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[verymuchalive]

[Aradia's in front of one of the library terminals, clutching her brand new teddy bear which is her reward for losing a game she was never signed up to play in the first place. This somehow translates as a win for her, which is why she's carrying it around with her rather than tearing it apart or burying it at the bottom of a trunk never to be seen again.]

So, these little guys are kind of cute when they're not trying to kill us. I feel like I should give him a name but I can't decide...I'm sure it'll come to me.

Is everyone okay, though? I didn't last long into the evening so I'm not really sure what happened for a lot of it but it sounds like things got pretty messy. If there's anything I can do to help, let me know.

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[swordofzero]

[Suzaku hadn't slept, he hadn't even gone back to his room when he had been released from the elevator, and had been wandering aimlessly through the tower. He would collapse eventually and sleep. He had no idea why he had went onto the network, but he felt a sharp stab of relief when he saw Aradia's video.

He had promised he would see her when she woke so he hit reply.] Aradia. [He looks a mess, his voice is strained but he is glad to see her.]

[verymuchalive]

Suzaku!

[Her first reaction is relief that he managed to get out okay but then she registers his appearance]

You look terrible! What happened?

[Ever tactful]

[swordofzero]

[He shrugged, eying the teddy that she had with her warily. He hadn't been given a teddy bear back, he guessed because he had won. Giving people back the creatures that had murdered them sounded exactly this towers version of fun.]

I survived.

[verymuchalive]

Oh! Well, that's a good thing...isn't it?

[It seemed like it ought to be but then why did he seem so down?]

[swordofzero]

[He doesn't look too sure] I guess. [He doesn't want to talk about it.] I am glad you are back.

[verymuchalive]

Me too. Not that death's ever stopped me before so I'm not sure why I'd think it would be any different here.

Is there anything I can do?

[She's not going to push the matter but Suzaku you look so sad and you were so nice to her, she wants to make you feel better!]

[swordofzero]

[He still understands very little of her world, though he's come to the conclusion it is a different one that Signless and Psiioniic came from, still she seems to be used to the fact death is not permanent and she seems as well as can be expected.

At her words he shakes his head.] I am fine Aradia. I promise.

[And he would be, eventually. He always was, guilt was one of those things, it just piled up but you learned to live with it after a while. He fell silent again. She was alright, and that was all that mattered.]

[verymuchalive]

Well, okay. If you're sure.

[She's not wholly convinced but she's not going to push the matter either]

Were there many others who survived the night?

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku was grateful, he would rather not think about it. He shook his head slightly at the question.] I counted eight others.

[thekidsare0kay]

no
they're not fuckiing cute.

[verymuchalive]

sollux!
did you make it out okay?

[thekidsare0kay]

no, ii diidn't.
ii wa2 kiilled horriibly by one of tho2e 2hiitty thiing2, and now there'2 one by my 2leepiing rectangle.
you were kiilled, two!
how can you liike them?

[verymuchalive]

im sorry sollux
id say i should have stayed with you but im not sure that would have worked out any better
but we cant blame the bears
they were the tools not the instigators

[thekidsare0kay]

iit'2 not YOUR fault, you couldn't have done anythiing.
but, ii can blame whoever ii want.

[verymuchalive]

if blaming them makes you feel better then i cant stop you
but it wont stop me disagreeing with you

[thekidsare0kay]

ii don't know iif iit make2 me feel better.
iit'2 ju2t the way iit ii2.
2eeiing iit ii2 a remiinder of a horriible death.
you don't feel that way?

[locked]

[verymuchalive]

not really
no more than seeing you reminds me of a horrible death
which is to say it doesnt
that wasnt your fault and i dont think this was the bears fault either

[knightime]

of course
you would think these things are cute as fuck
nevermind
we just played the most fucked up game of hide n seek in the history of fucked up games of hide n seek

[Dave isn't actually sure what to do with his, and it's kind of unsettling. And he's pretending he isn't losing his shit.]

[verymuchalive]

you mean its not normally like that?
huh
anyway it doesnt seem like theyre moving now so i dont think we have to worry

[knightime]

i dont keep teddy bears
i have lived in a house of smuppets and creepy puppets
teddy bears are neither
what do you think might happen if i tried destroying it???
like just burning it
you think itll come back and kill me in my sleep???
i mean its a useless endeavor
but i like to weigh my chances before doing something predictably retarded
and turning the dying dave motif into a gag here

[verymuchalive]

oh
well
okay
but maybe keeping teddy bears could be a thing you start doing now!
why are they even called that?
it seems an odd thing to call something
anyway i guess you could always ask if anyone else has tried destroying theirs
while youre already on the network and all

mfw i look up the origin of teddy bears for RP

[knightime]

well
i guess it would be pretty ironic
if i kept one
also the reason why teddy bears are called that
is because theyre based off bears
obviously
but because once upon a time we had us a pretty rockin president who was named theodore roosevelt
okay i dont really give a shit about the entire story nor do i actually think this is worth storytime over
but his nickname was teddy
some hunting incident
and teddy bears were born
i could ask
but i also dont want people trying to destroy these bears because i was curious

<3 Dave is ever the helpful

[verymuchalive]

right and you like irony!
dont you?
so okay theyre named after some human leader
he must have been important to have something like this named after him
and im not saying ask someone to do it
im saying to ask on the offchance someone already has

The amount of useless knowledge he contains

[knightime]

being ironic is just cool kid shit
well its based on an event
that got serialized into a cartoon
and the maker of the teddy bear asked to use his name and got permission
and it became a hit
i know
but someone is dumb enough to try because they got curious

Yup

[verymuchalive]

oh okay
i dont really understand the whole cool kid thing
do you think they have the cartoon here?
they have a lot of stuff here maybe they have that too
but
do you mean someone specific?
because you could lock it from them