look at the cow, she's so happy. staring at mouche with her great big cow eyes. strohl, also a cow, thinks that question over. what will he do... ]
...Cream for a stew, probably? Not entirely sure, yet. [ cooking. of course. ] But - even if I'd nothing to do with it, I'd find something. A female cow like this one'd be uncomfortable if they're not milked every once in a while, so it's good for them, too.
[ and ultimately, he's a goody two shoes, so - if there's someone in need, he's glad to help. even if that someone is a cow. ]
[ALSO A COW. He looks at this happy cow with her great big cow eyes impassively and then look back toward Strohl the other cow (more clownish).
There's a little hum at that, though.]
You do enjoy cooking, don't you. [thinking about how scaramouche is an amazing cook even though he doesn't have to eat and is also the worst bitch ever to get a meal from like why is life unfair. BUT HE REALLY DOES HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE OF FARM WORK. Boothill's already roped him into harvesting tomatoes, why not just milk a cow.]
I do. Or, well. I do it enough. I've never had to so much as I have here, but I find it to be decent stress relief. Everyone here's driving me closer and closer to madness.
[ in the graveyard or here? yes ] But it's similar to the milk. There's something to be said for making something with your own hands, or so my parents would say.
[ anyway he brightens, pleased, and scoots out of the way!!! giving the cow a pat on the flank as he does. she's just chillin - the bucket's about half full. ]
That's the way! I take it I don't have to give you instructions?
Believe me, we managed to fit just as much insanity into three weeks. I'm sure you've heard the same from Yoru and the others.
[ with their fckin chalupa...who could plan that sort of insane murdergame.... who would do that.................
anyway he definitely snaps a picture of this and puts his phone in his pocket after. it's fine. ]
They were good people. [ his parents, voice softening a bit - his emotions are fond under the amusement, a little bittersweet. ] Sort of a unique upbringing for a noble, but I'd not trade it for anything.
[ he idly strokes the cow's head while scaramouche is doing this, thoughtful - i too do not know anything about how to milk a cow but it's happening SO effectively right now. enjoy your stress relief ig. ]
You're really a man of many talents, aren't you? Got to admit, I was not expecting this, but that's on me for judging a book by its cover.
They seem reticent to talk about the embarrassing experiences of their old games for some reason.
[AMUSEDLY... ONLY ASTOLFO TALKS OPENLY ABOUT THE CHALUPA. He's so used to people just taking pictures of his ass (not literal) in all states of cursedness though so honestly this is better than that.
But ah, right. Orphan man with his burned village. There's a little flicker of something kind of curious, though it's a muted feeling like, many of his emotions are.]
There certainly are a number of nobles in this place, aren't there. [MOSTLY PRINCESSES OF VARYING DEGREES. Strohl is also here. There's a little huff of a dry laugh at that, though.]
For someone to be around for so many centuries and not have a wide array of skills... It would be pretty pathetic, don't you think?
God knows I do the same. There was plenty of ridiculous nonsense that happened at the resort, though it feels normal compared to what some of you've seen.
[ LIKE CHALUPAS.... time chaloopa. that was the joke. anyway. he does note the curiosity, and shrugs, scritching the cow's snoot. ]
More royalty than expected. [ all of his favourite people are royalty, he has terminal societal expectation and/or henchman disease. ] And Iris and I occupy more or less the exact same station, at least societally - she's far ahead of me in a variety of ways, but it was something that helped us make a connection rather quickly. Strange coincidences.
[ and there's something about the wording of that that gets a huff of a laugh - pathetic, huh. ] I think my family'd say the same about a regular person, let alone someone who's lived for centuries.
[ ...
there's a little not of curiosity, and he peers around the cow. ] You must have seen a hell of a lot of things, Shouki.
I think comparing normalcy in these places is a losing game.
[No one's normal and nothing is normal. Soon he himself will be normal thanks to a curse and he'll be even more certain that no one and nothing in these places are normal.]
Is that so. [About Iris. A little amusedly:] My home lacks nobility in the same sort of ways, given everything is governed ultimately by the gods. Meeting so many of you here has been amusing, given Hell was full of more of the former.
[Why did so many of us bring gods to Hell. There's a vibe of like "yeah preach" about his family, and he glances up and over when Strohl peers around the big-eyed cow.]
Of course. Even in one human lifetime, plenty of things change. I've lived through many.
[ that seems about right but what does he know. also i think about the au world where i played xie lian and we had scaramouche and xl cr. powerful. horrifying.
anyway ]
Can only imagine. All kinds of conflict. [ there's a thread of thoughtfulness and interest here again - he leans a little on the cow, watching this odd but kind of touching moment go down, wandering through his own knowledge of the world and what something like that would mean. ]
Riddle me this. Do people try to hide it, where you're from? Say there's a conflict that goes wildly, horrifically wrong. Does it get covered up in the memory of the people, or does it stay?
