[ she's still smiling as they talk (somewhat) around her, but she laughs at Ash's question and Ken's response. She's watching them, eyes half-lidded ]
Yeah, the girls are fine. [ she waves that off-- ] But, gee, guys, why do you think I let you in? I've got another one for you all. [ she takes out a syringe with a yellow liquid and a handful of blue lollipops, dumping them on her desk for them to take. Did she forget about the black light?? ] They take some time ... and I have to be careful not to distribute them to someone who's a monster. After all, you saw how that poor boy reacted during trial, right? It was super nasty. We're lucky someone else from his group nabbed it last time!
[ and then missile is freed! he sniffs all over the room and over blue ... and he might notice she, just like the rest of the room
[DID SHE FORGET ABOUT THE BLACK LIGHT. for now though Akira just grabs the syringe of mysterious yellow liquid along with a single lollipop. the candy goes in his pocket, but he holds the syringe in his lap because presumably it's. pointy]
[it was easy enough to interpret Ash's response: pulsing red, which can't be a good sign when everything else had lit up a nice, friendly blue. . . but still. he maintains his polite demeanor, because! who knows what will happen if he starts calling her out on these discrepancies!! like the fact that Peach told him she was working on the cure, or that the last cure utilized on hunter was blue]
I'll make sure to take good care of it.
[oh, and--]
Oh right, the black light. It seems I don't have the note Lio gave me with me. . . so can we just borrow yours? We'll return it when we're done.
[ ash reaches out to take one of the lollipops and drops it into his pocket with a nod. ]
Heâll probably complain about being treated like a kid, but I think Isaacâll enjoy it. [ Isaac is going nowhere the heck near this lollipop. He watches Missile do an excited loop of the room, and glances over at Ken to make sure he doesnât eat anything here either â although lbh the dog is the bigger issue here. ]
We know where your office is now. Should be easy enough to get it back to you.
[ there's something about the way that blue is phrasing it that has ken questioning it for a moment. that doesn't seem...right. seeing that akira took the syringe ken does nothing more than to make a note of the color. that...was also not the right color. none of that shows on his face as he gleefully takes whatever lollipops are left on the table.
kids like candy right? (not this one.) ]
And will be more open to having people come in to see you now?
Does that mean you know who gets turned into a monster every week? Do you know who it'll be this week?
[ he'll sit back on his haunches and scratch his ear. boy, that would be a nifty ability... and what's all this about the "black light"? he doesn't understand, but he does know one thing! ]
Oh, do you want to trade for the light? That way, we'll have to bring it back!
[ she starts to rummage through her desk once more, finally taking out a blacklight ... but she keeps it in her hand, staring at them all. ]
I know everything that goes on in this house. I might not always understand why it turns out this way, though! You know? It's all so ... complicated, sometimes. [ she leans her hand on her chin once more, her grin turning sly ] I'm surprised you're not asking more questions. Even if you don't believe me... I know a lot of things. About the house, the girls, those previous guests...
[ her grin turns sharp. did she always have sharp teeth? were her eyes always so dark? is something. off? with her skin? she finishes, mockingly: ]
[WELL. THERE'S THE SHOE AKIRA WAS WAITING TO DROP]
[his grip tightens around the syringe as he bolts to his feet, now standing behind the chair instead of just sitting on it. his stance is defensive, and he doesn't take his eyes off of the mysterious girl sitting across from them]
[when he speaks, his voice is even, but somehow still authoritative]
[ Theeeeeeerrrrrrrrre it is. Ash shifts his grip on his axe, moving so itâs resting in front of himself. ]
And the next question should probably be âwhereâs the real Blue?â, huh?
[ he keeps looking between âBlueâ and the blacklight though â itâs right there, but somehow the idea of making a grab for it doesnât seem especially wise right now.
and also? wow? while weâre here what exactly IS off with her skin?? ]
though he's slowly getting up from his seat and also looking between "Blue" and the blacklight. he's probably trying to make eye contact with ash or akira (if not both) to see if they can non-verbally understand one another about a game plan. they need that black light.
distract and grab anyone? ]
And maybe after that, "what are you gonna do with us"?
[ Well, first off: her skin is melting off, exposing bone. It drips down her face and she ignores it, watching them get up with clear amusement in her eyes and not answering their questions immediately. She leans a bit, as if she's going to pet Missile with her free hand. Hm. Her nails definitely weren't that long, but sometimes you need claws to match your fangs, am I right? ]
See? The doggy gets it. Ooo~ spooky. Right? [ she grins ] Blue's somewhere. Hiding in cowardice from the people "the Master" has invited here to die is kind of a whole thing. That's what those girls are for. Dutiful little things who can take the brunt of the consequences with their sweet faces and carefully picked lies. It's funny!
