UNTITLED SMP
UNTITLED SMP
Characters present: Cinder, Joco, Finch
Date: 4/8/24
Season: 3
[Cinder and Joco stand alone inside of the pit hovering above the open void. It has been decorated with obsidian and black candles, Void roses encircling the pit alongside lilies of the valley.]
[20:22:02] <✦[rp] Cinder> Well this certainly looks.... Impressive, set up.
[20:22:07] <✦[rp] Cinder> Also terrifying! Ha.
[20:22:16] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> A bit terrifying, yeah!
[20:22:23] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> That's. To be expected, from a summoning ritual, I think
[20:22:34] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> 'specially one meant to summon the Void
[20:22:39] <✦[rp] Cinder> Well hey, summonings not the goal! Not exactly
[20:23:01] <✦[rp] Cinder> It's adapted from a summoning ritual, but the goal is getting it to... take back what its left in me
[20:22:51] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Summoning as an extraction tactic
[20:23:07] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Mhm
[20:23:44] <✦[rp] Cinder> To be honest, I read all the stuff that Wiz gave me but I still feel like I don't understand anything going on myself. I definitely couldnt have put this together without you guys
[20:23:55] <✦[rp] Cinder> Thank you for being here with me for it
[20:24:05] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hey, this kind of thing is hard to do regardless of personal involvement in the ritual
[20:24:24] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I'm happy to do whatever I can to help you with anything ever, kiddo
[20:24:48] <✦[rp] Cinder> Thanks. I feel a lot better knowing youll be here. I-
[Cinder’s communicator buzzes with a reply message to one of their own from the Wizard. "I'll be over soon, something came up out of the blue that I need to check on quick. If you need to, go ahead without me, I know you'll be alright."]
[20:24:57] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Oh?
[Cinder looks at their communicator and frowns slightly.]
[20:25:32] <✦[rp] Cinder> Its the Wizard. He said that he's... Not gonna be here. Not immediately, anyway
[20:25:52] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Well, shoot
[20:25:53] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'm sure he'll come when he can! But. He was meant to be here now.
[20:26:02] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> He's usually pretty punctual
[20:26:12] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Did he say why he was running late?
[20:26:29] <✦[rp] Cinder> What would come up thats so important? This isn't something thats easy to postpone!
[20:26:41] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hm
[20:26:55] <✦[rp] Cinder> He did say we can go on and start without him. But... Would that be a good idea?
[20:28:18] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I mean, maybe not the best? If the ritual is designed to need a certain number of people
[20:28:35] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> And if it was going to use any of his latent magic
[20:28:49] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> But. It's a basic summoner, right? Probably not reliant entirely on magic remnants
[20:28:50] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> So.
[20:29:08] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Main issue would be the number of summoners
[20:29:13] <✦[rp] Cinder> I mean, it is meant to have two people here with me. But... The magic stuff was mostly just to make sure someone could intervene if something went wrong. And he says it'd be fine.
[20:29:32] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> We're a bit lopsided, if it's you in center and just me outside. I don't know if the ritual will do any pushing or pulling.
[20:29:58] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> If it's evensies, then the push or pull is evened out by the person on the other side. If it's just one on outside
[20:30:25] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Void deaths aint fun, and if it happens mid-ritual, we have no idea what could happen
[20:29:27] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'll message back. Just to see if he's sure.
[Cinder sends a message back to the Wizard: “are you sure it would be okay to start without you?”]
[20:30:30] <✦[rp] Cinder> I mean, we could always ask someone else maybe? Someone from Corroded, or something?
[20:30:47] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Who would be willing to come last minute to a ritual involving the Void?
[20:30:52] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ...
[20:31:04] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I mean
[20:31:13] <✦[rp] Cinder> Well. I think we're gonna be thinking of the same person here
[20:31:18] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> They'd be elated, I think
[20:31:35] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Not sure how good they'd be at rituals. But.
[20:31:42] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'll wait till I get a reply and then we can reach out. Just... Just until the Wizard gets here
[20:31:52] <✦[rp] Cinder> I don't want the candles to burn out before we even get started
[20:32:06] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Another option would be maybe Flick? But he definitely wouldn't be chill with the whole ritual thing so last minute
[20:32:33] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Ollie, although maybe a good option? Definitely a no.
[20:32:35] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Who else.
[Another message comes through from the Wizard. “It'll be okay. We practiced so many times, it's gonna be alright, you've got Joco with you. I'll be there when it's done. You could do it in your sleep."
Cinder sighs softly, facing their communicator towards Joco.]
[20:32:46] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Well, shoot
[20:33:00] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Do you want. To text the kit?
[20:33:11] <✦[rp] Cinder> Well, he's all for us going on. And it doesnt seem there's any better option. So- yeah, I'll shoot them a message
[Cinder types out a quick message to Finch; “we need some help with a void ritual at the Pit by Joco's house. You keen?”]
[20:33:51] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Here's to hoping their excitement at their 'friend' will keep them well-behaved, rather than so energetic that they can't function.
[Cinder fidgets quietly.]
[20:34:03] <✦[rp] Cinder> I mean, maybe they're not even free. And maybe that's a sign we should just. Postpone!
[20:34:16] <✦[rp] Cinder> Postpone forever maybe. Haha. I think Im getting second thoughts
[20:34:34] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> That is a thing that tends to happen before major surgeries and summonings, yes
[20:34:43] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Anxiety getting the best of the logical mind.
[20:34:53] <✦[rp] Cinder> Especially without the Wizard here. I know he says I;ll be fine but.... He promised he would be here to help. To keep me safe. What if something goes wrong, before he comes?
[Joco side-hugs Cinder.]
[20:34:57] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hey
[20:35:12] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You'll be okay. It's going to be fine.
[20:35:19] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> If Wiz says as much, then I trust him.
[20:35:47] <✦[rp] Cinder> Yeah. I... Trust him too. And you, of course. It's just... We don't know what's gonna happen.
