Adrift 003

[onlythefishiest]

I'm sure if I can just get it to listen to me, I can get it to understand! I just need to glub to it properly! I'm sure it is just lonely and afraid, just like t)(e ot)(ers!

All I need to do is get it to )(ear me!

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[kindnessing]

[ written! no chatting today, sorry. ] May I ask what you're talking about?

[onlythefishiest]

I can )(ear somet)(ing! It sounds... distant, but it feels a lot like my lusus used to! If I can just talk to it, I'm sure it will stop!

[kindnessing]

[ Strange text, and mentioning of a lusus... He's heard of the trolls on his first stay at the castle, but this is the first one he's spoken to. ]

I see... What's a lusus? And do you know if the voice is saying anything significant?

[onlythefishiest]

A lusus is a kind of guardian monster who watc)(es over you when you are young, du)(! Why do )(umans ALWAYS ask t)(at? Don't you )(ave your own guardians?

It's not really a voice yet! It's more like, w)(en I was a grub, I could feel my lusus nearby! I couldn't understand )(er, and s)(e couldn't glub to me or s)(e would )(ave killed me, but I knew s)(e was t)(ere! I just )(ad to learn )(ow to glub to )(er!

[kindnessing]

Ah... We do have those kinds of guardians, yes, but we're related to them in a different way. Sorry, the question must get old.

[ ... ] So, um, why is the voice of your lusus so dangerous?

[onlythefishiest]

It does get a LITTL-E TIRING!

It killed trolls! T)(e merest w)(isper could cull t)(ousands of t)(ose wit)( red or brown blood! My blood made me immune, but as a grub even t)(at wouldn't )(ave saved me.

[kindnessing]

[ ... Well, that's clear enough. Unfortunately, most of the people he knew had red blood... uh. ] Would you happen to know how to contact... whoever it is you can hear?

[onlythefishiest]

o)( my cod! Did you actually READ w)(at I said? 38o

I'm TRYING! It just isn't listening to me! No matter )9ow loudly I s)(out, or w)(at language I use, it's ignoring me!

[kindnessing]

Sorry. So it's a problem on their end? Is it common for difficulties like this to occur?

[onlythefishiest]

I don't usually )(ave a problem glubbing to t)(e )(orrorterrors above Derse! As long as I talk to t)(em in t)(eir own language, usually t)(ey are willing to w)(isper back.

One of t)(em did tell me my accent was atrocious once, t)(oug)(! Maybe T)(AT is t)(e problem! It is a little )(ard to speak t)(e language wit)( only one t)(roat.

[kindnessing]

[ He's not sure he can help her with that. ] What are you trying to say to it? And... wait, sorry, I was assuming that it's a part of what's happening on the other ship. Is that correct?

[onlythefishiest]

I am trying to tell it to stop. I don't t)(ink it wants to! 38/

I am on t)(e --Event )(orizon! -Everyone is going mad, you know! I keep )(earing screams, but it's )(ard to tell if t)(ey're )(umans or all t)(e trolls. I t)(ink t)(ey )(ad time to scream, anyway.

[kindnessing]

[ ... He's kind of taking everything she's saying with a grain of salt, now. ]

Then perhaps it's stubborn. No amount of logic would work on some kinds of people.

[onlythefishiest]

I don't know about stubborn! I'm starting to t)(ink it is doing t)(is deliberately! I don't know w)(y.

)(orrorterrors always defy logic! It is just w)(at t)(ey are. T)(ey are not usually malicious, just a little alien! I am starting to t)(ink I am being tricked.

[kindnessing]

Anyone can be cruel for the right reasons. [ Or for the wrong ones. ] Anyway, if it's beyond logic, then how are you going to try to convince it to stop?

[onlythefishiest]

I would )(ave found a way! I usually do. 38D

T)(ere's a lot more blood t)(an t)(ere was. Is t)(at a bad sign, do you t)(ink? T)(ey were panicking t)(e ot)(er day, but it is only blood, after all.

[Feferi is just as sane as she ever is! Really!]

[kindnessing]

[ ... Aaand a bigger grain of salt. ] Blood is... usually frightening. To most people I think.

Are you sure you're safe wherever you are?

[onlythefishiest]

Yes, but I don't think many people are trolls! Well, not any more and not here.

Oh yes. Blood only really hurts the person it's from, and none of it is mine. It isn't the right color, for one thing! If anything does pop up, I have my fork.

[kindnessing]

[ Is it worth pushing through the logic is it worth it... No, probably not........ ] Are trolls afraid of their blood color for any particular reason?

Well... Stay safe, then.

...pretend these messages are all pink and written,sorry

[onlythefishiest]

No, I was just glubbing that it isn't MY blood! I think I could tell, if it was! This blood is red and green and blue, not purple! Whelk, not my shade of purple anyway.

]Nope, clearly she is not hallucinating anything here.]

Thank you! You too! 38)