buh…. watching another documentary about Rome. Imperator=emperor. Copia is Imperator of the Ministry. Guess who else was emperor of Rome. Romulus. Guess who (in some telling of the founding of Rome) was kidnapped at a young age. Remus. A popular headcanon is that Perpetua was raised away from the ministry. Two brothers, birthed from royalty but casted to the side until they were older, and finally moved into place to be the two most powerful men in the Ministry.
The name Emeritus means retired. Perpetua doesn’t go by Emeritus, his title is Papa V Perpetua, and Perpetua means everlasting. A retired legacy replaced by something that will last for a very, very long time, maybe even forever.
Romulus and Remus disagreed over where and how to rule Rome, so Romulus killed his brother. Copia and Perpetua will (most likely) meet for the first time, a meeting that might decide the direction of Ghost.
Maybe this is the story where Romulus dies, and Remus lives.
Vers 390 av. J.-C., Brennus, chef des Sénons, écrase l'armée romaine à la bataille de l'Allia avant de marcher sur Rome, qu'il met à sac. Seul le Capitole résiste plusieurs mois, jusqu'à ce que les Romains acceptent de payer une lourde rançon en or pour obtenir le départ des Gaulois.
Lors de la pesée, les Romains accusent les Gaulois d'utiliser des poids truqués. Brennus aurait alors jeté son épée sur la balance en prononçant la célèbre formule « Vae victis ! » (« Malheur aux vaincus ! »).
I bought some broom mimics at a con about a year ago! They look so very fun, and I always like more mimics to play around with, so I just had to have them.
The miniatures are mainly painted with the Army Painter’s Speedpaints, while the floors are painted with D&D Adventurers Paint Set and all shadows and highlights have been done manually.
The models are from the Mimics set by Vae Victis Miniatures, which are itself part of the Bar Brawl set by Vae Victis Miniatures made in June 2021, though only the mimic form of the miniature can be found in the Mimics set. To make things even more complicated, I bought them from Mimic Kingdom at a con, and they were sold as a set but separate from the other mimic types. So. It's complicated. I'd try the Bar Brawl set if I was looking for both versions of the mimic.
A regal fusion of nature and fantasy — the Crown of Nocturna blooms with celestial elegance, perfect for fae, druids, queens, and any soul touched by magic.
@/holyaches // Eurasian collared-doves // @/holyaches // Joseph Wright, The Corinthian Maid // @/darlington-v // Benjamin Marshal, J.G. Shaddick, the Celebrated Sportsman // unknown // François Boucher, Allegory of Music // Phoebe Bridgers, Moon Song
Pink - Squig
Red - Vae Victis
Orange - Dublin Down
Purple - Ellianna Cherrene
[7/21/2026]
[Undetermined time]
[Start of Audio Transcription]
S: … Hello? Is, uh, this the right number…?
E: Hi! Oh, uhm…
E: (whisper) I wasn't expecting you to sound like…
E: (clears throat) Yeah… Yeah, this is the right number. It's Elly.
S: AH! Okay! Good, good. Uh…
S: And… Wow, you really sound like her…
S: ANYWAY!!!~ I'm Squig! You, uh… know that.
S: (three seconds of silence) Yeah, I'm bad at this.
S: (clap) OKAY!~ Let's just… cut to the chase? I don't know, dude… Just… What happened? That's the first question on my list; we'll. Start there? I think???
E: (a second of silence before an inhale could be heard) Do I… really have to? I doubt you'll believe me anyway, considering… (the rest is whispered) no offense.
S: (a sigh) I get it. Just… I do. I really do… I get that it's supposed to be my… Gimmick. Or whatever. But… I'm tired of. Breaking kayfabe. Or whatever…
S: So… Let this be a sign that… I'm gonna. TRY to keep things in-universe for… A lot of this? But I DO wanna know what happened to… The extent you're allowed to tell me, oh-oh-cee. If… You don't mind?
E: That's— (a groan) That's exactly why I think you won't believe me!
E: (a pause of two seconds before a sigh can be heard) Look. Something happened that had me stressed, so I went to this world to take a break. I was in a park, then I saw them. 01. Or Molly. I called out, and they panicked. I think their defense system kicked in and had them run away. I chased after them and... (voice fades out)
E: ... I got desperate. I reached out, and my... weapon got them. Straight into the torso. I know that's not really too bad in comparison to everything they went through, but—
E: (a sigh) Whatever. That's what happened. There was no OOC, no backstage, nothing. This isn't like some kind of... roleplay. (a pause) Er. Well. Yeah.
