Audience: Harrowhark Nonagesimus

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Iiii don't know. I mean, you're right. He's not going to go easily.

I figure it might be something similar to what happened last time? But I really can't tell you for sure. This part's new.

[bonetiddies]

I never asked. Whose idea was the bounce house?

[Because she likes all of her Avatars with certain exceptions, but the bounce house wasn't exactly Gluttony's aesthetic.]

It was cruel.

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No, I agree with you. It was cruel.

[they say, and it's like - way more serious than usual.]

It wasn't really any of our ideas. It just... happened.

[bonetiddies]

It. . . would have been disconcerting to me, to think you had devised that. But it is also disconcerting to imagine it could come to be without your input.

Why did it take that form?

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That I wish I could tell you, but I really don't know. Maybe because of the sock'em boppers? That's honestly my best guess.

I know it picked Endorsi because she'd be the best match for Beauregard.

[bonetiddies]

That's what I've heard. But then I wonder who is the best match for HK-47?

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Hooo boy. I don't know, who is good enough to go against the murderbot, huh?

[they rub at their face, under the hood.] This one I'm gonna worry through.

[bonetiddies]

Give me back my necromancy. I'll do it cleanly.

[She doesn't really think Wrath is going to go for this, she's just saying. It's a problem with an answer, and the answer is bones.]

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[a little laugh.]

I know you would. If I could, I would.

[bonetiddies]

It really is can't? Not a matter of a fair playing field, but. . . something else?

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It is just a can't, Harrowhark. Don't overthink it.

[bonetiddies]

Oh, very well. You know, I shall be very cross if I ever come to learn that there isn't some grander purpose behind these vague pronouncements. But I will accept it for now.

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You'd uh, you'd be well within your right!

[a pause. they start idly playing, though it's kind of just something to do. they'll stop if harrow has something to say.]

[bonetiddies]

[Well, she isn't about to interrupt this. She'll sit listening to the song - lovely as always, calming her a little, making her feel a little melancholy. When they're (they, because this song isn't a specific reference or anything) done, she's quiet for a moment.]

. . .Oh. The polaroids. We found items we think may belong to some of you.

[She'll show them the picture of the crystal, cat toy, bear, and dagger?]

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[haha, yeah, what? just picked a random violin song]

Lemme see. [... they actually put the violin down.] -- Oh, shit, yeah, those do belong to us. It's kind of obvious if you think about which one might belong to which?

Like, uh, who do you know that has crystals? Cats? Who is the most likely to like cute stuffed animals? Who is the most likely to use a dagger?

... You just found these?

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We found them in the place we were transported to.

[. . .]

I suspect the cat toy is Gluttony's, but I don't see why I ought to run errands for them. The crystal I thought might belong to Despair? [The rest of these. . . she's not so sure about.] None are yours?

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You're pretty good at guessing!

None of them are mine, but uh, like. You really can't think of who would use a dagger? [they sound kind of amused.] The stuffed animal thing is kind of hard, I guess.

[bonetiddies]

Pride, for the dagger?

[He did stab Envy. . .]

And for the stuffed animal, I couldn't say. Sloth? I haven't spoken to them a great deal.

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Warmer! [they hum, settling down on the piano bench.]

You could always try talking to them to figure it out. They're a sweetheart.

[bonetiddies]

I could. You could also just tell me who they belong to, as I've things to do.

[I appreciate this NPC lost item game but Harrow does not.]

I'm more curious how you managed to lose your belongings in a place that, if Gluttony is to be believed, you didn't know existed and couldn't sense us in.

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I have things to do too, but I'm hanging out with you instead. [this sounds mean, but they really don't mean it that way.

as for the rest, they kick their feet back and forth absently.]

I'm wondering that too. This place screws with us as much as it does you guys, you know.

[bonetiddies]

[Fair enough.]

I didn't say I wouldn't bring you your items, but it seems I don't have any for you.

Have you ever been transported somewhere that way?

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You don't now, but. [they kick at the floor.] Maybe you'll find the hat I'm missing at some point.

[they glance up.] Anyway - nah, I haven't. Gluttony sort of half-assed mentioned it but I didn't ask for details, and I'm not gonna press you for any, but. Based on what I heard, I have not a single ding-dang clue as to what happened to you guys.

[bonetiddies]

Oh.

[She wants to find that hat, now? It's in some kind of vore hell zone, but she wants to find it. Anyway.]

. . . That's very thoughtful of you. But you may press. I think it better, that the Avatars understand fully what happened in case it happens again. I thought to speak to Gluttony, given the relationship of the events to their sin, but instead I came to learn that Gluttony is the nastiest skank abomination I have ever met and you should not trust them.

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[that seems to startle them into a giggle.]

Skank abomination is - oh, boy, that is exactly it. I wouldn't trust them either. [...] Okay, so uh - so tell me what happened, then? If you want. I can try to see if I have any ideas.