[20:36:00] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> We don't know what'd happen even with Wiz here, kid
[A message from Finch pings through; “RESAA>LY????? why ddinf yyou tell ,de esrlier? wait tjhere”
And then: “do 8i neexd to brinvg anygfhinv?”]
[20:36:12] <✦[rp] Cinder> I- oh, they responded. They're, uh- keen? I think? Maybe too keen
[20:36:32] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> That? That's somethign that could be predicted
[Cinder quickly types back: “Nah, just yourself.”]
[20:36:49] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You didn't see them last world. It was as much entertaining as it was concerning
[Finch responds: “^w^ thanfkhs asee voiu soomn”
Cinder frowns at the message, squinting, they turn the communicator to Joco.]
[20:37:22] <✦[rp] Cinder> can you even make out this one?
[20:37:34] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Thanks. see you soon?
[20:37:44] <✦[rp] Cinder> Oh yeah that makes some sense
[Cinder pushes their communicator back into their pocket.]
[20:36:55] <✦[rp] Cinder> Well. No chance to back out now I guess. Maybe its a blessing in disguise. My wings have just been getting worse. I'm scared of what happens if it starts getting to bone.
[20:37:10] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Bone disease is bad. Yeah.
[20:37:26] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Has it... gotten to flesh yet?
[20:38:20] <✦[rp] Cinder> It's gotten to some of it, on my wings. It hurts worse, progresses a little faster. It's why Wiz and I were so rushed to get things moving
[20:38:30] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Well shit, kid
[20:39:00] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'm scared of it having some sort of... Rotting. Or necrosis, or something. I know my wings are as good as useless, still, but... I'm scared to lose more of them.
[20:39:14] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yeah. That's. Definitely a concern.
[There’s a sound of the flapping of wings, before Finch appears out of the darkness above, and lands on the side of the pit.]
[20:39:04] <✦[rp] Finch> HI
[20:39:07] <✦[rp] Finch> YOU CALLED?
[20:39:14] <✦[rp] Cinder> Oh! Hey!
[20:39:36] <✦[rp] Finch> HI
[20:39:48] <✦[rp] Finch> HI HI HI
[20:39:51] <✦[rp] Cinder> You seem- uh. Excited?
[20:39:57] <✦[rp] Finch> WHY WOULDNT I BE?
[Joco puts their hands on Finch’s shoulders.]
[20:40:00] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hi! Can you keep your temper during this?
[Finch sighs.]
[20:40:03] <✦[rp] Finch> okay....
[20:40:11] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> This is a sensitive operation
[20:40:19] <✦[rp] Finch> ALRIGHT !
[20:40:23] <✦[rp] Finch> be sensitive.
[20:40:26] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> If we want success, we can't be jumping off the walls. Figuratively and literall-
[THE GROUND BEGINS TO SHAKE BENEATH THEIR FEET. THE SOUND LIKE A ROLL OF THUNDER AND THE SHATTERING OF GLASS BEGINS TO SOUND ACROSS THE SERVER ALL AT ONCE. THERE IS A SOFT SOUND, ALMOST LIKE AN EXHALATION OF BREATH, FROM THE VOID BELOW.]
[20:40:31] <✦[rp] Finch> oh!
[20:40:32] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> HELLO?
[20:40:34] <✦[rp] Cinder> What was that-
[20:40:35] <✦[rp] Finch> ............
[20:40:44] <✦[rp] Finch> what the fuck is going on.
[20:40:48] <✦[rp] Cinder> Did you alll... hear that?
[20:40:50] <✦[rp] Finch> yeah.
[20:40:50] <✦[rp] Cinder> That wasn-
[20:40:57] <✦[rp] Cinder> oh thank god. Wasn;t just me
[20:40:53] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Y'know what that tells me?
[20:40:59] <✦[rp] Cinder> What?
[20:41:01] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> That tells me we should do this before conditions get Weird
[20:41:08] <✦[rp] Cinder> Huh. Yeah... Okay,
[20:41:18] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Like doing beach things before a tsunami. Gotta be fast. Gotta beat the tide.
[20:41:05] <✦[rp] Finch> we havent started this ritual thingamabobber thing yet, havent we?
[20:41:17] <✦[rp] Finch> if we have, rude to start without me!
[20:41:18] <✦[rp] Finch> if not...
[20:41:20] <✦[rp] Finch> well.
[20:41:22] <✦[rp] Cinder> No, kid, definitely not. Whatever that was, it wasn't us
[20:41:31] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> We have done nothing but sit down here waiting
[20:41:26] <✦[rp] Finch> i have my suspicions as to what it was
[20:41:42] <✦[rp] Finch> AHEM. that fucking bastard. COUGHS.
[20:41:41] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> If you say Prince, I might throw a chicken at you
[20:41:49] <✦[rp] Finch> what
[20:41:50] <✦[rp] Finch> it could be
[Joco throws a cooked chicken at Finch.]
[20:41:54] <✦[rp] Finch> OW
[20:41:55] <✦[rp] Cinder> You think anything that looks at you weirdly is Prince
[20:42:03] <✦[rp] Finch> it could be.
[20:42:09] <✦[rp] Finch> you never know.
[20:42:14] <✦[rp] Finch> you never fucking know.
[20:42:16] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I don't think he'd be able to do anything that'd make the void sigh.
[20:42:21] <✦[rp] Finch> you dont know that.
[20:42:24] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> And the earth shake
[20:42:28] <✦[rp] Finch> you dont know that.
[Cinder’s hands tremor slightly.]
[20:42:37] <✦[rp] Cinder> I think we should hurry. I feel- weird. Really weird.
[20:42:40] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I don't know a lot of things, but I think it's a-
[20:42:42] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> YEP
[20:42:43] <✦[rp] Finch> yeah yeah lets hurry.
[20:42:44] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Ritual time!
[20:42:44] <✦[rp] Cinder> Maybe it's just nerves, but
[Joco begins hurrying around, making sure everything is ready.]
