Haha, oh boy! [he holds out a hand to mineo.] There's a first time for everything, though, huh?
Wanna change your mind...? What do you think is better: having anything you can think of to protect yourself for one fight, or having something that'll keep just you protected for a little while?
[his poor hand is cold and a little clammy, sorry about that, mineo. but he holds the hand in one of his own, and puts the other hand on top of it.]
Dreamweaver then!
[it's a little hard to describe the feeling that goes up mineo's arm. it's the electric energy before a storm. no lightning, distant thunder, and the picking up wind, the rolling, churning clouds above. it's the feeling after it's leaving. still rattling from a loud growl of thunder, but the rain is letting up. the air is wet and refreshed.
he'll know he can produce one weapon of his choice within reason which will have a single use.]
[ohhhh holy shit that's pretty cool even if it makes him shiver a little bit afterward. he squeezes onto sloth's hand almost reflexively after, before taking a breath.]
... got it.
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Thanks, Sloth-san. I'll do my best - to make good use of it.
[oh noooo, holding hands. he's so glad to just hold mineo's hand. terrible.]
I'll be okay! I'm already getting better. Just don't do any meth, no matter who convinces you it might be fun! [wait, his RAM has to catch up.] Oh--you mean the creature...?
[wow if sloth likes holding hands this much then mineo is just going to keep holding his hand forever???
though there's notes of concern first (WHY METH) before confusion]
Ah... am I not supposed to...? I dunno - I'm still not clear on what we're supposed to do from here, but it was one of those better safe than sorry things...?
Oh. I don't know. We never tried... It was a baby! [do you want to murder a baby, mineo? "it's a monster?" a baby monster.] It never did anything wrong...?
I don't mind it, but I guess I'm a lot different than you mortals, or some of the other Avatars. Seeing it grow up was kind of interesting...? It reminded me of Mort, my brother's toy from when he was little!
Hmmm.... I know that it didn't do much wrong before but - I feel like some things are going pretty wrong now? I don't want to hurt it if we don't have to, but if it's the center of all these problems...
[then, you know, he will still probably agree with everyone in wanting to attack it]
What do you think we should do with it, Sloth-san? Do you know what it has to do with all our wishes and indulgences...?
But then how would we get our wishes? If yours are tied to the monster... are ours tied to it too? How can we keep playing along when all of us are disappearing?
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Nope! Well, Dreamweaver is offensive! And Sleep Tight is defensive!
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[HE IMMEDIATELY NEARLY PICKED BASED ON HIS GUT AND DUMB MASCULINITY before realizing]
Oh wait, no, let's do Sleep Tight. I'd rather protect what I can...
[loser]
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Okay! How good are you with stealth...?
[me: looks at the camera.]
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Not at all.
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Haha, oh boy! [he holds out a hand to mineo.] There's a first time for everything, though, huh?
Wanna change your mind...? What do you think is better: having anything you can think of to protect yourself for one fight, or having something that'll keep just you protected for a little while?
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... oh. Yeah! The first one.
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Dreamweaver then!
[it's a little hard to describe the feeling that goes up mineo's arm. it's the electric energy before a storm. no lightning, distant thunder, and the picking up wind, the rolling, churning clouds above. it's the feeling after it's leaving. still rattling from a loud growl of thunder, but the rain is letting up. the air is wet and refreshed.
he'll know he can produce one weapon of his choice within reason which will have a single use.]
Tada.
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... got it.
[ . . . ]
Thanks, Sloth-san. I'll do my best - to make good use of it.
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Try not to, like, shoot anyone this time, okay?
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Not anyone but - maybe something?
[though now mineo's just going to try to take sloth's hand in his own?]
Are you okay? Tired? Do you need to lie down somewhere?
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I'll be okay! I'm already getting better. Just don't do any meth, no matter who convinces you it might be fun! [wait, his RAM has to catch up.] Oh--you mean the creature...?
Why...?
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though there's notes of concern first (WHY METH) before confusion]
Ah... am I not supposed to...? I dunno - I'm still not clear on what we're supposed to do from here, but it was one of those better safe than sorry things...?
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I don't mind it, but I guess I'm a lot different than you mortals, or some of the other Avatars. Seeing it grow up was kind of interesting...? It reminded me of Mort, my brother's toy from when he was little!
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[then, you know, he will still probably agree with everyone in wanting to attack it]
What do you think we should do with it, Sloth-san? Do you know what it has to do with all our wishes and indulgences...?
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It always wanted to play. It still does, I guess! If we kept playing, it said it would do something for us. Whatever we wanted.
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... do you think that if we end up fighting it, it won't be able to grant you the wishes you want?
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But then how would we get our wishes? If yours are tied to the monster... are ours tied to it too? How can we keep playing along when all of us are disappearing?
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It's a good guess, huh? You guys have been indulging, and it's been fine as long as you have?
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[a little uncomfortable]
It sounds like if this is the only thing we do, we might end up in trouble - like the creature will get bored of us?