[video]

[madscientits]

[The video switches on and... All anyone can see is a hand trying desperately to hit keys on the keyboard. And then, an annoyed little grunt is heard and the hand disappears, seemingly giving up.

And then, the terminal starts rocking. Lightly at first, and then violently enough that the desk the keyboard was in and the monitor go toppling onto the floor. By some odd miracle, they still actually function.

Now that it's down on the floor, the video shows Stein looking rather pissed off, and kind of like she was playing Twister without a mat. The awkward positioning of her legs and left arm is held in place by some glowing white strings stitched between her hand and feet, and the floor. Weird.]

I'm in the library. I need something sharp.

...Please.

Comments

[benigncancer]

WHY?

[madscientits]

Because being attached to this floor any longer than I have to be sounds like the worst kind of torture imaginable at the moment.

[benigncancer]

YOU'RE ATTACHED TO THE FLOOR?

[madscientits]

No, I'm laying here like an idiot because I thought it sounded fun, yes I'm attached to the floor!

[benigncancer]

UM, WELL I HAVE A SICKLE.
I COULD HELP IF YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE?

[deadliestberet]

Er...sharp?

[madscientits]

Yes. A knife, a pair of scissors, if you really need help I can tell you where my room is and you can grab a scalpel from my trunk. I'd do it myself, but I'm a bit tied up at the moment. [Her bad pun is the most humorless bad pun anyone has ever heard. Ever.]

[deadliestberet]

Er, w-well I do have a knife...

[madscientits]

That would work perfectly, actually. Can you bring it to me? [She's talking a bit like how a teacher would address a particularly dense student.]

[deadliestberet]

{He's debating on whether or not he should actually help her out, or back talk her for that tone of voice. After contemplating it for a moment more, Preston sighed.}

...Alright, I'll be there in a minute.

[ceruleanspid8r]

What's it worth?

[madscientits]

Me not punching you in the soul the next time you come back to our room. [Yup, she's just. Gonna assume she's talking to the right Vriska.]

[ceruleanspid8r]

Well that's no way to convince a stranger to help you!

[madscientits]

And that's no way to address your roommate.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Rude and stupid.
That's the other Vriska, dum8ass.

[myblueskies]

I have a knife miss Stein!

[madscientits]

Would you bring it upstairs for me? I'm slightly... Unable to move.

[action]

[myblueskies]

Okay!

[It takes a little while for him to get down all the stairs but he is soon in the library and wandering around looking for her.]

Miss Stein?

[action]

[madscientits]

[From her position down on the ground, she waves an arm up in the air and calls out, to get his attention:]

Romeo, Romeo, oh wherefore art thou, Romeo.

[action]

[myblueskies]

Miss Stein! I'm here! [He runs over, unfortunately the reference goes completely over his head, as his reading is not good enough for Shakespeare yet! He hands over his makeshift knife]

[Voice]

[justabignobody]

...Would something like a sword do?

[Voice]

[madscientits]

A sword would be perfect. If you were willing to let me borrow it for a few minutes, at least.

Re: [Voice]

[justabignobody]

...I'm not sure, if that would work. It's kind of... picky about the hands wielding it.

[Not to mention that he doesn't really like the thought giving it out of hand anyways.]

Though, if you don't mind help, I can be down in a minute.

[Voice]

[madscientits]

I've had my share of picky weapons in my life too, trust me.

I don't mind some assistance at all. I don't entirely trust my ability to do something so delicate with a sword anyway.

[Voice -> Action, if that's alright?]

[justabignobody]

All right. I'll be down in a minute.

[And indeed - there he is, walking right out of the portal of black flames that blossomed from the floor just seconds earlier.]