["Gag"? So it's more like a comedy? The description lends itself a little better to her antiquated ear, she nods thoughtfully as she imagines what that might be like. Definitely a lot more fun than some fairy tales. But maybe limiting in other ways. She would like to be able to do funny things, but not at the expense of everything else.]
I think that's true, yes. [Frightening as it may be. She flinches as he mentions his Author by name, barely repressing the urge to cover his mouth.]
Shh— not so loud. It's better not to draw their attention. [Speaking the word aloud still made her blood chill. It's inviting forces beyond your mortal comprehension to gaze upon you. Maybe act upon you.]
They might. If they got bored enough with our old stories, they could have plucked up and put us in new ones. Either that or...we've been taken out of the realm of story entirely.
[Which is her bigger fear. That makes the likelihood of passage home nearly impossible, and the chances of being rent asunder too great.]
I won't lie, I don't understand a lot about this place. And I don't know what we can expect from here. The best we can do for now is rely on each other, and keep out of their sight.
[ ...well, okay, looking at her and those awful thorns, he guesses maybe he can see why she'd be wary of her creator, but it's different for them. they have akatsuka-sensei's framed picture hanging up in their room. his spirit helped save them from hell!! ]
Wait, wait. Being... taken out of that realm is exactly what I'm worried about, yeah.
But if that's what happened, Akatsuka-sensei definitely wasn't the one who did it. He's been dead for like, twelve years! And anyway, this is totally not his style!
[ sure they all had their lives threatened by a criminal boarder that one time when they were kids, but it was still technically comedy, even if it didn't feel like it. ]
I mean, our whole thing is supposed to be that we're a 6-for-1 package deal, so there's no way they'd...
[ ...
well, i guess there was that one time... but kicking me out of the canon so completely that i don't even exist in the same universe??!! there's definitely no way that happened!!! there's so much merch of me out there!!!! ]
She's left blinking and bewildered by a fair amount of this. Especially the floating thoughts at the end.]
You've already been expelled from your story?
[Then how did he get back in? Also how did he come to know his Author? What did he mean 6-for-1? Was it him and his friends? If so, she was a 6-for-1 deal, and she's missing five very dear friends who should be here and would help her figure this out, and also maybe have stopped the murder and the sudden barrier and helped her figure out this godforsaken space-vessel life much more quickly.
Enough. Rosamund shakes her head. This isn't about her. She has to help him sort himself out.]
Todomatsu, I don't think it was him. Especially not if he's been dead for twelve years. Listen — they're not the only ones that can affect the worlds of story. Sometimes things within those places get the powers to move between worlds. And they can edit them.
Or, it's a completely different... [Oooooh she doesn't wanna say it.] Arthur who plucked us out and put us in someplace new. I don't think it was anyone you already know. Especially not to put you somewhere where you're so out of place, and in danger.
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I think that's true, yes. [Frightening as it may be. She flinches as he mentions his Author by name, barely repressing the urge to cover his mouth.]
Shh— not so loud. It's better not to draw their attention. [Speaking the word aloud still made her blood chill. It's inviting forces beyond your mortal comprehension to gaze upon you. Maybe act upon you.]
They might. If they got bored enough with our old stories, they could have plucked up and put us in new ones. Either that or...we've been taken out of the realm of story entirely.
[Which is her bigger fear. That makes the likelihood of passage home nearly impossible, and the chances of being rent asunder too great.]
I won't lie, I don't understand a lot about this place. And I don't know what we can expect from here. The best we can do for now is rely on each other, and keep out of their sight.
Can you do that for me, Todomatsu?
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Their...?
[ ...well, okay, looking at her and those awful thorns, he guesses maybe he can see why she'd be wary of her creator, but it's different for them. they have akatsuka-sensei's framed picture hanging up in their room. his spirit helped save them from hell!! ]
Wait, wait. Being... taken out of that realm is exactly what I'm worried about, yeah.
But if that's what happened, Akatsuka-sensei definitely wasn't the one who did it. He's been dead for like, twelve years! And anyway, this is totally not his style!
[ sure they all had their lives threatened by a criminal boarder that one time when they were kids, but it was still technically comedy, even if it didn't feel like it. ]
I mean, our whole thing is supposed to be that we're a 6-for-1 package deal, so there's no way they'd...
[ ...
well, i guess there was that one time... but kicking me out of the canon so completely that i don't even exist in the same universe??!! there's definitely no way that happened!!! there's so much merch of me out there!!!! ]
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She's left blinking and bewildered by a fair amount of this. Especially the floating thoughts at the end.]
You've already been expelled from your story?
[Then how did he get back in? Also how did he come to know his Author? What did he mean 6-for-1? Was it him and his friends? If so, she was a 6-for-1 deal, and she's missing five very dear friends who should be here and would help her figure this out, and also maybe have stopped the murder and the sudden barrier and helped her figure out this godforsaken space-vessel life much more quickly.
Enough. Rosamund shakes her head. This isn't about her. She has to help him sort himself out.]
Todomatsu, I don't think it was him. Especially not if he's been dead for twelve years. Listen — they're not the only ones that can affect the worlds of story. Sometimes things within those places get the powers to move between worlds. And they can edit them.
Or, it's a completely different... [Oooooh she doesn't wanna say it.] Arthur who plucked us out and put us in someplace new. I don't think it was anyone you already know. Especially not to put you somewhere where you're so out of place, and in danger.