catchall caelus

[residentmerc]

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[residentmerc]

Why wouldn't I be?

[ can a man not be optimistic to a fault here ]

They thought two of us were human. [ but at the last question he takes in a long breath before he nods ] Yeah. We won our fights.

[trashprince]

The Cloud I've spoken to would be more like, 'we can't know for sure, harumph' or something like that.

[ yes, this is his view of him. it sounds affectionate, at least??? ]

You're saying you and Aventurine won and still took that bad a beating? Impressive as usual.

[residentmerc]

... Harrumph?

[ do I seriously sound like that...

but the jokes are over then because he dramatically looks off to the side ]

... Wasn't a victory worth celebrating.

[trashprince]

I am begging you to tell me any actual details.

[ this is not a gagtag ]

[residentmerc]

[ no details only ANGST ]

... They made us fight people we knew. Didn't leave us a choice but to kill them or die ourselves.

[trashprince]

Oh.

[ that explains what aventurine was thinking when caelus first went for the scoops. ]

Aerith is safe. [ blabbed. blurted. first thing he can think of to say that might make cloud feel better.

of course, ] You already knew that.

[residentmerc]

[ he stares at caelus with his too bright eyes and nods ]

Yeah. I saw her. [ but he thinks it's nice that caelus is. was. trying. ] It wasn't real. Just... felt like it was.

[ and also got stabbed. like it was. ]

[trashprince]

I won't ask who you fought.

[ that seems a bit untoward. however, there's another question caelus would like an answer to. ]

Was 'Nood Dudes' your team name?

[residentmerc]

[ fucking aventurine's linguini ]

... Yes.

[ he does not correct it as being nood doods. but i will ]

[trashprince]

Aventurine's linguini?

[ he can't avoid asking after that, be so for real ]

Did they feed you before you fought?

[ that's extra bizarre ]

[residentmerc]

... Sort of. He got a plate thrown at him. Fell on our registration form in the name section.

[ somehow. this named them nood doods. ]

[trashprince]

[ won't make cloud repeat that but the question marks popping up all around him should communicate his abject confusion. ]

Right in the name section.

[residentmerc]

A noodle did.

[ he is so tired, caelus. ]

[trashprince]

I might have underestimated demon language.

[ what does two noodles mean??

The bird. I only saw it for a second. What was that about? Aventurine didn't have one. Did the others?

[residentmerc]

[ oh. right. the bird. ]

It wasn't with us. During any of that. It's... a baby chocobo.

[ cloud came with a special accessory but he has NO CLUE why ]

[trashprince]

[ chocobo? why does that sound familiar? assessing. flipping through his mental database. c'mon, brain. ]

Like, the riding bird?

[residentmerc]

Yeah. [ he shrugs ] No clue why it's here now.