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Eve|Hospitree|She Started The Club
"Believe me, it's not the first time," Eve stated dryly. About half her job among her partners was stepping in front of bullets. Usually, she was steel at the time, but there had been a couple of occasions when she hadn't been. Which usually was painful encounter, but better her than the two others. They didn't have healing factors.
So the door was a key to a challenge to help Silenea. Huh. Once again, Rex had accepted a challenge without knowing all the terms. At least this one was more clearly defined than the first, and limited to Silenea alone. Chise mentioned being able to do something similar accidentally. "Hmm..." Eve mused on what that meant for the challenge. Entering someone's head? "Maybe we're fighting their inner demons." A Writer had to like puns, right?
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The discussion of Eve getting shot was making Arcade get a little protective. He couldn't help the small glare that was overtaking his face as he mumbled, "remember when I asked you to stay safe? Well, now I'm going to emphasize: don't get shot. Please."
While his tone through most of his statement was deadpan, his concern shone through his "please". He didn't care how powerful she was; bullets hurt, and he didn't want anyone he cared about getting hurt.
edited 30th May '17 4:17:02 PM by Skooter910
I say that aloud too sometimes, just: "man, no life."
Chise mentioned that she had entered someone's mind before and theorized that the tiny door was designed to do something similar. The only problem was that Chise couldn't do much but watch so the challenge would probably involve something a little more active.
"Huh, that world of yours must be pretty weird" Rex joked, and looked back at how Eve's mention of getting shot several times made one of the doctors there really worry about her wellbeing. That was a bit touching but kind of odd. Who was that guy?
Regardless, Eve built on the theory and proposed that maybe they had to deal with Silanea's literal demons.
"Maybe. He likes that kind of dramatic nonsense"
Meanwhile, the militia guys that had answered Rex's call for help entered the hospital and asked for him. Their help wasn't as necessary as Rex had initially thought but, hey, they could always use an extra hand.
"Oh, hey guys. I was about to ask Elias if he could teleport us to the library. We are going to help Silanea"
edited 30th May '17 10:08:36 AM by DeisTheAlcano
Hospitree
Thankfully, it seemed the apology went rather well, although Eve did press a bit more regarding Rex checking the library for information on himself. Fortunately, it was over soon, as it seemed that there might be something that Rex didn't quite remember but might be cause for shame and Eve agreed that sometimes it was best to forget.
Discussion soon turned to yet another challenge Rex had uptaken, this time to apparently enter Silanea's mind and possibly battle manifestation of her issues. Was this supposed to in and out itself or would it also solve the problems in her world In anycase, it seemed to be a worthy cause, although one that probably wouldn't be able to partake in this time,
It seemed that Rex had called back up from the militia for this purpose, so Caro then said, "I would pitch in as well, but we do have a rather vicious criminal to help catch .."
There was then more chatter on the channel, with Ben's message coming out rather scrambled and Louie asking for clarification on the hospital, so she then responded, "Look for one with a large entrance carved in and a red cross in front of it and you should be fine. We will probably head outside and fly above it, if it helps."
edited 30th May '17 4:46:59 PM by JamesShields
"Oh dear," Plague Knight said in response to Lucas about the challenge Rex wished to do. "I immediately figured that her plight might been racially charged, though I thought it was only her own village that was razed, not an outright genocide. If you are invested in helping, I definitely think you should," he assured Lucas. "It was actually my own intention to help her two days ago if I had won the challenge.
"However, I have more pressing concerns concerning the one trying to framing Ben," he continued. He then turned to Ciri. "Of whom, Ben described as being able to burn, slash, and pierce all at once. This is important because all three types were done at a frequency that his device cannot match especially the burning. I have seen his fiery form before, and it notably lacks claws or other sharpened parts."
The knight then turned on the radio. "This is Plague Knight, sorry for not responding earlier," he spoke through the channel. "I was doing a previous commission before I heard about Ben's imposter."
Elias would feel something gently bump into him. It was some sort of giant armadillo the size of a reclining chair with a noticeable spiked club at the end of its tail. It continued to aimless bump into the fae, practically oblivious to the person in the way. Either he or Dave might be able to tell the creature was currently stoned out of its tiny little mind.
DAMMIT MARK, STOP HOTTING HELPY!!
I just want to help!
