla> You and Joco are so similar. No wonder you're such good friends!
[19:36:13] <[RP] Joco> Hhhhhhhhh
[The Wizard looks away.]
[19:36:30] <[RP] Ivy> Okay so we're deffo somewhere else [19:36:34] <[RP] Ivy> Freaky bug
[19:36:37] <[RP] The Wizard> Scintilla
[19:36:40] <[RP] Ivy> Okay whatever
[19:36:44] <[RP] Scintilla> Hello!
[19:36:44] <[RP] Ivy> Where are we?
[19:36:54] <[RP] Scintilla> We are right where we should be, I think!
[19:37:09] <[RP] Scintilla> I didn't ask to be moved, but I suppose my Mother knows best.
[19:37:10] <[RP] Joco> It's so dry
[19:37:32] <[RP] Joco> GOD
[19:37:40] <[RP] Joco> I'm going to make lotion again
[19:37:36] <[RP] The Wizard> ...It’s a lot like Verdigris
[19:37:55] <[RP] Joco> Verdigris was mesa, though
[The Wizard finally looks at Joco for the first time.]
[19:38:04] <[RP] The Wizard> …
[They look back.]
[19:38:07] <[RP] Joco> Hi
[Slapping their forehead:]
[19:38:10] <[RP] Joco> FUCK
[19:38:33] <[RP] Joco> Hi, Wiz, sorry I never visited 'n shit. I was having troubles with emotional regulation and werewolf shit.
[The Wizard tears up slightly, and then looks away. He doesn’t even seem to have registered what Joco just said. Scintilla watches them, completely oblivious to any tension or emotion.]
[19:38:32] <[RP] The Wizard> You're...you're older
[19:38:35] <[RP] Joco> I'm WHAT
[19:38:52] <[RP] The Wizard> You don't look like a youngin' anymore
[Joco slaps their hand to their face again.]
[19:38:55] <[RP] Joco> SCINTILLA
[19:39:00] <[RP] Scintilla> Yes?
[19:38:57] <[RP] Joco> WHAT THE FUCK
[19:39:07] <[RP] Joco> I thought!! My skin just felt weird!! Because it's DRY HERE
[19:39:15] <[RP] Ivy> Freaaaaaky bug stuff, I'm telling ya
[19:39:24] <[RP] Ivy> This thing probably fucked this world right up
[Joco looks at their arms, showing far more age and sun damage than hours before.]
[19:39:30] <[RP] Scintilla> I did not ask for anything strange to happen!
[19:39:47] <[RP] The Wizard> That's alright, Scintilla
[19:39:44] <[RP] Joco> I do not like your mother
[19:39:49] <[RP] Joco> Wiz we're aware of its mother, right
[19:39:55] <[RP] The Wizard> Vaguely
[19:40:09] <[RP] The Wizard> Only in my own assumptions based on our previous conversations
[19:40:03] <[RP] Joco> Void
[19:40:04] <[RP] Joco> The Void
[19:40:17] <[RP] The Wizard> Well...that does indeed clarify some things
[19:40:23] <[RP] The Wizard> And make a whole mess of others
[19:40:26] <[RP] Ivy> What the fuck
[19:40:28] <[RP] Scintilla> My Mother does not care much for you either Joco do not worry! ^-^
[19:40:33] <[RP] Ivy> Void mother
[19:40:46] <[RP] Ivy> Oh this bug is REALLY fucked up
[19:40:56] <[RP] Ivy> Where did you find this thing
[19:41:07] <[RP] Scintilla> Your robot is very vocal
[19:41:19] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm sorry about Ivy, really, truly, sorry
[19:41:26] <[RP] Ivy> I'm perfect
[Joco sighs and stares at their now slightly wrinkled hands.]
[19:41:01] <[RP] Joco> Holy shit you can see my veins now
[Moving towards him excitedly:]
[19:41:06] <[RP] Joco> WIZ YOU CAN-
[Remembering they’ve not talked in months:]
[19:41:08] <[RP] Joco> Hi
[19:41:21] <[RP] Joco> Where did you find this thing, Wiz
[The Wizard sighs.]
[19:41:36] <[RP] The Wizard> It's a long story
[19:41:49] <[RP] Scintilla> I found him more than he found me!
[19:42:05] <[RP] Joco> Ae found me at the memorial
[19:42:19] <[RP] The Wizard> Scintilla and I also met there, as well
[19:42:23] <[RP] Joco> Ahhhh
[19:42:26] <[RP] The Wizard> It was perched within the tree
[19:42:29] <[RP] Joco> Loiterer
[Good naturedly:]
[19:42:40] <[RP] The Wizard> Hey now
[19:42:51] <[RP] Scintilla> That is the place it felt most right to be, and then the Wizard found me and started asking me many silly questions
[19:43:15] <[RP] Joco> Silly questions like. Who are you and why are you in the tree?
[19:43:21] <[RP] Scintilla> Yes!
