[ he picks up on the sign off quickly enough and then readjusts his position to be more comfortable. the more comfortable position, of course, is to lay flat on his stomach and prop himself up on his elbows.
after a moment, he lifts his feet to swing loosely in the air. yeah. ]
"No, Sans found him sleeping and dragged him back." Okay, but why? Who cares? Is he killing anyone?
[ Break sure doesn't hesitate asking that question... This either seems like a logical response to him or it's what he expects of the ghosts. Possibly both, if we're honest. ]
Yeah, he's definitely running around the graveyard killing all the freakingdeadpeople here.
[UGH. There's a frustrated hand flick at who cares, too, because she cares, okay, some of us have never seen a sinparent in person before and SHE thought it was important!!! And okay wow thanks for the vote of confidence Break—]
Tried to. He slept through it all.
[yeah no she can't even blame him]
Spears didn't wake him up and neither did spaghetti but setting him on fire did.
[ Break is rather sad to realize that absolutely none of this is a surprise, but his expression still drops all the same. He looks like a harried babysitter or a disappointed grandpa in that moment more than ever. ]
You're all complete menaces, you know that, don't you?
[nooooo not the disappointed grandpa face!!! it is in this moment she decides that she isn't telling them about all the shit they drew on his face to avoid further disappointment. no one needs to know about the dick doodle]
You run out of productive, fun things to do real fast when you're dead.
[she knows and she is at least a LITTLE bummed about it. how apologetic she is is up for debate though]
But we managed to interrogate him a little before he ran off, and maybe it's all stuff you already know but we thought we should tell you just in case.
[ once again, rhys is just going to read that aloud and be kind of smug that he's not on the end of the disappointed grandpa face. he will ask a question afterwards though.
Why didn't you just say that from the start? Geez. Get to it, Clover.
[ that moment when yeah, you guys do hate each other, don't you? ]
[ Oh, what, were you enjoying that, Rhys? Because as soon as Rhys starts to be himself, Break sighs, and then lightly criticizes Rhys too. ]
Don't even start, and that goes for both of you. [ But he just waves a hand dismissively towards them, since he's mostly just not wanting to be the translator for a dumb ghost argument. ]
Well, we'd like to hear it, at least. Go ahead, Clover.
[She's definitely starting to write something sassy about how SHE WAS ASKED A QUESTION AND SHE ANSWERED IT RHYS UGH!!!! before Break interrupts them and she promptly scribbles it out.]
I wasn't starting anything! I'm trying to help! [only one of those things is true. but HE STARTED IT!!!!!
but okay, she's just gonna write a list down, and if you think I'm about to do the actual list HTML on mobile you've got another thing coming I wouldn't even do the font what do you want from me. she uses little four leaf clovers as bullets because of course she does:]
- He was the one who killed Sans. - Apparently all of this is some kind of "ritual sacrifice." Those were his exact words. - The sin guys are all responsible for the executions. - Since they killed Sisuca and Undyne, even though those deaths weren't supposed to happen, they "get slotted as culprits." It's not a broken rule. - This is "the second phase of operations." - Katerina's definitely not the one in charge if we believe him. - He said no one's ever gotten all seven of the sin guys together at once before and the last time they were even on earth is when two of them caused a plague. - He doesn't know what Katerina's goal is. - Lucifer's the one in charge. - Fire was the only thing that would wake him up. Pretty much everything else got tried.
[She's got a good memory!!! Well-trained by many years of murder puzzles.]
That's everything I caught. I'm sure you guys already know about a bunch of this but I hope some of it's useful.
[Whenever Rhys finishes reading that aloud, she looks up.] Undyne, did I miss anything?
[ yeah, yeah. okay, grandpa. it's been so long since rhys had a good argument... even if this one was with a piece of paper. sigh. he misses it.
so, right. reading that aloud and he'll take a moment to just sort of process it when, hm. ]
So, you're basically saying this is even stupider than we already knew? That we're still dying for nothing important?!
[ ugh, if he ever sees lucifer, he sure is going to give her a piece of his mind. katerina too! the both of them! just middle fingers, everywhere. ]
Anyway, Katerina's goal is revenge. She wants revenge on the people who killed her town which is where we're living. Did we forget to tell you that? Probably because it's just so fucking dumb.
[WELL good to know they learned nothing useful!! Though speaking of which, she'll turn to Clover after Rhys' comment.]