S: Right, right... (the sounds of keyboard clacking are heard) So... What I'm assuming happened is that.. You were stressed about that weird... Interview thingy that happened, you went to the park, you crossed paths with Robin, called her by her old host's name and... That pissed Daize off? And the two of you got into a scuffle that kinda... Make things worse in your heads than in real life? Am I getting it right so far?
S: Because... I'm not gonna lie dude, I'm sorry, but I already have a headache.....
E: (a muffled scream, perhaps covered by hands) This is exactly what I mean! You didn't even listen at all!
E: (a thud) I didn't dream that up! Last I checked, the only thing wrong with me is my depression, and I do not have schizophrenia!
S: (a groan and the sounds of movement) God.... Why do I even bother.... (a single laugh) Actually... Fuck it! Why does it MATTER!? Like AT ALL???
S: (the sound of a chair being scooted back as Squig likely gets up from her chair. Her voice intensifies) I GET IT!!! In the story you're... Some metafictional clone-making teen who's trying to find your creation in some... Backwater timeline that she skipped off to after you did something that's probably gonna take a good few months to be revealed, probably at some... Pivotal moment that changes the audience's entire opinion on you!
S: I GET IT. You... Your story makes sense to YOU. The way that MINE is supposed to make sense to ME.
S: But REALITY doesn't always give us things that make sense yet. Sometimes... Sometimes you gotta wait it out until things make sense again. Because if you don't hold out hope, NOTHING will make sense until then, even if there IS some kind of explanation to the things you're seeing, you won't believe it until you see it, you know??
S: Or... Until reality rears its ugly head again and... (her voice cracks) And it all comes crashing back down again. Things get. Too real, too fast, no warning.... You're too caught up on the details and then... Without warning, someone's... (a sob) Gone.
S: (muffled sobbing is heard for eight seconds before she begins speaking again) Sorry, sorry things have just... I've been a little... Off kilter. Due to... Yeah. It's.... You... Shouldn't have had to hear that.
E: (three seconds of silence) I... sorry. It's... I shouldn't have gotten that mad. I don't-- (indeterminable noise for a second) I understand how it goes for you. I just. (sigh)
E: It's okay. I think you kind of needed to let all that out anyway. (awkward chuckle)
S: No, it's... (sigh) Look. I shouldn't have snapped either; it's just.. I've (voice crack) been having... A bad few... Uh. I would say weeks, but. It's been. A bad lifetime, I think. (A single dry chuckle)
S: But.. You're young. You're literally ten years younger than me, kid. Folks like me shouldn't be puttin' our issues onto folks like you. And... By that, I mean... I gotta go to your older doppelganger if I wanna get help grieving, I think...
S: (cough) Speaking of... We got... REALLY off topic. Uh... Let's... Skip that part for now. I don't... Need to know the details of what occurred so long as everyone ended up okay. But... I was tasked with something else... Uh... (keyboard clacks) AHA!~ Here!
S: Uhhh.... (her voice lowers as she mumbles to herself, likely reading from something written down) 'Please gather information about whether or not....... still motivated to chase us...... exactly how much she knows.....' (her voice returns to normal) Okay! Uh... Are you still planning on chasing Ro.... Molly?
E: (soft chuckle) That's from them, isn't it? The question.
S: (a second of silence) .... Technically it was originally in binary, so... It'd only be the original question if I was... Uh, reading it in ones and zeros.....
E: (clears her throat) That's. Huh. You don't have to answer that.
E: But to answer your question, no. Not entirely. I won't try to go after them on purpose. But if I ever see them again, then I'll try and talk to them. That's it. Nothing else.
E: (a second of silence) ... They're doing good though, right? Mol-... Robin. Or whatever name they chose for themself.
S: Robin. Her name's Robin. I, uh... Call her Sci-Fi sometimes due to the whole... Genre y'all have. (she gives a nervous laugh)
S: So... The next question, I'll... Also just straight up ask. How... Much do you know about them currently? Robin and Daize? I mean? Not... Whatever you called her old hos.... (cough) Molly, right? I don't... Need to know about them. (her voice lowers) I... Already have more than enough info on Cherisse's backstory that I'm gonna avoid telling her about for the time being.....