[XL AND SCARA WOULD HAVE BEEN A WILDASS RIDE MY GOD.
Hell being full of gods is exactly the way it should be though, and he just hums in a neutral way that doesn't give up much about how he feels on the matter. This cow is truly just chillin as she is leaned on and milked and surrounded by existential discussion about the nature of humanity (not humans the freakass creatures) across worlds.]
Sometimes it's covered up. Sometimes it stays. The staying power has a lot to do with the circumstances that the conflict happens under, and how power dynamics and control of information flow change in the aftermath. But in my experience, at least, that's more of a rarity. Scars may remain, but information is easy to alter and feelings are ephemeral and illogical things.
[The vibe is faintly bitter, but in a far-off, distant kind of way.]
[ i would've forced you into friendship and you would've murdered me and it wouldve been incredible. tch
it's sort of as he expected - in that someone who is immortal would have an interesting perspective on this very specific topic - and shouki hits it dead on. strohl's expression is just thoughtful as he listens, brow a little furrowed, emotions, for a moment, matching scaramouche's dead on. that far off, distant, faint bitterness. ]
...Yeah. [ quietly. it's a heavy conversation for the cow to witness but she clearly doesn't mind. ] Sounds about right.
The Sanctists sought to wipe out all the history of an entire old civilisation, but the motives were complex, at home. And then... they weren't, really, either - came down to someone with power who was willing to turn public ire upon the elda and the mustari for their knowledge of that time. It's been on my mind a lot, lately. Civilisations and rulers; rises and falls of men and all of that.
Have you ever seen it all fall apart and build back up again entirely?
[DON'T JUST ASSIGN ME FRIENDSHIP MURDER HANDS listen.........
His perspective is ancient and creaky, just like his bones. He listens to Strohl talk about his home's history in silence, the same sort of generally neutral vibes being the primary emotion at play. He is surprisingly a pretty unemotional person often, most of his vibes just mild and unchanging; it's just that his emotions are explosive and insane when they do go beyond just blanket general irritation or ennui.]
Motives are rarely as complex as people make them out to be. They can often be boiled down to one thing, maybe two. [Most of the things it boils down to are greed! Oh, humans.]
I haven't witnessed anything to quite that degree. I was created just after an event that essentially wiped a nation out of existence, though, and I've seen the rise and collapse of smaller things. Towns or groups of people within a nation.
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look at the cow, she's so happy. staring at mouche with her great big cow eyes. strohl, also a cow, thinks that question over. what will he do... ]
...Cream for a stew, probably? Not entirely sure, yet. [ cooking. of course. ] But - even if I'd nothing to do with it, I'd find something. A female cow like this one'd be uncomfortable if they're not milked every once in a while, so it's good for them, too.
[ and ultimately, he's a goody two shoes, so - if there's someone in need, he's glad to help. even if that someone is a cow. ]
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There's a little hum at that, though.]
You do enjoy cooking, don't you. [thinking about how scaramouche is an amazing cook even though he doesn't have to eat and is also the worst bitch ever to get a meal from like why is life unfair. BUT HE REALLY DOES HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE OF FARM WORK. Boothill's already roped him into harvesting tomatoes, why not just milk a cow.]
Fine.
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I do. Or, well. I do it enough. I've never had to so much as I have here, but I find it to be decent stress relief. Everyone here's driving me closer and closer to madness.
[ in the graveyard or here? yes ] But it's similar to the milk. There's something to be said for making something with your own hands, or so my parents would say.
[ anyway he brightens, pleased, and scoots out of the way!!! giving the cow a pat on the flank as he does. she's just chillin - the bucket's about half full. ]
That's the way! I take it I don't have to give you instructions?
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I'm surprised you made it through one of these already without falling to insanity... Though I suppose it was only two weeks before.
[From two weeks to two months... WHAT AN UPGRADE... But he will move to take a seat, sighing as if he didn't sign up for this.]
Can't say I disagree with your parents. It's good when people can be self-sufficient. But no, I remember how it's done.
[HIS OLD MAN MEMORY... He does know how to milk a cow, though. i aki don't but he's doing it the right way.]
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[ with their fckin chalupa...who could plan that sort of insane murdergame.... who would do that.................
anyway he definitely snaps a picture of this and puts his phone in his pocket after. it's fine. ]
They were good people. [ his parents, voice softening a bit - his emotions are fond under the amusement, a little bittersweet. ] Sort of a unique upbringing for a noble, but I'd not trade it for anything.
[ he idly strokes the cow's head while scaramouche is doing this, thoughtful - i too do not know anything about how to milk a cow but it's happening SO effectively right now. enjoy your stress relief ig. ]
You're really a man of many talents, aren't you? Got to admit, I was not expecting this, but that's on me for judging a book by its cover.
