[bold of you to assume there will be a next time.......
BUT YEAH. YEAH HE SURE IS. SCIEN MAKES HIS LIFE SO HARD EVERY DAY AND ALSO EVERYONE ELSE'S LIFE SO HARD AND FOR WHAT.
His brow furrows a little at that, though. He'd heard a little bit, but he's also known Scien long enough to know that his words are indeed a more painful weapon than his terrible fuckin feet and the kicks that can snap bones.]
He doesn't like fighting with his fists, so he's really good at hitting with what he says instead, huh... I'm sorry that you had to deal with that. Even if he was mad and tired after everything, the last thing any of us need is extra cruelty.
[???????? DON'T JUST TAKE AWAY MY NEXT TIME, HELLO? GIVE THAT BACK.
Scien's route is now the route I will play through LAST for this transgression. Damn, I gotta play it to unlock the other ones. ANYWAY THE LAST OF THE FIRST HALF.]
...Forget it. I guess I can thank him for giving me the spite to run on.
Mm, you wouldn't be the first and you won't be the last to thank him for that! [Nothing like a verbal beatdown to ignite the soul...]
Still, I'll apologize on his behalf since he never will. And I know that it's hardly the same thing, but if you ever wanted to talk with me instead, I would welcome it!
[But alas, he has fewer braincells to pick compared to Scien...]
Don't let there be MORE people thanking Scien for the spite. That man needs to be throttled. The way my Sim meter keeps getting (- -) for Scien when I haven't even finished the game yet.]
The only apology I'd accept is from him. If he doesn't give it, I'll just never have it. [Washes his hands of that.] Sorry, but... I'm not interested in hearing anything.
But I don't mind helping figure out what's going on.
[YOU'RE RIGHT THOUGH HE DOES NEED TO BE THROTTLED. DAHUT ALSO AGREES.
He also seems perfectly fine to leave Scien and his unapologetic ass and also Reliver tech talk behind them, goodbye, he prefers things this way. ON TO THE MORE IMPORTANT STUFF:]
I'm glad for that, at least! We need aaall the brains we can get working on this, because it seems like things are actually pretty complex! Memory rewriting, missing dead, all kinds of things that sound like they're straight out of a mystery novel. Oh, and rats.
[GOODBYE TO MY LORE............. that y'all won't give me anyway because it has spoilers in it. (overlay image of remembering aki voice two comments ago) bold of you to think there will be a next time]
WHAT TRAUMA HAS HE GONE THROUGH WHEN WE ARE NOW ALL THE RATS. I HATE THIS.]
Okay...?
[HE'S FUCKING SCARED OF THE RATS NOW. Wow, this is really like being in the Undercity where there are apparently giant chem rad rats. Okay. He lifts his arm to pull up the IRIS, surprised the thing even still works.
[HE REALLY GOT RATNAPPED BEFORE WE FORMED THE RATPACK AND FOR WHAT...]
Unfortunately, we don't know a lot. Just that we're probably in the ship's belly and there are a looot of strange things happening... [Though as he's watching Viktor scroll, he seems to remember something! His expression lights up!]
Ah! I have a message for you, though! A message from Monsieur Lucien!
Mm, it's true! There's no place with an entrance and no exit, after all.
[(wwx voice). ALSO THIS IS SO FUNNY HELP can you imagine. Lucien week 0 just pulling Dahut aside like hey listen. I have a message for Viktor. and then Dahut just proceeding to not tell him until they were both dead.]
Oh, you had already died by the time he reached out. Not entirely sure what's going on there yet, either, but I think Amalthea might be aiding him in connecting with us somehow! Though it's very limited on our end; we only seem capable of clearly answering the three questions he chooses to ask.
[FUCKING HELP also ig Viktor got to see a Dahut shorthand version of the doc which is only visible on Scien's IRIS and now he has to transcribe it himself because i an idiot totally forgot we only have games and not texting IT'S FINE.