E: I... well. Nothing much? Daize is probably the Defense System and Robin's— (clears throat) Well. I know what they look like. Possible general vicinity of where they live, unless Daize did a switcheroo on me, and their other name that you just told me. Cherrise. I won't look it up, though, promise.
E: Didn't think they'd choose a name similar to mine, though. Cherrise. Cherrene. Hah.
S: Huh... (several slow clicks on her keyboard are heard) Guess... That's a character too... (whispering) Which narrows down my search for her real family...
E: (a pause) ... You do know that I can still hear you, right?
S: (a second pause) ... Oh.
S: (she clears her throat) Sorry... I just. I don't think this is allowed but... I DO want to see if I can... Potentially find her real family? Robin's, I mean. I have Cherrise's listed and everything, but... There are still some parts that don't make sense, like the whole... Terminal cancer thing. So... Thank you for at least confirming that I'm only looking into her character's lore rather than her... Actual family.
S: Well... (a chuckle which ends in an exhale) I say all of this as if you aren't her family... It's more than likely you two are related, but.. Since I can't find YOU on any of Cherrise's family tree, I can only assume you're like... A half-siblings? Maybe? Not that that's not an ACTUAL family, of course! It - it's just... Gah......
S: (sigh) I really do hate hearing her wonder if she actually has family out there. I... Know now that Cherrise is just a part of the lore, but... Is there anything you can tell me about her real family? Not.. Not the one with the dead kid made up for this story?
E: (It sounds like the phone is being shifted around for 10 seconds)
E: Sorry, sorry. I had to move places for a bit there. My little sister was going to peek, and everything but, yeah.
E: (a moment of silence)
E: (Whisper) dead kid, huh.
E: (Her voice rises back to normal volume) They, uh, had a brother. And... (Her voice cracks) He's dead. In a way, Robin was kind of my sibling, and so was her brother. But things (a sniffle) happened. And now he's gone.
S: (quietly) Oh.
S: Well... Sorry for your loss. And... And her loss. Maybe... It's a good thing she forgot..? No... That's rude of me to say....
S: (keyboard clacking) Sooo that's one more difference, I think... Don't think Cherrise had any siblings canonically, let alone multiple... So unless Robin really is a step-sibling y'all don't know about, I'm gonna assume these Facebook pages are also a part of the ARG.
S: I'm, uh... Gonna assume there's not much else you're allowed to tell me? About her... Real family?
E: ...Robin's not involved with Cherisse's family. Judging from what you said, Cherisse is a dead kid Robin stole the identity from?
E: Robin's... more of an orphan, really. It was them, me, and Michael. It was just the three of us.
S: (tapping, likely Squig's fingers on something wooden like a table or desk) Curious... So you lot were more like... A trio of siblings? Then what about that little sister you mentioned and.... Why change up so much about Robin's backstory for the game when her reality is so... Different. It doesn't make sense to make someone with amnesia who has so many siblings to think they're an only child since... If she ever regains her memories, she'll just be confused, and that would break the illusion of the story and... (groaning)
S: (rustling, possibly Squig falling back in her chair) Sorry, I'm just... I am... REALLY uncertain about what's kayfabe and not in this conversation, I'm not gonna lie, dude.
S: (groan) My... Sense of what's real and what's fiction has been... Tested lately. Due to... Multiple factors... So I really must thank you for helping make this a little easier for me. And for Robin and Daize when I report back to them...
S: (a pause approximately four seconds long) Do... You think... She'll ever recover them? Her... Her memories?
E: ... I think she might have to. From how I coded things, Daize probably is holding the memories. Robin's going to need them. I'm not the only threat around. And thinking about Ness Anne, and DMS? They need to be prepared. So I think she'll remember in time.
E: I just.. well. I hope they don't try to run away right after. Judging from how adamant you protect her and everything, I think she's living alright, at least somewhat. They deserve to live.
S: (murmuring) I.... really don't think amnesia works like that, but... Alright, I guess....
S: She does. Deserve to live. It too. And... (sigh) And I don't really... Know what happened between y'all, but... From the sound of things? It was... Rough. Bad enough to cause... Whatever made her forget everything and... Caused her such terrible headaches and stuff at the mere mention of anything related to you or clones or... Whatever. But...
