"Hey! You've reached Cayde, but either I'm busy or I'm busy. Either way, go ahead and leave a message...or don't. Obviously I won't get back to you if it's the latter."
[ He looks at Cayde while making a small gesture with his hands. ]
If I'm not fun company I can leave. [ It's not that hard for him to do that. ]
The new arrival suggested it? I'll be sure to keep that in mind.
If we have exhausted all of our options that's the only time we can truthfully say that we're stuck. There's going to be plenty to do if we get out of here.
[Cayde pauses, then drags a gloved hand across his face.]
Aaand back to my original point. Which I think was entirely missed. Tell me, what do you do for fun?
When we get out of here. It'd be kind of pointless if they kept us in here. ...not that it's already pointless.
Maybe they're waiting for a mutiny. Or maybe they didn't think about that. Huh. I wonder, if anyone actually cracked from being stuck in this place for a month, who would the first one be...
-unless they've been taking a page from those Atroma for entertainment and are waiting for something to happen. In which case we stick to being boring and bored. ...ugh, see, this is why I hate this sort of thing. Too much time to just think.
Not missed. I drink sometimes. I might play a few games that are around, probably an arcade type of game. One that holds a score board. Back at home I watched the orphans. [ Cloud glances away. ] Did I mention I spend my time alone? Even though I don't want to be.
We don't know [ Air quotes with his fingers ] "when". Why bring all the heroes to one spot with the calibrations?
I already tried having a voice of save the planet. I can tell you what happened with our choices and the consequences that followed. [ He looks at Cayde. ] They could bring this entire tunnel down upon us.
[ Cloud had thought about that because a plate can take out an entire sector and it's been done before. ]
I like going on long walks. Do you like going on walks? The scenery is fucking boring but having company would be better than staring at walls.
That can be fun. I used to help with keeping an eye on kids back home every now and then too. Children get really vicious when they're cooped up too long, you know?
[Good times. Especially swapping with Shaxx for a day.]
Clearly we need to come up with some more games at some point. I got paper. We can do tic-tac-toe. If we had a better surface to stick it on, I could draw up a dartboard.
[He winces a little at the suggestion that the whole place could be brought down around them.]
Assuming that the entire point was entertainment. They could be trying to feel us out. They can't expect us not to ask questions, so I'll assume they're going to avoid answering us. They seem pretty good at that.
[For a moment he wonders if Cloud's joking about the walk. The suggestion comes up out of nowhere, but he's feeling restless just sitting here chatting, so he nods.]
Don't know about long walks here, but yeah. Sure. Let's take a walk.
[He gets up, tossing his whetstone on top of the bag in the drawer. Then he picks up his knives, the largest first, sheathing it, then tucking the others away as well.]
I do know how children can be with being cooped up. Adults can get the same way.
[ Cloud sighs as Cayde goes on with thoughts of games. ]
If there's cardboard boxes you can come up with a game with them. Do you have extra paper and a pencil that you don't mind giving away? I need to write something actually.
[ He tilts his head to the side. ]
We can think that's the entire point but we don't really know if that's true or not. We could be feeling each other out in that matter. [ He gives a shrug since they happen to be going into each others mind space. No, he wasn't joking. ]
You go around a few times to make it feel longer.
[ Cloud walks towards the door, opening it as he waits for Cayde to finish up doing whatever so that they can go on the walk. Cayde might actually need it. ]
[He pulls out the drawer again to rifle through the bag there, pulling out some rolled up paper. Flipping past the first few that already have a bit of writing on it, he slips out a few blank sheets, tossing it on the bed before tucking the rest away again. A pencil follows.]
You can take 'em now or grab them once we get back.
[Patting himself down and lastly, the hand cannon holstered at his side, he gives a nod, gesturing for Cloud to head on out then. He'll be right behind him.]
If we go around enough times maybe we'll wear the floor down.
[ Maybe Cayde might be less restless. Cloud goes on walks often enough knowing that there might not be enough of it. But it helped to keep moving and pacing in a room wasn't really ideal.
He watches Cayde as he does whatever he needs to feel safer. Cloud gives a nod back to him while leaving the room to wait for the other to follow. ]
Depends if we want to walk that long. We might come up with other ideas.
[You just don't feel fully dressed without at least a couple dozen weapons on you. Anyway, you never know when you'll need a knife, and he's never going anywhere without his Ace.
He steps on out after Cloud, and not without a groan at the suggestion that the longer the walk, the more ideas they might have.]
[ Cloud smiles briefly at the groan as he looks at Cayde. ]
It won't be that bad.
[ He starts walking as if he's done nothing but this and maybe he has. ]
What other games do you think we could come up with besides tic-tac-toe? I'm all for competition. But, I'm lacking in needing something extra to go with it.
[Cayde drags his feet the first few steps before falling into a more normal pace. With nothing really to look forward to and no set destination, he sees no hurry to go anywhere, although that just makes him less eager to move. Still, it's something.]
Too bad we don't have a ball. Otherwise...
[He doesn't dwell too much on the thought, shrugging.]
Could do a contest of who can down the most nutrient paste, but that's not a fate I'd wish on anyone.
