UNTITLED SMP
UNTITLED SMP
Characters present: Doc, Flick, Scarm, Faulkner, Ollie, Edge, Ion
Date: 12/17/23
Season: 3
[The Wisterian Council, all those from Wisteria who wish to make a comment on the recent affairs of the faction, gather in the Larkspur Town Hall. Doc sits at the front of the table, while something shifts oddly beneath his coat. Flick sits nervously to his right, fidgeting as he looks for a better place to perch. No one seems to notice anything odd, as Edge, who hadn’t been seen by most since the beginning of their arrival to their world, stares hungrily at a button in the center of the table.]
[18:14:44] <✦[rp]Edge> I want to push the button. just gonna put that out there
[18:14:49] <✦[rp]Edge> is there a reason i shuoldn't
[18:15:03] <✦[rp]Doc> "So, I bet you're all wondering why you're gathered- no. The button doesn't do anything."
[18:15:32] <✦[rp] Ollie> yeah I am wondering that actually
[18:15:32] <✦[rp]Edge> "It should. It would be funny. And yeah I didnt' even know we did gatherings. I thought this was just a pretty pretty place"
[Quietly, a muffled voice speaks, it’s slightly drowned out by the sound of Edge beginning to rapidly press the button.]
[18:15:30] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. The button should do something.
[18:15:41] <✦[rp] Ollie> huh
[Ollie blinks rapidly as they realize they aren’t sure where the voice came from.]
[18:16:10] <✦[rp] Ollie> who the fuck said that
[A strange smile grows on Doc’s face. Something is…off.]
[18:16:22] <✦[rp]Doc> "Don't worry about that."
[18:16:18] <✦[rp] Ollie> maybe im hearing things . maybe this is it for me .
[18:16:25] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Me.
[Faulkner looks uncomfortable, but that’s not much different from the norm.]
[18:16:54] <✦[rp]Doc> "So, I called this because I had some things to share with you."
[18:18:13] <✦[rp] Ollie> please just talk I don't know how much longer I can stand the fucking . Button pressing .
[Edge blinks slowly, one eye at a time. They continue pressing the button on the center of the table.]
[18:18:25] <✦[rp]Edge> That's my emotional support button, excuse you.
[Across the table, something moves suspiciously inside the jacket.]
[18:18:52] <✦[rp] Ollie> I have not seen you in MONTHS and this is what you do
[18:18:47] <✦[rp]Doc> "Alright, I am cured of the sculk infection thing, and now there is something else. Scarm. Scarm, can you come out here, please?"
[18:19:04] <✦[rp] Ollie> .
[18:18:19] <✦[rp] Ollie> um
[Faulkner leans towards Ollie.]
[18:19:18] <✦Faulkner [rp]> *to Ollie, quietly* Should I enact emotional support vi- UHM
[18:19:16] <✦[rp]Edge> Yeah. Yeah it is. That and rot in a little building in WHAT HTE HELL
[Something darts out from underneath the coat, crawling along on its fingers like a tarantula. The arm scrambles onto the table. It lifts its forearm up, almost like a tail. Edge answers Ollie politely before the arm begins to scramble towards them all.]
[18:19:14] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Hi.
[18:19:22] <✦[rp] Ollie> KILL IT
[18:19:28] <✦[rp]Doc> "No, no."
[18:19:34] <✦[rp] Ollie> FUCKING KILL IT
[18:19:36] <✦[rp]Edge> what the actual fuck
[Flick smiles at the arm.]
[18:19:23] <✦[rp] Flick> he's just a lil guy
[18:19:36] <✦[rp]Doc> "It does what I say now."
[18:19:38] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I'm such a little guy.
[18:19:44] <✦[rp] Ollie> YOU ARE NOT EVEN A GUY
[18:19:49] <✦[rp] Flick> He can be a guy!
[Doc points at the arm, before trying to reassure the others.]
[18:20:00] <✦[rp]Doc> "You're an arm. It's not allowed to be a guy"
[18:20:08] <✦[rp] Flick> It can also be a Big Hand
[Edge backs away from the table.]
[18:19:54] <✦[rp]Edge> What the fucking shit happened
[Faulkner is immediately at Ollie’s side, they press against him.]
[18:19:59] <✦[rp]Edge> What the fuck. What the fuck?
[18:20:16] <✦[rp]Edge> I WANT TO KILL IT? WHAT IS THAT?
[Ollie grabs onto Faulkner, fingers digging into them.]
[18:20:23] <✦[rp] Ollie> I SUPPORT YOU
[18:20:21] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I'm an Arm but I'm also just a little fella.
[Doc rolls up his sleeve, revealing a mechanical silver arm.]
[18:20:29] <✦[rp]Doc> "My arm was replaced with a prosthetic. This is my organic arm."
[Edge begins crawling back over the top of their chair, they get to the top of it, wobbling with incoordination. They nearly fall as they shout.]
[18:20:44] <✦[rp]Edge> No the shit it ain't?
[18:20:48] <✦[rp]Edge> ITS TALKING AND UNATTACHED TO YOU?
[18:20:38] <✦[rp] Ollie> YOUR ORGANIC ARM IS FUCKING TALKING MAN
[18:21:01] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I'm so Awesome.
[Doc reaches out towards it, and the arm spider-crawls towards him. He pets it fondly.]
[18:20:58] <✦[rp]Doc> "It's another Prince. But it follows what I say."
[Faulkner mutters under his breath.]
[18:21:29] <✦Faulkner [rp]> oh great…
[18:21:07] <✦[rp]Edge> Another Pr- DID YOU TAKE A GUY'S ARM?
[18:21:10] <✦[rp]Doc> "And I told it to remove the infection from my body."
[18:21:24] <✦[rp] Ollie> HOW??????
[Edge stares in horror off into the distance.]
[18:21:25] <✦[rp]Edge> Question why would it do that. why would it do that. How doesi t do that. What the fuck
[18:21:30] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. It was amazing, he re-traumatized me.
[Ollie makes a series of incomprehensible noises.]
[18:21:37] <✦[rp] Ollie> ????????????
[18:22:02] <✦[rp]Edge> Retrau..You're. You're an arm
[Doc grins again. It’s an awful and unsettlingly sharp bearing of the teeth.]
[18:21:56] <✦[rp]Doc> "I asked it to."
[18:22:02] <✦[rp] Ollie> what the FUCK is wrong with you man
[18:22:10] <✦Faulkner [rp]> A lot I think
[18:22:14] <✦[rp]Doc> "Nothing, not anymore!"
[Faulkner whispers to Ollie.]
[18:22:33] <✦Faulkner [rp]> This is why I don't like him
[Edge puts their hands on their head. They look over at Ollie.]