S: (three seconds of silence) I really do also hope you all patch things up at some point. Good family members are hard to find and... I really don't get any red flags comin' off of you, Els. You seem like an alright kid. So... Maybe there's a way for you two to at least hash this out in the future, yeah? When... If she remembers. Okay?
E: (a sigh) ...Yeah. Maybe. Just... well. I really don't think that's the case. Who knows, Robin might tell you why when they wake up. But I can't... really tell you. I don't want to.
E: And thanks for befriending her, too. Creation knows Robin always wanted to live normally, and she never had friends back when we were on good terms.
S: (chuckles) Honestly? Between all of the clone stuff, and the stabbing, and all the convoluted lore I've heard regarding her? The idea of Robin having no friends is... The absolute hardest thing for me to believe out of everything you've said.
S: I'll... Take your word for it though. Making friends is hard, even for folks who make friendship look so easy like her. And... I leave her full life's story up to her to tell.... If or when she's able to tell it and if or when she wants to.
S: I hope you're doing alright as well, by the way. From the context clues I've been given? I can assume you've had it pretty bad as well. So... I hope you're doing alright out there, kid. Take care of yourself, yeah?
S: Hm. I... Can't think of much else to ask or say... There's... Bound to be something I'm forgetting, but... I suppose I can ask you again sometime? Assuming you didn't use a burner phone for this?
E: Thanks. You take care of yourself too. You need it. I'm not kidding.
E: And, yeah. I'm not really using a burner phone. It's my actual phone from my Home. You can text me or call me if you ever need anything.
S: Ah. Well... It's a good thing you aren't trying to outrun an evil organization at the moment! (a second passes) I.... Probably shouldn't make jokes about that. I... Yeah. Try to... Make sure you leave yours at home if you... Uh. Have to lie low soon. Just... Don't be like the rest of us in Ness Anne. If an organization knows your phone number, they can track you. If... The phone's on, of course.
S: LOOK. Point is? Be careful out there, in-character and out. I'm... Gonna go report back to Robin and Daize after this... Anything else you wanna say to those two? Uh... Assuming I can say it without Robin's brain deleting it....
E: ... It's not just the phone. But thanks. And, uhm. Tell them to live to the fullest. Enjoy her life there. She deserves it. And that Daize should, too. There's no harm in it.
S: I'll... I'll tell them both that. Well... Thanks for doin' this little.. Awkward interview... Thing? I (static) Sorry. I'm... Not the best at this. But... Thanks.
S: If you have any questions for me, by the way, you know how to contact me here or (static) Tumblr. Uh. Fuck... Wait... (static)
S: Is... Is that on your end or mi - (static)
E: (A tap tap is heard. It is possible that Ellianna is tapping the screen of her phone.) Squig? Squig, are you still there?? Hey.
S: Fu - (static) - hink it's on my end. Stupid mobile pl - (static)S: I'm just gonna go, thanks for (static)S: Bye El - (static)
(static continues for five seconds, this time with a voice beneath the static)
V: (static) - ey? Hey? Uh... Can you hear - (static)
E: (voice raised slightly) Is this still Squig? I can hear you, but it's really noisy.
V: Wait.... Holy SHIT IT WORKED!!!!~ BRAVO DUBLIN!!!~
D: (in the distance) It WORKED? Huh... Genuinely didn't think that it would...
V: Yeah, but it helped me, so shut up.
V: ANYWAY!~ ELLY!!! Hey, uh, it's me, Squig's mod, Vae Victis. The one trapped in a Torment Nexus? The one who was planning on completely changing my original character dude here to become an entirely different person, Weird Route style? How's it goin'?
D: (in the distance) Vae, do you HAVE to keep phrasing it like that???
E: Ah. Wow, you sound entirely like your character. Not that I can talk, Molly sounds like me, but that's because— never mind.
E: It's... nice to officially meet you and Dublin? Uhm. Yeah. Sorry, I wasn't expecting this, haha. It's, uhm, you know, good that you didn't have to change him. I think— Er, I'm guessing things went well.
E: Can I, uh, ask why you guys hijacked the call?
V: Yeah dude! Nice to meet you as well!~ Ol' Squiggly girl's got a lot of me in her as well, especially with the typing and speaking mannerisms. Easier to roleplay someone who talks like you, ya know?
V: Anyway, uh... (clap) I got good news! I am... No longer planning on Weird Routing Dublin!
