[OPEN] DERSE MINGLE

[patriachy]

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.

Comments

[patriachy]

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.

[polygraphing]

[ 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 ]

[patriachy]

[ 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. ]

[polygraphing]

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 ]

[patriachy]

[ 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.

[polygraphing]

[ 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.

[patriachy]

[ 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. ]

[polygraphing]

[ 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.

[patriachy]

[ 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.

[polygraphing]

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.

[patriachy]

[ He nods in response and laughs a bit at the posters. ] Always good to see bad stuff burn. Maybe we can just burn the poster posting person afterward, that'd work great.

[ And he shakes his head at her in response. ] Eh, it's only three quarters of a cube, so it's not quite cubelike. Only mostly cubelike. But it's how we watch all of Derse. Maybe we'll catch the jerk responsible by watching.

[polygraphing]

[ yooooooooo that's pretty hardcore. she wrinkles her nose a bit at that ] Ugh, but then we'd have to deal with their dead body afterwards, gross.

[ eyebrow raise. whoa this dude can spy on the whole moon that's cool. she's interested yes indeed ] That sounds like a good idea, I'd be down for some spying from behind a screen.

[patriachy]

[ He notices that little nose wrinkle of hers, and he shakes his head at her concern. ] No no, no mess to deal with. That'd be messy, and I don't do messy. One-stop disposal, simple. It'd stop the posters without a doubt at least.

[ He gives her a nod as he deposits the last of his posters into the incinerator. ] Toss in the last few of yours and that's right where we can go, then. The chairs are comfortable there, too, which is a bonus. Always nice to be comfortable, you know.

[polygraphing]

Well, that's good at least. Dead shit is so nasty, ugh. [ she's....... still pretty unsure though......... casual murder........ ]

Comfortable chairs, you say? [ she just crumples up the last couple of posters she has and tosses them in. IT COUNTS AS A SINGLE ITEM WHY NOT ] You don't gotta tell me twice, I am now all about this cubey place.

[patriachy]

[ He nods ] Exactly. Dead things get disposed of, because they're in the way. Living things are great, because they move themselves.

[ He shuts the incinerator after she tosses the last few in, a little chuckle following. That certainly worked as one item, he agreed. ] Alright, let's be on our way, shall we?

[ And pchooooo off they go to the cubey place, walkin' the streets to go that way! ]

[polygraphing]

Can't argue with that logic. [ she shrugs nonchalantly, still a little disconcerted though ]

Yeah okay let's do this thing. [ and ok he can walk but she is gonna float because man this is easy YAY FOR NO EFFORT ]

[patriachy]

[ He nods, and walks along. He would float if he could, honestly it'd save him so much trouble. But he can't, so he's walking. Damn it, Mandya. ]

Reminds me, I never got your name. [ At least the palace isn't that far away, but they're going to sneak in through this convenient side-door and up a few sets of stairs to get right where they're going. Not like he hasn't walked this exact route a million times before, though. ]

[polygraphing]

[ floating is now basically her favorite thing to do ]

Oh, I'm Mandya. Last name is Yamini, but who really cares about that, aside from fuckers who think they're being cool by calling you by your last name. [ shruuuuuuuug, also snap this sure does seem to be a mildly hidden passageway into a castle???? neat and perhaps useful in the future, she will try and remember this ]

[patriachy]

[ Yeeeep. This sure is a direct route directly to the cubicle of vigilance. After a nod in response to her commentary about the use of last names, he opens a door and... ]

[ Sure enough, here they are. Surrounded on three sides by the fenestrated walls. On their screens are images of all of Derse, of everything that's going on. ]

[ And there are two comfortable chairs sitting in front of them; one that is quickly occupied by DD, and an open one. ] And now we 'work'.

[polygraphing]

[ she floats on in behind him and blinks a bit. ] Whoa, it's like having three tv's at once.

[ she plops down into the other chair, still staring at the walls ] Except the tv's are showing stuff that's actually happening with other people oh my god I didn't realize how much I wanted exactly this until right now. [ she is. so happy. ]

[patriachy]

[ Don't mind him as he reclines his feet up, clearly amused. ]

Four windows per window, three windows, twelve possible perspectives to watch at once. Plus they cycle through, so we can see anything. We can even... [ He waves a hand and two of the screens show Jack stumbling along, kicking over trash cans... good lord he looks PISSED. ]

...and wait for it. [ Suddenly he has a remote, and he's aiming it... and at the push of a button, a comically large boxing glove bursts out of the wall, punches Jack out of a window, and sends him toppling to the ground again. ] ... ... ... Heh.

[polygraphing]

[ the look on her face right now is priceless ] This is the greatest thing I have ever seen. You're telling me that you can both see everything that's going on from right here, but also you can fuck with people in real life??? I have GOT to get me one of these holy shit.

[ also she noted the spade on that guy's shirt, that must be jack noir. man she is just learning all sorts of things from this particular nap ]

[patriachy]

[ Heh. ]

Yep, you can. Though, just here on Derse. Messin' with everybody all the time. And that's our job. [ Thumbs up. ] ... though I might need to go feign ignorance to him so he doesn't get suspicious.

[polygraphing]

Man, if this is what you're job's supposed to be, then it's even more bullshit that everyone else has you doing their work. This would be one sweet gig otherwise. [ she leans back in her chair and spins a bit, admiring all the screens. she would probably give her left horn for something like this that worked everywhere, not just on derse ]

[patriachy]

Ha. I think it's a pretty "sweet gig" as it is. It's good to walk around. Takes the suspicion away, anyway.

[ But he looks at the screen, noting that Jack seems particularly murderous suddenly. ] ... Hm. You've got the badge, so I need to step out. Gotta pacify Jack before he hurts or breaks anything. You'll be fine here. No one's due in here aside from me for the next few hours, and I'll be back before then.