(Catch all) Ominous October Threads

[insinning]

Who: Sinclair and You.
What: Dungeon runs, trauma bonding etc
When: All throughout October.
Warnings: Gore, Emeto, Psychological horror in one thread, NSFW stuff in another

“I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being—one of many ways—and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.”

Comments

[aphonik]

[ 🔪

<< Can you count on one full hand how many people in here actually dislike you? >>

Compared to himself, professional dickhead, ]

[insinning]

Uh. [He wouldn't have invited them if he thought they disliked him??]

<< No one here dislikes you either >>

[He thinks???]

[aphonik]

[ What is that uh for... ]

<< I meant in the game, genius. >>

But even so-

<< And pretty sure some people can't stand me like I can't stand others. >>

[ FOR INSTANCE...he looks around before gesturing a vague hand to Michel ( sorry, you poor bastard ).

<< That guy manhandled me once. Almost punched him in the nose. >> ]

[insinning]

I don't know if you saw what I did to Misteaks at the meeting, but----Winter?

[Sinclair turns to look at Michel in surprise. Then at Dosei. ?????????]

<< Really? >>

[aphonik]

<< Yeah, that. You shoulda hit him again. >>

[ His professional onion. That what a whole time but it sure did display the Crazy for everyone to see. Also that Sinclair has a nice spine, so good on him.

A snort. ]

<< Back when that sky island opened up, he came out of nowhere and lifted me up like I was a ragdoll and started talking about how he was giving me the 'blessings of height' or some shit. >>

[ Sinclair can ruminate on that as Dosei leans over and steals some of the freshly cooked noodles and some meat for a munch. Fork, no chopsticks, because he's basic. Hungry. ]

1/2

[insinning]

[It really depends on how mad Misteaks makes him again, but he shouldn't say that aloud. Besides, all thoughts of future potential violence disappear when]

Blessings of--

2/2

[insinning]

[Ah!!!]

I remember now--back then, there was that whole avatar swap fiasco. That must have been Hani..

[Shooting Hani a Look. But now he's no longer flustered, he resumes signing]

<< He did something similar to me in someone else's body, except he set up a sign and table for it... >>

1/2

[aphonik]

[ Huh. What.

There's a moment where this seems to compute, gaze immediately following Sinclair's to fly to Hani, and then to Michel, and then back- ]

2/2

[aphonik]

[ And then his face immediately sours, disgust taking over. Noodles forgotten.

<< Of course it was. Why fucking wouldn't it be. >>

If looks could kill....

<< Knew I hated that little bastard for a good reason. >>]

[insinning]

[...

He'll just pile up more cooked meat onto Dosei's plate. And slides over a can of soda. Bribery? Bribery.]

<< please don't fight here >>

[aphonik]

[ Well, if it wasn't cooked before, it would be from how hard Dosei is glaring at his plate.

He's not going to look up back at the culprit, nor who he's seated near, but he doesn't bother signing anything for a few moments before he just shifts his gaze. ]

<< Whatever. They're not worth it, anyway. >>

[ He'll poke it, but he doesn't have much of an appetite anymore, he thinks. ]

[insinning]

[HMMMM]

<< you really don't get along with them, huh? >>

[aphonik]

[ << No. >>

Don't perceive him.

<< I hate the way they talk. It sounds fake. Condescending. Nobody fucking talks like that. >>]

[insinning]

[ Sinclair takes a moment to consider this for a moment. He turns over his first meeting with Hani in his head, the odd way they held themselves, the way they took joy in every little thing without, perhaps, being genuinely present. ]

<< When the game first started, maybe there was something...

But they're different now. What makes them sound fake to you now? >>

[aphonik]

[ Yeah, he's not buying that. That, and there's something else he's definitely not willing to mention that has him feeling more hostile than usual.

<< Everything? People don't change just like that.

Why would I bother talking to them now. >> ]

[insinning]

<< Not normally. But this game has a way of making us confront things we don't like about ourselves. >>

[Just adding more of the good stuff to Dosei's plate]

<< But it's fine if you don't like them. Just eat >>

[aphonik]

<< It's not me that I'm disliking. >>

[ A huff.

He'll just. Let Sinclair do his thing. He doesn't bat it off the table like an angry cat or look like he's rather be eating glass like he would have months ago, so it's a definitive improvement. ]

<< Would have done that anyway even if you didn't say it. >>

[ Is he talking about disliking Hani or eating? Maybe both. He's just going to take a sip of his drink first. ]

[insinning]

[Sinclair gets that and he definitely wont push it. Mostly he's trying to keep the topic off sore points. So he points out at the kobocha]

<< Make sure you leave this one to last in the broth. Apparently it tastes really good at the end.

[aphonik]

[ Well, Sinclair is trying his best. Dosei is not, in comparison, he's just sulking.

He puts his drink down.

<< ...What even is that. >>

Squinting as he picks up his fork and shoves a piece of meat in his mouth. ]

[insinning]

Like pumpkin. Or squash.

[At least, that's what it's like to Sinclair]