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[wrigurun]

[Wriggle sits at the terminal with her chin resting in her hands. She seems rather tired and irritable in her expression and the way she moves but when she speaks it seems almost bored]

So I've been thinking a lot, and then I realised that I'm not very good at thinking. I'm getting kinda sick of this place, I don't remember the last time I was somewhere that wasn't here but I've got important stuff to do.

You guys know the monsters that have been running around, right? The one with the blue mask, which one is that? That girl... Ruana? I was talking to her but she wasn't making any sense something about killing them when they're normal but I don't know what that means.

I know I don't really know a lot of you guys and I really hate to ask for help but do any of you know what we're s'posed to do? I don't wanna just lay low while all this stuff happens, I wanna do something but I don't know what.

I just hate feeling so useless all the time.

[From her, that's actually quite a big thing to admit]

Comments

[wrigurun]

That would do... but then if it wasn't a hard game it would be over quickly. I bet you wouldn't get good prizes either.

[chainsawn]

So more effort means better prizes.. [ .. hmm.. ] Then they better be worth it. It'd be rude if you put in a lot of effort and they only gave you a box of tissues.

[wrigurun]

[Suddenly Wriggle remembers something she had thought she'd forgotten]

They are actually huge jerks like that! You know what I got as a prize for winning one of their games? A can of bug spray! Can you believe it?

Now that I think about it, it might not even be worth it... They'd probably find something even worse than a box of tissues.

[chainsawn]

.. Huh..?

[ Give her a moment to blink. ]

They gave you a can of bug spray? But what are you even going to use it for..?

[wrigurun]

Exactly! I can't stand the stuff, it makes me feel sick. They just gave it to me as their idea of a cruel joke.

No matter how much I tried to get rid of it it just turned up in my room somewhere. I think it's still somewhere in my trunk...

[chainsawn]

Maybe you just didn't get rid of it the right way. [ And Urotsuki sure does love destroying stuff, so.. ] If you want, I can take a look at it and maybe get rid of it. It can't be that difficult..

[wrigurun]

Well... I mean I tried throwing it off the tower and that didn't work so I don't know what you can do to get rid of it.

[chainsawn]

Maybe you just didn't throw it hard enough. ... Or maybe you need to cut it into two. Cutting stuff usually works. [ Saying it so calmly.. ]

[wrigurun]

Huh, it might... I never found anything to cut it with though.

[chainsawn]

[ There's a pause. For one or two moments.

Then, out of nowhere, a chainsaw appears in Urotsuki's hands. ]

[wrigurun]

Huh? Woah! Where'd you get that?

That'll definitely cut it in two. Oh, but if you do can I not be in the room? Whatever chemical is in that can'll come pouring out and I don't wanna get sick.

[chainsawn]

Sure. I don't mind doing it.

[ She's rather fond of cutting stuff up, actually. ]

Maybe I should make sure to do it far, far away from you.. I don't want you to get hurt. That'd be sad.

[wrigurun]

[She doesn't want her to get hurt? Wriggle's genuinely touched]

You would? I'd really appreciate it.

I'll give it to you and when I'm gone you can cut it up as much as you want.

[chainsawn]

You really don't care what happens to it at all? I mean.. not even where I throw it after it's broken?

[wrigurun]

Couldn't care less. As long as it's gone I don't care what you do with it.

[chainsawn]

[ she nods a little. ]

Leave it to me then. After all.. that's what friends do.

[wrigurun]

[Ah...

Aah... Never mind the stupid smile that's slowly forming on Wriggle's face]

Thanks, I really owe you one. If you ever need my help with anything I'll be more than happy to lend a hand in return!

[chainsawn]

[ Don't worry, Wriggle, she's happy too! She just.. doesn't show it very much since she's so blank. ]

So if we do it for each other.. then we really are friends. Right?

[wrigurun]

Yeah! That's how it works I think.

If you're ever in trouble I'll come and rescue you! After all, what are friends for?

[chainsawn]

Can you do that..? [ The kind of rescue she has in mind is maybe not what Wriggle had in mind, considering it's like the classic superhero rescue.. ]

Do you have special powers? Like a superhero?

[wrigurun]

I don't know about special powers but I can fly! I know a lot of humans can't do that.

And I can use spell cards and shoot things too, most people I've met here can't do that either.

[chainsawn]

Most people can shoot guns. They just need one. [ She nods a little to herself.. ] I've never heard of spell cards though, they must be pretty special. It sounds like something you'd normally only see on tv.

[wrigurun]

I don't need guns though, and I can shoot lots of things at once!

I think you can only find spellcards in Gensokyo. No one from other worlds knows what they are.

...and what's a TV?

[chainsawn]

... [ Give her a moment. Urotsuki thinks a lot of ridiculous things are normal, but this can't even be normal to her - she's borderline shocked, really. ]

You don't know what a TV is..? So you've never seen any TV shows?

[wrigurun]

[Wriggle simply shakes her head. It must have been a tower thing she hadn't come across yet. She'd learned of so many new things here]