[19:43:24] <[RP] The Wizard> I do believe that was about it
[Sarcastically:]
[19:43:34] <[RP] Joco> Wow Wiz what silly questions
[19:43:45] <[RP] Scintilla> I'm so glad you understand Joco
[19:43:57] <[RP] Joco> This is like babysitting four year olds
[19:44:08] <[RP] Joco> But it's just. One freakishly tall one
[19:44:40] <[RP] The Wizard> They do indeed seem to lack in the social department, Scintilla, you are not very old, correct?
[19:44:53] <[RP] Ivy> Ayoooooooo
[19:45:27] <[RP] Scintilla> I am made of things as old as the world and also I have spent a few moon cycles being my Self
[19:45:30] <[RP] Scintilla> So yes and no!
[19:45:32] <[RP] Joco> Oh my god it's a baby
[19:45:33] <[RP] Ivy> They may be a freak but they're a baby freak
[19:45:42] <[RP] Ivy> Fraby
[19:45:46] <[RP] Joco> Frabyyyy
[Sing-song:]
[19:45:56] <[RP] Ivy> Frabyyyy why you so freakyyyyy
[19:45:50] <[RP] Joco> HEY WAIT
[19:45:54] <[RP] Joco> Why were y'all inside
[19:46:10] <[RP] The Wizard> It's where I found Ivy
[19:46:17] <[RP] The Wizard> At least...in the one with the dogs
[19:46:33] <[RP] Ivy> It smelled like dogs and hair and ass
[19:46:23] <[RP] Joco> YOU WERE IN WOLF TRAP?
[19:46:45] <[RP] The Wizard> If that's what it was called, then yes, I do believe so!
[19:46:46] <[RP] Joco> That's what happens when there's. I think I counted 400 before giving up
[19:46:48] <[RP] Joco> 400 wolves
[19:46:56] <[RP] Ivy> Goddamn
[19:47:11] <[RP] The Wizard> That is a good many wolves, indeed
[Joco seems to have begun to calm down, they look at the robot in the Wizard’s hands.]
[19:47:10] <[RP] Joco> You. Said this? Was your sister??
[19:47:25] <[RP] The Wizard> Yes, my younger sister
[19:47:37] <[RP] Joco> ,,,, did you Build Her Recently? Hence younger??
[19:47:51] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh! No, she's-
[Musically:]
[19:48:07] <[RP] Ivy> I've been stuck in a gem for like thirty years
[19:48:16] <[RP] The Wizard> Well, that's exaggerating
[19:48:30] <[RP] Ivy> His ass trapped me in an emerald, used me as a battery, and then he realized I was actually alive
[19:48:34] <[RP] Scintilla> You seem to have lots of people who are constructs around you, The Wizard
[19:48:48] <[RP] The Wizard> Do I...?
[19:48:51] <[RP] Joco> I mean
[19:48:55] <[RP] Joco> More than standard, yeah
[19:48:54] <[RP] The Wizard> Ah, yes! The Princes
[19:49:08] <[RP] The Wizard> I suppose that is a good deal more than normal
[19:49:30] <[RP] The Wizard> But yes, I realized that Ivy was still sentient, much, much too late-
[19:49:34] <[RP] Ivy> MUCH too late
[19:49:42] <[RP] The Wizard> I've begun constructing her a body
[19:49:54] <[RP] Joco> Well then! Okay.
[19:49:36] <[RP] Scintilla> This one, the Princes, myself in some ways. I wonder what about you brings together so many things pretending to be people
[19:49:56] <[RP] The Wizard> ...An interesting way to put it
[19:50:02] <[RP] Ivy> I'm a person!!!!!
[19:50:07] <[RP] Ivy> I'm a full fucking person!!!!!!!!!
[19:50:10] <[RP] Joco> I think I'm a person.
[19:50:17] <[RP] Joco> Some guy said that's enough proof, right
[19:50:19] <[RP] Joco> Yeah
[19:50:29] <[RP] Joco> Hi then, Wiz's sister who's a person. I'm J-
[19:50:30] <[RP] Joco> WAIT
[They grab the sides of their head.]
[19:50:38] <[RP] Ivy> J
[19:50:44] <[RP] Ivy> I thought your name was Joco
[19:50:38] <[RP] Joco> WAIT MY NAME'S CYRUS
[19:50:47] <[RP] Joco> HOLY SHIT THAT'S TOTALLY MY NAME
[19:50:47] <[RP] Scintilla> No your name is Joco
[19:50:50] <[RP] The Wizard> Cyrus?
[19:50:58] <[RP] Scintilla> Is it different now?
[19:50:59] <[RP] Joco> My parents!! Named me Cyrus!!!
[19:51:08] <[RP] The Wizard> ...Oh wow...to remember that
[19:51:09] <[RP] Joco> I FORGOT it for Reasons!! And just! Joco! Oh my GOD
[19:51:24] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm so happy for you- Cyrus...?
