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WEEK 2 MINGLE
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Good morning, starshines. It is another beautiful day here on the base, and it’s the start of a new week!
Good thing, too. After the deaths of Grell Sutcliff, Kaz Kaan, and HK-47, the tension around the base may be a bit higher than it was before. Should anyone try to contact the deceased or review their profiles, they will find that they have been deleted from everyone's phones.
Then again...last weekend was a bit of a mess, wasn't it? Perhaps you would prefer to leave it all behind you. Lucky for you, the elevator reveals that it may now visit the third floor. It may be worth checking out these new areas, free for exploration. If you're feeling incredibly ambitious, you can also take a more in-depth look.
While you can't contact the deceased, the Avatars are once again available via their eight symbols. Shoot them a message, have a chat with them, and see what you can learn. Perhaps you'll find it easier this week.
On the bright side, all of your skills are in working order once again. Cherish your gifts, little sinners. You would hate to lose them again wouldn't you? But even if you did, you would still have your memories of them. Memories are important, aren't they? Things meant to remind you, and things to motivate you. Your most tragic, painful and even downright embarrassing memories shape who you are as a person, and this week you'll find that others will be witness to these as well. This may occur when you're in close proximity to someone, or it may be when you brush past them. Even the slightest eye contact may set off this sharing of memories, and your deepest secrets will be harder to keep.
Hide all you'd like. You can't outrun your past.
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yuri.
anyway, shi qingxuan takes gu yun's hand and is about to stand up when yuri kicks that poor sweet innocent cow. she scoops up the tiny one that she'd tripped over into the crook of her arm and looks over with deep concern.
the border collie darts to yuri, runs around him in a circle as if he's herding him, and barks.]
...Yuri, what's wrong? And don't say nothing. Something obviously is!
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- Maybe he's got a grudge against cattle. Come along, Yuri, they're alright! Don't make the dog think you're the prey! [ gu yun you're completely useless in this situation.
he keeps qingxuan's hand, though, watching the dog go running around yuri's feet, and lifts his own, taking a careful step to avoid teeny, tiny cows. ] Let's see if we can put this dog to work. Mind your step, both of you.
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weirdly though, it looks like he's slowing down.
huh. ]
Arggggggh. [ he's just kinda stomping now. stomping in the direction where the cow flew. ] I wasn't trying to kick the cow, I didn't know what it was!!
[ he is definitely shouting this over the both of them because he's a leo. ]
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[whispering to gu yun: ]
Someone woke up grumpy today.
[she doesn't let go of his hand, either. she's just keeping the one tiny cow tucked into the crook of her elbow as they walk after yuri, who their border collie is chasing after with a plaintive little bark, almost like it's saying don't leave me behind!]
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[ stop!!! anyway. gu yun is taking very, very careful steps - there's a point where he stops qingxuan from taking a step further, kneels down, and picks up a cow. animals fucking hate gu yun so the minute it looks at him it starts mooing, really, really obnoxiously.
he ignores it, shoving it under his arm way less gently. ] 'Course not! Maybe if you sit on the ground, they'll come to you? Huh?
I haven't a clue about herding dogs, either, by the way. Should I just whistle for it? Will it listen? Are dogs from bags even trained?
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[ i've actually got nothing here, yuri is just storming through the grass at half speed, stomping a path through the vegetation. there are some rustling sounds and "MOO"s as cows scatter and eventually he just comes to a stop.
and then smashes his arm into the grass like someone trying to snatch a fish out of the water, only this time it's a twink with surrounded by grass snatching a tiny cow by the scruff of its neck and lifting it on high. ]
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Yuri, you look really pretty today!
[compliments always cheer her up!
anyway, they're three for three on catching some tiny cows, but there are other faint mooooooooing sounds coming from the rest of the tall grass. it's itchy, and they're moving sort of slowly, but... it's fine, isn't it?]
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Only, what, several dozen to go? Come here, dog, come on. [ the little puppy dog does start to trot over, but it’s moving like it’s in molasses. ] Is anyone else noticing that?
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[ he's stomping back over to them, a little cow wriggling and mooing grumpily under his arm. hang on he'll be there in about five minutes.
when he's near he's going to hold the cow out to sqx with far more force than is necessary. the cow moos gently in her face. ]
I woke up like this. [ ... a pause, and then he gestures at himself. ] This.
... I mean I woke up angry. If this is the damn Wrath curse, I'm going to--
[ he's already stomping off again. good luck with the dog, gu yun. yuri also looks like he's stomping throw molasses, but he's doing it very angrily. ]
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[shi qingxuan tries really hard not to laugh at the sight of the puppy trotting and yuri stomping in slow-mo. she's mostly successful. when yuri does make it over, she holds out her other arm to take the cow.
she's got two cows now.]
