catchall rupert

[skyagain]

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[agleam]

[a beat.]

...So do you have a different plan or are we just going to wait for the inevitable, here?

[skyagain]

I'm thinking. [ GIVE HIM A SECOND ] Maybe there's a door or something down here. Let's just... keep going further and see.

[ can they even see anything. ]

[agleam]

[they cannot. but also he glances back towards the shark which is making progress on getting in, so:]

Uh, yeah, swimming in the dark in the hopes we find something definitely beats this.

[off they goooo...]

[skyagain]

[ off they go! there is definitely some bumping into walls or poles or whatever ships have in them. i am not a ship expert ]

Every week I tell myself these are stupid, and then every week I'm back here trying not to get eaten by a shark underwater.

[ why don't they LEARn, RUPERT ]

[agleam]

Next time you can pick the door.

[that is not the problem here]

[skyagain]

That's obviously not the problem here.

[ sometimes the meta text is right, rupert. anyway, wow, do we want them eaten by a shark or to find a treasure? a mystery we can decide but it absolutely needs to be that they see a glint somewhere in the dark that looks accessible but won't be easily so because of irony again ]

You seeing this?

[agleam]

Yeah, but I feel like the exact week we give up is when they're going to put something actually useful in one of these.

[he stares at the glint, which is in fact treasure because rng has blessed them for once, good for them. swimming towards it.]

Normally I'd be more worried it's a trap, but...

[their other option is the shark that is attempting to get in and kill them both, so.]

[skyagain]

We don't have much of a choice.

[ of course they say that, but oh no... it looks like there's some fallen wood debris in the way... they can't touch it... for added Drama ]

Help me pull it loose while we've got time.

[ there is a breaking noise in the background like maybe the shark ... has gone through...]

[agleam]

[he pulls with his noodle arms, and because rng was kind to them it's halfway rotted off already, so it comes off easily. he turns and tosses it towards the shark, and while it doesn't really hurt (since it just kind of floats harmlessly, they're underwater, help), it does startle it enough that it stops for precisely long enough for them to get through. last time cloud shoved him in, so this time he pushes him forward first.]

Go, go go—

[skyagain]

[ cloud touches the treasure and... the shark eats them the end.

no, they wind up back in the hallway, soaking wet, and cloud coughs up some water. there is no treasure in sight :( ]

... Could've at least let us keep the treasure.

[ he's immediately trying to wring out the water from his clothes. there's so much water everywhere. the carpet will be ruined if there's any. ]

[agleam]

[he's just going to lay here for a second. housekeeping can clean up the horrible mess they're currently making it. they've earned it, probably.]

Yeah, not really surprised they couldn't even do us one solid.

[skyagain]

Yeah, neither am I.

[ he takes off a small fish out of a pocket. it turns into more water in his hand ]

... I hate this place.

[agleam]

I understand completely, and I concur.

[after a beat, glancing towards him:]

You're not hurt, though?

[skyagain]

[ he looks at his left arm critically. then he looks over at rupert's lack of an eye ]

No, but I doubt that was any good for either of us.

[ ... salt water... ]

[agleam]

Maybe the fact that we could breathe in it means it was entirely magical water and we will not come to regret this at all...?

[they already regret it though]

[skyagain]

[ he shifts his weight and everything goes squish in that gross wet sound that wet clothes do ]

... You're telling me you don't regret it yet?

[agleam]

...Yeah, I've got no good answer to that one.

[skyagain]

I guess at least we didn't die in this one.

[ At Least ]

[agleam]

Maybe someday we'll be able to raise that bar up off the floor.

[skyagain]

[ cloud thinking of his no good very bad weekend; ]

I wouldn't count on it.

[agleam]

...That's fair.

[there is some concern as he says that, the color coming off him changing to something a little darker as he glances towards him. please save cloud 2k22.]

[skyagain]

[ it is probably valid of rupert because cloud is staring off into space for a second before he shakes his head ]

C'mon. I'm not doing another one of those rooms while soaked. Let's go grab stuff in the closet.

[agleam]

Kind of feeling like we should give them a break until next week, anyways, unless you were eager for round two here.

[he gets up, though, running his hands through his hair to at least shake off the excess water there.]

[skyagain]

I'm not, but I wasn't about to let you go off on your own.

[ that's it that's the reason ]

[agleam]

Oh! Thanks. That's really nice of you, but... Um - next time you can just say no if you don't want to do another one, and I could just find another person?

[save cloud 2k22!!!]