[Staring at the sunset:]
[19:51:25] <[RP] Joco> My favorite food was parsnips. What the fuckkkkkkk
[19:51:32] <[RP] Scintilla> Cyrus... Hmm, that works nicely!
[Something shifts within them. Maybe this is who they’ve always been…]
[19:51:42] <[RP] Cyrus> What did you do, Stinkbug
[19:51:54] <[RP] Scintilla> I wanted to fix things for you
[19:51:56] <[RP] The Wizard> Scintilla did all of that...
[19:52:00] <[RP] The Wizard> Wait- WAIT
[19:52:07] <[RP] The Wizard> YOU AGED.
[19:52:12] <[RP] Cyrus> I AGED
[19:52:13] <[RP] The Wizard> YOU AGED AND YOU REMEMBERED
[19:52:15] <[RP] Cyrus> OH MY GOD I AGED
[19:52:23] <[RP] The Wizard> What does that mean???
[19:52:35] <[RP] The Wizard> That means...so much...so incredibly much
[19:52:35] <[RP] Scintilla> Something inside you was broken, and it was hurting you. That's why we did the ritual, yes? I simply wanted it fixed, and I thought I could do it. And I... Did? Perhaps?
[19:52:58] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh Void...
[19:53:02] <[RP] Cyrus> We! Were doing a ritual based on NOTHING AT ALL!! To cure me of lycanthropy!
[19:53:09] <[RP] Scintilla> Maybe there was more broken than I thought
[19:53:13] <[RP] Cyrus> And Scintilla took the opportunity! To bring us here!!
[19:54:05] <[RP] Scintilla> I did not mean to bring anyone anywhere. I do not know what happened. I just... Wanted things to be right
[19:53:13] <[RP] The Wizard> If you can...remove something not even OPERATORS could do-
[Bitterly:]
[19:53:20] <[RP] Cyrus> Or would do
[19:53:39] <[RP] The Wizard> The implications are fascinating
[19:53:40] <[RP] Cyrus> I'm pretty sure they were capable of fixing my shit. They just.... didn't
[19:53:49] <[RP] The Wizard> I see...
[19:53:54] <[RP] Ivy> They do like an anomaly
[19:53:55] <[RP] Cyrus> Lab rat being interesting n whatnot
[19:54:08] <[RP] Ivy> To study, dissect, and spread through time
[19:54:11] <[RP] Cyrus> And a way to clear out unwanted worlds
[19:54:22] <[RP] Ivy> Oh that was YOU
[19:54:33] <[RP] Cyrus> ??
[19:54:35] <[RP] Ivy> You cleaned up a lot of problems back in the day
[19:54:45] <[RP] Cyrus> ?????
[19:55:01] <[RP] Scintilla> What does Wizard's sister mean?
[19:55:14] <[RP] Cyrus> They barely let students at the Academy look at me. What do you mean
[19:54:46] <[RP] The Wizard> You knew them?
[19:55:14] <[RP] Ivy> Oh yeah, I knew of them, there was like a name they gave it? Protocol [Last]?
[Stepping back:]
[19:55:28] <[RP] Cyrus> YEAH
[19:55:30] <[RP] Cyrus> HEY
[19:55:31] <[RP] Cyrus> YEAH
[19:55:40] <[RP] The Wizard> By the Code...
[19:55:58] <[RP] Cyrus> HEY WHAT. HEY
[19:56:00] <[RP] Ivy> Nova told me about it...not to brag
[19:56:13] <[RP] Cyrus> Wiz was your sister a fucking Unknown
[19:56:15] <[RP] Cyrus> Wiz? Wiz
[19:56:29] <[RP] Ivy> I was a mercenary put some respect on my name
[19:56:36] <[RP] Cyrus> I ain't doing SHIT
[19:56:40] <[RP] The Wizard> Technically...we both were...so to speak
[Scintilla bristles, their feathers puff up, and they seem to loom a little taller.]
[19:56:53] <[RP] Ivy> Oh yeah they sent me to deal with a lottttt of people
[19:56:59] <[RP] The Wizard> Ivy, maybe not the time-
[19:57:01] <[RP] Scintilla> You were both Unknown?
[Whispered as they take a few more steps back: ]
[19:57:20] <[RP] Cyrus> what the fuckkkkkkk
[19:57:53] <[RP] The Wizard> ...It was how I had access to "magic", and more importantly, how I learned to read Code
[19:58:05] <[RP] The Wizard> I was a lesser being, not even a true one
[19:58:17] <[RP] The Wizard> Our sire repurposed us to be heirs
[19:58:21] <[RP] Ivy> And we RULEDDDDD
[19:58:25] <[RP] Ivy> At least I did
[Scintilla steps back to put a wing in front of Cyrus, protective.]
[19:58:28] <[RP] Cyrus> ?????
