36 - Blaze of the Rose Tree

[worldofourown]

....Again?

[ Yes. That's all he has to say at this point. ]

[ OOC: All the trolling, all the crack! GIMME! x3 ]

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[no_cakes_today]

[It's very difficult to tell if the woman in this video is actually addressing anyone or simply talking to herself.]

Again and again and again, I fear. I remember it all--all of the spinning in circles, eyes half-blind.

[persocomforyou]

Chii? [And a head tilt to go with it. That's all she has to say, because that really makes no sense to her. Then again, suddenly being here doesn't make sense, either.]

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[worldofourown]

[ That's not exactly unusual behavior, where Karl is concerned. He eyes the speaker blearily, ]

Hm.

Spinning has a way of rendering one half-blind, or so I'm told.

[worldofourown]

[ He squints into the screen, ]

Excuse me?

[whenyouneed]

Stop complaining.

[Curt. She's very irritated at this point, the rotundness of her stomach forcing her to slouch in an uncomfortable plastic chair.]

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[no_cakes_today]

No, you don't understand at all. Your head's too full for puzzles--your moon's too bright and the Queen is sharpening her sword.

[worldofourown]

[ Aghast, he can only stare for a moment, a cold little shiver of What The Hell? climbing up his scalp, ]

.......Carla?

[persocomforyou]

Chii? [She squints right back at him.]

Where is Chii?

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[worldofourown]

You're the one talking in puzzles--

[ Oh. Hello, hello. He cocks his head, curious, ] What do you know about Queens?

[worldofourown]

How should I know?!

And who the hell is Chii?

[persocomforyou]

[She points at herself.] Chii.

You do not know this place, either?

[worldofourown]

Oh.

[ Another one of those Third Person oddities, ]

As to this place -- It's called The City. It's kidnapped you, much like everyone else.

[persocomforyou]

Chii doesn't want to be kidnapped.

How does Chii get home?

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[no_cakes_today]

Tick tick tick and now I've caught your attention? I know all about queens. You ought not trifle with yours.

[worldofourown]

Chii could stop referring to herself by name in every sentence, first.

And you don't go home. Not until the weekend ends. Likely, not even then.

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[worldofourown]

What makes you think I'd dare to trifle with mine?

[ Never mind that his attentions are forked between two of them. ]

[persocomforyou]

Chii? [Head tilt. Grammar, it hasn't been taught in full yet.] There's a problem?

Chii can wait. [As long as it's not like the last time she was kidnapped.]

[worldofourown]

[ No grammar? What kind of sick Hell do you hail from? ]

Yes there is. Don't say Chii. Say I. You sound like a three-year-old. Or a lunatic with delusions of grandeur. [ He knows all about those, too. ]

...Fine. Then go wait somewhere else.

[persocomforyou]

[She isn't sure how to respond to that, so Karl just gets another:] Chii....

[And she doesn't leave, either, just looks pathetic. She doesn't know where else to go. Karl's post was the first she saw when she arrived. Not leaving.]

[worldofourown]

[ The pathetic look gets a highly affronted sniff, ]

Wh-a-a-at?

[bamfingcats]

[KITTEN. ON YOUR HEAD.]

[persocomforyou]

I doesn't.... [That doesn't sound right.] Chii doesn't know where to go.

[worldofourown]

[ YEAAAAAAARGH! ]

[ He jerks mid-rant and tries to swat the cat off. Where did you come from? ]

[worldofourown]

[ Twitch. Twitch. ]

That isn't my concern, now is it?

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[no_cakes_today]

Oh, you darling boy. You've honey and vinegar and you never know which to choose.