In which Ovisia pesters Verdox to check up on him, and the discussion quickly turns into a debate of whether or not frogs are gross.
-- derelictDuchess [DD] began trolling absentExpert [AE] --
DD: Well hello hello hello to you ver ver ver!
DD: I see that you are not dead yet!
AE: Hi Ovisia!... Not yet.
DD: ThIs Is such an unexpected turn of events! I really do have hope now!
DD: Do tell me all the detaIls at your leIsure... darlIng!
DD: I trust you dIdn't fInd It TOO dIffIcult!
DD: And passed along the InformatIon LIKE I TOLD YOU!
AE: I gvess I vvovldn't have expected myself to live throvgh that either, bvt here I am!
DD: Don't tell me that you DIDN'T PREPARE mutusa for her fuckIng JOB!
AE: That's not vvhat I meant!
DD: Then tell me what you DID mean!
AE: Yovr ellipses are scary, Ovisia!
DD: Are you fuckIng shIttIng me!
AE: Yov're doing it again!
DD: Grow a backbone... verdox!
DD: They're just sIgnIfIers that my thoughts are wanderIng... lIke a tramp over a fIeld as she seeks out her next temporary place of resIdence!
DD: It's a thIng of beauty!
DD: And there's NOTHING SCARY ABOUT IT oh my god!
DD: I'm actually QUITE relIeved that you're In!
DD: Not that I was wIshIng that you would dIe... or explIcItly doubted you!
DD: I only MARGINALLY doubted you!
AE: ...I dovbt that yov dovbted me!
DD: There Is a dIfference!
DD: Tell me how your shItty land Is... at any rate!
DD: And If you've been In long!
DD: Oh! And If you've been harmed by your entry!
DD: I'm puttIng together lIsts and schedules and junk! ^'u'^
DD: OrganIzatIon Is key for gettIng out of shIt that's LOUSY! LIke thIs GAME!
AE: Okay, okay. Point taken. Jvst a sec, I need to gather my thovghts a little!
AE: Vm... so, Mvtvsa helped me get in here, obviovsly. I did vvhat yov told me to do vvith the machines and all that stvff... or I gvess I told Mvtvsa to do it.
AE: I tried looking for my lvsvs, bvt that didn't vvork ovt too vvell. Vh, I mean, he vvasn't in one piece.
AE: So, vh, I kind of... vvell, he's fine, I gvess. It's fine.
DD: Well that's to be expected! You put hIm In the sprIte... I assume!
DD: Does he talk! Tell me about hIm! ^'u'^
AE: Yeah, I pvt in vvhat I covld. :<
DD: That's exceptIonately vague! Tell me the mIx... verdox... the mIx!
DD: Tell me how InterestIng he looks now... bababa!
DD: I mean I put In peg a short whIle ago and baaaaaaaa!
DD: What a baaaaaaaad Idea!
AE: He never talked mvch before, and he doesn't talk mvch novv. I covld only grab his vvings and his head; everything else vvas too soggy or too messed vp to vse. Vhh... and then I kinda... vh.
AE: I didn't knovv vvhat else to pvt in, so I grabbed part of my story, yov knovv? A page that had a description of a character on it. So... novv he's kinda...
AE: VVeird. Not in a bad vvay.
DD: So... weIrd In an InterestIng way! That tells me SO MUCH thank you DEARLY for that IncredIbly thoughtful descrIptIon!
DD: Not even tellIng me what the character was lIke or If It changed hIs appearance or ANYTHING!
DD: It's lIke you're suddenly shy to talk to me!
DD: Well... no... not exactly....
DD: I mean... of course... I knew thIs was comIng....
DD: Baaaa... I'm sorry for beIng so coarse wIth you... thIs must all just be a shock....
DD: But I promIse! There are some good parts to thIs game!
DD: LIke uh! Everyone gets to see each other and have adventures!
DD: That sounds lIke sooo much fun! You agree!
DD: It's not all death and mIsery and fear and loss and whatever else thIs entry threw us Into... baba!
AE: ...I knovv it's not all bad! And I knovv ovt of everyone, yov probably had it the rovghest.
AE: So yov don't really need to say yov're sorry, or anything. I knovv I vvasn't making yovr life any easier, anyhovv. Hahaha... :'V
DD: What... you're talkIng about my entry!
