thank you kabby it scares the absolute living shit out of jiaoqiu, which means he one, throws one of the drumsticks in his hand on accident, and two, his tail floofs up to twice its usual size. ]
Reignbow Arbiter -- [ in the cadence of JESUS CHRIST ]
It's the devil that likes paperwork. He'd happily draft something up for you.
[He tilts his head from side to side and takes an easy lean on the next machine over. Some kind of sturdy fighting game.]
See, I don't think it is easy. Not without knowing how they're measuring it. And for that matter, why they need to measure anything we do after we've died in the first place.
[ he can't focus on the rhythm game and also talk, so for now he just winces slightly as he leans against the machine himself. ]
Gamaliel told me to think of it as a second chance, whether we necessarily think we deserve it or not. [ a beat. ] I've been around a long time, Mr. Tozier, and I know that there is no such thing as a free lunch.
I'm sure you're right. We may be asked to do things very much outside of our comfort zones.
Hmmm... no. You should always speak your mind, even if others don't care to hear it.
[ he may regret saying this eventually but for now, ]
I've never come across anything like that cave before now, but it doesn't surprise me that it exists. I don't know that it's malicious, but a place like this is built to make us deal with our pasts. The angels have said as much.
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Anyway since you very clearly have one wish here who am I to deny you. Holding up a mean double handed finger-pistol.]
Freeze! Arcade police!
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thank you kabby it scares the absolute living shit out of jiaoqiu, which means he one, throws one of the drumsticks in his hand on accident, and two, his tail floofs up to twice its usual size. ]
Reignbow Arbiter -- [ in the cadence of JESUS CHRIST ]
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Anyway Richie laughs. So hard.]
My god, you'd think you were doing something illegal. Guilty conscience, JQ?
[Rolling up beside him and picking up the drumstick. Here, friends? :pleading_face:]
Sorry. Couldn't resist. Whatchu playing?
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for now, richie hands him the drumstick, and he gently raps it against richie's forehead. not hard, but it is scolding. ]
Aiya, you brat. [ huff huff. he doesn't mean it. ] A rhythm game. They're very good for emptying your thoughts.
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Yeowch!
[Except he's grinning even harder. Brat indeed.]
Oh? Got a couple bees in your bonnet?
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Redemption and what that entails counts as a few bees, I suppose.
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[He flicks at one of the fake drums.]
And what's your verdict, hoss? Possible, or impossible?
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[He tilts his head from side to side and takes an easy lean on the next machine over. Some kind of sturdy fighting game.]
See, I don't think it is easy. Not without knowing how they're measuring it. And for that matter, why they need to measure anything we do after we've died in the first place.
Something stinks about it, if you ask me.
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Gamaliel told me to think of it as a second chance, whether we necessarily think we deserve it or not. [ a beat. ] I've been around a long time, Mr. Tozier, and I know that there is no such thing as a free lunch.
I'm sure you're right. We may be asked to do things very much outside of our comfort zones.
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Very long. I'm shocked none of you centurians and millenium folks aren't out of your minds with boredom. Been and seen and done it all.
[Look, he never wanted to die young, but he'd never want to live that long either. Now that he's had to consider it, it seems like a real drag.]
I'm wondering if there won't be some kind of unexpected test. You been up to that cave by the beach yet?
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[ but, like. richie's not wrong. he's tired. there's a reason he's not chewing at the walls to go back. ]
I have, in fact. The one that shows you illusions? Were you startled by it?
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Moreover, it felt invasive. I don't like that it might pull things out of your head without your say-so.
[He looks down. Idly thwacks the faux cymbal.]
But who knows? Maybe that's just the way the divine deals, and I should shut my little mortal mouth.
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[ he may regret saying this eventually but for now, ]
I've never come across anything like that cave before now, but it doesn't surprise me that it exists. I don't know that it's malicious, but a place like this is built to make us deal with our pasts. The angels have said as much.