D: (in the distance) STOP CALLING IT THAT!!!
V: We're gonna be changing her the ol' fashioned way. Character development. Which.. Uh. Is gonna take a while longer, but... After realizing that I was treating Dubs here more like a tool than a person, I think I - Oh? Uh, hey Dublin you're kinda close and, uh, hey Dublin? When did you turn into - HEY!
V(?): (wrestling noises) NOPE! I want a turn. Even if it's brief.
V: To say WHAT? We both wanna ask the same questions???
V(?): Yeah, but why'd you gotta ask 'em? I think I'm MORE than capable of asking your questions for you.
V: Dubs. What's the first one I was gonna ask.
V(?): It.... It was. It was something to do with the, uh.... (five seconds of silence pass)
D: Fuck it. Here's the phone back.
V: (sigh) Thank you. Now... What was I gonna...? OH! Yeah, uh. How the fuck do I do that thing where I just.... Escape? Like you mentioned? Because.. I've tried everything, and that still has not worked yet.
E: O-okay. Uh. Hm. Do you have access to your Creation Console or its alternate? I do code, art, and writing for Creation, so I got myself the Console.
E: You should be able to go to the Teleportation Interface, then span out to the Megaverses, or in other words, Fandom Multiverses, and either click on it and pick whichever AU or specific timeline you wanna get to, and it should just get you there. Unless the thing goes haywire again, then you have to type in the command manually yourself.
V: (thirty seconds of silence pass) Uh... That... Is not how I got here. At all. (a long sigh) Ohhh boy howdy there is a LOT to unpack here...
D: Vae? I think there's somethin' VERY wrong here.
V: YOU THINK???? There's something VERY VERY WRONG HERE, DUBS.
V: Okay, look. Elly, I didn't come here of my own accord one-hundred percent. I came here under the pretense that I'd be able to go back and forth, and that I would only be a messenger for Prospero. Uh... The other divine OC I have helping the other folks and me here. But... When I got here, it turned out that I would NOT be a glorified mail carrier, but in fact another victim of this place. So.... In brief?
V: I didn't... Expect to be here for this long. I thought I'd be popping in and out at will. And that... I'd just be the messenger. But. Now I'm here. I've been here for weeks now. Dublin too. And... Kam, uh, Kalei's mod, for a while longer.
D: Krr as well!
V: Krr doesn't count; he wants to be here.
D: Yeah, but he's the mod of a blog too, right? Chessduo, I think?
V: Bingo. But even then... Krr CAN leave sort of. Though, it's more like... A certain blue lady kicks Krr out? I don't know... I haven't been sleeping well here as of late; too many bad things have been happening while I've been asleep as of late.
D: Vae... C'mon. Maybe we should regroup with the others and rest.
V: I... But I wanted to talk to -
D: You can yap with your fellow creator friend later, just... Look at yourself. You're too tired for this.
V: I... I might be. Look, Elly? Could... Could I call you back at some point? About... All of this? Maybe... Helping me MAKE that console thing so I can have at least Kam and me escape? Then we can figure out a way to get the others out too? The, uh. Characters, I mean. Not us. I don't wanna leave Mids, Muse, and Mae behind...
E: (scribbling for a few seconds during most of the dialogue until her next reply) (whisper) Odd. You should already have one or something like it.
E: (voice returns to normal volume) Okay. That's understandable. You can. Uhm... Here's the thing, though. I want to ask. Do you know the coordinates of the place? Or, at least, where in DeVoid or the Megaverses the Clockworks is put in? I want to go there and examine it, see what we're working with. I won't get kidnapped, I promise. I know what I'm doing.
V & D: (simultaneously) Wha.... DON'T GO INTO THE CLOCKWORKS?!?!?
D: (overlapping with Vae) That is the WORST idea you could have in this scenario! Even if you could leave, Midnight would kill us for bringing someone else into this mess! Not to mention Tr -
V: (overlapping with Dublin) I'm not gonna let another person trap themselves here without at LEAST a guide or a guaranteed way out or... Something!!! Even then, the guide shouldn't be sapient to avoid -
V & D: (simultaneously) Wait... Sorry. You go first. No, I insist, you can... Oh fuck it.
V & D: (quietly) Rock, paper, scissors, SHOOT!
V: Boom~ Paper beats rock~
D: No fair! I was only able to manifest a single hand without becoming someone!
