UNTITLED SMP
UNTITLED SMP
Characters present: Joco, Wizard, Flick
Date: 9-29-23
Season: 3
[On a warm afternoon, Joco and the Wizard venture over from Verdigris to visit Flick’s home tree in Wisteria. They spend some time exploring the area together, hanging out and chatting, before the three of them find a tucked away hollow, and continue to chat inside of it.]
[21:00:16] <✦[rp] Joco> Y'all ever try peanut butter?
[21:00:37] <✦[rp] Joco> Doc's got me thinkin' about foods I haven't had in years.
[21:00:52] <✦[rp] Flick> I've had it before
[21:01:25] <✦ The Wizard> I cannot say I have ever had "peanut butter" before
[21:02:14] <✦[rp] Joco> It's great.
[21:02:22] <✦[rp] Joco> Very good source of protein.
[21:02:30] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Is a peanut...what is a peanut?
[21:02:44] <✦[rp] Joco> It's like. Imagine if a cocoa bean grew in the ground and also didn't taste like cocoa.
[21:03:13] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Huh! Well that sure sounds interesting, indeed
[21:03:16] <✦[rp] Joco> A peanut is a bean called a nut. And it grows in the ground. And you take it out of the shell and bake it and grind it up
[21:03:20] <✦[rp] Joco> To get the peanut butter.
[21:03:33] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Fascinating!
[21:03:39] <✦[rp] Joco> If you're having fun with it, you add sugar
[21:03:50] <✦[rp] Flick> Peanuts are delightful
[21:03:52] <✦[rp] Joco> Do you know of grapes?
[21:04:10] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Oh, those I do know!
[21:04:27] <✦[rp] The Wizard> The Academy had the most beautiful vineyards as far as the eye could see
[Joco nods.]
[21:04:22] <✦[rp] Joco> Grape jam and peanut butter go really well together
[21:04:33] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Sounds delicious!
[21:05:14] <✦[rp] Joco> So many good nuts
[21:05:02] <✦[rp] Joco> Lots of folks are allergic to peanuts, alongside tree nuts.
[21:05:25] <✦[rp] Flick> That sounds devastating, honestly.
[21:05:19] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Allergies, right you mentioned that before
[21:05:29] <✦[rp] Joco> Do you... not have allergies where you're from??
[21:05:46] <✦[rp] The Wizard> ...You know how you mentioned before that the Unknown removed a cat allergy from you?
[21:05:50] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah?
[21:06:01] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Most people where I come from are given vaccines and other modifications to prevent allergies
[21:06:06] <✦[rp] Joco> What the fuck
[21:06:08] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I only learned about them later into my studies
[21:06:19] <✦[rp] Joco> How do you. I.
[21:06:20] <✦[rp] Flick> That sounds cool as hell
[21:06:24] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Yes, once the technology became safe enough, it was widespread to the greater community
[Joco looks confused.]
[21:06:39] <✦[rp] Joco> What.
[21:06:40] <✦[rp] Joco> I.
[21:06:38] <✦[rp] Joco> Allergies are the body attacking things that don't need attacked. How do you vaccinate an allergy?
[21:06:54] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Oh, simple widespread code modification, basically
[21:07:05] <✦[rp] Flick> Fascinating!
[21:07:11] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Isolate the places where the misbehaving code exists, and either destroy it or rewrite it!
[21:07:09] <✦[rp] Joco> Wow.
[Joco bites back some lingering anger.]
[21:07:06] <✦[rp] Joco> They ripped my thing out of my body directly.
[21:07:16] <✦[rp] Joco> That sounds so much more pleasant.
[The Wizard taps the tips of his fingers together.]
[21:07:29] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Yes, you were probably one of the uh...test subjects in that particular experiment
[21:07:29] <✦[rp] Joco> Flick do you have any allergies
[21:08:04] <✦[rp] Flick> None that I'm aware of, which is pretty good in my opinion.
[21:08:13] <✦[rp] Joco> Nice
[21:08:17] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Very nice!
[21:08:20] <✦[rp] Joco> I'm allergic to alcohol.
