black holes and revelations

[arrowace]

WHO: Lily + Bluebell
WHERE: Kitchen
WHEN: 48, early morning


[ Caesura initiates cube call with everyone on Lily or Bluebell they know to be awake and not sick ]

Kitchen. Important information. Do not . . . wake anyone currently resting.

[ Call ends ]

Comments

[endsjustified]

[he was asleep but that woke him instantly, f

moves quietly into the kitchen a few minutes later]

[arrowace]

[ yeah but your dreams suck, so basically you're welcome.

they are laying out some notes and sketches ]

[spinebuddyandme]

—Charon! You're not gonna believe what we saw!

[papartner]

[ some time later on day 48...

Acheron still isn't sure how he's doing this, and that bugs him a little. He's normally the plans guy - but goading him into a fight doesn't feel like it's gonna happen, and more importantly, it takes away the whole... surprise aspect of the requirement.

Ah well, he's just gonna casually run into Charon somewhere and hope the dude doesn't take too much offense at getting socked in the face. It's not like Acheron isn't gonna apologize or anything. ]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ ALREADY IN THE KITCHEN blearily trying to figure out which tea has the most caffeine in it ]

Did you breathe any of that stuff in? 'm so tired...

[arrowace]

[ shakes head ]

You can . . . rest if you need. I'll . . . talk.

[ PLEASE DONT REST AND MAKE ME DO ALL THE TALKING ]

[terraria]

( putting a hand on his shoulder )

What're you looking for?

( morning not-son he's awake now )

[mykidisthebest]

[wanders into the kitchen kind of warily, but he's here and he's gonna make coffee]

[arrowace]

[ nods to him from where they are laying out pages of notes and this sketch ]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ perks up as soon as he recognizes what Lethe's doing. He's also covered in dust and the general grime of wandering through a factory ]

Can you make enough for me too?

[chasseurdebeaute]

[POPPING IN, hello!]

Have we uncovered new revelations?

[arrowace]

[ nod nod!! ]


We were devoured . . . outside of time and space. It . . . was informative.

[spinebuddyandme]

More like we got dropped on top of them, but pretty much.

[terraria]

( after helping ananke, he does place a mug of dark tea down for caesura, lips pursed in worry as he listens in. )

[arrowace]

[ WARMTH, they curl around it ]

Perci . . . !

[nobetawedielike]

[ she's already seated in the kitchen, half-dozing with her chin in her hand. she's trying to make her way through something pastry-like and warm but she keeps nodding off mid-bite.

ALTERNATIVELY, she's been mulling on it for a few days and she might as well ask once the important stuff is handled: ]

I have a task from Red, to get my Focus device back. But one of the requirements is...a lot. I think I need help.

[arrowace]

[ tips their head to the side ]

Help . . . ?

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Ananke's almost entirely distracted with chugging coffee and chatting with Lethe and Charon about what he'd seen, but he frows the second time she nods off mid-bite.

A few moments later, a little beetle drone scuttles out of a pocket in his coat and across the table towards her. When it reaches her, it makes a brief electronic screeching sound to wake her up before speaking in a simulated voice ]

FLOCKMATE:DEMETER. QUERY: Do you require caffeine?

[featherduster]

[ STUMBLES DOWNSTAIRS WITH MARKER DRAWINGS ALL OVER HIS FACE ]

Wazzgoin' on?

[arrowace]

[ wow. look at all those Important Friendship Glyphs. ]

Ananke and I were devoured by the Forever Snake. It turned out . . . extremely informative.

[ tosses him a memory coin ]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Waves blearily at him over a cup of coffee. And saves a picture of his face to Scarab's memory banks. ]

We found an abandoned factory that wasn't really abandoned, and there was this weird new guy who talks like they'd kill us if there were any chance we'd stay dead. It's probably easier to watch the memory than listen to an explanation.

[nobetawedielike]

Meeting.

[ with a yawn, before she catches sight of his face ]

Did you fall asleep on a book?

[ohlord]

[. . . what shit happening now.

going to the kitchen!]

What now.

[endsjustified]

[hands him coffee

wake up new lore just dropped]

[papartner]

[ there is a lot of shit going on in this kitchen right now, he's gonna score a cup of coffee (moan internally that it's not espresso) and be preoccupied with the dumb shit he's gotten himself into that is way more low stakes than whatever the hell all this is. ]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Notices him when he goes back for his third cup of coffee ]

Oye, how long've you been here?