Won't anyone come and soothe my pain?

[dualbladepaladin]

Who: Hubert Ozwell, OPEN
Where: Plaza
When: Late afternoon
Style: Fine with anything
Status: Open

Another new arrival, another person waterlogged in the plaza. Today it's a young man, no older than seventeen or eighteen, in a heavy uniform of some sort that might actually be familiar to a few people in Vatheon. There's a pair of glasses near by, having fallen off his face at some point, and a very large double-bladed staff weapon under his right hand as if he'd been holding on to it moments before.

There's a small problem, though.

He's unconscious. And not moving.

What do, Vatheonites?

Comments

[spelunky]

[He lives! She'll just lean in reaaally close now, waiting for him to open his eyes.]

[dualbladepaladin]

[There's one eye open.

And the next.

And a blink.

And--]

GAHH--!

Pascal! What do you think you're doing?!

[spelunky]

[Whoa, such a loud voice! She tumbles backwards.]

Waiting for you to wake up, of course!

[dualbladepaladin]

Were you watching me sleep?!

[He still hasn't realized he's soaking wet and not where they were last. He'll catch on... after he's done yelling at Pascal.]

[spelunky]

Well, yeah. [What else was she supposed to do?] It was pretty boring though.

... until you started snoring.

[dualbladepaladin]

... I do not snore.

I-- ...

[beat]


Why am I soaking wet?!

[spelunky]

You did when I pinched your nose.

[Oh, right–]

Because you're in an underwater bubble thingy now. Welcome to Vatheon!

[Cue the confetti!]

[dualbladepaladin]

You pinched my--

What. Vatheon? What in the world is that?

[trying to bat away some of that randomly appearing confetti.]

[spelunky]

[Among other things. Moving on!]

You mean, where. And it's not exactly our world... more like you were glubbyglubbed to a new one. You came in just in time though – Sophie and Cheria are here, too!

[dualbladepaladin]

[ohgod]

Glubbyglubbed... ?

... abducted?

[the fact that he can understand her...]

[spelunky]

[He hit the nail on the head. Guess he must be fluent in Pascalese!] Pretty trippy, huh?

Boy, I sure am glad you guys showed up though. I was starting to miss you!

[dualbladepaladin]

[He's getting there.]

... very.

[He puts his glasses on, pushing them up with a finger on his nose.]

... you were? I'm surprised you weren't knee deep in some experiment to thwart our captors.

[spelunky]

[Hopefully he won't notice that they're a tiiiny bit crooked from her accidentally stepping on them when she made her way over. But hey, at least they're not broken and that's what counts, right?]

Actually, I am. [And no one is surprised.] It's not really going so great at the moment though [her enthusiasm dampers momentarily before her usual grin returns], but I haven't given up!

[dualbladepaladin]

[He does, but he doesn't say anything, simply taking them off and pushing them back in to place. The plus side to having wire frames.

And no. He isn't surprised. At all.]

Well I'm sure you'll work at it tirelessly, forgetting the world around you and everything else. Like showers.

[Snark more, Hubert. Snark more.]

[spelunky]

[Except guess who is completely oblivious to that snark?]

Of course! If I'm on a roll, then I should make the most of it.

[dualbladepaladin]

[Of course she is. Why is Hubert not surprised? Oh. Right. Pascal.]

I do hope you've at least found appropriate housing during this time.

[spelunky]

Yup! Cheria said it was no good to live off the streets so she found us a place.

[And now she'll grab his hand and give it a squeeze before leading him off.]

Let's get going!

[dualbladepaladin]

[hrgurkg did she just--

No. He was imagining things. Of course. That's all it was.]

It's good to know that some one here has enough sense to convince you of that at least.

[And he's following. Like an obedient little puppy dog.]

[spelunky]

[Nope, he so wasn't, because she's still holding onto it as she drags him along.]

Yeah, we're fixing it up and stuff. Oh, there are only three bedrooms though... but you can totally share mine if you want!

[No biggie!]

[dualbladepaladin]

[he's just... going to pretend this is perfectly normal and not making him turn red.]

... no. I wouldn't want to impose. I can find other accommodations later.

[spelunky]

[Because Pascal is totes normal, okok.]

No way! [Her face falls a bit.] You have to stay with us, Little Bro! It'd be too sad if our family got broken apart again, especially now that we're all coming back together! Don't you like us anymore?

[Breaks her heart!!]

[dualbladepaladin]

[Ohyes. Completely normal.]

Of course not! That's not that case at all! I simply don't think that I should invade anyone's space if it's not necessary.

[spelunky]

[In every sense of the word, right?]

But it's totally necessary! I need you, Little Bro...

[dualbladepaladin]

[Oh yes.]

You-- ... you do... ?

[spelunky]

Yeah! I mean, who else is going to reach all the stuff on the high shelves for me?