#tenaciouspsychologist

The scuttlebuggy driver looks at Arejda with trepidation. Arejda reminds him that he should keep his conformist eyes on the road if he knows what's good for him. She's had this driver before. He's a rustblood who attempts to make smalltalk with her. She doesn't mind that he's a rustblood, but she fucking hates smalltalk. It's conformist and unnecessary, and totally mainstream. The last time he tried it, she smashed the front of his car on the way out.

Apparently they weren't able to fix it. Arejda assumes that's some kind of safety hazard, and would've refused to ride in it, if it wasn't her fault in the first place. She might be non-conformist, but safety is definitely a priority. If something explodes in the car, there's sure to be a lot of blood. Plus, today she's carrying precious cargo in her sylladex.

In her sylladex today, is an original shovel, built out of the best steel that money can buy, and embellished with the perfect amount of titanium, for total hardcoreness. Inscribed on the handle is their new pact. "--->WE SWEAR ON OUR BLACK HEARTS AND SHARPENED MINDS THAT TO ROMANCE WE WILL NOT BIND.<---" And where the blade meets the shaft is the perfectly detailed spade. It's beautiful, simple, and elegant. Rings form around the rod that makes up it's shaft. Arejda is quite proud of her work.

[07:28] TP: Ey there.~

[07:28] TP: Dõ yõũ lĩke Fĩdũspãwn? ~

[07:28] TP: Becãũse I’ve gõt sõmethĩng new yõũ cõũld rãĩse.~

[07:28] AE: Hahaha!

[07:29] TP: Dãmn!~ Thãt wãs the hãrshest rejectĩõn I've gõtten yet.~

[07:29] TP: Kũdõs, strãnger!~

[07:29] AE: Kvdos to yov too!

[07:29] AE: I vvas too bvsy lavghing to type. :<

[07:30] TP: Ahãhã!~~

[07:30] AE: Do I knovv yov from somevvhere?

[07:30] TP: Well!~ Glãd tõ see sõmeõne else lĩkes my sense õf hũmõr.~

[07:30] TP: Bũt nõ, I dõn't sũppõse yõũ wõũld.~

[07:31] TP: Bũt nõw yõũ cãn sãy yõũ dõ, yes?~

[07:31] AE: Hmmm. I gvess so!

[07:31] AE: So vvhat are yov vp to right novv, stranger?

[07:32] AE: Besides testing pickvp lines on random people?

[07:35] -- tenaciousPsychologist [TP] changed their mood to OFFLINE --

[07:36] -- tenaciousPsychologist [TP] changed their mood to CHUMMY --

[07:36] -- tenaciousPsychologist [TP] changed their mood to DEVIOUS --

[07:38] AE: Hey! Pickvp artist! Yov still arovnd?

[07:42] TP: Yep!~ Sõrry, my cõnnectĩõn õũt here ĩsn't sõ greãt.~

[07:42] TP: I prõbãbly hãve tõ mõve bãck ãbõve grõũnd..~

[07:42] AE: Yov're vndergrovnd?

[07:42] TP: ((Hold on a sec, I'm moving to another computer!))

[07:44] -- tenaciousPsychologist [TP] ceased pestering absentExpert [AE] at 19:44 --

[07:44] -- tenaciousPsychologist [TP] changed their mood to OFFLINE --

[07:46] -- tenaciousPsychologist [TP] changed their mood to CHUMMY --

[07:46] -- tenaciousPsychologist [TP] changed their mood to DEVIOUS --

[07:56] -- tenaciousPsychologist [TP] began pestering absentExpert [AE] at 19:56 --

[07:56] TP: Thãt's right!~ Undergrõũnd.~

[07:57] TP: Is thãt sõ ũnũsũãl?~

[07:58] AE: Hmmm. I don't really have mvch to compare it to, so I can't call it vnvsval...

[07:59] AE: Bvt I live high off the grovnd, so to me it seems pretty vnorthodox! :V

[08:00] TP: Dões it?~

[08:00] TP: Well, I dõn't reãlly live ũndergrõũnd, exãctly.~ My lũsũs dões thõũgh.~

[08:01] TP: Bũt hõw high õff grõũnd?~

[08:01] TP: As in, ã tree?~

[08:03] AE: Not in a tree, per se -- bvt close to them!

[08:03] AE: My hive is actvally bvilt on stilts.

[08:04] TP: Stilts?~ Reãlly?~

[08:05] TP: Thãt's... kind õf cõõl.~ Bũt whãt dõ yõũ dõ when it gets windy?~

[08:05] AE: That's vvhen the real fvn starts!

[08:06] AE: It kind of rocks back and forth, so anything that isn't bolted dovvn goes flying arovnd.

[08:06] AE: All the heavy stvff is secvred, bvt pretty mvch everything else is fair game...

[08:07] AE: Anyvvay, I'm glad >somebody< appreciates all of my hard vvork! My friend thinks it's a pretty dvmb setvp.

[08:08] TP: Ahãhãhã.~ Hõw mãny times hãve yõũ hãd tõ sũffer ã lãmp tõ the heãd then?~~

[08:09] TP: And... Well, it wõũld teãch yõũ endũrãnce, if nõthing else.~

[08:10] TP: Even if I thõũght it wãs dũmb, I cãn't reãlly tãlk ãnywãy.~ The tũnnels belõw my hive cõllãpse sõ õften I hãve tõ cleãn ãt leãst twõ õr three õf them õũt every õther perigee.~

[08:11] AE: Hahaha! I gvess that'll teach yov endvrance, too!

[08:12] AE: Bvt... hovv come they collapse so often?

[08:13] TP: I ãlwãys figũred it wãs my lũsũs.~ He's ãlwãys digging, sõ he weãkens the wãlls if he gets tõõ clõse sõmetimes.~

[08:14] TP: Bũt I'm stãrting tõ think the ãsshõles whõ hãve tãken ũp my bãsement ãre sãbõtãging ã few õf them.~~ And they dõn't even pãy rent!~

[08:15] TP: The mõre I think ãbõũt it, the mõre yõũ seem tõ hãve the right ideã with the stilts.~

[08:15] AE: It's not really all that great sometimes, I'll admit!

[08:16] AE: The vvind is one thing, bvt to even get vp to the hive yov need to vse a rope and pvlley thing...

[08:17] AE: Bvt I'm definitely glad I don't have sqvatters in my nonexistent basement.

[08:17] AE: VVhy vvovld they sabotage yovr vvalls, do yov think? :<

[08:21] TP: A rõpe ãnd pũlly thing?~

[08:21] TP: Bũt it's becãũse they're rũde!~~~ And ãlsõ ãnnõying!~

[08:21] TP: ... And they smell!~

[08:22] TP: ... And i beãt õne õf them ãt spãdegãmmõn lãst week.~

[08:22] TP: He õwes me.~

[08:25] AE: Hahahaha! Yov're a pretty interesting gvy!

[08:25] AE: Bvt it's too bad that yovr rvde smelly friends keep knocking dovvn yovr vvalls.

[08:27] TP: Ahãhãh!~ Oh, nõt pãrticũlãrly.~

[08:27] TP: Thõũgh I sũppõse my nõrmãl is different frõm yõũrs.~

[08:28] TP: And it's tõõ bãd ãbõũt yõũr stũff flying ãrõũnd.~ I gũess we ãll hãve õũr prõblems, nõ?~

[08:29] AE: Tovche!

[08:29] TP: Hõpefũlly yõũ dõn't mãke hõũses õũt õf cãrds, õr thãt wõũld be ã mãjõr pãin.~

[08:30] AE: Nope, no card hovses. Bvt I do have a lot of loose papers lying arovnd.

[08:31] AE: So vvhenever I forget to close my vvindovvs, it's like a crazy blizzard. A crazy blizzard of papercvts and storyboarding drafts.

[08:32] TP: Oũch!~

[08:32] TP: Stõrybõãrds?~ Yõũ write then?~

[08:35] AE: VVell, I call them storyboards, bvt they're really jvst vagvely coherent ideas strvng together!

[08:36] TP: Well, thãt's sõmething!~~

[08:36] TP: Dõ yõũ knõw ã fellõw nãmed Ekrãil?~ He seems tõ tell ã lõt õf stõries tõõ.~

[08:37] TP: Thõũgh they're mõstly ãbõũt himself...~

[08:37] AE: Ekrail? Can't say I do. The name sovnds kind of familiar, thovgh... maybe somebody else mentioned him in passing once?