[19:58:32] <[RP] Ivy> Archie didn't have the stomach for it
[19:58:35] <[RP] Cyrus> ARCHIE?
[19:59:00] <[RP] Ivy> Yeah! Arcanus, Archie
[19:59:20] <[RP] The Wizard> When I transformed Ivy into the gem, I stood trial
[19:59:29] <[RP] The Wizard> I was stripped of my title and turned fully Player
[19:59:43] <[RP] The Wizard> I spent many years wandering through worlds until I met the Voidwalker
[The Wizard looks up nervously at Cyrus.]
[19:59:49] <[RP] The Wizard> It's how we met
[Cyrus puts a hand on Scintilla’s wing, just holding the top of it.]
[20:00:11] <[RP] The Wizard> ...
[20:00:16] <[RP] The Wizard> That's it. All of it
[20:00:17] <[RP] Cyrus> You can't be telling me that an Unknown went by Archie
[20:00:20] <[RP] Cyrus> You cannot
[20:00:40] <[RP] Ivy> Of course not, he wasn't like, cloak and dagger Unknown
[20:00:57] <[RP] Ivy> He was Arcanus Dracon! Esteemed Scholar of the Great Shining Academy of the Arcane!
[Cyrus snickers.]
[20:01:13] <[RP] Ivy> Basically a nerdy stooge teaching future generations
[20:01:21] <[RP] The Wizard> Alright now-
[20:01:31] <[RP] Cyrus> Arcanus Dracon? Arcane Dragon??
[20:01:37] <[RP] Cyrus> Your real name is MAGIC DRAGON?
[20:01:43] <[RP] The Wizard> ...I chose it when I was a child...
[20:01:44] <[RP] Scintilla> I did say that name felt wrong when we first met
[20:01:44] <[RP] Cyrus> And you're!! A MAGIC DRAGON???
[20:01:47] <[RP] Cyrus> oh my god
[20:01:53] <[RP] Cyrus> no no scintilla that's perfect
[20:01:55] <[RP] Cyrus> oh my god
[20:02:16] <[RP] Scintilla> So you aren't an Unknown anymore?
[20:02:25] <[RP] The Wizard> No, not anymore
[20:02:30] <[RP] The Wizard> Not for a long time
[Cyrus puts their hands on their head and paces in a circle, a smile on their face, amazed.]
[20:02:30] <[RP] Scintilla> You won't hurt us?
[20:02:44] <[RP] The Wizard> Scintilla as long as I live and breath I will never do anything to bring you harm
[20:02:35] <[RP] Cyrus> They let you choose that name???????
[20:02:48] <[RP] Ivy> THEY DIDDDDDDDD
[20:02:52] <[RP] Ivy> ISN'T IT STUPID
[20:02:54] <[RP] Cyrus> They let you represent them? As Magic Dragon the Magic Dragon????
[20:03:17] <[RP] The Wizard> ....Yes.....
[Scintilla fixes their eyeless gaze at Ivy.]
[20:02:59] <[RP] Scintilla> I want to hear it from the other one, too
[20:03:20] <[RP] Ivy> Hmm?
[20:03:36] <[RP] Ivy> Oh little bug I can make no promises there
[20:03:43] <[RP] Ivy> If I had teeth I'd gnash em
[20:03:47] <[RP] Cyrus> YOU'RE BUILDING AN UNKNOWN A ROBOT BODY
[20:03:51] <[RP] Cyrus> OH MY GODDDDDD
[20:04:18] <[RP] Scintilla> This cannot be right
[20:04:20] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm building my sister a body
[20:04:25] <[RP] The Wizard> That's different
[20:04:31] <[RP] Ivy> It's different!!
[20:04:36] <[RP] Cyrus> Your sister who identifies as and is. Like. Legally?? An Unknown
[20:04:40] <[RP] The Wizard> But I will make sure she behaves
[20:04:46] <[RP] Ivy> He can't do that
[20:04:50] <[RP] Cyrus> Can you do that??
[20:04:57] <[RP] The Wizard> ....I think so...?
[20:05:00] <[RP] Cyrus> Realistically? Without handicapping her?
[20:05:06] <[RP] Cyrus> Terribly so?
[20:05:25] <[RP] The Wizard> Honestly, I'm not sure
[20:05:34] <[RP] The Wizard> I've been buildin’ this on the fly
[20:05:52] <[RP] The Wizard> I have no clue what will or will not allow her full capabilities
[20:06:01] <[RP] Cyrus> Horrifying!
[Scintilla leans close to the robot, its face a perfectly blank plane.]
[20:06:01] <[RP] Ivy> And I have power, baby, power beyond imagination
[20:06:02] <[RP] Scintilla> If you hurt Joco, I will not hesitate to tear you through the layers of this world. You are not as impervious as you think
[20:06:14] <[RP] Cyrus> Horrifying! Doubly!
