Catch-All for Futaba

[specialdog]

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[specialdog]

[ Sometime in the evening, Akane wanders into the kitchen to return a mug after having received tea from someone else...! Look how good she's being... Not just leaving dirty dishes in her house!

As she sets it down she gives Futaba a nod. ]

How are you doing? [ ?? PROBABLY BAD? TODAY WAS TERRIBLE?? ]

[alitaba]

[ Futaba, head down onto the counter makes a grunting-esque noise and clutches her mug closer to her. Don't ask how many she's had. ]

Everything sucks.

[ She spent this afternoon arts and crafting with THE DARKNESS masquerading as the child and she doesn't know how she feels about it??? ]

[specialdog]

[ at least there's some form of solidarity in everyone being exhausted and moody at the same time. ]

It does. At least we know what to expect, I guess.

[alitaba]

[ we're all in this together.mp3 ]

I'm not sure that's any better to be honest.

[ she's just gonna be squinting dubiously at anything Good and Cute now ]

It's like.... now what?

[specialdog]

[ very fair... ]

Now... I guess we wait for this to all happen again. The corruption said that it's died before and that it'll just come back.

[alitaba]

[ that gets her a grimace ]

And over and over until we finally get it to Go Away.

[ u g h ]

Can't we just seal it in a magical urn or something? This is awful.

[specialdog]

A magical urn? Like the monster?

[ she's thinking, like, final fantasy style magic urn enemies. ]

It would be nice if there was a solution that easy.

me, thinking i actually replied to this while i was at the airport: fU-

[alitaba]

Yeah, exactly! And then we can bury it in the basement where it stays for 1000 years and isn't our problem anymore.

[ because that'll end well. but at least it won't be their concern anymore!!! ]

I hope it's super easy though. Like, fight the boss at the end of the tower! Wham! Bam! Now you're done!

sometimes..... that's just how it be LOL npnp

[specialdog]

Sealing away the evil is a classic. If you can't beat it, lock it up...!

[ Akane tilts her head to the side. ]

A good boss fight shouldn't be easy, though. I hope this one is, but that means it's a bad boss.

[alitaba]

Exactly!!

[ a beat ]

Sometimes they come back even stronger when you do that too. I don't wanna deal with a three round boss.[ again ]Ugh, what if there's just a boss behind this boss too?

[ oh no, now she can't stop thinking of the What If's ]

[specialdog]

A boss rush...

I don't think this group is equipped for that at all.

[alitaba]

We've got a lot of levels to go to get even close

[ being on level one again sucks. ]

Unless we can speedrun it...........?

[specialdog]

[ Akane laughs. ]

You think there are glitches to exploit?

[alitaba]

Where there's a will, there's a way!! I'm sure there's one somewhere!!

[ she's gonna find it even if it kills her ]

[specialdog]

... Like where?

[ Silly, glitches only exist in digital worlds! hahahaha ha..... ]

[alitaba]

[ too bad there's no metaverse to exploit here ]

Maybe beyond the gateways?? Since they're .... gateway-y.

[specialdog]

But we can't get past the gateways...

Maybe if you clip through it...?

[alitaba]

At just before midnight under the full moon if you go under the portal, it'll take you to the secret level.

[ Futaba, that's just S*per M*rio ]

[specialdog]

Maybe you could run through it if you get the timing right, and start with turning around back and forth in hot springs to get the momentum.

[alitaba]

And!! If we hit it just right, we'll end all the way at the optional side boss and we'll end up winning items to help us in battle!!

[specialdog]

[ Akane laughs ]

Well, it would be nice if it worked out that way.

[alitaba]

[ she sighs forlornly ]

Wouldn't it?? Talk about the dream. If only...!