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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:04:14 GMT -6
[Sims]
Anti kicked open the front doors of the castle for the second time this thread, although instead of a kick of someone entering with malicious intent it was a kick of someone whose mind was pre-occupied by other matters. I'll leave it up to you as to what that actually looks like.
"Well bad news, purple asshole isn't dead because Black forgot his sword or something on the way up. Be glad you didn't go up there, it was pretty... boring..." He drifted off once he saw everything that was going on.
"Oh come on, I thought we all mutually agreed without speaking or acknowledgement to never play Uno again?! We have more important things to worry about! Like how to kick that purple loser's sorry ass!" He yelled, exasperated.
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:04:26 GMT -6
[Plastic] FoyerMelodie hadn't even looked up from her deck at the sound of Jerry 2's gunshot. She did, however, glare over to the front door as it burst open, ready to give this new uno-denouncer a verbal thrashing, when she spotted her favourite inverted hedgehog. " Oh, hey, Anti. There's still room at the table. There's even two unos left~! Should I deal you in?" She chirped, putting down a reverse card. Take that, suckers!
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:04:36 GMT -6
[Gwen]
Arcana was very surprised to see that Jerry wasn't actually dead. Though no one could even see that because of her shades. She silently nodded, and decided to try out her acting skills. Completely ignoring the gunshot, as she went full Shakespeare theatre acting, dancing and twirling about the room, overacting more than
"Oh no! I can't believe this! The Jerry is dead! O, what terrible and cruel punishment! Alas, poor Jerry, I knew ye not... but I could've known you better had you not been taken away from us by that fiendish shitstain who shares your face and name, sitting at the table, playing a child's card game! What a horrible twist of fate! What utter bullshit!" Arcana monologued, on and on, "Now is the winter of our discontent, as this body layeth cold and wasted on thine doorstep! Behold! The body grows colder with every second! This parting is such sweet sorrow... but I will avenge thee, unknown soldier, so that your soul may layeth to rest, so that you may feel peace on thine lonely breath! I will smite this knave wherest they standeth before mine fury's eye!"
Arcana picked up a nearby chair - a big comfy one - and used her powers to manipulate it. And in seconds, she had what looked like a heavy machine gun. Um.
She pointed it at Jerry 2.
"Hold thy tongue, villain, lest it be torn out by thine own admission of treachery! Now, march thine feet away from the Uno table, moving your hands naught at all, and no one shalt be hurt! Except it'll only be thine ugly skull that I would wish harm on at this vile precipice of hate, ye beast of unimaginable burden. You absolute fuckertruck."
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:04:46 GMT -6
[Roz]
Foyer
Jerry 2 stared at the chair-turned-machine gun with a piercing look of disdain that can only be described as... remarkably English.
"Yes yes, jolly good, sweet sweet vengeance and all that, but would you mind discarding that horrid Shakespearean gimmick? Now that this pathetic excuse for a Jerry has been dealt with, I merely wish to enjoy a nice game of cards. Will you not join us, cast aside your hatred, and embrace the future of the new, uno-loving Jerry?"
Regrettably, the sorry excuse for a writer behind the screen hasn't played Uno in years and would very much like to describe how poorly Jerry 2 is playing, but she has important things to do with her vacation time such as lounge around and not read up on the intricacies of a card game, so please bear with her and assume they are choking harder than Jerry 1 ever could have. Thank you for your compliance and understanding.
Meanwhile Jerry continued to lay still, really hoping that Arcana wouldn't do anything rash... Well, any more rash than she already seemed to be by default, anyway.
Third Floor
Alison flipped through the literature pried herself away once Cel spoke up and nodded, although she hardly looked confident.
"Yes, I do think he may still be alive. As you may know, upon a mundane death, most souls will naturally return to the cycle of reincarnation. Even a soul that is destroyed by some means will still exist in part. And if that were the case, it would be child's play to track him down and bring him back. However..."
She stared at Orchid, quite aware that he was seething with rage as his sacrifice was diminished once again. But she had to voice her guess anyway.
"Whatever he did with that blade was not normal. For most victims, being pierced by a weapon like his would merely cause... I suppose you could call it a paralysis of sorts? But you felt it too, didn't you, Orchid? It felt like something had torn a hole in Entirety, and to me at least, that something had been ejected. In spite of everything, the Black Yoshi of our Entirety is not a fool. Whatever he did must have been a calculated action. He would not simply kill his alternate self for a cheap laugh, especially knowing that he still has living family."
It still seemed cold to her. She knew she was expendable, an object, a means to an end as she had always been to almost everyone she had ever met. But for him to use the guise his own daughter, knowing that his actions may well harm the real thing? Certainly, 2lack was jaded. He hardly had anything left to lose of his own. But she could not bring herself to believe that he had no sentimentality left.