[20:42:47] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Let's. Yeah.
[20:43:12] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I have potions for healing and strength, in case they're needed for the after. I have many gapples.
[20:43:12] <✦[rp] Finch> LETS DO THIS !!!!
[20:43:17] <✦[rp] Finch> ill do it with all the sensitivity i have!
[20:43:39] <✦[rp] Finch> i have so much sensitivity! dad says you need to be sensitive sometimes ! i am very good at that !
[20:44:02] <✦[rp] Finch> i dont know what he means by that but i can do it!
[20:43:19] <✦[rp] Cinder> Okay so, most of this is done, but for the actual part of the ritual itself. There's a chant you guys need to say
[20:43:56] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Lovely!
[20:44:12] <✦[rp] Cinder> And we need some sort of matter from me, and the void code in me. So... My feathers should be good. Theres the ones you can pluck that produce blood
[20:44:24] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Plucking blood feathers. That's. Ouch.
[20:45:09] <✦[rp] Cinder> Yeah, that'll suck. But it's meant to... Give the void something to latch onto? I guess so it can find me, or something. Find what it left in me
[20:45:14] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yes
[20:45:31] <✦[rp] Cinder> We just burn them in the candles. Do the chant. I try to connect to it, and then... Yeah.
[20:44:44] <✦[rp] Finch> oooo blood ritual. fun. havent done one of those. or really any ritual in general. i just think this sounds fun
[20:44:56] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I've done a couple
[20:45:02] <✦[rp] Finch> nice! were they fun?
[20:45:06] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> They were messy
[20:45:14] <✦[rp] Finch> okay! glad they were fun, joco!
[20:45:26] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> The chant, that's the Galactic you sent me?
[20:45:42] <✦[rp] Cinder> Yeah! It's 'ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ' [Endless nonexistence and all-consuming nothingness, arise from this domain and feast upon new code.]
[20:46:02] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, [Endless nonexistence and all-consuming nothingness-]
[20:46:06] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ [-arise from this domain and feast upon new code.]
[20:46:16] <✦[rp] Cinder> Its a mouthful. Finch do you- have the ability to make the right sounds for Galactic? You don't need to understand it. I don't really.
[20:46:28] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yeah. My Galactic's a bit rusty, but should do the trick
[20:48:25] <✦[rp] Finch> umm..
[20:48:37] <✦[rp] Finch> i dont have any idea what you just said.
[20:48:41] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hm
[20:48:47] <✦[rp] Finch> i can try copying what you're saying though! ill make Noises!
[20:48:51] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yeah! Sure!
[20:48:52] <✦[rp] Cinder> Can you parrot the sounds? If we go slow at first
[20:48:57] <✦[rp] Finch> okay!!!
[20:49:00] <✦[rp] Cinder> Okay, good.
[20:49:23] <✦[rp] Cinder> Joco, can I... Can I get you to do the thing with my wings? I don't think I have the right reach myself
[20:49:31] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Ah, yeah. Sure
[20:49:46] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Now? Right now?
[20:49:48] <✦[rp] Cinder> Thanks. Im sorry to have to ask that of you. The Wizard was gonna, but... Well.
[Cinder looks between Joco and Finch, their shoulders loosen a little.]
[20:49:54] <✦[rp] Cinder> We can run through the chant first!
[20:49:58] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Good plan!
[20:50:03] <✦[rp] Cinder> Make sure Finch knows it.
[20:49:23] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ [Endless-]
[20:50:04] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ ? [Endless ?]
[20:50:16] <✦[rp] Finch> did i do good ?
[20:50:25] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yeah!
[20:50:26] <✦[rp] Cinder> Sounded good to me!
[20:50:33] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ [Nonexistence and all-consuming-]
[20:50:35] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> That's a long one
[20:51:24] <✦[rp] Finch> リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ ? [Nonexistence and al-consuming ?]
[20:51:30] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yeah!!
[20:51:40] <✦[rp] Finch> yay!!!!
[20:51:37] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> リ𝙹ℸ [Not-]
[20:53:01] <✦[rp] Finch> リ𝙹ℸ . ................ ? [Not……?]
[20:53:21] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yeah!
[20:53:38] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You're doin' great with this!
[20:53:44] <✦[rp] Finch> oh yay!!!
[20:53:47] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ [-thingness]
[20:53:49] <✦[rp] Finch> dad's gonna be sooooo proud of me
[20:53:52] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> He is!
[20:54:15] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ is a fun one, I think [-thingness]
[Cinder nods at Finch with encouragement.]
[20:54:16] <✦[rp] Cinder> Yeah, you're doing great. You can tell Dan all about how you helped us out and he'll... What does he do for you. Take you on fishing trips?
[20:54:25] <✦[rp] Finch> yeah fishing trips!!!
[20:54:56] <✦[rp] Cinder> we'll sort my wings out and you guys can go on a fishing trip
[20:54:52] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ kids, we're on a very possible time constraint [-thingness]
[20:54:53] <✦[rp] Finch> ⍑╎リリ⊣ᒷᓭᓭ, [-hinngess]
[20:55:00] <✦[rp] Cinder> Right, sorry Joco
[20:55:18] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> If the world is collapsing in on itself, we want to get this shit Done With
[20:54:59] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ [Arise from-]
[20:55:16] <✦[rp] Finch> ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ..........! [Arise from….!]
[20:55:19] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yeah!
[20:55:25] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ [His domain-]
[20:55:37] <✦[rp] Finch> ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ [His domain.]
[20:55:39] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ [And feast-]
[20:56:10] <✦[rp] Finch> ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑℸ [And feast.]
[20:56:14] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ [Upon new Code.]
[20:57:12] <✦[rp] Finch> ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ [Upon new Code.]
[20:59:00] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> That's it!
[20:59:04] <✦[rp] Finch> oh! okay!!!
[20:59:08] <✦[rp] Finch> just say all of that?
