[network] @PetertheGreat; Video, Electric Boogaloo, Morning 391 [open] cw: death talk

[zunesareawesome]

[It's Peter, bright and cheerful and clearly with a morgue behind him.]

Hey assholes, I'm back! Did you miss me? Of course, you did. Norfinbury was like, the most boring place ever without me, right?

Weirdly enough, it's been awhile? What's been happening?

Anyway, I've been thinking. Suddenly it's all really clear to me now? You know ol' Blue had a really good idea back then and I'm thinkin' I should probably start doing that. Except like, instead of thinking small, let's think big!

I claim all of it? Everything. All of that there? The whole town? [He waves his hand in a vague circle.] That's mine.

I know the whole territory thing didn't go over so well last time but come on, that was like, forever ago. Everybody's been beat down enough that you gotta have stopped like, caring so much by now? At least the smart people should've. We're all gonna die here anyway. I mean, not me, cause clearly I keep coming back.

You pay tribute to me for safe passage, use of resources, food, supplies, songs, y'know, the usual.

Oh hey, I'll take death videos too!

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@hexappeal, voice

[sleight_of_fate]

As another partial immortal who was sort of in charge of telling you you were being an asshole when we were all here for a fucking eternity?

You're being an asshole and I'm not giving you anything.

Also I have someone else here also named Blue who agrees that you are being an asshole.

{ "Leave me out of this, Jared. I'm here to tell the truth to you, not your weird friends..." ]

Welcome back though.

Permavideo

[zunesareawesome]

[That gets a shrug. Well, since you're kinda sorta immortal he'll put a little bit more weight on your opinion, bro.]

I'm still the asshole who's owning this town. But glad to be back.

...is that someone else a cat? [Just asking.]

[sleight_of_fate]

[Truth-telling Rhys is both honest and petty.]

Okay but I have stuff for you and now I'm definitely not giving it to you.

Even though I've been carrying it around forever waiting to be able to hand it over.

And no, not a cat. A short, shouty blonde who can throw a boot with disturbing accuracy.

[zunesareawesome]

Well, that's not very nice.

[How petty indeed!]

As newly appointed supreme emperor of Norfinbury, I demand you give me whatever that cool stuff is.

...have I met this person? I don't remember somebody named Blue coming here.

[sleight_of_fate]

And as a stubborn asshole, no.

I'll probably give it to you later when you've settled your ass down a little, but not right now when you're all high and mighty. You know people can just avoid you, right?

And no, you've never met Blue. She's from home. I have pictures of her but they don't quite do her justice. Especially her throwing arm.

[Over on the other side of the room, the ghost of Blue preens.]

[zunesareawesome]

You know I can just track people down and take stuff from them, right?

[...a long-ish pause. Look, he may be a raging megalomaniac but he thinks you might need to be concerned about this, bro.]

...is Blue actually there, with you, right now?

[sleight_of_fate]

Mmm. Maybe.

[Speaking for himself, at least, Rhys wouldn't just stand there and let Peter rob him, and Rhys is a scrapper.]

She's here. I mean, I see her. I'm thinking she's a death price along with talking too damn much, but I see her.

She's rolling her eyes so hard at me right now.

[zunesareawesome]

Maybe? That's a yes. Definite yes.

[A repeat of that long-ish pause.]

...gotcha. I'm thinking that's probably a death price.

[Megalomaniac's trying to help you out there.]

[sleight_of_fate]

Yeah, is pretty fucked up.

But best relationship counselling I've ever had, being stuck in the middle of nowhere for three days with her. I mean, been great for talking Unresolved Shit out.

And unlike some people it's not a death price likely to get me veaten will a fireplace poker till my retinas detach.

[HINT.]

[zunesareawesome]

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and say, for the record, that's kind of horrifying.

[Look, even he's saying that.]

Hey, come on, I can take anybody in this town on. Anybody. And my retinas are really strong and won't even detach at all even if I did get whacked against the head a few times.

[sleight_of_fate]

Incredibly horrifying but that's kinda my life.

And, I really hope you don't get to test that. You're too good a guy for this shit, letting it get into your head like this. I know it feels like it's easier but it's really not.

[It's a death price, though, so there's only so much he can say. He is going to take a note from the other conversations going on, though.]

You want something that I promised I'd give you, though? Okay. Sure.

[He looks at Blue, a long, sad look with a smile.

"You remember this one, right? At the bar, with the jukebox?"

He'd gone through his catalogue of songs he can sing from start to finish, before he finally settles on something he thinks Peter will recognize.

Though Peter won't hear Blue's sweet alto as she sings along, he will hear Rhys's familiar husky voice.]

Someone told me long ago, there's a calm before the storm...I know, it's been coming for some time...

When it's over so they say, it'll rain a sunny day, I know shining down like water...

I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain? I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain? Comin' down on a sunny day...

[zunesareawesome]

[Oh man, Peter's gonna treasure this once he's back to normal. That's awesome of you, bro.

But for right now, he just scoffs. What is it with people and music.]

I can't do anything with that! Pshhh.

[Well, actually he might be able to trade it for stuff, but who wants to trade things when you can just take them?]