☆62.5☆ [Fourth Wall]

[tearsofademon]

[So for once, Ryner isn't buried in random crap for a fourth wall. Although to be honest, he'd kind of prefer that. At least that's expected, plus once you get used to the pressure the piles make good blankets.

Nope, this time he's stuck in Pewter's museum, where there's a new exhibit on display.

A certain familiar (to him) mask.

Suffice it to say, Ryner does not look pleased.]

Haaa, I thought Ferris destroyed that...

[His pokemon, also, don't look pleased. Jehra is growling at it like it holds some kind of disaster inside it, and Rose is hissing at it angrily.

Also a certain ghost girl is in the background, staying over next to the wall and trying not to let the others' reactions bother her. Which, of course, Ryner notices, with a chagrined sigh.]

...Guys, this is completely different, okay? It's from back home. Nothing to do with that, so just stop it already.


[[Do watch out - if you put on the mask, you'll see a vision of all your worst fears lumped together. ...What, it's from an interesting side story.]]

Comments

[dreamsofahero]

Apparently she must not have destroyed it well enough.

[tearsofademon]

Guess not. You'd think a clean cut down the middle'd do it, but that's wishful thinking, huh.

[dreamsofahero]

That, or this world coincidentally has an object that looks exactly the same as the one from ours...

[tearsofademon]

I really, really hope not.

[so hey, have you ever wondered if there was more to Ryner's aversion to masks than just the events of a couple Halloweens ago...?]

[dreamsofahero]

Oh?

*he's probably never really given it much thought....*

[tearsofademon]

...Did I even bother to write in that report what this thing does...?

[dreamsofahero]

I wonder....

*yeah he's totally taking the opening you just gave to troll you a little :3*

[tearsofademon]

Guess I must have figured it was destroyed anyway so you didn't need to know.

[dreamsofahero]

Or you did, and are simply being unusually forgetful.

*Sion's not saying either way, of course*

[tearsofademon]

I prefer my version.

[guess who doesn't want to talk about it]

[dreamsofahero]

And yet, in that version, it would seem that you were wrong.

[tearsofademon]

Do I wanna know in what way?

[dreamsofahero]

*gestures at the mask sitting on display*

Apparently, it wasn't destroyed after all.

[tearsofademon]

Oh yeah, that part...

Maybe somebody decided to fix it, for who knows what reason.

[dreamsofahero]

But in either case, it still means your assumption that information about it was unnecessary was wrong.

[tearsofademon]

Maybe so.

Not sure if I feel like bothering though. [ie. can you tell he really doesn't want to talk about it]

[dreamsofahero]

Ah, but at the very least, shouldn't you make certain that the curators here know what they're dealing with~?

[tearsofademon]

I'm sure Jehra'd be willing to chop it to pieces so nobody has to deal with it, right?

[The Absol nods silently, still not taking his eyes off glaring at the mask. So much danger in that thing...]

[dreamsofahero]

You'd still have to explain to the owners why you destroyed their artifact, you know. And quite possibly compensate them for it.

1/2

[maskofculinaryarts]

[Marian pipes up quietly from her position of sinking into the corner.]

What if someone made a replacement and switched them when no one was looking? No one would know.

[tearsofademon]

See? Other options. Thank you, Marian.

[dreamsofahero]

It would still be worthwhile to speak to them about it, Ryner. If only to learn how it was they managed to get ahold of it, in case there's a way of preventing its reappearance again.

*really Ryner it's because you don't think of things like this that you wind up creating such messes at times...*

[tearsofademon]

[How is this his fault...?]

Then you ask. You're better at diplomacy and stuff.

[dreamsofahero]

Ah, but it would be such good practice for you.

[tearsofademon]

I'll pass.