DD: Baaa... well... that COULD have gone better... but I guess I don't hold It agaInst you... verdox!
AE: Really? Yov're not mad?
DD: You trIed... at least! And we're both In one pIece! That's... somethIng to say! ^'u'^
DD: I wIll admIt I was a LITTLE IrrItated as It was happenIng... but... well....
DD: It's water under the brIdge! You just dIdn't understand the entIre sItuatIon you were In... whIch was my fault!
DD: I... probably should have been more upfront wIth you!
DD: And please! I don't want to compare bulges wIth anyone here... bababa! We're ALL goIng to have It rough... probably!
DD: WhIch Is why It's Important to let lIttle shIt go and work together!
DD: (Or... at least... that's what I keep tellIng myself! Bababa!)
AE: See? This is vvhy I think yov'd make a good leader. :V
AE: Bvt I vvon't pvsh that novv!
DD: Baaaaa! Yeah... If you could PLEASE not push that shIt NOW!
DD: Look... my job Is basIcally fInIshed!
DD: Once you're all In... you'll know just as much as I do!
DD: Hell... once you sleep... you'll go to a moon as well... and see the future or whatever those on the purple place do... and I'll have lIterally NO EDGE!
DD: I'm... not cut out to be the leader! We could maybe vote on one later... but....
DD: ...Even that's probably a lIttle much! I mean! Why do we even NEED a leader... baba! ^'u'^
AE: I gvess yov're right.
AE: VVell... I hope it doesn't come to that, then!
DD: I only dId all of thIs shIt because I had to... and uh... I'll be mostly spendIng thIs game away from everyone else!
DD: Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
DD: You know hIm! Surely!
DD: He's a green blood too!
AE: I thovght yov didn't like him? VVhy vvovld yov spend time vvith him?
DD: APPARENTLY the game dIdn't get THAT memo!
AE: ...Is he vvith yov right novv?
DD: He's my knIght! I'm the person of space! He's supposed to lIke breed frogs wIth me or some shIt!
DD: No no no he doesn't come untIl later!
DD: Though I WISH he'd hurry It up!
DD: I can't do SHIT wIthout hIm!
AE: VVovv, that's kind of cool! I mean, being a knight and all.
AE: I'm svre yov tvvo vvill be fine, thovgh. Probably.
DD: We all get thIs stupId-ass tItles though!
DD: And yeah... hopefully....
DD: It's goIng to take some restraInt though... I'll tell you that much!
DD: We just fIght! All! The! TIme!
DD: I lIterally cannot have a fuckIng WORD wIth that asshole that doesn't turn Into a PETTY ARGUMENT!
DD: Oh my god It's just too fuckIng rIdIculous!
AE: Bvt he's not a bad gvy. And he's a master adventvrer! Yov covldn't hope for a better partner!
DD: Look... even YOU would be a better partner than hIm!
DD: Even terIas! Oh what I wouldn't gIve to have THAT kId as my knIght!
AE: Hey! VVhat do yov mean >even< me? :V
DD: I could gIve a shIt If he's an "adventurer!" He's a stubborn pIece of shIt who just EXISTS to GET ON MY NERVES!
AE: Bvt I gvess it vvovld be hard to vvork vvith someone yov don't get along vvith. Look on the bright side, thovgh.
DD: No offense... verdox! You can just be a bIt much sometImes! Also I'm not sure how well you'd take to catchIng and checkIng the genetIcs of frogs!
DD: (How fuckIng useless!)
AE: Come on, frogs are neat.
DD: Baaaaa! No they're just gross and slImey and baaaaaaaaa!
DD: Unpleasant creatures!
AE: Amphibians, thovgh! Did yov knovv some frogs can svrvive being frozen in the vvinter?
DD: And you have to CATCH them!
AE: And then they thavv in the spring...
AE: Like nothing even happened!
DD: And thIs Is supposed to endear me to them HOW....
DD: They just sound lIke freaky ressurectIon shIt thIngs!
DD: (But no I guess I dIdn't know that!)
DD: (I guess that's what I get for dIsablIng AnImal Planet from beIng In my televIsIon sets!)
AE: Did yov knovv frogs shed their skin, too?
DD: That's pretty fuckIng nasty!
AE: And then, once they get ovt of their old skin, they >eat it<!