[08:38] AE: Hahaha, vvell, they say it's best to "VVrite vvho yov knovv" -- and vvho do yov knovv better than yovrself?

[08:39] TP: Ahã, perhãps!~ Yõũ twõ might get ãlõng, I dõn't knõw.~

[08:39] AE: Maybe so!

[08:39] TP: Bũt ãhhãhã, I...gũess?~

[08:39] TP: I'm nõ writer.~

[08:40] AE: If yov've never done it before yov shovld try yovr hand at it! Yov might have a vvriter inside yov vvaiting to bvrst ovt of yovr chest cavity like in that one movie!

[08:41] AE: Except in this case it vvovld actvally be a good thing.

[08:41] TP: ... Yõũ meãn the õne where thãt... thing bũrst õũt õf the mãn's chest ãnd distrõyed everything?~

[08:41] TP: ....~

[08:41] TP: Thãt's ã.... õh.~

[08:41] AE: VVell, not qvite like that!

[08:42] AE: Instead of the vvriter bvrsting ovt of yovr chest cavity and destroying everything, it vvovld bvrst ovt of yovr chest cavity and create fantastic vvorks of art.

[08:42] AE: Also, yov vvovldn't die in the process, vvhich is a plvs.

[08:43] TP: I'd prefer nõt tõ hãve ãnything bũrsting õũt õf my chest, tõ be hõnest.~

[08:43] TP: And I wõũldn't die?~

[08:43] TP: ....~

[08:43] TP: Thãt's even mõre hõrrifying.~

[08:43] AE: This vvas all svpposed to be a metaphor!

[08:43] TP: Sõ I wõũld jũst wãtch this creãtive... thing jũst gõ rãmpent ãnd distrõy everything while I lie there wãtching it?~

[08:43] TP: It wãs ã rãther distũrbing õne.~

[08:43] AE: VVell... this isall figvrative, yov knovv.

[08:44] AE: I shovld have picked something less grvesome...

[08:45] TP: Might've been nice...~

[08:45] TP: Bũt whãt's dõne is dõne.~

[08:46] AE: Vm. Okay, let's forget that I ever said anything abovt aliens and chest cavities.

[08:46] AE: Bvt seriovsly, have yov ever tried vvriting before?

[08:47] TP: Okãy!~ Cõnsider it fõrgõtten.~

[08:47] TP: Bũt ãh... Nõt pãrticũlãrly?~

[08:48] TP: I like reãding!~ Bũt I wõũldn't be mũch õf ãn ãũthõr, I dõn't think.~

[08:48] TP: Getting intõ ãnõther's mindset is nõt qũite my fõrte.~

[08:51] AE: I like to read, too!

[08:52] AE: I gvess getting into a role comes vvith practice?

[08:53] AE: VVhenever I read stvff that I vvrote a long time ago, I get pretty embarrassed becavse I vvs avvfvl at it.

[08:54] AE: Althovgh at the time I think I thovght I vvas pretty avvesome!

[08:54] AE: So, that Ekrail gvy that yov mentioned... is he one of the people living in yovr basement? :V

[08:55] TP: Oh!~ Nõ!.. Or I wõũld hõpe nõt.~

[08:56] TP: He's ã greenblõõd.~ Why wõũld he be in my bãsement?~

[08:56] TP: Bũt ãh, I sũppõse!~

[08:56] TP: Whãt sõrt õf stũff dõ yõũ reãd then?~

[08:57] AE: Oh, another greenblood, hvh? Maybe vve can meet vp and be brothers in mediocrity!

[08:57] AE: Althovgh he might not like being called mediocre...

[08:57] TP: Ahã!~ Prõbãbly nõt.~

[08:58] AE: I read all sorts of things. Philosophy, biographies, all that stvff. Bvt my favorite genre is definitely fiction!

[08:58] AE: Jvst becavse it's made vp doesn't mean it's not vvorth anything, yov knovv?

[08:59] TP: Oh, nõ, I ãgree!~~

[09:00] TP: Often fictiõnãl wõrks hãve deeper meãnings, ãnywãy.~

[09:00] TP: Sõmetimes, ãnywãy.~

[09:01] AE: Somebody vvho gets it!

[09:01] TP: Did sõmeõne tell yõũ it wãs põintless?~

[09:01] AE: I get told that a lot of things I do are pointless.

[09:02] AE: Or that I shovld be grovving ovt of them by novv.

[09:03] AE: So it's nice that somebody's not doing that for once! :V

[09:04] AE: So vvhat do yov like to read?

[09:05] TP: Ahã.~ If yõũ like tõ dõ it, it's impõrtãnt tõ sõmeõne.~ Sõ it's nõt põintless!~

[09:05] TP: Bũt ãh...~

[09:05] TP: Wõũld it be strãnge if I sãid mũsic?~

[09:05] AE: Yov like to read mvsic? Like sheets of mvsic?

[09:05] TP: I meãn, I like bõõks well enõũgh, bũt lyrics ãlwãys seem tõ hit hãrder tõ me.~

[09:05] AE: Oh, lyrics!

[09:05] AE: Got it.

[09:05] TP: And mõre like lyrics!~ Thõũgh I cãn reãd sheet mũsic tõõ.~

[09:05] TP: Yes.~

[09:05] AE: No, that's not strange at all!

[09:07] AE: Song lyrics are kind of like poetry in a vvay, aren't they? I really admire people vvho can vvrite good lyrics -- and good poetry.

[09:09] AE: Bvt I have to admit, this is the first time I've ever talked to somebody vvhose favorite genre vvas song lyrics!

[09:10] TP: Ahãhã!~ I hãve tried tõ write ã few nõw ãnd ãgãin bũt... Well, it's hãrd tõ cõõrdinãte wõrds tõ mũsic sõmetimes.~

[09:10] TP: I sũppõse it isn't ã cõmmõn preference thõũgh.~ Pity.~

[09:15] AE: Yov shovld shovv me some sometime! I mean, if yov're okay vvith it. And if yov don't mind that there vvovldn't be any mvsical accompaniment vvith it.

[09:16] TP: Oh!~ Ah...~~~ Mãybe.~ I've.. never ãctũãlly prõperly written ãny õf them dõwn.~

[09:16] TP: Or shõwed ãnyõne.~ Bũt perhãps!~ In exchãnge fõr sõme õf yõũr õwn wõrk, õf cõũrse.~

[09:17] AE: Hahaha, that seems fair!

[09:17] AE: Also, vvovv. I didn't think I'd end vp exchanging vvriting vvith yov vvhen yov first started chatting vvith me!

[09:20] TP: Ahãhãh!~ Appeãrãnces cãn be decieving, nõ?~

[09:21] TP: Or ãt leãst first impressiõns.~ Mõst ãre ũnreliãble ãt best.~

[09:21] AE: I gvess so! Yov're a little more shy than yovr pickvp line svggested, Mr. Pickvp Artist!

[09:23] TP: Ahã.~ Am I?~

[09:24] TP: Oh, thãt's right, I hãven't intrõdũced myself, hãve I?~

[09:24] AE: Nope, not yet.

[09:24] TP: Hõw rũde õf me!~~ Sõrry, ãbõũt thãt.~

[09:24] TP: The nãme's Cintil.~ A pleãsũre.~~~

[09:25] TP: Whõ might yõũ be?~

[09:25] AE: Cintil?

[09:25] TP: Cintil.~

[09:25] AE: VVoah!

[09:25] TP: Whãt?~

[09:26] AE: Do yov knovv Ovisia?

[09:26] TP: ..Is thãt yõũr nãme tõõ?~

[09:26] AE: No!

[09:26] TP: Bũt õh!~ Yes.~

[09:26] TP: We've knõwn eãch õther ã lõng time.~

[09:26] AE: :V

[09:26] AE: Hey, so yov mvst be one of the other players for this game thing!

[09:27] AE: She mentioned yovr name to me earlier.

[09:27] TP: Oh!~ Yes.~

[09:27] TP: Dõ yõũ knõw mũch ãbõũt it?~

[09:27] AE: No, not at all. She jvst talked to me today abovt it...