[21:08:30] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Right, you've mentioned that before
[21:08:40] <✦[rp] Joco> Wiz, I'm not asking you about allergies, because you had vaccines for that shit.
[21:09:13] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Haha, yes, I assumed
[21:09:19] <✦[rp] Joco> Wait. Okay. How long ago did you hear about the vaccines?
[The Wizard furrows his brow.]
[21:09:34] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I can't remember now
[21:09:56] <✦[rp] The Wizard> But it was a long time ago, maybe when I was in my late teens?
[21:10:08] <✦[rp] The Wizard> It had been established science for a while before then
[21:10:12] <✦[rp] Joco> I lost my cat allergy at age 387. I remember because one of them let me see my sheet.
[Flick blinks.]
[21:10:30] <✦[rp] Flick> at age What
[21:10:43] <✦[rp] Joco> 387
[21:10:50] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Odd...that seems too recent to be in the testing phases
[21:10:57] <✦[rp] Joco> Like. 200, 300 years ago?
[Joco huffs.]
[21:10:34] <✦[rp] Joco> You're telling me I could've gotten a vaccine instead of one of Them reaching in and-
[The Wizard shakes his head.]
[21:11:03] <✦[rp] The Wizard> That was some backwater science
[21:11:17] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Whoever did that to you did it maliciously
[21:11:25] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah....
[Flick blinks continuously, looking between the two of them.]
[21:11:38] <✦[rp] Joco> Flick what's up you look confused by the numbers
[21:12:04] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Ah, right, Flick you're relatively, young
[21:12:22] <✦[rp] The Wizard> You must be what, in your early 100s, 200s?
[21:12:37] <✦[rp] Joco> Wiz I think you're overestimating the average age of a player.
[21:12:42] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Am I?
[21:12:39] <✦[rp] Flick> Uh. Close! early 20s!
[21:12:45] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Apparently I am!
[Joco cracks up.]
[21:13:02] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh, Flick, buckaroo, I'm over 600
[21:13:15] <✦[rp] Joco> Physically, like, mid to late 20s. But. Yeah.
[The Wizard narrows his eyes into the distance.]
[21:13:11] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I don't even know how old I am
[21:13:21] <✦[rp] Flick> Dear lord
[He smiles at the two of them.]
[21:13:47] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I've been told that I look like I'm in my 60's, but I don't know for sure how old Players like that look
[21:14:00] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Age passes much differently where I am from
[21:14:09] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah no Wiz you're like late 50s, 60s
[With affection.]
[21:14:17] <✦[rp] Joco> Old bastard
[Teasing: ]
[21:17:59] <✦[rp] The Wizard> You say that like you're not an older folk yourself!
[21:18:17] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah, old chronologically, but at least I age a whole lot slower!
[21:18:27] <✦[rp] Joco> I've got young bones, old man!
[21:18:30] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Less back pain, I'm sure
[21:18:41] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh no the back pain stays, spinal trauma is a real issue.
[21:18:49] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Maybe that's what the Unknown should come up with next, ways to get rid of the aches and pains!
[21:18:55] <✦[rp] Flick> God I wish
[Joco raises an eyebrow.]
[21:19:02] <✦[rp] Joco> We could just do weed.
[21:19:12] <✦[rp] The Wizard> We always could!
[21:19:20] <✦[rp] Flick> Weed like. a dandelion?
[21:19:30] <✦[rp] Joco> Weed as in. Shit, I can't remember the name
[21:19:34] <✦[rp] The Wizard> No, no, like cannabis
[21:19:44] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah! Cannabis. That stuff. It's a drug.
[21:19:52] <✦[rp] Joco> Like alcohol. But does different things.
[21:19:57] <✦[rp] The Wizard> It's a psychedelic drug, usually used to relax the mind, and the body
[21:20:02] <✦[rp] Joco> That's what folks were smoking at the wedding
[21:20:16] <✦[rp] Flick> Was that the smell
[21:20:40] <✦[rp] Joco> The bad smell was weed, yeah
[21:20:16] <✦[rp] The Wizard> It's why Joco was so out of it
[21:20:11] <✦[rp] Flick> So you're allergic to alcohol but not. the weed?
