☆57.5☆ [Fourth Wall]

[tearsofademon]

[Somewhere, somehow, there is a pile of slimes. It's a pretty impressive pile, several feet high. Blue blobby things all grinning cheerfully.

Of course, this would be just an amusing, if odd, sight, if it wasn't for the fact that at the bottom of that slime pile, there's a single human arm sticking out... and twitching.

If you listen closely, you might even be able to hear a strained voice from beneath them all...]

...somebody... a little help...

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[zeitnot]

[ oh... there was a guy under there? well that's not important. the important thing is-- ]

Which one should I take as a souvenir...?

[dreamsofahero]

*got that right :3*

Perhaps you'll end up with one following you again...

[reveiller]

I'm sure he'd be terribly upset if we removed him from his comfort.

[tearsofademon]

Ahh, well, it's more the situation... I'm kind of being buried alive, here, after all.

[tearsofademon]

[/sigh]

What'm I even buried in this time?

[tearsofademon]

If you want all of them, be my guest.

[reveiller]

They're burying you because they love you, Ryner.

It's a pile of love. [ crouching down next to! ]

[dreamsofahero]

Indeed. We wouldn't want to deprive him, after all.

[zeitnot]

When you're enjoying them so much?

Nah, I won't be greedy. I'll just take the one.

[dreamsofahero]

They look like some sort of little blobs... Like miniature grimers, perhaps?

[reveiller]

Which is why watching over him is the best course of action.

[ he looks over, a fourteen-year-old boy at peace with the world. ] You must be his best friend.

[dreamsofahero]

Oh dear, I'm afraid you have me at a disadvantage...

[tearsofademon]

Yeah, well, love hurts.

[The slimes sure are smiling.]

[tearsofademon]

Great, I'm buried in poison. I'll probably be dead in a few minutes...

[tearsofademon]

No, seriously, take them. I can't really move.

[reveiller]

Not really. I don't remember your name.

I'm Fuji; it's nice to meet you.

[reveiller]

Some things hurt more, some things are known to hurt less.

[ after that vaguely philosophical comment, he removes one slime from the pile, and puts it next to him. ]

[zeitnot]

Your mouth is moving pretty well.

[tearsofademon]

That doesn't count.

[zeitnot]

And if you're talking, then your lungs must also be in pretty good condition, too.

[dreamsofahero]

And yet you still seem to know who I am.

Sion Astal; a pleasure.

[tearsofademon]

I'm sure.

[The slime you removed seems content either way. It doesn't really do much to the pile, but hey, every drop counts.]

It'd really suck to die here like this...

[reveiller]

Well.

Ryner isn't the sort who talks about himself. But he talked about you.

[tearsofademon]

Barely.

[reveiller]

Oh... I guess it would.

I didn't even have a chance to prepare a eulogy.