Still, if things were as she truly suspected, she couldn't help but feel concerned for the Dicro and Solana of this Entirety, should either of them ever find themselves obstructing his plans. And for Dicro, since he apparently happened to keep similar company to the counterpart before her, the chances were especially likely.
But that aside, she pondered on Orchid's explanation of the literature. The architect of the Test Reality, really...?
"... Perhaps he simply finds this reality useful," she offered. "I cannot imagine what for, but he did not come here to protect or recruit. He came here to stop Ignis from repeating our history, but the means he is willing to use and the ends he is willing to go to are his best kept secret. But I highly doubt that collateral damage and organizing the people are anywhere near the top of his list of priorities."
She placed her palm on her face and shook her head in frustration. "I can't believe I have not one, but two selfish fools with far too much power to worry about here," she grumbled quietly. Why couldn't everyone just talk this out? Was it just that fun going on self-destructive rampages or something?
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:05:22 GMT -6
[Iso] "But Uno is so much fun!" Thyx insisted at Anti, even showing him his entire (massive, because he's bad at the game, perhaps even worse than Jerry 2) deck and all of its many 1s. "O-Oh, please, no violence!" Lirna insisted, standing up but maintaining her cheerful tone and big smile. "There should be no kicking the... rears of purple people, and no shooting of Jerries! We have had quite enough of that, yes! Perhaps if you aren't interested in Uno we could find something else to do? Everyone deserves to have fun!"Bunny used another +4 on Thyx. :3 Third Floor Cel's heart clearly soared as Alison instilled it with hope, but Orchid's expression was about what Alison was likely expecting after giving her explanation: cold, dark, rage being barely held back. He didn't even banter back as she scolded him, instead focused on the matter at hand. "...Yeah," he answered to her question about a hole being torn in Entirety. "So you're saying that by stabbing this Entirety's Black, our Black essentially tore a hole in Entirety and watched him get sucked through.""So... he's alive, just not here?" Cel asked, her voice cautiously steady but the optimism shining brightly in her eyes. "Who knows?" Orchid scoffed, "Scenario A is that he's in the space between Entireties, and if that's the case then his mind's probably already gone. The other option is that it tossed him over to our Entirety since it's just such an easy connection to open up, and I wouldn't say that's much better considering Ignis has the place on lock. Though, on the other hand, I'm sure Ignis would want to have some fun with him, so he'd probably still be alive. Hey, maybe if you're lucky when I invite the gang over for some fun Ignis'll bring Black's tortured and bloodied husk over to use as a coaster or something. So you keep up that anime spirit, Cel!"Cel didn't take kindly to Orchid's spiteful pessimism, her face reddening. "Well, I don't know about your Black, but mine has a really REALLY strong mind and always stops Ignis in the end, so I'll believe in him even if you won't! If your Black really didn't kill him, then I'm sure he'll be okay no matter where he is!" she insisted. "So feisty! Careful showing off that zeal, babe. Ignis loves crushing that kind of thing, and I'm sure he'll be excited enough to meet you already," Orchid snarked with malicious mirth. "You... ugh!" Cel shouted, her fists clenched in an attempt to keep them from slapping God again. "You know what, I'm going to just ignore you now, because obviously you don't have anything good to say about anyone!"While Orchid made the most :allears: face possible given his current mood, Cel turned to Alison. "Um, well, if Orchid and your Black won't cooperate, I'll help you!" she offered. "Black was with you, so if he trusted you, I will, too! I don't know entirely what's going on, but I want to figure out and stop it!""Precious," Orchid commented, Cel doing her very best to ignore him as per her word. "Well, you know what I'm up to and I'm polite enough to stick to it, so I'd say figuring out whatever Black is plotting really ought to be your priority right now," he continued, looking at Alison. "As much as I'd like to scour the joint solving mysteries myself, I'm a bit busy with party planning, so I'll leave you to it. Seems he's real interested in the Test Reality, so I'd suggest you not stray too far. Would hate to lose you again so soon, you know," he said, punctuating his guidance with a flutter of his eyelashes that almost felt genuine. "Yeah, looking around the Test Reality would be a good idea! Maybe someone else has come across him, or maybe he's set something up somewhere!" Cel agreed, realizing she just acknowledged Orchid a moment afterward and following her statement up with a double facepalm. "Aw, don't be so hard on yourself, Cel. I'm hard to ignore.""I am SO sorry you've had to deal with this jerk even longer than I have," Cel muttered to Alison as she put her hands back down.
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:05:33 GMT -6
[Sims]
Anti slammed his hand on the table. "I don't want to play fucking Uno! Not only was it introduced by the guy that I decided I HATE, but it's not a good card game in its own right, unlike the real champion of its genre, Go Fish" he stated very intellectually. "We need to figure out how to break purple dickface's magic spell preventing me from going up there and kicking his ass so that I can go up there and kick his ass! That's like the thing I'm best at!" He stated proudly.
