07 | down the river with a butz | action&dictated

[thebutz]

So I'm sitting in a canoe but I don't know how to canoe.

This was a really stupid idea.

[If you go to the river, you might find him sitting in a boat with a paddle across his lap and his soaking wet journal on the floor of the boat in front of him, pouting. Because clearly it's very difficult to canoe.]

Can anyone come rescue me? I seriously don't think I'm gonna make it back to be honest with you. I'm getting sort of worried here...

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[stalkershiki]

But... I mean, did you not think about how you would then get back?

[The idea that a grown man like Larry didn't even think about something like that is just one that she has major problems accepting. It kind of hurts her soul.]

[thebutz]

[Larry is only a grown man physically.]

I thought I would float! Back!

[stalkershiki]

[...Oh.]

...Oh.

Do you want help getting back? Well, I mean, you already asked for help, but... where, exactly, are you?

[thebutz]

Uh... It's a river and there's some trees...?

[He doesn't know, in other words.]

[stalkershiki]

...Okay then, where did you start off? Maybe I can just... follow your path or something...?

[thebutz]

That... That... Same thing. Except with canoes.

[stalkershiki]

...Do you mean the lake? Where the boathouse is?

[thebutz]

I guess... Yeah, that sounds about right.

[stalkershiki]

I... alright, I'll try looking for you by the lake, hang on...

[And, sure enough, in just a few minutes she's by the boathouse, looking for him.]

...Which way did you go after pushing off from the boathouse?

[thebutz]

Down! Down the river. You know, current-ways?

[English, Larry, English!]

[stalkershiki]

You mean you floated the way the current was going, right?

[thebutz]

Yeah sure I guess?

[stalkershiki]

Uhh... alright, I'm coming.

[She takes a moment to decide which direction the current is flowing in the first place, and then she starts walking down the river that way.]

How far have you gone? I mean, like... how long have you been out here?