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text / un: gambler - late on the 27th

[dregs]

{ after multiple attempts of going into the hell portal with varying levels of success, he'd finally given up and headed back to hole himself up in his apartment after the whole ordeal. by this point he's probably had five or six showers and baths. the first to try and cleanse himself, after that it was varying levels of success with bath scents to try and shake off the awful stench that's stuck with him since being eaten.

honestly he can't tell if he's just imagining things at this point, and there's hardly many people here he can trust this information with.

so.

here we are. }

Friend, I need to cash in a favour. This may be a weird question to ask, but how's your sense of smell? No need to ask any questions about why and it shouldn't take much of your time. Just drop by apartment ###, smell me, then you're more than welcome to leave.

{ she's probably going to ask questions anyway because wtf is this phrasing... don't tell people to smell you???? but he isn't leaving his apartment until he confirms it's fine okay.

but oh. huh... weird. it didn't go through? so he tries again. then again. is there no signal in hell??? }

[starwill]

? ? ?

[dregs]

That counts as a question.

Did you only just leave that place?

{ he's going to assume she was still doing stuff in hell unless she says otherwise 😔 }

[starwill]

Depends on what you mean by 'that place'.

[dregs]

The Hell portal. I know we ended up separated at one point, but it hasn't been that long.

[starwill]

Oh.

I actually went back to Amphoreus?

[dregs]

You know Amphoreus?

{ tribbie told him... some things. otherwise he would be clueless this is from their cosmos at all. }

[starwill]

It's the world we went to after we left Penacony.

[dregs]

Then why hadn't I heard of it until being here?

[starwill]

[She's not that stupid, so:]

That's classified information.

[dregs]

{ smart move. but all it may do is just delay the inevitable. has stelle warned any of them not to trust him? either way, she won't hear his laugh at that response given this is in a text. probably for the best. }

That's one way of saying it's something important. A lie would have been better at hiding it, you know?

[starwill]

?

I just wanted to say that line. It's my favorite line from hit light novel "The Gloom of Suzume Miharu".

[dregs]

I can see why you'd want to protect them. After all, whatever the Black Tide is, isn't it awfully similar to the Darkness in this world? At least that's what I've heard.

{ aka he's disregarding that prev text }

[starwill]

They're all good people.

[That's all she'll say on that, in any case.]

[dregs]

And you are, quite rightly, worried what the IPC would do to them if they knew about it. With only one of us here you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

{ and then, after another moment. }

So are you going to help me or not?

{ no matter what is going on with amphoreus he is apparently more concerned with his own situation sorry. he wants to be able to leave his apartment again pls. }

[starwill]

You really want me to smell you that badly?

[dregs]

Do you really think I'd be messaging you about this for the fun of it?
There was an incident.

{ don't make him talk about it?? }

[starwill]

Yes.

[Stelle.............]

Did you get stinkbombed?

[dregs]

{ stelle???? how much time do you think he has- (actually no, he does have plenty now but that isn't the point) }

Something like that.

[starwill]

I'll come over; I'm an expert at smells.

[dregs]

I'm not even going to ask. Just drop by when you're ready.

{ is this because of the trash cans she digs through... some of them must smell p bad to be fair... }

[starwill]

[Okay she will!!

It'll take her some time, but she'll eventually knock on his door.]

Galactic Sniffer here to save the day!

[dregs]

{ as long as it isn't days later it's fine. the man needs to eat at some point. probably.

it takes a suspiciously short time for him to answer the door, and it may be a surprise he is not wearing his normal clothes. in fact, he probably seems incredibly underdressed all things considered--at least for him. just a plain t-shirt, loose trousers.

he just didn't want to ruin any other clothes after everything. }

As grateful as I am for the help, if you wouldn't mind, let's not do this in the doorway.

{ how do you explain to your neighbours that you got a friend to sniff you... }