"So then," he stated, dramatically turning around and pointing a finger at the ceiling, "Someone figure out how to break this godmod thing he has going on! I'm the only one allowed to godmod here!"
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:05:45 GMT -6
[Tsuki]
"You know, perhaps Anti is on to something. Lets play Go Fish instead." To be fair, Tsuki was boring of Uno.
Haha, as if not playing uno is the key to defeating Orchid just kidding unless...?
"What is a fish, and why must it go, ara?" On Xyllia's planet, the water life is all pretty much gone. ripfish
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:05:54 GMT -6
[Roz]
Third Floor
"... You get used to it," Alison responded dryly, following up with a heavy sigh. "Were he not currently plotting the downfall of Entirety, I would go so far as to say he isn't all that bad once you get to know him better, but we don't appear to have that luxury right now, do we?"
In spite of all of his anger, his pain, and his suffering, he did appear to be having some fun. She thought back to that fleeting thought that there was another way, that they could just drop this nonsense and make a new, happy life while that rotten husk of an Entirety rotted. But it wasn't her place to try to convince him any further, and things had only escalated since they spoke at the carnival. Hell, even since they spoke on the roof. Conflict was inevitable, and she didn't have the luxury of time, either.
"I suppose for now I'll just have to trust that this Entirety's Black Yoshi is managing. If he did in fact cross the divide and he is even half as crafty as our own, he could likely evade capture for some time..."
There was nothing she could do to help him right now, so she ran it back to her investigation of the Test Reality, giving Cel a nod. "I will not force you to assist me, but any help would be appreciated. It would be advantageous if I knew more of this Reality, the places within it, any connections it might have to people and places of power that Black -- our Black -- might wish to make use of... Ugh, if only we weren't on such a strict time limit, but I guess it wouldn't be any fun if it were easy." She shot a glare towards Orchid. "Isn't that right, time limit?"
"And really," she muttered to herself, facing away from the two, " if he was going to do something as showy as banishing himself to another Entirety altogether, something that we will clearly be talking about for some time... why couldn't he think of an alias, too? Am I going to have to make that distinction every single time we bring this up? Must I think of some shorthand term for him? Just... call him Black Yoshi 2 so as not to confuse the locals? Two-lack, perhaps? No, that would be silly... Even when he isn't here, he is infuriating..."
Foyer
Jerry 2 spasmed for a moment before entering what can only be described as a t-pose, while Jerry continued to lay motionless in the same spot -- wait, no, were they beginning to... rotate on the spot? For what nefarious purpose could this be happening...?
Other than the fact that I'm not really sure where to take this shitpost plotline spawned from a single discord message right now, no reason at all.
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:06:05 GMT -6
[Gwen]
Arcana watched as both Jerry's began glitching the fuck out, and watched as everyone was willingly playing Uno, and... she just kinda threw up her arms in frustration.
"Alright, why did I even bother trying to help! Look at these two weirdos being weird and shit! Fuck this, I'm out!" Arcana snarled, and immediately tripped over the spinning Jerry, making a loud 'OOF' noise. She inadvertently touched the Jerry spinning on the floor, and merely encouraged them to spin faster. By accident or on purpose. She wasn't sure.
She grumbled and stormed off towards the elevator, then pressed a bunch of random buttons, not really caring where she was going.
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:06:14 GMT -6
[Tsuki]
"I, too, shall take my leave. What little distraction this was for me now is nothing more than a headache. I've no power here. And without my Melody in this world... I've no need here." Tsuki vanished in a flash. The tone of her voice sounded more sadly nostalgic then defeated.
"Our company begins to dwindle, ara. Sir Jerry, are you quite alright, ara? Do you need a backrub, ara?"