[20:59:11] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yes
[20:59:14] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ↸ꖎꖎᒷᓭᓭ リリ𝙹ᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ [Endlless nnoexistence and al-consuming nothingness, arise from ̣ his domain and feetupon new code.]
[20:59:19] <✦[rp] Cinder> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ. [Endless nonexistence and all-consuming nothingness, arise from this domain and feast upon new code.] Just like that
[Joco repeats the same phrase.]
[20:59:21] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[20:59:20] <✦[rp] Finch> did........... i do ok?
[20:59:26] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You're an incredibly fast learner, kid
[20:59:38] <✦[rp] Cinder> You did great.
[20:59:38] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You did amazing!
[20:59:39] <✦[rp] Finch> thanks! you have to be sometimes!
[20:59:47] <✦[rp] Finch> thats rule number ... uh. 8 to survival!
[20:59:54] <✦[rp] Finch> i dont have other steps.
[20:59:50] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yep!
[20:59:53] <✦[rp] Cinder> Hopefully, The Wizard will be here to take over sometime soon, but till then you'll do perfect
[21:00:13] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> It's mostly us standing around Cinder while chanting, yes?
[21:00:27] <✦[rp] Finch> okay!
[21:00:17] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder?
[21:00:54] <✦[rp] Cinder> Okay. I think- I think we need to do it now. Yeah, you guys keep the chant going. After we... burn the feathers. My blood should drip into the void, and my wings will be all weird and then it should work?
[21:01:07] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Alright
[21:01:08] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Feather time?
[21:01:32] <✦[rp] Finch> ok!
[Finch seems much too excited about this.]
[21:01:36] <✦[rp] Finch> lets go.
[Cinder steps onto the platform into the middle. They move to spread their wings, back to Joco. Momentarily they turn towards him.]
[21:01:56] <✦[rp] Cinder> If anything goes wrong.... Thank you. For taking care of me since I got here.
[21:02:13] <✦[rp] Finch> okay!!!!
[21:02:17] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You are going to be okay, kid, no matter what. I promise to the best of my ability
[21:02:22] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I will see you get old and crusty
[21:02:28] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> And then I can make fun of you for that
[21:02:37] <✦[rp] Cinder> I lost all of my family. But now I have corroded. And you, and Finch, and everyone else gave me that. I love you guys
[21:03:04] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I love you, too, kiddo
[21:03:05] <✦[rp] Finch> okay!
[21:03:07] <✦[rp] Finch> cool!
[21:03:09] <✦[rp] Finch> thank you!
[Cinder turns again to have their back to Joco.]
[21:02:49] <✦[rp] Cinder> Okay, wings. Lets- let's do this.
[21:03:11] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> This is definitely going to hurt a bit
[Cinder flares their wings. The glitching seems to be more bright and vivid than it ever had been before. The Void glistens against the feathers, almost luminescent in the candlelight.]
[21:03:31] <✦[rp] Finch> wooooah.......... coolsies...........
[21:03:34] <✦[rp] Cinder> Yep. Just... Get it done. If it has to be anyone I'm glad its you.
[Cinder mutters under their breath.]
[21:04:01] <✦[rp] Cinder> I really hope the Wizard gets here soon.
[Joco is careful to find some decently intact feathers, yanking them out quickly before putting pressure on the wounds for a few seconds, in hopes to slow the bleeding a little. Cinder hisses in pain, but holds themself still, they clutch their lily of the valley tight in their hands. Finch winces at the sight.]
[21:04:59] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> 8 feathers, one per candle.
[21:05:12] <✦[rp] Cinder> Okay- now, we just need to burn them in the candle flames. Finch, could you do your side?
[21:05:23] <✦[rp] Finch> as in uh.......?
[21:05:37] <✦[rp] Cinder> Just take some feathers and hold them over each flame until they burn
[Joco hands Finch half of the feathers, and demonstrates with one of them. Joco gently holds the feather over the flame, letting it lick away at it.]
[21:06:00] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> It's important to do one feather per candle, not all at once
[21:06:13] <✦[rp] Finch> alrighty!
[Finch happily grabs the feathers from Joco.]
[21:06:28] <✦[rp] Finch> do i uh. do it now
[21:06:30] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yes
[21:07:06] <✦[rp] Finch> ok!!!
[Finch begins to carefully place the feathers in their rightful place, seemingly happy to do this. On the center stone, Cinder’s blood runs in small trickles down what remains of aer wings, dripping into the open Void space around aer. Ae watches the other two anxiously.]
[21:07:37] <✦[rp] Cinder> And now it's the chant. You two do the chant, and I do it quietly at first too but... I might need to stop. I don't know.
[21:07:44] <✦[rp] Finch> okay!!
[21:07:50] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> That's ok. Do it as long as you can, kid
[21:07:55] <✦[rp] Cinder> But you guys just keep going unless something seems wrong. If something goes wrong we stop, okay?
[21:07:59] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yes
[21:08:03] <✦[rp] Finch> okay!!!!
[21:07:54] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:07:57] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ⍊↸ꖎꖎᒷᓭ リリ𝙹ᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ!¡ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸∷ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵᔑ↸ᒷ
[The chants begin the fill the room.]
[21:08:19] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:08:23] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ⍊↸ꖎꖎᒷᓭ リリ𝙹ᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ!¡ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸∷ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵᔑ↸ᒷ
[Cinder joins in, beginning to repeat the chant under their breath, in time with the others. They close their eyes. They don't know what exactly they're looking for, but they know they will know when they find it.]