[ she turns to look at Ken and bats her eyelashes at him. her eyes are supposed to be black holes it's fine ]
But I'm not gonna do anything to you. I don't need to! You're already here. You guys were doomed by Blue right from the start, just like everyone else who's ever been brought here. We've all been victimized the same way.
[ anyway she is. officially reaching for missile! she just wants to pet ]
[. . . it's not that he doesn't understand those feelings. it's not that he hasn't felt them himself. it's hard not to feel like someone else's pawn, their chess piece in a larger game you're not privy to, their subject in an experiment you didn't sign up for. and as the ghost speaks, vicious words melting on her tongue just like her skin, Akira's expression flickers]
[but then she reaches out for Missile, and Akira moves]
Missile! Don't let her touch you!
[anyway brb Akira is gonna grab the paperweight he knocked off the desk earlier and CHUCK IT RIGHT AT "BLUE'S" FACE]
[ oh well, there they go. there's a paperweight flying through the air and that seems like a time to start moving to him. he's up out of his chair and moving around it to try and make a grab for missile.
...
Although. It might be quicker to get missile to move first, yeah? ]
[ eugh.... if there was anyone who needed to bat their eyes at ken it definitely shouldn't be her. he's worried about missile but missile is the closest to getting his mouth(??) on the blacklight.
and since akira's made the first move with the paperweight, ken's gonna put as much space between them as possible. ...maybe towards the door? there's probably a lot to snoop about but. uh. securing the exit is probably also a very valid plan. ]
You know, you haven't given us much reason to believe you. ...even if we're in the same situation—you could be helping us.
when "Blue" had reached out her hand, Missile had been frozen - torn between "yes, pets please!" and "I don't think that's supposed to happen". and then the room erupts into yelling and shouting and???
above it all, Missile hears, "Fetch!" and lets his instincts take over. he jumps for the item "Blue" is holding, trying to get a grip on it without chomping too hard, and once he lands, he'll be off like a............ rocket ]
[ okay, well, first of all, she can't answer questions because he is being BEANED in the HEAD by a paperweight? And it pretty much just takes out the entire skin on the left half of her face, showing only bone? What the hell happened to the muscle part. Terrible.
Then second of all, Missile actually grabs the thing she had in her hand! It makes a little rattling sound when he lands with it as he nyooms away. She wipes her mouth, standing up fully... and up... and up-- hey, there's like, no way she was this tall and stick thin like before, right? Hm. As it is, she stands nearly double the size of Ken, looming over them. ]
I don't think I'm in the mood to help anymore.
[ and then the lights turn off ... only for long enough for them to realize everything turned back to pitch black darkness. Then they turn back on; low and blue and difficult to see, but they can still tell that the office has been completely replaced by a hall of mirrors that surround them. There's no sign of "Blueberry".
Their reflections stare back at them from all sides. Hm. Might want to find the exit. ]
I don't think you were ever in the mood to help before. . .!
[Akira yells into the darkness, and his hand immediately shoots to his waist when the lights come on. call him jumpy, but he twitches instinctively as though to draw a weapon as soon as he sees their reflections surrounding them in the new hall of mirrors, only to calm himself seconds later with a curse]
I'm alright. [ hmm... well ken is interested in the mirrors but a soft tch goes leave him because so much for getting to the exit!!! now what are they going to do.
that also said, he's gonna take a moment to shake off the sight of "blue" hovering over him because that was necessary, thanks. ]
I wonder how things would have gone if things were a little different.
[ nicer? less sus? more sus?? attacked her from the start??? ]
...and how are we going to get out? [ taps on mirror. ] I don't know if we should even consider trying to break one of these.
[ The object in missile's mouth rattles a bit when he sniffs, but every thing smels Ike...nothing again! The good news is, that means missile won't bark at that strange dog in the mirror. Who is he. Where did he come from.
Memes aside Akira and Ash can both see their reflection reflecting them as they speak. There's a break in the mirrors at some point... The Path.
But, uh, Ken knocks on a mirror and it ripples oddly, like water. The reflection inside distorts, and it starts to look a lot like that fake Blue... it also seems like it is reaching back for Ken as well. ]
[ He's already digging out the "Third Eye" when Akira mentions and ives him a nod, before taking a look around the place - what's there to see now that everything's gone diddly-dangly to shit. ]
I kinda don't trust most of these stupid mirrors either. We're still in that thing's... office? Domain? Whatever we're calling it. And we don't know where she went.
which is to say that he has several things he needs to be doing. he should definitely let the others know about the mirror, fake blue in the mirror, and about how something is coming at him FROM the mirror. there's a lot going on right now. ]
I think I have an idea of where she is.