[21:20:24] <✦[rp] Joco> They're very different molecules
[21:24:06] <✦[rp] The Wizard> They are indeed, quite different
[The Wizard clears his throat.]
[21:24:21] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Speaking of the wedding-
[21:24:29] <✦[rp] Flick> Yeah?
[With concern: ]
[21:24:32] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Flick, did everything go alright after all that mess?
[21:24:43] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I felt a bit terrible about my whole outburst...and everything it lead to
[21:24:56] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I hope you know I have no ill will towards you
[21:25:04] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Just whatever demon bastard stole the egg
[Joco snorts: ]
[21:25:23] <✦[rp] Joco> Demon bastard??? Wow
[21:25:26] <✦[rp] Flick> I really really appreciate that you're not like. Upset at all at me specifically.
[21:25:45] <✦[rp] The Wizard> No, no, absolutely not at you. I know you had no part in that whole scheme
[21:25:38] <✦[rp] Joco> Flick, buckaroo, you don't seem the egg stealin' type.
[21:25:58] <✦[rp] Flick> Some would say otherwise but I appreciate that as well, joco :)
[21:26:08] <✦[rp] Joco> Flick that's incredibly foreboding to say
[21:26:18] <✦[rp] The Wizard> It truly is!
[21:26:23] <✦[rp] Joco> Do i need to throw chicken eggs at your tree?
[21:26:34] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Oh Void, not with the chicken eggs again
[21:26:51] <✦[rp] Joco> They're high in calcium and protein, Wiz. Good for the body.
[21:27:02] <✦[rp] The Wizard> You gotta stop throwin em everywhere
[21:27:07] <✦[rp] Joco> I did it once!
[Joco sticks a finger in the air, rolling over to lay on their back.]
[21:27:12] <✦[rp] Joco> One big egging!!
[Flick reaches over with a wing and bops Joco on the head.]
[21:27:11] <✦[rp] Flick> Please do not throw chicken eggs at my tree I will be very sad when i need to clean them up. Not the egg thing was about.
[21:27:27] <✦[rp] Joco> Hmmmm alright
[21:25:42] <✦[rp] Flick> Do you have any ideas on who stole it?
[21:25:49] <✦[rp] The Wizard> As of right now, no
[21:25:54] <✦[rp] Joco> We have no idea! Fun times.
[The Wizard shakes his head.]
[21:25:57] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Prince, maybe, got a finger in every pie, that one
[21:26:19] <✦[rp] Flick> I don't trust Prince but that's mostly just. Vibes.
[21:26:32] <✦[rp] Joco> Prince does not pass the vibe check.
[21:26:46] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Prince is...something
[21:26:51] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I still don't know what to make of him
[21:27:29] <✦[rp] Joco> Hey.
[They roll back over onto their belly]
[21:27:35] <✦[rp] Joco> Doc said he was lookin' for you after the wedding and couldn't find you, I looked for a bit and couldn't find you, what happened? Where'd you go?
[The Wizard snaps his fingers.]
[21:27:48] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Right!
[21:27:53] <✦[rp] The Wizard> He did mention that, he was right worried
[21:28:01] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Bit surprised when we found you here almost immediately
[21:28:27] <✦[rp] Joco> I poked around this place a couple times, way too many crevices, by the way, good job.
[Flick flushes.]
[21:28:55] <✦[rp] Flick> Uh. After the wedding I may have not been careful enough while I was flying? And. Forgot that the windows on his house are glass. And i May have flown directly into one and been unconscious for a Hot minute.
[21:29:11] <✦[rp] Joco> Buddy
[21:29:30] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Oh Void
[He tips his head.]
[21:29:34] <✦[rp] Flick> Absolutely not up there with my proudest moments
[21:29:43] <✦[rp] Joco> Bird moment, truly
[21:29:51] <✦[rp] Flick> A bit :>
[21:30:01] <✦[rp] Joco> How long were you on the roof for????