DD: I'm not even squeamIsh but what the FUCK!
DD: You have GOT to be SHITTING ME verdox!
DD: Tell me that you're fuckIng around!
DD: No... It's DISGUSTING!
DD: Why the fuck would you EAT YOUR OWN SKIN!
DD: And why would you THINK THAT WAS COOL!
AE: ...VVell, it helps to make vp for the energy they lose vvhile shedding, I gvess.
DD: There Is no energy lost by SHEDDING! SNAKES don't EAT THEIR FUCKING SKIN!
DD: Frogs are just nasty as shIt and I want you to ADMIT IT!
AE: VVell, snakes don't eat their shed skin, that's trve.
AE: Come on, if yov vvere a frog, vvovld yov vvant people calling yov gross jvst becavse yov eat yovr ovvn skin? I mean, they can't help it.
DD: If I was a frog I wouldn't be a shItty frog and I'd have fuckIng manners!
DD: And not eat my OWN SKIN!
DD: I'd also probably employ other frogs to hunt for me so I never felt compelled to!
DD: Look... anImals are just nasty as shIt!
DD: But I guess lIzards too!
AE: I'm svre if yov vvere talking abovt mammals yov'd be more generovs!
DD: Some mammals are so nasty too!
DD: LIke... baaaaaaa... drInkIng secretIons from the host's body to grow!
AE: Like, did yov knovv vvhen sheep breed, it's called "tvbing"?
DD: Rams... goats... and sheep get an excuse!
DD: ...Who the fuck even thought that up....
DD: I don't even want to KNOW WHY actually!
DD: It's probably GROSSER THAN SKIN EATING!
DD: Why the FUCK DO YOU KNOW ALL THIS SHIT!
AE: VVhat?! No! VVhen did I say that?
AE: I jvst read a lot. :V
DD: And I watch a lot of thIngs and read enough too but that doesn't mean I know shIt about FROGS or know about SHEEP BREEDING!
DD: WhIch you would thInk would be totally my area of expertIse but no!
DD: verdox you have got some ISSUES where the fuck do you even fInd thIs shIt!
AE: VVell, I don't make it a point to read specifically abovt sheep breeding. Sometimes it jvst comes vp!
DD: How the fuck does SHEEP BREEDING just come up!
DD: You have to be readIng somethIng STUPID AS SHIT for that to just COME UP!
AE: VVhat if I'm reading a book abovt livestock animals? VVhat then? Sheep breeding, that's vvhat.
DD: Why the fuck would you be readIng a book about lIvestock anImals In the fIrst place!
DD: You're a fuckIng green blood!
DD: It makes NO SENSE for you to even fuckIng CARE!
AE: Bvt I vvant to knovv things!
DD: About SHEEP BREEDING!
AE: Come on, some day this vvill come in handy.
AE: VVell. Maybe not the sheep breeding.
DD: You know what... I'm not... even goIng... to ask... how....
AE: VVeren't vve going to talk abovt ovr... "lands"? Hovv did vve even get to talking abovt this?
DD: I don't even remember....
DD: And by that I mean I do but It's totally besIdes the poInt!
DD: (My memory Isn't THAT shoddy!)
DD: But yes... tell me about your land... then!
AE: Oh. Vh, vvell, it's pretty vvet! And by vvet, I mean it's flooding, and I'm kind of vvorried abovt that becavse I can't svvim too vvell.
AE: From vvhat I can tell, this place is some sort of rainforest!
DD: ShIt! Sounds lIke the dIrect opposIte of my own... then!
AE: VVhat's yovr land like?
DD: But uh... you haven't explored too much... then!
DD: Smoke smoke smoke and more smoke! I can't even see outsIde clearly!
DD: It smells lIke ash and I can barely breathe! Bababa!
DD: It's also hot as HELL!
DD: But... that's besIdes the poInt!
DD: PoInt Is that you need hIgh ground! You're lookIng Into that... I trust!
AE: Yeah, I'm sitting in a tree right novv... bvt I'm going to have to get ovt of here eventvally. Or move fvrther vp!
AE: Bvt vvhat abovt yov? Are yov alright? Yovr land sovnds pretty dangerovs. :<
DD: Yeah... clImbIng up seems lIke a good plan... I mean It's a raInforest!
