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outdistanced) wrote2025-02-10 06:43 pm
outdistanced) wrote2025-02-10 06:43 pm
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turbo heaven 🌼 richie
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[ we're at the soundstage today! ]
Is something supposed to happen here, or...?
[ what do you mean put on a show ourselves ]
Is something supposed to happen here, or...?
[ what do you mean put on a show ourselves ]
I don't know, champ. Maybe music?
Hold up a sec.
[Gonna pop into whatever serves as the DJ's private stash, ignoring the stage and the king's ransom of instruments.]
Hold up a sec.
[Gonna pop into whatever serves as the DJ's private stash, ignoring the stage and the king's ransom of instruments.]
You mean like that "Spotify" app on the phone? [ will spotify still be around in twenty years... i say no so richie has to feel old again. ] We don't need a whole stage for that, though.
[ follows just enough to peer in after him. what's he looking for... ]
[ follows just enough to peer in after him. what's he looking for... ]
The what? [shoots him a look.] I'm running about sixty years behind you, in case you forgot.
[He is looking for
The vinyl stash.]
Ha! Would you get a look at that! The motherfucking Cave of Wonders!
[His halo is also a vinyl record this should have been obvious. Or have they all vanished in 2044]
[He is looking for
The vinyl stash.]
Ha! Would you get a look at that! The motherfucking Cave of Wonders!
[His halo is also a vinyl record this should have been obvious. Or have they all vanished in 2044]
Spotify? It's a music app, apparently.
[ looks at these vinyls. looks at richie's halo. looks back at the vinyls. genuinely who knows if these exist in ctc i am making things up as i go along ]
Halos...?
[ looks at these vinyls. looks at richie's halo. looks back at the vinyls. genuinely who knows if these exist in ctc i am making things up as i go along ]
Halos...?
...I know of an App as an appetizer, but I take it you're not talking food.
[It really sucks to be on the other end of this. Everyone else is absolutely baffled by the words coming out of his mouth.
then the kid blanks him on LPs and he decides no, actually, it's just shit no matter which side you're standing on.]
Records. As in, music albums. They got part-near the whole of human history in here — or the 20th century at least.
[He plucks up an unfamiliar one, some kind of girl done up like a pantomime dame in cowgirl trappings.]
You ever hear of a "Chappell Roan?"
[It really sucks to be on the other end of this. Everyone else is absolutely baffled by the words coming out of his mouth.
then the kid blanks him on LPs and he decides no, actually, it's just shit no matter which side you're standing on.]
Records. As in, music albums. They got part-near the whole of human history in here — or the 20th century at least.
[He plucks up an unfamiliar one, some kind of girl done up like a pantomime dame in cowgirl trappings.]
You ever hear of a "Chappell Roan?"
No... it's an application. Like a program for the phones?
...I thought music was all digital. [ peers at the album with a frown. ] Nope. Don't know it.
[ he's probably too young to know or care tbh ]
...I thought music was all digital. [ peers at the album with a frown. ] Nope. Don't know it.
[ he's probably too young to know or care tbh ]
You know, you call them phones, but they're feeling more like titchy little computers every minute. You can type and talk on them, you can, what, put music on them, you say?
[Fuck-ing hell. His head is sparking with the possibilities.]
It isn't. [Or it shouldn't be.] Want to test a few out? You got a favourite genre?
[Fuck-ing hell. His head is sparking with the possibilities.]
It isn't. [Or it shouldn't be.] Want to test a few out? You got a favourite genre?
They can do most things a computer can, yeah. This Spotify just has music on it, though, I didn't do anything.
[ hm. ]
I don't know how they work. [ but if he had to choose... ] Alternative, I guess? I don't listen to a ton of music, honestly.
[ hm. ]
I don't know how they work. [ but if he had to choose... ] Alternative, I guess? I don't listen to a ton of music, honestly.
They're simple as pie. Come over here, I'll show you. [Alternative...to what? In his day and age it might mean one thing, but in his it's probably another. He lifts a box out for him, several options therein.] Pick out something. Whatever catches your eye.
What do you normally do, then?
What do you normally do, then?
Okay...
Run? We do a lot of races. And sometimes we play games, or I'll just read something.
[ i regret to inform richie that he will just pull something out at random. ]
Run? We do a lot of races. And sometimes we play games, or I'll just read something.