[18:22:20] <✦[rp]Edge> I'm so confused. I thought we were just funny funny haha mushroom guys. Hey guys? Hey guys what the fuck?
[Ollie edges nervously closer to try to get a better look at Doc.]
[18:22:46] <✦[rp] Ollie> you somehow seem worse
[18:22:53] <✦[rp] Ollie> just in a different way
[18:22:54] <✦[rp] Flick> No he's better, trust me
[Ollie looks at Flick with confusion.]
[18:23:04] <✦[rp] Ollie> flick look at him
[18:23:32] <✦[rp] Flick> Yeah no you didn't see him a couple weeks ago it was um. Bad <3
[18:23:20] <✦[rp]Doc> "Perspective is a matter of how you perceive. I wouldn't worry about that."
[Ollie groans.]
[18:23:28] <✦[rp] Ollie> shut the FUCK up
[Doc makes a slight motion with his head, almost to say, the impertinence.]
[18:23:47] <✦[rp]Doc> "That is incredibly rude. I am just trying to have a conversation"
[18:24:04] <✦[rp]Edge> Yeah? a conversation? so's your FUCKIGN ARM. YOUR ARM'S HAVING ONE TOO
[Edge continues to lose their mind.]
[18:23:49] <✦[rp]Edge> What the literal fuck. What hte literal fuck? Perspective? WHat perspective thats an ARM
[18:23:59] <✦[rp]Doc> "Yes, it is currently an arm."
[18:23:59] <✦[rp] Ollie> okay but if you got that shit out of your arm why did you . KEEP IT
[18:24:00] <✦[rp] Ollie> THROW IT AWAY
[18:24:03] <✦[rp] Flick> It is a separate consciousness though
[18:24:05] <✦[rp] Flick> I think
[18:24:06] <✦[rp] Ollie> DONT KEEP IT AS A....AS A PET
[18:24:12] <✦[rp] Ollie> WEIRD TALKING ARM PET!!!
[Faulkner nods in agreement with Ollie’s outburst.]
[18:24:41] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. But I'm so Cute.
[Scarm begins to crawl towards Ollie at an alarming speed.]
[18:24:45] <✦[rp] Ollie> NO NONONONON
[Ollie takes several massive steps backwards and Faulkner rushes in, hand on its sword, to stand in front of Ollie.]
[18:24:53] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm, stay with me please."
[The arm visibly seems to droop and deflate, before slowly returning to Doc.]
[18:24:19] <✦[rp]Doc> "I can access information on Prince through the arm."
[18:24:25] <✦[rp]Doc> "Such as his memories"
[18:24:26] <✦[rp] Flick> It's for science
[Ollie shakes his head.]
[18:25:14] <✦[rp] Ollie> at least put it in a cage
[18:25:21] <✦Faulkner [rp]> or lava
[18:25:22] <✦[rp]Edge> At least keep it IN YOUR SOCKET.
[Edge topples from the top of the chair, pressing themself into the corner of the room.]
[18:25:27] <✦[rp] Ollie> lava is a good idea
[18:25:33] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Thank you
[18:25:38] <✦[rp]Doc> "I have gotten many conflicting ideas about this."
[18:25:58] <✦[rp]Doc> "And I have decided this is the best route. It listens to me so there is no reason to be afraid of it."
[18:26:21] <✦[rp]Edge> Objection, that's like, entirely and completely worse
[18:26:05] <✦[rp] Ollie> is it worth it . to keep ...that tho........
[18:26:15] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Could you at least put it away
[Edge wrinkles their nose at it, with a sudden almost morbid fascination.]
[18:26:32] <✦[rp]Edge> What the fuck is it even talking OUT of?
[18:26:54] <✦[rp]Doc> "Its hand. Like how it did when it was still attached to my shoulder."
[18:27:05] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I have Speakers. They are modified Shriekers.
[18:27:13] <✦[rp]Edge> Horrible. Why.
[18:27:24] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. To speak.
[Edge starts searching around in its inventory for its bow.]
[18:27:06] <✦[rp]Edge> Can I shoot it? What happens if I shoot it?
[18:27:25] <✦[rp] Flick> Please do not shoot it
[18:27:43] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I can't be killed in any way that matters.
[18:27:51] <✦[rp] Ollie> what the fuck
[18:27:57] <✦[rp] Ollie> that makes me want to kill it more
[18:28:15] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Can you be killed in the way that makes you go away so I dont have to look at you
[18:28:44] <✦[rp] Flick> Don't be rude about it Faulkner it's just an arm :/
[18:28:56] <✦Faulkner [rp]> It's GROSS
[18:28:58] <✦Faulkner [rp]> and WEIRD
[18:29:01] <✦[rp] Ollie> it is gross
[18:29:07] <✦Faulkner [rp]> diseased
[18:29:23] <✦[rp]Edge> Diseased is a great word to describe that thing.
[Ollie turns back to Doc, trying to get back on topic.]
[18:27:34] <✦[rp] Ollie> can you at least like ...control the ........other prince
[18:27:58] <✦[rp]Doc> "Not the one with the whole body, unfortunately. At least, not that I've found yet."
[18:28:11] <✦[rp]Doc> "That's why we have to keep looking though."
[18:28:34] <✦[rp]Doc> "Prince appears to be a computer program of some sort."
[18:28:49] <✦[rp] Ollie> a WHAT??
[18:29:01] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. The Sculk is a pathway to many abilities.
[18:29:12] <✦[rp] Ollie> statement, shut the fuck up as well
[18:29:34] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Don't make fun of how I speak. Learn manners.
[18:29:48] <✦[rp]Edge> It's not how you speak, its THE FACT YOU SPEAK
[Ollie nods in agreement with Edge, they look back to Doc, still confused.]
[18:28:16] <✦[rp] Ollie> how the fuck is this even possible
[18:29:26] <✦[rp]Doc> "It broke and then it went through a 'restart' where I could modify it."
[18:29:40] <✦[rp] Ollie> could you do that . with the other Prince
[18:29:57] <✦[rp]Doc> "Maybe."
[18:30:16] <✦[rp]Doc> "That's a good idea, try to do it to the other Prince. It could work."
[18:30:24] <✦[rp] Ollie> thanks, I always have good ideas
[Edge mutters to itself: ]
[18:28:15] <✦[rp]Edge> what the fuck happened to Prince
[Ollie turns to answer Edge.]
[18:28:39] <✦[rp] Ollie> oh uh... another wedding explosion, yk the usual
[18:29:08] <✦[rp]Edge> we had a SECOND wedding explosion? after the first one last world?
[Edge whispers: ]
[18:29:08] <✦[rp]Edge> Or the world before that?
[Edge looks up at Doc.]
[18:30:23] <✦[rp]Edge> Hey Doc, have you ever heard of a non-living prosthetics? or therapy?