DD: ...Before you do any quests or anythIng... verdox... I want you to eIther secure your hIve or buIld a new shelter!
DD: I know It sounds dumb but we need you safe!
DD: And I'll be alrIght! InsIde my hIve It's not TOO bad... It's just leavIng that would cause a problem!
DD: I'll have to make some gas-masks! What a chore!
DD: Don't you worry about me! ^'u'^
AE: Okay, I'll give it my best shot... right novv I'm jvst trying to climb vp to the canopy to take a look arovnd, bvt it's a long climb!
AE: As long as yov're safe, that's fine! Jvst take care of yovrself vvhen yov go ovt. :V
DD: And yeah yeah yeah I know!
DD: Don't worry! I have no Interest In suffocatIng to death oh my god!
DD: What a horrIble way to go!
DD: But uh... do be careful!
DD: Even InsIde your hIve I thInk... thIngs are supposed to spawn!
DD: So just have a weapon wIth you at all tImes!
AE: Oh... okay! VVhat sort of things?
DD: I'm... not quIte sure what to call them!
DD: They're black and creepy though... just be quIck In takIng them out and you'll be fIne!
DD: They seem... mostly harmless... most of them....
DD: You get experIence for kIllIng them though whIch Is good! ^'u'^
AE: Is this a game thing again?
DD: Okay so uh... In regular games... or what I know about them....
DD: Not that I play them... they're tIme wasters... I just know some thIngs I guess!
DD: Well... experIence helps you level up! Or somethIng!
DD: And I thInk that means you get more powers!
DD: And that certaInly can't hurt!
AE: VVovv... I can't vvait to see vvhat everyone's titles and stvff are.
AE: Anyvvay, thanks for explaining, Ovisia! I gvess I shovld go try and make a better vveapon or something vvhile I have the chance.
DD: Your strIfespecIbus should have taken care of that... verdox!
DD: I suppose you haven't set It yet!
DD: And yeah... me eIther! I mean I know parts of some but... not all of them... bababa!
DD: LIke I know my own and I know cIn's and I know rej's and I know ek's... but!
DD: I only get so much... I'm afraId!
AE: Anything abovt me? Probably not, I gvess!
DD: I can say that most of us can get super powerful! In some ways! I thInk!
DD: Yours... remaIns elusIve... verdox!
DD: I thInk It's just more toned down than most of ours!
AE: Hvh... vvell, vvith great povver comes great responsibility. Let's all keep ovr heads on straight, even if vve do get to be svper avvesome badasses! ;V
DD: But that doesn't mean It's not Important... of course!
DD: And I thInk as long as we remember that no one Is better than anyone else... then we'll be fIne!
AE: Hahaha! VVell, vvhatever it is, I'm svre it can't be that bad.
DD: It's okay to be super In a group of supers!
DD: I just fear the power goIng to... some people's... heads....
DD: Or worse! People not knowIng how to handle It!
DD: That'd be pretty bad too... bababa....
AE: Like Synore? I mean, or something. I don't knovv her vvell, so maybe
AE: Bvt, yov knovv. Seadvvellers.
DD: In syn's case I just... really hope... she talks to me... and rej... and no one else....
DD: As mean as that may sound!
DD: Baaaa... I shudder to thInk as to what she could do! KInda!
DD: I mean!! I struck an agreement wIth her so everyone wIll be safe!
DD: But she can just be a lIttle unpredIctable sometImes... baba!
AE: VVell... I mean, as long as yov and Arejda are arovnd, it probably vvon't be an issve! Hopefvlly.
AE: ...Okay! That's not totally convincing, bvt okay! :'V
DD: It's not really for anyone to worry about!
DD: Trouble up In the ranks blah blah blah!
DD: ThIs means more than that... so!
DD: Even If syn's not wIllIng to see It... I'll... sort It out!
DD: No one Is goIng to be In any harm because of my shIt! Baba!
DD: Or hIghblood shIt In GENERAL!
AE: Avv, I'm svre it vvon't come to anything drastic.
DD: And by that I mean DEFINITELY NOT!
DD: But that's just bullshIt! I'm sure syn wIll be fIne!
DD: My MAIN Issue wIth her Is MUCH dIfferent than poIntless drama!
DD: She's our slyph! Our DESIGNATED HEALER!
