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Imbibitor Lunae: It has come to my attention that I must apologize for my actions yesterday
Imbibitor Lunae: Unfortunately
Imbibitor Lunae: I am not apologizing
Imbibitor Lunae: For sending supplies to Jing Yuan, because I love him very much
Imbibitor Lunae: But I do apologize for the other things
Imbibitor Lunae: I will endeavor to be more reasonable and not kill anyone next time
Imbibitor Lunae: Aphelios has absolved me of mug replacement but as compensation if you so wish I will try and find you drinkware of your choice

[ guess who absolutely wakes up at 6am ]

Valencia: Aphelios does not get to absolve you of mug replacement after you destroyed all of the drinkware we have.
Valencia: Your apology otherwise is appreciated.
Valencia: I do not forgive you.

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Imbibitor Lunae: I was not aware this is a democracy, if he says I am absolved, as the only person I shot, does he not have more sway over the matter
Imbibitor Lunae: I did not mean to kill you, Valencia

Valencia: The mug issue is entirely separate from what you did during the game. If he does not wish for new mugs, he may say so, but that does not change the needs of the household. Unfortunately we must continue to live together.

[ There's a pretty long pause between that and her next message. ]

Valencia: I'm afraid I find that hard to believe.
Valencia: It was clear that our objective was to survive. Of course we would die if we failed.
Valencia: You knew we would die. I do not fault you for your obsessions, as long-lived and unwell as you clearly are.
Valencia: But your intention was to choose Jing Yuan at our expense.
Valencia: Of course we died.

Imbibitor Lunae: Do you want a new mug?
Imbibitor Lunae: Oh I meant when I pointed the gun at you. After that honestly I could not have cared less about what happened to any of us
Imbibitor Lunae: My colleagues put that as a negative in quarterly employee ratings. Apparently I lose all sense of reason when he is involved. I beg to disagree. He is my reason for living
Imbibitor Lunae: When we spoke, Aphelios had made some good points for consideration though for next time

Valencia: Your training regarding the use of deadly firearms is suspect at best and negligent at worse.
Valencia: You never point a gun at something or someone you are not willing to kill.

[ She says, being a hypocrite who did just that. ]

Valencia: Your colleagues are right, in any case.
Valencia: Regarding the mug, use your best judgement if you are capable.

Imbibitor Lunae: I'm not a firearms user, I am a spear user.
Imbibitor Lunae: Maybe you should teach me?

Valencia: I cannot teach common sense, I'm afraid.
Valencia: But I can teach you, yes.

Valencia: Furthermore, you will no longer be using me as a heat source.

Imbibitor Lunae:
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Imbibitor Lunae: Why not

Valencia: Because I am upset with you and have no desire to find you in my bed. Nor do I think I deserve to be treated like an object.

[DON'T DO THIS TO HIM...........................................]

Imbibitor Lunae: How do I... make you not upset?

Valencia: You don't "make me" do anything.
Valencia: I'll consider your behavior going forward and think about it then.

[he thinks about how effective messaging her every day about this would be. probably? maybe? that will work?]

Imbibitor Lunae: How long would that take?

Valencia: I don't know.
Valencia: This isn't something I can predict, and I'm not putting expectations upon myself for it.
Valencia: I'll be ready when I'm ready.

Imbibitor Lunae: But I don't want to wait

Valencia: Please forgive my language
Valencia: But tough shit.

Imbibitor Lunae: Can I ask about it again tomorrow.......

Valencia: You are capable of asking whenever you wish.
Valencia: I cannot promise the annoyance will not extend my decision longer, however.

Imbibitor Lunae: :-(
Imbibitor Lunae: K
Imbibitor Lunae: stay safe wherever you are

Valencia: Well, no promises.

