004 ♐ text : Fail to screw in lightbulbs.

[musclebeast]

D --> Are there STRONGER light bulbs somewhere in this e%ecrable place
D --> These terrible orbs of shattering pain are e%temely insufficient
D --> Or perhaps just, assistance with getting these into their sockets might be enough

Comments

[thleepy]

Bright! I think it caps at 1500 lumens. I'm good at being lightbulbs.

[musclebeast]

And you can get how many colours? What is the reason for having all those different hues?

[thleepy]

All the colors! [ Okay, that's a slight exaggeration. ]

It is so that I can... incapacitate people by flashing lots of different colors at them, in case they are bad people! And also because it is pretty?

[musclebeast]

...All of them?

So you can give people seizures. That-

All right then. [Adjusts his shades.]

Yes, very pretty.

[thleepy]

Oh no! I won't give you seizures Mister Equius, I promise! I haven't given anyone seizures ever, it is just something that I can do. It would be very mean to do it to people for no reason. I will only do it if they are mean to me first. [ Very, very mean. ]

... I make good light shows though. Heheheh. And shadow puppets! Oh, oh, what's your favorite one?

[musclebeast]

How mean...?

[thleepy]

Very mean! Like maybe if they were trying to kill me. That's mean. [ Nik scowls. HE DOESN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT MEAN PEOPLE. ]

What's your favorite shadow puppet Mister Equius? What is it?

[musclebeast]

Shadow puppet?

[thleepy]

Yes! You don't know what they are? It's when you make shapes with your hands! [ He waves his hands around, just in case Equius doesn't know what hands are either. ] I can do rabbit and dog and... and rabbit and dog... and rabbit... and... oh and a butterfly too! Do you want to see?

[musclebeast]

Why would you do that? What is the point to that foolishness?

[thleepy]

[ Hey... HEY. RUDE, EQUIUS. Nik scrunches his face up into a frown -- though it's more confused than angry. ]

Because it's fun.

[musclebeast]

Fun?

[thleepy]

Fun!

What do you do for fun, Mister Equius?

[musclebeast]

Make things, then break them. Archery. [Saying the latter gains a small smile from him.]

[thleepy]

[ Is breaking things fun? Nik frowns. He's not so sure about that... but his friends back home like to break things too. Maybe it is fun! He just doesn't understand it.

But archery.... ]

Oh! Oh! Are you a very good archer? Can you show me how?

[musclebeast]

[Oh it is, it really is 'fun'.]

I have held a bow for a majority of my life. [No he's not good.] I could show you at some point if you wished, Nikolai.

[thleepy]

Yes! I want to see. I do want to see! Can you shoot an apple off someone's head?

[musclebeast]

Um. [Pauses, glancing to the side. Thank you shades for hiding that awkward glance!]

[thleepy]

C... can you? [ COME ON, HE'S NOT LETTING THIS GO. ]

[musclebeast]

[....>_>]

[thleepy]

[ Nik looks crestfallen. ]

No...?

[musclebeast]

Not-

Not yet, no.

[thleepy]

Oh....

But you can practice! Do you want to practice with me! It will be okay if you miss and hit me instead I promise.

[musclebeast]

Um, I am not sure if that would be for the best. [His arrows might miss but when they do hit it's hard.]

[thleepy]

That's okay! It won't hurt me. [ overconfident, much? ] Besides I bet that you will not miss! [ overconfident and still filled with high expectations.... ]