[ i regret to inform richie that he will just pull something out at random. ]
Oh, more a track and field guy then. I get it. Never did take much to running, not unless I was about to get the shit kicked out of me.
[That's fine, I am sensing this is a lost cause but at least we have Gorillaz.]
Huh. "2018"....
[Gotta say he's curious. What's happening in the next forty years. He'll tug it out and put it down to play.
He'll sit back. Silent, pensively assessing with his fist at his mouth.]
[That's fine, I am sensing this is a lost cause but at least we have Gorillaz.]
Huh. "2018"....
[Gotta say he's curious. What's happening in the next forty years. He'll tug it out and put it down to play.
He'll sit back. Silent, pensively assessing with his fist at his mouth.]
[voids them. Richie hasn't gotten much peace since the announcement, but he's still making a point to talk to whoever he finds. Kids first, instinctively, which is why he stops short when crossing paths with Laurence.]
Hey, Laurence. Where you off to?
Hey, Laurence. Where you off to?
[ he's looking a little out of it this morning, often glancing at his phone as if something might change at any minute. surprised, he starts and slips his phone back into a pocket. ]
I don't know. I didn't really have anywhere in mind after... you know.
I don't know. I didn't really have anywhere in mind after... you know.
Yeah.
[Richie nods, grimly. Flounders a moment.]
Just. For the time being, until we know more...don't go anywhere too far out alone. Okay? Not until we're sure what happened.
[Richie nods, grimly. Flounders a moment.]
Just. For the time being, until we know more...don't go anywhere too far out alone. Okay? Not until we're sure what happened.
[ what are you, his dad?
no laurence is taking this very seriously. he nods. ]
I won't. Yves asked me to tell him if I was going anywhere, too - he said he'll go with me, just in case.
[ kind of feels like having a babysitter, in a way, but when you're this out of your depth you just kind of accept it. ]
I definitely won't be going to the beach, either.
no laurence is taking this very seriously. he nods. ]
I won't. Yves asked me to tell him if I was going anywhere, too - he said he'll go with me, just in case.
[ kind of feels like having a babysitter, in a way, but when you're this out of your depth you just kind of accept it. ]
I definitely won't be going to the beach, either.
[yeah he's moving in with your mom next week (finds out she's actually dead next tag)]
He would. [Oh that Yves.]
I saw Zhongli doing a couple rounds out there with his polearm too, so yeah, maybe steer clear until further notice.
...Nobody's found anything yet. As far as I know. We should... [God. How to phrase this? It's not like he's trying to treat anyone delicately, but he's still young. He doesn't care to make the kid even more ill at ease. Richie wets his lips and tries again.]
We should be prepared to not get enough answers, too. The way this all played out...people being locked up. Conking out. Her starting at the mansion and ending at the beach, alone, unnoticed, with the rest of us immobilized. The overseers being out of the loop too?
There's some fishy possibilities. And we might get information withheld from us. Just keep a sharp eye and a keen ear to what you see and hear.
He would. [Oh that Yves.]
I saw Zhongli doing a couple rounds out there with his polearm too, so yeah, maybe steer clear until further notice.
...Nobody's found anything yet. As far as I know. We should... [God. How to phrase this? It's not like he's trying to treat anyone delicately, but he's still young. He doesn't care to make the kid even more ill at ease. Richie wets his lips and tries again.]
We should be prepared to not get enough answers, too. The way this all played out...people being locked up. Conking out. Her starting at the mansion and ending at the beach, alone, unnoticed, with the rest of us immobilized. The overseers being out of the loop too?
There's some fishy possibilities. And we might get information withheld from us. Just keep a sharp eye and a keen ear to what you see and hear.
I know he would. He's a good guy.
[ this is... concerning. ]
"Fishy possibilities." What is that supposed to even mean?
[ this is... concerning. ]
"Fishy possibilities." What is that supposed to even mean?
Just that we might be dealing with people who don't have our best intentions at heart. Whether they're the ones we've met, or ones we haven't.
Something set up the perfect conditions for that girl to get hurt. Everyone locked up and knocked out, no working phones. She couldn't have gotten help if she tried.
Something set up the perfect conditions for that girl to get hurt. Everyone locked up and knocked out, no working phones. She couldn't have gotten help if she tried.