Cole sniffed a bit, stopping his attempt to flee when Miss Tairee crouched in front of him, just wiping at his eyes with the back of a hand again. "W-what if...what if I ask...what if I ask for help...and...a-and they can't do anything either?" he asked, looking at her again, looking far more concerned about this than any of the previous questions. "Then...th-then they...they would...they would have to know they f-failed, and...a-and what was at stake...I...I-I can't do that to them...I can't, I can't, I'm not worth that, not me, not my world...I can't hurt them that way, Miss Tairee, I can't..."
He shook his head again, looking away from her. "I...I will tell the others back home, I will, b-but...but I can't tell the others here, Miss Tairee, I can't...I can't risk them having to...I can't..."
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Eve|Hospitree|Bulletproof, Arcade. Bulletproof.
Arcade was concerned for her. She was touched, but unruffled. "Arcade, I can turn myself into bulletproof steel. I spend half my time taking bullets for people." It was true. Fighting inner demons did sound like something the Writer would request.
Oh dear. They were going back to the library? Oh boy. It made sense, based on the conversation she had overheard. But it was still...scary. "Do you want help?" Her voice didn't tremble or quiver, much to her happiness, but she was more scared than she seemed.
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2 Spooky 4 U
The group was moving on and Simon was not the kind of boy that wanted to be left behind. "I'm coming bro!" yelled out Simon happily, the interaction with Baby T boosting his mood, and he placed the pack from Digger into the cockpit by gently moving it with two slobber covered fingers. He didn't want to crush anything in it. The task done with, the top of Lagann snapped shut and the short machine went to join up with the group.
With Blue leading them, the group would soon arrive in front of the Home Sweet Home hotel...
edited 30th May '17 4:30:11 PM by LightToAll
Arcade pouted slightly at Eve's response. He debated pushing the issue, but simply sighed. He made his point clear, that was all he could ask for.
He heard Rex mention helping Silanea and asked, "help her... With what? Is something wrong?" He was prepared to offer his own assistance if necessary, but he would have to know some specifics.
I say that aloud too sometimes, just: "man, no life."
Annoyed Mode: ON
There were many things that Lu and Ciel wondered about the building that stood before them and its surrounding area. Why was it inside an active volcano? Why did the building inside the cave in the volcano have so many windows and a glass dome? In fact, why was it made almost entirely out of windows? Why was it not surrounded and/or covered in lava? Was it truly a fake volcano, just like the fake tundra they'd seen earlier, with the snow that was made of paper and not cold in the slightest? What kind of architecture was that? How did a settlement with no name and no proper organization have that sort of building? And many, many more.
However, Ciel pondered them in silence, whereas Lu stated her inquiries aloud, even as they went through the doors.
"Was a five floor building truly necessary?" she wondered, looking around. "It's unnecessarily big. How does it even keep itself from collapsing with those flimsy glass walls? And all this furniture... it almost feels like a castle, rather than a bookstore."
"Library."
"It doesn't change my point, Ciel."
Instead of guiding Lu straight to the central desks, he stopped on a table to allow Lu to wait on a seat, maybe to get all that fake paper snow off her shoes while she was at it, but instead headed towards the central desks, where he found a very good-looking woman in very revealing animal furs speaking to a white-haired individual. There were also two women who looked suspiciously similar to her, as well as...
"...!"
Children. A very significant number of small, adorable, cute little children.
Fighting his urges to suddenly pounce on them and start treating them as if they were stuffed animals, Ciel quickly turned his attention back towards the desk, opting to focus his attention on the plaques for a brief moment, in an attempt to not give in to temptation while he waited for the librarian (or librarians?) to be available.
The horned girl, in the meantime, focused almost exclusively on the only visibly adult woman she could see in the room, the rather indecent outfit for a public building with children, the two equally dressed women who were identical to that first one in every conceivable way, and the troubled toddler one of them was talking to. There was something about him that felt a little familiar and strange, but she was unable to tell what just yet, so she limited herself to observing for the time being. And also to removing the paper snow from her shoes.
edited 30th May '17 8:58:53 PM by Katarsus
Ciri - The Alleged Hospital Optometry Room
"It seems you'll need to do some more investigation to determine exactly what sort of monster is responsible," Ciri said to Plague Knight. "Most dopplers would have trouble doing the slightest things beyond the powers of their targets.""Let's not waste time, then, you can fill us in on the rest of the details on the way," Ciri said as she approached the door of the optometry room, getting ready to leave in search of a clearing. "Firstly, who is Silanea, and what is the enaitchaynote ?"
edited 30th May '17 5:10:18 PM by nman
"Okay, sure, you know - I got - I'm not really doing anything else right now, huh?" Rick wiped some of the tropical sweat off his brow and took a shot, closing his eyes and relishing the cold shot of alcohol. "You wanna load... uh..."