[09:28] AE: And all she said vvas that it vvas going to be FVN and everyone shovld have FVN playing it.

[09:28] AE: She vvas acting a little vveird, come to think of it.

[09:28] TP: Aããh... Yes.~

[09:28] TP: I dõn't knõw mãny detãils myself.~

[09:29] TP: Bũt the circũmstãnce seems... Pãrticũlãr.~

[09:29] TP: I'm ãsking ãrõũnd tõ see hõw mũch I cãn piece tõgether ãbõũt it.~

[09:29] AE: She made it sovnd like everyone vvas svpposed to get their affairs in order before playing it.

[09:29] AE: Like vve're going on a trip or something?

[09:30] AE: Or maybe it's jvst so time consvming that vve vvon't be able to do anything else once vve start?

[09:33] TP: It's... cõmplicãted?~

[09:33] TP: I'm nõt entirely sũre whãt will hãppen.~

[09:33] TP: Bũt I think it is very time cõnsũming, yeãh.~

[09:35] AE: Oh...vvell, I gvess it's too late to back ovt novv!

[09:35] AE: I promised her I vvovld go throvgh vvith this.

[09:35] TP: Sõ it seems!~

[09:35] TP: Yõũ still didn't tell me yõũr nãme, hõwever!~

[09:35] TP: Otherwise, I shãll be cãlling yõũ Cintil the Secõnd fõrever ãfter.~

[09:35] AE: That's right! I totally forgot!

[09:36] AE: Hahaha. As mvch as I'd like to be Cintil the Second...

[09:36] AE: My name is Verdox. :V

[09:36] AE: Nice to meet yov (officially)!

[09:37] TP: Ahã!~ Well met.~

[09:38] AE: VVell met indeed!

[09:38] AE: Hmmm. I vvonder if I'll get a chance to meet everyone else before this... "vvhatever it is" happens.

[09:39] TP: I'm sũre yõũ will!~ They're qũite ã cõlõrfũl bũnch.~

[09:39] TP: Be cãrefũl ãrõũnd Synõre thõũgh.~ She dõesn't mũch like lãnd dwellers.~

[09:39] AE: ...!

[09:39] AE: VVe're playing vvith a seadvveller?

[09:39] TP: Yep!~

[09:40] AE: VVovv... vvho vvovld have gvessed?

[09:40] TP: I knõw, right?~

[09:40] TP: And yõũ'll never believe this.~

[09:40] AE: VVhat?

[09:40] TP: Bũt we hãve ã mãle Jãdeblõõd plãying ãs well!~

[09:40] TP: Whãt ãre the õdds õf thãt?~

[09:40] AE: Are yov seriovs?

[09:40] TP: Is my blõõd yellõw?~

[09:42] AE: VVell... I believe yov abovt the jadeblooded bit (as vnlikely as that is), bvt a >male< jadeblood?

[09:43] TP: Yep!~ His nãme's Ketsãl.~ He didn't like my pickũp lines.~

[09:43] TP: Bũt he seems like ãn õkãy gũy.~

[09:45] AE: Hahaha! He mvst have ice rvnning throvgh his veins if yovr pickvp lines didn't make him crack a smile!

[09:46] AE: Bvt I'd like to talk to him sometime anyvvay, jvst to see vvhat he's like.

[09:46] TP: Ahãhã!~ Or it's jũst ã highblõõd thing.~ Nõne õf them ever seem tõ reãct tõõ well.~

[09:46] TP: And yõũ shõũld!~~

[09:46] TP: Tãlk tõ Averie tõõ.~

[09:46] TP: She's ã bit shy, bũt she reãlly lõves bõõks!~

[09:46] AE: :V

[09:47] AE: A fellovv book lover!

[09:47] AE: VVill do.

[09:47] TP: Actũãlly, I think ãll she reãlly dões ãll dãy is reãd...~

[09:48] AE: VVe'll have a lot to talk abovt, then! At least, I hope so.

[09:48] TP: Hõpefũlly!~ She's ã little qũiet.~ Mõre friends wõũld dõ her gõõd.~

[09:49] TP: Bũt they're ãn interesting bũnch.~ I hõpe yõũ get ãlõng well with them.~

[09:50] AE: They definitely sovnd like a diverse grovp!

[09:51] AE: I'm svre everything vvill go fine betvveen vs... vvell, maybe not betvveen me and all of the highbloods.

[09:52] AE: Ovisia treats me pretty vvell, bvt I'm pretty svre that might be the exception and not the rvle. I'm still jvst middle class, after all.

[09:54] TP: Ovisiã's nice tõ everyõne!~ Fõr the mõst pãrt.~ ~

[09:54] TP: She might sũbject yõũ tõ indigõ shõre.~~~~

[09:54] AE: :<<<<

[09:55] AE: Not that!

[09:55] AE: Anything bvt that!

[09:55] TP: Oh!~ Bũt nõt jũst õne episõde...~

[09:55] TP: Yõũ mũst wãtch.~

[09:55] TP: An.~ Entire.~ Mãrãthõn!!~~~~

[09:55] AE: 8<

[09:56] TP: With repeãts!~

[09:56] AE: Ack! Stop! Cease Desist!

[09:57] AE: I'd rather eat my ovvn legs than vvatch a marathon of Indigo Shore...

[09:57] TP: I wõũldn't sũggest thãt.~

[09:58] TP: Hõw wõũld yõũ get ũp ãnd mãke yõũr dãring escãpe?~

[09:58] AE: ...!

[09:59] AE: That actvally makes sense.

[09:59] TP: And yõũ'll need tõ thãt...~

[09:59] AE: Okay, I'd rather eat some other appendage that isn't reqvired for me to rvn avvay from Ovisia and her Indigo Shore marathon.

[10:00] TP: Yõũ get ũsed tõ it ãfter ã while!~

[10:01] TP: Then yõũ jũst kind õf wãtch fõr the mentãl prõfiles õf trõll snõõki ãnd the sitrõllãtiõn.~

[10:01] AE: ;<

[10:03] AE: Bvt don't yov feel like yovr thinkpan is corroding vvhenever yov vvatch it?

[10:04] TP: Oh, definitely.~~

[10:04] TP: Bũt yõũ find wãys tõ intellectũãlly stimũlãte yõũrself.~

[10:05] AE: I gvess so!

[10:05] TP: Stõp lõõking ãt them ãs chãrãcters ãnd lõõk ãt them ãs peõple, ãnd yõũ're in fõr ã wõrld õf fũn.~

[10:06] AE: Do yov mean like... psychoanalyzing them?

[10:06] AE: Troll Frevd vvovld have so mvch to say abovt that shovv!

[10:06] TP: Ahãhãhã, he reãlly wõũld!~

[10:06] TP: Bũt psychõãnãlyzing is kind õf ã hãrsh term fõr it.~

[10:07] TP: It's mõre like... Wõndering why they're ãcting like idiõts.~

[10:07] TP: In ã brõãder sense.~

[10:09] AE: That's kind of an vnfathomable qvestion, bvt I see yovr point.

[10:10] AE: Maybe vvatching it vvill be more fvn if I stop trying to imagine it as a book!

[10:11] AE: Becavse let me tell yov: it vvovld make

[10:11] AE: the

[10:11] AE: vvorst

[10:11] AE: book

[10:11] AE: ever.

[10:11] TP: Ahãhããh!~~

[10:11] TP: And the sãd thing is, I think it hãs been written ãbõũt.~

[10:12] AE: Oh no! Really?

[10:12] TP: Didn't trõll snõõki write ã biõgrãphy?~

[10:12] AE: I'm gradvally losing faith in trollkind...

[10:13] TP: Ahã!~ Well, dõn't lõse it yet!~

[10:13] TP: I'm sũre there's plenty õf better things thãt redeem it ãt leãst slightly.~

[10:15] AE: If yov say so...

[10:17] TP: Well, yõũ hãve reãd gõõd literãtũre in yõũr life, yes?~

[10:17] TP: Sõmeõne hãd tõ pen thãt.~

[10:18] TP: And sõmetimes yõũ cãn gõ õũt ãnd ã sãndstõrm wõn't mãke yõũr eyes sting.~

[10:18] AE: Trve! Bvt I don't knovv if all of the good literatvre in the vvorld covld make vp for a biography by Troll Snooki.

