First Spell; Text/Action

[thornythaumaturge]

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john lalonde i am going to KILL you.

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[[Once that ominous message has been left, the young girl abandons the terminal she found on third floor of dormitories and begins her hunt. She has an ass to kick and she will find it. There's a four eyed black kitten on her heels, batting playfully at her coat tails as they walk and under her arm is a very large book of some sort. Occasionally she checks a terminal as she passes because you'd better believe she will descend upon her friend like a hawk when he replies, but beyond that she's going to head down stairs to look on the floor below. Maybe go a few more floors down if need be.

She'll care about where exactly she is later. It's probably just like SBURB anyway. Do some exploration and eventually you'll run into some helpful creatures! Surely that's how it works.]]

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[restitchtime]

[unfortunately this creature sure as hell isn't helpful, but luckily for Rose her Strider counterpart just missed her passing by her room. she does, however, spy the little kitten.

years of feeding stray cats behind her apartment complex are difficult to disregard, so Rose feels perfectly justified in snatching some ribbon from one of her roommate's pile of belongings and rolling it out into the hallway in front of the kitty.

it's been a while since she's played with a cat, and it's not like there's anyone around to see her.]

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[thornythaumaturge]

[[With an interested mew, the kitten is more than happy to sniff at and then start playing with that ribbon. It's like it appeared just for him! How can he say no?

It's only a few steps away, however, that the girl he was following realizes nothing's batting at her and turns around to see where the little kitty went.]]

Oh! Did you find a ribbon, Salem?

[[Hi miss Strider, have your Egbert counterpart kneeling in front of the kitten you were playing with to watch him a little, petting him while he plays.]]

I hope you didn't thieve that from anyone...

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[restitchtime]

[Rose curses softly under her breath, because she knows her own face well enough to know that this is another fucking alternate. she should have known better, considering her luck. shit.

with a sigh she shoves her hands in her pockets and moves to stand in the doorway, ribbon jerking quite a bit from the upset]

I don't think a fucking cat's going to be making off with much of anything, honestly.

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[thornythaumaturge]

[[That ribbon jerk has the cat just pouncing it. It is so on you slippery, sneaky little creature!!!

Rose, meanwhile, just looks up at the girl who kind of looks like her only cooler wow. That's weird! Standing up, she straightens her clothes out while talking.]]

You'd be surprised at what he can accomplish! Though he didn't take that from your things or anything, did he?

not actually here; 1/??

[grislytragedian]

[Another day, another couple of hours spent holed up in the 14th floor media room for John. He's still a little disappointed that none of his favorite movies or games are there. What kind of movie collection DOESN'T have at least the first Saw and a copy of M Night Shymalan's master work: The Happening?]

[A pretty piss-poor one, in John's opinion but SIGH this is better than nothing, he guesses!!!!]

[Needless to say, he has absolutely no idea what Rose is here or that she's looking for him. At least not until he decides to leave the media room and go on another pointless walk through the tower. There are still a whole bunch of floors he hasn't been to yet, after all! God, for a super spooky tower, this place is kind of lame.]

[And that's when he decides to check one of the terminals on a whim...]

not actually here; 2/??

[grislytragedian]

[Is that...]

not actually here; 3/???

[grislytragedian]

[Oh fuck.]

4/??

[grislytragedian]

[That is definitely who he thinks it is and she is definitely not happy.]

[But honestly, who can blame her? He did kind of blow her up last time they saw each other, I mean he would probably be a little bit pissed too if the situation were reversed.]

[In retrospect, maybe he should have attempted an explanation instead of just setting off the bomb without so much as a hi.]

[Okay...damage control time, let's see here...]

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[grislytragedian]

Where are you?
I can explain.

[Yes, good. This fixes everything!]

[Now to just wait for her response. Hopefully she didn't wander away from a terminal. This is a big tower, after all and why play tower-wide Marco Polo when you can coordinate over a network like a sane and rational person?]

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[thornythaumaturge]

[[She did indeed wander away, and it's not until a little while later that she checks on it again. So you'll be waiting there for a while, John, but if you stick with it you'll at least get your reply!]]

i don't really know to be honest but i'm sure you can start explaining right here.

[[Take too long though and she'll wander away again.]]

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[grislytragedian]

[Luckily, he didn't wander away. Because he's not in the mood for a wild goose chase. Though he is a little irritated with how long it took her to respond because he's an impatient butthole and he wants to sort this out as soon as possible.]

No.
I am not explaining this on a public network.
Look around and tell me what you see.
Are you still in the place that kind of looks like a bunch of dorm rooms?

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[dubiousdisc]

[Oh, helpful creatures, sure! ...If your idea of 'helpful' is being a total prick.]

