Palace Game 6/5

[fujimaru]

The Dreamer In The Grand Temple
Humanity Foundation Value: ????

What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.

Comments

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

If he's shaking, the googly eyes do move a little.

But it's a very soft spider, and the feeling does not go away, so long as he's holding it.

Re: MY ROOM

[markofkaine]

[he keeps holding it up until the point where he is in real danger of just crying if he holds it any longer, and puts it down next to the other toys.

fuck. get ahold of yourself.

tidy tidy

actually, is there ANYTHING in this room that looks like it might represent ritsuka herself?]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

At some point, because there is just SO much stuff, he's going to pick up a flower, and then this scene ends up playing.

Ritsuka's feelings, through it, are kind of surprised and amused, maybe a little bashful. You can get the feeling she isn't really used to people talking so effusively at her...

Re: MY ROOM

[markofkaine]

[Wuh? He shouldn't be surprised by an entire memory playing - and meeting Lancelot? But now he feels like maybe he's intruded a bit.

If this flower was a gift from him... Kaine looks around the room with a growing sense of awe. Are all of these gifts? From psuedo-historical figures?]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

It sure is starting to seem like it. The whole room, now that he's paying attention, just sort of exudes an overall sense of comfort. This feels like home, even if he's never seen it before.

Re: MY ROOM

[markofkaine]

[THEN IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT HE IS ABLE TO MAKE THE BED AND ORGANIZE HER TEAM INTO A COMFORTABLE LITTLE ROW!!!

PERISHABLE GIFTS LIKE FLOWERS OVER HERE

TOYS AND KNICK KNACKS OVER HERE

PRACTICAL GIFTS OVER HERE

SHE CAN'T COME HOME TO A DISASTER PILE!!!!]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

Oh my god Kaine

Ritsuka isn't here, but someone, somewhere, appears to approve.




Except for the tentacle. That little bastard is still watching his every move with its many, many eyes.

Re: MY ROOM

[markofkaine]

[I SENSE YOU JUDGING ME]

Zip it, you little bastard. I don't see you doing anything useful.

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

It waves at him. It feels like someone has just flipped him the bird.

Re: MY ROOM

[markofkaine]

Okay, that's it. C'mere...

[he may have been talked out of destroying it, but he's definitely going to try and PETTILY TIP IT OFF THE SHELF]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

It doesn't have a mouth, so it can't do anything like squeal protest, but it does try and scrabble at the shelf, trying not to fall off...

...which means that as it struggles, something gold falls off the shelf instead. Apparently, the tentacles were sitting on top of it?

Re: MY ROOM

[markofkaine]

[What the

his reflexes kick in, and he immediately grabs the gold object. forget you, tentacles. you can struggle Lion King style.]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

It wraps around his wrist, struggling furiously. It's definitely very strong for its small size, definitely strong enough to leave bruises.

The thing he catches is a plain gold ring, heavy for its size, unadorned.

Re: MY ROOM

[markofkaine]

[man fuck you tentacle. kaine's no stranger to bruises, at least.]

Hey. What is this thing? Were you hiding it?

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

It wiggles harder, which is like, it's a tossup between "guilty" and "angry" in its movements, so you know.

Re: MY ROOM

[markofkaine]

YOU WERE.

Then it's gotta be important somehow.

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

It smacks him, and this time, he can feel it draw blood. Apparently, while it has no mouth, those eyes are actually pretty sharp when they need to be.

Re: MY ROOM

[markofkaine]

[WRENCHING YOU OFF HIS WRIST AND THROWING HIM BACK ON THE SHELF. FUCK YOU I'M OUTIE]

[messianic]

[ well we were having a conversation but this is also fine.

Minato is immediately going to try to a) rescue tentacle creature and b) save Kaine's poor wrist at the same time

even if this means, like, offering his own arms as tribute, this is fine, he's just gunning to scoop it up. ]

[markofkaine]

[MAYBE THE TENTACLE SHOULDN'T HAVE FLIPPED IT OFF]

Hey, Minato. That piece of shit was sitting on this thing.

[holds up the plain gold ring for him to see]

[messianic]

[ this is true honestly. Minato may or may not be trying to wrangle the tentacle figurine, but he does peer at the ring.

Oooh...?? ]

I'm sure he had a good reason... [ maybe. ]

But that seems pretty important. We should bring it with us for sure. Nice job finding that.

[markofkaine]

The thing missing from the podium, it was made out of rings, right?

Maybe this is-- symbolic or something.

[messianic]

Right, yeah, you might be onto something there. It's definitely worth a try... let's see if we can bring it back there with us.

Is your arm okay, by the way?

[markofkaine]

I've had worse. If that's all it takes to get Ritsuka back, then it's a pretty cheap price to pay.

C'mon.

[LET'S GO BACK TO THE CENTRAL ROOM]

[messianic]

[ GO FORTH, KAINE, MINATO IS FOLLOWING and still looking a little concerned but it's fine. ]