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[hot_mess_express]

Who: Heroes
When: Day 36 night
Where: Back outside the train

[Well. You’re all in some kind of. State. A rather chagrined voice mutters on the wind;]

That isn’t quite how I envisioned it going…

[At any rate! There are new stars in the sky in ginger goldenrod, thyme apple and senna terracotta.

Well how are you all doing?]

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[wellhanged]

When I was growing up until a few years ago, there was a king and a queen who made demands of all the villages in their kingdom. Demands being tributes of soldiers, cattle, children. The last bit seemed odd at first, but then some people understood there was a profit to be made by stealing away children and selling their meats on a market to eventually make their way to the king and queen.

Y'see, the king and queen were hungry things--those monsters in the dark. And that's where all the children went. Into their stomachs.

So I can't say I'm very eager to be eating someone much at all!

[fisherofmen]

. . .

Then.

[ slowly, ]

What can I do for you?

[wellhanged]

[.......... good question.

exhales]

I don't know.

Staying calm, for one.

[fisherofmen]

Do I look like I'm not calm, to you. . .

[wellhanged]

Insisting to feed yourself to the hungry monster doesn't seem particularly calm, no.

[fisherofmen]

I'm not particularly distressed, though.

[wellhanged]

Lack of calm doesn't always indicate distress.

[try again]

[fisherofmen]

. . .






I don't understand.

[wellhanged]

[... can I put hand on your head?]

[fisherofmen]

[ it just goes through his head



to his real head

which is smaller

way down

this is an illusion. ]

- hey.

[wellhanged]

[... ohhh noooo it's cute.

RUFFLES HAIR.]

More reason I couldn't. I'd gobble you all up.

[IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE YOU ARE LIKE BITE-SIZED?]

[fisherofmen]

Why does everyone do that . . . . ?

[ without moving away ]

[wellhanged]

Because it's cute!

[fisherofmen]

I don't -

[ huffff ]

Cute is for girls.

[wellhanged]

It's not, really.

[fisherofmen]

I'm pretty sure it's for girls.

[wellhanged]

I very much assure you it is not.

[fisherofmen]

[ huff ]

Fine. Whatever.

. . . What are you going to do?

[wellhanged]

... I'm not sure. Probably work to calm down. As long as I'm not... excitable, I can control myself pretty well, for the most part.

[fisherofmen]

You don't need to eat flesh to survive?

[wellhanged]

No, I do...

[ugggh...]

I'll poke around some other options before getting drastic.

[fisherofmen]

But . . .

You . . .

Don't know when that will happen . . .

[wellhanged]

Let me go at my own speed with this. I have a lot of issues I like to not advertise.

[fisherofmen]

. . .

You have to tell me.

If there's something I can do, you have to tell me. Promise me that.

[wellhanged]

... I don't even know who to call for if I thought of something.

[you don't have a name???]