"Thomas."
"... that kid up on Roger here?" finished Rick, who either hadn't heard or didn't care. "He's a - he's a good dinosaur. I think. I mean - you know, I don't have a lot of experience with dinosaurs but he's only tried to kill me - uh, three times. Aren'tcha, ya dumb dinosaur?" Rick leaned down and patted Roger, who fixed him with an resentful, rheumy glare. Wethe ror not they chose to do so note , the group eventually set off. Roger crashed through most of the undergrowth in his way like a living bulldozer, snorting every so often as he sniffed the air and found it to his liking.
"Soooo," said Rick in an attempt to break the incredibly awkward silence, "show of hands, how many of us have had experience fighting shapeshifters? Or *urp* m-more specifically," he continued as he fiddled with his laser pistol, "the, the shapeshifters who masquerade as friends and loved ones in an attempt to *urp* turn us against each other?"
There was a brief awkward silence before Morty raised his hand, looking more traumatized than usual.
edited 30th May '17 5:35:22 PM by Locoman
I think I'm a sofa
Digger - Home Sweet Home
Much of the trip was spent daydreaming, complaining about how hot it was, tripping over roots, or getting paranoid every time I heard a squawk, roar, or chitter, but we finally made it back to the hotel. I took my stuff from Lagann and dropped it off at the front counter, hoping someone would know what to do with it. With the job finished, I was now free to explore the jungle as I pleased.
...
As if.
I leaned against the wall, occasionally looking out the door. What could I even do by myself? I could go exploring, but there were plenty of dangerous animals and probably dangerous people that I don't want to deal with. I could find a nice, firm cliff to build a shelter in, but I don't have the materials, and it's kind of a waste of time anyway with the hotel; really, it'd just be for fun. I could go to the library, but I didn't feel like reading right now. What to do, what to do...
(holds pool noodle threateningly) Do you want to know what we do to artists?
That One Gal
Phoenix and Maya, having gotten over their immense ans debilitating shock at Ben's exit, shook themselves back to reality.
"Well that. Happened." Phoenix stared blankly in the direction that the giant Ben-dino ran off.
Maya, looking too in that direction - though with a different sort of awe - nodded. "Whoa, yeah. That was cool!" She pumped her fists into the air, jumping with excitement. Her celebration quickly ended, however, as she turned to Phoenix. "But you really dropped the ball on that one, Nick. Why didn't you just use the Magatama?"
"Why didn't I...use it..?" Phoenix fumbled in his pocket for a second, bringing the mentioned stone out into the open. He stared down at it. "That, is a very good question, Maya." Trying to recover as best he could, Phoenix returned his Magatama and moved towards the Militia member that was still there. "Yes, uh, that'd be a smart thing to do, thank you."
"You certainly haven't done any of those yet."
Back inside the Church, Phoenix made his way over to the Church-goer that was (hopefully) still there. "Hello? Sir? I'm here to ask about what happened, here?"
For the Horde!
Cybersaur glared at Lewis. "All right, I'm going, sheesh!" he shouted. He then looked at Rick and Morty. Rick was offering to have his pet dinosaur carry Thomas. He wasn't sure if he would trust Rick, but he seemed to want to help and he really needed all the help he could get. Better get on Rick's good side again. He sighed and gently lowered Thomas onto the dinosaur's back.
"Keep him safe. We're meeting Louie up at the Hospital, so we should get moving sooner rather than later." With that, Cybersaur began to follow Rick and Morty through the undergrowth, keeping a close eye on the scientist and his grandson. Rick asked if he had experience fighting shapeshifters.