[18:31:22] <✦[rp]Doc> "My prosthetic is currently non living. Wiz helped make it."
[Doc moves his right arm around to demonstrate.]
[18:31:34] <✦[rp]Edge> Okay. Okay. Question, why the fuck do you need a third arm?
[18:31:56] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. To get down to business.
[18:32:00] <✦[rp] Ollie> WHAT
[18:30:54] <✦[rp] Flick> I think you just need to get used to him he's really not that bad.
[18:31:16] <✦[rp]Edge> Flick. The fuck.
[Edge closes their eyes, head rolled back to look at the ceiling.]
[18:31:12] <✦[rp] Ollie> I do Not want to get used to the talking detached arm
[18:31:21] <✦[rp] Ollie> anyway what did you do exactly
[18:32:02] <✦[rp]Doc> "Well, you said it was infected, right? I don't want an infected arm attached to me."
[18:32:15] <✦[rp] Ollie> that is true!
[18:32:17] <✦[rp]Edge> But you want it next to you. Casually.
[18:32:21] <✦[rp] Ollie> but you're still keeping it close to you!!!
[18:32:28] <✦[rp]Doc> "It has information"
[18:32:41] <✦[rp]Edge> I feel like so would an alive real person that's not a disembodied arm with a voice
[18:32:37] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I have so many information.
[18:32:54] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. For example: Did you know that lava is hot?
[18:33:01] <✦[rp] Ollie> WHO DOESN'T
[18:33:03] <✦[rp] Ollie> WHAT.
[18:32:57] <✦[rp]Doc> "It can- turn into a small Prince."
[18:33:17] <✦[rp]Doc> "I just really don't want it to."
[18:33:17] <✦[rp] Ollie> ok I dont know if thats worse
[18:33:20] <✦[rp]Edge> Yeah yeah I was playing with fire for a while. Shit hurts. and WHAT the fuck do you mean
[18:33:26] <✦[rp] Scarm> Query. Should I show Mini-Prince Capabilities?
[18:33:35] <✦[rp] Ollie> please don't
[18:33:40] <✦[rp]Doc> "Exactly."
[18:33:40] <✦[rp]Edge> Why are you in that state. What the shit.
[18:33:52] <✦[rp] Ollie> can you at least . make it something else
[18:33:53] <✦[rp] Ollie> like
[18:34:00] <✦[rp]Edge> Like a freaky cat.
[18:34:05] <✦[rp] Ollie> a mug
[18:34:06] <✦[rp]Doc> "It can be a hand."
[18:34:11] <✦[rp] Ollie> not a hand.
[18:34:12] <✦[rp]Edge> Well no shit. It's an arm.
[18:34:21] <✦[rp]Edge> I dont want a hand with the mass of an arm
[18:34:22] <✦[rp] Ollie> maybe it can be a lamp
[18:34:36] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm, what can you turn into?"
[18:34:46] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Whatever you want me to be.
[18:35:01] <✦[rp]Doc> "Can you take the form of an inanimate object?"
[18:35:06] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I am clay and you are the hands that hold me, Master Doc.
[18:35:15] <✦[rp] Ollie> what the fuck did it call you
[18:35:17] <✦[rp]Edge> What the fuck.
[18:35:37] <✦[rp]Doc> "How do you think I got it to listen to me?"
[18:34:55] <✦[rp] Ollie> turn it into a lamp
[18:35:10] <✦[rp] Ollie> that way it wont move towards me .
[18:35:38] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I don't follow Your Orders.
[18:35:48] <✦[rp] Ollie> you should
[18:35:58] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I only follow Master Doc's.
[Ollie rolls their eyes.]
[18:37:12] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I think it should become something that doesnt talk. or move
[18:37:16] <✦Faulkner [rp]> or look like that
[18:37:16] <✦[rp] Ollie> ignorance can be bliss sometime .....
[18:37:22] <✦[rp] Ollie> thats why im suggesting a lamp !!
[18:37:31] <✦[rp] Ollie> that way it wont move . specially not towards me
[18:36:28] <✦[rp]Doc> "Could you turn into a lamp? A non-animal related lamp?"
[The Scarm’s body shifts, skin hardens, nails soften, until the Scarm becomes a minimalistic table lamp. The bulb in the center glows and pulses periodically, powered by the sculk’s bioluminescence.]
[18:37:38] <✦[rp] Ollie> holy shit
[Edge points at Doc, Flick, and the Scamp.]
[18:36:25] <✦[rp]Edge> Hey. why are we meeting with them. Why the fuck are we meeting with them?
[18:36:40] <✦[rp]Edge> This is horrible. Did you come here to make our skin crawl? For funsies?
[18:37:01] <✦[rp]Doc> "I came here to let everyone know what was going on as a courtesy."
[18:37:11] <✦[rp] Flick> I think you guys are being overly close minded about the possibilities.
[18:37:55] <✦[rp]Edge> What fucking possibilities? There's nothing that makes me feel warm and fuzzy about this, other than the nauseous
[18:37:28] <✦[rp]Doc> "Would you rather I have just shown up and not explained?"
[18:37:46] <✦[rp]Doc> "The arm will not hurt or infect you."
[18:37:59] <✦Faulkner [rp]> How can you be sure?
[18:38:28] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I only speak truths. Unless I am joking. But then I will clarify the Untruths.
[Faulkner flicks their ears back.]
[18:38:43] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Ollie it can still talk
[18:38:05] <✦[rp] Ollie> yeah how do you know.
[18:38:18] <✦[rp] Ollie> you seem a bit off
[18:38:26] <✦[rp] Ollie> tho... you always are "a bit off" so
[18:38:36] <✦[rp]Edge> Yeah no I feel like you're not the right person to define what is and is not harmful
[18:40:22] <✦[rp] Flick> I think that as the only one who got to see Doc during The fuckening that no one else seemed to notice or care about. you guys don't *get* to say what "a bit off" is. :/
[18:38:30] <✦[rp]Doc> "Because I told it to remove the infection, and it did."
[18:38:49] <✦[rp] Ollie> yeah but...doesn't it carry the infection still
[18:39:16] <✦[rp]Doc> "I actually am not sure. I do not believe so, but I am going to do some more research. At this point I believe it is non-contagious."
[18:39:26] <✦[rp] Ollie> it better NOT be
[18:39:32] <✦Faulkner [rp]> That is not reassuring
[18:39:36] <✦[rp]Edge> you BELIEVE?
[18:39:46] <✦[rp]Edge> What the actual, literal fuck
[18:40:00] <✦[rp]Edge> Why the fuck do you keep it on you. Why do you bring it to be with other people? Holy shit
[18:40:03] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I am not contagious unless you told me to be.
