week 1; jay and dirk

[potentite]

[IDK WHERE TO START IT SO. Starting it at letting Dirk in the room i guess so that's what's happened here.]

And now we officially have a sleepover!

[Yep that is what he'd say.]

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[splinten]

[Dirk, who is still suffering from a heavy cough, helpfully adds his enthusiasm.]

Yay.

[He flops unceremoniously on the bed that he assumes to be Jake's based on, you know, knowing how Jake makes his bed.]

[ninjay]

[ jay is sitting on the couch and

god is he sick? is he contagious? jay refuses to get sick. ]

It's nice to meet you, Dirk. [ you possibly germ infested person ]

[potentite]

[He realises how that looks and sits on the bed by Dirk, patting his hair like the dying child he is.] Oh don't worry, he's mostly fine. Gosh, an infection would just be awful in these conditions.

[splinten]

Might as well decapitate me. Yo, Jay.

[He curves his arm to cough more, just generally being miserable.]

I inhaled too much dust.

[ninjay]

What were you doing that involved dust?

[ there's a lot of potential options here actually, but jay is nosy. ]

[potentite]

[Jake will let Dirk answer but he also lightly smacks him in the back of the head STOP DYING YOU IDIOT. NO MORE HEADS FALLING OFF.]

[splinten]

Ow. [He shoves back at Jake but not hard.] I was explorin' the bookcases at the Hunter's Lodge with [He wants to say 'my brother' but doesn't] Dave. Apparently, those shelves are all kinds of dusty when you knock 'em down.

[ninjay]

[ why did you knock them down....... ]

I see. Well, at least neither of you were hurt doing... that...

[potentite]

I guess there's not much dust in the ocean, so it makes me sense. My lungs, however, are well accommodated to all manner of irritants. Especially pollen.

[splinten]

Dave hurt his hands. [So that sucks. He turns his face towards Jake and coughs again.] But yeah, the ocean doesn't do much by way of pollens and dust. It's more wicked humidity and a salt aura.

[ninjay]

[ poor dave ]

I'm used to both. You should probably be more careful though, especially considering our circumstances.

[potentite]

[Jake keeps petting his hair. His poor not!boyfriend thing.]

Oh you know that reminds me, there's apparently a lake around here. Maybe ghoulish fish men will descend on the town in short order. Isn't that a thing that happened in Lovecraft? I tried to read it but everyone dies at the end or goes insane...

[It made him sad.]

[splinten]

Considerin' this is supposedly Innsmouth Motel, the fish people will come out to have horrible fish hybrids with us in a metaphor for Lovecraft's racist ideologies.

[Thanks for that helpful, Dave.]

[ninjay]

[ it's a good thing jake and dirk are paying attention to each other because the look of just complete and utter annoyance that comes across jay's face when lovecraft comes up AGAIN!!! could probably kill someone.

he's so tired. someone please give him a lovecraft story to read. why must he be out of the loop. ]

When you put it that way, having us kill each other doesn't sound as awful in comparison. Fairly tame, actually.

[potentite]

None of us can get pregnant, though. Uh, in this room anyway. I think?

[Maybe Jay can get pregnant who knows.]

[splinten]

[Dirk makes a groan because Jake why did you say that.]

[ninjay]

I can guarantee that I cannot get pregnant in any shape or form.

[ it hasn't even been five minutes ]

[potentite]

[Don't groan at him when you're getting your hair petted?] Well I just wanted to leave room for doubt since we're all aliens to each other or some such thing. It's perfectly reasonable to double check.

[splinten]

You're right. It's totally reasonable. How could I suggest otherwise.

[Muffles the teenager while getting hair pets.

By the way his shades are still on because of course.]

Yuggoth's a planet in the Lovecraftian myth. It's where the brain-stealing fungi live.

[ninjay]

Ah, yes. Brain-stealing fungi. Of course.

[ HE IS SO DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]

I'm sure we'll run into a lot of those.

[potentite]

Oh, that's not too troublesome. Fungi usually spread via spores, so we could just wear masks.

[splinten]

Yeah, with our abundant supply of them.

[ninjay]

You never know, maybe there was a large stash of masks somewhere but everyone else got to them already.

[ you know.... like the fucking knives and all the other useful items. ]

[potentite]

I know. All the knives are gone. I mean, I'm used to eating with my hands anyway but it was a nice novelty...

[Because clearly that is the concern with a bunch of missing knives in a murdergame.]

Oh, I got a scalpel though.

[splinten]

Wanna declare any other murder weapons?

[dirk's just mad because he wants his katana]

[ninjay]

[ pulls a syringe out from under the couch. ]

Does this count?

[potentite]

Oh yes. If you inject air into someone, it causes quite the excruciating death.