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[parodeity]

It was part info-gatherin', tbh. [ and he got...some details, but not enough to be comfortable. ] They've both been in this longer than us. Which is in and of itself somethin' of a worry? And also she ate them and rated them ten out of ten, so I passed my magic trainin' with flyin' colors. If we were actually bein' graded, which we were not.

[windeity]

And again, somehow I figured you would. [More reasons he's asking Dave now. The pace he sets for them is fairly leisurely, too.] I keep rereading Genette's letter trying to figure things out. Dirk said some things to me, too, that are a little concerning.

[But there's a grin.] How do you know we aren't being graded? Brie practically dragged us all to the beach to practice.

[parodeity]

What were those?

[ the concerning things. ]

Also if we're bein' graded I am totally an honors student. Where on the dean's roll are you? I have to know which of us is a bigger nerd, for science.

[windeity]

Some stuff about Qri and things that have happened to her. Dirk said asking Genette and Brie would be better, but...[He isn't sold on that. Instead, he smirks lightly.]

If we are judging based on powers, I am probably in remedial school.

[parodeity]

I think they can tell us a little, but not everythin'. At least one other person was missin' something when they got here, but Genette didn't seem to know why that would be. But you and I both know I would never under any circumstances lose the shades.

[ HE WOULD RATHER DIE AGAIN. ]

So that makes me the nerdy honors student and you the dumb jock I guess based on television tropes?

[windeity]

Yeah, this girl I was talking to said that her weapon was gone, which seems weird since our stuff was still around. But I know. [Still can't believe you wore those things for three years, bro.] You don't lose things. I do, so I cannot even think of anything I may have lost, but do you think maybe something else happened then?

[A snort.] I guess that is exactly the tropes we are. Does that mean I get to bully you to do my homework for me?

[parodeity]

Haru? [ hazarding a guess, because she did say she didn't have her battleaxe on her. ] But yeah, I think somethin' else happened, I just don't know what. It's something to keep in mind, though.

[ a little fact that doesn't fit. he waves it off to say: ]

You can try. And when I inevitably refuse you have to find a locker to stuff me in or somethin'.

[windeity]

No, Yang. Why, was Haru missing something, too? [What the fuck is going on.] I still don't know how much they are not telling us and how much they really don't know, but someone has to know.

[Still. He rolls his eyes.] Look, if I'm the jock here I can just bully you into drawing a locker yourself. After that it would be easy to pick you up and shove you into it and walk away laughing with my friends while the camera pans out.

[parodeity]

Her battleaxe. What weapon was Yang missin'? [ he feels like they should poll people. maybe he will if he ever gets exceptionally bored? for now a casual poll off and on works... ]

To walk away laughin' with your friends you would need to open the locker after shovin' me in it and help me out so we could then go get milkshakes, you realize. I refuse to believe in a highschool au where I am not still your best bro.

[windeity]

Not entirely sure. She didn't say. [And John, an idiot, didn't ask. He was more focused on Yang's ability.] But she made it sound like it was something that should not be missing.

[The chill walk is nice at least...also sorry, Dave, there is definitely a highschool AU where your bro isn't your bro, it's called Recollé.] That would be a pretty shitty au. But it's not like we ever really did the high school thing right anyway so maybe we can skip the locker and just go straight into the milkshakes instead.

[parodeity]

[ dave just nods re: yang. ALSO FUCK YOU, THAT AU IS TRAGIC IN THIS VERY SPECIFIC WAY and dave chooses to disbelieve in that??? ]

Well, if you really wanna buy me a milkshake instead of shove me in a locker I will allow it. Anyway... [ when they hit the bathhouse area he'll take a step ahead and open the door, ushering john in ahead of him. ] Let's try to avoid gettin' burnt or pinched, although I rate our chances as middling.

[windeity]

[And John heads right in first, nudging him with his shoulder because yeah, milkshakes are preferable.]

I think if we make the fishing cage things long enough we can avoid most of that. Where do you think we should take them after we get them out of here though?

[parodeity]

Uh...there should be a body of water around here somewhere. We can either relocate them or - well, relocate them. They're useless to keep for eatin'.

[ AS JOHN PROVED. CONCLUSIVELY. ]

[windeity]

[Almost subconsciously, a hand comes up to cradle his stomach a bit. Fucking crabs.]

We could check back in the forest and dump them in a stream somewhere. There has to be one of those somewhere for the boars, don't you think?

[parodeity]

Yeah. There has to be more sources of water than just the bathhouse or there wouldn't be wild life. So I guess we can collect them all and then relocate them and then maybe...crab-proof the bathhouse so it doesn't happen again?

[windeity]

Is there such a thing as crab repellant? Like shark repellant but for crabs. Making the bathhouse crab-proof is a good idea since it will get pretty gross around here if people can't bathe without crabs.

[parodeity]

Possibly there is but we don't have any? I was thinkin' more sealin' up the ways they got in.

[windeity]

But do we really know how they got inside in the first place? That is the part I'm not sure of.

[parodeity]

I am thinkin' we should maybe have a look around for that. Either there's, like, gaps somewhere, or they're getting in through the water in which case we're goin' to have to put in grates or something.

[windeity]

That makes sense. It's a bathhouse, right? The water has to be changed out or something so it's not just the same boiling water for so many people, I think. So maybe it drains out somewhere? [Yeah he doesn't know how this shit works.]

[parodeity]

Probably? [ like he knows????? ] We can check around the edges of things and see. We might actually wanna do that before we start tryin' to get the crabs out, since they will just come back if we do not stop them comin' in first off.

[windeity]

Good idea. Let's start from the back and work our way forward. Maybe by blocking the entrances we can herd the crabs to one location and help fish them out, too. Do you think boards would work for blocking? A grate would have to have bars small enough that the crabs can't shuffle in sideways.

[parodeity]

I mean, maybe boards would but I feel like stone might be better? The wood would get all...wet, right. Which is fine, but I feel like stone might stand up to the elements more here.

[ he will start heading towards the back, though, stepping around any crabs. ]

[windeity]

[He follows without complaint, occasionally kicking a crab into the water with the toe of his sneaker as they go.] Maybe stone will work but rocks deteriorate under elements too especially moving water. And if the water is boiling it's moving. Metal?

[parodeity]

Metal would be better than wood probably. [ SO...METAL IT IS? ] At some point someone - not us, necessarily, although we can - oughta fix this place up more. It ain't as bad as the cabins, but it could probably do with some deep cleanin'.