[21:08:52] <✦[rp] Cinder> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:08:56] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ⍊↸ꖎꖎᒷᓭ リリ𝙹ᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ!¡ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸∷ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵᔑ↸ᒷ
[21:08:57] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:09:43] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ⍊↸ꖎꖎᒷᓭ リリ𝙹ᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ!¡ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸∷ᒲ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵᔑ↸ᒷ
[21:09:49] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[There is something on the edge of their mind. A blur, like something out of focus, or behind fogged glass. There is noise, like one is down a far end of a very long tunnel. If they can just reach out to it, maybe-]
[21:09:52] <✦[rp] Cinder> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:10:11] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ⍊↸ꖎꖎᒷᓭ リリ𝙹ᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ!¡ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑᓭ⊣ᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸∷ᒲ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵᔑ↸ᒷ
[21:10:15] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:11:01] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ⍊↸ꖎꖎᒷᓭ リリ𝙹ᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ!¡ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑᓭ⊣ᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸∷ᒲ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓╎ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵᔑ↸ᒷ
[21:11:05] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[Cinder screws their eyes tightly shut. They hunch, their wings curl. The purple glitching grows brighter, the crying obsidian seems to as well. The blood, dripping down their wings, does not fall. The droplets stop as if frozen in place. Finch looks up, they glance at Joco.]
[21:11:32] <✦[rp] Finch> ... hey joco that's meant to happen.. Right?
[Joco doesn’t move their head, their focus is trained solely on cinder.]
[21:11:41] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Keep chanting, kid
[Still, Joco clenches a healing potion and a strength potion tight in each hand.]
[21:11:44] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ⍊↸ꖎꖎᒷᓭ リリ𝙹ᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ!¡ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑᓭ⊣ᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸∷ᒲ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓╎ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵᔑ↸ᒷ
[21:12:10] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[There is a voice. Somewhere, at the edge of their very consciousness, there is a voice. And it is calling. If Cinder tries, very hard, over the sound of the others, they can hear it whispering. Not in words, not in language, but in promises.]
[21:12:27] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:12:36] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[Glorious promises of justice, of revenge. Of righting the world. It settles over Cinder once again, a familiar weight. She knows this voice, intimately. The Void has come to wrap her in its arms again. The Void has come to take her Home.]
[21:12:58] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:13:08] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[Every single candle goes out in a single breath. Cinder begins to laugh. Joco stops.]
[21:13:17] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Kid?
[21:13:23] <✦[rp] Finch> YAY!
[21:13:23] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Kiddo?
[21:13:25] <✦[rp] Finch> i think we did it
[21:13:31] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder?
[Finch begins to move towards Joco.]
[21:13:47] <✦[rp] Finch> joco! Highfive
[Joco shakes their head, pushing Finch back towards their spot.]
[21:13:48] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> We definitely didn't. Cinder
[21:13:51] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Finch, go back to your spot
[Finch makes a face.]
[21:13:51] <✦[rp] Finch> we did it!
[21:13:54] <✦[rp] Finch> i think!
[Cinder’s laughter starts off as a giggle, light and breathy, but soon it's all consuming. They can barely get enough air to breathe. They stand up, wings unfurling.]
[21:13:57] <✦[rp] Cinder> Joco-
[21:14:02] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder.
[21:14:19] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder, I need you to talk to me.
[Their eyes open. They are pitch black and empty, dotted by the colorful swirl of an iridescent nebula.]
[21:14:21] <✦[rp] Cinder> Can you hear it?
[21:14:28] <✦[rp] Cinder> I can.
[21:14:28] <✦[rp] Finch> hear what.
[21:14:33] <✦[rp] Finch> what are we meant to hear?
[21:14:39] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder, I can hear nothing except us talking and the candles not burning
[21:14:41] <✦[rp] Cinder> We did it, Joco. It's here. And it's going to free me.
[21:14:45] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder.
[21:14:50] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> It is not here to free you, Cinder
[21:14:52] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You know this
[21:14:58] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You've experienced this before.
[Finch teeters on their tiptoes. They can only see an expression on Joco’s face they can’t understand. Cinder’s back is turned to them.]
[21:15:03] <✦[rp] Finch> what are we talking about did we win?
[21:15:05] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> It does not wish to free you in a way you want, Cinder.
[21:15:10] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You Know This.
[21:15:19] <✦[rp] Cinder> No, don't be afraid! It's okay! I have experienced this before, you're right. It's.... It's working.
[21:15:34] <✦[rp] Finch> im glad! see joco cinder said its working!
[21:15:20] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You've known it since you woke up and your server was dead.
[21:15:29] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You know that the void isn't here to help.
[21:15:31] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Kid.
[21:15:48] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Get it out of your head, kid, please.
[21:15:55] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> please
[Cinder’s wings are almost fiery in their glow. The void begins to creep up, and up. They hold their wings flared.]
[21:16:07] <✦[rp] Finch> hey joco is that a good thing
[21:16:09] <✦[rp] Cinder> It's okay. It's all going to be okay. It promised
[21:16:11] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder, if you don't get it out, you will lose your wings.
[21:16:26] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder. Please. I can't lose you to this shit.
[21:16:36] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Get it out. I know you can, you're strong.
[21:16:37] <✦[rp] Finch> its a nice color!
[Joco finally looks at Finch for a moment.]
[21:16:45] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Finch, please be quiet.
[21:16:46] <✦[rp] Finch> is that what theyre meant to look like ?
[The scintillating purple hits bone. Cinder gasps, pained and ragged, and doubles over. He blinks, and his eyes are back to normal.]
[21:17:07] <✦[rp] Cinder> Joco? I-
[21:17:12] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hey, kid, hey.
[21:17:24] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> It's definitely done something.
[Cinder doubles over in pain, and begins to expel black tar-like liquid from their mouth. It pours over the edge of the platform and into the Void below.]
[21:17:35] <✦[rp] Cinder> I don-
[21:17:38] <✦[rp] Cinder> I don't know what-
[21:17:44] <✦[rp] Cinder> Joco i don't know whats happening
[21:17:45] <✦[rp] Finch> ... you good?
[21:17:45] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You're ok. You're going to be okay.
[Cinder looks around aimlessly.]
[21:17:50] <✦[rp] Cinder> Where's the Wizard
[21:17:52] <✦[rp] Cinder> Where is he
[21:17:57] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Wiz isn't here. I don't.