ANYWAY. DAHUT JUST WATCHES THIS HAPPEN and reaches up to rub Viktor's noggin gently when he hunches back down.]
Oh—!! Oh, no...! Be careful, monsieur-- Ah, I was trying to make you feel better, not worse! Anyway, it was only just this Friday, so it might be something entirely new!
[Very slowly, he sinks right back down onto the edge of the pod, all the wind taken out of his sails from the bump to his head. Now he has TWO goose eggs maybe. Continues to dole out punishments to him for no reason.]
I don't... Nevermind. I guess we just accept the insane goings on of this place. [WHY] What... What was his message even?
[HE SITS THERE FROZEN IN TIME WITH THE MOST STUNNED LOOK ON HIS FACE HEARING THIS. HELLO?! LUCIEN SAID TO GO FUCK HIMSELF?! HELLO?! The shock immediately wears off, and he's back to being one hundred percent indignant.]
I can't believe he'd say that to me as if I had any control over what happened! He can go f--
[DON'T JUST SAY AFTER SOMEONE DIES!!!!!!!!!!! The irritation dwindles suddenly off. HE FEELS BAD.]
[FUCKING HELPPP HE REALLY HAS TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS. NOT LUCIEN JUST BEING OUT HERE BEING LUCIEN ABOUT IT.
There's a little softness to his smile as Viktor goes from indignant mach 100 to feeling catholic guilt in this chili's.]
He seemed tired and unhappy, mm. This week wasn't very kind to him, after all... [CYOA AND THEN HIS VIKTOR DIES.] Losing someone on top of everything hurts, so I think he was just being cranky. If he can only talk to one of us once a week, it says everything that he immediately wanted to see you, you know?
[STOP DON'T BE MEAN TO LUCIEN HE'S GOING THROUGH IT.]
Mm, that's not hard for me! [Because he deals with Scien.........constantly. Good lord. His tolerance for prickly people is so high.
He also gently nudges Viktor's side a little hehehehe.]
Let him have the comfort of being able to see you even one last time without fussing about it. If he wants to talk to someone else, he can! But it's a sad thing to say goodbye to the people you've come to like.
[For some reason, he looks embarrassed, though he doesn't blush stupidly or anything. His chin tucks down, and he turns his head away. The embarrassment is overshadowed by the hint of pensiveness, brows together.]
I supposed... I don't have much choice in the matter if he conjures me up like some kind of apparition. I don't know what he's expecting to find, but he's going to be sorely disappointed when it's just the same shell of a person who left.
[I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S NOT GAY........... i refuse this information actually. erases his love.
Not the pensiveness though THIS SAD RAT MAN... There's a little crease of something sympathetic in Dahut's expression.]
He's expecting to find you, silly, in the exact way that he remembers you from before. Clearly he likes you enough to seek you out, so don't worry about the rest, okay?
[HELP ME. Erases an aroace's ability to experience bisexuality.]
He is... such an idiot.
[Rubbing his forehead and eye socket with his fingers while his face is in his hand.]
He's going to waste his stupid questions on asking me something pointless. [HE CAN FEEL IT IN HIS BRITTLE BONES.] This is why he should talk to someone else. Someone he can focus with.
[HELP he can be a bisexual king. blasts his love anyway.]
One question is a good measure for personal matters, I think. If he does for you what he did for me, he'll save his last question for you, and I think that's really sweet. Information is important! But if it's all information without any heart, then it's no good, don't you think?
[WOULD SOMEONE LIKE SCIEN THINK IT WAS A WASTE OF A PRECIOUS QUESTION yes... DOES DAHUT?? Absolutely the fuck not and he'll start swinging at anyone who argues.]
[Lucien is not as much of an idiot as Viktor likes to make out, but he is only a hair's breath away from being Scien, so he also thinks it's absolutely stupid for Lucien to waste even a single question.
Also, his self-esteem is atrocious, and he does not think a question should ever be wasted on him.]
...I guess I don't have much of a choice in that either, do I?