[ he looks stricken at the thought. ]
You think this might've been planned? But that's... That doesn't sound like something any of us could do. And the angels have just been trying to help us.
You think this might've been planned? But that's... That doesn't sound like something any of us could do. And the angels have just been trying to help us.
Look, I don't mean it's one of us or even one of them, not for sure. All right? And maybe it's nobody. Maybe it was a bad accident. Caught in the tide, bad fall. Anything. I don't care to cast suspicion where it doesn't need to be, especially without more facts.
Just keep an open mind. And think about how this all played out — what we know so far.
[He counts it off on his fingers.]
We were all mysteriously locked in somewhere for the bulk of the evening last night. Our phones stopped working, no call or text functions available. We all fell asleep, seemingly simultaneously. And when Charlie left — left a room with ten other people in it, one of whom had seemed to have some degree of claustrophobia — Charlie didn't wake any of them up. Didn't take anyone with her, not even by dragging us out.
When did that girl ever not volunteer herself for anything we needed? She wouldn't have left people behind. Not by choice.
It's a weird set of circumstances. So, we need to be prepared that we'll find some weird answers. Nothing to get rash about right now, but just...steel yourself.
Just keep an open mind. And think about how this all played out — what we know so far.
[He counts it off on his fingers.]
We were all mysteriously locked in somewhere for the bulk of the evening last night. Our phones stopped working, no call or text functions available. We all fell asleep, seemingly simultaneously. And when Charlie left — left a room with ten other people in it, one of whom had seemed to have some degree of claustrophobia — Charlie didn't wake any of them up. Didn't take anyone with her, not even by dragging us out.
When did that girl ever not volunteer herself for anything we needed? She wouldn't have left people behind. Not by choice.
It's a weird set of circumstances. So, we need to be prepared that we'll find some weird answers. Nothing to get rash about right now, but just...steel yourself.
Edited 2025-02-15 05:43 (UTC)
I don't know... she might have tried to handle it by herself if she thought there was danger. Especially if everyone was still out cold.
[ part of taking care of everyone, isn't it? she seemed to care a little less about herself than about all those around her. he's not arguing with richie, though - he has a point, it's just not one that laurence was prepared to think about. ]
Maybe you're right. It is all really weird. [ but where does that leave them? even more lost and confused? ] But I don't understand what that could mean. It's Heaven. Shouldn't it be safe? And if we don't get answers, or it's just... weird answers, what is anyone supposed to do about it?
[ part of taking care of everyone, isn't it? she seemed to care a little less about herself than about all those around her. he's not arguing with richie, though - he has a point, it's just not one that laurence was prepared to think about. ]
Maybe you're right. It is all really weird. [ but where does that leave them? even more lost and confused? ] But I don't understand what that could mean. It's Heaven. Shouldn't it be safe? And if we don't get answers, or it's just... weird answers, what is anyone supposed to do about it?
Definitely. It’s fun - the best way to stretch your legs after being in class all day.
[ richie does kinda seem like the nerd type though. laurence listens and glances at richie, wondering if this is supposed to be good music or not. ]
It’s... okay?
[ richie does kinda seem like the nerd type though. laurence listens and glances at richie, wondering if this is supposed to be good music or not. ]
It’s... okay?
[ he left the execution immediately. it's a lot to process, watching someone be killed right before your eyes. he's still reeling, but he's marginally steadier now that he's had some alone. still not great, though, but he's got a bottle of ginger ale to sip on, at least. ]
At least it's over now.
[ they got the right guy and now he's been... expelled from heaven. that's all they needed to do. none of them would do this again. ]
At least it's over now.
[ they got the right guy and now he's been... expelled from heaven. that's all they needed to do. none of them would do this again. ]
That it is. Cold comfort for JQ, but...he made it out in one piece.
[Relatively speaking. Richie has a proper beer with him, sorry he needs something stronger than a ginger ale. He cracks the top open and there's that delicious hiss, serenading him as he takes his spot next to the kid.]
Are you feeling all right? I know it's been all the worst case scenarios, from start to finish.
[Relatively speaking. Richie has a proper beer with him, sorry he needs something stronger than a ginger ale. He cracks the top open and there's that delicious hiss, serenading him as he takes his spot next to the kid.]
Are you feeling all right? I know it's been all the worst case scenarios, from start to finish.
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