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[there is no text response back, but the next time harrowhark is in the kitchen, there is a hooded figure with the crown symbol etched into the side of the hood. they look up from where they're delicately trying to pick up an apple with their claw hands.]
Depends. [they say. pride, you can't just continue a text conversation like this.]
Depends. [they say. pride, you can't just continue a text conversation like this.]
[It's fine. She's a prickly weirdo who is used to getting into verbal sparring matches to show off her smarts. She picks up on their vibe pretty easily.]
On? Is there something I must do to make our conversation worth your while?
On? Is there something I must do to make our conversation worth your while?
Good morning.
[A small smile for being so friendly.]
I can eat. What are you having?
[A small smile for being so friendly.]
I can eat. What are you having?
[the next time harrow enters the ??? room, it feels like this might be a different area of the void. the crystal formation is a little different. despair is waiting here, hovering as they were earlier, turning to face her when she enters.]
I take it you wished to speak less openly, in a more readily available space.
I take it you wished to speak less openly, in a more readily available space.
That's correct.
[Though they're meeting in the same place as before, somehow it feels more private this time, like it isn't on the mingle.]
I hope I'm not intruding.
[Though they're meeting in the same place as before, somehow it feels more private this time, like it isn't on the mingle.]
I hope I'm not intruding.
Rec room.
Boo is better than babe, but less than ideal.
Boo is better than babe, but less than ideal.
I would. I find it difficult to discuss these matters via text.
[That's fine; they aren't really to Harrow's liking, either. Though the Planetarium now has some bad vibes, but it's fine. She'll sit.]
I'm. . . wondering if what I did last week was satisfactory, and what I might do to improve.
[This is despair office hours, apparently.]
I'm. . . wondering if what I did last week was satisfactory, and what I might do to improve.
[This is despair office hours, apparently.]
Of course.
[She'll meet them there! She's a little surprised to see him playing an instrument.]
. . . You play?
[She'll meet them there! She's a little surprised to see him playing an instrument.]
. . . You play?
Wherever you feel most comfortable would be fine.
[Oh. Knitting. A scarf for baby! Just kidding, it's too soon for that. She nods in recognition, and goes to sit as well.]
. . . Hello. It felt odd, to have never spoken with you.
. . . Hello. It felt odd, to have never spoken with you.
[hello. one wall of the med bay splits open with a swirling, black liquid vortex. gluttony steps out of it as if they are walking right through a regular doorway. their tail curls around with a flick just as the portal closes behind them.]
Good evening.
[they offer harrow a polite bow at the shoulders.]
Good evening.
[they offer harrow a polite bow at the shoulders.]
[Even slimey from the pod and in excruciating pain and mental torment, Harrow can't help but admire Gluttony's vibes.]
Good evening. You truly don't know what happened? I had wondered if. . . [She considers how to say it.] There was something of a thematic thoroughline to that place. Hunger, senseless consumption.
[That's the main reason she asked Gluttony, rather than one of the other Avatars she's spoken to more. The other reason is that some of the other Avatars she's spoken to more tend to be very kind to her, and that idea terrifies her just a little. Imagining being spoken to gently or being smooched on the head again makes her feel incredibly brittle.]
Good evening. You truly don't know what happened? I had wondered if. . . [She considers how to say it.] There was something of a thematic thoroughline to that place. Hunger, senseless consumption.
[That's the main reason she asked Gluttony, rather than one of the other Avatars she's spoken to more. The other reason is that some of the other Avatars she's spoken to more tend to be very kind to her, and that idea terrifies her just a little. Imagining being spoken to gently or being smooched on the head again makes her feel incredibly brittle.]
Wherever would be convenient. The music room, perhaps?
[they just really like the garden, okay. FLOWERS! so they are there, hovering over the flowers in the middle platform. it seems like they may have gotten over the gate by floating, as expected.
they have two red flowers in hand.
but when they spot harrow, they gives a very surprise ACK! and nearly spring over backward.]
Wow! You really scared the bones right out of me! I thought you were a skeleton that had managed to crawl out of some place!
they have two red flowers in hand.
but when they spot harrow, they gives a very surprise ACK! and nearly spring over backward.]
Wow! You really scared the bones right out of me! I thought you were a skeleton that had managed to crawl out of some place!
[She's. A little alarmed?]
. . . If only I were? You did tell me to meet you here.
. . . If only I were? You did tell me to meet you here.
I've offended you, by being so delayed.
[Listen I didn't know it was Despair's when I picked my weekend NPCs!!!!!
She will hold out the crystal right away.]
[Listen I didn't know it was Despair's when I picked my weekend NPCs!!!!!
She will hold out the crystal right away.]
Oh. Yes. That will be perfectly acceptable.
[WRATH REMEMBER ABOUT THEIR VORE TRAUMA
She's going to the kitchen anyway???]
[WRATH REMEMBER ABOUT THEIR VORE TRAUMA
She's going to the kitchen anyway???]
[Well, maybe she was in the garden! But she's a little startled.]
. . . Oh. You came quickly.
. . . Oh. You came quickly.
Is there nothing that can be done?
[I hope I can't memshare Greed because they are planning to hide this entire week.]
[I hope I can't memshare Greed because they are planning to hide this entire week.]
[despair is waiting in the planetarium! he has his hood off, now that she's seen his face before, and his wings are spread enough to expose more of the underside than the last time she got a look at them. the colored crystal fragments studded into the black crystal look like constellations themselves, glimmering faintly in the light of the matching stars above.]
Harrowhark. Have you something on your mind, or did you merely wish to speak?
Harrowhark. Have you something on your mind, or did you merely wish to speak?
I have something on my mind.
[Honestly, even if she did just want to speak, she wouldn't own up to it. But she's here, with her lil friend, too. She crosses her arms across her chest.]
. . . A question, first. Is there any reason that you are aware of that there has been a victim each week from your sin? Do I have cause for concern?
[Honestly, even if she did just want to speak, she wouldn't own up to it. But she's here, with her lil friend, too. She crosses her arms across her chest.]
. . . A question, first. Is there any reason that you are aware of that there has been a victim each week from your sin? Do I have cause for concern?
I would like that. Is the library all right with you?
[Whoops. She's as apologetic as she can sound, which isn't really very apologetic.]
I assumed whatever was causing it was something malevolent. It was not otherwise my intention to disturb any ghosts.
I assumed whatever was causing it was something malevolent. It was not otherwise my intention to disturb any ghosts.
It is less a technical crisis and more one of losing friends, the way the rest of us have? Though I fewer than some.
Edited 2021-03-07 02:33 (UTC)
All right.
[She's used to this nonsense from Pride, so she probably in advance picked the garden or a place he doesn't hate.
Anyway, obviously this is about Law, you dumb fucking Avatar! You cried dead wife blood tears over him, and she helped get him killed. But she will just sort of wordlessly accept this very condition from this very sad man.]
. . . I don't know if this is a better topic, but Gu Yun told me he heard the sound of a child crying in the laboratory this week.
[She's used to this nonsense from Pride, so she probably in advance picked the garden or a place he doesn't hate.
Anyway, obviously this is about Law, you dumb fucking Avatar! You cried dead wife blood tears over him, and she helped get him killed. But she will just sort of wordlessly accept this very condition from this very sad man.]
. . . I don't know if this is a better topic, but Gu Yun told me he heard the sound of a child crying in the laboratory this week.
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