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BUT YEAH. YEAH HE SURE IS. SCIEN MAKES HIS LIFE SO HARD EVERY DAY AND ALSO EVERYONE ELSE'S LIFE SO HARD AND FOR WHAT.
His brow furrows a little at that, though. He'd heard a little bit, but he's also known Scien long enough to know that his words are indeed a more painful weapon than his terrible fuckin feet and the kicks that can snap bones.]
He doesn't like fighting with his fists, so he's really good at hitting with what he says instead, huh... I'm sorry that you had to deal with that. Even if he was mad and tired after everything, the last thing any of us need is extra cruelty.
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Scien's route is now the route I will play through LAST for this transgression. Damn, I gotta play it to unlock the other ones. ANYWAY THE LAST OF THE FIRST HALF.]
...Forget it. I guess I can thank him for giving me the spite to run on.
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There's a light little laugh at that, though.]
Mm, you wouldn't be the first and you won't be the last to thank him for that! [Nothing like a verbal beatdown to ignite the soul...]
Still, I'll apologize on his behalf since he never will. And I know that it's hardly the same thing, but if you ever wanted to talk with me instead, I would welcome it!
[But alas, he has fewer braincells to pick compared to Scien...]
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Don't let there be MORE people thanking Scien for the spite. That man needs to be throttled. The way my Sim meter keeps getting (- -) for Scien when I haven't even finished the game yet.]
The only apology I'd accept is from him. If he doesn't give it, I'll just never have it. [Washes his hands of that.] Sorry, but... I'm not interested in hearing anything.
But I don't mind helping figure out what's going on.
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He also seems perfectly fine to leave Scien and his unapologetic ass and also Reliver tech talk behind them, goodbye, he prefers things this way. ON TO THE MORE IMPORTANT STUFF:]
I'm glad for that, at least! We need aaall the brains we can get working on this, because it seems like things are actually pretty complex! Memory rewriting, missing dead, all kinds of things that sound like they're straight out of a mystery novel. Oh, and rats.
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I... met the rats.
[DRY. FLAT.
His brows furrow.]
What the hell is going on here?
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He also just stares off into the distance for a second...]
Don't let the rats carry you away, okay...
[DON'T GET RATNAPPED TWICE LIKE DAHUT. But after that, he'll bring up his IRIS with a flick of his wrist and send Viktor their fancy lil document.]
Here! This should explain things in more detail, but the gist is... we're not sure!
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WHAT TRAUMA HAS HE GONE THROUGH WHEN WE ARE NOW ALL THE RATS. I HATE THIS.]
Okay...?
[HE'S FUCKING SCARED OF THE RATS NOW. Wow, this is really like being in the Undercity where there are apparently giant chem rad rats. Okay. He lifts his arm to pull up the IRIS, surprised the thing even still works.
Brb, entering the Nerd Zone to read over this.]
...Please know more than just "we're not sure."
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Unfortunately, we don't know a lot. Just that we're probably in the ship's belly and there are a looot of strange things happening... [Though as he's watching Viktor scroll, he seems to remember something! His expression lights up!]
Ah! I have a message for you, though! A message from Monsieur Lucien!
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[Hmmmmmm--WHA. He lifts his head and eyes, startled, and then confused. HELLO?]
What...? A... message? Why would he... give you a message when I was there the whole time?
[THINKING LUCIEN GAVE DAHUT A MESSAGE WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.]
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[(wwx voice). ALSO THIS IS SO FUNNY HELP can you imagine. Lucien week 0 just pulling Dahut aside like hey listen. I have a message for Viktor. and then Dahut just proceeding to not tell him until they were both dead.]
Oh, you had already died by the time he reached out. Not entirely sure what's going on there yet, either, but I think Amalthea might be aiding him in connecting with us somehow! Though it's very limited on our end; we only seem capable of clearly answering the three questions he chooses to ask.
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[THE LONGEST PAUSE IN THE WORLD AS HE CHURNS THIS OVER IN HIS BRAIN...........
