Action- Fourth wall!

[deadmanbusiness]

[Having seen his father, and dealing with him, Theo began to look around hopefully for someone else he knew.

With the two zombie rats on his shoulder and his general undead vibes, he cut a strange figure moving between everyone as carefully as he could, but occasionally bumping shoulders.]





((Have at the necromancer. People trying to smite him are always fun.))

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[deadmanbusiness]

[Suddenly: beaming Theo.]

Enne! I've been looking for you!

[recognizes look.]

In this... city. Run by deities that make Ashkari look reasonable.

[sostylish]

We're supposed to be in LA right now. I'm not sure Anna is going to take our being shunted aside to a brand new city very well.

[She maintains her grip on his arm.]

I didn't know there was anywhere that was still run by deities.

[deadmanbusiness]

I know we're supposed to be in LA now. And I think "pissed the hell off" is about how Anna will take it.

[Losing circulation in arm. One of the rats crawls onto her.]

We're I think it's somewhere like fairy, but not exactly. And I use the term run very loosely.

[sostylish]

And you haven't even seen Anna pissed the hell off.

[She loosens up a bit and pats the rat on the head.]

Somewhere like fairy, but not exactly... great. That sounds like so much fun. How do we get out?

[deadmanbusiness]

I'd like to continue not to. However I've been told that if you leave, you arrive exactly where you left with no memory of being here.

Odd, isn't it?

[The rat likes this and makes a gurgling noise]

I haven't figured that part out yet. I tried talking to the deities, but like I said, Kari's more mature than them.

[sostylish]

Well, that's a plus. Maybe she won't storm the city for an explanation.

[Cute, but creepy. She keeps petting the rat.]

How long have you been here? It sounds like it's longer than me.

[deadmanbusiness]

I would actually like to see that.

[Cute but creepy is Theo's thing.]

That's Jasper, by the way.

About two weeks. I've had the delight of getting turned into a side show freak for a day or so.

Get your free undead rats!

[sostylish]

It tends to involve plague. It's not all that picturesque.

[So it is.]

Hon, I mean this in the best way possible- why would anyone want free undead rats?

[deadmanbusiness]

I imagine not. I'm assuming Black Plague like plague?

[Jasper likes her!]

They make great pets? I haven't a clue.

[sostylish]

Bubonic plague, yes. She likes the classics.

[Aww. What a sweetie.]

Most people don't even like live rats.

[deadmanbusiness]

Can't really go wrong with those.

It was like ... you know feeding the animals at the zoo? Except this was tossing rats at the necromancer and watching them come alive. Freak show. They turned this one girl into a living flame and caused another man to ... shoot bees from his hand.

[That last one puzzles him.]

[sostylish]

[She grits her teeth. Hard.]

So. Where can we talk to these gods? Because I have a few things I'd like to say to them.

[Mostly about the way they have been treating her fiance.]

[deadmanbusiness]

[He squeezes her hand tightly.]

I don't know. And I've already yelled at them. It didn't have much of an effect.

[sostylish]

People don't get to treat people that way. Especially you.

[Because other people don't have an Adrienne to light things on fire for them.]

I'm not planning to yell.

[deadmanbusiness]

Enne. Setting deities on fire never helps.

[sostylish]

Bullshit.

[deadmanbusiness]

It might make you feel better, but it just pisses them off.

[He can't help but smile, however.]

[sostylish]

Like I'm scared of a bunch of shittier than Kari deities.

[She is not smiling. She is angry. Rawr.]

[deadmanbusiness]

[It's adorable, really. And one of the reasons why he loves her so much.]

They're shittier than Kari, but this is their domain and they do rule it.

[sostylish]

Gods have died before.

[deadmanbusiness]

That they have.

But the people who have killed them often get hurt or die themselves.

[sostylish]

It's cute that you're worried.

[deadmanbusiness]

It's my job as your fiancee to be worried.

[sostylish]

And it's my job as your fiancee to punch things that hurt you in the face until they go away.

[deadmanbusiness]

[He really wants to say that you can't punch everything in the face until they go away, but he knows that Adrienne wouldn't listen to him.]

I know.