[18:40:12] <✦[rp]Edge> Unless you to- WHAT?
[18:40:12] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm, could you theoretically remove the sculk from other people?"
[18:40:33] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Depends on the hold of the other Princes.
[18:40:40] <✦[rp] Ollie> Doc. im glad you have removed that weird shit from your body, it was gross. glad you managed to get control of the arm, but holy shit this is horrific
[18:40:47] <✦Faulkner [rp]> We were definitely at the meeting where the arm talked
[18:41:11] <✦[rp]Edge> Yeah no whatever happened to your body i'm sorry. But this feels, like, objectively the worst conclusion to come to ever
[18:41:21] <✦[rp]Doc> "This is one of the best outcomes."
[18:41:27] <✦[rp]Doc> "It didn't take over my body."
[18:41:32] <✦[rp]Doc> "I am still alive."
[18:41:39] <✦[rp] Ollie> the best outcome would have been to. throw that thing into lava
[18:42:03] <✦[rp] Ollie> then that would be a happy ending
[18:41:55] <✦[rp]Edge> Having your disease as a sentient, sapient mass that crawls around our shit like a tarantu-
[18:41:39] <✦[rp]Doc> "I might be able to help Punk."
[Edge trails off: ]
[18:41:55] <✦[rp]Edge> what happened to Punk?
[18:42:27] <✦[rp]Doc> "Prince trapped Punk in a basement and now they are infected."
[18:42:45] <✦[rp] Ollie> yeah ... i heard it from someone .. fucking awful
[Faulkner whispers to Ollie: ]
[18:43:37] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I hope they both die
[Flick looks up as he overhears the comment made to Ollie. He places his hand on the knife at his belt.]
[18:42:28] <✦[rp] Ollie> have you at least found ...something in it that would help the other Prince from . doing whatever the fuck they are doing
[18:42:47] <✦[rp]Doc> "I think so, yes. That is the goal of what I am trying to do here."
[18:42:56] <✦[rp]Edge> Prince- WH- why did they...Why did they fucking do htat? What? What the fuck?
[18:43:02] <✦[rp] Ollie> i don't KNOW
[18:43:10] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm, do you know why they did that?"
[18:43:33] <✦[rp]Doc> "And I don't think the infection is nearly as bad as mine, so if we get to it fast enough we might be able to help"
[18:43:35] <✦[rp]Edge> If it was- was, a tool, I guess, that would be one thing. But clearly they have sapience. They're sentient and cognitive, even if completely dependent - at the moment- on you.
[18:43:58] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Punk is a hostage.
[18:44:08] <✦[rp] Ollie> what the fuck
[18:44:11] <✦[rp]Edge> Still? They're a hostage? They're not, like, still down there? Are they?
[18:44:17] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. No.
[18:44:20] <✦[rp]Doc> "No, they are like I was now."
[18:44:21] <✦[rp] Ollie> they aren't-
[18:44:22] <✦[rp]Doc> "Infected."
[18:44:28] <✦[rp] Ollie> oh void
[18:44:31] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. The Sculk Infection is a longer leash.
[18:44:38] <✦[rp] Ollie> fucking shit
[18:44:43] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. But it is a leash nonetheless.
[18:45:07] <✦[rp] Ollie> so ...could Punk get worse like you did??
[18:44:47] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm, could you help remove the infection from Punk."
[18:45:01] <✦[rp]Doc> "In theory. Or in practice"
[18:45:38] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Punk's infection can theoretically be released by me. But the chances are incredibly low.
[18:45:47] <✦[rp]Doc> "Absolutely. It could get even worse than mine did as well. Theoretically it could take over their whole body."
[Faulkner shudders at that.]
[18:46:09] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Correction. Punk's infection is not novel as yours, Master Doc.
[18:46:18] <✦[rp] Ollie> well even if the chances are low, its better than no chance at all
[Still somewhat disgusted.]
[18:46:37] <✦[rp] Ollie> i GUESS im starting to see why you kept that ...thing
[18:46:39] <✦[rp]Doc> "Well, that is good news I suppose. If I help remove the infection, chances could be better."
[18:46:43] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. It is a hostage keeping measure. Unlike you, Punk's Infection WILL KILL and DEBILITATE.
[18:47:01] <✦[rp] Ollie> what the FUCK
[18:46:58] <✦[rp]Doc> "Nevermind, not good news."
[18:47:16] <✦[rp] Flick> Fixing that would Certainly be good, though.
[Edge nods vigorously in agreement with Ollie.]
[18:47:22] <✦[rp] Ollie> why is Prince DOING this???????
[Edge slouches forward. Their thin black claws dig into the hem of their sleeve.]
[18:47:29] <✦[rp]Edge> What? H- Why did Prince take them hostage in the first place!
[18:47:47] <✦[rp]Doc> "That means we need to get on that fast. And because Prince 'worships the sculk'
[18:48:23] <✦[rp] Ollie> yeah we definitely need to act fast
[18:48:29] <✦[rp]Doc> "Exactly."
[18:47:57] <✦[rp] Flick> Prince is like. an extension of something else, if I remember right.
[18:48:32] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Prince is not an extension. We are One with the Sculk.
[18:48:52] <✦[rp]Edge> This is fucking horrendous.
[18:48:52] <✦[rp]Doc> "So, my next question. Does anyone know where Punk is?"
[18:49:03] <✦[rp] Ollie> uhhh...
[18:49:07] <✦Faulkner [rp]> ...I might
[18:49:42] <✦[rp]Doc> "I don't assume you want to come with me, so I'll ask you to mark it on a map."
[He places down a map on the table. Doc nods towards the crossbow nestled in Faulkner’s arms.]
[18:50:02] <✦[rp]Doc> "Because you are currently pointing the equivalent of a gun at me."
[18:50:10] <✦[rp]Doc> "Which I will be honest, is not ideal."
[Edge mutters: ]
[18:50:32] <✦[rp]Edge> Most of this isn't ideal...
[18:50:26] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Oh grow up I always do this
[18:50:35] <✦[rp]Doc> "Yes. To me specifically..”
[18:50:22] <✦[rp] Ollie> he's just like that it's ok
[Faulkner sneers with a look of disgust.]
[18:50:16] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I dont know his EXACT location
[18:50:58] <✦Faulkner [rp]> All I know is that Punk may be in corroded
[18:54:49] <✦[rp]Doc> "I'll speak to Joco and Wiz about Punk. Hopefully we can help Punk."
[18:55:09] <✦[rp] Ollie> yeah, genuinely hope you guys can figure it out
[18:51:33] <✦[rp]Doc> "Would they stay there after being held hostage? That seems unlikely. Are you sure?"
[18:52:15] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I dont think Punk was held hostage there..?