Ask them if we can tell people about this yet. Sans is gonna try to talk to Sloth again, and it'll be a waste of time if he just asks questions to answers we already know. [LIKE SHE TOTALLY DID....]
[ As Rhys relays all of this, Break's expression is quick to slip into a grimace, because this is really starting to sound far too familiar. Granted, this at least doesn't involve time travel, but now he can only draw comparisons to the situation in his own world. He's not sure who's stupider, though: Katerina or Vincent. ]
...Wonderful. You know, I'd really prefer to save my own world before trying to save others. Ridiculous...
[ That last part is murmured lowly, since Break just has to express his extreme saltiness over being drawn into this. But for now, he doesn't have anything else helpful to add, since he needs to take a moment to process this. It's a bit of a different issue than the one they had been trying to tackle so far, after all. ]
[yelling matches via paper just aren't the same but she's still disappointed]
You mentioned. Would you believe this isn't even the first people-saving revenge game plot I've been sucked into? This one's stupider. [THAT'S WHY SHE REMEMBERS THAT IT CAME UP BECAUSE SHE'S STILL SALTY ABOUT THAT!!! let's just take a moment to be salty all together] But apparently Sloth doesn't know that.
[A pause to stew in her salt some more, and then:] Can we tell anyone any of this yet? Sans wants to talk to Sloth again and if we know what's already been asked maybe we can get something more useful out of him. Is there anything you guys want us to ask?
[ let's just assume rhys is going to read it aloud for break's benefit each tag okay? okay.
so, rhys considers this, weighs the pros and cons of his bitterness towards this whole charade towards what might actually be helpful.
the bitterness wins out. ]
You should ask him if he knows. Ask all of them. Don't let any of them be caught unaware that they're being used for some weak girl's pity quest. Ask him what their plan is, if they even have one other than "do whatever Lucifer wants".
[ pinching the bridge of his nose here and just sighing. ]
This is such a freggin' mess. I know if I was on a quest for revenge, it'd be much simpler than this. And less dramatic. And... cooler.
[ At least Break is more cautious than Rhys, so he holds his hand up as if to tell them to pause, but it's just so he can piece together what information he has. Telling everyone is what he would prefer to advocate at this point, but he's also afraid that doing so could have unforeseen consequences. He lowers his hand after a few moments, but it at least comes with a nod. ]
Turn them against each other if you can. Without demons to serve her, we know Katerina's power is limited. If they abandon her, then we can kill her.
[ Which will at least solve their more immediate problems. This nonsense with the demons wanting to return is just that, but for their own goals, Katerina needs to be dead, so far as he's concerned. ]
If this is truly the case, then Katerina being a pawn is slightly useful to us, in a way. But even so, those creatures have to at least believe that this isn't worth the trouble. Killing them is my recommendation, but I also don't think that it's easy enough that I would recommend it.
I told Sloth he was a moron for just willingly going being used as someone's tool, but he didn't seem to care. But maybe Sans can get through to him and make him see this isn't worth the effort. From one lazy bastard to another!
Revenge quests aren't cool and neither are you. [clover there are more important things happening than being rude to rhys and you know exactly how much of a place you have talking about revenge quests, chill]
Undyne tried the whole "you guys are just being used" thing but Sloth didn't really seem to care. Maybe Sans can get through to him better. We'll do our best! Can we tell the others that much, too? If doors like the one Sans found Sloth behind keep showing up, someone else might find one of the sin guys and we should have a plan.
[ rhys is totally not going to read that first part but he mutters a response, mostly to himself. ]
They can be cool, if done right. And I'm totally cool, shut up.
[ imagine if these two weren't children!! wait, rhys is actually an adult. nevermind.
he reads the next part, at least. ]
I don't see why that'd be a problem, right? What do we have to lose? Either they already know it and don't care so nothing changes or they don't know it and take it out against Katerina. Either way works for us.
[ Break mulls it over for a few moments, but he nods. Though he wishes it were otherwise in this case, Rhys is right. They're getting to the point where there are less reasons to be cautious. ]
...At this point, I don't see as much of a point in keeping that secret. Just... [ He's not sure how to put this, so he sighs ] Remember that reviving the dead and returning home are both tied to things outside of our control. Err on the side of caution instead of charging in blindly.
[this is the kind of thing that gets spoken immediately before an It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia title card declaring just how badly the gang is going to fuck up this time
There's a pause before she writes the next bit:] Does that go for the hostages, too? [Because don't think for a second she has spent any amount of time in a mood that doesn't at least have an undercurrent of "worried about her brother" for the past three goddamn weeks.]