"Shapeshifters, no," Cybersaur said sheepishly. "Well, kinda. There was Kevin, but he could only turn into my forms cause he absorbed enough energy," he explained. "I really hope he's not here, cause he kinda... hates me now. Though I thought he was stuck in a weird crazy-shaped version of himself made of all my aliens."
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
I think I can...
Library - talking about [J]obs
9S perked up. "Hm? Oh yeah, I was wondering if you could tell me how the communications around here work. See, there are several radio signals my Pod detected, and I was wondering what each one was for. Surely there must be something to it..."
He turned to Jack enthusiastically when he mentioned what he exactly did- "Oh! That's a good question. I'm part of an orbital squadron known as YoRHa. Our goal is to wipe the Earth of machine lifeforms- well, my Earth- so that mankind can start to live on the Earth aga-"
The truth came back to him. Humanity is extinct. Now that what he was originally fighting for was destroyed all along, he had no purpose. He, and other soldiers were going in circles. But there were other humans in this city too. Chise, Rex, and the various others.
He shook his head, cleared his throat and said: "Well... anyway, I'm a Scanner model. Fighting really isn't my thing- I gather data, do reconnaissance, and every once in a while, hack something. People say I'm a technophile, apparently." 9S then shrugged.
Rero.
Jungle
"Whoah!" Calvin screamed as his wagon crashed through the thick jungle, hit a root, and promptly launched them towards Rick's group. He landed on top of Hobbes, with a small "ooof!" and looked up at the old scientist.
"Sorry, we didn't mean to interrupt..." Hobbes grinned sheepishly before Calvin cut him off.
"We're chasing a baby brontosaurus - have you seen it around?" Calvin asked before realizing that he had encountered Rick before.
"Hey - whatever happened to you anyways? You sent me to chase that guy and then left!"
THE SLORG!
"Cut an injured fellow a break, will you?" Thomas muttered in slight annoyance after Lewis' gripe towards them. Thomas seemed a little surprised as Cybersaur moved him over to Roger, but made no objection. He gave one last glance towards Lewis as they left, then looked back to the others.
"I see his mood still hasn't improved since back at the stadium" Thomas commented towards Cybersaur, and continued trying to apply the healing gel to himself. "I've never dealt with any shapeshifters myself, no" the young wizard answered Rick simply. With Thomas off of Cybersaur, the tingling and numb feeling was going away; in turn, Rick's laser pistol started to malfunction instead. As Calvin and Hobbes rather abruptly arrived, Thomas jumped slightly and pointed his wand towards them in his still-shaky grip, then relaxed after realizing it was just a child and not an attack.
"Red cross? Alright, thanks Caro" Louie's voice said simply over the channel. Shortly after, his voice came back with, "okay, Swishee sees it. I'll be right there."
"This city and its themes, pheh" Dave scoffed, shaking his head in some kind of general disapproval with the situation. He raised and eyebrow and leaned over slightly to look around Elias at the creature now bumping into him; then the doctor's expression went incredibly dull.
"Well if this is going to be my pharmacy then, I still can't have any random bozos- or animals- just waltzing in and taking from it as they please" Dave said with increasing frustration, walking around Elias to grab the thing by the base of its tail and drag it out towards the edge of the grove with his troll strength. "Hey! Militia! Do me a favor and stun the daylights out of this stupid thing if it comes back into my garden, you hear!?" the doctor yelled over his shoulder as he shoved the creature in the direction of the jungle.
Nails and Phillip glanced back at Dave with slight confusion as they walked in. Nails spotted Fastanook and asked him, "you're still stationing here, right? So can you handle that?"
"Yeah, I've got it" Fastanook said with a nod, and headed out the door.
"Helping Silanea, again? Another party or something?" Phillip asked, having not caught the whole conversation. "Rex, you know there's probably still people in danger out there, right?" the militia member added, motioning towards the door in general reference to the jungle.
Since Fastanook had gone, Silanea had slowly slithered a bit closer to the group to start overhearing some of the conversation again. As she heard Phillip, she glanced down with a sad and guilty look. "I... I'm sorry. I'm being selfish with my problems again..." Silanea muttered, her fists clenching and arms starting to shake a bit. "It'll probably just end up backfiring anyway, just like everything else..." she continued, and started slowly slithering towards the door, apparently to leave.
Outside, Swishee the pelliper swooped down from above, slowly circling down for a gentle landing.