...but why would someone curse you? For an indulgence...?
[???
there are other ways to make someone angry than using a power...
anyway, she starts after yuri to look for more cows, but. she's also moving slowly.]
...I say, we really are all moving quite slow, aren't we? Is there something weird about this grass?
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gu yun watches yuri and the dog frolic very slowly, and grabs another cow by the back of its teeny little neck. it screams it’s displeasure, so he just holds it upside down for a second and then slings it over his shoulder. ]
Maybe we ought to just let Yuri carry on? Might be good for his stress levels. [ the puppy yips at another cow and sends it scurrying towards qingxuan. how useful. ]
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[ yuri is just stomping ahead. as fast his molasses legs can take him. the puppy a little way behind him is periodically yipping and sending a cow scuttling in one direction or the other. one bumps into the back of his calf and gets unceremoniously yanked out of the dress with a startled "MOO!"
all is well.
apart from where it isn't. ]
How many of these are we supposed to be getting anyway??
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and then, answering yuri cheerfully: ]
I have absolutely no idea! All of them, I guess? We'll probably be able to leave this field once we've caught enough, right? I hope that's soon, my legs are getting really itchy.
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"Obtain the Cattle of Geryon", is all it says. [ three ye oldes and a greek myth. he shoves the scroll back into the little leather bag, as a cow attempts to chew on the bottom of his toga, and swipes it up, putting it underneath his arm with the second cow in a cow stack. ] So, likely, all of them.
[ the puppy wags its tail and continues running in slow motion around cows. how helpful. ] Maybe if we catch them all, we'll be able to make a stir fry.
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[ both of your are terrible and yuri is going to stop moving so they can catch up to him. his legs are itchy, he's movng too slowly and he's mad at everything.
even the cow, which is trying to lick at his arm very lovingly. ]
There could be fifty of them in this stupid grass.
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[anyway, she's very slowly catching up to yuri, scooping up another cow that is also moving in slow motion. it gives a little moooo when she puts it up to sit on her shoulder.]
What are the "Cattle of Geryon," anyway? Is that just a name for very tiny cows?
[they need red ones
and also there should be "a monster with either three bodies and three heads, or three heads and one body, or three bodies and one head" running around here somewhere if we're sticking to the myth.]
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[ there's a joke about kaz being chocolate in here somewhere but im stupid
anyway. don't make vore jokes! gu yun reaches for another cow that comes with distance and adds it to his pile of cows under his arms. ] I haven't a clue, meimei. I would suppose so.
[ it is at this time, that, conveniently, the border collie startles a cow that is colored bright red, and it starts making a mad dash in their direction. ]
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Either way the cow still seems concerned. [ maybe it's gu yun's aura. a cow voring aura. (he does not have a cow voring aura).
anyway, red cows. the border collie starts barking and chasing the red cow, making sure it's running towards them. yuri stares at the cow, and stares at the other cow he's currently holding. then repeats the motion.
and then he sets the cow he's carrying down firmly ("moo!"). ]
Dammit, why are there two kinds of cow here?
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that's unfortunate. shi qingxuan looks from yuri, to the cow he's set down, to the red cow that the border collie is chasing toward them. it's... it's a low-speed chase. it's fine.]
Aaah, well! That's quite something, isn't it? The red one does seem a little more... it stands out, doesn't it? [it seems a little more distinct...] But it could be that these are all the Cattle of Geryon...
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the puppy dog continues running with his red cow. what a good little herder! ] Come here, I promise, I won't make you into a stir fry, ah? It'll be alright, come on, come on.
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[ gu yun your lack of cow herding skills! animals are all gu yun antis, send tweet. ]
Red ones then. They've gotta be easier to find in all this tall gress. [ he hates you, grass. which is why he has no qualms about shoving it to the side with no care whatsoever as he walks through it, looking out for any flashes of red. ]
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[so it may not be much of a reassurance, but also maybe the earlier stir-fry quip couldn't be seen as much of a threat? hm. she gives the cows she's collected so far a little pet and sets them down, since yuri and gu yun are releasing the cows that aren't red.
she's forgotten about the tiny cow perched on her shoulder. it can stay. the others kind of mill about, mooooing and grazing on the grass as the three of them attempt to gather red cows now. the puppy gets the red cow within range of gu yun, and the red cow looks up at him for a moment
before making a terrified mooing noise and turning around to walk toward the puppy. the dog is preferable to him, apparently.]
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Boo.
[ RUN, COWS, RUN ]
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smacking right into yuri's legs. where it is prompt snatched up and tossed on yuri's shoulder with little to no fanfare. poor cow. ]
You've got a whole other career ahead of you now.
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Gu-xiong is such a talented cow herder!
[the border collie gives a plaintive little bark, like, hey, that's my job! and she reaches down to pet it in consolation. there there.]
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