[10:18] TP: Bũt thãt's nõt reãlly trõllkind...~

[10:18] AE: VVait...

[10:18] AE: VVhat?

[10:18] TP: Oh, never mind.~~

[10:19] AE: I lost yov at the sandstorm.

[10:19] TP: I live õũt in the mõre ãrid regiõns.~ Sõmetimes it stõrms.~ Bãdly.~

[10:19] TP: Bũt ãnywãys.~

[10:19] TP: Yõũ're prõbãbly right.~ Trõll Snõõki the biõgrãphy is pretty bãd.~

[10:25] AE: Cool!

[10:25] AE: I've never been in a sandstorm.

[10:25] AE: Not that sandstorms are cool or anything...

[10:25] AE: I mean, they probably aren't. Maybe if yov vvere indoors they'd be cool?

[10:26] TP: It's mõstly jũst ã lõt õf nõt being ãble tõ see õũtside.~

[10:27] AE: Oh. VVell that's less cool than vvhat I thovght they might look like.

[10:27] AE: Like, if they vvere tornados of sand or something.

[10:27] TP: ...~

[10:27] AE: ...

[10:27] TP: Okãy, thãt wõũld be rãd.~

[10:27] TP: Bũt nõ, nõt reãlly.~

[10:27] AE: :V

[10:27] AE: Avv.

[10:28] TP: I dõn't live right in there, jũst kind õf õn the side.~ If there is sãnd tõrnãdõs, it's prõbãbly where the wind is hãrsher.~

[10:28] AE: I see!

[10:28] TP: Here, it jũst kind õf cõmes ũp ãnd flies in yõũr fãce.~

[10:29] AE: Hvh... so do yov have to vvear a hat or goggles all the time or something?

[10:29] AE: It mvst be annoying to have sand fly into yovr face on a regvlar basis.

[10:29] TP: Well, it dõesn't hãppen TOO õften!~ And... I dõn't reãlly heãd õũt õũtside õn thõse dãys.~ Ahãhã...~

[10:30] TP: I hãve glãsses thõũgh.~ They're pretty ũseless.~

[10:30] AE: Glasses! I vvish I had a pair... :V

[10:31] TP: Why dõn't yõũ?~

[10:33] AE: VVell, I don't really need them! I jvst thovght they might help me to get into character vvhen I vvrite.

[10:33] AE: If that makes any sense?

[10:34] -- absentExpert [AE] changed their mood to OFFLINE --

[10:34] -- absentExpert [AE] changed their mood to SMOOTH --

[10:34] -- absentExpert [AE] changed their mood to CHUMMY --

[10:34] AE: Oops!

[10:34] AE: Compvters...

[10:34] TP: Ahãhãhã!~

[10:34] TP: I knõw hõw thãt is.~

[10:34] AE: I jvst can't get the hang of this stvff...

[10:35] AE: Haha, do yov really?

[10:35] AE: I don't think it's possible for yov to be vvorse vvith compvters than I am!

[10:38] TP: Ahã, I dõn't knõw ãbõũt thãt.~

[10:38] TP: I knõw hõw tõ seãrch the web ãnd chãt.~

[10:38] TP: Thãt's ãll yõũ reãlly need, right?~

[10:39] AE: I gvess so! That's jvst abovt all I can do vvith it anyvvay. :>

[10:39] AE: And even then I somtimes fail at it!

[10:40] TP: Yõũ fãil?~

[10:40] TP: Hõw?~

[10:44] AE: I kind of...

[10:45] AE: Hit bvttons, and things happen. Bad things. Error things.

[10:45] AE: And I tried coding once, bvt that ended in disaster.

[10:46] TP: Ahãhã!~ Whãt hãppened?~

[10:46] TP: Did yõũr hũsktõp explõde?~

[10:49] AE: Hovv did yov knovv?

[10:50] TP: Did it reãlly?!~

[10:50] TP: I wãs jũst gũessing!~

[10:50] TP: Oh geez.~

[10:50] TP: Ahãhã!~ I didn't even knõw thãt wãs põssible.~

[10:51] AE: It is and it did. >:<

[10:51] AE: It started a fire in my hive, yov knovv!

[10:51] TP: Oh, sõrry, I didn't meãn tõ lãũgh.~

[10:52] AE: Nah, it's okay!

[10:52] TP: Were the repãirs cõnsiderãble?~

[10:52] AE: It's fvnnier looking back on it novv.

[10:52] AE: Kind of.

[10:52] AE: I vvasn't able to pvt it ovt right avvay...

[10:52] AE: Becavse my hovse is high off the grovnd, yov knovv?

[10:52] AE: So even thovgh there vvas a lake >right there<, I covldn't reach it in time.

[10:54] AE: My lvsvs vvasn't really pleased vvith me after that debacle!

[10:58] TP: I cãn imãgine!~~

[10:58] TP: Bũt it's ã pity yõũ cõũldn't sãve it in time.~ I'm sõrry.~

[11:00] AE: That's alright! I didn't mean to tvrn this into a vvhiny vviggler self-pity session! :V

[11:02] AE: Althovgh I do appreciate the sympathy.

[11:02] TP: Oh, dõn't wõrry!~ Venting is ãll right.~

[11:02] TP: Well, sõ lõng ãs it dõesn't cãũse ãdditiõnãl drãmã.~

[11:02] AE: "Additional" drama?

[11:03] TP: Ah...~

[11:03] TP: Nõ, I'm sõrry.~

[11:03] TP: It's nõthing.~

[11:03] AE: ...?

[11:04] TP: Dõn't wõrry ãbõũt it.~~~

[11:04] AE: Hey, does this happen to have anything to do vvith vvhat's her face?

[11:04] AE: Ananta?

[11:04] TP: ...~

[11:04] TP: Ugh.~

[11:04] TP: Yep.~

[11:04] TP: Thãt's the õne.~

[11:04] TP: Hãs she been ãt yõũ tõõ?~

[11:04] AE: She vvas saying something abovt an argvment, bvt she seemed so collected vvhen vve started talking.

[11:04] AE: No, not mvch!

[11:05] TP: Aãh.~~

[11:05] AE: She jvst brovght it vp in passing.

[11:05] TP: Well, befõre she twists it ãrõũnd, she mãde cãste jãbs ãt ã mãrõõnblõõd, mãde ã big deãl when she wãsn't let õff the hõõk with blũeblõõd treãtment...~

[11:06] TP: Cõmplãined tõ me, I dũg ã bit deeper ãnd fõũnd the trũth ãnd cãlled her õũt, ãnd THEN she bõthered Ovisiã ãnd I hãd tõ infõrm her...~

[11:06] TP: And nõw she's ãfter yõũ.~

[11:06] TP: I'm nõt sãying nõt tõ trũst her, bũt try tõ keep the cõnversãtiõn õff hõw mãd she is, õkãy?~

[11:06] AE: :<

[11:06] AE: After me?

[11:06] TP: I dõn't wãnt ãnyõne else in this mess.~

[11:06] TP: Cõmplãining tõ yõũ.~

[11:06] AE: Bvt she really did only bring it vp briefly...

[11:07] TP: Gõõd.~

[11:07] TP: I'd sũggest keeping it thãt wãy.~

[11:07] AE: Okay, if yov say so!

[11:07] AE: Yov knovv her better than I do.

[11:08] TP: Ahã, I thõũght I did.~

[11:08] TP: She's been ãcting strãngely ãll dãy.~

[11:08] TP: Ah well.~ I hõpe she feels better tõmõrrõw.~

[11:09] AE: I'm svre things vvill vvork ovt. :>

[11:09] AE: They vsvally do!

[11:09] TP: Hõpefũlly!~~

[11:09] AE: Bvt thanks for telling me vvhat vvas going on anyvvay. Novv I gvess I can try to steer clear of this stvff if it crops vp again?

[11:10] AE: Althovgh I'd rather it didn't.

[11:10] TP: Nõ prõblem.~

[11:10] TP: I'd rãther nõt be in it myself, tõ be hõnest.~

[11:10] TP: I'm tõõ nõsy sõmetimes. Ugh.~

[11:10] AE: VVell, they're yovr friends, right?

