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[OPEN] DERSE MINGLE

You are now on DERSE.

If you've awakened in this kingdom, your DREAM SELF is free to leave their TOWER and explore the city below. There may be a few things out of the ordinary, however; some of the resident DERSITES appear to be on edge...

If you look closely, you will find a series of golden posters plastered up on the walls of the kingdom: these posters are headlined with LIES AND SLANDER, though that might only be the case if you actually like the people pictured on them. You might see one of your TEAMMATES or even just a FRIEND, beneath the headline...

HEROES FAIL TO AWAKEN! ROGUE AND THIEF CONTINUE TO BE AT LARGE!
THE FALL OF PROSPIT'S HEROES REVERSED! A NEW ARMY HAS RISEN FROM THE ASHES!
THE PRINCE IS DEAD? THE PRINCE IS ALIVE? HAS TIME GONE CRAZY?

The headlines are uncountable - you're willing to bet that there is one for every player in your session. You wouldn't be surprised if there were one about you on your opposing moon!

Perhaps you'd better locate one of your teammates, or ask the DERSITES what's happening. This has to be a setup by the BLACK QUEEN.

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What the fucking shit!

[ she jumps and tumbles backwards when the dignitary vaults into her room and lands rather inelegantly on her ass. she just sort of stares at the carapace and his stack of papers now littered about her room like she can't quite believe what just happened. she literally had no idea how to handle a sudden home invasion, so she just reacts with yelling a whole lot ]

Why are you- I mean, what are you doing in here? What are all these fucking papers? Why did you jump through my goddamn window?!

[ Oh, great. Yelling. Too much yelling. Too loud, at that. But this spectacular Dersite, or Draconian Dignitary as his little "Hello my name is" badge would show if he had one, is all too used to shouting matches. He'd been around Jack and the Black Queen, and he'd heard his share of shouting. He holds up a hand as a pacifying gesture. ]

Thought this one was empty too.

[ He shakes his head and hops to his feet before he reaches for the nearest propaganda poster and holds it up to show her. Whoops, that's totally Komesh on that one. ]

Takin' these down, they were all the way up your tower, and others. They're everywhere, and they're a pain.

[ ...aaaaaand that's the explanation, isn't it? Look at that, would you look at the time. He's just going to start gathering the posters now. Good lord why are there so many of them? ]

[ she frowns a bit at that, but can't really protest. it makes sense that everyone else would be dicking around somewhere else, but she's never been much for exploring. the posters, though, that's weird. she picks up the one the Dignitary shows her and stares for a minute ]

What the shit, is that Komesh? Why is he on posters all over my fucking tower? [ pause ] Why are there posters everywhere?

[ even though you're not thrilled with the fact that this purple place actually exists, it's pissing you off to think that someone is messing with your shit ]

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[ Komesh, huh? He makes a mental note that Komesh should be one of the first Prospit heroes assasinated. A couple stabs here and there would do the trick. He wasn't going to tell this hero that, though, since she seemed to know him. ]

Someone's been going around posting them up, a part of the whole war effort. Not that it really matters much, Prospit's unprepared. [ A chuckle. ] They're not the type to see something coming, not even from a mile away.

[ Then, a pause, and he makes a move to swipe the Komesh poster from Mandya. ] But I really want to find the one who's posting these up, I don't understand how they have so many of them and how I haven't caught them yet.

How the shit is that supposed to do anything? Oooh, littering, that's totally scary. [ she rolls her eyes. ] If there's some kinda war going on, fuckers should be past casual goddamn vandalism, how lame. If you catch the one who's doing this, tell them I think they're a chump.

[ she pauses for a moment. probably she should get some context going on since she doesn't actually know anything. ] By the way, what the fuck are you? [ TACT ]

[ ...a chump, huh. He can't help a laugh. ] I'll be sure to tell them just that, the chumps.

[ But then she asks that question, and he just kind of stares. ] ... You're joking, right?

[ she shrugs at his stare. ] Not really? I don't actually know anything about this place. Last time I was here, a chick I know dragged me out of the tower and we saw a dead guy I know and then I woke up, that was it, that was all I fucking did.

This time I've just been hanging out inside because I don't really care too much about whatever the hell this shit is, but since you're here I figured I should probably ask what is even your deal anyway.

[ ...is this girl really a Derse hero. Is she really. Wait. Wait wait wait. Oh, he has ideas. ]

Alright, have a seat, then. There's some explaining to do. More importantly, It's sounding like you need something to do while you're here. We can't have you getting dragged around, but perhaps you could do some dragging around yourself. [ Ahem. ] Anyway.

So you're one of the heroes, here on Derse. Don't ask about that part, you just are. Which means you could be really helpful for the Black Queen, y'know, being a hero and all that. Name's Draconian Dignitary, or DD, whatever works, and for the record: I work for her.

