shitposting rave 3: Dawn of the third rave

-As she talks, Acheta is putting on a pair of thick leather gloves.-

 

-0 The more she says this the more afraid I become.
-0 Two words: desert megafaun-

-He jumps about a meter backwards and says something untranslatable and utterly disgusting in ancient Alternian.-

 

Oh my gosh you said a swear, that's hilarious~.
Look, she's mostly tame, okay~??

 

-Mituna elects to float about three feet above the ground once Acheta lets her pet loose, raising an eyebrow.

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-He peers at it from his vantage point in the air, intrigued.-

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They project a psionic field to help navigate underground~!
They can concentrate that field briefly to zap and stun prey~.
Silly people blow this up into 'they'll kill you from meters away with their LIGHTNING POWERS'~.
It's like, haven't you ever studied how psionics work, ignorant people~? It's a science~!

-She pulls out some chunks of meat to feed her pet.-

 

Valiska half-smiles. It's a painful smile. She knows Mituna's in.

But she just got slapped in the face with how high the stakes actually are.

That kid. Not as smart as her Chroma, but more psionic.

The kits she's carrying--Ford's and hers--what are the odds that none of them will be teleporters, world-walkers? She could end up in a column herself. So could Ford. So could Sev. Never to be able to touch each other again, never to hold their children.

Mituna doesn't know it, but she doesn't have a choice about taking his Empress on. Hasn't had. Not since the day Meenah Peixes got hold of Will Cipher.

All the children of Alternia.

And all the children of Pennarion.

And Sireni, and ai-Talas, and Cereus, and Khadisja, and Saleria, and Shiratori, and Kantelas...

 

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-He checks around him to make sure the kid's wandered off to some other portion of the dreamscape before talking to her.-

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-Mituna groans, dragging a hand down his face.-

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"Perhaps so, though in my opinion both of your names are quite handsome, respectable names to have. I assume the grievance lies in their close resemblance to one another?"

He nods studiously.
"See I rather have to assume you are the expert here, Doctor Pines, seeing as I am rather ignorant in such matters. I rather object to the wording of haunting my dear lady wife just on principle, what an ugly word! But I'd be heartbroken were I to never kiss her soft, honeysweet lips again."

He looks honestly baffled.
"My good Sir, do you believe Madrid to be part of the colonies? I mean, for sure the Spanish have a touch of that regrettable mediterranean complexion but I was merely commenting on how irrelevant the couturiers of that beautiful, albeit rather backwater metropolis are. You must not pay much attention to what is en vogue! Sir, the whole world looks to London or to Paris for pointers on the dress and as lowly as I am I would never presume question the tastes of the high and the mighty."

He politely rolls his eyes.
"The only way my bond shall ever be broken would be my lady wife revoking my permission to call myself her husband. Naturally I do not mean to trap her in widowhood but my vows are my vows, you see."

Indeed at that Simon joins in on the laughter.
"I see we have quite similar tastes when it comes to showing our affections for our Mistresses, Doctor Pines. Though I presume you likely resisted the lure of breaking into her quarters through the window, so as to await her coming home."

He watches the bug with cautious interest.
"What a fascinating creature. Ah, if only I had a way to contact a good friend of mine! Rahim's spectacles would fly right off his visage at the sight of such a specimen."

 

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-hiss-whispers-
Id Fight Her If The Reason For Leaving Someone To That Fate Was Anything Shittier Than "Its Too Dangerous Wed All Die Trying". Sworn On My Sym-... Sworn On The Iron Shackles.

 

It varies~!
Ruby here has red zaps~.
Aaand... I should probably capchalogue her again~. Not being able to burrow is stressing her out~.

 

-0 Good plan.

-He says from a more than safe distance away.-

 

Valiska smiles. "You're not being stupid," she says gently. "It's not his fault he bought what Meenah's selling. If we succeed...he has a right to live, whether or not he's aware of it."

 

Valiska smiles. "And this is my adopted daughter. She's not battleship class either, but we love her for herself, not her power."

After a moment, she sighs. "I, however, am definitely battleship class. My father is a pilot, and he has implants that allow him to run the ship when it's in flight but have a life outside it when it isn't."

 

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-She capchalogues Ruby, laughing a little.-

You could have come a little closer~.

 

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-Okay, now she's inadvertently gotten him hooked on what she's saying. Mituna's zeroing in on her, the intensity of his stare in no way negated by his lack of pupils.-

 

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-0 Oh I'm fine.
-0 Don't worry about me.

-The bug is gone, but he still looks vaguely nauseated.-

 

Almass~!
Are you scared of bugs~??