( closed ) life like the unplumbed sea;

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WHO: Elysium & friends(?)
WHAT: This is now just a catch-all for everything
WHERE: Everywhere
WHEN: 2024
WARNINGS: Blanket warning for possible explorations of dark themes in general, please tread at your own risk. I will, however, endeavour to include specifics in headers if applicable.

Comments

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There's plenty of food and fresh water out in the forest so we probably won't have to worry about any of that. Some flasks just in case, but other than our weapons it's probably better that we do pack light in the event we end up running into this 'Lord of the Forest.'

Flashlights, if you need them?





Otherwise, I got the cat ears from LILITH. They're pretty sick. I can do any mapping on my implant just fine.

[yuwon]

Hunting should be easy, too. I also have some jerky from our last mission. They're not salty enough to pack a punch, but it's better than starving or eating fistfuls of medical herbs in a pinch.

If we meet him, the easier our mission is. [ the over confidence of a webtoon.

but, wait a damn second. cat ears? ]

I'm not interested in seeing you in that.

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[ the over confidence of a webtoon straight into peanut … ]

They give me night vision. Too bad.


Try not to get too distracted.

[yuwon]

[ time for him to kick elysium's foot.

not very subtle. not very demure. before, he eventually stands up. he pretends to give a big stretch, followed by an actual very real yawn as he gets ready to move on. ] Trust me when I say no one is looking at you.

Let's get going.

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[ yuwon really does like playing footsie. noted.

he's just going to lag behind several seconds though, even if it's already been made abundantly clear they know each other—stretching out, letting joints creak. after yuwon turns the corner, he'll join him.

what was the point of all of this? don't ask me. ]

So much for not caring about the last word.

What supplies did you want to pick up?

[yuwon]

[ elysium doesn't lag far behind and yet, yuwon still shoots him a slightly impatient glance. as if he couldn't have been bothered to wait those few brief minutes. ]

Whatever they got. I saw some decent looking ropes on the farm the other day.

I figure we could bring some home items, too. Makes it easier for us to be able to hunt and cook. Then we won't having to keep making trips back to the village.

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[ why is yuwon so naggy …

Except Elysium doesn't care and merely smiles in the face of it. Too bad, so sad. (lol.) Now they've evolved into the next stage of their plan looking like two guys who just recently got into a fight and are walking next? close?? to each other in silence like weirdos. ]

I'd wager it's more about the kaiju than the villagers when it comes to why we passed out that day, but yeah, we probably shouldn't trust what they feed us anymore on top of it just being more efficient while we're out there.

Are you used to this kind of stuff? I'm surprised.

[yuwon]

[ elysium evokes this...

except, yuwon seems to already forget about it entirely. as if the concept itself didn't matter in the greater scheme of things, minus his prick of occasional irritation. ]

True, it could be anything, but I figure it helps to be safe. In the Tower, rankers usually had a natural resistance to most stuff, including alcohol... [ but here, clearly... it didn't always work that way, and yuwon didn't want to find out the hard way. ]

Didn't I mention it before? Sometimes I would be in a dungeon for months.

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You don't really talk about yourself and it's not something I'd ask under normal circumstances, no……

[ bro for how long they've known each other the most elysium's gotten is his yaoi lore i'm in tears. but also. how it should be, i guess. ]

I guess I never really thought about what your food situation in that scenario would be. What doesn't the Tower have? It sounds like it's its own ecosystem.

[yuwon]

You sure it's not just because you don't listen? [ jk, the brief look that crossed his features show that he's definitely guilty of what elysium says. it's taken months for him to even divulge certain details of his world...

while it's gotten easier, more inconsequential in a sense... yuwon was essentially himself no matter what. old habits die hard and all of that. ] It does, and each floor is pretty different from one another. Some even have specific themes. A floor with an order of knights for example, or another one focused on martial artists.

But, you're not following along with me just to hear about this, are you?

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[ yuwon's living the video game character life and after vegas, that's pretty much the impression elysium's sticking with at this point. ]

Nnnnoope. Just so happens that I'm meeting with Miss Rodya and we're going the same way. Your stellar review goes a long way, it seems — but this is probably where we part.

After the hour, yeah?

[yuwon]

I figure someone has to put you to work.

You seemed fine using me ten minutes ago, too. [ fair is fair, or so he'd say, but yuwon was the type where he'd make sure to provide retribution in excess. thankfully, he's only sold ely out to rodya. ]

An hour. [ he confirms, before heading off. ]