Event Ten.

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Little Willie, mean as hell, Pushed his sister in a well. Mother said, while drawing water, "My, it's hard to raise a daughter."

t's pretty dark and miserable down in the well. The cavernous area feels much larger than a well should be, bodies milling about in the darkness and knee deep, frigid water. So you're here -- and you're not alone, and the only way out appears to be the thin circle of sunlight from above, the opening of the well. (And elsewhere, in the Town, everyone's waking up to gifts of various usefulness, but hopefully they remember to check the well today even so!) What now? Welcome to Awash's tenth event log, and the intro log for this month, everyone! All new characters have found themselves waking in the well in the middle of the Town. Hopefully they can get a hand out! For more information, please go here! Meanwhile, the current characters have some new gifts. If there are any questions, please ask them here, and have fun! Thank you!

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[usedlick]

[Connor waits a moment after she says that, because humans have a habit of saying that and then requesting help anyway. It's odd, but it's a pattern he's familiar with by now.]

I'll find a way. I'm not concerned about myself.

[At least not yet, anyway. Staying in this well for too long would be... inconvenient, but nothing he can't manage.]

[robitussin]

Because you have weird robot powers or whatever?

[That's one way to put it. Regardless, she takes a step closer towards him.]

Boost me up whenever.

[usedlick]

Android powers.

[Does it really matter when they're both machines? Whatever.

Anyway, he will cup his hands together, bending at his knees so she can step in. A quick pre-construction check confirms that she'll be able to reach the neck of the well - the rest is up to her after that.]

[robitussin]

Close enough.

[Or so she assumes. She glances at his hands and moves forward, but she doesn't lift her foot quite yet. Even if she doesn't have much of a choice but to trust him here, she wants something said before she does.]

I'm going to be really pissed if you drop me. Okay?

[usedlick]

I won't drop you. Right now it is my mission to help you get to the top.

[And he has to follow his mission! He is, after all, an android.

So he'll sit here and wait patiently for her to step into his hands.]

[robitussin]

[For whatever reason, she still looks nervous despite that extra assurance, but... Even so, she's reaching towards his arm to balance herself as she raises a foot into his cupped hands, glancing down at the water.]

Okay. Um, ready, or whatever.

[usedlick]

Alright. Here we go...!

[And with that, he'll hoist her up! He is extremely steady, which is probably not surprising, being an android.

He'll hold her while she tries to grab onto the well, watching to make sure she doesn't slip.]

Can you make it?

[robitussin]

[She's definitely not out of the realm of normal human strength, but she's athletic enough to start pulling herself up successfully from there. She's bracing herself to make sure she doesn't slip, glancing back down at him as she does.]

...Thanks.

[There's still embarrassment mixed in with the gratitude, but it doesn't stop her from going the rest of the way up the well.

...And then she waits at the top until he emerges to make sure he's going to make it up successfully. Not that she cares, or anything silly like that!!]

[usedlick]

[He does make it up successfully, several minutes later after making sure others are alright.

He scrambles not very graciously out of the well, tumbling over the side and falling on the ground before straightening back up. After he's back on his feet and dusted off, he spots her, a bit surprised she's still here.]

It's good that you're alright.

[robitussin]

[She glances his way as he makes it out of the well, but almost immediately, she's looking away in an attempt to pretend that she hasn't left the area solely because she's too busy examining her whereabouts. Whether or not that's convincing, she speaks up as he addresses her.]

Of course I am. It's not like it was hard to get out or anything. [...] This place is already pretty trippy, though.

[usedlick]

Was your first clue that we arrived in a well?

[This is a completely sincere question. He isn't capable of sarcasm (or is he?). But as he's looking around... it does seem like there are colors missing from certain objects. Maybe his vision is malfunctioning?

His eyelids flutter while he runs a quick scan, but... no, everything seems fine.]

Do some things seem to be... missing color, to you?

[robitussin]

[It sounds sincere, but she still has to take a moment to deliberate about whether he's just using incredibly dry sarcasm. She shakes it off after a moment, smirking, and her next remark sounds approving despite what she actually says.]

Smartass.

[But after his question, she gives a quick nod, crossing her arms over her waist.]

Yeah. It's... [Weird doesn't begin to cover it.] It doesn't make any sense, does it?

[usedlick]

[He gives her a grin, but it's only there for a moment, a quirk of his lips before it's back to serious.]

It doesn't. At first I thought I might be malfunctioning, but my diagnostics seem normal. [So that's good!] It doesn't seem like the light here is doing anything unusual, either.

[So how is it doing that?]