[11:11] AE: Isn't it only natvral to vvant to knovv vvhat's going on vvith them?

[11:13] TP: Yeãh!~

[11:13] TP: Bũt sõme things yõũ jũst dõn't get intõ I gũess.~

[11:14] AE: I gvess so.

[11:15] AE: I'm actvally a pretty nosy person myself, so I have trovble keeping ovt of things sometimes!

[11:15] AE: Bvt I don't think I vvant to dip into this conflict...

[11:16] TP: Ahãhã!~ Nõ, yõũ reãlly dõn't.~

[11:16] TP: Oũr tõp nõsy trõlls dõn't even wãnt ã slice õf this pie.~

[11:16] AE: That bad, hvh?

[11:17] AE: Do yov think it'll affect the game?

[11:17] AE: Apparently it's svpposed to be a cooperative thing...

[11:18] TP: I hõpe nõt!~

[11:18] TP: I wãnt tõ try ãnd get this sõlved befõre thãt hãppens.~

[11:18] TP: ...Hõpefũlly.~

[11:20] AE: I hope that yov're svccessfvl!

[11:20] TP: Ahã.~ Sõ dõ I.~

[11:20] AE: I don't knovv hovv mvch I covld really do, bvt if yov need help vvith something jvst let me knovv. :>

[11:22] TP: Ahã!~ Thãnks.~ I think I'll be õkãy, bũt I ãppreciãte the õffer.~

[11:23] AE: No problem. Birds of a feather and all that stvff!

[11:23] AE: The feather being that video game in this case, I gvess?

[11:24] TP: Ahãhã!~ Thãt's ã weird thõũght.~~

[11:24] TP: This gãme being ã feãther, I meãn.~

[11:25] AE: VVell, feather are cool and pretty, so maybe this game vvill also be... cool and pretty?

[11:26] AE: Okay this vvas not an example of good idiom vsage.

[11:26] TP: Cõõl ãnd pretty?~

[11:26] AE: Class dismissed, the teacher has to go bang his head against a vvall for a fevv minvtes!

[11:27] TP: I wãsn't ãwãre we were in sessiõn.~

[11:27] TP: Bũt dõn't dõ thãt!~

[11:28] AE: VVe're alvvays in session, "yo". Better sit dovvn before yov get "schooled"!

[11:28] AE: VVait.

[11:28] TP: ...~

[11:28] AE: Yov don't pvt qvotation marks arovnd slang, do yov?

[11:29] TP: Only if yõũ dõn't ũse it tõõ õften.~~

[11:29] TP: Bũt wãs thãt ã chãllenge?~

[11:30] AE: Yov knovv it!

[11:30] TP: Alright!~ It's õn, ~dãwg~.~

[11:30] TP: It's õn like fidũspãwn.~

[11:32] AE: On like the cool avtvmn davvn!

[11:34] TP: Well then, cõme õn!~

[11:38] TP: Or hãve yõũ ãlreãdy withdrãwn? ʭ:?~

[11:39] AE: Yov aren't even vvorth my time/Yov don't have a single rhyme/Get ovtta my face, it's yovr bedtime!

[11:42] TP: Hãrsh wõrds~~ bũt yõũ ãint gõt skills / why yõũ tãlkin smãck in ã bãttle õf wills / i think it's time fõr yõũ tõ heãd fõr the hills / befõre i hãve tõ get ũp in yõũr grills~

[01:10] AE: Do yov even knovv vvhat yov're talking abovt?/Yov're flopping arovnd like a landlvbbin' trovt/Typin' so slovv, yov mvst have govt!/This isn't a battle, it's a motherflipping rovt!

[01:15] TP: Nõw stõp right there ãnd think ãbõũt thãt / yõũ're stõkin' these fires bũt they're jũst fãlling flãt / yõũr sick bũrns hũrt like the bite õf ã gnãt / stãy õũt õf the kitchen if yõũ cãn't fight in chãt~

[01:23] AE: Hey, my rhymes are obviovsly first rate/Vnlike yovrs, vvhich are basically dead vveight/I'm so done vvith yov and all of yovr hate/I don't care vvhat yov say, my bvrns are great!

[01:26] TP: Oũch õkãy thãt wãs kind õf cõld / this deãl with hãtin' is getting ã bit õld / And while yõũr bũrns sũck ãnd I'm nõt gõing tõ fõld / bũt if yõũ'll stõp i will nõ lõnger scõld~

[01:30] AE: Hahahaha!

[01:30] AE: Okay... my rhymes aren't really that "sick".

[01:31] TP: I thõũght yõũ were pretty gõõd.~

[01:31] TP: Shõũld we cãll it ã tie?~

[01:31] AE: Svre! :V

[01:31] AE: Yov are a vvorthy opponent!

[01:31] TP: As ãre yõũ!~~

[01:32] TP: ... Thõũgh yõũ mãy wish tõ hõne yõũrself shõũld we meet õn the field õf sick bũrns ãgãin.~

[01:32] AE: Them's fightin' vvords!

[01:33] AE: ...Bvt I vvill!

[01:33] TP: Ahãhãhãhã!~~

[01:33] TP: Gõõd.~

[01:40] AE: :V

[01:40] AE: Okay. VVell... I gvess I shovld go do something prodvctive.

[01:40] AE: Maybe.

[01:40] TP: Cõũld help.~ I hãve tõ finish digging õũt this wãll ãnywãy.~

[01:41] TP: Perhãps we shãll tãlk ãgãin sõmedãy!~

[01:41] AE: Yeah! Probably, since vve're in this thing together!

[01:41] AE: Good lvck vvith yovr vvall and the rvde basement dvvellers!

[01:41] AE: Hahahaha!

[01:41] TP: Ahã, thãnks.~

[01:41] TP: Bye!~

[01:41] AE: Later!

[11:38] TP: Averie?~

[11:39] CG: Hello, Cintil.

[11:39] TP: Oh!~ Hellõ.~

[11:40] CG: Hello x v x

[11:40] CG: How is everything?

[11:40] TP: Oh!~ Gõõd!~~

[11:40] TP: It's jũst thãt... ãh.~

[11:41] CG: Yes? x n x Is something wrong?

[11:41] TP: Well, I wãs dõing my qũest ãnd... Well, I went ã bit tõõ fãr dõwn, ãnd...~

[11:41] TP: Well, I need sõmething tõ settle my nerves.~

[11:41] TP: Sõ I thõũght I'd speãk with yõũ.~

[11:41] TP: Hõw ãre yõũ dõing? ʭ:]~

[11:42] CG: O-oh! Are you okay down there x n x" I guess I'm going well...

[11:42] CG: I made some progress with my own quest, actually!

[11:43] TP: Oh!~ Yes, I'm fine.~ It's jũst... Well, it's jũst this feeling I hãve.~ There's sõmething õmniõũs dõwn here, ãnd I'm nõt sũre I wãnt tõ knõw whãt.~

[11:44] TP: Bũt yõũ hãve?~ Excellent!~~ Dõ elãbõrãte!~

[11:44] CG: Ominous... Well... be careful then, please?

[11:44] CG: Well... I managed to get the little terrors to speak instead of smash, they said they were waiting for something... whatever that means.

[11:45] TP: Ahã, I will!~ Dõn't yõũ wõrry ãbõũt me.~

[11:45] CG: But it is something, right?

[11:45] TP: And thãt is sõmething!~~

[11:45] TP: Step twõ ~ whãt ãre they wãiting ~fõr~?~

[11:46] CG: Well, it's meant to be something to do with the land title, isn't it?

[11:46] TP: And yõũr lãnd is..?~

[11:46] TP: Sõrry, I've fõrgõtten.~

[11:46] CG: Land of Glass and Apocalypse

[11:46] CG: Cheery, no?

[11:46] CG: There is plenty of glass with leaves the latter... Which.... worries me. x n x To say the least.

[11:49] TP: Hmmm...~

[11:50] TP: Well, my lãnd is Sãnd ãnd Tilt.~ It's ã desert ãnd my qũest invõlves stõpping the lãnd frõm cõnstãntly tipping tõ õne side tõ the next...~

[11:50] TP: Sõ if the first wõrd is ã discriptiõn õf the lãnd itself...~

[11:51] TP: Whãt if they're wãiting fõr the ãpõcãlypse?~

[11:51] CG: x n x"""

[11:51] CG: That is a terrible thing to wait for.