[21:33:48] <✦[rp] Flick> I don't think I was out on the roof for very long but i Will fully admit that I'm not sure what day it is. I had one hell of a headache and the sun hurt my eyes so I've been underground for a while.
[21:34:08] <✦[rp] Joco> Concussions'll do that to ya
[21:34:19] <✦[rp] Flick> Crazy things, really.
[21:34:29] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Indeed
[21:34:30] <✦[rp] Joco> Have you actually slept recently?
[21:34:41] <✦[rp] Joco> Real sleep, not. Passed out from exhaustion.
[21:34:45] <✦[rp] Joco> Fainted.
[21:35:03] <✦[rp] Flick> Uhh. honestly. not sure. I've taken naps, I think??
[21:35:26] <✦[rp] Joco> I really oughta just lock you two into the Bunkhouse one of these days
[21:35:34] <✦[rp] The Wizard> ...Probably
[Flick shakes his head.]
[21:35:45] <✦[rp] Flick> Respectfully I would go insane please do Not.
[Joco’s voice is tender, but teasing.]
[21:36:10] <✦[rp] Joco> Get some good sleep then, buckaroo, and I won't have to consider it.
[21:36:10] <✦[rp] The Wizard> A vacation might be nice
[21:36:28] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Away from all of the craziness the last few weeks- months, damn, have been
[The Wizard trails off: ]
[21:36:44] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Doc, Prince, Ceph, Wisteria, Corroded, Malfaction, the egg-
[21:36:52] <✦[rp] Joco> You think too much, maybe.
[21:36:46] <✦[rp] Joco> The only vacation spots I can think of are the winter town, the Haunting area, or this one mycelium island I found.
[The Wizard considers this, but his mind is far away at that moment.]
[21:36:58] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Mmm.
[21:36:59] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Maybe
[21:37:05] <✦[rp] Flick> Oh, you also have a mycelium island?
[21:37:23] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah! I had one last world as a vacation home, but this world I've mostly just collected mycelium and left it alone otherwise
[21:38:07] <✦[rp] Joco> What's up with yours, any plans?
[21:38:12] <✦[rp] Flick> That sounds pleasant. I've got a decently sized one out a ways. Just a little house out there. It's good to get away from uh. Everything. sometimes.
[21:38:20] <✦[rp] Joco> Nice!
[21:38:49] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Ah, that does sound nice
[21:39:21] <✦[rp] Joco> I'd say group vacation time, but I think if I disappeared, Finch and Cinder might yell at me.
[21:39:50] <✦[rp] Flick> Maybe you could just tell them you were going away for a bit?
[21:40:06] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah, that'd. That'd make sense.
[The Wizard raises his eyebrows.]
[21:39:37] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Oh
[21:39:44] <✦[rp] The Wizard> So the projects making good progress, then?
[21:39:56] <✦[rp] Joco> Not really! But it's better to stay alert
[Flick looks curious.]
[21:40:04] <✦[rp] Flick> ... a project ?
[21:40:09] <✦[rp] Joco> A project!
[21:40:36] <✦[rp] Flick> Am I allowed to ask what sort of project? If not that's okay
[21:40:31] <✦[rp] Joco> It's. Kind of being kept secret? At least from Prince, as best we can.
[21:40:44] <✦[rp] Flick> ah secrets are fine. godspeed
[Joco shrugs.]
[21:40:50] <✦[rp] Joco> It. Well, it's easily located on my base, if you feel like lookin'
[21:40:58] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Not hard to find, I suppose
[21:41:08] <✦[rp] Joco> Got its own building and whatnot
[21:41:20] <✦[rp] Flick> If you're trying to keep it secret from Prince wouldn't it make sense to hide it a little more?
[21:41:36] <✦[rp] Joco> I mean. I don't think Prince is looking around my base unless Doc visits.
[21:41:48] <✦[rp] Joco> And Prince doesn't know the backstory of it. So
[21:42:16] <✦[rp] Flick> I see, alrighty.
[Flick shakes his head, frustrated.]