[ Cloud keeps an eye on Cayde watching him. They weren't going up flights of stairs. They can take a slow pace although that would make this a bit boring for Cloud. ]
Who says we need a ball? There's plenty of other stuff that can be tossed...
[ He can't help but give a small laugh at that. ]
No paste eating challenges. [ Cloud shakes his head. ] But we could use the paste to create something. A waste of resource but could be worth it.
Unfortunately I can leap from one end of the room to the other without having to do the obstacle. I have enhanced abilities that isn't just strength alone.
[ Cloud can do fancy spinning tricks to go along with it. But he's not going to mention that. ]
How did we get into watching paste dry on a wall? [ Because that's what they would end up doing with that. ]
[ Cloud watches Cayde knowing what point he had been trying to make. He smiles softly while bringing up a hand in a small gesture. ]
If we create a jumping course, what will be the reward? We could make a deal out of it. Since one of us might not do the obstacle to how it's made.
[ He shrugs. ]
I'm not going to be any better at this. You're providing suggestions. I'm willing to go do them but I'm not about to watch gel harden on the wall when we've been eating that stuff this entire time.
[ Cloud realized it was his friends that made him do fun things. What did he really do? Work, deliveries, he was around Marlene and Denzel, went to the church to tend to the flowers. Things that didn't require much but to just be there. ]
The reward is we stall boredom for maybe a few minutes if we're lucky. Or make a bet to see who gets yelled at first if someone were to come in expecting to have a sitdown.
-we can drop the paste thing. Anyway, most food tends to get gross if it's left out, so that's hardly anything to keep anyone from eating it. Anyway, the stuff itself's already gross-looking as it is.
[The Exo halts suddenly, snapping his fingers.]
Ooh, wait a sec, I got something!
[And with that he turns and starts to dash back towards his room.]
A bet at who gets yelled at first would be worth it.
I didn't say it wasn't. Only said I don't want to know how it hardens.
[ Cloud puts up a hand as if to halt Cayde but he lets him go. He turns in the direction that the Exo went in. The blond will wait out in the hallway for the other to come back. ]
[Only Cayde doesn't come back. There do eventually come a few heavy thuds, and after a moment more, if Cloud hasn't come to investigate himself, the Exo pokes his head out through the doorway and squints over at him before waving him back in.
The mattress has been flipped up from the bed and shoved against the wall. A very rough-looking target's been drawn on a piece of paper and pinned up by one of Cayde's throwing knives, just a couple feet from the top of the mattress.
[ Cloud would eventually slowly make his way down the hall. Cayde wasn't trying to get out of walking around the tunnel was he? The Exo didn't seem all that thrilled about the idea.
He tilts his head at the thudding and then raises an eyebrow at the waving. What exactly had Cayde done? Cloud walked a bit quicker to see what the other had done. At least he went down a more creative path. He puts his hands on his hips while looking at Cayde with a small smile. ]
We don't have to walk anymore. But you did get a nice thought.
[ He nods his head towards the mattress while looking back at Cayde and smirking a little. ]
Is this your way of seeing what the mattress is made out of or getting out of the walk?
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Date: 2020-07-09 01:42 am (UTC)If I'm not fun company I can leave. [ It's not that hard for him to do that. ]
The new arrival suggested it? I'll be sure to keep that in mind.
If we have exhausted all of our options that's the only time we can truthfully say that we're stuck. There's going to be plenty to do if we get out of here.
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Date: 2020-07-09 01:57 am (UTC)Aaand back to my original point. Which I think was entirely missed. Tell me, what do you do for fun?
When we get out of here. It'd be kind of pointless if they kept us in here. ...not that it's already pointless.
Maybe they're waiting for a mutiny. Or maybe they didn't think about that. Huh. I wonder, if anyone actually cracked from being stuck in this place for a month, who would the first one be...
-unless they've been taking a page from those Atroma for entertainment and are waiting for something to happen. In which case we stick to being boring and bored. ...ugh, see, this is why I hate this sort of thing. Too much time to just think.
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Date: 2020-07-09 02:41 am (UTC)Not missed. I drink sometimes. I might play a few games that are around, probably an arcade type of game. One that holds a score board. Back at home I watched the orphans. [ Cloud glances away. ] Did I mention I spend my time alone? Even though I don't want to be.
We don't know [ Air quotes with his fingers ] "when". Why bring all the heroes to one spot with the calibrations?
I already tried having a voice of save the planet. I can tell you what happened with our choices and the consequences that followed. [ He looks at Cayde. ] They could bring this entire tunnel down upon us.
[ Cloud had thought about that because a plate can take out an entire sector and it's been done before. ]
I like going on long walks. Do you like going on walks? The scenery is fucking boring but having company would be better than staring at walls.
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Date: 2020-07-09 03:23 am (UTC)[Good times. Especially swapping with Shaxx for a day.]
Clearly we need to come up with some more games at some point. I got paper. We can do tic-tac-toe. If we had a better surface to stick it on, I could draw up a dartboard.
[He winces a little at the suggestion that the whole place could be brought down around them.]