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[AMUSEDLY... ONLY ASTOLFO TALKS OPENLY ABOUT THE CHALUPA. He's so used to people just taking pictures of his ass (not literal) in all states of cursedness though so honestly this is better than that.
But ah, right. Orphan man with his burned village. There's a little flicker of something kind of curious, though it's a muted feeling like, many of his emotions are.]
There certainly are a number of nobles in this place, aren't there. [MOSTLY PRINCESSES OF VARYING DEGREES. Strohl is also here. There's a little huff of a dry laugh at that, though.]
For someone to be around for so many centuries and not have a wide array of skills... It would be pretty pathetic, don't you think?
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[ LIKE CHALUPAS.... time chaloopa. that was the joke. anyway. he does note the curiosity, and shrugs, scritching the cow's snoot. ]
More royalty than expected. [ all of his favourite people are royalty, he has terminal societal expectation and/or henchman disease. ] And Iris and I occupy more or less the exact same station, at least societally - she's far ahead of me in a variety of ways, but it was something that helped us make a connection rather quickly. Strange coincidences.
[ and there's something about the wording of that that gets a huff of a laugh - pathetic, huh. ] I think my family'd say the same about a regular person, let alone someone who's lived for centuries.
[ ...
there's a little not of curiosity, and he peers around the cow. ] You must have seen a hell of a lot of things, Shouki.
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He just hums, though.]
I think comparing normalcy in these places is a losing game.
[No one's normal and nothing is normal. Soon he himself will be normal thanks to a curse and he'll be even more certain that no one and nothing in these places are normal.]
Is that so. [About Iris. A little amusedly:] My home lacks nobility in the same sort of ways, given everything is governed ultimately by the gods. Meeting so many of you here has been amusing, given Hell was full of more of the former.
[Why did so many of us bring gods to Hell. There's a vibe of like "yeah preach" about his family, and he glances up and over when Strohl peers around the big-eyed cow.]
Of course. Even in one human lifetime, plenty of things change. I've lived through many.
[It's all DEPRESSING.]
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[ that seems about right but what does he know. also i think about the au world where i played xie lian and we had scaramouche and xl cr. powerful. horrifying.
anyway ]
Can only imagine. All kinds of conflict. [ there's a thread of thoughtfulness and interest here again - he leans a little on the cow, watching this odd but kind of touching moment go down, wandering through his own knowledge of the world and what something like that would mean. ]
Riddle me this. Do people try to hide it, where you're from? Say there's a conflict that goes wildly, horrifically wrong. Does it get covered up in the memory of the people, or does it stay?
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Hell being full of gods is exactly the way it should be though, and he just hums in a neutral way that doesn't give up much about how he feels on the matter. This cow is truly just chillin as she is leaned on and milked and surrounded by existential discussion about the nature of humanity (not humans the freakass creatures) across worlds.]
Sometimes it's covered up. Sometimes it stays. The staying power has a lot to do with the circumstances that the conflict happens under, and how power dynamics and control of information flow change in the aftermath. But in my experience, at least, that's more of a rarity. Scars may remain, but information is easy to alter and feelings are ephemeral and illogical things.
[The vibe is faintly bitter, but in a far-off, distant kind of way.]
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it's sort of as he expected - in that someone who is immortal would have an interesting perspective on this very specific topic - and shouki hits it dead on. strohl's expression is just thoughtful as he listens, brow a little furrowed, emotions, for a moment, matching scaramouche's dead on. that far off, distant, faint bitterness. ]
...Yeah. [ quietly. it's a heavy conversation for the cow to witness but she clearly doesn't mind. ] Sounds about right.
The Sanctists sought to wipe out all the history of an entire old civilisation, but the motives were complex, at home. And then... they weren't, really, either - came down to someone with power who was willing to turn public ire upon the elda and the mustari for their knowledge of that time. It's been on my mind a lot, lately. Civilisations and rulers; rises and falls of men and all of that.
Have you ever seen it all fall apart and build back up again entirely?
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His perspective is ancient and creaky, just like his bones. He listens to Strohl talk about his home's history in silence, the same sort of generally neutral vibes being the primary emotion at play. He is surprisingly a pretty unemotional person often, most of his vibes just mild and unchanging; it's just that his emotions are explosive and insane when they do go beyond just blanket general irritation or ennui.]
Motives are rarely as complex as people make them out to be. They can often be boiled down to one thing, maybe two. [Most of the things it boils down to are greed! Oh, humans.]
I haven't witnessed anything to quite that degree. I was created just after an event that essentially wiped a nation out of existence, though, and I've seen the rise and collapse of smaller things. Towns or groups of people within a nation.