video/action; happy birthday detective

[jurisdick]

ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ

[ and due to a horrible streak of bad luck, while akechi is sitting (extremely cramped) in the catbus on the way to the actual lodge, his fidgeting fingers along the device happen to click it on at the most inconvenient time. perhaps it's the world playing a cruel trick on him. who knows. either way, the feed shows the brunette hunched up in the back of the bus with a few others, face contorted in discomfort. under his breath he's saying something that sounds genuine and a lot like ]

...I don't even like my birthday but this is an absurd way to spend it.

ᴄᴀᴛʙᴜs - ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ

[ if you're in the catbus, feel free to harass him during the ride, or you know, hear him say it's his birthday. or scroll through the feed and hear it on there and then angrily turn around when you realize he hasn't told anyone before this.

it's really cramped in here. ]

ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ-ᴀʟʟ - ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ

[ akechi will be rooming with stefan, so feel free to barge into his room at any point. other than that, feel free to bother him (he'll likely be reading by the fire with hot chocolate), or standing around the entrance of the lodge "admiring" the snow. he isn't planning on going out into it except for the snowball fight, so he won't be lost at all in the storm. ]

Comments

[jurisdick]

So I've heard. People often "die", if I heard correctly?

[theothermrgray]

[Sigh.] Yes, they can be deadly. I know you can die safely four times, but I'd avoid it altogether if I were you.

[jurisdick]

It doesn't sound pleasant. I'm sure most people would like to avoid dying if they have the chance.

It does beg the question: why five?

[theothermrgray]

Why not five?

[He sounds a bit playful here.]

I'm actually not sure about that. Perhaps whatever is in control of this world can't be bothered to revive someone five times in a row.

[jurisdick]

Perhaps it's some sort of religious affinity. Something related to the number five.

It's definitely a question worth asking, in my opinion.

[theothermrgray]

[That's something to consider, hm?]

I don't think Wonderland is very religious. We do have a chapel, but I haven't seen any signs of it being used to practice one specific faith.

Perhaps there might be some other significance to it.

[jurisdick]

Fate, perhaps?

[ he says it calmly, though there's an undertone of dryness to it. god he hates fate. ]

[theothermrgray]

Hm... Perhaps?

[He'd prefer not to think about such frivolous things, but he is a little better at not sounding completely flat.]

[A little.]

[jurisdick]

Are you not a believer in it, then?

[theothermrgray]

I have my doubts.

[But he does not dismiss it entirely.]

[jurisdick]

Doubts are usually healthy.

[theothermrgray]

In this place? Absolutely.