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:06:25 GMT -6
[Iso] Third Floor While Cel's expression indicated she clearly didn't buy the concept of Orchid having the capacity to be a tolerable human being, she nonetheless seemed greatly relieved when Alison suggested Black could still be alive. Of course, Orchid quickly swooped in to crush her mood again: "Ouch, babe. You're as sharp with that tongue as ever," he smirked, twirling his hair. "And here I thought you loved being on me! You've always loved a little challenge, so what's so different now? If anyone knows how to take care of me, it's you."Cel wisely elected to ignore Orchid again, instead giving Alison a firm shake of her head. "It wouldn't be forcing! I really want to help you - and you'd be helping me, too! I want to help Black and I DON'T want to help this jerk, so I think we might make a good team!" she reinforced with determination. "Well..." Orchid stepped in, once again to Cel's visible displeasure, "I'll definitely have to borrow Cel for the big show later, but I guess I'll give you two a hand for the time being. Makes things more interesting that way, and as certain parties in the room are savvy, there's nothing I love more than making things harder for myself."Cel whirled around to face him. "Listen, jerk, we don't need your he-"Orchid snapped his fingers, and Cel suddenly vanished from the room, allowing him to focus on Alison once again. "I'm sending you two to Umbra's Mansion. The titular owner happens to know plenty about Ignis, Black, and even yours truly, so I imagine that'll be the best starting point you can get," he explained, his smirk starting to fade. "...I imagine this is the last we'll see of each other for a while since you don't know how to give up, so listen," he began anew, his tone softening. "I don't plan on telling anyone you're here. If someone asks, I don't know shit. If someone sees you, I don't know shit. I can't speak for Black, but if you two are anything resembling allies I'd hope he'd do the same - and ideally he'll keep stirring shit up to distract everyone, anyway. My point is..."Orchid looked Alison in the eye, his expression continuing to fade. What was the point? Was he just trying to get the last word in? He'd already made his stance abundantly clear, and so had Alison. There was nothing he could say to change her mind, and nothing she could say to change his. He didn't want to talk anymore, and his throat hesitated to do it. He didn't want words. "...Well, we've gone over this. Take care of yourself, stay out of my way, yadda yadda," he resumed, his cocky personality returning as though it had never left. "I'm sure you won't listen to me because you never do, but that's what I like about you. And with that being said, I guess we've only got one piece of unfinished business left."Driven by an impulse he couldn't bear to consider holding back in spite of everything, Orchid abruptly grabbed Alison and kissed her in the most dramatic dip he could physically manage. A wave of panic flooded through him for a moment, a sense of guilt, and then a deeper worry that he wouldn't be able to let her go. Ultimately he managed to pull away before any one feeling could latch on, his smirk back in full form. He opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't think of anything he wanted to say. That he could, that he should - certainly. But just once, perhaps for the last time... no more words. With a snap of his fingers Alison would be warped off as well. Orchid straightened himself out and sighed, his entire body tingling at the fact that his entire body was tingling, a dreadful cycle of exhilaration and anxiety. Taking a moment to collect himself, Orchid looked over to the nearest mirror and fixed up his hair again. He paused, gaze lingering, the sight making him dizzy. And yet, he felt a little better about himself. "Wow, I've never gone fishing before!" Thyx exclaimed before looking over to Arcana. "Hey, Arcana, where're you going? If we're gonna go fishing, the pool's on this floor!""You should prob stick with the Go Fish stuff, buddy," Bunny advised, turning to Anti. "Orchid's got some next-level godmodding. It's like, plotmodding. It's pretty dire stuff, but luckily I'm a funny joke character so my capacity for anxiety is pretty limited." :3 "Oh, my, what is this game?" Lirna murmured, looking at the Jerries. "Oh, I see? Is this a dance party! How exciting! Yes, it is truly a party now!""Mango," said Mango. "Hey, bitches, who's winning?" Orchid asked dully as he spontaneously reappeared in the foyer with a juice box of nondescript content. "Also what the fuck is up with the two Jerries, I'm going to fucking kill all of you no shit if someone tells me they crossed Entireties.""Mango! Mango!" Mango cried as she looked down at her single remaining card, but alas, without the capacity to say "Uno" she was trapped in the game forevermore...
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:06:38 GMT -6
[Gwen]
Arcana went up to the top floor. Then another floor. And another floor. She went up and down, up and down, before finally she arrived.... back on the first floor. She stepped out, groaning about the fact she was right back where she started.
But that was just about when Orchid reappeared. Arcana growled, and grabbed a nearby vase, flowers and all, and tossed it at him immediately - after setting it on fire, of course!
"Eat shit, you bag of dicks!" Arcana shouted, "Go and butter your ass with thumbtacks, bitchbean!"
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:06:49 GMT -6
[Papes]
"This! Party! SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
After playing Uno for forever, Spark finally threw down his bajillion uno cards and crawled to the nearest corner to cry.
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Post by Tayl on Apr 29, 2020 0:07:00 GMT -6
[Sims]
Anti growled in frustration. "It seems like none of you are willing to help me kill Orchid. I must say, I thought better of all of you, especially the people I haven't met. And you," he said, pointing to Jerry 2, "I could do without you." It was at this point that a floating spear appeared in the air and hurtled itself at Jerry 2, the sequel to Jerry, stabbing them in the stomach and impaling them on a wall, killing them instantly. "Now then, back to business, does anyone have any real, tangible ideas on how to kill purple dickho-"
It was at this point that purple dickhole appeared on the groundfloor. Anti screamed wordlessly and about 20 or 30 similar spears manifested themselves, hurtling towards Orchid like someone who hasn't gotten the hint.
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