[21:41:54] <✦[rp] Flick> The Malfaction don't really care much about "do not enter," in my experience.
[21:42:11] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Ah, you saw first hand their...diplomatic ways, didn't you?
[21:42:35] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh, is this about the proposal?
[Flick’s feathers puff up.]
[21:42:46] <✦[rp] Flick> If by "diplomatic ways" you mean watching my maybe-friend and faction leader get not quite dragged away into the snow then. yeah sure we can say that.
[21:43:08] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh! That's. Yeah, that's. A concerning thing to see.
[The Wizard waves his hand.]
[21:43:13] <✦[rp] The Wizard> All flash, bang, and nonsense
[21:43:20] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Yes, that sounds like them
[21:43:37] <✦[rp] Joco> You should stop by and visit Doc at some point, he's been worried
[21:43:46] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Oh, you absolutely should
[21:43:52] <✦[rp] Flick> I'll try to remember to do that, I should.
[21:43:54] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I think it might help him to see a friendly face, too
[21:44:01] <✦[rp] The Wizard> After all he's going through
[21:44:18] <✦[rp] Flick> Is he alright?
[21:44:24] <✦[rp] Joco> He's. Well.
[21:44:34] <✦[rp] The Wizard> It's worsened, the arm, since the wedding
[21:44:45] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Prince has some control over him now
[21:44:48] <✦[rp] Joco> His arm's like. Entirely sculked.
[21:44:55] <✦[rp] The Wizard> It's...not great
[21:45:03] <✦[rp] Flick> That's VERY not good uh. is there anything you've tried??
[21:45:14] <✦[rp] Joco> Prince can hear through the arm, so.
[21:45:28] <✦[rp] Joco> Every time we mention getting rid of it, he threatens to worsen it.
[21:45:37] <✦[rp] Flick> Prince can- Jesus christ, that's awful.
[The Wizard looks away.]
[21:45:57] <✦[rp] The Wizard> He made good on that promise, he injected more into Doc's face, I believe
[21:46:01] <✦[rp] Flick> Can you like. write letters to propose the idea to Doc? Would Prince be able to see that?
[Flick interrupts himself.]
[21:46:08] <✦[rp] Flick> his FACE???
[21:46:16] <✦[rp] Joco> His face, yeah
[21:46:25] <✦[rp] The Wizard> It was my fault, I pushed him, I shouldn't have done that, but I wanted to see-
[21:46:29] <✦[rp] Joco> Prince did a weird stab tentacle stabber thing with the arm.
[21:46:36] <✦[rp] The Wizard> He did, I couldn't stop him
[21:46:51] <✦[rp] Flick> That seems. beyond cruel.
[Forlorn: ]
[21:46:45] <✦[rp] The Wizard> For a moment I thought I had him
[Regretful: ]
[21:46:54] <✦[rp] The Wizard> And then he started hurting Doc and I had to let go
[21:46:53] <✦[rp] Joco> I. Yeah, you maybe shouldn't have pushed so hard. But what's done is done, he chose this path.
[Joco tips their head.]
[21:47:03] <✦[rp] Joco> I also was being a bit mean to him.
[21:47:17] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Talking about his father like that was a bit much
[21:47:23] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah...
[21:47:15] <✦[rp] Flick> If I killed Prince do we think it would cause an inter-faction incident. What's our thoughts here.
[21:47:26] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I'm not sure
[21:47:38] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I don't quite know how the Malfaction stands with him right now
[21:47:33] <✦[rp] Joco> I mean, Doc killed Prince
[21:47:50] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Prince can't die, anyway, Joco is right
[21:47:44] <✦[rp] Joco> he just. popped right back up. with another Prince, too.
[21:47:59] <✦[rp] Joco> He's rather good at popping back up.
[21:48:02] <✦[rp] Flick> He MULTIPLIES when he dies??? Like a slime??
[21:48:04] <✦[rp] Flick> what the hell
[21:48:24] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I'm not sure if he does or doesn't
[21:48:33] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I think it might just be a show of force, but I don't know for sure
[21:48:45] <✦[rp] The Wizard> To show off what he could do, if he wanted
[21:48:38] <✦[rp] Joco> Not multiplies, more... he made a guy out of the arm consciousness, then made another consciousness.
