 t's very, very cold. It's cold enough that you'll see your breath fog in the air before you, that goosebumps appear on your arms and legs and a chill goes up your spine. You're inside, in a huge palace with sweeping arches and rooms, but it's no real shelter from the cold -- it's just as cold inside as out.
There's a throne room, a kitchen, various rooms and even a dungeon to be explored -- and outside, a frigid, frozen garden, a lake that's naturally frozen over, and miles, and miles of snow as far as the eye can see.
But be careful while you explore. The snowflake soldiers are naturally dangerous, but even more dangerous than that...there's that creeping sensation of numbness going up your arm, a pang through your chest, and the slow, slow freezing from the inside out.
Try not to leave any of your friends behind, okay? Even if they might look a bit too uncannily like some of the statues hanging around for decoration when they're frozen over.
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[ oh god what if he's being too forward -- but then vriska snuggles closer and his heartrate ticks up juuust a tad. aaaaa aaaahhh okay, he can handle this. ]
I forgot I needed to do this for the quest I saw in my laptop. Better late than never, I suppose. [ shrugs ] You seem kind of cold yourself too, so I just approached the first person I'm familiar with, so here we are.
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So I was just a convenient target, huh? I'm hurt, Tsumugi. I should obviously have been your first choice for creepily-mandated cuddling.
[ gives him a nudge. she's just being rude, she doesn't mean it.......... ]
I am always kind of cold. Don't worry about it.
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but hm. ]
And it's not just because of the weather? [ a chuckle. ] It's all right. I guess even trolls do have those moments too? I'd say that it just makes you human, but...
[ yeah let's not start on the alien racism thing again ]
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You are lucky I've gone through enough nonsense not to find that kind of comparison offensive! But no, it's not just the weather. I'm a ghost, stupid, of course I'm not warm.
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A ghost? [ headtilt...? ] You feel very much real to me though?
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Tsumugi, for his trouble, gets a scrunched nose in his direction. ]
You don't think ghosts are real, despite the fact that you're definitely cuddling one right now? Haha. You're probably from some totally mundane world, huh?
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My life is boring, yes, but... You look and feel real?
[ is she? don't mind if he just extends a hand and just. grab her wrist to check if she's still corporeal. either way, she'd still come off as colder as usual in terms of temperature and that greatly worries him. ]
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... sorry. I hope I am not freaking you out. Sometimes I forget how strange it must sound to someone from a quote-unquote normal world.
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to wrap his arms around her in a Hug. it's like hugging a block of ice, actually??? ]
I-It's fine, I... I'm sorry. That you died so soon.
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She's ... done some of this, recently. Hugging. Usually it was her idea, because most people who know her know not to try it on her. That she'd more than likely reject it, or at least get embarrassed, especially if she didn't initiate it. But here's Tsumugi, who barely knows her, pulling her close and telling her that he's sorry she's dead.
Are you ok? You seem sad.
well,
yeah.
it's always sad to hear a friend died. even if you find out about it from their ghost.
What she means to do is just blow it off, like it's not important, like it doesn't affect her. What she says is: ]
Yeah. Me too.
[ and all she can do after an admission like that is hug him back, cold and slight and unreal as she is.
a sigh. ]
... it's fine. Don't worry about me, ok?
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Mm, got it.
[ just three words, because his voice sounds rather thick right now and he doesn't want her to know that he's deadass crying aaaaaaah ]
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Stupid, [ she whispers, without really knowing why, curling her arms tighter around him and laughing voicelessly into his hair. ] Do you cry over every dead girl you meet, or am I that special?
[ maybe if she teases him it'll help her forget how badly she wishes she was alive. ]
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it reminds him too much of someone who he'd failed to save before when they'd needed him most. ]
You are special.
[ he clears his throat, blinking back whatever stupid emotion that he's going to spill on her again. man, having empathy again is hard, but he's going to try. ]
You are already dead, yes, but you're not rotting away like a zombie or anything. That counts for something, right? [ it's as if he's telling himself this than it's directed at her, but hey. he pulls away from her for a bit, still wiping those tears away and forcing a smile. ] For most humans, once you die there's just no way to come back conscious in any way. The way I see it, you died so that you can live again.
Lady Luck sure likes you, Vriska-chan. I'm almost jealous.
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God. Don't cry, that's the worst. Jeez. You've got a really soft, squishy heart, huh? Like, you are a genuinely kind person. Bizarre.
[ murmured with an air of horrified laughter. without really thinking she lifts a hand to touch his face, as if she means to wipe away his tears, but then freezes halfway through when she realizes what she's doing. ah. hm. she'll let her hand fall... to... his shoulder.
wait that's not any better. shit. ]
That is such an incredibly, cloyingly sweet way to look at it that I'm not even sure what to say. I think if you were anyone else I would be pretty pissed you think it's something to be jealous of. But you're Tsumugi, so I know you mean well, even if that was a dumb thing to say to a dead girl's face.
[ even so, she can't help the almost absurdly fond feeling in her chest. seriously, who even is this guy, and how is he real? ]
... but if I'm honest, my real second chance was getting to come here. Just think! If I hadn't, you wouldn't have had the incredible fortune of getting to meet me. Of us, you're clearly the lucky one here.
[ the crooked smile on her face makes it quite clear she's not taking herself too seriously. ]
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I didn't mean to offend you, though... [ his frizzy hair seems to deflate from that, rip. ] I thought you being kind of dead is pretty cool, but I wish that you could've told me that earlier? Really, Vriska-chan.
[ huffs, and he cracks a smile himself. glad that emotional moment is over, since he doesn't want to make her feel awkward about all this too. so lame...... ]
But that's a good point! I guess both our perpetual bad luck cancelled each other out? Is that even possible?
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[ shaking her damn head tbh
but she cracks another smile in the end. ] Multiply a negatve by a negative to get a positive? Sure, that's exactly how incredibly sound and not at all bullshit logic works! Sounds totally plausible to me. I think you solved the mystery, Tsumugi! Man, what would I do without you? I'm totally swooning over here.
[ they've arrived so quickly at the point where Vriska is going to enjoy herself messing with him........................... ]
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A-A-Adorable? You're swooning? I--... No one's ever said that to me before...
[ AND NOW HE TEARS UP FOR REAL. STUPID. ]
Huu, Vriska-chaaaan, you c-can't just say that to people! Even if you're an alien!! Or maybe you're just being sarcastic? I can't understand girls at all--!
[ ...don't mind him, he's just being. overdramatic. as he does with girls. ]
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Oh my god, no! You're such a loser, don't start crying again!
[ She shoves him with her shoulder, and without really thinking wraps her arms around him and tries muffling her laughter in his arm. Her smile is a wonder of warm, wicked happiness. After a moment she just. Pushes on his face, which may well be the best she can do at brushing another's tears away. ]
If you don't stop crying I will leave, I swear to god. Anyway who knows! Maybe I meant it, maybe not. It's a mysteryyyyyyyy!