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[saturations]

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[daggering]

[ uwa. a birdlike headtilt from where he's scooping up tofu scramble to eat. ]

Pink's... that's what Percival has, isn't it? Crystalline? What's it mean to the prism?

[saturations]

Good at doing puzzles, bad at making constructive life decisions.

[wow.]

I met one of them the other day. They said that it should be possible to control everything in life. Wild, right?

[daggering]

[ HELP THIS PERCY ROAST he snorts into his tofu scramble ]

Makes perfect sense, yeah. The one I know's in the right place. [ percy your decisions

controlling everything in life though... that gets him to shake his head. ] Can't imagine needing to be in charge of everything that fucking badly. What's the point?

[saturations]

The illusion of control. That's what pink means to the prism. But it's only an illusion. Sometimes bad things happen.

And sometimes even things we didn't want to happen aren't all bad in the long run. Don't you think so?

[daggering]

[ there are those raven queen feelings again!

...

he pauses for a moment, glancing up at where their face would be. ]

... I do, yeah. Sometimes it just takes a bit to get there. Think I learned that one the hard way.

[saturations]

[their face is worn away, but there's something very calming about that. no judgment on a face that doesn't exist.]

Think that's what blue is, to the prism. Finding what's good in the bad and using it. Sometimes that's a lesson learned the hard way. Still learned it.

[daggering]

[ yeah! yeah that's it. ]

...nn. [ he can jive with that, though he doesn't say it. finding the good in the bad. making it through.

... ] What about red? That's the other one I've got, I think.

[saturations]

There's what'll trip you up. A bit of a temper, reckless. But sometimes you need that type of passion to get things done.

[daggering]

[ lol ]

...yeah, there's a code word for that one and everything.

[saturations]

Code word?

[daggering]

Yeah. "Jenga." Or "Superjenga."

[ shale may get the sense that he is poking a little bit at himself here ]

Means "Vax is about to do something stupid", according to my sister.

[saturations]

[oh. they chuckle at this. it's a low rumble, but definitely a chuckle.]

Sounds like a sister thing to say. Is she right?

[daggering]

[ hey ]

Not all the time.

[ just like 99.9% of it ]

[saturations]

So, what is a jenga, anyway?

[daggering]

No fucking clue. Just a made up word, I guess.

[ who will reveal this great secret of modernity ]

[saturations]

[not shale, apparently.]

Can I use it?

[daggering]

Absolutely.

[ amazing ]

Next time you're in a pinch, just shout "jenga!" and I'll come bail you out. Promise.

[saturations]

I'm getting the impression you're more likely to need to use it.

[then again. they did send that help message.]

But I will. You seem like the type who can be counted on to come running.

[daggering]

[ next time just send jenga help will come! maybe. ]

Got that impression already? [ a little laugh. ] Guess so. Never been good at leaving well enough alone.

[ thus the jenga ]

[saturations]

That isn't a bad thing. We need people like that sometimes.

[though they are already slightly worried for vax.]

You and your friend getting along with people? I haven't met him yet.

[daggering]

[ wow!!!!

but, he makes a little noise of agreement, returning to his food. whether that's to getting along or to needing people like that, who's to say.... ]

Well enough. Percy'll come to talk to you, probably. He's the nosy type. [ affectionate ] There are a lot of kids here, though.

[ which, a little of that compassion does bleed through there; a little worry, frowning at his meal. ]

[saturations]

Yeah, there are, aren't they?

[shale understands. there's a similar feeling in response, a little concern, but also calm.]

We're pretty good at taking care of people here. I don't blame you guys for being worried, what with everything that's happened since you got here. But we're not going to let anybody get hurt.

[daggering]

[ a little further softening to that. ]

... yeah. [ shale, this is a murdergame ] I'm not gonna let anything happen to 'em if I can help it, either.

[ though... ] They're... the kids. The others. They're not going to be stuck here, are they?

[saturations]

[oof. a sigh.]

I value honesty, and my opinion is... there isn't a way back. Once you're here, you're here.

Some of you aren't ready to accept that, and that's okay, too. But that's my opinion on it.

[daggering]

[



oof.

he - something flashes across vax's face. acceptance, at first, at least at his own situation he can't imagine that the raven queen wouldn't find a way, or that he wouldn't be able to find a way to bring her purview to this placae, or something,

and then it changes, because he thinks about percy, and he thinks about vex, and his gut twists, and all of it shows on his face. ]

- Shale. Shale, Percival has to go back.