[21:48:48] <✦[rp] Joco> It was a bit confusing. But also kind of funny.
[21:49:00] <✦[rp] The Wizard> That's the best way to describe him, I think
[Flick looks perturbed.]
[21:49:16] <✦[rp] Flick> That's. kind of horrifying, I think. Maybe it's one of those "funnier if you were there" things.
[21:49:24] <✦[rp] Joco> I'm not going to lie, I've given up on being mean to him. I've just circled back to being nice to him most of the time.
[21:49:57] <✦[rp] The Wizard> That seems for the best
[Flick’s hands grip into fists.]
[21:49:59] <✦[rp] Flick> And maybe that's better to be nice to him. But by god, do I kind of really really want to do something stupid and potentially violent.
[21:50:21] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I wouldn't recommend that, only because he might hurt you worse than you could ever expect
[21:50:24] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh yeah no sometimes I think about just stabbing him between the eyes. But then I think about dealing with the repercussions.
[21:50:47] <✦[rp] The Wizard> He'll put sculk anywhere he can, never quite know where it might be growing
[Through clenched teeth: ]
[21:51:15] <✦[rp] Flick> I guess I'll hold myself to neutrality at best, then.
[21:51:01] <✦[rp] Joco> We don't know if he has control of all sculk, do we?
[21:51:21] <✦[rp] The Wizard> We have no way of knowing, but uh, from what we've seen, I wouldn't put it past him
[21:51:23] <✦[rp] Joco> Because there's quite a large natural patch underneath my base, and also under Verdigris.
[21:51:37] <✦[rp] Joco> I know Finch is worried about Dan's floor decoration.
[21:51:51] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Mmm, that's right
[21:51:51] <✦[rp] Flick> If he has control over all sculk. I think some sort of eradication maneuver would be good.
[21:52:09] <✦[rp] The Wizard> We'd talked about that before, but I think folks have been too busy to get an effort together
[21:52:31] <✦[rp] Joco> The issue with an eradication would be that. This world has infinitely much sculk.
[21:52:36] <✦[rp] Joco> It's a losing battle, honestly.
[21:52:43] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Un-fortunetly
[21:52:49] <✦[rp] Joco> We cannot get rid of sculk as a species.
[Flick shakes his head.]
[21:52:47] <✦[rp] Flick> How so do you mean, infinite. Like. it just keeps going??
[21:53:02] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah? Most worlds are. So big they feel near infinite.
[21:53:12] <✦[rp] Joco> Fly for months, still won't reach the edge.
[21:53:25] <✦[rp] Flick> God that's. huge.
[21:53:23] <✦[rp] Joco> Easier to say infinitely large.
[21:53:33] <✦[rp] Flick> Yeah a lot easier. Man.
[21:53:59] <✦[rp] Joco> So, yeah, that whole area? Potentially has sculk patches under it.
[21:54:04] <✦[rp] Flick> Man. God what a mess all this is.
[21:54:06] <✦[rp] Joco> We couldn't explore all of it and remove all of it.
[21:54:13] <✦[rp] Joco> It really is a mess
[The Wizard considers something.]
[21:54:19] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Hmm
[He mutters as he thinks aloud.]
[21:54:26] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Well, I could-
[21:54:28] <✦[rp] The Wizard> No-
[21:54:33] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Null's not powerful enough for that
[21:54:46] <✦[rp] Joco> Please don't break Null in trying to erase all sculk.
[The Wizard raises his eyebrows, his gaze far away.]
[21:54:53] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I wouldn't dream of it
[Joco straightens.]
[21:54:35] <✦[rp] Joco> I. Honestly, I know this is a bit of a throwing in the towel. But at what point do we go to a new world?
[21:54:52] <✦[rp] Flick> Like. Bail out of this one and leave Prince behind?