[ ah... the hostages. rhys thinks of fiona for a moment and bites his lip, knowing that whatever they do it's going to be important in keeping her safe. that's actually... a ridiculous amount of pressure he's not totally okay with, ahahaha... welp. ]
Yeah, I think it does. Break?
[ because he knows if he makes any decisions on this, it's actually going to be kind of overemotional and maybe a bit illogical. ]
Not in the same way, necessarily. The hostages are collateral for Katerina, so far as I know.
[ "Their" group is different, or that's what he would assume based on how the information was presented. And yet: ]
But I would caution against assuming that just because they're Katerina's project that they're safe from the demons. Considering how these creatures work, I have no doubts that they'd be happy to take more, to be blunt.
[Not that she'd ever be stupid enough to assume Light was safe as long as he's anywhere even tangential to here, but it's good to have a reminder keeping her grounded when she's so antsy knowing he's in danger and she can't do anything.]
Let me know if I can help, okay? I'm way more worried about my brother than I am about me. For now, we'll talk to the others.
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[ he picks up on the sign off quickly enough and then readjusts his position to be more comfortable. the more comfortable position, of course, is to lay flat on his stomach and prop himself up on his elbows.
after a moment, he lifts his feet to swing loosely in the air. yeah. ]
"No, Sans found him sleeping and dragged him back." Okay, but why? Who cares? Is he killing anyone?
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[ Break sure doesn't hesitate asking that question... This either seems like a logical response to him or it's what he expects of the ghosts. Possibly both, if we're honest. ]
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[UGH. There's a frustrated hand flick at who cares, too, because she cares, okay, some of us have never seen a sinparent in person before and SHE thought it was important!!! And okay wow thanks for the vote of confidence Break—]
Tried to. He slept through it all.
[yeah no she can't even blame him]
Spears didn't wake him up and neither did spaghetti but setting him on fire did.
[yeah.........]
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rhys sure is just going to read this out loud to the both of them, sounding increasingly dumbfounded as it goes. ]
Uh. What?
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You're all complete menaces, you know that, don't you?
[ He just. Has to say it. ]
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You run out of productive, fun things to do real fast when you're dead.
[she knows and she is at least a LITTLE bummed about it. how apologetic she is is up for debate though]
But we managed to interrogate him a little before he ran off, and maybe it's all stuff you already know but we thought we should tell you just in case.
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Why didn't you just say that from the start? Geez. Get to it, Clover.
[ that moment when yeah, you guys do hate each other, don't you? ]
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Don't even start, and that goes for both of you. [ But he just waves a hand dismissively towards them, since he's mostly just not wanting to be the translator for a dumb ghost argument. ]
Well, we'd like to hear it, at least. Go ahead, Clover.
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I wasn't starting anything! I'm trying to help! [only one of those things is true. but HE STARTED IT!!!!!
but okay, she's just gonna write a list down, and if you think I'm about to do the actual list HTML on mobile you've got another thing coming I wouldn't even do the font what do you want from me. she uses little four leaf clovers as bullets because of course she does:]
- He was the one who killed Sans.
- Apparently all of this is some kind of "ritual sacrifice." Those were his exact words.
- The sin guys are all responsible for the executions.
- Since they killed Sisuca and Undyne, even though those deaths weren't supposed to happen, they "get slotted as culprits." It's not a broken rule.
- This is "the second phase of operations."
- Katerina's definitely not the one in charge if we believe him.
- He said no one's ever gotten all seven of the sin guys together at once before and the last time they were even on earth is when two of them caused a plague.
- He doesn't know what Katerina's goal is.
- Lucifer's the one in charge.
- Fire was the only thing that would wake him up. Pretty much everything else got tried.
[She's got a good memory!!! Well-trained by many years of murder puzzles.]
That's everything I caught. I'm sure you guys already know about a bunch of this but I hope some of it's useful.
[Whenever Rhys finishes reading that aloud, she looks up.] Undyne, did I miss anything?
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so, right. reading that aloud and he'll take a moment to just sort of process it when, hm. ]
So, you're basically saying this is even stupider than we already knew? That we're still dying for nothing important?!
[ ugh, if he ever sees lucifer, he sure is going to give her a piece of his mind. katerina too! the both of them! just middle fingers, everywhere. ]
Anyway, Katerina's goal is revenge. She wants revenge on the people who killed her town which is where we're living. Did we forget to tell you that? Probably because it's just so fucking dumb.