V: Shoulda made that hand into something other than a fist.
D: Ugh... Is it too late for you to sell my character rights to Elly or something?
V: Yes. Now speaking of; Elly do NOT go into the Clockworks. If I can be tricked into coming here, then you can too. There ARE ways for you to visit, but just.. Leading you here? That's not gonna help. If you wanna join the other creators who've helped us here, talk with Red or Mochi, uh... The mods of Fia and Xivvy, respectively. They've been able to help us WITHOUT coming here... Sort of. Mochi's been here, albeit briefly. Even then, she was here in her cool AF space persona lady thing form, so... Whatever! Look, just... (sigh) I don't want anyone else getting hurt here. Neither does Dubs, or Kam, or Midnight, or... Anyone here minus blue bitch. So... Only come here if you're with the others, okay? Reach out to them or just... Message the MMR blog yourself. There are ways to reach us without risking yourself.
E: No, Vae, look. I'm not gonna come there as me. That's physically impossible. No one's able to just go into Fantasy as themselves and back and forth. FWPO would either kill them or make sure they can't come back.
E: I'm gonna be there using my Avatar. And I'm not going to be in the Clockworks. I'll be outside. I can still scan it even from DeVoid. Kind of like Mochi, who got there with her own version of her Avatar, which is the space-looking one, and is why she could get out. It wasn't really her.
V: Elly... (sigh) Are you sure you want to risk it? I really, REALLY don't want you to. We have enough people here suffering as is. I know you think you can outsmart this place, but... I thought I did too. I brought TWO gods here with me! And I still haven't been able to get anyone out yet!
V: (deep inhale, followed by a slow exhale) Sorry, just... I will only allow this if it's your FINAL option, not your first. There's OTHER ways to take a peek into the Clockworks.
V: Maybe... Do what Red does and send asks to the Tumblr page! Use that to talk to us or ask if you can send a thing or two; I don't know! There are options. Just don't make the riskiest option the first one you jump to. Even if you don't believe me, even if you are CERTAIN you will be fine, PLEASE just... Don't risk it? For my own sanity's sake?
D: Mine as well!
V: And... And Dubs' sanity as well, yes....
E: ... I just wanted to check if the area wasn't closed off by the Creator. The only way any of you would be stuck there is if you were a....
E: ..whatever. Yeah. I'll try that. I'll have it as my final option, if that's what you want.
V: I mean... If Mochi was able to crawl her way in here, then it shouldn't be closed off. Either way? (she exhales) Thank you. Genuinely.
V: (two seconds of silence) (murmuring) God... This place sucks....
D: Uh... Hey Vae?
V: Yeah? (a second passes) Oh. Right. Uh... Here's the phone, I guess? What else could you wanna say that I haven't already -
D: Do you have any characters that are Gods or deities or like... REALLY powerful that I could steal the identity of?
V: DUBLIN, NO!!!! (a sound akin to the movement of wind is heard, followed directly by the sound of a spray bottle spraying multiple times)
D: ACK!? HEY!!!!
V: NO! Don't just...
D: You TOLD ME to start ASKING FOR PERMISSION???
V: Yeah??? Well, maybe don't ask that WHILE WE'RE ASKING FOR HELP????
E: (giggle) Well, to answer your question, it depends. What kind of abilities are you looking for, Mr. Down?
V: Wha - !? DON'T ENCOURAGE HER?!?!?
D: Ignore her, encourage me~
V: DUBLIN. I am NOT going to just... Let you take any rando character's identity???
D: Shoulda thought about that BEFORE you created a literal GOD of Identity Theft, aye, Vae?~ 'sides! It'd be good to get a few more forms under my metaphorical belt, huh? Especially powerful ones!~
V: Dublin, you have a reputation.... You're just gonna take... Oh whatever! Listen!!!
V: Elly, if you let Dublin take this, be sure it's someone who won't kick their ass when they find out Dubs stole their identity. And... Possibly their followers.
D: And bank account!
V: And bank acc - ?!? DUBLIN?!
D: That was a joke! I doubt any of Els' OCs are from any of the universes I've resided in anyway. Minus, uh. Ya know.
V: Yeah, yeah... So anyway, if you ARE willing? Literally anyone would be useful here so long as they aren't going to kick Dub's nonexistent ass in the future for... Whatever he says or does while in their form. Dublin can't borrow the powers of others, at least not in the state she's in now, but... Give them some time and a few dozen more followers? And yeah, they can borrow more advanced things too. It's, uh... Just gonna take a while though...