DD: What are even the CHANCES OF HER HEALING ANYONE!
AE: VVell... maybe she vvon't need to heal anyone? I mean, maybe if vve're really carefvl...
AE: None of vs vvill get hvrt?
DD: I don't know... there's a lot of room for error here....
DD: And I hope that no one gets hurt!
DD: But wIth people lIke heltus runnIng around!
DD: ...OR PEOPLE LIKE YOU FOR THAT MATTER!!
DD: Let's just say I don't fInd It LIKELY!
DD: And I'm sure we'll manage but baaaa!
DD: It's just such a DRAG!
AE: Hovv come she got a role like that, thovgh?
DD: Why couldn't have HELPFUL PEOPLE have gotten HELPFUL TITLES I ask!
DD: ThIs name shIt system makes NO SENSE!
DD: LIke I'm a Rogue of Space!
DD: But come on! How USELESS!
AE: Oh, that sovnds cool!
DD: What the fuck does that even MEAN!
DD: I can't really do ANYTHING! I can just do rogue thIngs! Whatever that Is!
AE: VVell, rogves are kind of like brigands... brigands are cool!
DD: And then you have arejda beIng a muse!
AE: That's perfect for her!
DD: RIght... I almost forgot who I was talkIng to....
DD: Of course... you wouldn't see... the Irony....
AE: Yov don't like her poetry? :<
DD: verdox... arejda ellfen Is probably the worst poet who was ever hatched....
AE: Hovv can yov say that? That's not trve! :<<
DD: I can say that because I know these thIngs and It IS true!
DD: She Is sImply HORRIBLE!
DD: It's all doom and gloom bullshIt wIth HORRIBLE METAPHORS!
DD: How she Is supposed to INSPIRE PEOPLE beyond anythIng but a rolled eye Is BEYOND ME!
AE: VVell, I'm inspired by it! So that's at least >one< person! >:V
DD: Maybe for the group I'm In... she was a fIttIng choIce!
DD: Goddamn all you people!
DD: You're all so uncultured! ^-A-^
DD: FIrst not understandIng my naked statues... and now thIs!
AE: Hovv are those even remotely similar?
AE: And... I mean, yov're entitled to yovr opinion!
DD: It just proves your lack of culture and understandIng of fIne art!
DD: Naked statues are lIke really hIgh up there In thIngs that are consIdered fashIonable! EspecIally of lIke horse people!
DD: I'm just sayIng I should have expected thIs!
AE: Every road leads back to the naked statves!
AE: There's no escaping them!
AE: I mean, I gvess I don't vnderstand everything abovt blveblood stvff. And 'cvltvre', and vvhatnot... bvt it's fvn to slam vvith Arejda, and I think she's really good. :>
DD: The road Is blocked by the fInest of art!
AE: Maybe yov shovld try it sometime?
AE: I'm svre she'd say yes.
DD: She Is horrIble and just because she's horrIble doesn't mean I'm any better!
DD: I don't care If she'd say yes!
DD: It'd just baaaa It'd make thIngs baaaa between us at ANY rate!
AE: I thovght yov and Arejda vvere, yov knovv!
AE: VVhy are yov not getting along?
DD: It's just... hIghblood shIt!
DD: I don't want to bog you down wIth the detaIls... verdox! Mostly because you're a frIend and I care about that! Baba!
DD: I just baaaaa I'd rather not! Bababa!
AE: Baaaa to yov too! That's fine. I don't really need to knovv. :V
DD: Yeah! HIghbloods... bababa...
DD: It's a better gIg than all of you but sooo sooo sooo stressful!
AE: VVell, the stressfvl part, anyvvay.
AE: I don't knovv if the "highbloods have more fvn" saying is actvally trve anymore.
DD: Well! Maybe not In the game!
DD: But certaInly back In AlternIa!
DD: I mean... we had everythIng!
DD: It was pretty awesome... bababa!
AE: VVell... everything except central heating! Hahaha!
DD: I had FIREPLACES my hIve just sucked!
DD: I wasn't a very good archItect....
DD: You know... when I was one!
AE: Hahaha! It's fine! I liked yovr hive. I mean, maybe not the statves, bvt the rest of it looked like something from a history book.
DD: That was the IntentIon!
