...Ye—... Ahdunnae'fah'mgettenwhetye'replannent'dooenafairghtneit, lassie, bit— bitken— kenahseeth'quepment...? pleeise...?
(EYES LIKE SAUCERS... trembling a tiny bit.)
(...Ah! A big ol' shirt... looks like it belongs to a really fat guy. That oughtta be big enough.)
(Has just degraded into screaming and crying in... probably Swedish, thumping around on the inside of the wash like a scared animal.)
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Homura: (keeps focus on the washing machine until she feels the shaking as well, turns to Nephew) That sounds more like your line of work - I can handle this if you want to investigate.
(Doc Ock) <Listen to me and calm. Down.> (in her most authoritative telepathic voice she can muster)
The damned queen and the relentless knight......Yeah. Sure does.
-He slips on his helmet, and walks towards the armory-
-Seems he helped himself to space to it, if the large amount of absurdly massive swords, hammers, and guns lying about are any indication.-
-He browses the selection, rubbing an armory chin, before settling on a large, red, folded-looking contraption-
-Hooking it onto his back, he hefts up a pouch, and sallies forth up the stairs-
You have fun with the critter, kiddo!
(Just a kid in a candy store, at this point.)
...hhhhwhoooooaaghhh, thes's— GHHH—!
(Cowers behind Ovi at the sight of Terrifying Doll Tails.)
VALDE—…!
............
(Goes very still, and very quiet.)
<...Valdemar...? Is that you...? I'm... Please do pardon my French, I am very fucked up right now, I don't know what's going on... I think something went wrong with the Petals...>
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Homura: (steals a glance at Nephew as he goes to investigate the shaking before going back to Doc Ock) <I'm not this "Valdemar" you've been screaming for, I'm sorry to say. But something seems to have gone wrong with whatever it was you were doing before now - would you please explain what you were doing?>
The damned queen and the relentless knight.…
(Has to take some deep breaths before un-cowering, but slowly steps out from behind Ovi and... walks up to the equipment and... STARES AT THE EQUIPMENT AND...)
(gently touches... the equipment... shaking...)
...hhhhh... ev'ryendevedualdatumesyours, lassie... HHHHHH... gwhhhhh... NNNNHHH...
(just kinda... lays down next to the equipment... kisses it gently...)
...ahkendiehappey.
…
<...Drugs. Several of them. Who is this, then?>
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019"Then we have a deal! Here's an energy scanner, wonderful for detecting samples, there's an analyzer to tell you composition, radiation, etc., my computer is state-of-the-art, delete my games and I'll use you to power a robot. Oh, and there's a guy with blue hair and a permanent frown around here named 'Zwei,' he's my second-in-command. He can help you with analyzing 'The Entity.'"
...Zw—... Th'ARCHIE, OOO—...! Aye, he— herespoondedt'mahseirvey, that'sth'lad...!
...oo, aye, hesaidth'seirveywisawaste'otieme...
(sad...)
...Bit—bit, aye, ah'llbetreatenyer'quepmentasthooetwismahoownbairn, tristme... Ah— Ahcannaethenkyeenoough, lassie, thes'llbeseivenatleastthreelives...
<...Washing mach—...?>
(kinda just... has his octo-skin turn dark, and curls up into a little ball.)
...Ehhh... I will be sthhhhpeaking to you verbally now, pleasthe ceasthe to interfasthe with my cortical sthtack. I...
(BIG gurgly sigh...)
...I am very intoxicated right now, Missth Akemi. Very intoxicated... I cannot disthtingishth thisth from the hallucthinacionsth I am having, if it isth indeed not a hallucthination...
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-He covers his face with his arms, looking annoyed at the Octopus-
Hey-..I just cleaned this!