D: So basically I'm askin' for you to invest a lil in Dublin Down Incorporated for some future ventures, if ya don't mind, Ms. Elly!~ I'll pay it forward!~ (muttering) If I can... Pay off my debts first....
E: (the sound of pages flipping) (murmur) Can Marilyn...? No, that's not possible. 01-- Out of the equation. Error can't help, and neither can Ink...
E: (three seconds of simply the sound of pages flipping, and scribbling)
E: Tsk. I don't have any. The ones that can help won't agree to their person stolen, and the ones that would be okay with it can't help. And there are also some that you can't copy no matter what, I think. (sigh)
E: Sorry, Dublin. I'm empty-handed.
V: Wait, wait wait wait WAIT! You said 01, uh... That's Robin's old identity, right? I think... Dubs might be able to handle that if you can like... Send us some info on them? And recordings, writings, uh... Anything you're comfortable with sharing? We might be able to make something out of that...
D: Uh... Dunno, V. You sure? It'd be hard to take someone's form without ever seeing them in motion—
V: Hard? Yes. Impossible? No. And... We have all the time in the world here. Might as well try it, right?
D: Hm. Fair enough. But… Are you sure 01 would be cool with it?
V: I mean..... They won't KNOW soooo....
D: Can't Squig canonically watch all of the things with you in them? Wouldn't that mean Daize—
V: DUBLIN. I'm TRYING TO HELP YOU. (sigh) Now look... The script has been flipped, and now I'm the one asking YOU to steal someone's identity... We gotta stop doing this...
D: You like writing bickering between two characters too much to stop, and you know it.
V: SHUT!! SHUT UP!!!! GAH!!!! (the sound of something moving, likely Vae's hands swatting at the air as Dublin's laughs are heard)
E: That's... well. That's going to be difficult? I mean... Without the Clone Console, the only thing that 01 can really do is teleport within the premises of the universe they are confined in, use their weapon, which is more imagination-based and is usually hidden as a tie or a bow since they liked to wear suits and tuxedos, and their hair, which worked as a weapon. It's difficult to explain how the last one works, but I can show it.
E: And then, there's also the fact that they're really difficult to kill. They're really just a program with a shell, so any attempts to kill it by destroying the shell--in other words, their body--wouldn't really do anything because it'll just regenerate. And because it is just a shell, they can shapeshift.
E: That's what they can do and are limited to doing. I kind of shut down the Clone Console.
V: Teleportation alone would be SUPER useful in this giant expanse of white; you have NO clue, dude. Though... That's gonna take a hot minute for Dublin to learn... The weapon stuff is... Dependent on a few things. They can make it flashy, make it SEEM like something impressive, but Dublin's coping skills are never as good as the original. No offense, Dubs!
D: No, you're right. You like womanfailures slash manfailures slash enbyfailures too much. I, uh... Still don't know which one of those I am really, but... I'm certainly the second half of the word if I'm written by you.
V: Dubs, I can't tell if you were self-deprecating or if that was a jab at my writing skills, but okay, I guess~
V: So... Maybe send some more info about 01 to us when you can? I'll text this number back with my own; that way you can call or text us without reaching Squig first. Sound good?~
E: That's good, yeah. (yawn)
E: Sorry, I... uh. Timezones. It's getting pretty late for me.
V: (yawn) Ah.. Sorry. Contagious yawns~ Very uh... Neat. I think. God, I'm tired...
D: Yeah, you're gonna need a nap too, man.
V: I know, I know... Gah... Stupid insomnia....
V: I think we all deserve some rest here. We got more of a game plan, so... I'm gonna go locate some of the other Clockworks folks and maybe take a nap near them as well. Uh... Thanks again for helping us, dude. You're a lifesaver!~ Possibly literally, if, uh... Miss blue lady gets mad enough again...
V: Thank you. For everything. Talk to ya later, Elly!~
D: Bye Elly!~
E: Okay. Bye, you two. Take care, alright?
V & D: (the overlapping voices of both Clockworks victims are heard yelling "bye" before being cut off by the call ending)
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“Kain is deified. The clans tell tales of him. Few know the truth. He was mortal once, as were we all. However, his contempt for humanity drove him to create me and my brethren.”