[20:06:28] <[RP] Ivy> Uh huh think you're a big shot huh Fraby a big bad bug
[20:06:37] <[RP] Ivy> I'd like to see you try
[20:06:46] <[RP] The Wizard> Okay!
[20:06:54] <[RP] The Wizard> That's enough from both of you, please
[20:06:52] <[RP] Cyrus> Remember the baby moved us to this world Accidentally
[20:06:58] <[RP] Cyrus> Imagine what it can do. Purposefully
[20:07:07] <[RP] Cyrus> Intentionally? Intentionally
[20:07:20] <[RP] Cyrus> It didn't even MEAN to bring you here
[20:07:16] <[RP] The Wizard> I would have to agree with the both of them Ivy
[20:07:34] <[RP] Ivy> I was always good at punching above my weight
[Scintilla looks away from the Wizard’s scolding, looking a little like a chastised child. It moves to stand by Cyrus again.]
[20:07:57] <[RP] The Wizard> Sorry, Scintilla
[Cyrus reaches a hand up to pat Scintilla’s shoulder.]
[20:08:14] <[RP] Scintilla> Are you all so sure this is not where we once were?
[20:08:22] <[RP] The Wizard> ...I don't know
[20:08:41] <[RP] The Wizard> It. Something about this place feels different, doesn't it?
[Cyrus pulls out an ender chest.]
[20:08:35] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh yeah that's. That's empty
[20:09:00] <[RP] The Wizard> Really?
[20:09:05] <[RP] The Wizard> It must be, then
[20:09:06] <[RP] Cyrus> The vibes are different but I'd just. Say that's being thrown from a dark oak forest to.
[They blink.]
[20:09:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Stars. Okay. Okay! I'm. So calm and rational about this whole mess
[20:09:56] <[RP] Cyrus> Rational about my close dear friend being a sub-Unknown and having a sister. And Being in a different world. And never seeing those people again
[The Wizard smiles to himself hearing “close dear friend”.]
[20:09:45] <[RP] Scintilla> I could try and take us back? But, well
[20:10:06] <[RP] Scintilla> I cannot guarantee all of you would make it without losing something of yourself
[20:10:18] <[RP] Cyrus> You don't recognize a difference between tree species. You are NOT moving us across worlds again
[20:10:25] <[RP] Scintilla> :(
[20:10:27] <[RP] Ivy> Yeah let's veto that then, I JUST got back to full consciousness
[20:12:15] <[RP] Scintilla> Well we are somewhere else, with nothing. Surely this place is for us then? Since you two know it already
[20:12:32] <[RP] The Wizard> I suppose...
[20:12:46] <[RP] The Wizard> We may have no other option, and oh Void
[20:12:57] <[RP] The Wizard> We won't have the other world's protections
[20:13:12] <[RP] Cyrus> They might find us.
[20:13:15] <[RP] Scintilla> Protections?
[20:13:19] <[RP] The Wizard> My thoughts exactly
[20:13:49] <[RP] The Wizard> We should seek out this world's administrator and either try to appeal to them to let me alter this world's Code, or find out more about where we are
[20:14:24] <[RP] Cyrus> This is so fucked up
[20:14:25] <[RP] Scintilla> Are we not safe here? how do you know?
[20:14:37] <[RP] The Wizard> The unfortunate thing is we won't know until it's too late
[20:14:57] <[RP] The Wizard> We may get lucky, and an observer may find us interesting
[20:15:03] <[RP] The Wizard> That would buy us some time
[20:15:05] <[RP] Cyrus> Maybe they won't recognize me. I'm so old now
[The Wizard laughs lightly.]
[20:15:28] <[RP] The Wizard> We can hope that might be the case!
[20:15:40] <[RP] Ivy> Don't hold your breath kittycat
[20:15:55] <[RP] Cyrus> There was a lava pond over there. I'll just. Make an obsidian box and nothing can See us or Grab us or
[20:16:24] <[RP] The Wizard> Well...That's definitely an option...but how about we try something else and use that as a last resort?
[Scintilla looks up at the looming green and gold sign overhead.]
[20:16:12] <[RP] Scintilla> We will be safe inside this place
[20:16:24] <[RP] Scintilla> I feel... Sure of that.
[20:16:30] <[RP] The Wizard> Interesting...
[20:16:36] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm obliged to trust Scintilla
[20:16:44] <[RP] Cyrus> I'll make the box in the building I don't care
[The Wizard looks Cyrus up and down. Cyrus looks down at their dirty clothes, like that might be what the Wizard is looking at.]
[20:17:06] <[RP] The Wizard> If they can fix your Code...perhaps they can shield us as well
[20:17:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Ae did that accidentally, though. Vibes-based.
[20:18:00] <[RP] The Wizard> This is true
[20:17:37] <[RP] Ivy> Oh great we get to live in Fraby Freak's Funhouse
[20:17:57] <[RP] Scintilla> Wizard does your robot have an off switch? ^-^
[20:17:58] <[RP] Cyrus> I think it's. If GH stands for something I recognize. Then
[Cyrus chokes on their next words.]