[18:52:28] <✦[rp]Doc> "They were held hostage in Prince's basement."
[18:52:59] <✦[rp] Ollie> then ..makes sense he would move to corroded
[Doc shakes his head.]
[18:53:20] <✦[rp]Doc> "Oh, right."
[18:53:28] <✦[rp]Edge> So he was with mal- mel- uh, cold skulk guys or whatever. And he moved to corroded after being imprisoned?
[Ollie nods.]
[18:53:46] <✦[rp]Doc> "I believe that's the current information we are going off of."
[18:53:51] <✦[rp]Edge> Why is Prince doing this to their own group members..?
[18:54:17] <✦[rp] Ollie> I have ...no idea
[18:54:16] <✦[rp]Doc> "I wouldn't try to figure that out."
[18:54:33] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Hostages.
[18:54:50] <✦Faulkner [rp]> hostages?
[Edge whispers: ]
[18:54:36] <✦[rp]Edge> Well, fuck.
[18:54:52] <✦[rp] Ollie> that's some fucked up shit
[18:54:49] <✦[rp]Edge> What benefits come from holding your own members hostage?
[18:55:21] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Punk wanted to leave to Corroded. Punk was connected to one of their members. Prince wanted to hurt them.
[18:55:32] <✦[rp]Edge> Holy shit?
[18:55:33] <✦[rp] Ollie> ......ah.
[18:55:57] <✦[rp] Ollie> hurt ....Dan?
[Faulkner mutters: ]
[18:56:24] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I'd like to hurt Dan right now...
[18:56:23] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Correct, Oily.
[18:56:38] <✦[rp] Ollie> IM OLLIE!!!
[18:56:51] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Oh. Apologies. Ollie.
[18:55:52] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Prince holds a grudge for the explosion.
[18:56:25] <✦[rp]Edge> Explosion- that wedding situation? C'mon, that's practically tradition around here.
[18:57:27] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Correct.
[18:56:00] <✦[rp]Doc> "Didn't like it when I went to Corroded either."
[18:56:09] <✦[rp] Ollie> ooh
[18:56:29] <✦[rp] Ollie> so they don't like corroded
[18:56:52] <✦[rp]Doc> "No, I do not believe they like Corroded"
[18:57:44] <✦[rp] Ollie> hmm.
[18:57:45] <✦Faulkner [rp]> An unfortunate thing to have in common
[Ollie looks away. Scarm notices Faulkner and Ollie’s reaction.]
[18:58:27] <✦[rp]Doc> "I quite like the Corroded folks."
[Faulkner snorts judgmentally.]
[18:58:47] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Of course you do
[Flick puffs up, he tightens his grip on his knife.]
[18:59:00] <✦[rp] Flick> Is that supposed to mean something in particular.
[18:59:08] <✦[rp]Doc> "Probably."
[18:59:21] <✦[rp] Ollie> uhhh…
[Faulkner rolls his eyes. Doc sighs lightly, before plucking Scarm from the table and holding it in lamp form against his chest. Ollie holds up his hands as Flick half draws his knife.]]
[18:59:52] <✦[rp] Ollie> okay we are not . going to fight
[18:59:59] <✦[rp] Ollie> calm down Flick
[Edge hiss-whispers: ]
[19:00:00] <✦[rp]Edge> Holy actual fucking shit
[19:01:07] <✦[rp] Ollie> okay ...so, we have discussed what ...you will be doing then
[19:01:20] <✦[rp]Doc> "Yes, I wanted to let everyone know about that."
[19:01:27] <✦[rp]Doc> "So hopefully no one would try to kill me."
[19:01:37] <✦[rp] Ollie> you're gonna talk with Joco and Wizard about helping Punk ..which is good
[19:02:11] <✦[rp] Ollie> and I definitely think it would be worth it to try to do ...whatever you did to ..the ex-arm, on the actual Prince
[19:01:58] <✦[rp]Doc> "Yes, they have become close friends of mine. And have attempted to help with the arm before."
[Faulkner steps forward.]
[19:01:52] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Maybe I should come with
[Their voice, high pitched, notably unsettled: ]
[19:02:00] <✦[rp]Edge> Objectively good. Yep.
[19:02:26] <✦[rp]Doc> "Faulker, I know you're just going to try to kill me in the desert if you come."
[19:02:38] <✦[rp] Flick> If Faulkner goes I would like to also go so nothing. Unfortunate happens.
[Ollie gives Faulkner a look. They raise a paw.]
[19:02:41] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Oh, no
[19:02:52] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I have more important things to attend to
[They shrugs.]
[19:03:14] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I don't think the protection for you would hurt. Corroded have been violent in the past
[19:03:23] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Including recently
[19:03:30] <✦[rp]Doc> "Corroded are less violent toward me than you are."
[Faulkner huffs.]
[19:04:06] <✦[rp]Doc> "I suggest you all stay here. I did not call this meeting to ask for assistance."
[19:04:12] <✦[rp]Doc> "I called this meeting to inform."
[19:03:29] <✦[rp] Scarm> Query. May I tell Faulkner's distaste of Corroded to the other Princes?
[19:03:40] <✦[rp] Ollie> I don't know if I wanna come honestly I'd like to lay back and . directly stare into the sun
[19:03:59] <✦[rp]Edge> This is all rather horrific.
[19:04:18] <✦[rp] Ollie> edge do you want to look at the sun with me
[19:04:27] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Don't do that
[19:04:27] <✦[rp]Edge> It sounds beautiful. Yeah
[19:04:39] <✦Faulkner [rp]> There are other stars to look at
[19:04:47] <✦Faulkner [rp]> That won't make you blind
[19:04:44] <✦[rp] Ollie> it would cleanse our eyes from what we saw today
[19:04:48] <✦[rp]Edge> Yeah but have you considered BBIIIG star?
[19:05:12] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I have
[19:05:17] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I like being able to see
[19:05:22] <✦[rp]Doc> "And the largest star in the solar system is actually Beta centauri, I believe."
[19:05:49] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Objectively false
[19:05:40] <✦Faulkner [rp]> That is not true
[To Doc: ]
[19:05:26] <✦[rp]Edge> Okay, loser.
[19:05:33] <✦[rp] Ollie> okay don't be mean
[19:04:33] <✦[rp] Scarm> Re-Query. May I tell Faulkner's distaste of Corroded to the other Princes?
[19:04:54] <✦[rp]Doc> "I am not sure. Why would you like to do that, Scarm?"
[19:05:30] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. The Princes desire support.
[19:05:38] <✦[rp] Ollie> oh?
[19:06:05] <✦[rp]Doc> "Support? In disliking corroded? I am not sure they will find it within Faulkner."
[Dryly: ]
[19:06:07] <✦[rp]Edge> I think a really great way to get support is to put your teammates in your basement,
[19:06:14] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Support in an attack.