[21:17:58] <✦[rp] Finch> not here! im here! instead!
[21:18:01] <✦[rp] Finch> because im cooler!
[21:18:05] <✦[rp] Finch> and you asked me to be here!
[Cinder gasps for breath.]
[21:18:01] <✦[rp] Cinder> He said he was going to help if things went wrong
[21:18:06] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> He did do that
[21:18:08] <✦[rp] Cinder> He promised, Joco
[21:18:16] <✦[rp] Cinder> He promised he was gonna help me. I don't-
[21:18:23] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> He did, and he's not here, and that's bad
[21:18:27] <✦[rp] Finch> i can help!! i dont know how but i can!!!
[21:18:28] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> But you're going to be okay, kiddo
[Cinder doubles over again. They clasp at their head.]
[21:18:53] <✦[rp] Cinder> It's.... It's in there, Joco
[21:18:54] <✦[rp] Finch> ..
[21:18:57] <✦[rp] Finch> joco is that good ?
[21:18:59] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Tell it to fuck off, Cinder
[21:19:00] <✦[rp] Finch> uh.
[21:19:04] <✦[rp] Finch> mmmmmmmmmmm
[21:19:05] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Tell it to fuck right off
[21:19:09] <✦[rp] Cinder> In my head, and down there.
[They point to the Void openings around them.]
[21:19:12] <✦[rp] Finch> try winning!
[21:19:19] <✦[rp] Finch> thats what i do!
[21:19:20] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> It's in your head and you can get it out, kid.
[21:19:24] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I know you. You can do this.
[21:19:27] <✦[rp] Finch> i always win! you should try that.
[Cinder lets out a gasping sound.]
[21:19:38] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'm trying. I'm trying so hard.
[21:19:42] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You are, and I am so proud of you.
[21:19:48] <✦[rp] Cinder> My wings- they're-
[Cinder turns to look at their wings. There are no longer wings there.]
[21:20:03] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Shit, kid
[21:20:07] <✦[rp] Cinder> Ha. H-ha. I don't-
[21:20:12] <✦[rp] Finch> ......
[21:20:13] <✦[rp] Cinder> I don't think we did the ritual right
[21:20:28] <✦[rp] Finch> was........ was it my fault?
[21:20:34] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hmm
[21:20:40] <✦[rp] Cinder> No kid, not yours
[21:20:43] <✦[rp] Cinder> Mine, maybe
[Joco pulls out their communicator. They begin to rapid-fire send message after message to the Wizard. They aren’t coherent besides panicked cries for help repeated over and over again. Cinder lifts their hands. The tips of their fingers are flickering.]
[21:20:59] <✦[rp] Cinder> Uh oh.
[21:21:02] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Kiddo?
[21:21:12] <✦[rp] Cinder> Joco. I don't think-
[21:21:13] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Kiddo can you just look at me and focus on the sound of my voice?
[21:21:19] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hey. You're going to get out of this.
[21:21:21] <✦[rp] Cinder> Mhm
[21:21:40] <✦[rp] Cinder> Listening. It's hard to hear though. It's so loud
[21:21:52] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hey, that's ok. Just listen to the sound of my voice.
[21:21:58] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You got this
[21:22:20] <✦[rp] Finch> yeah whatever joco said!
[21:22:19] <✦[rp] Cinder> Joco, it's hungry. The Void is so, so hungry.
[21:22:24] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I'm. I am going to break the ritual line, yeah? I'm gonna come over and you're gonna focus on the feeling of my hands on you.
[Joco begins advancing forward. Cinder throws up their hands.]
[21:22:31] <✦[rp] Cinder> NO!
[Joco stops.]
[21:22:35] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> No?
[21:22:39] <✦[rp] Cinder> Don't do that. I don't-
[21:22:44] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'm trying to keep it in
[21:22:50] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Don't keep it in, kid
[21:22:52] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Send it out
[21:22:58] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Send it down below
[21:22:56] <✦[rp] Cinder> If I stop, if I let it go, it's going to devour you all
[21:23:07] <✦[rp] Finch> it wouldnt hurt me! im its friend!
[21:23:09] <✦[rp] Finch> duh.
[21:23:19] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> If you try and keep it in, it'll eat you and spread out to get us anyways.
[21:23:25] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Try and get it Out
[21:23:27] <✦[rp] Cinder> It's going to start with you, and finch. Piece by piece by piece it's going to break you down
[21:23:46] <✦[rp] Cinder> And then it'll take Corroded. And the other factions. And the rest of the server
[21:23:39] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> If it eats us, that's ok, kid.
[21:23:42] <✦[rp] Finch> i doubt that. again. its my friend!
[21:23:43] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> From the Code, to the Code.
[21:23:53] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Please, try and focus on sending it out
[21:24:01] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Out of your body. Out of this server
[21:23:46] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> It's OK.
[21:23:59] <✦[rp] Cinder> NO! No it's not okay!
[21:24:13] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'm going to keep you safe. I couldn't do it before but I'm going to this time
[21:24:18] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder,
[21:24:22] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'm trying so hard Joco. I promise
[21:24:28] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Please, kid.
[21:24:27] <✦[rp] Finch> would you rather us tie you to a rope then dangle you down there and rot? is this what you want here?
[Joco snaps at Finch.]
[21:24:41] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Finch, shut up real quick for me.
[21:24:51] <✦[rp] Finch> what! im suggesting worse case scenario!
[21:24:45] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder.
[21:25:05] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> When you get sick and need to throw up, is it good to keep it in, or is it best to get it out?
[21:25:27] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Throwing up gets the bad stuff out, even if it might stain some sheets and be really gross.
[21:25:38] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I need you to do that with the Void.
[Cinder closes their eyes, mouthing the ritual words. What is still visible of their hands tense and shake, moved almost in prayer. Their legs and arms are slowly being consumed by the glitching, eating away at their form until there isn't anything left.]
[21:25:43] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I need you to get it out of you.
