week 2 ~*afterparty*~

[escardos]

[ well, after everyone had their encounter either ghostbusting or being ghostbusted, and once returned to the campus, flat thinks that it's a great idea to wind down with-- ]

I FOUND A BOOTLEG COPY OF THE SHREK MOVIE. LET'S WATCH IT @ THE KARAOKE PLACE! BRING YOUR OWN SNACKS!!!!

[ hopefully it's not too cramped, but repurposing a tablet to project estelletube 'jim shrok FULL MOVIE part 1 of 20' is not that difficult of a task for flat.

he's managed to bring some popcorn, but that's about it.

rest up everyone, it's been a long day.

(for ya'll. flat had fun.) ]

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[sicklysweet]

[Owen flinches, but that just makes him grin more brightly.

Probably because he's a huge, fucked up masochist or something.]

I'll do whatever I want to do.

[And it's not like he controls the die, anyways.]

This was more of a shot than a stab, anyways. Worse than getting hit by a bullet, though.

[selfconcept]

Yeah. It's meant to hurt for a long time.

[ Because the hook is sharp and dirty from use. ]

But you like that, so I guess it's not too much of a loss for you.

[ Hien finally lets go of the bandages and just sits there while resting his head on his hand, while his arm rests on the table. ]

[sicklysweet]

Do you want to leave your mark? Hien.

[He looks down at the bandages, because it's easier to look at that than Hien right now!]

Because maybe if you ask nicely, I won't erase the scar as soon as I get my magic back.

[selfconcept]

[ Hien looks at Owen evenly. ]

You can erase it if you want. I'm not hung up about being remembered.

[ lol ]

[sicklysweet]

[(x) doubt]

Is that so?

[Maybe he's just projecting, but it's plainly obvious Owen doesn't believe that for a second. He props his chin up on his hand, ready to initiate a staring contest.]

[selfconcept]

Yeah. I come and go through worlds all the time, just like I do for people.

[ He comes into their lives and leaves just as much. Hien welcomes the staring contest though, as if his gaze tries to dig deep into the very core of Owen's existence. ]

If I would desperately want someone to remember me, I'd just be with them until they die.

cw vore mention i guess, how many roller coasters can one thread be on

[sicklysweet]

You eat worlds.

[He's just. Saying.

Though... Does this means he just eats people, too???? He'll have to ask about that later.]

You can't remember people when you're dead, so is that really the same thing? You only think you can leave an impact on someone if you're always there?

cw vore mention; unlimited roller coasters for owen

[selfconcept]

Well, that's the thing. I don't die. What better way to remember someone to have them in your face all the time? You wouldn't be able to forget them how hard you tried.

[ Anyway. ]

You think my diet is just worlds? I like spaghetti better.

cw vore mention; let him off this wild ride, he enjoys it too much

[sicklysweet]

[Privately, Owen is pretty sure he knows people who would absolutely forget someone who's in their face constantly, but he doesn't need to draw more comparisons between Mithra and Hien.]

Have you ever eaten a mana stone? Or do magical beings in your world not leave those behind?

[It is, technically, on topic.]

why is he like this

[selfconcept]

Yeah.

[ But it's... probably not the mana stone Owen is thinking of, because Hien's thinking of mana stones that replenish MP. ]

Some of them leave them behind.

[ As loot drops. ]

it's a mystery

[sicklysweet]

[What a wild misunderstanding to be having right now.]

Is that so?

[Hm.]

Well, I'm sure you won't be around when I'm turned to stone, so that's a shame. I'm sure it'd be quite the high quality stone.

[Owen would only leave behind the most Premium of mana stones, obviously.]

[selfconcept]

You want me to retrieve it and keep it with me forever?

[ That's what he's getting out of this. ]

[sicklysweet]

No, idiot.

[...]

You can do that if you want, but it'd be much less insulting to just eat me to get the power from my stone.

cw vore talk

[selfconcept]

[ Oh.

Ohhh. Hien thinks he gets it now. The stone is Owen's—

... ]

If I eat you, then how would you even come back?

cw vore talk and also death talk?!

[sicklysweet]

Stop being an idiot.

[As if he expects Hien to read minds or something.]

If I've turned to stone, I won't be coming back anymore. I'll finally be dead for good.

[selfconcept]

[ Reading mind powers are unfortunately locked away... Hien stares at Owen for a while, but then pillows his head on his hand. ]

I don't need your power though.

[sicklysweet]

[SIGHS.]

Fine, then I guess someone else will get to eat it.

[It's not about the power!!]

Not that it matters, because I doubt anyone will care if it's me or not. And who knows if I'll ever turn to stone without my heart, anyways?

[He looks back at his pancakes, thoughtful. He'll hold back one whatever awful question he has at the moment, though.]

[selfconcept]

[ Having no heart tracks with how he remembers how cold Owen was with no heartbeat. But then. Huh. He wonders if that's a culture thing. ]

You want me to eat it? Is that why you need me?

[sicklysweet]

[Some day Owen will not dig himself holes by refusing to explain his thoughts and feelings but now he'll just get annoyed.]

No, that's not - those are entirely different things. [ugh] All I'm saying is as long as Mithra or Oz don't get my mana stone, who cares.

[He cares?? Probably far too much, honestly.]

[selfconcept]

Dunno who they are, but it's obvious that you care.

[ Bro. ]

[sicklysweet]

I don't.

[he says, sulky]

Mithra and Oz are wizards. They kill me all the time, so it'd piss me off if they were the ones who got to eat my stone. Wouldn't that annoy you, too?

[selfconcept]

I don't understand your culture or mindset about people eating your carcass-turned-stone.

[ Only because he doesn't think Owen thinks of him fondly enough to do such a significant-sounding thing. ]

But if you want me to eat it that bad, I'll go to your world when you die for good and eat it in front of Mithra and Oz.

[ He doesn't know who the heck they are, but it's always fun gloating in front of someone. ]

[sicklysweet]

Would you be able to stand it if someone you hate was able to take your power for themselves after they died?

[...]

Though that would be pretty funny. I'm sure it'd make Mithra pretty angry.

[He wonders how either of them would fare in a fight against someone who's a ???god???... Would Hien actually be able to defeat Oz? He wants to see what would happen.

So it's time to change the topic again to avoid thinking more deeply on his desires.]

So how powerful are you, anyways? In a fight.

cw torture mention, 101 ways to die

[selfconcept]

I think I'm pretty good in a fight. I'd rather do that, but if I have to be honest, I don't even need to fight to win. I can control whatever makes up a person: their personalities, desires, and whatever. What makes them as they are. I can take away their desire and watch them live as a husk who doesn't want anything or do anything--not even maintain their survival, so they eventually shrivel up and die. I can also control memory and life to a certain extent, so I can just have their existence forget how to breathe without me touching them.

[ Hien is better off not fighting, but he loves fighting people, so there's that. ]

The list is endless. It makes torture entertaining when necessary.

[sicklysweet]

[...

Would Hien be able to stop him from coming back to life...?]

Would you do that to Oz if I asked very, very nicely? You don't have to kill him completely, but it sounds like it would be fun to watch and see how scared he gets.

[Or is Owen too incomplete for that? Would it be possible even when he's missing a part of himself...?]