[19:06:22] <✦[rp]Doc> "Against corroded?
[19:06:27] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Correct.
[19:06:29] <✦[rp] Ollie> wait wait but ...making prince believe faulkner has something in common with them isn't . bad right
[19:06:31] <✦[rp] Ollie> might be good for us
[Faulkner looks disgruntled.]
[19:06:35] <✦[rp]Edge> Okay, and...What would happen if Faulkner said know? Because I can give one prediction.
[19:06:42] <✦[rp] Ollie> so that they don't try to fuck with us as well
[Doc nods.]
[19:07:05] <✦[rp]Doc> "That's a good idea. Are you alright with that, Faulkner?"
[19:07:16] <✦[rp]Edge> So is Faulkner supposed to just do whatever fucked up shit Prince wants, though? Because AGAIN- what happens if they don't?
[19:07:20] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Faulkner will be offered a recruitment. It is voluntary.
[19:07:34] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Torture Basement is for making Hostages not Allies.
[Faulkner makes a face, humming.]
[19:07:54] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I'm not sure I want that cat trying to reach out to me. I've had enough of people coming to my house uninvited
[19:07:56] <✦[rp]Doc> "I think maybe I am going to explode torture basement at some point. It is not great to have."
[19:08:13] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. There is no need for a hostage here. Unless you, Master Doc, gave me a reason for one.
[19:08:33] <✦[rp] Ollie> the fuck
[Faulkner takes a big step back from the Scarm.]
[19:08:34] <✦[rp]Doc> "Good, then we won't have any more problems within our faction."
[19:09:03] <✦[rp]Doc> "And that's a no, then? Is that correct, Faulkner?"
[19:09:15] <✦Faulkner [rp]> ...
[19:09:18] <✦Faulkner [rp]> ...yes
[19:09:30] <✦[rp]Doc> "Yes that is correct?"
[19:09:37] <✦Faulkner [rp]> It's a no
[19:09:50] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I'm not getting involved with that
[19:09:58] <✦[rp] Ollie> yeahh maybe that's for the best
[19:10:12] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm, please refrain from communicating that information to the other Princes at the moment."
[19:10:35] <✦Faulkner [rp]> ...thank you
[19:10:53] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Understood.
[19:10:12] <✦[rp]Edge> Yeah... Good option. I think being completely neutral- from Prince's point of view- is probably, like, better.
[19:10:17] <✦[rp] Ollie> risky
[19:10:56] <✦[rp]Doc> "Yes, I understand why you would not want to communicate with Prince."
[19:11:31] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm, I will discuss your knowledge of an attack on corroded later. Perhaps we can do something to warn them so the whole place does not get infected."
[19:11:51] <✦[rp]Doc> "Because that would be all around bad news."
[Faulker thinks about the egg even more intensely than it had been previously.]
[19:12:15] <✦[rp] Ollie> are you really calling it . Scarm.
[19:12:24] <✦[rp]Doc> "I do not have a better name for it."
[19:12:26] <✦[rp]Edge> I mean..What else would you call it?
[19:12:39] <✦[rp] Ollie> I don't ..know.
[19:13:00] <✦[rp]Doc> "Exactly, that's where I am at as well."
[19:13:57] <✦[rp]Doc> "Does anyone have any concerns, questions or other comments about this? I understand this is a strange situation."
[Faulkner clears his throat awkwardly.]
[19:14:33] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Could you make sure to let us know what you learn about the attack on corroded as soon as possible?
[19:14:57] <✦[rp]Doc> "We could ask some more general questions now, if that would be better."
[Faulkner hums.]
[19:15:40] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Do we know when it will be?
[19:16:22] <✦[rp] Ion> hullo folks
[Faulkner, Ollie and Edge jump in surprise as Ion appears in the entrance of the town hall. Their normally dapper suit has been infected with sculk, which spiderwebs its way across their body.]
[19:16:32] <✦[rp]Edge> WHAT HTE FUCK ARE YOU COVERED IN SKULK TOO?
[19:16:33] <✦[rp] Ollie> OH
[19:16:36] <✦[rp] Ollie> WHAT. HUH
[19:16:38] <✦[rp] Ollie> ION??????
[19:16:52] <✦[rp] Ollie> you got some ...you got some Stuff on you buddy-
[19:16:40] <✦Faulkner [rp]> uhm
[19:16:42] <✦[rp]Edge> ARE YOU INFECTED OR ARE YOU JUST BLEU?!?
[Flick inches forward, following Doc’s lead as he walks closer to get a better look at Ion.]
[19:17:10] <✦[rp] Flick> Ion do you want to hop in the fountain real quick for no real reason at all
[19:16:45] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Hello Ion!
[19:16:57] <✦[rp] Ion> Hello!
[She gives a small twirl for the others.]
[19:17:09] <✦[rp] Ion> as you can see, im doing great
[19:17:15] <✦[rp] Ollie> you dont look great.
[19:17:20] <✦Faulkner [rp]> ...so much for not being contagious
[Edge stares in disbelief, jaw slack.]
[19:17:16] <✦[rp] Ion> how's it going?
[19:17:24] <✦[rp] Scarm> Query. Master Doc, may you release me and let me greet Ion?
[19:17:33] <✦[rp]Edge> Fucking shit. Fucking shit?
[19:17:30] <✦[rp] Ollie> do NOT
[19:17:36] <✦Faulkner [rp]> DO NOT RELEASE IT
[19:17:34] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm, is Ion infected? Why do they look like that."
[He cocks his head to the side, confused.]
[19:17:57] <✦[rp] Ion> why are you all so worried? skulk is great!
[19:18:07] <✦[rp] Ollie> fuck
[19:18:08] <✦[rp] Flick> uh oh
[Edge stage whispers: ]
[19:18:14] <✦[rp]Edge> guys thats my next door neighbor
[19:18:41] <✦[rp]Edge> Haha. I. sick. Me sick. Mhm.
[19:18:10] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Tee-bee-aich I don't actually know. Seems like it though.
[19:18:20] <✦[rp] Ollie> alright friend . buddy . im gonna need you to take a few steps back
[Ion steps forward.]
[19:18:21] <✦[rp] Ollie> BACK
[19:18:29] <✦[rp] Ion> :(
[19:18:31] <✦[rp] Ollie> personal space yk
[19:18:34] <✦[rp] Ollie> nothing personal
[Faulkner looks pale.]
[19:18:21] <✦[rp]Doc> "Hm."
[19:18:28] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. It seems more like worship than infection from what I can observe.
[19:18:47] <✦[rp]Doc> "Like what happened to Prince? The worship?"
[19:18:47] <✦[rp] Ollie> what the fuck…
[19:18:52] <✦[rp]Edge> I already coughed all over htem. Better stay away. Y'know.
