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[shrinkage]

( ACTION | from the pool up to floor 6 )

[ the first thing ray wants after he drags himself out of the pool is to follow his instincts toward home. his feet leave wet sloshes in a path behind him up to the sixth floor, dressed in a drenched set of coveralls, work boots, and a STAR labs cap with the brim in the back.

the people he passes moving through the halls in a haze are fuzzy but familiar. he smiles back and says hello-- and even gets names right now and again. but he presses on, excusing himself after brief exchanges.

he lets himself into room 004. lets it feel like he's where he belongs. lets the water soak the carpet as he stands hesitantly in the doorway, waiting for a weller welcome in one of two flavors. ]

...Hello? Hon? Kurt?

( TEXT | anonymous )

could wonderland actually be our real homes?

( ooc | feel free to run into him at a place of your choosing in the mansion, if you'd like )

Comments

[ssmisery]

Because I hate this place and I'm already tired of losing homes.

[shrinkage]

oh wow yeah that would do it
this is better than mine, is all. feels more real, too

[ssmisery]

[...]

I know some people managed to come from places even worse than this, but it still amazes me.
The mortal peril doesn't bother you?

[shrinkage]

oh yeah a lot like that stuff's way too intense
but also i don't really have friends at home and the mortality's still kind of always a threat anyway

i hope you get back to yours, soon. you must miss it a lot

[ssmisery]

That's what does it? The social life?
It's still weird
to miss the earth
But it was a whole lot better than this.

[shrinkage]

i mean the economy's not great and my boss is kind of terrifying? i was getting sick of eating just ramen and pizza

would talking about it help? what's your favorite thing from your earth?

[ssmisery]

I mean I'd only been living there like a couple months

[shrinkage]

oh ok so just like a general lack of mind screwing and close quarters with way too many people at any given time?

[ssmisery]

That was definitely an advantage.
It was a work in progress. I don't want to start over again and I refuse to do it HERE.

[shrinkage]

yeah, i guess if i had to do it once before i might be over it too
there's nothing you like here, though? what about the endless food on request?

[ssmisery]

I don't eat.

[shrinkage]

well crap
ok how about not having to go to work every day

[ssmisery]

Haha. No.

[shrinkage]

you must have a fun job then. maybe you could do it here anyway!

[ssmisery]

I don't know if fun is a word I'd use for it, but I'm pretty sure Wonderland doesn't need much terraforming anyway.

[Except when gardening season starts and everyone suddenly wants her help, apparently.]

[shrinkage]

what do you usually do in your spare time? like, i play video games or make stuff

[ssmisery]

what is the point of this? what are you trying to do?

[shrinkage]

do? nothing. we're talking?
it seemed like you wanted to chat

[ssmisery]

why are we talking about me

[Because you started it, Lapis.]

[shrinkage]

cause that's just how small talk works
it kinda sucks so if there's something you do want to talk about let's do that instead

[ssmisery]

[There's a longer pause before the next reply.]

I guess I basically just wanted to complain

[shrinkage]

oh!! ok we can totally do that
i woke up in the pool today and it was very cold and also deep. what a bummer