[21:25:48] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'll try. I'll try.
[21:26:15] <✦[rp] Finch> try harder! do your best!
[The chant begins again, following Cinder’s lead.]
[21:26:09] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:26:22] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ⍊↸ꖎꖎᒷᓭ リリ𝙹ᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ!¡ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑᓭ⊣ᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸∷ᒲ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓╎ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵᔑ↸ᒷ
[21:26:35] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[It is unbearably painful. Cinder does not show it beyond the shake of their breath, and the way starry tears are dripping down their face, ink black and viscous.]
[21:26:46] <✦[rp] Cinder> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:27:01] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓╎ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵᔑ↸ᒷ
[21:27:03] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:27:17] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[Somewhere inside of them, something is snarling hungrily. It is eating what it can, destroying Cinder from the inside out. Eventually, it will eat its way through the walls of its cage. Cinder reaches towards it, and lets it go-]
[21:27:33] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:27:58] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ !!
[The void lets out a hum, one that fills the room dizzyingly.]
[21:28:21] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:28:54] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:28:58] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[Something shifts in the world. The sky is blackened- the sun is eclipsed, casting a darkness over the server. There is something horribly wrong. Shadows fall long, and those shadows seem to move, thrash, ever so slightly.
In the ring of eclipsed light coming through the entrance hole of the pit, you can almost see the silhouette of wings that are no longer there on Cinder's back. They look, in a way, like an angel.
The Void has been welcomed into the server. And it is hungry. And it is going to consume.]
[21:30:49] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[21:31:11] <✦[rp] Finch> ᒷリ↸ꖎᒷᓭᓭ リ𝙹リᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷリᓵᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎꖎ-ᓵ𝙹リᓭ⚍ᒲ╎リ⊣ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣リᒷᓭᓭ, ᔑ∷╎ᓭᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ↸𝙹ᒲᔑ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ⎓ᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⚍!¡𝙹リ リᒷ∴ ᓵ𝙹↸ᒷ
[Cinder throws up once again, slumping onto the platform. They reach a hand out to Joco weakly.]
[21:31:21] <✦[rp] Cinder> Joco, I- I did it- it's-
[Joco immediately tosses a strength potion onto them. It shatters as it touches them, soaking into the skin. It doesn’t seem to do much.]
[21:31:34] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Kid
[21:31:37] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hey.
[21:31:43] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I'm going to break circle now, yeah?
[Joco rushes forward, stepping past the candles.]
[21:31:45] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hey.
[21:31:47] <✦[rp] Cinder> Mhm
[21:31:50] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You did so good and I am so proud
[Joco takes Cinder into their arms, before uncorking and dumping a healing potion onto Cinder, which also soaks in. It, in very much the same way, appears to do very little. Finch rushes forward as well].
[21:31:59] <✦[rp] Finch> YAYAY im proud! of whatever that was
[21:32:04] <✦[rp] Finch> can i get a hug.
[Cinder and Joco are facing away from Finch.]
[21:32:17] <✦[rp] Finch> or you can hug joco
[21:32:19] <✦[rp] Finch> thats. fine too.
[Finch stands impatiently behind them, but there’s a lighthearted tone in their voice..]
[21:32:41] <✦[rp] Finch> dont want to fucking hug me i see how it is
[They turn away from Cinder and Joco. Cinder smiles and leans into Joco, weakly hugging them, they-]
[21:32:11] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hey, kid?
[They cannot feel their arms.
Their arms. Where are their arms?]
[21:32:24] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I just need you to stay awake for me.
[Joco holds Cinder’s head.]
[21:32:38] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> It's going to be okay. It's. Stay awake for me.
[Oh. Of course. They may have cast the void out into the server, but part of it still is within them. Enough that it could eat their wings. Enough to take the rest of them with it.
Joco lifts Cinder off of the center platform. They slide back against the wall, drawing Cinder into their lap as they lean against it.]
[Weakly:]
[21:33:12] <✦[rp] Cinder> Joco?
[21:33:17] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Hey, Cinder. Hi.
[21:33:16] <✦[rp] Cinder> I don't feel so good
[21:33:25] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> That's okay, you're going to feel better.
[21:33:35] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Can you eat? I have a few gapples.
[Cinder chuckles weakly: ]
[21:33:35] <✦[rp] Cinder> I don't- I don't think I-
[21:33:51] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> That's ok, kiddo, that's ok.
[21:34:09] <✦[rp] Cinder> Joco I- I don't think I can move. My- my arms-
[21:34:10] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You're going to be okay, kiddo
[21:34:32] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You are going to be okay. I promise. Just, hang in with me, alright?
[Finch turns back around.]
[21:34:43] <✦[rp] Finch> oh what about your arms! just move em around a bit and you'll be-
[21:34:46] <✦[rp] Finch> ..........
[21:34:49] <✦[rp] Finch> oh.
[Joco has pulled out their communicator again, and begun texting the Wizard more urgently.
Below their hands, Cinder shivers. What once was their limbs is now a pile of purple glitches, textures corroding over top of each other. It is progressing up their body from their arms and legs at a slow and steady rate.]
[21:35:04] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You're going to be okay.
[21:35:16] <✦[rp] Cinder> Where's,,,, the Wizard,,, He said he was,,, he was gonna help me
[21:35:23] <✦[rp] Cinder> he was gonna keep me safe,,,,
[21:35:23] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> He did do that.
[21:35:28] <✦[rp] Finch> ........
[21:35:33] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> He's not here right now, and I don't know why.
[21:35:33] <✦[rp] Finch> uhm.
[21:35:36] <✦[rp] Cinder> Joco. Joco I-
[Cinder’s voice becomes startlingly lucid.]
[21:35:55] <✦[rp] Cinder> Finch, Joco. You need to go
[21:36:04] <✦[rp] Cinder> You need to leave. It's not safe. Not anymore
[21:36:05] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I won't be going without you.
[Finch backs further away, despite already being on the opposite side.]
