outdistanced | turbo heaven 🌼 chrono

I didn't go down there. [ oh no you don't he caught that. ] What happened?

[ caught what. ]

Nothing really worth talking about. But you can type things in to see if anything happens, so we typed "apple." It asked if we wanted some - with a smiley face, even, so it was definitely messing with us.

We?

[ he asks, and then immediately kind of figures out what that melancholy flicker was, and regrets instantly. nausea, then, from both the realisation and response. ]

What the hell. [ ugh. apple goes back into pocket (sticky). ] This is really too much.

...Zhongli.

Yeah, it is. And we're no closer to figuring out what to do about it.

[ frustrating. but the anger's kind of bleeding out of him now - thinking of zhongli just makes him more sad than anything. ]

[ it's okay chrono can be angry (and still sad) for both of them!!! he's in half a mind to just fling this stupid apple into the horizon but. no. he should give it to the angels.

he grits his teeth and bites the anger down. emotional feedback loop like this would be. bad ]

C'mon, we should go get cleaned up. [ ugh, train seats while sticky. ] You still got that mirror?

[ he has more restraint than laurence who absolutely would just yeet without a second thought ]

Definitely.

[ once again wishing he could just teleport. ]

Don't worry, I've got it. And it actually seems pretty useful? So you can hold onto it, if you want.

[ a learned behaviour to not just chuck things, fortunately.

gives him a Look, then shakes his head. ]

Nah, you keep it. You did good work with that bear thing, and I'm still carryin' this watch around.

[ what's the look for ]

Something like this is a little different from things that'll help in trials. They might ask you to use it before long.

...The coins could be funny, though.

[ nothing!! (a flicker of something like concern, maybe.)

he shrugs and resolutely shoves his hands in his pockets. mirror's yours, buddy. ]

Yeah, I know. The watch seems kind of risky, like it could be wasted easily if used wrong. So I've been savin' it for somethin' dire.

[ ... perks up. sounds like shenanigans. ]

Oh yeah? You got somethin' in mind?

[ well okay!! he's not going to argue but the insistence feels a little odd. ]

Same reason I held onto the bear. I get it.

[ shrugs. ]

Nothing specific yet. But I bet you everyone here would have great reactions to it if we use it right. Like when Jiaoqiu turned green?

[ we have a bunch of bitchy folks here and he thinks it's the funniest thing in the world when they all decide to roast someone. just comedy gold. ]

[ it's fine!!

he just sort of tilts his head vaguely in agreement of keeping their assorted items for proper use, but adopts the sharp smirk of an experienced prankster at the rest. ]

Oh, for sure. Gotta be expert timing, though.

[ pats him on the back to get moving. makes a face immediately. sticky..... ]

It's one of those "group bonding" weeks. That sounds as good a time as any.

[ he is moving ok he hates having moist shoes ]

Hate how literal these are. At least this might make it a bit more fun.

[ let him tsun in peace. anyway off we go. everything being made of sugar makes this short trek so much worse, and he's still trying to get frosting out of his hair when they get to the station. ]

D'you think if there were any showers here they would've just been more soda?

They're not all bad... Some of the questions on the last one were kind of funny.

[ they got really into talking about holes, though, would like to pretend that part didn't happen.

he makes a face. ] Probably. Or that stuff in the lake, maybe.

[ the butterscotch. ]

Can't imagine it'll be fantastic given the weirdness of the week, but... maybe.

[ gestures between them vaguely. like, vaguely enough to be ignored. we don't have to acknowledge it.

...also makes a face. ]

Gross. Ugh, this is bad enough.

Maybe they'll just tell us to dance now that there's a whole ballroom. [ probably wouldn't be so bad for the emotion thing? he still does not want this

flicks some frosting off his shirt sleeve as they head for the train ]

You asked. Apparently you can swim in that stuff? I don't know why you'd want to. [ ... ] You should see your hair.

[ heh ]

I already told Yves I can't dance, so if that happens it'll feel spoken into existence or somethin'.

[ his boots are making awful sticky noises with every step as more and more sugar gets caked onto the soles. ]

How the heck did anyone work out it was swimmable? [ gross????? also just gives him a flat look. ] It can't possibly look worse than it feels.

[ debatable it's pretty bad. ]

Like you don't know how, or you're just bad at it?

[ stop not the damp shoe noises... hateful ]

I don't know and I don't ant to. Some questions are better left unanswered. [ laughing. ] We do have a mirror right here, if you want to see.

Ain't that basically the same thing.

[ he knows the concept of dancing. dancing has happened before (he's just bad at it).

his shoes are so heavy now :( ]

...yeah, alright, show us the damage.

No. Because if you don't know how, you can just learn. And it's not that hard, but if you're still bad it, then...

[ shrug? there may be no helping you at that point

brimming with amusement, he holds up the mirror. ] Nothing a normal shower can't fix, but.

...do you know how to dance?

[ smooth deflecting good job

oh it's bad. he makes a truly undignified squawking sound and tries to pull another chunk of frosting out of the mussed-up spiral. ]

--ow. Man, I didn't think those cake bunnies got me that bad.

Yeah? They have a ball every year at home, so they make us take dance classes from when we're kids.

[ sorry he's just. laughing at chrono. ]

Short hair has its benefits.

[ he says with frosting still in his hair ]

Mine's not that long! It's just- shut up!

[ throws a bit of frosting at him!! his hair is pretty long but due to anime hairstyle reasons he forgets. ]

[ blocks some of it with the mirror and the rest splatters on his face? still funny tho ]

Long enough that it'll take you a while to get it all out.

[ he's too mortified about the prospect of getting all this out of his hair to even laugh at him :(

clicks his tongue and throws his hands in the air. whatever!!!!!! god. back to subjects that aren't this. ]

Guess I'm not too surprised you'd know how to dance, actually.

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