For can_has_vodka: Twenty-Eighth Vision [video+spam]

[can_has_vodka]

 [GODDAMN THAT IS A BIG CHICKEN.]

[Sir Bertie Rooster peers down at the camera from where he's towering over its wielder, tilting his head back and forth as he considers his now tiny Mom. Arkady for her part giggles threadily at his confusion, then squeaks,]

Well! Clearly there's only one way to handle this situation!

[There is a faint flash of purple light, and Bertie suddenly calms, and settles down into a roost. The image blurs as Arkady hooks her communicator to her belt, runs over and proceeds to climb the chicken-mountain with little grunts. Once settled gripping his ruff, she gets out the communicator again and shows the view from the rooster's back.]

Onward, my chikken!

[And off he goes, walking out the door (which had been fortunately ajar) and wandering out into the hallway, occasionally letting out a rumbly cluck.]

Touko dear? Are you all right? I'm coming to check on you. 

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[syouko]

[What is even happening here.]

This isn't going to do anybody any good.

[can_has_vodka]

Oh nonsense. The size of my body doesn't really matter. I don't even pay that much attention to my flesh most days. Are you affected?

[The chicken-cam is still on and they are running down the hallway.]

[syouko]

I'm still me.

[The shot is of a room that's of normal proportions compared to Touko; she's left Toto where he needed to get dropped off so is all free for you, Arkady.]

Some people need me, don't they?

[can_has_vodka]

In situations like this, yes, we end up needing all the help that we can get. I am certain the others would be grateful if you lent a hand, but that is your choice.

I am mostly checking on your welfare, and I wanted to have a talk with you about upcoming assignments. I don't think you will find them all that unpleasant.

[syouko]

I have people to take places. [She really doesn't want to talk to you, though she feels guilty because Arkady got her all that stuff so she can work, but anything she can do for Toto, anything that gets them out of there...] As you said, I've got to help.

[can_has_vodka]

Oh yes indeed, and I've got to help you. So all right, let's help out your friends and whoever we run across, and I'll give you your assignments after.

Don't worry, they're academic. I'm not making you chop vegetables or such.

[syouko]

You don't have to follow me around.

[can_has_vodka]

Actually you're just a bit inexperienced at surviving here to be making that call, dear. I do have to follow you around.

Also, dodging me will only make your stay here longer. It doesn't matter what anybody says--the only way out is through, and you're going to need help with that.

Not that I expect you to believe that. The more inexperienced an Inmate is the more they seem convinced that they have all the answers about this place.

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[syouko]

[Syo does know that Arkady can find her by reading minds, but Touko wasn't in that day. The conversation gets cut off, and Touko decides to make a break for it, hidden in a cabin next door she knows is usually empty technically it's assigned to Omar but lol he doesn't use it for anything. It looks like a derelict house but it's better than nowhere to hide. She'll try to come back to her own in a few hours when she thinks Arkady might have given up.]

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[can_has_vodka]

[And Arkady's waiting for her inside, munching on a full sized chocolate chip cookie and tossing the crumbs for Bertie to peck.]

Oh, now you're just being childish. Not to mention very rude. [Enormous bite]

[munch munch]

Do you really believe that you're going to get anywhere by running away? Not here. He decides when to let people go. I couldn't even send you home myself.

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[syouko]

[And for the second time in five minutes, what is even going on here. She knows Monobear could - back at school at least - pop up wherever he wanted, but this woman isn't a robot so far as she knows, even if she seems like one of Hagakure's "greys". She just stares for a moment, and unlike with Toto, she won't lower herself to better talk.]

So it doesn't matter what I do. People disappear at random.

[She's heard people asking around about Natasha, among a couple other rumors. Nobody wanting to sit with you at lunch means you learn how to listen, and here for once it's about things she really needs to know.]

If no one's getting hurt, I don't see why you care.

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[can_has_vodka]

Of course it matters what you do. The whole matter of disappearing people...well, it's sad, but if you don't give up, and you start to learn, that's far less likely to happen.

[Bertie wanders over, following sprinkled cookie crumbs.]

Well first off, situations like this aren't all giggles. Second, you're my first priority on the Barge and so I must make myself available. And third, I would care anyway. Though I understand you're not really used to that.

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[syouko]

[She narrows her eyes at the little fairy and the chicken, which she tries to nudge away with her foot before it even nears her. This isn't going to end up like how she and Naegi did, where she told him secrets before he'd earned them. She just has to keep Arkady away long enough to make a break for it.]

It isn't sad. Most people want to get out of this prison. Even your kind, none of them are happy here.

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[can_has_vodka]

[Bertie responds to the nudging by fluffing up and grumbling chickenishly. No poke me with foot! He doesn't budge.]

I'm afraid that you still don't understand. Until the Admiral restores you to life, you can only leave for a few days, and that is if we dock at Port. The people who disappear....

...well, they disappear into death. They're gone. They don't go home. They don't go anywhere.

The only way to leave for good is to convince the Admiral to restore you to life. And no one can convince or force him to do that before he considers it time.

[thirtyfiveminutes]

.. Are you all right? [Adrian is torn between amused and worried.]

[can_has_vodka]

Oh, I'm lovely! Bertie's being a very good rooster. Are you doing all right? I have another chicken if you need a ride.

[thirtyfiveminutes]

I'm well, thank you for asking. I doubt I'll be needing a ride [He gestures to himself, he's still normal sized.] Please do let me know if you need anything.

[can_has_vodka]

I should be all right. Bit worried about my new Inmate but...that could be said of any fresh-paired Warden around, right?

[thirtyfiveminutes]

It can. [Beat.] I could check up on her, if you don't mind?

[can_has_vodka]

I just did. I...have a rather terrible feeling, though. I'm trying to stay out of her head but she's so lost. I have a feeling someone is going to take advantage of her.

[thirtyfiveminutes]

Would you like me to keep an eye on her then?

[can_has_vodka]

Have you met Touko or Syo? They're a bit of a handful and the only people they seem to trust are--well, not me, certainly, but instead people who are bad for them. Especially Monobear.

[thirtyfiveminutes]

I've had the pleasure of meeting them both, though I can't say I've earned any trust either. Miss Fukawa does not seem to be aware of the existence of [he pauses, not knowing how to say this] Syo. [Beat.] Who is Monobear?

[can_has_vodka]

She is aware of her alternate but they do not share almost anything in the way of memory. I do worry about her.

[She considers.]

In short form Monobear is an awful, manipulative person from Touko's world who caused a lot of her suffering. I have suspicions about other details but...that is the important bit. That person is not to be trusted.

[thirtyfiveminutes]

[He nods.] I understand. I'll let you know how she's doing.