The Miss Tairee speaking to Cole had one eyebrow raise slightly as she smiled. "You would blame yourself if they failed? Oh Cole, you're so sweet, but you're also so silly" Miss Tairee said, gently wiping Cole's cheek with the back of her hand. "Not everything has to be your fault, Cole. If they tried to help you and failed, that would be okay; they would have wanted to help, because they care about you. Nobody would be blaming you for things going wrong" the librarian continued.
After a couple moments though, as always the stickler for exact wording, Miss Tairee added, "probably. Like ninety nine point nine percent certainty that they wouldn't blame you. I can't imagine any feasible scenario in which they would." Then she refocused on Cole. "Besides Cole, you've already told me" the librarian pointed out.
Meanwhile, the Miss Tairee near the central desks gave a simple nod to 9S. "They are simply for the denizens of the city to use as they wish. Currently, channel 5 is used by the militia; channel 10 by the City knights; channel 11 by the Non-Human Alliance; channel 25 by Home Sweet Home; channel 94 by the news broadcasters to broadcast news, while channel 93 is the one they use to receive call ins from other city denizens. Technically there is nothing stopping you from simply hopping onto any of those channels and saying whatever you'd like, but you could make some people annoyed with you" Miss Tairee explained to 9S at length. She then glanced over at Ciel to ask him simply, "sorry sir, can I help you with anything?"
Elsewhere in the room, while the Miss Tairee tending to the other children did not really take notice of Lu and Ciel, one of the children certainly did. Seirwuosuhr spotted Lu and stared towards the demon girl with a somewhat shocked expression, mouth agape.
"Ah, good to be back" Blue said as he walked inside. "We'll get the food to the kitchens so the people volunteering to cook can get to work. There will be an open dinner upstairs in the board room later, so if you're sticking around feel free to come by for that" he told the group as he motioned for John and Veela to get started with moving the groceries.
"Hartwig, anything happen while we were gone?" Blue asked the furred man still at the desk.
"Chust a fev pipple signink in to schtay tonight. Here's de list" Hartwig responded, handing Blue a clipboard to take a look at.
The Literate was still there, waiting with Larry and looking a bit worried. He glanced over with a slightly hopeful look as Phoenix approached him. "I already told the militia; Ben Tennyson came in here and killed us all!" the Literate said, raising his voice a bit. Then he frowned and coughed. "Uh, sorry. Did you want the whole story, or something specific?" he asked, his tone calmed down.
edited 30th May '17 9:37:20 PM by FirockFinion
You are reading this.
I just want to help!
Cole sniffed a bit, still in tears, but at least it didn't seem to be getting any more intense. "If...i-if you can't...c-can't do anything to help...a-are you...are you going to be upset?"
edited 30th May '17 10:33:41 PM by ColeMinor
"...Okay, I can kill something, but...how am I gonna enter a mind? I'm not a puhsai...psychic like you."
Her eyes scanned the distance around him, darting quickly between tree and bush, before settling on him with a warm smile. "Ah, Lewis!" She took a few steps toward him, but slowed when she finally picked up on how despondent he was. "Ah...Lewis, did I come at a bad time? I was going to ask you for some help with something, but, if it's too much to ask..."
Ciri - Alleged Hospital -> Forest Clearing
"Now then, this seems like a suitable area," Ciri said when they had left the hospital and found enough of a break in the trees that they could cook something without the risk of setting everything on fire.With that, she got to work showing Yoshika how to look for suitable wood, lighting a fire, and positioning some longer branches to make a rack to suspend the raptor over.
When they finished she got down on her knees in a standard Witcher's meditation position, a few feet from the fire so she could keep an eye on it. "That's most of the process, save for the last step. The most important thing now, Yoshika, and perhaps the most crucial in other matters as well, is patience. It will take several minutes, so we must stay on guard to secure this clearing. Most animals and monsters will not be drawn towards the smell of burning flesh, but the ones with that inclination will be troublesome. People passing may cause trouble as well, if they prove to be disagreeable."
edited 30th May '17 11:07:06 PM by nman
Dark Sun, what choices have I...?
