PC: Nodd

[sexyasmieu]

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Week 1, Monday

[sexyasmieu]

[ Anise can be found exploring the new planet! She's on the outskirts of the city, looking out over the red cliffs and beyond. I'll say that she was smart enough to put on a coat for this and maybe I'll find a cute image later or something. ]

Wow... this really is an alien planet!

[ squinting at the winding paths below... ]

I wonder if there are monsters down there...

[murdergate]

[ after skulking around the main city, it did seem about time to check out the landscape. he runs into anise, sporting a chosen monday fit. ]

Do you know a lot of canyon monsters or is that guess because it's an alien planet?

[sexyasmieu]

Hmm........ both?

I mean, these winding, rocky paths are totally the kind of place that monsters hang out in!

Week 2. Monday.

[murdergate]

[ as soon as they're allowed, nodd is off the ship and exploring the new planet. trees!!! so many trees!!! he loves this shit.

due to this week's effects, at present, his hair has gone full cursed princess mode--growing down to the floor without any interest in being cut. he has it braided and tucked into his belt.

perhaps he'll see anise at the bazaar. ]

Kid! Hold up.

[sexyasmieu]

[ Anise is out here in a big warm coat, running around and checking everything out. When she's called to, she freezes with a little jump! ]

Huh?

[ she looks over to him. then looks up and down at his hair. then back to his face. ]

What's up?

[murdergate]

[ nodd also has a big, dark blue peacoat, but he's being real canadian extra about his chillness with chilliness. it's unbuttoned and loose. ]

I wanted to catch up if you aren't busy.

week 3; tuesday

[murdergate]

[ they were possibly both headed toward the shopping concourse except no they aren't. a rift eats them whole.

the scene plays out with a much younger nodd crawling onto a beach, gasping, drenched. in the distance, Sir Friendmore's Naval Academy and Finishing School stands--an enormous set of buildings with barred windows to keep the unwanted children on the inside. this beach is on the opposite side of the campus's grounds from the actual docks where they keep the training fleet.

one of the first things the young, w e t nodd does is pick up a jagged stone and start hacking at his knee-length hair, currently plaited in anticipation of that long swim. he kicks the bundle into the lapping ocean before tearing out of the top layer of his school uniform. he ties the sleeves around his waist and starts to walk along the shoreline.

adult nodd, standing beside anise, frowns. thoughtful. ]

I forgot I was such a cute kid.

[ he was okay. ]

[sexyasmieu]

[ ohhh ]

... You ran away from there?

[murdergate]

I ran away from everything back then. It was killing me, so I let it.

[ the memory fades, but trades places with another. now in the slums of a busy fantasy-ass city, young nodd in less fancy clothing (but PANTS, beautiful pants). he speaks in thieves cant, hand-gestures and glances, with a few other youths. his hair short but eyes not yet dark all around with that permanent raccoon mask he has nowadays. his jaw has a dark bruise from a recent fight. since he won, it's not a problem.

the rift loses energy and spits them free after that. ]

I think they changed their safety policies at the school after my 'tragic passing,' but I don't know anything for sure. Didn't go back.

Week 3, Thursday

[sexyasmieu]

[ hey nodd, where the heck are you! anise is coming to find him after his group came back from whatever-the-heck. ]

You've still got all your limbs, right...?

[murdergate]

Sure do.

[ TAGS THIS TOO WHILE I AM HERE.

he's sitting in the medbay on some spinny chair. mostly here to see that yuri is patched up. ]

Unless I lost a tail I forgot about.

[sexyasmieu]

Well, that's good. Everybody looked pretty rough...

[ i think. thursday was a million years ago. ]

What happened to you guys?

week 3; sunday, post-execution

[murdergate]

[ he's awake by now, healed up from all physical, visible wounds of note. as for what's inside that tough noggin of his, well. it wasn't that great when he showed up on the eudora.

he's reading on his i.r.i.s. in another hour he'll be done with some post-pod observation (since he was so difficult) and allowed to leave. ]

[sexyasmieu]

[ coming in here and looking at him so tiredly. ]

Man... between this, your stupid stunt from yesterday, and everything else this week, I'm starting to wonder how many lives you have.

[ are you a cat. ]

[murdergate]

[ looks up. oh, it's anise. he will always find her presence charming, even if she is giving him (earnestly deserved) shit. ]

All evidence supports the gods and the devils have agreed they don't want to deal with me.

week 4 ; monday

[murdergate]

[ insufferable? perhaps. day drunk? definitely. ready to pedalboat? yes. either he'll slip in first and pat the other seat with a pleading face to anise like pleaaaasse or he'll sneak in if he sees she's alone. whatever ratman option he gotta resort to. pedalboat time. ]

[sexyasmieu]

I was picturing I'd do this with someone a little more prince-like, but... okay, if you insist!

[ she gets in and joins him. she wanted to ride the pedalboats. also, we keep killing our princes. ]

[murdergate]

[ yeah being a prince is like wearing a target at this point. undeniable. ]

Describe a prince.

w5 ; tuesday

[murdergate]

[ WHY IS IT COLD? nodd dresses in a big puffy jacket, scarf, and earmuffs that cover only about half of his extra-long ears. he liked winter! with snow and an open sky! but pure coldness with nothing else to offer? beh!

he has bongy in a baby bjorn bc it's SO COLD what if something were to happen to his son? ]

This ship needs to be decommissioned soooo badly.

[sexyasmieu]

[ THE BABY BJORN HELP that's. that's wonderful. i'm so happy for bongy. ]

Seriously! This ship sucks!

[ she's bundled up too, holding tokunaga close to her chest. tokunaga also has a little scarf on. ]

I really wanted to go to the pool again, too...

[murdergate]

[ are the scarves matching? i hope they're matching. ]

This ship is a hunk of junk--and same. Hard to fully enjoy it during that scorcher, even with the party.

week 5 ; monday

[murdergate]

[ let's go sailing! they're allowed to cruise on the surface with one of the cool high-tech boats, so that's where nodd has convinced anise to hang. he's actually a decent driver(?). ]

This is nice, at least. I like the water.

[sexyasmieu]

[ sailing!! she takes some time to enjoy the breeze out on the deck, then comes over to hang out with him. tokunaga is now repaired after its misadventures last week and is wearing a little pirate outfit. ]

Me too! It's been a while since I got to travel around by sea!

Week 7, Monday

[sexyasmieu]

[ We've landed on the planet, and Anise is taking a look at this pink beach... ]

This would actually be really pretty if it wasn't for all the... you know.

[ Creepy shit!

But before Nodd can say anything in response, there's a void that opens up, throwing them into a memory (16:10 - 20:44)! (English captions can be toggled on Youtube. If the timing gets messed up, refresh and it should fix it!) ]

[murdergate]

[ nodd is about to agree, the planet is rather gorgeous, and he's a personal fan of the mushroom people. then the rift happens. then the pain happens. the memory unfurls, unfair and unhappy, before spitting them back on that beach.

it feels less pretty now. ]

... I didn't realize your Master Ion was so young.