[21:36:09] <✦[rp] Finch> i.
[21:36:11] <✦[rp] Finch> uhm.
[21:36:16] <✦[rp] Finch> somethings. wrong.
[21:36:26] <✦[rp] Finch> what do. we do with you.
[21:36:27] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Something is wrong.
[21:36:34] <✦[rp] Cinder> Finch.
[Cinder looks them in the eyes.]
[21:36:34] <✦[rp] Cinder> I know you say its your friend but I promise. You need to go, It's gonna hurt you
[21:36:47] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Finch, you're okay to leave if you'd like. Go look for Wiz, see if you can find him
[21:36:55] <✦[rp] Cinder> It;s gonna hurt everyone. I couldn't get rid of it, I wasn;t strong enough, I-
[21:37:10] <✦[rp] Cinder> I couldn't put it back into the void. I had to just let it go
[21:36:59] <✦[rp] Finch> oh i can clearly see that! i mean just look at you! you look like a wreck!
[21:37:11] <✦[rp] Finch> i dont even know where the wizard would be!
[21:37:26] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Finch? Go look. Check Verdegris, or something
[21:37:27] <✦[rp] Finch> whats the most important place.
[Cinder sniffles through tears and pain.]
[21:37:23] <✦[rp] Cinder> You aren't mad, right, Joco? i just did what you said to
[21:37:28] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder?
[21:37:31] <✦[rp] Finch> the biggest danger.
[21:37:29] <✦[rp] Cinder> I didn't want to hurt them. Not again
[21:37:35] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Cinder, I could never be mad at you
[21:37:42] <✦[rp] Finch> what would be more important than THIS?
[21:37:43] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You have tried your best
[21:38:02] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Just stay awake, kiddo
[21:38:05] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'm really sorry.
[21:37:47] <✦[rp] Finch> ........
[21:37:49] <✦[rp] Finch> hm
[21:37:58] <✦[rp] Finch> hey joco are you
[21:38:02] <✦[rp] Finch> thinking what im thinking.
[21:38:11] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Finch. Go fucking check.
[21:38:13] <✦[rp] Finch> the noise earlier.
[21:38:15] <✦[rp] Finch> the.
[21:38:18] <✦[rp] Finch> him.
[21:38:21] <✦[rp] Finch> that bastard.
[Joco points up to the surface.]
[21:38:24] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Go. Fucking. Check.
[21:38:27] <✦[rp] Finch> you two stay the fuck here
[21:38:39] <✦[rp] Finch> i have someone i need to beat to a pulp
[21:38:43] <✦[rp] Finch> ill go check
[21:38:43] <✦[rp] Finch> just.
[21:38:47] <✦[rp] Finch> stay alright.
[21:38:50] <✦[rp] Finch> ok?
[Cinder nestles what they can into Joco further. If they could, they would clasp at his sleeve.]
[21:38:53] <✦[rp] Finch> you're both very useful.
[21:39:06] <✦[rp] Finch> please dont die you're better off alive. Ok?
[Cinder’s voice is faint.]
[21:39:07] <✦[rp] Cinder> Okay Finch
[21:39:09] <✦[rp] Finch> just.
[21:39:11] <✦[rp] Finch> yeah.
[21:39:19] <✦[rp] Finch> i need to go fucking kill someone. repeatedly.
[Finch flies up through the top of the Void hole. Joco hugs Cinder closer as Finch disappears, pressing a kiss to their temple.]
[21:39:11] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I've got you, kiddo. I've got you.
[21:39:23] <✦[rp] Cinder> I'm sorry. I tried. I tried really hard.
[21:39:30] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You did, and I'm so proud of you
[21:39:38] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I am so, so proud of you.
[21:39:34] <✦[rp] Cinder> Promise me- PROMISE me.
[21:39:41] <✦[rp] Cinder> You're gonna be okay, yeah?
[21:39:44] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I will
[21:39:52] <✦[rp] Cinder> You, the others.
[21:39:57] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> We're going to be okay.
[21:40:28] <✦[rp] Cinder> Tell- Tell Ollie I'm sorry I upset them. And Flick I hope they find more avian friends. And- and Doc I hope he gets home.
[21:40:34] <✦[rp] Cinder> And tell Wiz I forgive him
[21:40:45] <✦[rp] Cinder> I-
[21:40:45] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Of course, kiddo. Just. Please, try and hold on. Please?
[21:40:55] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I'm asking so much, but please
[Cinder presses their face against Joco’s body.]
[21:41:05] <✦[rp] Cinder> I;m really glad I got to have a brother. I never had one before. It was nice.
[Joco laughs through a sudden sob.]
[21:41:21] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> You've been the best little sibling I could ever ask for, kiddo
[Joco tries to grasp harder at them, but they’re fading away in his hands.]
[21:41:28] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Please, hold on. Please.
[21:41:29] <✦[rp] Cinder> Hey. You- you remember when you told me about blueberries? You think someday we'll get to try them together?
[Joco nods repeatedly, trying to stave off waves of tears.]
[21:41:35] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> Yeah!
[21:41:43] <✦[rp] Cinder> That sounds nice.
[21:41:48] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> The berries called blue that are also green and purple
[There is not much of Cinder left. Every part that there is, though, is clinging to Joco. The lily of the valley falls from their hand to the floor of the pit.]
[21:42:10] <✦[rp] Cinder> I love you
[21:42:16] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I love you too, Cinder
[21:43:27] <✦[rp] Joco Serious> I love you so much, baby bird
[In a fit of purple sparks, Player_Phyrric is no more. They have been lifted into the Void's embrace, and pulled apart into a million different building blocks of code.
In their final moments, they hope it will be peaceful. If it is, it means all of the people from their home got to go peacefully too. And maybe that's penance.
Joco collapses in on themself where Cinder had just been moments before. There is nothing left but the faint retreating smell of lilies.]
[21:44:18] ✦[rp] Cinder fell out of the world