[ hey! here's a rex, at the edge of the bubble, just. standing there. throwing rocks as hard as he can out of the bubble.
Amparo, in dog form, is trying to distract him, alternating between attempts at getting him to play with her and trying to make him give her lots of pets and cuddles. But no. Rex is just here, throwing his rocks out the bubble. ]
Why, though? Don't you have, like, I dunno, fun kid stuff to be doing?
[ he's not even trying to get rid of her, he just. genuinely doesn't understand. and, frankly, feels uncomfortable having his angry tantrum suddenly being Witnessed by a child. ]
Maybe not, but...you don't have to see everything yourself, you know. [ rex thinks that maybe watching two people fight to the death is a liiiiiittle much for a baby. ]
People might lie. People here are killing each other. We don't know who will do it next. So to make sure I get the truth, I would have to ask more than one person...
[ please, you think i'm gonna be able to come up with anything better than that??
anyway, Rex is in the process of winding up for a pebble throw when the memory hits, startling him such that when he comes out of it, the pebble barely even makes it into the canal. ]
[ Wow! Haha okay! So that memory sure was deeply fucked up, but between what snatches of dialogue he could hear from Rika back then, and the halfassed way she's trying to cover for it now...it makes her mighty suspicious sounding.
of what, he has no clue, but something ain't right here. ]
[ rika is used to being able to just say ominous shit and then do kitty paws and go nya and walk away, but that doesn't work as well when you have no exit plan and someone has seen your memories.
she hates this, actually!! but there's also a part of it that's very amusing to her. ]
... It was five years ago.
This time around, that woman came crying to me, apologizing for having ever considered killing me.
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w1, post execution
Amparo, in dog form, is trying to distract him, alternating between attempts at getting him to play with her and trying to make him give her lots of pets and cuddles. But no. Rex is just here, throwing his rocks out the bubble. ]
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rika also throws a rock as hard as she can at the edge of the bubble.
but hers just bounces off. she's a weak baby. ]
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Uh. Nice shot?
...what are you doing all the way out here?
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Mii... Throwing rocks at the barrier. What about you?
[ ..... well. ]
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Why, though? Don't you have, like, I dunno, fun kid stuff to be doing?
[ he's not even trying to get rid of her, he just. genuinely doesn't understand. and, frankly, feels uncomfortable having his angry tantrum suddenly being Witnessed by a child. ]
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Yeah okay, you got me there.
[ and then he sobers again, hesitant: ] You...weren't there earlier today, were you? You know, at the...thing.
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... I was. Mii... I don't think it'll help us to look away from what's happening...
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[ she's firm on this belief! ]
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It's easier to see it.
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You're...really cautious, aren't you?
[ he can't say she's wrong to be, either, but still. she just looks too small and sounds too squeaky to be saying stuff like this. ]
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[ sir, people are dying!!! ]
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And if they do...well, I'll just pound them into the ground for you!
[ smacks his fist against his palm in emphasis. closes my eyes i'm sorry he's such a protag ]
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I'm relieved you think so. I do feel a lot better, knowing that some people are looking out for me. Nipah!
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[ don't make me explain anime moe noises!!!! ]
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[ I CAN AND I WILL ]
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[ >:( ]
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W2, monday
apparently she was pretty into the throwing rocks at stuff thing. weirdo. ]
Mii. Want to see who can throw the farthest?
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You really like throwing rocks, huh?
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[ rika also reaches down to get more pebbles! but - winds up grabbing a shard instead. wow, convenient. don't judge me.
and so, rex watches her friends die, before it's her turn. ]
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anyway, Rex is in the process of winding up for a pebble throw when the memory hits, startling him such that when he comes out of it, the pebble barely even makes it into the canal. ]
What...what was that?
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"A game," or something like that... Probably wouldn't convince you, would it?
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of what, he has no clue, but something ain't right here. ]
Not when you say it like that, no.
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Then it was fate.
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she hates this, actually!! but there's also a part of it that's very amusing to her. ]
... It was five years ago.
This time around, that woman came crying to me, apologizing for having ever considered killing me.
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Jeez.
So, uh, all the time weirdness stuff taken into account, how old are you actually?
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[ ... she's joking. ]
Over a hundred. Or sixteen. Depending on how you look at it.
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[ cuz like. just normal human sight looking at it, neither make sense. ]
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I spent over a hundred years in June of 1983. Then I made it out. I grew up, I turned sixteen.
[ but, well, she's eleven now. so. ]
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Well, you don't look sixteen.
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[ she just never bothered to correct him all the times he got her age wrong... ]
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[ even if she's 11 right now, he can recognize the middle-aged mom "i will not be discussing this further and that's final" vibes in there. ]