[ ken maybe you should step away from the mirror? (no, only cowards run away.) ]
[ the strange dog.... he's in every mirror, just behind the glass. out of sniffing range. devious.
... hey that mirror doesn't have the dog ]
Oh! Oh no! I think she's mad at us!
[ time to bark up a heckin storm, fellas. but, you know......... if he's barking, that means he's going to drop the dark light. well, it'll be fine! probably! the drop isn't that big! it can't be that delicate... right? ]
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Yeah, the girls are fine. [ she waves that off-- ] But, gee, guys, why do you think I let you in? I've got another one for you all. [ she takes out a syringe with a yellow liquid and a handful of blue lollipops, dumping them on her desk for them to take. Did she forget about the black light?? ] They take some time ... and I have to be careful not to distribute them to someone who's a monster. After all, you saw how that poor boy reacted during trial, right? It was super nasty. We're lucky someone else from his group nabbed it last time!
[ and then missile is freed! he sniffs all over the room and over blue ... and he might notice she, just like the rest of the room
doesn't smell like anything. ]
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[it was easy enough to interpret Ash's response: pulsing red, which can't be a good sign when everything else had lit up a nice, friendly blue. . . but still. he maintains his polite demeanor, because! who knows what will happen if he starts calling her out on these discrepancies!! like the fact that Peach told him she was working on the cure, or that the last cure utilized on hunter was blue]
I'll make sure to take good care of it.
[oh, and--]
Oh right, the black light. It seems I don't have the note Lio gave me with me. . . so can we just borrow yours? We'll return it when we're done.
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Heâll probably complain about being treated like a kid, but I think Isaacâll enjoy it. [ Isaac is going nowhere the heck near this lollipop. He watches Missile do an excited loop of the room, and glances over at Ken to make sure he doesnât eat anything here either â although lbh the dog is the bigger issue here. ]
We know where your office is now. Should be easy enough to get it back to you.
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kids like candy right? (not this one.) ]
And will be more open to having people come in to see you now?
[ also, you okay there missile?? ]
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Does that mean you know who gets turned into a monster every week? Do you know who it'll be this week?
[ he'll sit back on his haunches and scratch his ear. boy, that would be a nifty ability... and what's all this about the "black light"? he doesn't understand, but he does know one thing! ]
Oh, do you want to trade for the light? That way, we'll have to bring it back!
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[ she starts to rummage through her desk once more, finally taking out a blacklight ... but she keeps it in her hand, staring at them all. ]
I know everything that goes on in this house. I might not always understand why it turns out this way, though! You know? It's all so ... complicated, sometimes. [ she leans her hand on her chin once more, her grin turning sly ] I'm surprised you're not asking more questions. Even if you don't believe me... I know a lot of things. About the house, the girls, those previous guests...
[ her grin turns sharp. did she always have sharp teeth? were her eyes always so dark? is something. off? with her skin? she finishes, mockingly: ]
The real Blue.
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[his grip tightens around the syringe as he bolts to his feet, now standing behind the chair instead of just sitting on it. his stance is defensive, and he doesn't take his eyes off of the mysterious girl sitting across from them]
[when he speaks, his voice is even, but somehow still authoritative]
. . . who are you?
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And the next question should probably be âwhereâs the real Blue?â, huh?
[ he keeps looking between âBlueâ and the blacklight though â itâs right there, but somehow the idea of making a grab for it doesnât seem especially wise right now.
and also? wow? while weâre here what exactly IS off with her skin?? ]
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though he's slowly getting up from his seat and also looking between "Blue" and the blacklight. he's probably trying to make eye contact with ash or akira (if not both) to see if they can non-verbally understand one another about a game plan. they need that black light.
distract and grab anyone? ]
And maybe after that, "what are you gonna do with us"?
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Oh, are you a ghost? It's nice to meet you! What's your name?
[ he still doesn't quite get the importance of the black light, but maybe if someone tells him to "fetch," he'd be down for a round. ]
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See? The doggy gets it. Ooo~ spooky. Right? [ she grins ] Blue's somewhere. Hiding in cowardice from the people "the Master" has invited here to die is kind of a whole thing. That's what those girls are for. Dutiful little things who can take the brunt of the consequences with their sweet faces and carefully picked lies. It's funny!
[ she turns to look at Ken and bats her eyelashes at him. her eyes are supposed to be black holes it's fine ]
But I'm not gonna do anything to you. I don't need to! You're already here. You guys were doomed by Blue right from the start, just like everyone else who's ever been brought here. We've all been victimized the same way.