[21:55:02] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah, bail out
[21:55:00] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I've been thinking a bit about that
[21:55:05] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Well
[21:55:11] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Doc's got a portal in his basement
[21:55:23] <✦[rp] Flick> Ah. That's. What sort of portal?
[21:55:30] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I've been fiddling with it
[21:55:43] <✦[rp] The Wizard> I can find us a way out
[21:55:05] <✦[rp] Joco> Main issue is Doc
[21:55:15] <✦[rp] Flick> How so?
[21:55:25] <✦[rp] Joco> I. refuse to leave him behind, and so long as he's got his sculk arm, we can't bring him with to avoid Prince.
[21:56:04] <✦[rp] Joco> He's got a messed up arm, and it seems he doesn't have sculk back home. There's a good chance it'd be introducing an invasive species on an innocent universe.
[21:55:48] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Joco, I've been thinking about that
[21:56:01] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Whatever's affecting Doc, it's a status effect, and if we're correct, Prince is the beacon
[21:56:16] <✦[rp] The Wizard> If we trap Prince in this world, and leave, the effect dies
[21:56:22] <✦[rp] The Wizard> At least, that's what I theorize
[21:56:27] <✦[rp] Joco> Prince can put consciousness in the arm, though. How could we keep him from lingering in the arm?
[21:56:35] <✦[rp] Joco> Making it his home base?
[21:56:39] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Mmm
[21:56:43] <✦[rp] The Wizard> That, I don't know
[21:57:00] <✦[rp] Flick> Could uh. Has Doc expressed anything explicitly for or against. Amputation?
[21:57:05] <✦[rp] The Wizard> He has
[21:57:11] <✦[rp] Flick> Obviously that'd. be one hell of a last resort but- Ah.
[Joco shakes their head.]
[21:57:09] <✦[rp] Joco> Every time it's brought up, Prince threatens
[21:57:17] <✦[rp] The Wizard> The sculk is further than just his arm, it's in his head
[21:57:27] <✦[rp] Joco> It's in his nerves, most likely.
[21:57:30] <✦[rp] Flick> The head is Significantly more difficult to deal with.
[21:57:32] <✦[rp] The Wizard> It's already in him, just getting rid of the arm won't get rid of all of it
[21:57:32] <✦[rp] Joco> Spread throughout his body.
[21:57:54] <✦[rp] Flick> God, that sucks.
[21:58:19] <✦[rp] Joco> It really does suck.
[21:58:12] <✦[rp] Joco> We can't give up on him to get away from Prince, but we can't help him because Prince is so intertwined in his biology.
[Flick turns to the Wizard, hopeful.]
[21:58:33] <✦[rp] Flick> And. Wizard you said you had like. vaccines for allergies. Is there any way to do something. Id on't know, similar?? to that??????
[21:58:50] <✦[rp] The Wizard> If we had an Unknown handy who was versed in that sort of thing, maybe
[21:59:04] <✦[rp] Joco> A sculk vaccine could be. Helpful.
[21:58:55] <✦[rp] The Wizard> But I don't know
[21:58:58] <✦[rp] The Wizard> There's a chance-
[21:59:17] <✦[rp] The Wizard> If Prince were convinced to drop the sculk willingly, it might let it go
[21:59:24] <✦[rp] The Wizard> But I doubt that would ever happen
[21:59:40] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah, no, he's. Not going to let go of Doc without gaining another hostage
[22:00:03] <✦[rp] Joco> Even then, he'd probably just keep both.
[21:59:26] <✦[rp] Flick> Vaccine could help keep the rest of us fine, at least. I hope.
[The Wizard nods.]
[21:59:36] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Mmm, I could look into it
[22:00:03] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Maybe that's what I can do, while you and the others are working on your project, Joco, I could try to look for a cure
[22:00:19] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Always nice to have options to fight back
[22:00:37] <✦[rp] Flick> Fighting back in a way that doesn't hurt Doc by association would be good I think
[22:00:24] <✦[rp] Joco> That's. Yeah, that's a good plan.
[22:00:30] <✦[rp] Joco> So long as you remember to SLEEP
[22:00:44] <✦[rp] Flick> Sleeping is ALSO good.