[11:52] TP: I'd sãy.~

[11:52] TP: It'd explãin why they're smãshing everything thõũgh.~

[11:52] TP: If the wõrld wãs ending, I'd be tãking ã tãntrũm tõõ.~

[11:52] TP: ... Oh wãit.~

[11:52] CG: Oh...

[11:54] TP: Well, I sũppõse it's tõõ lãte nõw.~

[11:55] CG: Throw a tantrum the nexxt time something goes terribly wrong.

[11:55] CG: Or you're welcome to join to consorts here x u x

[11:57] TP: Ahãhãhã!~ Yõũ sũre?~

[11:57] TP: I might smãsh ãll õf their... things tõ smãsh.~ And whãt will they dõ then?~

[11:58] CG: They'll just have to deal with it.

[11:59] TP: Ah-hãã?~ Whãt's this?~

[11:59] TP: The lãdy is giving me speciãl priviledges tõ smãsh everything õver the residents?~

[11:59] TP: Thãt's ã little cõld.~~~

[12:00] CG: They're unhelpful and terrible and I really doubt you could smash all the glass here.

[12:00] CG: The place is covered in it.

[12:00] TP: We-eeeellll....~

[12:01] TP: Whãt if I sãng ã reãlly high nõte ãnd smãshed ãll õf it ãt õnce?~

[12:01] TP: ... Thõũgh I dõn't think I cõũld mãnãge thãt, nõw thãt I think ãbõũt it...~

[12:02] CG: I can't imagine you singing very high. Aren't boys meant to have deeper voices? Unless you've been lying all this time and you're in fact a girl.

[12:03] TP: ...~

[12:04] TP: Yes.~ Yõũ hãve in fãct ũncõvered my dãrkest secret.~

[12:04] TP: I ãm in fãct ã very hãndsõme wõmãn.~

[12:05] TP: Thõũgh if yõũ believe thãt, I ãlsõ hãve ã bridge tõ sell yõũ.~~

[12:05] CG: I don't think a girl could be as big as a flirt as you x v x

[12:05] CG: Not in a million years.

[12:06] TP: Ahãhã, I dõn't knõw ãbõũt thãt.~ I've heãrd cõũntless legends õf Ovisiã pũtting the mõves õn vãriõũs õthers.~

[12:07] TP: In fãct, she mãy jũst flirt mõre thãn I.~

[12:07] CG: Impossible!

[12:08] TP: Thõũgh I'm inclined tõ believe I hãve better tãste, ãt leãst.~ Dõn't tell!~

[12:08] CG: I'll take it to the grave.

[12:08] TP: Nõt ãs impõssible ãs sõme things.~

[12:08] TP: Thãnk yõũ.~ Thõũgh I'd prefer yõũ nõt tãke it there fõr ã gõõd while yet.~

[12:09] TP: Jũst keep it hidden in yõũr bõõt.~

[12:10] CG: Well, I will do my very best. Just for you! x u x

[12:11] TP: Ahã.~ I shõũld hõpe!~

[12:11] TP: If nõt, I'm gõing tõ find whãtever's beyõnd thãt grãve ãnd give it ã piece õf my mind.~

[12:14] CG: Aha~ Very well then. x v x

[12:20] TP: Well, I sũppõse I shõũld keep mõving in cãse sõmething ~ãctũãlly~ õminõũs decides tõ shõw ũp.~

[12:21] TP: Thãnks fõr tãlking with me.~ I feel ã bit better nõw.~

[12:22] CG: Take care, Cin!

[01:29] CG: Cin.

[01:29] CG: Cintil.

[01:29] TP: Ave.~

[01:29] CG: Ciiiiiiiiiiin~

[01:29] TP: Averie.~

[01:29] CG: Guess what? x u x

[01:30] TP: Whãt? ʭ:]~

[01:31] CG: I think I've made another friend x v x

[01:31] CG: I'm so exxcited!

[01:31] TP: Oh!~~

[01:31] TP: Whõ is it?~

[01:32] TP: Nõbõdy tõõ intimidãting, I hõpe?~

[01:32] CG: No! Well... a little bit.

[01:32] CG: Ananta!

[01:32] CG: She's sweet!

[01:32] TP: ...~

[01:32] CG: But intimidating...

[01:32] TP: She is ã sweet girl, yeãh.~

[01:32] TP: The...~

[01:32] TP: Did she tell yõũ ãbõũt the thing?~

[01:32] TP: The thing thãt she dões?~

[01:32] TP: With the ãnimãls?~

[01:33] CG: Wh...

[01:33] TP: It's...~

[01:33] TP: ....~

[01:33] CG: No...

[01:33] TP: Dõn't ãsk her.~

[01:33] TP: Dõ nõt ãsk her ever ãbõũt the thing she dões.~

[01:33] CG: ................Ok.

[01:33] CG: Why?

[01:33] TP: it's...~

[01:33] TP: She explãined it tõ me ãnd i...~

[01:34] CG: ......

[01:34] TP: ...yeãh.~

[01:34] TP: Sõ pleãse dõn't!~~~~~~

[01:34] CG: x_x

[01:34] CG: O-okay....

[01:35] TP: I'm glãd thãt yõũ mãde ã new friend, thõũgh!~

[01:35] TP: Even despite the....~

[01:35] TP: We still tãlk fãirly õften.~~

[01:40] CG: That's good!

[01:41] CG: Although... the more you talk about the '...'

[01:41] CG: The more I want to ask about it....

[01:41] TP: ...~

[01:42] TP: Okãy, I'll stõp tãlking ãbõũt it then~

[01:42] CG: ...

[01:42] CG: Will you tell me?

[01:45] TP: ... Are yõũ sũre?~

[01:45] CG: I believe my mind has wandered to terrible places, Cin.

[01:47] TP: ... Whãt kind õf terrible plãces?~

[01:47] CG: ...

[01:47] CG: x ^ x

[01:47] CG: Its embarrasing...

[01:47] TP: Well.~

[01:48] TP: Let me tell yõũ right nõw thãt the....~

[01:48] TP: It isn't embãrãssing.~

[01:48] TP: It is kind õf creepy hõwever.~

[01:48] CG: Oh...

[01:48] CG: Oh. O-ok.

[01:48] CG: x_x

[01:48] CG: x_x"

[01:48] CG: Oops.

[01:55] TP: Yes...~

[01:55] TP: Sõ, erm, hõw ãre yõũ dõing with yõũr qũest?~

[01:55] CG: Uh...

[01:55] CG: x u x" Great.

[01:57] CG: Yours? x u x

[01:58] TP: Aãh... It's tricky.~

[01:58] TP: I'll get it yet, thõũgh!~

[01:58] CG: I'm sure you will! x u x

[01:59] CG: Tch... to be honest, I don't even really understand what I should be doing...

[01:59] CG: I'm so fucked.

[02:00] TP: Dõn't sãy thãt! ʭ:[~

[02:00] TP: Tell me ãbõũt yõũr lãnd.~

[02:00] TP: Perhãps I cãn help?~

[02:00] CG: It's a piece of shit, for starters.

[02:00] CG: Land of Glass and Apocalypse.

[02:00] CG: The consorts are... unhelpful to say the least.

[02:01] CG: There is plenty of glass and everything is dead and it's awful, but peaceful at times.

[02:01] CG: I have no idea what I'm doing.

[02:03] TP: Ah...~

[02:04] TP: Well, dõ yõũr cõnsõrts tãlk ãt ãll?~

[02:04] TP: Perhãps yõũ cõũld listen in.~

[02:04] TP: Or... jũst see think ãbõũt the nãme.~

[02:04] TP: Sõmetimes thãt's ã hint.~

[02:05] CG: The consorts are idiots. They run around smashing the "flora" and ground and when they do talk it's about smashing more shit. So I think they're out of the question.

[02:05] CG: Ah.

[02:05] CG: I apologize for the slurs.

[02:05] CG: x ^ x"

[02:06] TP: ... Nõ, I think they deserved the slũrs.~

[02:06] TP: Bũt... mãybe lõõk intõ ~why~ they're smãshing the flõrã?~

[02:06] TP: Perhãps thãt will bring yõũ clõser.~

[02:06] CG: Perhaps...

