catchall claude

[skyagain]

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week 0, monday

[skyagain]

[ cloud is out there with his stupid outfit and his giant sword about to open door #9 of this hotel as per rng.

claude is also conveniently in the hallway, so he stops with his hand on the handle ]

Looks like you didn't get sick after all.

[ he does not know why he says this. it will only be misconstrued as concern again. ]

[shaft]

[ It is immediately misconstrued as concern. ]

I hope you didn't stay awake at night worrying about it.

[ Also, I'm going to rng against and transform door #9 into door #17 because I can't rp boardgames. ]

[skyagain]

[ you are a coward and we could've played uno ]

I wasn't worried.

[ HE IS GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR ANGRILY TO TRY AND GET AWAY FROM CLAUDE ]

[shaft]

[ I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLAY UNO

cloud's escape it pointless given that claude just follows him through. ]

I can see it in your eyes.

[skyagain]

Then you should get yours checked.

[ he looks at him with his pretty eyes! that glow a little! it's fine. it's normal.

they are now in a maze and that's not great. the door closes behind them. ]

...

Damn it.

[shaft]

[ They are pretty!! Unfortunately, Claude is more focused on the maze around them, expression grim. ]

Well, this seems fun.

[ Something... growls in the distance. ]

[skyagain]

[ cloud looks like he is in angry despair. this is a very real emotion. ]

Think that's our cue to get moving. [ growls are bad? he is just going to pick a direction at random and go? surely this is how mazes work ]

[shaft]

Are you armed?

[ He can be serious for a moment, looking around at the walls. ]

[skyagain]

[



gestures at the giant ass sword magneted to his back ]

Are you?

[shaft]

[ LOOK

whatever ]

I'm a damsel, you'll have to— No, I can't. [ He sighs. ] Yeah, though not as obviously as you.

[skyagain]

Then that'll have to do, let's go.

[ the growling is too close for comfort? he is even nicely ignoring the half-quip. time to pick directions at random!!! ]

I don't want to see what lives in this maze up close.

[shaft]

You and me both.

[ He looks behind them, trying to catalog their surroundings in an effort to keep from going in circles. ]

Maybe we should try climbing the walls.

[skyagain]

[ they are such tall walls, but surely they can boost each other up it. so cloud stops and makes a step with his hands ]

Think we can stay on them and skip this maze?

[ the answer is. the walls will grow taller the second they attempt to truly climb them.

no cheating ]

[shaft]

[ ... Well, that was a waste of precious time. ]

You've got to be kidding me.

[ Off they go again!! ]

You don't think you could take whatever it is that's hunting us?

[skyagain]

Maybe, but there's not a lot of space here.

[ tiny maze corridors... because... it's funniest if the buster sword is a problem. ]

I might manage it, but I don't know how well I could protect us both like this. And we don't know what's chasing us.

[ and he like, does not wanna find out ]

[shaft]

[ Claude, contemplating whether he'd sacrifice Cloud to the monster... No, Cloud was nice and got him a towel that one time.

So they go. ]

Better to avoid conflict then.

[ He grabs a stone, striking it against the wall to make a faint mark. ]

Might as well try to keep from running in circles.

[skyagain]

[ if claude tries to sacrifice him cloud WILL push and hold him down in the pool, he's vindictive. i hope the wall is full of faint marks of all the maze's previous victims. ]

Ever been in a maze before? [ this is a genuine question as they try to make their way downtown. walking fast. hear some growling. walking faster. ] Can't say they're common back home.

the way i totally missed this notif

[shaft]

No, never.

[ He's walking at a brisk pace now. ]

But the chances we'll actually die are fairly small.

[skyagain]

What, because it's off schedule?

[ it's monday so they can't die? ]

Pretty sure there's a few people here who had people die every day wherever they were.

[shaft]

Well- that's true.

But I mean, I was in the room where you fall to your death, and while I definitely felt like I died, I didn't. So I think it's a trick of these rooms.

[skyagain]

Great. Not in any hurry to pretend-die in a maze, either, so I'll pass.

[ he does not want this. ]

[shaft]

Just trying to lighten the mood.

[ To no avail.

Especially since they turn the next corner to find a dead end.

Great. ]

[skyagain]

How's "we might die but it won't stick" lightening the mood?

[ CLAUDE. anyway there's an immediate annoyed noise as they have to backtrack, which is also immediately covered by a louder growl and the feeling that they should maybe be running faster 🤔 ]

Kinda feeling like a lab rat right now. [ stupid jogging in a labyrinth ]

[shaft]

I'm just saying it could be worse!

[ LOOK anyway, Claude is running now, but still carefully enough that he's taking in their surroundings, keeping an eye on the markings on the wall.

They reach another fork, making a turn. ]

It's definitely entertainment for someone. This really sucks.

[skyagain]

[ they turn! right into fork in the road! i hope claude is keeping track of these. cloud is too but he is not sharing currently. ]

Anyone ever tell you not to say it could be worse?

[ you know how some mazes have traps "do they" you know this very common fact about mazes having traps, well this one does too! a pit of spikes in this dead end. get it? it's a dead end? cloud's stop is very abrupt. let them bump into each other ]