murdergate | SPACE COAST: PRIVATE CONVO: KAZUKI

[ it's hard for nodd not to be a little worried about the few younger folks he's met since arriving. he's glad to see kazuki near the mess hall, perhaps on his way toward or from a meal. ]

Hey, kid. How's it been?

[ nodd's a freaky little man but their current psychic link will project the sincerity in the question. this time. ]

[ BEFORE CURFEW i'm gomen i got very busy today ]

INTERLUDE

You still want to hear me play?

[ well he can probably be found in the bar a bit later as one of the few places that aren't mcfucking locked now touches ground. he's not drinking though, just. here. and the vibes are absolutely horrid. ]

...You were locked in, too, right? It wasn't just us?

[ nodd seeks kazuki out on purpose, this time. wants to see how he's holding up. maybe finds him in the hall leading back to everyone's rooms? ]

Hey! Kid--Kazuki. Hold up.

[ wow we didn't pc at all this week and now this is what we have to work with

yuri has princess carried him into the medbay! hello, nodd, how has your day been. ]

INTERLUDE

You said you'd teach me to fight, right?

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Checking in. Be nice and say hi.

[ someone has a sense of humor and has turned nodd, hot pink all over. like, neon, l*sa fr*nk type pink. he's almost happy to be dragged with kazuki into the rift.

until he sees what it is.

the memory begins in the middle of everything. the set dressing is hazy, shelving and wine barrels and hookah pipes knocked over, the coals rolling and scorching round burns onto the already slain bodies littering the floor. blood slops around the corpses, diluting the spilled liquor. a man in dark leather armor lifts his sword above a youth maybe ten years his junior. the kid already has a split lip, a missing ear, a limp arm on the same side.

a blur of motion beside the swordsman and his drops his weapon before he can strike a finishing blow. blood pours from a fresh gash across his forearm. less than a breath later, another blur--the man doubles over from an apparent strike to his stomach.

nodd, much younger and in simple garb, eyes without the permanent dark mask surrounding them, stands between the hurt boy and the mercenary.

somewhere else in the room--the basement? a lounge? smoke builds, a fire set. ]

You can look away.

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Hey.

[ sees kazuki out of the corner of his eye, perhaps. he's at a fighting game, playing a skimpily clad succubus with lots of high kick attacks. ]

Now we know why I wasn't a bard. Shit at detail work.

[ they're gonna explore the planet!! he is a little tall for nodd, but they can walk side by side, close enough to touch. ]

This place is pretty fancy for a rest station, isn't it? They said there's going to be some kind of auction later, too... Think they'll have anything interesting?

[ immediately shedding the argo unit the second they're safely back on the ship. god. ]

I hate this planet. Didn't we get enough worms in the desert?!

Didn't see any of that coming.

[ nodd has showered and changed. possibly catching up with kazuki at the arcade? that room is still safe. and around. ]

[ nodd is back to full power, baybee, and dashing through the halls. if there's a streak of blue light, that's nodd zipping around. amazingly fast for such a lazy, lazy creature. he will slow down and even brake when he sees kazuki let's say on the observation deck. ]

Hey.

[ possibilities are much more open now than since they last spoke. ]

[ the day is saved. the ship is... working? nodd looks for kazuki bc he does not think he is a fool okay. ]

Hey!

WEEK 0; MONDAY

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WEEK 0; SATURDAY, POST-TRIAL

w1 thursday

w2 monday

w2; Friday

w3; monday

week 3 ; saturday, post-trial

w4 monday

w5 wednesday

w6 ; saturday