Group Intro

[oi_theoi]

Who: New kids
When: Day 37, Still morning
Where: Shrine apt
What: =Dbb!

[A new day, another batch of traumatized/angry/none of the above strangers]

[Terry!Batman | Kida | Celty | Simi | Tyki]

Comments

[fortuneforyourdisaster]

[How sweet for both of them.]

I'm not quite sure if this is real or not. How convenient you are the first one I meet and then one by one friends of yours or people I know start showing up. A nice little package. Also convenient that upon my arrival here, Noah Memories which are supposed to be reborn are still dancing in my head. Odd, don't you think?

Ask me again in the morning when I wake up an this place is still here.

Or you are referring to your circumstances?

[ticking]

[tempttaatttion to just stab you in your spleen i'm sure that would seem real enough]

No. That's what I meant. A bit vivid for a dream, don't you think? And this isn't Rhode's style at all.

[i'm not sure how to par se the bit about noah memories so just skipping that for now]

[fortuneforyourdisaster]

[That would prove the point. Yes.]

Her style is unique, and I'm quite sure she wouldn't use it on me and hold out this long without making her presence known. I did die. That is for certain.

Hell or limbo seems much more believable than revival. But do feel free to gloat if I'm proven wrong. Or maybe it doesn't matter either way. Continuing is continuing.

[ticking]

[you know what

we could talk about this rationally and i could educate you on the finer points on why this is reality

or i could just shoot a laser at you

so let's do that]

[fortuneforyourdisaster]

[Really? Is this what it has dissolved into?]

[ticking]

[if it helps he is not active attacking you just. annoyed]

If you need some help sorting out whether or not that body of yours is both quite alive and quite awake, come here and I'll put some holes in your gut that I think will clear your head. But I'm not interested in talking with someone who's just dreaming.

[fortuneforyourdisaster]

Alright. Alright. So I'm accepting this is all real, and that I'm not some bizarre form of Akuma because that would put a damper on everything.

[Takes a moment to think about this.]

[Still so very, very full of skeptical.]

[And he's now slightly annoyed as well.]

I can see why you are so upset now.

[ticking]

[yessss it's not just me. immediately vastly less cranky]

Hmm. So long as we're on the same page.

[fortuneforyourdisaster]

We aren't even in the same book, mind you.

[Pockets his hands and rocks back on his heels. This believing thing is hard, okay]

So now what?

[ticking]

...no I suppose not.

[shrug]

There's no war here, the gods are a little more hands on that you'll be used to, your powers are limited enough that you can very much die, so I suggest you learn to take pleasure in bleeding. People can also be revived, though it's a bit of a mess, so choose your targets and methods carefully. You won't be able to keep two lives, it's too small and too many people know me, but I won't tell you what you should do. Your life, your choices.

[fortuneforyourdisaster]

This explanation sounds painfully close to personal experience.

[Commentary he is keeping to himself for the moment.]

[ticking]

You can hear about the trees and the beasts from everyone else. These are the things Tyki Mikk should know.

Feel free to not learn from my wisdom though.

[fortuneforyourdisaster]

Would be unkind considering all the thought you put into it.

[ticking]

. . .

[ugh. gets a cigarette out]

Anything else?

[fortuneforyourdisaster]

Just one thing.

[ticking]

Let's hear it.

[fortuneforyourdisaster]

Do you like it here?

1/2

[ticking]

. . .

[ticking]

[long, thoughtful cigarette drag]

I'm not sure. There's plenty of things about it I hate. I doubt it's a situation I would ever choose. But it is where I am, and it's getting more enjoyable every day, so I don't have many complaints.

[fortuneforyourdisaster]

[Seems satisfied with the answer in more ways then one. Enough so that he even tips his hat to him.]

Then I'll leave you to your thoughts. I'm sure we'll run into each other again.

Unless you had something else you wanted.

[ticking]

Some other time. No doubt his majesty wants to inspect you. Enjoy the tour.