[ He pauses long enough to make sure he's not going to drop all of the posters again. ] ... You do know that Prospit and Derse, the two moons, are at war, right?

[ blinks. she's not sure about having something to do exactly, in general she shies away from actually doing things. but the tv in her room doesn't work and neither does the husktop, so she's kind of bored out of her mind. perhaps she'll go along with this strange carapacian ]

What the shit, a hero? Hahaha whoever decided I was a hero doesn't really know me at all, that's so dumb. And I dunno, I guess I could help this queen lady, if it wasn't too annoying. I'm guessing most of the shit you gotta do for her is kind of a pain in the ass, DD, if you're climbing towers and picking up litter.

[ real talk she didn't even know she was on a moon. at least there's two though, just like home ] Yeah, ok, sounds legit. What are you two warring about anyway?

[ He finds himself nodding along with her as she speaks. ] A pain in the ass more often than you know, but if it gets done she yells at others and not me. No big. I don't exactly work with the most competent idiots around, so they get yelled at all the time.

[ He shrugs. ] Their problem, my benefit. It'd help to have an extra set of hands; especially from a hero.

Anyway, yes, war. Derse wants to win, and really is supposed to unless the Prospit heroes turn it the other way. The winners take Skaia and pillage the other moon, mostly. I mean, really, we're warring to make the other side go away. [ He nods to Mandya's purple garb. ] You want Derse to win, obviously.

You should just pin all the shit on your coworkers, then you won't have to do anything and she'll just yell at them. Everybody wins, and by everybody I mean you. [ welcome to the mandya yamini school of avoiding stuff you gotta deal with ]

[ she looks down at her pajamas, ugh puffy sleeves really do not suit her. and don't get her started on purple. ] Ok, I guess that makes sense. You basically just wanna fuck up this Prospit place because they're lame or something, yeah? Do they wanna mess you up for the same reason, or is there more to this whole thing?

[ He's quiet for a few moments, before shaking his head. ] If I did that, nothing would get done.

Prospit thinks we're evil, they're a bunch of goodie-two-shoes chumps. [ He pauses, offering a little grin that he copied Mandya's 'chumps' comment and used it again; effectively. ] Supposedly Prospit's buyin' time for some things, but honestly I think it's just a big red herring. Honestly, I think we should just blow it all up. Prospit, first, though.

[ He chuckles. ] Easier that way.

Hahaha oh man, are you actually the only one that does anything? Sucks that you can't pin the work off on someone else.

[ hehehe he called them chumps yes good ] Oh, I get it, they're the nerds and we're the cool kids. Awesome. [ she pauses at the idea of blowing it all up. blowing stuff up kills people, and killing people makes dead things, and dead things are gross. but he certainly seems to be pretty gung-ho about killing things, so hmmmmm ]

How the fuck would you blow up a whole moon, though? Probably it would be easier to just kick their asses real good and then keep them around as slaves or something. Or like, send them somewhere far away and then you guys whole have two moons to rule.

Myself and the Queen, mostly. The others, not particularly as much.

[ He nods at her response and analysis of the situation. ] We're definitely the "cool kids" without a doubt, be glad you're a Derse hero. The Prospit heroes won't exactly have things as easy.

As for blowing up the moon, that's actually the easy part. We've got Hegemonic Brute around for some heavy lifting, and he just needs to deliver a certain something on Prospit. [ He chuckles. ] Besides, that moon's pretty lame. Too bright, too close to Skaia. Easier to just get rid of it and use it for resources. Though keepin' the Prospitans around as slaves is pretty tempting.

What a bunch of bulgefucks. You should get them in trouble with the queen or something.

[ she thinks that probably if the cool kids are dressed like this, then the poor bastards on this prospit place probably look hideous ] Yeah, sounds like it could be a lot worse.

[ pause. pause pause pause. these fuckers can blow up a goddamn moon. full of people and she's assuming other players. probably this is not good???? she doesn't actually want people to die. but she will play it cool and skirt around the topic because she can't lie and say it's an awesome thing to do ]

Damn, that's pretty impressive that you guys can do that. And yeah, bright shit is usually lame as hell, too painful on your eyes. [ she shrugs again ] But hey, if you kept those prospit dudes around, they could do all your work for you, and then you wouldn't have to be picking up litter and shit.

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They do that well enough themselves. I get to watch.

[ He gives a little nod that it could be a lot worse, but then he chuckles as she comments on the blowing up the moon, and the brightness of Prospit. ]

Precisely. But for now, it's just us here on Derse. Up t'you if you want to lend a hand, get out and do stuff. It'd just make things easier, really, which'd be great. There's always stuff to do. [ He pauses briefly, before... ] ...like burning these posters.