Finally. Can't believe it took him that long. I listened to the sound of the lot of them leaving, not bothering to look back, just staring down at the floor. They wanted as little to do with me as I did with them, and soon enough the sounds of undergrowth crunching under the thudding feet of a mini-Transformer and a stegosaurus or whatever "Roger" was faded into nothing, leaving me standing there, in the middle of nowhere, alone.
...
Well, who needs people anyway? People sucked. They spent all their time up their own asses and only listened when you told them what they wanted to hear anyway, and sometimes strung you along for their own purposes without regard to what you feel and then threw you away like unwanted leftovers when they didn't need you or you got in the way. Wasn't that how it was? Hah, and here I'd been trying to help for the sake of caring and doing the right thing for people who would ruin themselves anyway, while putting aside my own problems even as they descended to badly-written angst fic levels of crap. Heh, those fics actually existed somewhere out there, didn't they? Who would care, even if I complained? Not little Ben, clearly.
Hah!
Ha ha.
Ha.
Ha...
This was fantastic.
I began to get profoundly uncomfortable and had the thought to call someone, for the sake of hearing another voice. In the process I noticed I'd left my phone recording throughout this whole mess, and stopped the video. Who to call? Ben, fuck no. Caro, maybe. I still needed to bug Rex about that door.
Oh, huh. I guess I forgot to add Eve and Ara. And the Grinch. That was still the most surreal person I could've met here. (Where did he get a helicopter?) Whoops.
I had settled for calling Rex when before I could actually initiate it I heard the rustling of someone struggling through foliage. I looked up impassively to see a mass of blue that revealed itself to be attached to...Seiga.
She wanted something, apparently.
"I asked you to watch Cole on the cliché slasher day and he brained himself on a chicken leg. If I say yes and then disappoint you, will we be even?"
edited 31st May '17 12:18:18 AM by Oceanstuck
i guess you can watch me shitpost i guess
"...I'm sorry," she eventually said, visibly taken aback by that. "I didn't do a very good job at that, did I? I'm sure that I could make some excuse for it, but I won't. Feel free to disappoint me, then."
She continued to walk closer, as she looked him in the eyes...and past him, leaning over with her hands behind her back to see the slight charring of the forest behind him. Is that how he dealt with anger, then? She readjusted just as quickly, ignoring it for the moment.
"But, maybe, before we do that, I could help you out, first? It's obvious you're having some problems yourself, and perhaps I know some ways to fix them," she said. A small smile came across her face. "Or, I don't, and I'll disappoint you again."
Dark Sun, what choices have I...?
She sounded apologetic, at least. Not that that couldn't be feigned, but at least she recoiled at the mention of the incident with Cole, and was allegedly at ease with the idea of me deliberately not following through on whatever she was asking of me.
And then offered some manner of...help, seemingly noticing the charred mess surrounding us. It could be a sincere offer worthy of at least attempting...or it could be snake oil. Then again, she admitted there was some chance of failure in what she was offering, rather than trying to hype some miracle fix-all. Still, it felt like she was sucking up to me.
"...What are you selling?" I asked, wanting her to just say what it was she wanted instead of batting around the bush.
i guess you can watch me shitpost i guess
The doctor wanted proof that I wasn't just trying to deceive him. Fair enough, it was nothing more than a little inconvenience to go through.
"If you need proof, you can ask some of the people in the lobby. They can tell you that I spent a good portion of my time helping wounded people outside, and my apprentice has a bag full of our medicine with her. Not only that, I have no need for money."
I looked at the "pharmarcy" which was apparently just a garden filled with herbs now. That was hardly something unusual to me, although just from looking at some of them I noticed that there were some I didn't recognize.
"I have a garden similar to this at my home. I suppose a pharmarcy is a little too modern for this setting so we have to settle for this," I commented.
Some people showed up looking for Rex, apparently people that he ditched some time ago, likely before he met with Chise. Apparently there was some kind of situation going on? It didn't really look like there was anything of note happening in here. I decided to stay silent, they didn't seem to know any specifics so if I needed to know, I could just ask Rex himself about it.
"I've done something like that before, by accident so I don't really know how, but I wonder if this door is just a way to replicate that intentionally..."
I was really only throwing ideas out there while we waited for Elias. We would only really know how it worked when we tried, but it couldn't hurt to talk about it for the time being.
"Although... last time I did that, I couldn't really do anything, just watch. It wouldn't be much of a challenge if the same thing happened this time..."