07 BRAINS ; VIDEO

[livable]

My extended trip to the Dream Docks is over. Considering it took me two hours to make it home after I ended up in a Nova City parking lot and some back alley in Everglade, I'm guessing something fun happened while I was gone.

I'm still not convinced I'm in the right apartment either considering my new roommate's decision to make his next start up an interior design firm with my entire apartment being his first experiment. Another 20 minutes just to find my blender that I'll never get back in life. [ At least that cayenne-chocolate milkshake with a sliced red pepper along the edge of the glass looks good. Worth it? Maybe. It's definitely making her feel better. ] I don't think anyone ever taught him about personal boundaries.

[ Liv takes a sip of the drink, which is already half gone. A week is a long time not to eat properly. ]

To those who saw me toward the beginning of the month: I decided the look just wasn't me anymore. I'm-

[ Is Liv just staring off into space for a moment? Yes she is. Oops. Liv's breath comes out like she'd been holding it, then she shakes her head. ]

Wow. I haven't had brain freeze since I was 14. [ A little smile pulls to her lips. ]

Anyone want to fill me in on what I missed? Or potentially have plans I can horn in on tonight? My schedule's relatively clear for the next couple days since I wasn't sure how long I'd need to take off from work for this.

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[youfool]

Certainly. Let's see...

Our ages were tampered. Some became younger, some older, none wiser. The most immature advent in our history, I'm pretty sure.

The mayor of Everglade enacted a new law allowing any monster freedom from law once the day turned dark enough. Somehow that's been allowed to stand indeterminately.

Portals spread themselves far and wide as the stars, and such mischievous portals at that. As though they were calculated to drop any who entered into the most calculatedly awkward positions possible. Apparently it's because some piece holding up this strange world split into three.

One such piece is held by a monster loathe to forsake it. A band of adventurers-turned-trade negotiations has been dispatched to change its mind. I hope it's going well.

Another affair for the second was carried out, though straightforward violence was the order of the day. There were many casualties, though victory was won, thankfully.

Today the king's palace is open for the last piece, and an accompanying ritual cleansing. I'll let you know how that goes, if you like.

[livable]

I wasn't gone that long, but thanks.

[ She's not really sure what a ritual cleansing would do to someone who wasn't, well, alive, or she'd volunteer to help. If it were her world she would be a lot less wary considering it was just a disease there, but with all the actual magic here? She's not ready to risk it. ]

I wouldn't say all non-humans are monsters, but I'm a little surprised no one's aimed for a hostile takeover of the government yet. The whole portal thing sounds more like a pain in the ass than a serious problem though.

[youfool]

If they take advantage of those liberties, they may as well be. In a bad way, of course.

Heh, I'm not. Everglade's the hottest potato of all; by now I think everyone's content to leave it to its own devices.

Yes, posterior-first does seem to be their favored position. More comic that way.

[livable]

I'm not defending killing humans- I definitely don't want anyone to die- but non-humans have to eat something too and not all of them get a choice in what meets their dietary requirements. I can see why some of them might lean a little more toward actually being able to eat what they're meant to if they don't have an alternate source. Which should mean we should be looking for an alternate source, not toward mass murder, but I can see where the sentiment is.

[ She would know. Not just because she doesn't have much of a choice- she's got other people she supplies too. But it's not exactly something people are willing to hip-hip-hooray about, so it's only people Liv has elected to trust. ]

You think someone did this on purpose?

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[pathosis]

So ungrateful... [ sighed loudly from like 5 feet away ]

[livable]

"Hey Liv, would you like me to play hide and seek with everything you own?" would've worked just fine, Blaine.

[ She gives him a look, crossing her arms. ]

[pathosis]

It's not everything. It's just like... the entire kitchen. Most of the living room. Whatever the hell your hall closet was.

[livable]

You didn't go through my room?

[ She hasn't checked through like.. most things yet. She really just needed to eat before she literally murdered and ate Blaine. ]

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[skilledwithwords]

Hey Liv!

[She's really happy that her friend is alright.]

I'm actually very free too since I just work at the bookshop now. [Somehow she has several employees which just means she's been spending more time reading.]

As for things that have been happening. It all started with an earthquake. It remembers me a little bit of the last time there was a hole in the sky. The teleporting has just been for a few days now.

[She really hopes it stops soon.]

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[livable]

I don't know about you, but I'm hoping this doesn't get anywhere near as bad as the last time.

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[skilledwithwords]

Yeah...

[Levy remembers that all too well.]

Maybe we can do something more this time?

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[livable]

[ Haha. Liv took a sign post to the lung last time and got found out as a zombie by David. She's not looking to do something 'more.' ]

I can help if anyone gets hurt, but that's about it.

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[hemoeroticism]

I've been loving all this teleportation. It's so much fun. ☆

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[livable]

What have you been doing that's been fun? It's been a pain since I got back.

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[firefandance]

People seemed to have told you the same thing, so I won't add to that. But as they said interesting things have been happening, but there are people who are looking to solve the problem.

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[livable]

Personally I'm hoping to teleport into an amusement park or a movie theater so I can't be blamed for getting free entertainment.

[ She's joking. ]

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[firefandance]

If you managed to get into a amusement park... then I would have to wonder how.

[She was joking a little bit, or at least trying anyway.]

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[livable]

There's got to be one around here somewhere. I hear Tokyo has a great Disney park.

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[askypirate]

[He smiles, as he often does when addressing anyone over the network.]

Certainly. The sky fell.

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[livable]

I guess you weren't here the last time it actually nearly did.

[ Is she joking? It's hard to tell. ] Or you're just going for the most poetic way you could think of to say that. In which case, congrats on the most cryptic description.

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[askypirate]

Cryptic? Perhaps, but I could think of no other way to describe it. [He shrugs.] Something's broken and we're trying to fix it.

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[livable]

Let me know if you need a doctor. [ It's not that she doesn't want to help- she does. But based on what she's heard so far, it's not something she can do without revealing her less than human status. ]

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[rulerofme]

So. You were a superhero for a little while, huh?

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[livable]

And very embarrassed by it. Thanks.

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[rulerofme]

I gotta say, I have a whole new understanding of what you go through now.