[ anyway she is. officially reaching for missile! she just wants to pet ]
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[but then she reaches out for Missile, and Akira moves]
Missile! Don't let her touch you!
[anyway brb Akira is gonna grab the paperweight he knocked off the desk earlier and CHUCK IT RIGHT AT "BLUE'S" FACE]
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[ oh well, there they go. there's a paperweight flying through the air and that seems like a time to start moving to him. he's up out of his chair and moving around it to try and make a grab for missile.
...
Although. It might be quicker to get missile to move first, yeah? ]
Hey lil' guy! Black light, fetch!
[ Come on Missile, you can do it. ]
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and since akira's made the first move with the paperweight, ken's gonna put as much space between them as possible. ...maybe towards the door? there's probably a lot to snoop about but. uh. securing the exit is probably also a very valid plan. ]
You know, you haven't given us much reason to believe you. ...even if we're in the same situation—you could be helping us.
[ like actually helping. ]
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when "Blue" had reached out her hand, Missile had been frozen - torn between "yes, pets please!" and "I don't think that's supposed to happen". and then the room erupts into yelling and shouting and???
above it all, Missile hears, "Fetch!" and lets his instincts take over. he jumps for the item "Blue" is holding, trying to get a grip on it without chomping too hard, and once he lands, he'll be off like a............ rocket ]
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Then second of all, Missile actually grabs the thing she had in her hand! It makes a little rattling sound when he lands with it as he nyooms away. She wipes her mouth, standing up fully... and up... and up-- hey, there's like, no way she was this tall and stick thin like before, right? Hm. As it is, she stands nearly double the size of Ken, looming over them. ]
I don't think I'm in the mood to help anymore.
[ and then the lights turn off ... only for long enough for them to realize everything turned back to pitch black darkness. Then they turn back on; low and blue and difficult to see, but they can still tell that the office has been completely replaced by a hall of mirrors that surround them. There's no sign of "Blueberry".
Their reflections stare back at them from all sides. Hm. Might want to find the exit. ]
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[Akira yells into the darkness, and his hand immediately shoots to his waist when the lights come on. call him jumpy, but he twitches instinctively as though to draw a weapon as soon as he sees their reflections surrounding them in the new hall of mirrors, only to calm himself seconds later with a curse]
Shit. Of course it wouldn't be that easy.
[and to Ken, Missile and Ash]
Hey, is everyone okay?
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Yeah, I guess. Not into all this spooky, occult shit. [ But he does look over at Missile, and grins. ]
Nicely done lil' guy. Good fetching.
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that also said, he's gonna take a moment to shake off the sight of "blue" hovering over him because that was necessary, thanks. ]
I wonder how things would have gone if things were a little different.
[ nicer? less sus? more sus?? attacked her from the start??? ]
...and how are we going to get out? [ taps on mirror. ] I don't know if we should even consider trying to break one of these.
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though his mouth may be occupied, the collar helpfully translates his muffled woofs into coherent words ]
That was scary... How are we going to keep track of where we're going with all these mirrors?
[ just to check, Missile with sniff the ground beneath them, and one of the mirrors. anything interesting? ]
dw notify me challenge
Memes aside Akira and Ash can both see their reflection reflecting them as they speak. There's a break in the mirrors at some point... The Path.
But, uh, Ken knocks on a mirror and it ripples oddly, like water. The reflection inside distorts, and it starts to look a lot like that fake Blue... it also seems like it is reaching back for Ken as well. ]
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[a small huff, and Akira turns towards the visible path, though he doesn't move towards it yet]
Stay close, everyone. Ash, can you try the Third Eye?
[that isn't what it is Akira!!! but also since he is focused on the path he completely misses what Ken is doing with that mirror so oops]
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I kinda don't trust most of these stupid mirrors either. We're still in that thing's... office? Domain? Whatever we're calling it. And we don't know where she went.
[ Bad. ]
She could be anywhere.
[ GUYS LOOK AT KEN. PAY ATTENTION TO KEN. ]
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which is to say that he has several things he needs to be doing. he should definitely let the others know about the mirror, fake blue in the mirror, and about how something is coming at him FROM the mirror. there's a lot going on right now. ]
I think I have an idea of where she is.
[ ken maybe you should step away from the mirror? (no, only cowards run away.) ]
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[ the strange dog.... he's in every mirror, just behind the glass. out of sniffing range. devious.
... hey that mirror doesn't have the dog ]
Oh! Oh no! I think she's mad at us!
[ time to bark up a heckin storm, fellas. but, you know......... if he's barking, that means he's going to drop the dark light. well, it'll be fine! probably! the drop isn't that big! it can't be that delicate... right? ]
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