[The Wizard raises his hands in defeat.]
[22:00:48] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Yes, yes, I hear you two
[22:00:58] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Just too much to think about
[22:00:50] <✦[rp] Joco> I swear, a couple months ago it was me with the chronic insomnia, and now here we are.
[22:01:02] <✦[rp] Joco> Flick, you're not innocent, either
[22:01:11] <✦[rp] Flick> :)
[22:01:11] <✦[rp] Joco> It's easier to think about things when your brain is properly rested
[22:01:59] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Inconvenient at time, but it's true, it is
[22:02:14] <✦[rp] Joco> "Inconvenient" accept your mortal body has needs, Wiz, they're not going away
[22:02:25] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Hmm, I suppose
[22:01:38] <✦[rp] Joco> Breaks are so important. As someone who's gotten like 8 hours of sleep each night for the past week. Sleep is SO nice.
[22:01:52] <✦[rp] Flick> That's a lot of sleep. I should put a clock downstairs, maybe.
[22:02:00] <✦[rp] Flick> So I know how long it's been.
[22:02:02] <✦[rp] Joco> You should do that.
[22:04:08] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Well, anyway, enough with the downer talk
[The Wizard turns to Flick.]
[22:04:17] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Flick, you wanna try some Verdigris weed?
[22:04:28] <✦[rp] Flick> Yeah sure what's the worst that could happen?
[22:04:37] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh that's such a fun sentence
[22:04:44] <✦[rp] Joco> Are we thinking edibles or smoking?
[22:04:54] <✦[rp] Joco> I think. Edibles are nicer on the body, but hit weirder.
[22:05:18] <✦[rp] Flick> They "hit weird" you say?
[22:05:16] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Oh! If we do it as edibles, I can cook us up some food while we're waiting for it to hit
[22:05:28] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh yeah we're going with edibles
[22:05:28] <✦[rp] Flick> oh hell yeah free food.
[The three begin moving out of the hollow.]
[22:05:40] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Alrighty! Flick, to your kitchen!
[22:05:48] <✦[rp] Joco> Woo hoo!
[Joco looks around.]
[22:06:25] <✦[rp] Joco> Where the hell even is your kitchen?
[Flick looks deeply embarrassed.]
[22:07:09] <✦[rp] Flick> So I have a potion room,
[22:07:19] <✦[rp] Flick> and uh. that's about as close as I think you can get.
[His voice trails off as he keeps talking, and Joco looks more and more concerned.]
[22:07:25] <✦[rp] Flick> Uh. So basically every couple of weeks I go on some sort of minor rampage through the wilds. Kill a bunch of things. And then camp out at Doc's for a couple hours and cook it all to store here.
[22:07:31] <✦[rp] Joco> I.
[22:07:37] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Huh.
[22:07:38] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Well.
[22:07:39] <✦[rp] Joco> Feel like you should stop cooking food in Doc's house.
[22:07:49] <✦[rp] Flick> There is no kitchen here. Sorry about that. I've got furnaces and. Brewing stands.
[22:07:51] <✦[rp] Joco> He's. A bit contaminated, y'know.
[22:08:04] <✦[rp] Flick> Knowing that Doc's got the sculked jazz uh. maybe I should stop doing that yeah.
[The Wizard gestures down the side of the tree.]
[22:07:47] <✦[rp] The Wizard> Maybe a trip to mine, then?
[The two nod at the Wizard, and Joco perches on the side of the tree.]
[22:08:07] <✦[rp] Joco> We oughta get you a good kitchen on of these days.
[22:08:24] <✦[rp] Flick> I'll get there. It's very hard to put plumbing in a tree, just so you know.
[22:08:35] <✦[rp] Joco> ,,,, alrighty
[22:08:43] <✦[rp] Joco> I never. plumb my kitchens.
[22:08:52] <✦[rp] Joco> But go off, I guess.
[Joco rolls out of the window and flies down to the ground.]
[22:09:14] <✦[rp] Flick> Sinks are convenient your honor. And he's gone. Damn.