[ she crosses her arms and raises an eyebrow ] Ok, I guess I'm torn, because on the one hand I'm not really a fan of doing shit, usually ends up a pain in the ass. But on the other, I am ridiculously bored up in here, there is actually nothing going on up here and none of the fucking electronic things work. So I guess if you have stuff to do that's fun, I'd be down for that?

[ other eyebrow raise, plus grin ] Like burning shit, I could get behind that. [ also she kind of wants to get another look at those posters. she is actually starting to think that the real fun thing to do would to be sneaky and find some shit out ]

[ He's a thoughtful listener when it matters, and he even offers a nod of agreement at her comment that doing shit can be a pain in the ass. She understands. ]

Then, shall we? It sounds like that's first up for our things to do. [ He pauses. ] Oh, right. Here.

[ Rummaging in a pocket, he pulls forth a little badge with a lanyard to wear around the neck. It bears the Derse symbol and definitely has a sense of AUTHORITY to go with it. ]

Flash it when needed and you can go anywhere. [ ...a pause. ] Just avoid Jack unless I'm around, he's fond of stabs.

[ And, already, he starts making his way down the stairs of Mandya's tower. Down to the bottom they go. It's not far to the incinerator, after all. They've got a lot of posters to burn. ]

Whoa, cool, Derse swag! [ she hangs it around her neck and feels ridiculously legit for a minute. bitches better get out the goddamn way, she has a badge now ]

Stabs? [ a pause. sudden doubt of her choices. whatever she's in too far deep now, gotta make it work ] What does this Jack dude look like and how do I avoid the stabs, that doesn't sound like anything I wanna do.

[ oh shit, there he goes. Mandya floats out of her tower after him, thinking that this whole flying thing is pretty cool actually ]

[ He pauses thoughtfully before explaining. ] He looks like I do, honestly, just a bit shorter. And he's got a spade on his uniform. Also honestly he's always got his knife in-hand. Keep around me and he won't bug 'ya.

[ ...and oh my god she's floating. He forgot the heroes could do that. After he gets back to the street, he eyes her idly for a moment before commenting: ] That's useful, y'know. You stand out, but it's useful. This way.

[ And he's leading the way to an incinerator building nearby. Once there, he has to set the posters down. ] ...and we have to burn these one at a time, or it doesn't work. What a pain.

[ pause. a spade. really. dangerous violent dude wears a SPADE. is the game deliberately mocking troll culture??? she doesn't know for sure, but that's her working thesis for the moment ] Right, okay, if I see a spade I will run in the opposite direction. Just like normal, kinda.

[ what oh the floating thing. she kinda rolls over midair and looks down at herself. ] What, the rest of you guys can't do this? Kinda thought it was a purple moon thing, but I guess it's cool that only I can do it. Sure beats walking at least.

[ dang a whole building just to burn shit. these guys got it all figured out, she would just occasionally burn her trash outside her hive ] One at a time, really? Who the fuck made that design choice? I bet they were real dumb.

[ Well this game was programmed by a TROLL wasn't it? Obvs. there're gonna be some things like that. Get over it, Mandya. ] Right, good plan.

[ To her comment/question, he shakes his head. ] No, we can't. Enjoy being a special snowflake, miss hero.

[ And then he's tossing in one poster at a time into the fire. ] Like I said. I'm surrounded by quite a few individuals. Most of them aren't as good at their jobs as you'd think. A pain, really. Want a few?

[ He offers a handful of the posters out, in case Mandya wants to de-stress by burning them. ]

[ she takes the posters and takes a glance at each one before tossing them in the fire as well. man those sure are a lot of trolls her age and- whoa, are those humans??? HOW WEIRD THEY LOOK SO WEIRD WHERE ARE THEIR HORNS WOW. she tries not to take too long on each poster in order not to raise suspicion, but after a while she thinks she has a pretty good idea about who's who. probably she's safe in making a few remarks now ]

Man, look at all these fuckers. Those yellow outfits are just as gross looking as I figured they'd be.

[ He gives a little laugh. ] Like I said. We're just better, in every way. Gonna prove it, too, which'll be wonderful. It'd be nice to catch the poster posting person before then, though.

[ Bwoosh, there goes another poster. ]

After this, we've gotta head to the palace. Jack should be busy, so I doubt we'll run into anyone. Perfect chance to relax, I hope. [ A pause. ] ...We could always use the Cubicle of Vigilance to pass the time.

Yeah, whoever's doing this shit is such a pain in the ass, it'd be good to make them stop. [ posters on fire hahahaha burning ] Though this is kinda fun, even though its taking a while.

[ blink. palace, huh. she is unsure about coming into contact with actual royalty, kinda makes her nervous. though, oh, he said a thing that sounds interesting but she doesn't know what it is, question time is now ] Cubicle of Vigilance? What's that? Sounds cubelike.

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