[20:18:11] <[RP] The Wizard> Unfortunately she does not!
[20:18:15] <[RP] Ivy> IT WOULD BE CRUEL TO BUILD ONE
[20:18:16] <[RP] Cyrus> YOU SHOULD INSTALL ONE
[20:18:24] <[RP] Ivy> HEY FUCK YOU MAN
[20:18:34] <[RP] Cyrus> I'M NOT THE GUY THREATENING TO KILL EVERYONE
[20:18:39] <[RP] Cyrus> ASSHOLE
[20:18:42] <[RP] Ivy> YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!!!!
[20:18:37] <[RP] The Wizard> ...Perhaps a volume switch?
[20:18:49] <[RP] Ivy> YOU'RE ALL ASSHOLES
[20:18:48] <[RP] Cyrus> Wiz can I throw it into the sea
[20:18:52] <[RP] Cyrus> Wizard. Archie.
[20:18:54] <[RP] Cyrus> Archie surely
[They throw their hands into the air and go back to pacing in circles.]
[20:19:05] <[RP] Cyrus> STARS. FUCKING ARCHIE
[20:19:08] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh no not you too?
[20:19:08] <[RP] Scintilla> Archie... Is that what we should call you now?
[20:19:17] <[RP] Ivy> YES. YES YESSSSS
[The Wizard sighs.]
[20:19:23] <[RP] The Wizard> You can, if you'd like
[20:19:29] <[RP] The Wizard> The Wizard is fine too
[20:19:37] <[RP] Cyrus> The Wizard is so fucking cheesy
[20:19:39] <[RP] Cyrus> And so is Archie
[20:19:43] <[RP] Cyrus> fucking MAGIC DRAGON
[20:19:46] <[RP] The Wizard> ....I like them....
[20:19:50] <[RP] Ivy> GOD yeah YEAH YEAH YEAH
[20:19:59] <[RP] Ivy> OH KITTYCAT YOU'LL LIKE THIS
[20:20:04] <[RP] Ivy> I CALLED HIM CHEESE
[20:20:09] <[RP] Ivy> CALL HIM CHEESE WITH ME
[20:20:10] <[RP] Cyrus> YOU CALLED HIM CHEESE?
[20:20:15] <[RP] Cyrus> OH MY GOD. CHEESE
[20:20:33] <[RP] Ivy> I COULDN'T SAY aRcAnUS or ArCHiE AS A KID SO I CALLED HIM CHEESE
[20:20:35] <[RP] Cyrus> It fits as well as any of your names
[20:20:37] <[RP] Cyrus> holy shit
[20:20:16] <[RP] Scintilla> Your name is as made up as mine, it's okay The Wizard Archie!
[20:20:42] <[RP] The Wizard> ...Thank you Scintilla...
[20:21:10] <[RP] Cyrus> The Wizard, Cheese
[20:21:21] <[RP] Cyrus> What's that make you, a brie? A cheddar?
[20:21:24] <[RP] Cyrus> Provolone?
[20:21:36] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not know any of these words!
[The Wizard sighs again.]
[20:21:40] <[RP] The Wizard> I always thought I would make a good gouda
[20:21:49] <[RP] Cyrus> You'd be fuckin' Provel
[20:22:01] <[RP] Ivy> He WOULD be a provolone
[20:22:02] <[RP] Cyrus> You're not good-a enough for gouda
[The Wizard rolls his eyes with a smile at Cyrus’s pun.]
[20:22:11] <[RP] Cyrus> No, no, not provolone. Provel
[20:22:20] <[RP] Ivy> Provel??? What the fuck is provel
[20:22:20] <[RP] Cyrus> It's a mix of cheeses. For pizza
[20:22:25] <[RP] Cyrus> Specificically for pizza
[20:22:32] <[RP] Cyrus> There've been a few worlds with it
[20:22:47] <[RP] Cyrus> cheddar n provolone n.
[20:22:52] <[RP] Cyrus> I think? switzerlandish?
[20:22:27] <[RP] Ivy> PIZZA.....
[20:22:41] <[RP] Ivy> I haven't had pizza in years. DECADES. CENTURIES
[20:22:28] <[RP] Scintilla> These are... Foods?
[20:22:49] <[RP] The Wizard> They're all delicious foods, indeed
[20:22:59] <[RP] The Wizard> We'll have to make some for you
[20:22:59] <[RP] Scintilla> I know very few foods
[20:23:10] <[RP] Cyrus> We'll show you foods, Stinkbug
[20:23:29] <[RP] Cyrus> God
[20:23:29] <[RP] Scintilla> Bread, and apples, and... Blueberries? Though I do not recall where I saw that one
[20:23:35] <[RP] Cyrus> Blueberries??
[20:23:39] <[RP] The Wizard> Blueberries...?