-- cataclysticGore [CG] changed their mood to ACCEPTANT --

[02:22] TP: Why sõ ãcceptãnt?~

[02:23] CG: Oh, lots of reasons.

[02:23] TP: Like whãt?~

[02:23] CG: Hrm...

[02:24] CG: The fact that the game is real.

[02:24] CG: My lusus is some weird sprite now.

[02:24] CG: Our old lives are gone.

[02:24] CG: Everything I guess.

[02:24] CG: The fact that I can

[02:24] CG: Can't*

[02:25] CG: Hide away from everything anymore.

[02:25] CG: I actually have to SEE people now.

[02:25] CG: Lots of things, Cin.

[02:25] TP: I see.~

[02:25] TP: Well, it's ãdmirãble thãt yõũ've stepped ũp tõ ãccept it ãll.~

[02:26] TP: Bũt... Hãve yõũ seen ãnyõne yet?~

[02:26] TP: I meãn, ãside frõm Anãntã.~

[02:26] CG: No. But I know I have to.

[02:26] TP: Well...~

[02:26] TP: Tõ be hõnest, I'm ã bit scãred tõõ.~

[02:27] CG: Really?

[02:27] TP: I wãsn't tõtãlly isõlãted, bũt it wãs jũst me, my lũsũs, the cãvãlreãpers, ãnd õccãsiõnãlly Ovi fõr... pretty mũch my entire life.~

[02:27] TP: I gũess I hãve the benefit õf ~sõme~ experience, bũt... lãrge grõũps?~

[02:27] TP: The nõtiõn distũrbs me ã bit.~

[02:28] TP: I meãn, I've spõken with ãll õf them, ãnd ã few seem nõthing tõ be ãfrãid õf, bũt...~

[02:28] TP: Peõple cãn sũrprise yõũ.~

[02:28] TP: And I gũess... well...~

[02:28] TP: I'm hãppy I hãve õne õf the hãrder qũests.~

[02:29] CG: True... but, I think you'll handle it well. You handle everything well! Your quest, this game, people...

[02:29] TP: And if I cãn, yõũ cãn tõõ.~

[02:30] TP: Yõũ're strõnger thãn yõũ seem tõ think yõũ ãre, Averie. ʭ:]~

[02:30] TP: I reãlly dõ believe thãt.~

[02:30] CG: You have me confused with someone else, Cin.

[02:30] TP: Dõ I?~

[02:30] TP: I seem tõ recãll yõũ sãssing me intõ sũbmissiõn õn mũltiple õccãsiõns.~

[02:31] CG: Yeah but, that's you.

[02:31] TP: Hey!~~~~~

[02:31] CG: And that wasn't in person.

[02:31] TP: Whãt's thãt sũppõsed tõ meãn?~

[02:31] TP: And if yõũ sãw my mũg wãndering ãrõũnd, yõũ wõũldn't sãss me intõ sũbmissiõn?~

[02:31] CG: It means... you're the only person I can really talk to and sometimes even then I'm so nervous I can't form a sentence and...

[02:31] CG: x ^ x

[02:34] TP: Shhhhh.~

[02:34] TP: Dõn't wõrry.~

[02:35] TP: I'm sũre the mõment yõũ meet the õthers, they'll ãdõre yõũ.~

[02:35] TP: Bũt... If yõũ ever need tõ tãlk, I'll ãlwãys be here, õkãy?~

[02:36] CG: ...O-okay.

[02:36] TP: Bũt... Why dõ I mãke yõũ nervõũs?~

[02:37] TP: If it's the pickũp lines, I'll stõp.~

[02:38] CG: I... oh gosh.... I think I have to go and do tsomehtings that dont involve talking to you now.

-- cataclysticGore [CG] changed their mood to DISCONTENT --

[02:39] TP: Whãt?~

[02:40] TP: Oh... is it ãbõũt...~

[02:40] TP: Oh.~

[02:40] TP: Shit, I'm sõrry Ave.~

[02:40] TP: I... ũnderstãnd.~

[02:40] TP: I'll gõ.~

[02:40] TP: Sõrry.~

[02:40] CG: W-wait what.

-- tenaciousPsychologist [TP] ceased pestering cataclysticGore [CG] at 14:40 --

-- tenaciousPsychologist [TP] began pestering cataclysticGore [CG] at 14:41 --

[02:41] TP: I meãn... I... Cõrnix.~

[02:41] TP: I ũnderstãnd, yõũ dõn't wãnt me ãrõũnd.~

[02:41] CG: Oh...

[02:42] TP: And thãt's reãlly reãsõnãble!~

[02:42] CG: Oh!

[02:42] CG: No!

[02:42] CG: Gosh... no... phew.

[02:42] TP: Whãt?~

[02:42] TP: Then...~

[02:42] CG: Nothing x u x

[02:43] CG: Don't worry.

[02:43] TP: ...~

[02:43] TP: Okãy.~

[02:43] TP: I'll respect thãt.~

[02:45] CG: Sorry. Maybe one day I'll tell you... /Maybe/.

[02:45] CG: But, on the note of Cornixx...

[02:45] CG: Please don't worry too much... I mean... she's still here, kind of.

[02:45] CG: And you didn't mean to... you know...

[02:48] TP: Well...~

[02:48] TP: I gũess there's sõme gõõd in the sprites then, right?~

[02:56] CG: Yes. Very much so.

[02:59] TP: I... ãh, kind õf wish I'd remembered yõũ cõũld prõtõtype bõdies thõũgh.~

[02:59] TP: Rãdiõsprite is ũsefũl enõũgh I gũess, bũt... I dõn't knõw.~

[02:59] CG: You miss your lusus?

[02:59] TP: Yeãh.~

[03:00] TP: He wãs never ãrõũnd mũch, bũt I still cãred ãbõũt him.~

[03:00] CG: I understand. I'm sorry.

[03:00] TP: Dõn't wõrry ãbõũt it.~

[03:00] TP: He prõbãbly wõũldn't hãve been ã greãt sprite ãnywãy.~

[03:00] CG: Still...

[03:01] TP: Wõũld hãve jũst cãlled me his ~Nõ~Gõõd Nõõk~chãsing Bãstãrd Sõn~ ãnd went õff tõ dõ whãtever it wãs thãt he did.~

[03:01] TP: Dig, I ãssũme.~

[03:01] CG: I'm sure he meant it as a term of endearment.

[03:02] CG: There is uh... nothing wrong with nook chasing.

[03:02] TP: Aãhãhãhã.~ Mãybe.~

[03:02] TP: ....~

[03:02] TP: Thãt is the lãst thing I expected õũt õf yõũ, deãr lãdy.~

[03:02] CG: O-oh... well...

[03:02] TP: Is there sõmething yõũ wish tõ tell me?~

[03:02] TP: ;õ~

[03:03] CG: x///x No.

[03:03] TP: Yõũ sũũũũũũre?~~~~~

[03:04] CG: Y-yes!

[03:04] TP: Ahã, I'm jũst kidding ãrõũnd with yõũ.~ I hãve, in fãct, nõt chãsed ãny nõõks.~

[03:04] CG: Really?

[03:04] TP: Reãlly.~

[03:04] TP: I jũst like flirting, tõ be hõnest.~

[03:04] TP: Others shõw mõre õf their trũe cõlõrs when they're nõt expecting sõmething.~

[03:05] TP: It's interesting.~

[03:06] CG: That's... quite interesting in itself.

[03:06] CG: You have interesting hobbies.

[03:06] TP: ....~

[03:06] CG: Aha~ x u x

[03:06] TP: Aããhããh, nõt reãlly...~

[03:06] TP: My hõbbies ãre jũst kind õf lãme.~

[03:07] CG: Pfft.

[03:07] CG: You're too modest about them.

[03:08] TP: Well... Yõũ knõw I dig hõles, ũh... sing... ãnd enjõy the cõmpãny õf lõvely wõmen sũch ãs yõũrself õver the internet.~

[03:08] TP: I'd... sãy thãt's pretty lãme.~

[03:09] TP: Reãding sõũnds like ã mũch mõre prãcticãl hõbby, ãt leãst.~

[03:09] CG: You dig holes, that's cool. You sing, that's.. well, amazing! And you're not afraid to talk to people. You're practically my idol.