Leyley: lmaooooooooooo

Imbibitor Lunae: :-(
Imbibitor Lunae: Do you want a mug

Leyley: no i want u 2 realize ur more of a doormat than ashley is Leyley: like seriously how do u even manage that Leyley: 400 billion years old & u dont even know how 2 keep a guys attention on u u just stand outside his window w/ boombox like one of those losers from the bad american high school movies

Imbibitor Lunae: I saved him? With the bullets?? They won?? Shouldn't that give me attention

Leyley: no hes just going 2 make u feel bad abt it Leyley: and mayb hell temporarily feel bad for u but heres the thing Leyley: hes still with some other girl and now he knows he can do anything 2 u and youll still shoot urself and every1 else 2 death for him Leyley: trust me fenfen u have 2 give men like this CONSEQUENCES Leyley: they need 2 know how much they need u how useless they are w/o u Leyley: if u really loved him? u would make sloth hate him Leyley: and all his friends too Leyley: until theres no one left but u Leyley: then hell realize what he lost and come crawling back even if he said stupid shit like hes going 2 ignore you Leyley: what other choice does he have???

Edited 2023-12-01 15:39 (UTC)

Valencia: [ « Leyley: if u really loved him? u would make sloth hate him » ]
Please Do Not Do This

leyley: dont listen 2 her shes boyless

Valencia: Something like that.

Imbibitor Lunae: I already did that to my Jing Yuan I had back home
Imbibitor Lunae: He is the sweetest thing. I love him so much
Imbibitor Lunae: But I can't do that here because of Dan Heng

leyley: then kill him.

leyley: but people dont die for real here so dont stop there!!! leyley: stalk him! leyley: call him every hour when hes trying to sleep! leyley: no, every ten minutes! leyley: find out his insecurities and everything he hates about himself leyley: never let him forget about them leyley: never let him forget that touching things that belong to you means dealing with you leyley: never let him forget that youre the only one that stupid asshole you love can ever have leyley: threaten him, torture him, follow him leyley: turn his life into a fucking nightmare with only one way to wake up

leyley: THEN LOCK THE BITCH IN A BOX UNTIL SHE FUCKING SUFFOCATES leyley: OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER leyley: UNTIL SHE KNOWS NOT EVEN NATURE WANTS HER TO LIVE

[ GIRL? ]

Imbibitor Lunae: Have you actually tried this? It sounds amazing.

leyley: of course ive tried it! leyley: thats how i got my sibling 2 stay with me and love me my entire life and do all kinds of horrible things w/ me even tho hussies kept trying 2 steal them from me leyley: dumb bints cant defeat the power of ✨true love✨

Imbibitor Lunae: Sibling?
Imbibitor Lunae: Oh, the someone you had, like my Jing Yuan
Imbibitor Lunae: That is true. Love surpasses everything. I hope to meet your love someday

[ GIRL???? ]

[ don't worry, big sis

you can fix her ]

✨✨rhiannon✨✨: hi dan feng i'm really glad you're taking the step of acknowledging the harm you've done to others and beginning to take accountability for it (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)
✨✨rhiannon✨✨: also it's nice to see you expressing your feelings straightforwardly with your words! after all, i'm happy to get to understand you and what you care about better
✨✨rhiannon✨✨: it's very kind of phel to forgive you for your drinkware-related crimes and i'm glad that you've reached some better understanding of each other!!! although i will need to hold you to acquiring a few new mugs for the house on my part as i think it's important to take concrete reparative actions and also i need something to drink out of "૮₍ ˶•⤙•˶ ₎ა
✨✨rhiannon✨✨: i think in the future we can work on expressing feelings more constructively while taking care of those we have a personal responsibility toward and i'm sure everyone will be happy to help hold you to your resolutions!

Imbibitor Lunae:
Imbibitor Lunae:
Imbibitor Lunae: Were you always like this?

✨✨rhiannon✨✨: ...like what

Imbibitor Lunae: Maliciously nice.

✨✨rhiannon✨✨: ???
✨✨rhiannon✨✨: oh should i have added a /gen tone indicator. i'm being genuine

Imbibitor Lunae: What is a tone indicator

✨✨rhiannon✨✨: oh! u know how it's hard to tell someone's tone over text like if they're being genuine or sarcastic or joking etc
✨✨rhiannon✨✨: if you add something like /gen (genuine) or /j (joking) or /s (sarcastic) then people can be sure what you mean!

