that's not what we usually mean by 'dance with death'

[cherryblooded]

[That certainly did happen. Cherryblod's not the type of person who will judge one person's value as being more than another's, so he can't say whether it was better or worse than the first week. It came as less of a shock, maybe, but even so...

It's not the kind of thing people usually want to go through alone.

So, after he spends some time in the kitchen preparing (with assistance from Bruce), he'll slip some personalized notes under everyone's doors.]

[Name],
If you'd prefer to spend this time alone, that's fine.
If you'd prefer not to, I've made some food and set it out in the dining hall.
Even if you're just hungry and would rather not talk, feel free to come take some.
But if you'd like the company, we're here for you.
-Cherryblod

[Those arriving in the dining hall will find an assortment of food - a fair number of sandwiches and other, actual meal-like options since most people missed a meal or two, but also a goodly number of desserts. There's tea, as well as coffee for those who favor it.]

Comments

[sleepingkogoro]

And what kind of wish were you born of, then?

[Asked without thinking. He's still reeling from knowing there are eight million gods and chances are the number will continue growing]

[notjustawriter]

I'll be sure too.

If we can find out what we're actually dealing with...

Well, I don't know if it'll actually help, but it'll be a start.

[bloodisthicker]

That... does sound like it would make it extremely difficult to study them, yes. Theoretically, we'd probably have some way of learning about them if that is what's down there, but... I don't know. It's also entirely possible that it's something that literally none of us have remotely dealt with before, which makes it even more difficult to figure out.

( one/two )

[capyper]

[ For a moment, he's quiet and looks unusually taciturn — ]

[captainobnoxious]

[Yeaaaaaah.......]

Zombies sounds like trolls, and they definitely weren't trolls. Probably a shape-shifting problem. Maybe he's got some kind of pet that can do that?

[capyper]

That's a secret! ... But lately, my guidepost has been helping me figure out how to become a god of fortune. He's super tough on me, but I'm making the transition from plain old delivery god to a true blue god of fortune!

[goingdigital]

[Taichi can't help but join in.]

But it sure is hilarious now!

[And down the hatch. It's not as vile this time, but still bleh.]

Thanks for this, by the way.

[goodforsomething]

Sounds like a lack of commitment.

Though I guess I wouldn't do it if there were feds here. The last thing I need is anybody checkin' on my taxes.

[ratingspoint]

...Big, poorly-named houses, in our case. King Asgore sucks at names.

[notjustawriter]

Well, look at what happened to Kamui and Zagi.

Bein' the one who bleeds out first seems to be a legitimate problem here.

[ratingspoint]

Well, true! But everyone so far has also been looking for a fight, from the sound of it.

[notjustawriter]

I guess bein' trapped leaves people feeling anxious.

[ratingspoint]

[And there's something that he's tempted to say to that, but before he can he just sort of...stops, and he hesitates for a moment, and ultimately he doesn't say it because once in a while Mouri does a decent thing and explains feelings to the narcissistic robot in a way that he understands.]

...It...does, yes.

[...]

It's something that I'm used to. Being shut in somewhere like this. So that's not really something I think about.

[...MAN, IT WAS A ROUGH COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN HE REALIZED OTHER PEOPLE HAD FEELINGS.]

[goodforsomething]

Sure I did! The first one was just a prank, but it seemed to throw him for a loop, so...

[Stan shrugs. Look, he knows how to bother people.]

[notjustawriter]

You.... you've mentioned where you're from, from time to time.

What happened? ...I mean. If you're comfortable talking about it.

[goodforsomething]

I know, right?

'Course, I wanna see his face for a lot of other reasons. [Violence reasons.] But we might as well have some fun with him in the meantime!

[pokexplorer]

Honestly...the latter seems even more probable. I doubt the Kingmaker would want us to have the upper hand on something that could end up being a weakness for him.

[notjustawriter]

Haha!

Man, he's such a stiff-- I can't imagine he's ever had something like that happen to him before!

[ratingspoint]

Oh...I don't mind at all, darling, it's fine. It all happened before my time, anyway, so it's not like it's my story to be upset about.

[...Well...that's one way of looking at it, anyway.]

A long time ago, monsters used to live on the surface, alongside humans. I don't know what happened exactly - there's an entire history of it written on the cave walls where I grew up, and it says that the humans feared us and attacked. In other writings, it sounds like we made some sort of bid for power and failed.

It doesn't really matter. The point is that there was a war that the humans won. The monsters escaped into an underground cavern before the humans wiped us all out. And then the humans sealed us down there.

[He shrugs a bit.]

There are barriers covering the whole cave system; anything can come in through them, but nothing can get past them to get out.

[capyper]

Right? She picked up on how to do it really fast! ... It's nice that everybody's making stuff for each other, isn't it.

[notjustawriter]

[You know, that's a whole lot of holy shit right there.]

...Christ, I guess that explains why you're used to be locked in a place you can't leave.

[For what it's worth, Gabriel doesn't sound judging at all, despite the fact that he's talked about being a protector of light and someone who's supposed to hunt "monsters".]

Humans can be pretty unreasonable with things they don't understand.

[ratingspoint]

Well, it's not as though they're completely without reason, either - we're capable of some pretty interesting things, if we're given the opportunity.

[..."Interesting."]

You're being really fair about it, though.

[notjustawriter]

Y'all are pretty powerful, I take it?

[...He'd make a Vulcan reference here, but]

[ratingspoint]

Generally, humans are stronger than we are. But that doesn't mean we can't kill them. Our magic is powerful, and we can...interact with their souls directly.

[To put it very gently.]

[goodforsomething]

Colress says he knows of some kinda...pokey-man thingy that can.

[He doesn't entirely sound like he trusts Colress's opinions, but hey, it's a thing.]