[Sollux had entered into Floor 38 at the same time as Rose had begun her hunt for John on the dormitory floors, and of course, he took this opportunity to scour the entire place for traps, surveillance, or other assorted nasties that would really put a wrench in his day. So when Rose comes down to this floor, she'll find a grey-skinned wonder wrapping up his investigations and sprawling out on one of the lounge couches, playing a beat-up Trolltendo DS.]

[Cheerful SBURB consort this be not, but since he's been doing his own investigations for the past couple of days, he might be able to help you out.]

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[thornythaumaturge]

[[Well, before she can ask for help, she has to kind of stare. Because hey that person has grey skin...is that normal? She's pretty sure it isn't normal hey Salem wait where are you going?

Mister Sollux, there is a mutant kitty batting at your arm from the floor while you play and a girl running up behind him with the intention of apologizing.]]

Salem no! Don't be a nuisance, please!

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[dubiousdisc]

[Wow, what a weird cat.]

[He isn't all too fazed by it; one of his first memories is of another troll's lusus, a lioness with two mouths. However, it is batting at him and might take its claws out at any time, so Sollux yanks his arm away and turns in the couch. Even a little catscratch is more than he wants to deal with right now.]

Can you please control your fuckin' animal?

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[thornythaumaturge]

Sorry, he's just excited to meet new people I guess.

[[Picking the little kitten up, she pets his head as she stares at the kid a little more.]]

He didn't hurt you, did he?

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[knightime]

[He was still staring at the terminal and her message. He turned just at the right time to see Rose walking passed the door of his dormitory.

Dave had to pause for a moment after he just barely missed Rose. Really, he saw mostly her back and whatever the fuck she was wearing and the kitten. But...

Quickly, Dave is scrambling to his feet and following after Rose. He was pretty sure he was going to be disappointed. The Tower was far from forgiving to him. It was always worth a shot though.] Rose?

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[thornythaumaturge]

[[Sorry Dave, you will be disappointed. But the blonde in the magician suit at least stops and turns around when she hears you!]]

Dave?

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[knightime]

[His Rose never wore anything like that. Seeing as the familiar purple font addressing John and that was definitely Rose, she must be the alternate Rose from the offshoot. She definitely was probably an Egbert, based on the get up. He can't imagine a Harley wearing that and he knew Jade was the time player in their session from John.

He keeps his face leveled. He didn't want her to see him disappointed. Damn, having shades sure is fucking convenient.] Yeah. I guess we're not who we're expecting though. [He tugged at the hood of his god tier outfit.] You're the one who put the message out to kill John, right? Well, he's here, but I'd recommend not killing people here. They just come back and have to handle the whiplash of sleep paralysis like it's going out of style. It isn't fun. Not that dying was ever fun. Also, I'm supposed to vouch for him by association because he's John. He's prone to doing ridiculously stupid shit without actually explaining to anyone, but we're supposed to take it with a grain of salt. I mean, it doesn't always excuse him being ridiculously dumb, but he's usually got good intentions. Except when he isn't.

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[thornythaumaturge]

Oh... [[She, on the other hand, is a little obviously disappointed, but tries to shake it off because this is apparently still a Dave and he knows John is here and that's pretty cool. Plus he seems really nice so.]]

Well to be honest I wasn't actually going to kill him, even if I definitely owe him now, what with him destroying the fucking universe apparently. ...though yeah, that sounds a lot like him, hehe. Well if you aren't the Dave I was expecting, who are you? And...what Rose are you expecting? Because there's another Rose here if it's her.

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[tortileghostwriter]

[...oh.

He'd looked at the terminal, and with John's color and typing style, he wondered...

Part of him wanted to flip tables, of course it wouldn't be her, close but not quite, but...still, he wondered.

Time to go looking. He ventures out of his dormitory and into the halls, keeping an eye out for blonde hair and purple clothes.

He spots Vodka Mutini before anything else, but given that he didn't have the cat, the only other explanation was...gods, this timeline of theirs is fucked. David approaches.]

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[thornythaumaturge]

[[And she's not exactly caught off guard as she turns around, but she does have to stare at him a moment. Another Dave? But not her Dave, clearly. So uh...which one would this be?]]

...Dave I presume? [[There's an ounce of hesitation in her voice as she poses the question.]]

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[tortileghostwriter]

[...he crosses his arms, just staying where he is.]

I prefer David, for what little it's worth, though I don't imagine you'll bother to call me as such. The version of you that I'm more familiar with scarcely did.

Rose Egbert, then, I take it?

[not sure if can deal]

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[reddeadvirtuoso]

whoah now thats just not very nice
no one likes death threat in the morning
it ruins breakfast

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[thornythaumaturge]

yeah well the jackass deserves it.
at the very least in respect for the eye for an eye law.

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[reddeadvirtuoso]

hows it go again
an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind?
then again if hes the light guy thatd kind of make sense
getting off track here though
whatd he do?