IN THE FOREST OF THE LOST

[beathollow]

it's all too perfect.

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[goei]

[Izou wandered off to check out the other rooms after the fight because he's restless, but he's back now, and for anyone not present for the fight, he's somehow now completely topless?, with the ripped remnants of his kimono hanging out over the edges of his hakama.]

The "queen's" obviously watchin' us somehow. Anytime someone does something she wouldn't like, like swearin' or actin' out, we get a mark on us.

T'me that means if we give her enough reason to, we could goad her ta come out and deal with us personally.

[finalmix]

... Are you volunteering?

[goei]

To fight her? Of course.

[finalmix]

No, to be the bait.

[goei]

Oh! Yeah that too.

[DON'T JUST AGREE TO BE BAIT]

[emptyself]

You're not saying that you want to wreck this whole place to make her mad at us, are you? We wouldn't be dirty if you hadn't ripped open the curtain.

[ WHYYY ARE WEEEE FIGHTINNGGGG ]

[goei]

I'm saying maybe if we get dirty enough she'll come here so we can fight her!!

[emptyself]

How do we know we'll be fighting the Queen?

[ he crosses his arms. ]

Aren't we usually fighting the owner of the Palace at the end? It's more likely that the Queen will use Mafuyu to get rid of us.

[goei]

Ah... That's right. That sucks.

[cirquedesang]

...Even when I wasn't dirty and offered to tutor the princess in ways she may be lacking... [And there is very clear distaste at the implication here, Izou, before you think he actually thinks ill of Mafuyu!!] The maids seemed to think the queen would be too busy to meet.

In fact, one disappeared to check and never returned.

[goei]

Well she ain't busy enough ta stamp us any time we say a swear!

[townmusician]

[???????]

What happened to you?

[goei]

Picnic set me on fire.

[He points at Arven]

[townmusician]

[??????????????]

What did you do to piss him off...?

[finalmix]

[ chimes in, very tiredly: ] That brainwash spell [ marin karin ] sucks.

[vogelfrei]

[ ... where is your shirt-- well no, actually he can see where your shirt is. Alright then. ]

Or she'll keep endlessly sending less powerful entities after us, to wear us down. Since this is Mafuyu's mind, there is no telling when she'd run out of grunts. If she'd run out of grunts.

[ Material constraints mean nothing here. ]

[goei]

[It got in the way of his surprisingly prominent muscles.]

Ah right... I guess in here there's no such thing as clearin' the building or anything. Then how're we supposed ta get her ta come out?

[vogelfrei]

[ Is it surprising when he's a brawn-over-brain swordfighter... ]

We're going to need to find that theater mentioned by the lights - the question is just how to go about that search.

[beautifulknight]

[ ...There's a little frown on his face here because Izou what kind of trouble did you manage to get into- ]

I see you managed to get into a tussle of some sort?

[ But also, maybe it has its benefits. Who knows. Though, he will pause and add: ]

...Yes, I suppose that might be the case. It could be a way to provoke the Queen, considering she seems so concerned with ruling with an iron fist.

Either way, I doubt she can obscure her presence for long.

[goei]

Yeah, there was this curtain the maids were sayin' was hiding the treats Mafuyu actually wanted but wasn't allowed, so I cut it down.

'Cept then they got mad and turned into monsters.

[supherb]

Oh, so you caused the fight.

[Said like he’s not surprised at all.]

[beautifulknight]

...I see. I believe I understand now - more indications about how this place unfortunately operates.

[fullmoonmutt]

[ ... ]

What the fuck?

[ That's another smudge. Oh well. He's come back from... wherever he's been. Up in the bedroom, where he helped haul all of Mafuyu's thrown-away things back to. Now he's back, rejoining the others, and...?! Izou?! ]

Put a shirt on!

[ HE DOESN'T NEED TO SEE ALL THOSE MUSCLES, HOLY SHIT? ]

[goei]

From fucking where?? You think I can just pull new clothes outta thin air??

[When these two interract it's just smudge central.]

[emptyself]

[ he's taking off his baggy shirt. and to eli's misfortune, he is also surprisingly muscular. ]

Here, Okada. It's pretty baggy, so it should fit you.