catchall rupert

[skyagain]

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[agleam]

I probably will be. Eventually.

[maybe.]

Did it bite you, too...?

[skyagain]

[ he grimaces, looking at his arm ]

... Yeah. That thing was fast. [ hrm. ] I don't know how venomous it was or not.

[agleam]

—Oh, right.

[sitting up and looking at the snakebite on his arm.]

Well, um. It definitely stings pretty badly, but I don't know if that means anything... Should we get Shinobu? She said she has medical training.

[skyagain]

[ cloud, who is aware there is not a shit ton any medic could do with no tools, no poison samples, and no magic; ]

... It should be fine. [ he flexes his arm with a hiss ] If we were poisoned, we'd probably know right away.

[ if they die, they die, ]

[agleam]

Yeah... It doesn't seem like they'd go to all the trouble of bringing us here only to let us wander into a room with a snake that could actually kill us, anyways.

[probably......]

Still - sorry I got you bit.

[skyagain]

[ he shrugs. it hurts. he hates snakes. ]

I wasn't that keen on listening to that snake myself anyway. Just didn't think it'd get mad this fast.

[ should have maybe not talked so loudly about how it was an evil snake, guys ]

[agleam]

Yeah... Gonna be honest, I still have no idea why it was so stuck on us eating the pasta.

[its motivations will go unknown...]

[skyagain]

Somehow, I don't think it was trying to share. Maybe the pasta was a bad option too. No win scenario.

[ it was just noodles. ]

[agleam]

[clearly the pasta has a deeper meaning too]

Yeah... Maybe. [a pause] Oh, but - I should introduce myself. I'm Rupert! It's nice to meet you.

[despite snake trauma]

[skyagain]

Cloud. [ he does not share the nice to meet you sentiment, because he has never said that in his life. ] You said... you were in a school?

[agleam]

[he pauses for a second like he's waiting for the nice to meet you, but it's only a little awkward before he moves on.]

...Okay! Cloud's a pretty cool name. [he nods.] Yeah, that was the last group I was in before this one.

[skyagain]

It's... just a name.

[ the awkward continues. ]

That school the same kind of bad news as where everyone else came from?

[ aka murder school which is for murder ]

[agleam]

Well, I like it anyways.

[trying to move past the Awkwardness! it is possibly futile. he does get a little more serious as he continues.]

...Yeah, it was. [murder...] But everyone came back in the end. Not that I'm saying that makes it okay or anything.

[skyagain]

... Thanks?

[ there is no moving past the awkwardness. cloud has never socialized in his life somehow. but he nods at that, looking serious himself ]

We got everyone back, too. Doesn't make it any better, but it's a step up from the alternative.

[ which is a shit ton of dead people. ]

[agleam]

Yeah, I definitely agree. The alternative is... There's no way any of us would have accepted that.

[after a moment:]

Can I ask which one you were from?

[skyagain]

[ he kind of nods at that because. yeah. relatable. unfortunately. ]

Place called the Realm. It turned out to be a computer simulation. It's kind of hard to explain.

[ it was a kingdom hearts game and he suffered ]

[agleam]

Oh - actually, a few people have explained that to me... Are you from the same one as Sebastian, then?

[our multiple computer simulation mgs...]

[skyagain]

Uh... Don't think so? Never heard of a Sebastian.

[ cloud does not know a sebastian despite my misplaced moment of "sebastian stan is the marvel character and not the actor" ]

[agleam]

Oh. [huh.] I guess there was more than one computer simulation, then... That seems a little weird, but maybe they're more common than I thought.

[he still only has a basic idea of what computers are in the first place.]

[skyagain]

As far as getting people in and messing with their heads without them knowing, computer simulation is probably the easiest one. I guess.

[ he does look a little baffled there were TWO. whaaat. ]

Dunno about that Sebastian guy, but the Realm lasted about eight weeks.

[ give or take a few hundred cycles ]

[agleam]

That's... kind of terrifying to think about!

[so. moving right along.]

I don't think he mentioned how long it was where he came from, but mine lasted about that long, too. I heard about one that was only five days, but somehow I don't think we're going to get that lucky...

[since it's day four and the npcs he's assuming will be here still haven't appeared.]

[skyagain]

Jason's? Or did someone else get only five days too?

[ cloud also has 0 belief they'll get that lucky but like. you know. information or whatever ]

[agleam]

[he nods.]

Yeah, his. If there was another one that was that short, I haven't heard about it, but I also haven't asked anyone else how long they were stuck.

[skyagain]

I haven't kept full track, but I'm trying to see the patterns. [ while also only kind of paying attention. look. he's not social. ] Shorter stays are rarer for the most part. Doesn't say anything good about our time here.

[agleam]

[he nods.]

Lup said she was in hers for about eight months, I think, but I'm getting the idea that she's a bit of a different case, since she was - in charge, kind of.

[our npcs...]