[ he's getting out of the ice water at this horrible beach after a quick swim, which is all he can manage without becoming a fish popsicle AGAIN!!!!! why is no part of this ship accessible for sharks.
he'll catch up with viktor once he dredges himself back up onto shore, bioluminiscent stripes and spots glowing down his sides. ]
—Viktor! [ he's sneepy but he wakes himself up a bit. ] I see you all actually have a beach? Almost an upgrade...
He is looking very CONCERNED at Sidon comes wandering out of the ocean. HE IS ALSO DISTRACTED MOMENTARILY BY THE BIOLUMINESCENT STRIPES AND SPOTS, BUT SHUT UP.]
You should be careful swimming out in it... This place is... strange--can be strange. The organic parts...
[HE IS WORRIED ABOUT THE OCEAN TRYING TO ASSIMILATE SIDON.]
[ viktor just getting to enjoy a couple new people to have weird transformations at him for the last bit of this week. anyway he looks very much like a true sea creature now, even if his demeanor is still very human. ]
Dahut did mention this place could be dangerous. That even extends to the water, hm...?
[ it'd be a shame if it did. though he deserves to be vored by the ocean ]
[HE DOES. And no one else gets anything because I kept forgetting over and over about the effect. It's fine, he's already weird ass looking guy. That's his effect. Being terminal.]
It's... possibility. The organic material has taken over a lot of places. It... doesn't seem to leave injuries so far, but it will try to assimilate you inside of itself. So be careful.
[He does not explain how he knows this.]
Dahut and I are thinking about how to get you some food.
[ can you PLEASE be nicer to viktor i hate you so bad ]
Has that happened to you all?
[ hey explain why you and dahut and everyone else seems to know this already. hey
anyway he smiles a little sleepily, touched by the gesture but sort of just worn out. he's tired of feeling like this. ]
I'm sure I can find something to eat... [ diet of uncooked pie filling ] But look at me, here for a day and already troubling you both. You're really too good to me.
[He is looking curiously and perceptively at Sidon from where he's standing.] You should get some rest. [HE REALLY DODGED THE QUESTION WITHOUT FALTER.]
I remember how tired I was once I got here. [Pepperidge Farm remembers.] It isn't any trouble.
[Sidon is becoming more and more fishy, and he is becoming more and more fascinated by this.
Again, he's surprised somehow by the reminder of the bruise, and he reaches up toward it.] I... suppose I learned it does not eat you, just tries to assimilate you inside of itself. [Like the gelatinous things under water in Zelda.]
Um...
[He seems reluctant to say, but not in a sheepish way. In a more serious way.]
It's... alright. [...] Scien... paid me a visit when I first arrived.
[ stop getting distracted by biology, it'll all change back within the hour. he considers this similarity to like-likes, which will attempt to kill his dad in a couple years from now. a little dryly, ]
I suppose we should avoid getting digested any faster than necessary.
[ good to know. but he's more distracted by the bruise, frowning lightly as he assesses it. ]
[LUCKILY! this place has done a majority of healing to it, so the bruise is mostly faded, and his fluffy hair does a great job of hiding the remainder. It doesn't even ache anymore! Yippee.
He frowns.]
It's... hard to say. I think he got out most of his side when he kicked me in the head, but... I suppose... I've been working with him distantly on a few things here.
[ he looks back at him. he's not used to this. if a monster attacks link, he or link will kill it. if someone insults his family, he talks them down or commands their cooperation. he's not used to someone he cares for being hurt in such an unresolved way.
it makes him a little... angry? he's not an angry person, usually. he doesn't look furious or anything. but all those extra fins ruffle again, like a disturbed bird, annoyed. ]
Viktor. He told you that you deserve to die and then kicked you in the head.
[Not this surprising the hell out of him. The only other person who would have maybe taken up for him this way would be Jayce. And even then, Jayce had a lot of societal pressures on him, enough to maybe stay his hand.
But it's hard for a dying man from a background of scraps not to excuse mistreatment by saying he's lucky to have what he's got. It's hard to have trauma, to hear Scien's words, and not think it's all deserved.]
Yes, but...
[He finds, like this, he doesn't have any more excuses.]
You don't have to make an enemy out of someone just for me. Though... if you did punch him, by chance... I suppose he would heal here...
[ there are so many people here who are either afraid of decency, or don't feel they haven't earned it—does such a person exist? someone so evil they shouldn't be treated with some modicum of dignity? if they do, he hasn't met them here.
through his irritation, there's a short peal of laughter. ]
If that's enough to make an enemy of Scien, we would never be friends anyway!