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Ask them if we can tell people about this yet. Sans is gonna try to talk to Sloth again, and it'll be a waste of time if he just asks questions to answers we already know. [LIKE SHE TOTALLY DID....]
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...Wonderful. You know, I'd really prefer to save my own world before trying to save others. Ridiculous...
[ That last part is murmured lowly, since Break just has to express his extreme saltiness over being drawn into this. But for now, he doesn't have anything else helpful to add, since he needs to take a moment to process this. It's a bit of a different issue than the one they had been trying to tackle so far, after all. ]
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You mentioned. Would you believe this isn't even the first people-saving revenge game plot I've been sucked into? This one's stupider. [THAT'S WHY SHE REMEMBERS THAT IT CAME UP BECAUSE SHE'S STILL SALTY ABOUT THAT!!! let's just take a moment to be salty all together] But apparently Sloth doesn't know that.
[A pause to stew in her salt some more, and then:] Can we tell anyone any of this yet? Sans wants to talk to Sloth again and if we know what's already been asked maybe we can get something more useful out of him. Is there anything you guys want us to ask?
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so, rhys considers this, weighs the pros and cons of his bitterness towards this whole charade towards what might actually be helpful.
the bitterness wins out. ]
You should ask him if he knows. Ask all of them. Don't let any of them be caught unaware that they're being used for some weak girl's pity quest. Ask him what their plan is, if they even have one other than "do whatever Lucifer wants".
[ pinching the bridge of his nose here and just sighing. ]
This is such a freggin' mess. I know if I was on a quest for revenge, it'd be much simpler than this. And less dramatic. And... cooler.
[ . . . ]
It'd be so cool.
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Turn them against each other if you can. Without demons to serve her, we know Katerina's power is limited. If they abandon her, then we can kill her.
[ Which will at least solve their more immediate problems. This nonsense with the demons wanting to return is just that, but for their own goals, Katerina needs to be dead, so far as he's concerned. ]
If this is truly the case, then Katerina being a pawn is slightly useful to us, in a way. But even so, those creatures have to at least believe that this isn't worth the trouble. Killing them is my recommendation, but I also don't think that it's easy enough that I would recommend it.
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I told Sloth he was a moron for just willingly going being used as someone's tool, but he didn't seem to care. But maybe Sans can get through to him and make him see this isn't worth the effort. From one lazy bastard to another!
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Undyne tried the whole "you guys are just being used" thing but Sloth didn't really seem to care. Maybe Sans can get through to him better. We'll do our best! Can we tell the others that much, too? If doors like the one Sans found Sloth behind keep showing up, someone else might find one of the sin guys and we should have a plan.
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They can be cool, if done right. And I'm totally cool, shut up.
[ imagine if these two weren't children!! wait, rhys is actually an adult. nevermind.
he reads the next part, at least. ]
I don't see why that'd be a problem, right? What do we have to lose? Either they already know it and don't care so nothing changes or they don't know it and take it out against Katerina. Either way works for us.
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...At this point, I don't see as much of a point in keeping that secret. Just... [ He's not sure how to put this, so he sighs ] Remember that reviving the dead and returning home are both tied to things outside of our control. Err on the side of caution instead of charging in blindly.
[ undyne ]
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[this is the kind of thing that gets spoken immediately before an It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia title card declaring just how badly the gang is going to fuck up this time
There's a pause before she writes the next bit:] Does that go for the hostages, too? [Because don't think for a second she has spent any amount of time in a mood that doesn't at least have an undercurrent of "worried about her brother" for the past three goddamn weeks.]
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Yeah, I think it does. Break?
[ because he knows if he makes any decisions on this, it's actually going to be kind of overemotional and maybe a bit illogical. ]
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[ "Their" group is different, or that's what he would assume based on how the information was presented. And yet: ]
But I would caution against assuming that just because they're Katerina's project that they're safe from the demons. Considering how these creatures work, I have no doubts that they'd be happy to take more, to be blunt.
im going to fight you both ugggGGGGHHHH
[Not that she'd ever be stupid enough to assume Light was safe as long as he's anywhere even tangential to here, but it's good to have a reminder keeping her grounded when she's so antsy knowing he's in danger and she can't do anything.]
Let me know if I can help, okay? I'm way more worried about my brother than I am about me. For now, we'll talk to the others.