[superhell pcs] harrowhark

[voidshift]

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[outsidebones]

[meow meow meow. harrow doesn't meow back though.]

It...you know how it is. Seeing how things respond.

[she is very obviously lying.]

[voidshift]

[he allows her to lie, for the moment, glancing back to the tank as one ear twitches.]

Suppose they're a little disappointing on that front, then. Not the most reactive.

[outsidebones]

[oh, there's that octopus again. only suddenly it seems to swirl and shift into different shapes, and she blanches visibly.]

[voidshift]

-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.]

[outsidebones]

You see it too?

[she's turned away from it, absolutely not looking in its direction.]

Tell me what you see.

[voidshift]

It-- looks like one of the Old Gods, or one of their creations.

[there's some eldritch shit going on in this tank, man.]

[outsidebones]

[oh. she nods in agreement.]

It does. I thought - it doesn't matter what I thought.

[voidshift]

I'm sure it didn't look like that a minute ago-- I knew these things could change color, but not this.

[outsidebones]

Only an illusion, then. How silly that it startled me.

[she keeps looking back in there and then looking away.]

[voidshift]

Right. Some sort of illusion.

[the longer he looks at it, the more it's taking on a more... humanoid shape, though, and he quickly decides to look away as well.]

There's something wrong with the lighting in the tank, I think.

[outsidebones]

Something intentionally wrong about it.

[she is much more confident now that she knows he sees something too.]

[voidshift]

Most likely. If we just- don't pay it any mind, then there's nothing it can do.

[it's in a tank. what's the worst that could happen.]

[outsidebones]

There's nothing it can do whether or not we pay it mind. It is an illusion.

[she sounds confident, finally.]

[voidshift]

-right. Just meant to unsettle us, most likely.

[did it just make a sound-?]

...might be better to just leave it be, though, I can't say I like it much.

[outsidebones]

...Yes, I think so. Come.

[she takes a deep breath and will turn and walk out the way she came.]

[voidshift]

Don't need to tell me twice.

[he exhales, relieved, as they move away from whatever the Fuck is in that tank. it is not an octopus, he feels confident in that much.]

...the rest of the place is more relaxing, at least. I don't think I mind it.

[outsidebones]

I hate it here.

[but she's more grumpy than anything. what a week, right? it's monday.]

[voidshift]

Hell in general? Or are you just not a fan of fish.

[outsidebones]

It goes without saying I dislike hell in general, but specifically I do not care for the fish.

[voidshift]

-all right, somewhere besides the aquarium, then.

[no fish for harrow.]

You don't seem like the bar type, maybe not the beach if it's the fish... there's the music store?