[19:19:13] <✦[rp] Ollie> enjoying this first meeting Edge?
[19:20:01] <✦[rp]Edge> First, or LAST?
[19:20:05] <✦[rp]Edge> That's the fucking question
[19:18:47] <✦[rp] Ion> im feeling a little unwelcome
[19:18:51] <✦[rp] Scarm> Query. Ion, have you been worshiping?
[19:19:14] <✦[rp] Ion> i wouldn't call it worshiping, appreciating perhaps
[19:19:24] <✦[rp] Ollie> STILL BAD !!
[19:19:38] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. That's basically the same El-Em-Ef-A-Oh
[19:19:33] <✦[rp]Edge> I think some people should kill themselves
[19:19:37] <✦[rp]Doc> "I see, alright. How have you been, health wise?"
[19:20:19] <✦[rp] Ion> i'm in perfect health as you can all see. Now did i hear something about an attack on corroded?
[19:20:37] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Good, you are at the stage of enhanced hearing.
[19:20:47] <✦[rp] Ollie> what the fuck
[19:20:52] <✦Faulkner [rp]> I dont like that
[19:20:16] <✦[rp] Ollie> maybe we should make like
[19:20:22] <✦[rp] Ollie> a quarantine . place
[19:20:25] <✦[rp] Ollie> you know
[19:20:35] <✦[rp]Doc> "This is.. unrelated to Scarm."
[19:20:54] <✦[rp] Ion> attack?
[19:20:56] <✦[rp]Doc> "It was a choice, self imposed."
[19:20:57] <✦[rp] Ion> yes?
[19:21:04] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Yes.
[19:21:04] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Thats bad
[Edge turns, whispering: ]
[19:21:07] <✦[rp]Edge> what do you think kills skulk. I vote we could probably freeze'em..? Quarantine on ice.
[19:21:10] <✦[rp] Ollie> huh..........
[19:21:20] <✦[rp] Ollie> maybe edge ...maybe...
[Faulkner growls deep in his throat, Edge coughs awkwardly, Ion bounces in excitement.]
[19:21:06] <✦[rp]Doc> "We are not attacking corroded."
[19:21:49] <✦[rp] Ion> no?
[19:21:48] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Ion, if I may, these rubes are not partial to an attack on Corroded. However, the other Princes are still motivated.
[19:22:20] <✦[rp]Doc> "How many princes are planning this?"
[19:22:28] <✦[rp] Ollie> how many princes are there-
[19:22:35] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. There are three including me.
[Ion moves closer to each of them, Ollie backs away.]
[19:21:57] <✦[rp] Ollie> let's try to keep our distance alright Ion ....
[19:22:23] <✦[rp] Ion> hey neighbour you're still friendly right?
[Faulkner backs away as well, whispering to Edge.]
[19:22:36] <✦Faulkner [rp]> *to Edge* say no
[19:22:36] <✦[rp]Edge> Yep yep yep very friendly very sick hehe. tee hee.
[19:22:37] <✦[rp] Ion> giant mushroom pals and all?
[19:22:42] <✦[rp]Edge> Very sick you shouldn't touch me
[Ion steps up to Doc, smiling at Scarm.]
[19:23:46] <✦[rp] Ion> scarm :)
[19:23:52] <✦[rp] Ion> charmed i'm sure
[19:23:56] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Hi Ion.
[19:24:03] <✦[rp] Ion> um statement hi?
[19:24:31] <✦[rp] Ion> ohhh, i forgot
[Edge leans into Ollie’s face.]
[19:24:18] <✦[rp]Edge> what the fuck
[Quietly, to Ollie: ]
[19:24:18] <✦[rp] Flick> If you need a quarantine area i Did dig a chunk error a ways north of here
[19:24:32] <✦[rp] Ollie> yeah let's ...let's do that.
[Ion walks back towards the others.]
[19:24:46] <✦[rp] Ion> skulk! it's great. you all should totally try some
[19:25:02] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Finally someone that understands!
[Edge turns away from Ollie and pretends to cough.]
[19:25:03] <✦[rp]Edge> I'm allergic but it's soo pretty.
[19:24:55] <✦[rp] Ollie> no thanks!!!!
[19:25:01] <✦[rp] Flick> I'm okay, thank you though
[Ion puts a finger to her chin.]
[19:25:03] <✦[rp] Ion> i should really carry it around
[19:25:12] <✦[rp] Ollie> DONT
[19:25:15] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Ill kill you if you do
[They giggle.]
[19:25:19] <✦[rp] Ion> but bit disorganized, you know how it is
[19:25:14] <✦[rp]Doc> "We are attempting to stay neutral in this."
[Ollie whispers to Flick: ]
[19:25:42] <✦[rp] Ollie> please make that quarantine..
[19:25:58] <✦[rp] Ion> small question
[19:26:13] <✦[rp] Ion> thats an interesting word i've never come across
[19:26:30] <✦[rp] Ion> quarantine - what's that? cake?
[Ollie looks around at the others, they nod.]
[19:26:34] <✦[rp] Ollie> yes!
[19:26:37] <✦Faulkner [rp]> ...sure
[19:26:38] <✦[rp] Ollie> it's cake!!
[19:26:38] <✦[rp]Edge> It's like a suuuper cool party. With cake.
[19:26:53] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Alone. By yourself
[19:26:55] <✦[rp] Ion> ooh and a party to attack the cowboys!
[19:27:00] <✦[rp] Ion> right?
[19:27:13] <✦[rp]Doc> "That isn't ours, we are neutral."
[19:27:21] <✦[rp]Doc> "That is what the Princes are going to do."
[19:27:27] <✦[rp]Doc> "Those parties are separate."
[Faulkner mutters, rolling its eyes.]
[19:27:36] <✦Faulkner [rp]> you're neutral..
[19:27:01] <✦[rp] Ollie> It's been a while but ...I certainly want to make that cake for you!
[19:27:22] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Quarantine is not a cake.
[19:27:26] <✦[rp] Ion> oh
[Edge points at the lamp.]
[19:27:29] <✦[rp]Edge> Statement, yes the fuck it is.
[Ollie whispers to Doc, gesturing to the Scamp.]
[19:28:15] <✦[rp] Ollie> tell it to lie-
[19:27:36] <✦[rp] Ollie> it is
[19:27:41] <✦[rp] Ollie> it is a cake
[19:27:45] <✦[rp] Ollie> its a COOL AWESOME CAKE
[19:27:48] <✦[rp] Ion> i
[19:27:55] <✦[rp] Ion> cool awsome cake!!
[19:27:56] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Cake can be involved
[19:27:59] <✦[rp] Ion> woah
[19:28:10] <✦[rp] Ion> where can i get this?