[03:09] TP: ... Er, nõt thãt I meãn yõũr cõmpãny is lãme!~

[03:10] CG: Are you kidding? I read because it means I don't have to talk to people. Instead of doing what I want, I pretend I'm doing it by reading books.

[03:10] CG: It's the lamest of hobbies.

[03:11] CG: But you! You actually do the things you want and talk to the people you want.

[03:11] CG: Speak your mind and you're friendly and so cool and everyone likes you!

[03:11] TP: Averie~

[03:11] CG: I couldn't do that in a million years.

[03:11] TP: Averie pleãse hãve mercy~

[03:11] TP: õr I'm gõing tõ fãint~

[03:11] TP: This is tõõ mũch prãise ãt õnce...~

[03:12] CG: No! It's true!

[03:12] CG: x u x

[03:12] TP: ããhãhhhhhhh nõt ãt ãll sheesh.~~~~~~~~~

[03:12] CG: Cintil Suchor: Most amazing person ever.

[03:13] CG: I should make you a medal.

[03:14] TP: Did yõũ heãr thãt?~

[03:14] TP: Thãt wãs the sõũnd õf me fãinting.~

[03:14] CG: Oops! Someone can't handle the truth.

[03:15] TP: Me?~

[03:15] TP: Well.~

[03:15] TP: There's sõme things yõũ need tõ heãr ãbõũt yõũrself, I believe.~

[03:16] TP: Fõr õne, reãding is nõt ã lãme hõbby.~ It might nõt seem like ãn exciting õne, bũt... well, ãt leãst yõũ cãn let yõũr bõõks tãke yõũ sõmewhere else, right?~

[03:16] TP: Thãt might ãs well be the next best thing.~~

[03:17] TP: And yõũ ãlwãys sãy hõw yõũ're tõõ ãfrãid tõ tãlk tõ ãnyõne, bũt hõnestly, the mõment yõũ dõ...~

[03:17] TP: Well, yõũ might ãs well be the qũeen.~~

[03:18] TP: Peõple wõũld ãdõre yõũ if yõũ spõke tõ them like yõũ speãk tõ me.~

[03:18] TP: And... Yõũ might nõt ũnderstãnd yõũr qũest, bũt ãt leãst yõũ're trying, right?~

[03:18] TP: And... I hãte it when yõũ discõũnt yõũrself.~

[03:18] TP: Yõũ're better thãn thãt.~

[03:19] TP: And...~

[03:19] TP: Ah, yeãh.~

[03:27] CG: Ah...

[03:28] CG: Nng... you're too nice to me, Cin.

[03:29] TP: Actũãlly, mãdãme, yõũ mõre õften cõmplãin ãbõũt jũst hõw hõrrid I ãm. :]~

[03:29] TP: Bũt I ãm merely stãting trũths.~

[03:30] CG: Overexxaggerated truths perhaps...

[03:30] TP: Nõpe.~

[03:30] TP: Cõmpletely ãnd dõũbtlessly tõ-the-letter gõspel trũths~

[03:32] CG: Well... if you say so... Thank you.

[03:34] TP: Oh, nõ need fõr thãnks.~ I'm sũre sõmewhere deep dõwn yõũ ãlreãdy knew ãll thãt ãnywãy.~

[03:34] CG: Pfft. You are so...

[03:35] CG: ...Full of it, sometimes. You know? Aha

[03:35] TP: Ahã?~ Fũll õf whãt?~

[03:35] CG: Shit.

[03:35] CG: x u x

[03:35] TP: Excũse me.~

[03:35] TP: I ãm ã pissblõõd, thãnk yõũ very mũch.~

[03:35] TP: Get yõũr excrement cõlõrs strãight.~

[03:36] CG: My apologies!

[03:36] CG: You're so full of piss then.

[03:36] CG: I mean that in the nicest way possible, mind you.

[03:37] TP: Thãnk yõũ. ʭ:]~

[03:37] TP: I didn't knõw there wãs ã nice wãy tõ sãy sõmeõne wãs fũll õf piss befõre nõw.~

[03:38] CG: You're welcome. It was hard, but I managed.

[03:39] TP: Dõ yõũ wãnt tõ knõw whãt else is hãrd?~

[03:39] TP: My qũest.~

[03:40] TP: Seriõũsly, hõw ãm I sũppõsed tõ get ãn entire city õũt frõm ũnder ãn empty desert?~

[03:41] TP: At... leãst thãt's whãt I think I'm sũppõsed tõ dõ...~

[03:41] CG: W-wow...

[03:41] CG: That DOES sound hard!

[03:41] CG: Hrm...

[03:41] CG: I guess it's a good thing that you know how to dig holes x v x

[03:41] TP: ...Ahãhãh, I sũppõse.~

[03:42] CG: But... I'm sure there is an easier way.

[03:42] TP: The õnly hint I gõt wãs thãt the tremõrs wõũld stõp õnce the desert wãs flãt, if I'm interpereting it right...~

[03:42] TP: Bũt digging õũt every dũne wõũld tãke fõrever.~

[03:42] TP: And then there'd jũst be mõre dũnes ãfter the shifting stãrted ãgãin.~

[03:42] TP: Bũt perhãps..~

[03:43] CG: Maybe you're not meant to flatten them by hand...

[03:44] TP: Prõbãbly nõt!~

[03:44] TP: The cõnsõrts õf my lãnd like tõ gõ õn ãbõũt the ~gõõd õld dãys~ when they didn't hãve tõ bũild ãnything... I think there might be ã giãnt pendelũm õf sõrts ũnder the sãnd thãt's cãũsing ãll this, bũt... I cãn't be sũre.~

[03:45] TP: I gũess I'll hãve tõ lõõk intõ it mõre.~

[03:45] CG: Perhaps... it's something to do with those titles Ovisia mentioned.

[03:45] CG: Maybe they tie into the game somehow.

[03:45] TP: They cõũld be!~

[03:45] TP: Whãt's yõũrs?~

[03:45] CG: I mean, they can't just be there for no purpose.

[03:45] CG: Not sure...

[03:46] TP: Hmmm...~

[03:46] TP: Well, I'm sũre yõũ'll leãrn õf it sõõn!~

[03:46] CG: I haven't looked around all that much, I try to avoid the consorts when they're in a smashing frenzy...

[03:46] CG: It's. Ridiculous.

[03:48] TP: Is there sõme wãy yõũ cãn cãlm them? ʭ:?~

[03:51] CG: They... come out, smash things and leave. Perhaps I can try talking to them when they've got the urge out. I mean, they don't really... do anything else.

[03:51] TP: There yõũ gõ.~ Thãt sõũnds like ã plãn.~

[03:53] CG: I'll try it I guess... I hope they at least try to cooperate. Choatic little... shits.

[03:57] TP: Ahãhã~ Well, whõ knõws?~ They might jũst be chãrming õnce they stõp smãshing things.~

[03:58] CG: Pfft. You're so optimistic about them.

[04:00] TP: Well, I wõũldn't wãnt tõ hãve teã ãnd cãkes with them frõm the sõũnds õf it, bũt sũrely they wõũldn't jũst reãct withõũt reãl reãsõn.~

[04:02] CG: I wouldn't put anything past them. They're doomed to a life of choas and idiocy it would seem, like they have no purpose so they just sit and destroy whatever they please. If they're unhelpful I may as well just... argh! I don't know... something unpleasant to them..

[04:04] TP: Pleãse dõn't.~

[04:04] TP: Jũst becãũse sõmething is stũpid dõesn't meãn yõũ shõũld kill it.~

[04:04] CG: I didn't say I would kill them...

[04:05] TP: Or hõpe it dies in ã fire.~

[04:05] CG: Just... raise my voice at them...

[04:05] CG: Please, I'm not Terias.

[04:05] TP: And thãt I'm immensely thãnkfũl fõr.~

[04:05] TP: Bũt mãybe they cõũld ũse ã gõõd scõlding.~

[04:06] CG: So am I. x_x

[04:06] TP: Jũst mãke sũre yõũ hãve meãns tõ get ãwãy if they tãke it the wrõng wãy.~

[04:07] CG: Will do!

[04:07] TP: Gõõd lũck! ʭ:]~