probe | Audience: Grace Monroe

sloth, that's very cute
but not very specific! how about a relaxing time at the spa? would you enjoy that? then we both would enjoy it and we can talk at the same time?

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yeah, i would like that!!

[ ruined html is truly the most embarrassing thing that dw can ever do to us ]

great! I'll meet you there now? unless you're busy

im coming!

[if they don't fall asleep half way there.

it's fine, they do not do that. i wish they would walk literally anywhere, but no, they come floating into the spa after a few minutes. they

wave at nothing over by the tables?] Hello! [but then they also wave to grace.

Wow, you really came!

It'd be hard to do something nice for you if I didn't, wouldn't it?

[ grace looks at the nothing at the tables for a second ]

Were you... saying hi to the spa ghost?

Haha, yeah! They're always here, and they're really helpful!

[sometimes,

be nice to ghosts.]

That's true. [ grace agrees despite not testing out the ghost because sometimes you have fuckin boundaries. she tilts her head ] Can you see them, or are you just guessing that's where they stay?

[ she is a wee bit curious ]

[they turn their head, and the glowing silver of their eyes in the hood enlarges like a cat while they stare at nothing. no, i'm kidding.

they just shrug a little.]

No, just guessing. Maybe they're really the size of this whole room!

[ grace looks around them in amusement and then, in a conspiring tone: ]

Maybe they are the room?

[don't just say this to them, HELLO.]

Wh... Oh! Wow! Maybe you're right! They really could be the room! Thank you, room spirit, for the relaxation!

[ absolutely not grace loves this kind of shit. she puts her hands together to echo: ]

Thank you, room spirit! [ because it doesn't hurt to be nice? ] But I think we've got it from here? Since it's about you having a good time, Sloth.

[this actually cracks sloth up a bit. thank you, weird spirited away bathhouse spirit worker who is actually the room.]

Oh, I'm having a good time already! I have the best time when people just want to come visit me. Not a whole lot of people did back home! Well, not a whole lot do here, but I'm use to it!

[they sound

just as cheerful saying this as they have been the whole time.]

[ . . . huh.

grace blinks at them, clearly taken aback ]

Really? I thought you were pretty popular. [ grace has no frame of reference except no one is ever Mean about sloth, but still ] How come people don't visit you much?

[they shrug a bit. it doesn't feel like they particular care? do they ever not radiate stupid cheerful energy?]

I don't know! [it's because they seem... uh, stupid probably.] There are some, like... Shi Qingxuan!

[sqx is nice to everyone.]

Back home, it's probably because of what kind of god I am! We have a bad rep, but we're really not that bad at all. Just doing our jobs.

So you're a god like Shi? That's cool. [ genuine? she tilts her head in thought, thinking of what type of god would get a bad rap ] Are you a god of death or something?

[ she wanders over to the nail polish section mid talk? ]

Also, pick a color! I'm super good at doing nails.

Yeah! [and then a pause.] Nope! That's my brother.

[there's another pause, but this one is thoughtful.]

White!

Hmmm... I'm not sure I know enough about what kind of gods aren't liked to keep guessing. [ and saying sloth is pestilence when she's about to become christian seems rude, so instead she looks through all the whites ]

White. Kinda bold! I like it. What do you think about glitter?

[they laugh some.]

We're twins! So I'm the closest to death you can be without dying!

[oh, GLITTER.]

Yes!

The God of impulsive decisions?

[ it's a joke, and she grabs a sparkly nail polish ]

Great taste. Is this too grey?

That's another god!

[it doesn't sound like they are arguing the joke necessarily, but please tell them to stop being so earnest.]

I love grey. It'd be bad if I didn't, considering I'm getting more grey now! [they float over to peer at the polish.] Wow, it's nice!

[ absolutely not she loves pure earnestness. it's so funny. ]

There's a god for everything, huh? [ but since sloth mentioned it: ] I can do a gradient with grey if you want? It'll take a bit longer though.

There's a god for everything just about, yeah. Like even sleep! That's me.

[they hold out their hands, palms down. mostly to look at the nails, or maybe to show her.]

I don't mind. I have all the time in the world! An eternity of time!

Oh. Sleep and death. I guess I never thought about it like that, but it makes sense? Weird that people don't like you, though. Sleeping's great.

[ grace is a layabout teen, of course she likes naps. she also hesitates for zero seconds before grabbing the extended hands to look at the nails, squinting in thought ]

Well, it won't take an eternity, but I bet I can do something cool with that. Fade in grey to glittery white, maybe?

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Sleeping is great!

[WOW, they are so HAPPY and EXCITED that grace agrees with this, and also says so to them! thank you for validating their existence!

they let grace inspect the nails. strangely, they aren't, like... the most perfect nails in the world, but they are? perfect? it's weird. the skin of their hands has gone deeper grey, like storm clouds.]

That sounds amazing.

Then let's do it!

[ she grabs the require bottles with one hand but sloth made a mistake because now that she's acquired theirs she will use it to drag them over to a seat? grace has no boundaries handholding to drag people around is just a thing. ]

Relaxing's important, but people get so high strung over things. I bet they take it out on you that they even have to sleep, right? So rude.

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