Then he LEAPS up in indignation, thoroughly cracking his head against the top of the bottom pod. He hunches, winces, reaches up to hold his noggin.]
He what?! He never said anything like that to me...!
[Oooooooo.]
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ANYWAY. DAHUT JUST WATCHES THIS HAPPEN and reaches up to rub Viktor's noggin gently when he hunches back down.]
Oh—!! Oh, no...! Be careful, monsieur-- Ah, I was trying to make you feel better, not worse! Anyway, it was only just this Friday, so it might be something entirely new!
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I don't... Nevermind. I guess we just accept the insane goings on of this place. [WHY] What... What was his message even?
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You'll have to, or you'll just give up when something weirder than rats shows up to kidnap you.
[Just accept the insane goings on......... ANYWAY, cheerfully:]
He told you to go fuck yourself!
[HELP.]
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[IMAGINE YOUR BF DIES AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GIVE HIM.]
So if we can assume things work in patterns here, you'll probably be able to see him again next Friday, after...
[TRAILING OFF a little solemnly. After someone else mcdies.]
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[HE SITS THERE FROZEN IN TIME WITH THE MOST STUNNED LOOK ON HIS FACE HEARING THIS. HELLO?! LUCIEN SAID TO GO FUCK HIMSELF?! HELLO?! The shock immediately wears off, and he's back to being one hundred percent indignant.]
I can't believe he'd say that to me as if I had any control over what happened! He can go f--
[DON'T JUST SAY AFTER SOMEONE DIES!!!!!!!!!!! The irritation dwindles suddenly off. HE FEELS BAD.]
...Was he upset?
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There's a little softness to his smile as Viktor goes from indignant mach 100 to feeling catholic guilt in this chili's.]
He seemed tired and unhappy, mm. This week wasn't very kind to him, after all... [CYOA AND THEN HIS VIKTOR DIES.] Losing someone on top of everything hurts, so I think he was just being cranky. If he can only talk to one of us once a week, it says everything that he immediately wanted to see you, you know?
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He snorts quietly.]
Yes, he was very cranky after Thursday's field trip, so I can see it. You'll just have to not pay him much mind.
[Like Scien.]
He should talk to more people than just me...
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Mm, that's not hard for me! [Because he deals with Scien.........constantly. Good lord. His tolerance for prickly people is so high.
He also gently nudges Viktor's side a little hehehehe.]
Let him have the comfort of being able to see you even one last time without fussing about it. If he wants to talk to someone else, he can! But it's a sad thing to say goodbye to the people you've come to like.
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...
[For some reason, he looks embarrassed, though he doesn't blush stupidly or anything. His chin tucks down, and he turns his head away. The embarrassment is overshadowed by the hint of pensiveness, brows together.]
I supposed... I don't have much choice in the matter if he conjures me up like some kind of apparition. I don't know what he's expecting to find, but he's going to be sorely disappointed when it's just the same shell of a person who left.
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Not the pensiveness though THIS SAD RAT MAN... There's a little crease of something sympathetic in Dahut's expression.]
He's expecting to find you, silly, in the exact way that he remembers you from before. Clearly he likes you enough to seek you out, so don't worry about the rest, okay?
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He is... such an idiot.
[Rubbing his forehead and eye socket with his fingers while his face is in his hand.]
He's going to waste his stupid questions on asking me something pointless. [HE CAN FEEL IT IN HIS BRITTLE BONES.] This is why he should talk to someone else. Someone he can focus with.
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One question is a good measure for personal matters, I think. If he does for you what he did for me, he'll save his last question for you, and I think that's really sweet. Information is important! But if it's all information without any heart, then it's no good, don't you think?
[WOULD SOMEONE LIKE SCIEN THINK IT WAS A WASTE OF A PRECIOUS QUESTION yes... DOES DAHUT?? Absolutely the fuck not and he'll start swinging at anyone who argues.]
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Also, his self-esteem is atrocious, and he does not think a question should ever be wasted on him.]
...I guess I don't have much of a choice in that either, do I?
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