DD: I've always been bIg on hIstory... or I was... but then I kInda got dIstracted by that... I guess!
DD: But uh... I don't know... I guess I always thought I'd have tIme to get back Into It!
DD: Back when I was around four I used to pay these huge expedItIons to go out and fInd artIfacts for me!
DD: I'd fInd out so much!
DD: It was... really cool... bababa!
DD: But... I don't know... It's hard when you're four and your moIraIl sucks and then wIth everythIng that happened after that and baaaaaaaaaa!
DD: I just haven't had the tIme! Bababa!
AE: VVell... as long as vve're alive, there's still time!
AE: In the fvtvre, I mean.
DD: But my hIve was totally modeled to suIt some ancIent tIme perIod! I mean... that could be why It sucked... BUT!
DD: I can't do anythIng now... though! WorryIng about the past at a tIme lIke THIS!
DD: There's nothIng for you to be sorry about... verdox!
DD: For once... you dIdn't do anythIng wrong! Bababa! ^'u'^
DD: It's just my personal shIt and I'm not even sure why I'm even ventIng to you about that!
DD: I'm... sorry myself! Bababa....
AE: Hahaha! I'll shovv yov! I'll be the most competent, least-likely-to-screvv-vp player the vvorld has ever seen! :V
AE: And it's no big deal... I don't mind listening. :>
DD: You BETTER MAKE GOOD ON THAT PROMISE... verdox!
DD: (I'm kIddIng... really! Just... do your best!)
AE: I may not be a dvchess, bvt I still keep my promises! :V
AE: I vvill, don't vvorry.
DD: (You're a really nIce guy... I really doubt you'll cause any Issue!)
DD: But... thank you... really!
AE: Hahaha! VVell, as long as I don't tovch any more compvter programs.
DD: RIght though... I meant to ask you thIs before... or at least get thIs answered... you're not harmed... I assume!
DD: I really doubt we'll get Into the medIum wIth everyone unharmed... to be honest!
DD: Just tryIng to... keep account of our InjurIes!
DD: HOPEFULLY that's all you needed to do on the computer or I swear we're In It DEEP!
AE: Vh, not really! I cvt myself a little bit on some glass, bvt that's abovt it. One of my display cases broke. :<
AE: VVell... so far, no one vvas really hvrt, right? I'd imagine Synore vvas fine, and yov vvere alright last time I savv yov.
DD: Baaa! I'm sorry to hear that! That sounds margInally paInful!
DD: But It could be worse... I suppose! Just be careful around the area!
DD: But yeah... as far as I'm aware... no one's been maImed or anythIng... bababa!
DD: Let's just hope It stays that way!
DD: I'll be checkIng In wIth everyone once they come on....
DD: I mean mostly for my own selfIsh reasons but baaa! One last effort to make sure we're all ready for thIs!
DD: ...Whatever "thIs" Is!
AE: Yvp, it hvrt a little bit! Bvt it's nothing seriovs. :V
AE: Glad to hear everyone else is okay, thovgh!
AE: And I hope they can all make it in vvithovt issves... bvt if I can do it, they can too, right? Haha!
AE: Anyvvay, thanks for checking in vvith me. I vvas vvondering vvhat to do, bvt I feel better abovt things novv. :V
DD: That's what I'm hopIng! If you can... well!
DD: There's hope for us all!
DD: (Even heltus! Bababa!)
DD: (He's a sweetIe... but....)
DD: Probably be doIng thIs often!
DD: Mostly because there's nothIng else for me TO do... you understand!
DD: Not because I'm a LEADER!
AE: Anyvvay... everything's A-OK here, if yov vvant to go make some gas masks or talk to someone else or something!
AE: I knovv yov're bvsy not being a leader. ;V
DD: Yeah I guess I should actually get around to checkIng thIngs out at least!
DD: Maybe kIll a thIng or two to beat the stress off... bababa!
DD: It's good to know that you're alrIght... verdox!
DD: Be careful... and get to hIgh ground soon!
AE: I'm glad that yov're okay too! Let's keep it that vvay!
AE: And don't vvorry... I'm a master climber. No vvater's gonna get me! :V
AE: Good lvck ovt there, Ovisia.
AE: Talk to yov later! :>
-- absentExpert [AE] gave up trolling derelictDuchess [DD] at 15:18 --