Imbibitor Lunae: Oh
Imbibitor Lunae: Like
Imbibitor Lunae: I want to slit your throat. /gen

✨✨rhiannon✨✨: that's a good example even if it's not an appropriate thing to say to someone, yes!

Neuvillette: Your apology has been accepted.
Neuvillette: I also appreciate the offer for new drink ware to replace what has been broken.
Neuvillette: A silver chalice would be optimal, but I will also accept a ceramic mug.
Neuvillette: Water is best enjoyed when appropriately chilled, and metal containers are able to preserve the temperature well.
Neuvillette: I have also recently learned about a fascinating invention to keep water cool - a “thermos.”
Neuvillette: Yes, this would be ideal as well. Thank you in advance.

Imbibitor Lunae: A silver chalice? For water?
Imbibitor Lunae: Do you drink anything else?

Neuvillette: I also drink water-based beverages and consommé, but water in its natural form is best.
Neuvillette: The purity of water from a fresh spring, free of any additives, and enriched with flavor from the earth and from the heavens.
Neuvillette: Nothing can compare.

Aphelios: 👍

Imbibitor Lunae: :-)
Imbibitor Lunae: Do I need to apologize to Sloth too?

Aphelios: 🤔
Aphelios: not for this thing specifically?

Imbibitor Lunae: I don't see what else I should be apologizing for. Except for maybe killing you. Is that it?

Aphelios: maybe apologize to sett for that

Imbibitor Lunae: K thank you

Aphelios: yw
Aphelios: honestly Jing Yuan seemed upset about you eating shit too

[it takes him about an hour to reply]

Imbibitor Lunae: the general has a bleeding heart

Aphelios: maybe it's a sign

Imbibitor Lunae: No
Imbibitor Lunae: He loved his dan Feng
Imbibitor Lunae: aphelios
Imbibitor Lunae: either we stop this converation or move to anoethr topic i ca nnot talk about this without
Imbibitor Lunae: getting angry

Aphelios: i meant a sign to not get us killed in the future.
Aphelios: that would be improvement

[ Quite suddenly, a ping in the groupchat: ]

Valencia: F oodland

[ ... but no further responses will come beyond that. ]

Neuvillette: Valencia? What happened?

[ He's already on the move, even if she may not respond. ]

Edited (ignore the wrong UN) 2024-05-17 01:23 (UTC)

[ There's no response.

The way to Foodland is quiet. ]

[hot on his heels]

This seems bad, right?

I do not wish to jump to conclusions without more evidence, but it is rare for anything positive to occur after cryptic phone messages.

[ He starts searching around the perimeter once they get close enough to Foodland. ]

Please tell me if you spot anything unusual.

Will do. Let's hope for the best.

[for all randy's overall relaxed manner up til now, he's extremely businesslike in this moment, hawk-eyed for danger and heading into the foodland ASAP if he doesn't see any.]

[ By the time they reach Foodland...

Well, Neuvi'll smell it before he sees it: blood, still somewhat fresh. It's not like he's stranger to Valencia's particular muted campfire scent either, even obscured by blood.

When they finally reach the front, they'll find... a relatively small area of carnage, actually. Most of the mess is from a whole broken down van that's apparently been bodily thrown in front of the entryway doors to the store.

Before it is a messy splatter of blood and bits of gore, hair, and clothing, all shredded apart. There's some strange fur, as well, in places easy to miss. Slightly to the side of all that is a knife-- the newer one Valencia had received from a burden somewhat recently.

There's nobody around. ]

[ Neuvillette does indeed follow the scent of blood to the massacre, frowning deeply as he takes it all in. He wonders if it was the deer woman once more or another threat.

His eyes fall to the knife as he kneels to pick it up, turning it over slowly in his hands. ]

...I saw Valencia with this the day before. Her scent is intermingled with the scent of blood and several other scents.

[ He does not spend enough time around Sett or any of the others involved to match them well. ]

Shit.

[stepping along the edge of the mess, taking in the details as best he can.]

Something really strong got involved. A car...

[jigsaw says he does not notice the fur, tragically, but he is trying to figure out the nature of the incident from the shape of the mess. he's not a forensics guy or anything though.]

