Zeke? You didn't tell me about that! [Well. Technically, he just did. But Sam still feels like she has a right to be a little mad.]
So if we can't go through doors, what do we do? I...I don't remember going through any doors when I went looking for Crimson, but she kind of...pretty much found us, I guess.
Last time I saw her was right before Hanako...
[D-Tune gestures unhappily, she doesn't want to voice anything about Hanako's Disturbance. Don't need to tempt fate or court bad luck...]
[he doesn't unsummon his weapon, but he does put them back together into their Single Blade form. He steps over and crouches down to pick one of the lilies from the ground while Chaosbringer and D-Tune talk. Once again, he's still the most inexperienced of the three... Better to let them figure out a plan of action]
[ When the flower is plucked, a ripple fans out - hugely out of proportion to what triggered it and as it spreads out, all the others sway gently in its wake. A breeze gusts through, plucking at your hair as it passes...
But nothing sinister happens. Nothing you can tell, anyway. ]
[he looks at their surroundings, then at the lily in his hand before tucking it away in a spur of the moment decision]
Um... So what happened the last time you were here, Zeke-san? ['Chaosbringer' is both too long and a little too difficult to say, so 'Zeke' it is] Maybe we should replicate it?
[Keiwa no Tycoon doesn't know any better, sshhhhhhh]
The last time, I noticed something was weird, whipped out the ol' zapping, and managed to knock a jolly heck of a lot of doors out of invisibility. Trying to avoid that this time, because it got the things' attention way too quick.
[Rousing it is the last thing he wants to do. Instead, he crouches down, looking for oddities in the water.]
Look for distortions, weirdness. That sort of stuff.
Isn't it weird that the ripple doesn't seem to be... stopping? It continues to resonate outwards from the flower Tycoon touched, long past the point it should have lost momentum.
[Sam might be a bit calmer if this wasn't all weird to start with. If it didn't remind her of too much weird stuff. She's not happy. If mama ain't happy, as they say...]
Why do I suddenly feel like a piece of tackle waiting for a big fish to come up and eat me? That reminds me of the worst of Pops' bait-ripples way back when he'd take me fishing when I was a little girl...
[Sam is still fairly young, sure, as these things go, but she's been Daddy's little disappointment for a while now, too...]
I assume it's when you toss bait in and it ripples. In this case, we're the bait.
[Though Zeke watches the water with a frown, and then carefully sloshes a little more with one foot. Not anything dramatic, just another attempt to watch the ripple spread. Last time they'd spotted the odd distortion in the water's movement left by invisible doors, after all.]
[If she's honest, Sam's surprised it translated so well, but either way, she'll explain it.]
Half like that. [She nods to Zeke, then.] The other half is when you've got live bait, like a minnow or something, and it thrashes so it's rippling to attract a big fish.
We're trying to attract a big fish. [Or, that's what it feels like to Sam, at least. Though here, it's a bit more ominous than it was back when she was fishing with her old man.]
[his ears are just pressing themselves to the top of his head, giving away Tycoon's honest feelings about this, even as he stammers a noise of understanding out. You know, he was really hoping it wasn't what it sounded like!
But if they're meant to be bait...]
Do you think any sort of attack will cause the doors to appear? If electricity is too flashy, maybe just small projectiles will work?
Well, first, I was able to tell where one was before I went after it. Despite being me, I didn't just go blindly blasting away. Second, I'm not sure we WANT to make the doors appear if we can learn anything without doing that. Disturbing them seemed to be what got the big ugly thing going.
[Why does it always have to be big ugly things? Oh right. Dreams and human subconscious. Yeah, that'd do it.]
Isn't it just a big lake without the doors, though? A shallow one, but...
[Sam can't really help but shrug and look blank, here. Mostly because if there's something else to find, outside of the doors themselves, she is not catching on to it...]
... [a thoughtful nod] But standing around isn't going to do anything, right? Should we look around? Or...
[his attention turns back to the ripples]
Maybe it'll be easier to notice something with bigger ripples?
