[Intro] [Genessia City]

[metachrosis]

Clothes Have No Purpose

[Note: when I get off mobile this prompt will be edited so that Espio in his original, lizard form! This is due to a change in policy regarding CRAU-gained forms since my last time in game that I was unaware of. It will be pretty much the same, just with more nudity!]

[Well, Espio's at least half paid attention to what he's been told. The problem is, many months of living in an unstable reality, complete with illusions and unreality pockets that just happen to have included entire cities in the past mean he's frankly quite sure nothing is real anyway. Therefore, what is the point of paying attention?

Now, he could prioritise finding people from Between, who probably are here somewhere just as they were in the last several unreality pockets, or...

Yeah. It's hot. More importantly, that's actual sunshine. Illusion or not, that's something Espio can at least appreciate... which means, rather than do anything else that would be sensible to do, he's just gonna scoot himself up the side of a tall building no reasonable person would climb, find himself a sunny rooftop with convenient shade to duck into when it gets too much, discard half his clothing and chuck himself down to lie on his stomach.

Perfect.

Yes, that does mean he's wearing only a pair of pants with the legs pulled up, but given that he still thinks clothes are unnecessary, the humans around here should be grateful he's kept them on at all.

Look. He might look human, but he's a lizard, and if there's sun you're damn right he's gonna lie in it. Figuring out what this illusion is doing can wait for a bit - they've become almost normal, and they do tend to be a little more pleasant than reality...]



Network/Text

[When he gets the chance, ducked out of the sun, Espio takes a glance at the network. He recognises approximately no-one, which is a little unsettling, and he's definitely spotted a trend... moaning about the heat.]

Who are all you people?

Not that it matters.

Look, can you quit complaining about the sun? You should be grateful you even have one in the first place!

Comments

Text

[bigbadrose]

Do you not normally have a sun???

I'm Rose Tyler. Hello!

[metachrosis]

Haven't seen a real sun for nearly two years. Guessing I still haven't, but I can at least lie in it.

[bigbadrose]

What makes you think the sun's not real? I'm not saying it is, but I'm wondering why you think so.

Mind if I ask where you were before here?

[metachrosis]

Because nothing is real.

And yes, I do mind.

[text]

[om_nom_namur]

:P

Re: [text]

[metachrosis]

[Y'know Namur, Espio isn't gonna know who you are if yoy don't tell him. As is, he is just gonna glare at that emoticon because that could mean anything. And, well, he's Espio and therefore cranky.]

Shove off.

[text]

[om_nom_namur]

[Right back at you, Mr. Who Are You Actually IDGAF. At last sign your posts so ppl have something to look up!]

New here?

[metachrosis]

[At least Espio can facepalm about it later?]

Apparently.

[Voice]

[singinghuntress]

Zhe sun is a pain in zhe ass vhen you cannot go in it. Zo, I vould be much happier vithout it or zhe heat it brings.

[metachrosis]

[See, now that's a reason. Espio can understand that, assuming it's some biological thing. Unfortunately he's more interested in being a jerk right now.]

Sucks to be you. Luckily there's this thing called 'indoors', should be tolerable until the sun goes down.

[singinghuntress]

Lucky for you there's this thing called a netvork so I can't hunt you down und slap you for being a jackass.

[She's cranky enough as it is and moody. Don't test her.]

[metachrosis]

Great, isn't it?

Text

[fashionably_strong]

I'm Bulla. Who are you?

[metachrosis]

Oh look, a name.

[One he knows, too. Bulla... he had a friend back in Garden with that name, right? Well, a name is just a name, but on the off-chance it's another version of her Espio immediately wants nothing to do with her. Of course he's not going to run into the Bulla from Garden after these many years, and he is so over being forgotten.]

Not that I plan on sharing mine.]

[fashionably_strong]

Hey, you asked who we are.

[metachrosis]

And also decided it doesn't matter. I don't care, I just know you're all total strangers.

Text

[riddlemehiss]

I'm a cat.

[Don't question how he manages to type with these paws...]

Re: Text

[metachrosis]

[Sorry for the delay, had to clear something up first!]

And I'm a lizard. What's your point?

[riddlemehiss]

You asked who the people are.

Action

[fierybluebird]

[INCOMING SPARKLE BIRD BOMB! FWOOOOOOOSSSSSHHHH!]

PINKIE!!!!

[SPARKLE GLOMP HUG.]

[Sparkle.]

[Sparkle.]

[Motherfucking sparkle.]

[metachrosis]

[Don't just fly into him out of nowhere, damn it! Espio shouts and tries to dodge, but it's too late and there is a bird on him.

A familiar bird. A familiar bird with a familiar voice and a familiar nickname and...

Well, shit. If he hadn't already been convinced he was in some kind of illusory world, this would have been the deciding factor. These places were so cruel... and so, once the shock of suddenly, Marco wears off, Espio sighs and slumps forwards a little, giving his best friend a less than enthused greeting.]

Hi...

[Let's not repeat the whole face-melting-off thing, please?]

[fierybluebird]

Wow. [Deadpan, switches back.] Glad to see you too. It's not like I spent five or seven years [HE HAS NO IDEA HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN :V] trying to reach you or anything.

[Pulls chameleon cheeks.] Someone steal all your turnips?

[Head tilt.] Someone looking like me beat you up?

Later after Marco's mass texting

[om_nom_namur]

Ur a dumbass
Y not just tell me?
Like mabe tmw i start takking about u?
Shit

[metachrosis]

That’s no fun.

[Not gonna mention the whole “I didn’t want to meet anyone in case you’re not real” thing. Not where anyone can read it, and maaaaaybe not in private either.]

[om_nom_namur]

Ass

So r u staying at the estayt?

Me & Rip & Thatch hav a plaec in genesya if a fancyass manshun in hororvil aint ur thing
Ill fite marco if i hav 2
If u wnt
U got opshuns is wat im saying here