[19:28:20] <✦[rp]Edge> You'll find out soon!
[19:28:30] <✦[rp] Ollie> oh well!! Me and Flick will go work on it! Actually
[19:28:36] <✦[rp] Ion> yayyy
[19:28:38] <✦[rp] Ollie> everyone will go make it for you right . now
[Faulkner tracks Ion intently as he jumps around with excitement at the prospect of a fabulous quarantine party.]
[19:29:03] <✦[rp] Ollie> it's a surprise tho!! so you can't follow us till we are done
[Edge whispers to Ollie: ]
[19:29:16] <✦[rp]Edge> "I have ice. I don't knwo where I got it from but I have some. If you want to test the theory,"
[Louder.]
[19:29:38] <✦[rp]Edge> Heyy I should go get. Eggs. for that cake! I'll be back. haha.
[19:29:54] <✦[rp] Ollie> I'll go get the wheat-
[Faulkner hisses at Ion as they get too close. Ollie grabs them by the scruff of their neck.]
[19:29:56] <✦[rp] Ollie> with Faulkner
[Faulkner narrows his eyes.]
[19:29:59] <✦Faulkner [rp]> Yes
[Scarm shouts out: ]
[19:30:00] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Ion, these people will freeze your puppet nuts off. Go find the Princes. You know where they live.
[19:30:09] <✦[rp] Ion> whaa
[19:30:12] <✦[rp] Ion> huh?
[19:30:14] <✦[rp]Doc> "Puppet WHAT"
[19:30:25] <✦[rp] Ion> surely not
[Ollie continues to pull Faulkner out of the room by the scruff of their neck, wanting to get out of there as quickly as possible.]
[19:30:30] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm what do those words mean. I thought we were doing scake."
[19:30:41] <✦[rp] Ion> these are my friends right?
[19:30:51] <✦[rp] Ion> they'd never
[19:30:58] <✦[rp]Doc> "The sculk has not treated other people very nicely, Ion."
[19:31:02] <✦[rp]Doc> "They are scared"
[19:31:11] <✦[rp] Ion> how so?
[19:31:35] <✦[rp]Doc> "Well, what I am holding used to be my arm. It took my arm and severely injured me."
[19:31:44] <✦[rp]Doc> "My right arm is now a prosthetic."
[19:31:54] <✦[rp] Ion> hey but scarm is so cool! its an upgrade right?
[19:31:57] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm, become arm again please."
[Scarm shifts back into an arm, crawling up Doc’s torso, and slithering around his neck like a snake.]
[19:32:13] <✦[rp]Doc> "Well it's removed now. It's sentient and can move on its own."
[19:32:18] <✦[rp] Ion> awesome!!!
[Doc pulls it from around his neck, and sets it down on the table to crawl around.]
[19:32:36] <✦[rp] Ion> so whats bad?
[19:32:58] <✦[rp]Doc> "Well, when two living things who are attached want to go different places, it gets hard."
[19:33:03] <✦[rp]Doc> "So I lost my arm."
[19:33:11] <✦[rp]Doc> "And now I have one made of metal."
[Scarm crawls over to Ion.]
[19:33:15] <✦[rp] Ion> hey scarm :)))
[19:33:19] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Hi.
[19:33:22] <✦[rp]Doc> "It was very painful."
[19:33:31] <✦[rp]Doc> "The others are afraid this will happen to them"
[19:33:33] <✦[rp] Ion> see this is the coolest arm you could have ever got
[19:33:43] <✦[rp] Ion> you should get a leg like this too!
[Scarm crawls onto Ion.]
[19:33:59] <✦[rp]Doc> "Is your sculk painful?"
[19:34:14] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. If Ion worshipped, then it shouldn't be.
[19:34:15] <✦[rp] Ion> its kind of numb which is fantastic!
[19:34:29] <✦[rp] Ion> its like that vodka stuff ceph gave me
[19:34:34] <✦[rp]Doc> "That is good. It would not be numb for them. It would hurt. Pain is scary."
[19:34:40] <✦[rp]Doc> "It is why they are scared"
[19:34:45] <✦[rp] Ion> oh
[19:34:52] <✦[rp] Ion> they shouldn't be
[19:34:59] <✦[rp] Ion> they should be excited!
[19:35:05] <✦[rp] Ion> for more skulk!
[19:35:09] <✦[rp]Doc> "People can have their own opinions, alright?"
[19:35:24] <✦[rp] Ion> that's true i suppose
[19:35:36] <✦[rp]Doc> "If you push too hard, you will push people away."
[19:35:53] <✦[rp] Ion> oh no, am i making them mad?
[19:36:27] <✦[rp]Doc> "In a manner of sorts. They have made up their mind, like you have made up yours."
[19:36:39] <✦[rp]Doc> "It's like a food. Some people like it, some people don't. Okay?"
[19:37:08] <✦[rp] Ion> hmmm. im sure i can persuade them. I just need to change the - i suppose - "presentation"
[19:37:22] <✦[rp]Doc> "That will likely make them dislike it more."
[19:37:36] <✦[rp]Doc> "It has to be their choice, you cannot force it on them"
[19:38:06] <✦[rp] Ion> but they will choose it! soon they'll all wish they had some skulk of their own. You wait!
[19:38:15] <✦[rp]Doc> "No, don't-"
[19:38:27] <✦[rp] Ion> i've got to get more skulk!
[19:38:33] <✦[rp] Ion> that's the way forward
[19:38:44] <✦[rp] Ion> i need some to share, right?
[19:38:54] <✦[rp] Ion> they don't know what they're missing yet
[Scarm crawls on top of Ion’s head.]
[19:38:31] <✦[rp]Doc> "Do NOT do that. Please. Let them have space."
[Doc reaches out, and plucks Scarm off of Ion’s head.]
[19:38:55] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. Ion. Just go to the Prince's mansion. We have lots of Sculk to spare.
[19:39:00] <✦[rp]Doc> "Not if they do not want it. Personal space is important."
[19:39:13] <✦[rp] Ion> I've got to go Doc!
[19:39:14] <✦[rp]Doc> "You have to respect the choices of other people."
[19:39:21] <✦[rp] Ion> I will! I will!
[19:39:30] <✦[rp]Doc> "Keep the sculk in your own area."
[19:39:47] <✦[rp] Ion> maybe a little out?
[19:39:51] <✦[rp]Doc> "No"
[Scarm waves goodbye from Doc’s arms. Ion waves back, running off with a skip in her step.]
[19:40:03] <✦[rp]Doc> "Oh I need to warn everyone about that."
[19:40:50] <✦[rp]Doc> "Scarm, please don't encourage that."
[19:41:02] <✦[rp] Scarm> Statement. I will for next time.