Are any of the other scents familiar?

Edited 2024-05-17 03:12 (UTC)

Only Valencia's, but she was definitely not alone.

[ He uses his dingy phone camera to snap a few pictures of the crime scene before he slides the knife into his pocket to return to Valencia later. ]

I do not know how we can get inside without moving the vehicle, but all those involved may have already perished. We will have to go to the morgue to get any further answers.

[ A few drops of rain suddenly start to sprinkle down on top of Neuvillette alone. ]

[a nod. he just sounds... tired.]

They wind up there by default?

[...why is it raining on lettie-]

[ Don't question the increasing rain drops. Just keep going. ]

They do when the murder is spontaneous. After games, the deceased tend to wake up in the graveyard.

[ Jigsaw lets him notice the fur, so he does crouch once more to poke at the ground before touching one of the clumps of fur strewn on the grass. ]

I had wondered if the deer woman could transform much like her brother had when Wriothesley and I fought him, but this does not seem like deer fur.

I see... So a new fucker to worry about?

[oop, catching a glimpse of something shiny off to the side, heading over to investigate-- ah. her phone and some groceries.]

Perhaps...going by texture, it seems like feline fur more than anything.

[ He wishes he had evidence bags to put it all in, but he does take another grainy photograph. ]

Can you please collect whatever other effects you manage to find? We can bring them to her at the morgue.

And it's not hers?

[nodding, though, shoving the phone into his inv-

okay, no inventory. pocket. luckily the shopping is in a little basket.]

She doesn't have a feline nor any feline features, but her mate, Sett, does. I do not know if he was with her at the time of death, but it is highly possible.

Have you met him yet?

I haven't. Hope this ain't our first meeting, personally.

It may be. Let us see if we can make a way into Foodland just to make certain there are no other threats awaiting there.

[ He walks over to the van and inspects it, unsure if a human and a dragon are enough to move it...maybe if he still had all his powers intact. ]

[nods and comes over to investigate as well...]

How strong are you?

I may be able to significantly move it with water. The geyser-like blast of my hydromancy should jostle the van at least a few feet if it was able to send Wriothesley through a glass window.

...Well shit, I was just gonna check if it had enough juice to hotcircuit if we couldn't push it.

You go ahead, man.

I was not aware you had such a skill. Yes, that may be a less messier solution.

[ He steps up to the van and opens the passenger door so Randy can get in that way. ]

Please let me know if there is any way I can facilitate the process.

I'll give it a shot.

[climbing in and across the seats, wiggling under the steering wheel...]

[ He has no idea what's going on, but he's already checking to see if he can squeeze himself between the van and the front of Foodland, thinking it may be easier if he blasts water from the right side to move it as a back-up plan. ]

[so. the thing is. randy's universe operates on an ENTIRELY different technological system. they have cars, but electricity is uncommon and combustion engines are old rare tech.

so he doesn't take long to pop back up.]

Yeah, no, we're gonna wanna waterworks this.

I will have to blast it from the front then. I cannot fit between the van and the door as it is positioned now.

[ Maybe if he stripped down and lubricated himself, but he's not going to do that in public... ]

Very well. Please stand behind me for your own safety.

You got it, man.

[scrambling the fuck out of the line of fire, thanks.]

[ Water gushes out of his hand in a giant cannon that manages to move the van backwards and out of the way of the supermarket's double doors but also soaks the ground around them with muddy water. ]

...My apologies. I was hoping to avoid this, but at least, no one will be trapped inside or denied access any longer.

Let us check the inside thoroughly to make sure it is empty.

It's nothing to apologize for, Lettie. I can handle a little damp.

[forging onward into the mud.]

[ He doesn't like getting any part of him dirty, but he'll endure as he heads into Foodland. The place is as eerily quiet as usual, and he doesn't smell anything aside from expired food that should have been tossed away ages ago. ]

We can split up and check either side of the supermarket then meet back here if we find nothing.

Randy: ??? That is a stupid name.

[following neuvillette if he can, what the fuck,]

[ It sure is! ]

[great. time to go to FUCKING FOODLAND HE GUESSES.]

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