[ he will punch him and it will heal in a little while, it's fine. he's decided. ]
It'll just be once. Call it a selfish impulse. You can chalk it up to my boorishness! [ he knows it's a little... stupid? maybe it's not the right, rational course of action, but it doesn't feel wrong, either. ]
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he'll catch up with viktor once he dredges himself back up onto shore, bioluminiscent stripes and spots glowing down his sides. ]
—Viktor! [ he's sneepy but he wakes himself up a bit. ] I see you all actually have a beach? Almost an upgrade...
[ it is not, the sim room is much better ]
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He is looking very CONCERNED at Sidon comes wandering out of the ocean. HE IS ALSO DISTRACTED MOMENTARILY BY THE BIOLUMINESCENT STRIPES AND SPOTS, BUT SHUT UP.]
You should be careful swimming out in it... This place is... strange--can be strange. The organic parts...
[HE IS WORRIED ABOUT THE OCEAN TRYING TO ASSIMILATE SIDON.]
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Dahut did mention this place could be dangerous. That even extends to the water, hm...?
[ it'd be a shame if it did. though he deserves to be vored by the ocean ]
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It's... possibility. The organic material has taken over a lot of places. It... doesn't seem to leave injuries so far, but it will try to assimilate you inside of itself. So be careful.
[He does not explain how he knows this.]
Dahut and I are thinking about how to get you some food.
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Has that happened to you all?
[ hey explain why you and dahut and everyone else seems to know this already. hey
anyway he smiles a little sleepily, touched by the gesture but sort of just worn out. he's tired of feeling like this. ]
I'm sure I can find something to eat... [ diet of uncooked pie filling ] But look at me, here for a day and already troubling you both. You're really too good to me.
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Um.
[He is looking curiously and perceptively at Sidon from where he's standing.] You should get some rest. [HE REALLY DODGED THE QUESTION WITHOUT FALTER.]
I remember how tired I was once I got here. [Pepperidge Farm remembers.] It isn't any trouble.
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So you didn't walk into a wall of flesh? Nothing like that?
[ the way my pc timings are getting all whack it's fine. this stupid little skrunkly science man, he really deserves a noogie. ]
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He sort of stands there, caught, not unlike a fish out of water with its mouth opening and closing, don't eat him please.]
I... um. [Fidgets.] ...I was trying to test the strange, organic wall near the Grinder.
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he gives him a look that isn't quite exasperated. it's intent, though. ]
I see! Did you learn anything? [ he skims a fingertip over the bruise on his head ] And how did you get this one?
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Again, he's surprised somehow by the reminder of the bruise, and he reaches up toward it.] I... suppose I learned it does not eat you, just tries to assimilate you inside of itself. [Like the gelatinous things under water in Zelda.]
Um...
[He seems reluctant to say, but not in a sheepish way. In a more serious way.]
It's... alright. [...] Scien... paid me a visit when I first arrived.
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I suppose we should avoid getting digested any faster than necessary.
[ good to know. but he's more distracted by the bruise, frowning lightly as he assesses it. ]
...Are the two of you still at odds?
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He frowns.]
It's... hard to say. I think he got out most of his side when he kicked me in the head, but... I suppose... I've been working with him distantly on a few things here.
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he thinks about what the proper response to this would be. the thinking process lasts about one second before he just blurts something out. ]
Say—do you think I could punch him? Just once.
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Did... he hear... that right...?]
Are... you serious? I'm... not sure how much it would do actually. You don't have to trouble yourself for me over something... so childish.
Perhaps I even deserved it for trying to look at his research.
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it makes him a little... angry? he's not an angry person, usually. he doesn't look furious or anything. but all those extra fins ruffle again, like a disturbed bird, annoyed. ]
Viktor. He told you that you deserve to die and then kicked you in the head.
[ just in case he missed something here. ]
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But it's hard for a dying man from a background of scraps not to excuse mistreatment by saying he's lucky to have what he's got. It's hard to have trauma, to hear Scien's words, and not think it's all deserved.]
Yes, but...
[He finds, like this, he doesn't have any more excuses.]
You don't have to make an enemy out of someone just for me. Though... if you did punch him, by chance... I suppose he would heal here...
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through his irritation, there's a short peal of laughter. ]
If that's enough to make an enemy of Scien, we would never be friends anyway!
[ he will punch him and it will heal in a little while, it's fine. he's decided. ]
It'll just be once. Call it a selfish impulse. You can chalk it up to my boorishness! [ he knows it's a little... stupid? maybe it's not the right, rational course of action, but it doesn't feel wrong, either. ]