[20:23:42] <[RP] Cyrus> There's. Last world didn't have those?
[20:23:51] <[RP] The Wizard> No, I don't believe they did
[20:23:52] <[RP] Cyrus> Where DID you see those?
[20:23:56] <[RP] The Wizard> Yes, where?
[20:24:07] <[RP] Cyrus> I was going to show... where the FUCK
[20:24:14] <[RP] Scintilla> I suppose it was something my Mother knew about, perhaps? It passed a lot down to me
[20:24:30] <[RP] The Wizard> I see...if your mother is indeed the Void, then it would make sense
[20:24:33] <[RP] Cyrus> Of all the foods, it only gave you blueberries?
[20:24:41] <[RP] The Wizard> The Void has everything, but yes, why that specifically?
[20:24:51] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not claim to understand Its specificities
[20:25:04] <[RP] Cyrus> Heck, maybe this world's got more berries
[20:25:11] <[RP] The Wizard> I hope so…
[20:25:20] <[RP] The Wizard> I do love a good berry pie
[20:25:12] <[RP] Cyrus> I think I spotted onions back there
[20:25:17] <[RP] Cyrus> Proper onions
[20:25:24] <[RP] The Wizard> Really?
[20:25:37] <[RP] Cyrus> Yeah, not just the singles of alliums
[20:25:58] <[RP] The Wizard> Is it strange that I feel sort of, excited?
[20:26:13] <[RP] Ivy> Yah
[20:26:13] <[RP] Cyrus> Maybe we'll find your kin here, Cheese
[The Wizard grins.]
[20:26:34] <[RP] The Wizard> I missed you a lot, friend
[20:26:22] <[RP] Scintilla> If we are all here together with nothing, will we live together? Because I do not know if I'm meant to live with Cyrus or The Wizard
[20:26:46] <[RP] The Wizard> Well, I think you can do what you please
[20:26:55] <[RP] The Wizard> I'll probably stick around here with you both regardless
[20:26:58] <[RP] Cyrus> This place is already built.
[20:27:03] <[RP] The Wizard> Better to be safe than sorry
[20:27:11] <[RP] Cyrus> Safety in numbers
[20:27:12] <[RP] Cyrus> Joyous
[20:27:52] <[RP] Scintilla> I do want to know what's inside of this place
[20:28:20] <[RP] Cyrus> I'm going to blame this place on you. So I assume it's as big as you'd make it.
[20:28:35] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not know how big I would make something
[20:28:45] <[RP] The Wizard> It seems to go on for quite a bit, in the glance of it I got
[20:29:06] <[RP] Scintilla> I suppose if I was to make something like what I knew, it would be like Home
[20:29:09] <[RP] Cyrus> joy
[20:29:20] <[RP] Scintilla> So perhaps it only continues and continues upon itself?
[20:29:30] <[RP] The Wizard> That would be fascinating to explore...
[20:29:44] <[RP] Cyrus> I. Hm.
[Cyrus swings a leg.]
[20:30:08] <[RP] Cyrus> My knees got older. We've been standing for over an hour.
[20:30:20] <[RP] Cyrus> Can we. Explore the infinite cavern . Later
[20:30:22] <[RP] Cyrus> Please
[20:30:27] <[RP] The Wizard> Ahhhh, welcome to the wonderful world of aging, my friend
[20:30:45] <[RP] Scintilla> That sounds unpleasant. I am glad to not have knees
[20:30:47] <[RP] Scintilla> Or an age
[Going between swinging each leg thoughtfully:]
[20:31:04] <[RP] Cyrus> Have you ever... lost all the flesh on some fingertips, and touched them together?
[20:31:20] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not think I have flesh I can lose!
[20:31:28] <[RP] The Wizard> I cannot say I have...
[20:31:26] <[RP] Cyrus> My knee bones feel like that.
[20:31:37] <[RP] The Wizard> Ah, yes, let's take a rest, then
[20:32:00] <[RP] Scintilla> Perhaps you should sit down. Surely somewhere inside of this place would be suitable for your fleshless knees?
[20:32:13] <[RP] Cyrus> We could totally make them fleshless
[20:32:22] <[RP] Scintilla> Is that a request?
[20:32:24] <[RP] The Wizard> Perhaps we refrain from doing that-
[20:32:29] <[RP] Ivy> DO IT
[20:32:35] <[RP] Ivy> I WANNA SEE THAT
[20:32:46] <[RP] Cyrus> We're not doing that !
[20:32:53] <[RP] Cyrus> Specifically because of her!
[20:32:58] <[RP] Ivy> Oh COME ON
[20:33:27] <[RP] Cyrus> I'm allowed to hold a grudge, I was in y'alls hold for... basically your whole lives wait .
[20:33:45] <[RP] Cyrus> We were similarly aged last we talked, right
[20:33:56] <[RP] The Wizard> I think so
[20:34:09] <[RP] Cyrus> I could've been an Unknown lab-rat as long as you'd been alive .
