re: upcoming event at tushanshu

[wintershepherd]

Oh, let me think why I wouldn't be happy with the entire city going underwater! As if that wasn't bad enough, there are also plans for zombies-- and that's before the rest of you muns get together and plot other things happening.

Don't get me wrong, I like a little chaos as much as the next person but potential drownings are not, in any sense of the word, even remotely FUN.

Comments

[peckish4action]

Hey, cheer up. Can't be all bad if you're not all alone, right? Plus, the barrier keeping the water out is never going to actually break, so nobody's drowning until they actually willingly go to the water.

[wintershepherd]

Except some people are planning to willingly go into the water.

[peckish4action]

Some people haven't drowned and lost all their memories because of that.

It doesn't mean you have to, and doesn't mean they will actually... really drown. Unless they've changed plans, obviously.

[myownhand]

Well, doesn't sound like things are going too well on your end. No way y'could just freeze all th'water?

[wintershepherd]

The drowning part is, last time I checked, still up in the air. It doesn't matter if I'm not the one doing the drowning, watching someone else have to go through it is even worse!

[wintershepherd]

They've been better, that's for sure.

I think a whole ocean's worth is a little outside my levels, but it probably won't be for lack of trying if this plan of the muns' ends up going through.

[myownhand]

Well, will th'city be protected by some other means? Doesn't seem like it'd be all that fair t'just drown th'lot of you with out any plans of escape.

[There is a smidgen of worry in her voice. Despite how casually she's speaking]

[peckish4action]

... then leave my brother-from-a-different-universe do the watching - or rather, not watching but rescuing - and you stay whelmed and make sure the zombies don't get you?

You can freak out afterwards.

[wintershepherd]

There's a bubble protecting the city, but people can go outside of it and into the water... and things are going to be coming in. Neither of which is good news.

[wintershepherd]

Hey, I'm allowed to worry about my friends too, you guys don't have a monopoly on that.

[peckish4action]

... all right, yes. You are. Just not to panic at a bad time, all right?

[wintershepherd]

[ he scoffs ]

I'll keep it together, if that's what you're worried about. Cool under pressure, okay?

[myownhand]

Well, you'll be there right? And others like you. [By this she means good people.] I'm sure things'll work out.

[peckish4action]

[Dick watches him for a second, then grins suddenly.]

Absolutely. You'll do fine. It'll be all right.

[wintershepherd]

[ he nods ]

I'll be doing anything I can, and so will the others. Hopefully I'll be back here in a few months, laughing about the whole thing in hindsight.

[wintershepherd]

[ suspicious; why the sudden 180... ]

Yeah. Thanks.

[myownhand]

See? Nothin' t'worry about.

[Says the girl not going through it.]

If y'want I could try t'find that old witch and try t'see if she can give me a spell t'turn everyone in t'fish.

[MERIDA. THIS IS TAKING A STEP BACKWARDS....]

[peckish4action]

[because he approves, and you also amused him with the wordplay?]

No problem. [Sideways smile.] I'm also usually good at the whole... overcoming scaring problems thing. For me and others. Not sure if the me that you know there has mastered that, yet.

[wintershepherd]

[ That does earn Dick a faint smile, because Jack rarely stays irked for very long. ]

Does this mean I should be giving pointers, since you're not there to teach him the ropes?

[wintershepherd]

I think turning people into fish would cause problems on a whole new scale.

[ Merida the puns, they're following you. ]

[myownhand]

[OH MY GOD WHY....]

Stop with th'puns already!

[AND WHY IS SHE SECRETLY ENJOYING THIS?]

[peckish4action]

Oh, believe me, he's already good with the ropes again. Scary as they maybe were... flying was the only way I knew how to keep close to my family. No way was I going to give the trapeze or any other form of flying up.

[wintershepherd]

You didn't say please~

[wintershepherd]

[ That definitely gets a smile from Jack. ]

Flying's like nothing else in the world, isn't it? The Wind was my only friend for a long time, so flying is... special.

[myownhand]

[Opening and closing her mouth several times, because she can't figure out if it would be better to just give in, or fight it out for longer.




NOPE. GIVING IN.]

Please.


[How low she has sunk]