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Yes. Interesting, wasn't it?
[was it? it was horrifying. but also, interesting.]
[was it? it was horrifying. but also, interesting.]
It the intent punishment, do you think? Or do you imagine the intent is entertainment?
[harrow is arrogant enough to think she can push past it, but.]
You can push past a great deal when your life is at stake.
You can push past a great deal when your life is at stake.
[rynlan can find harrow sometime on monday exploring the new island. specifically, she's in the aquarium room, and it sounds like she may be in there with someone else. she's looking into the tank of fish, one hand on the glass, talking as though it's to someone else in the room, but no one is there.
when he comes into the room, she blinks, startled.]
Oh - good afternoon. [even then she sounds a little oddly hesitant.]
when he comes into the room, she blinks, startled.]
Oh - good afternoon. [even then she sounds a little oddly hesitant.]
Hello. [and, with a glance at the tank:] Decent conversationalists?
[as if it's normal to talk to fish or something. maybe it is. he talks to his cat, sometimes.
she's perched on his shoulder, chirping at harrow-- a clingy siamese cat, from the looks of it.]
[as if it's normal to talk to fish or something. maybe it is. he talks to his cat, sometimes.
she's perched on his shoulder, chirping at harrow-- a clingy siamese cat, from the looks of it.]
[oh, kitty. she squints at it, but she's sort of generally confused right now and trying to settle herself. she also assumes she's being made fun of right now.]
How droll. I was simply testing something.
How droll. I was simply testing something.
Is it? I've always thought they make good listeners, at least. Prefer the ones that talk back though.
[the cat gives another chirp. it's pretty much that thing where they meow because you're talking and they're like yes hello i participate.]
Testing what?
[the cat gives another chirp. it's pretty much that thing where they meow because you're talking and they're like yes hello i participate.]
Testing what?
[meow meow meow. harrow doesn't meow back though.]
It...you know how it is. Seeing how things respond.
[she is very obviously lying.]
It...you know how it is. Seeing how things respond.
[she is very obviously lying.]
[oh, there's that octopus again. only suddenly it seems to swirl and shift into different shapes, and she blanches visibly.]
-oh, alright, I see, they have to prove me wrong-- what is that?!
[he's taking a step back from the tank, both ears pinning back as he stares at it. he has not yet encountered this hell octopus; as its shape swirls, there's something in there that's decidedly misshapen, largely a mess of faintly glowing tentacle-like shapes, and he quickly takes another step away from it.]
[he's taking a step back from the tank, both ears pinning back as he stares at it. he has not yet encountered this hell octopus; as its shape swirls, there's something in there that's decidedly misshapen, largely a mess of faintly glowing tentacle-like shapes, and he quickly takes another step away from it.]
You see it too?
[she's turned away from it, absolutely not looking in its direction.]
Tell me what you see.
[she's turned away from it, absolutely not looking in its direction.]
Tell me what you see.
[oh. she nods in agreement.]
It does. I thought - it doesn't matter what I thought.
It does. I thought - it doesn't matter what I thought.
Only an illusion, then. How silly that it startled me.
[she keeps looking back in there and then looking away.]
[she keeps looking back in there and then looking away.]
Something intentionally wrong about it.
[she is much more confident now that she knows he sees something too.]
[she is much more confident now that she knows he sees something too.]
There's nothing it can do whether or not we pay it mind. It is an illusion.
[she sounds confident, finally.]
[she sounds confident, finally.]
...Yes, I think so. Come.
[she takes a deep breath and will turn and walk out the way she came.]
[she takes a deep breath and will turn and walk out the way she came.]
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