[really close to tempting fate here, as he lowers his weapon just enough that the tip of his blade is submerged in the water. It'd be easy to swing and create a large splash]
More like a lake with invisible doors. Wouldn't have even known to look if the water didn't offer some hints. But we didn't exactly get to explore much.
[Let alone open a door and go into it. Whether or not that is safe or advisable is an entirely separate question...]
We're gonna have to be a little more dramatic. Go for it, I say.
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So if we can't go through doors, what do we do? I...I don't remember going through any doors when I went looking for Crimson, but she kind of...pretty much found us, I guess.
Last time I saw her was right before Hanako...
[D-Tune gestures unhappily, she doesn't want to voice anything about Hanako's Disturbance. Don't need to tempt fate or court bad luck...]
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[he doesn't unsummon his weapon, but he does put them back together into their Single Blade form. He steps over and crouches down to pick one of the lilies from the ground while Chaosbringer and D-Tune talk. Once again, he's still the most inexperienced of the three... Better to let them figure out a plan of action]
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[Chaosbringer quickly glances over to Tycoon. Is that flower going to cause a reaction??]
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But nothing sinister happens. Nothing you can tell, anyway. ]
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[As in, 'what the hell was that'? It's obvious, to a degree, but still. Sam can't help but look aghast--maybe more agitated than she'd be normally.
Chaosbringer does earn a glare for blithely stomping past her ire. He's going to have to deal with that later.]
So uh. Now what? I guess?
[Sam is definitely hoping she doesn't cause anything with that comment!]
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[he looks at their surroundings, then at the lily in his hand before tucking it away in a spur of the moment decision]
Um... So what happened the last time you were here, Zeke-san? ['Chaosbringer' is both too long and a little too difficult to say, so 'Zeke' it is] Maybe we should replicate it?
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[Rousing it is the last thing he wants to do. Instead, he crouches down, looking for oddities in the water.]
Look for distortions, weirdness. That sort of stuff.
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Isn't it weird that the ripple doesn't seem to be... stopping? It continues to resonate outwards from the flower Tycoon touched, long past the point it should have lost momentum.
Huh. ]
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Why do I suddenly feel like a piece of tackle waiting for a big fish to come up and eat me? That reminds me of the worst of Pops' bait-ripples way back when he'd take me fishing when I was a little girl...
[Sam is still fairly young, sure, as these things go, but she's been Daddy's little disappointment for a while now, too...]
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[Tycoon's listening to the chatter, but he's also staring at the ripples, though he hasn't quite pinpointed why it feels weird to him yet]
What's a bait-ripple?
[it sounds interesting, but also possibly a bad thing in this scenario. He's a city boy, he's never actually been fishing...]
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[Though Zeke watches the water with a frown, and then carefully sloshes a little more with one foot. Not anything dramatic, just another attempt to watch the ripple spread. Last time they'd spotted the odd distortion in the water's movement left by invisible doors, after all.]
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Half like that. [She nods to Zeke, then.] The other half is when you've got live bait, like a minnow or something, and it thrashes so it's rippling to attract a big fish.
We're trying to attract a big fish. [Or, that's what it feels like to Sam, at least. Though here, it's a bit more ominous than it was back when she was fishing with her old man.]
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But if they're meant to be bait...]
Do you think any sort of attack will cause the doors to appear? If electricity is too flashy, maybe just small projectiles will work?
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[Why does it always have to be big ugly things? Oh right. Dreams and human subconscious. Yeah, that'd do it.]
Isn't it just a big lake without the doors, though? A shallow one, but...
[Sam can't really help but shrug and look blank, here. Mostly because if there's something else to find, outside of the doors themselves, she is not catching on to it...]
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[his attention turns back to the ripples]
Maybe it'll be easier to notice something with bigger ripples?
[really close to tempting fate here, as he lowers his weapon just enough that the tip of his blade is submerged in the water. It'd be easy to swing and create a large splash]
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[Let alone open a door and go into it. Whether or not that is safe or advisable is an entirely separate question...]
We're gonna have to be a little more dramatic. Go for it, I say.