[20:34:19] <[RP] The Wizard> ...Void
[20:34:20] <[RP] Cyrus> That's weird. It's normal when it's normal lifespans but it's weirder when it's.
[20:34:23] <[RP] Cyrus> Ew
[20:35:31] <[RP] The Wizard> Well...
[20:35:37] <[RP] Cyrus> Okay. Resting. Resting and then exploring. And then maybe finding the actual spawn here.
[20:35:45] <[RP] The Wizard> I like that plan
[20:35:51] <[RP] Cyrus> And FREEING THOSE SQUID
[20:35:59] <[RP] Cyrus> Why squid?? Why in THERE
[20:36:04] <[RP] Scintilla> so I fixed things okay? Despite it going sort of wrong?
[20:36:21] <[RP] The Wizard> Well, we won't know quite yet, but everything seems to be alright for now
[20:36:24] <[RP] Cyrus> I- yeah. Yeah, I mean. We're. Alive
[20:36:35] <[RP] The Wizard> That's the most important bit
[20:37:01] <[RP] Cyrus> Aw, shit, Doc was due to check in on me in a couple days
[20:37:24] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh Void...Doc...and Flick
[20:37:36] <[RP] Cyrus> Our funny little GUY
[20:37:38] <[RP] The Wizard> They won't know what's happened to us
[20:37:45] <[RP] Scintilla> We found the Wizard here. Maybe... They would be here too? Somehow?
[20:37:58] <[RP] The Wizard> There's always a chance
[20:38:02] <[RP] Cyrus> Surely they would've been nearby if so
[20:38:09] <[RP] The Wizard> ...I had thought so as well
[20:38:16] <[RP] Cyrus> Damn
[20:38:16] <[RP] Scintilla> Perhaps not then
[20:38:25] <[RP] Scintilla> I'm... Sorry?
[Cyrus pats aers shoulder.]
[20:38:46] <[RP] Cyrus> Accidents happen
[20:38:51] <[RP] The Wizard> It's alright, we can always find a way to reach out to them, too
[20:39:12] <[RP] The Wizard> Though contacting that world might prove difficult...
[20:39:20] <[RP] Cyrus> There are so many protections
[20:39:24] <[RP] The Wizard> However...I was a teacher once
[20:39:46] <[RP] The Wizard> Scintilla, you may just need guidance. We could perhaps figure out how your abilities work, together
[Cyrus snorts.]
[20:39:59] <[RP] Cyrus> Mister Cheese
[Cyrus cracks up.]
[20:40:10] <[RP] The Wizard> Yes Mister Cyrus
[20:40:13] <[RP] Scintilla> I would like to be able to... Help you two. If I could.
[20:40:30] <[RP] The Wizard> Absolutely, Scintilla
[Cyrus crouches to catch their breath and, just, keeps with momentum and lays on the ground.]
[20:40:40] <[RP] Cyrus> Stars...... [20:40:44] <[RP] Cyrus> This is so stupid.
[20:40:52] <[RP] Scintilla> Cyrus it is better to lie down inside rather than outside, I have been told
[20:40:59] <[RP] Cyrus> No no I'm great here
[The Wizard smiles, he moves to sit next to Cyrus, laying in the half-grass half-entryway. The sun has fully set, and the stars spread above them.]
[20:41:16] <[RP] The Wizard> You can come look at the sky from here [20:41:26] <[RP] The Wizard> Can't do that from inside
[Scintilla shrugs and lies down next to Cyrus, laying stiffly, like they’re in a coffin.]
[20:41:51] <[RP] Ivy> Bunch a nerds [20:41:56] <[RP] Ivy> Lying in the grass
[20:41:56] <[RP] Scintilla> The stars are familiar, I suppose. I do like them
[20:42:06] <[RP] The Wizard> Familiar...
[20:42:26] <[RP] The Wizard> I know constellations don't always come between worlds, but...I don't recognize any of these
[20:42:21] <[RP] Cyrus> I didn't spend enough time looking at the stars
[Cyrus points up at a configuration in the sky.]
[20:42:34] <[RP] Cyrus> But that constellation did NOT exist in the world
[Cyrus points at another one.]
[20:42:48] <[RP] Cyrus> I've seen that one before I think. One star off.
[20:42:39] <[RP] Scintilla> Not to the old world. To my Mother. The stars are in there, sometimes
[20:43:03] <[RP] The Wizard> Sometimes? Do they come in and out?
[20:43:40] <[RP] Scintilla> It goes on forever, and one cannot stay in the same place. They are sometimes visible from certain places, though. I always liked them
[20:43:51] <[RP] Scintilla> They're nicer out here than they were inside, though.
[20:44:03] <[RP] Cyrus> Real
[20:44:18] <[RP] The Wizard> That's lovely
[The three lay in the grass, and look up at the stars. The question of what comes next can be left for a little while later, just for the moment.]
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