Assuming that the entire point was entertainment. They could be trying to feel us out. They can't expect us not to ask questions, so I'll assume they're going to avoid answering us. They seem pretty good at that.
[For a moment he wonders if Cloud's joking about the walk. The suggestion comes up out of nowhere, but he's feeling restless just sitting here chatting, so he nods.]
Don't know about long walks here, but yeah. Sure. Let's take a walk.
[He gets up, tossing his whetstone on top of the bag in the drawer. Then he picks up his knives, the largest first, sheathing it, then tucking the others away as well.]
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Date: 2020-07-09 03:42 am (UTC)[ Cloud sighs as Cayde goes on with thoughts of games. ]
If there's cardboard boxes you can come up with a game with them. Do you have extra paper and a pencil that you don't mind giving away? I need to write something actually.
[ He tilts his head to the side. ]
We can think that's the entire point but we don't really know if that's true or not. We could be feeling each other out in that matter. [ He gives a shrug since they happen to be going into each others mind space. No, he wasn't joking. ]
You go around a few times to make it feel longer.
[ Cloud walks towards the door, opening it as he waits for Cayde to finish up doing whatever so that they can go on the walk. Cayde might actually need it. ]
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Date: 2020-07-09 04:00 am (UTC)You can take 'em now or grab them once we get back.
[Patting himself down and lastly, the hand cannon holstered at his side, he gives a nod, gesturing for Cloud to head on out then. He'll be right behind him.]
If we go around enough times maybe we'll wear the floor down.
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Date: 2020-07-09 01:59 pm (UTC)[ Maybe Cayde might be less restless. Cloud goes on walks often enough knowing that there might not be enough of it. But it helped to keep moving and pacing in a room wasn't really ideal.
He watches Cayde as he does whatever he needs to feel safer. Cloud gives a nod back to him while leaving the room to wait for the other to follow. ]
Depends if we want to walk that long. We might come up with other ideas.
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Date: 2020-07-09 04:53 pm (UTC)He steps on out after Cloud, and not without a groan at the suggestion that the longer the walk, the more ideas they might have.]
Fine, we'll just play it by ear.
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Date: 2020-07-12 06:10 am (UTC)It won't be that bad.
[ He starts walking as if he's done nothing but this and maybe he has. ]
What other games do you think we could come up with besides tic-tac-toe? I'm all for competition. But, I'm lacking in needing something extra to go with it.
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Date: 2020-07-12 06:43 am (UTC)Too bad we don't have a ball. Otherwise...
[He doesn't dwell too much on the thought, shrugging.]
Could do a contest of who can down the most nutrient paste, but that's not a fate I'd wish on anyone.
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Date: 2020-07-12 08:16 am (UTC)Who says we need a ball? There's plenty of other stuff that can be tossed...
[ He can't help but give a small laugh at that. ]
No paste eating challenges. [ Cloud shakes his head. ] But we could use the paste to create something. A waste of resource but could be worth it.
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Date: 2020-07-12 04:54 pm (UTC)[His thoughts of the various ways they can misuse nutrient paste drift.]
We can leave cryptic messages on the walls. I haven't seen how it holds up after being left to sit.
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Date: 2020-07-15 01:25 am (UTC)[ Cloud can do fancy spinning tricks to go along with it. But he's not going to mention that. ]
How did we get into watching paste dry on a wall? [ Because that's what they would end up doing with that. ]
I'm not one to put up messages on walls.
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Date: 2020-07-15 02:03 am (UTC)[He gives a full-bodied shrug.]
I don't know! I'm just throwing out pointless suggestions.
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Date: 2020-07-18 03:06 am (UTC)If we create a jumping course, what will be the reward? We could make a deal out of it. Since one of us might not do the obstacle to how it's made.
[ He shrugs. ]
I'm not going to be any better at this. You're providing suggestions. I'm willing to go do them but I'm not about to watch gel harden on the wall when we've been eating that stuff this entire time.
[ Cloud realized it was his friends that made him do fun things. What did he really do? Work, deliveries, he was around Marlene and Denzel, went to the church to tend to the flowers. Things that didn't require much but to just be there. ]
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Date: 2020-07-18 06:15 am (UTC)-we can drop the paste thing. Anyway, most food tends to get gross if it's left out, so that's hardly anything to keep anyone from eating it. Anyway, the stuff itself's already gross-looking as it is.
[The Exo halts suddenly, snapping his fingers.]
Ooh, wait a sec, I got something!
[And with that he turns and starts to dash back towards his room.]
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Date: 2020-07-21 12:14 am (UTC)I didn't say it wasn't. Only said I don't want to know how it hardens.
[ Cloud puts up a hand as if to halt Cayde but he lets him go. He turns in the direction that the Exo went in. The blond will wait out in the hallway for the other to come back. ]
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Date: 2020-07-21 02:20 am (UTC)The mattress has been flipped up from the bed and shoved against the wall. A very rough-looking target's been drawn on a piece of paper and pinned up by one of Cayde's throwing knives, just a couple feet from the top of the mattress.
Someone looks proud of himself.]
Ta-daaa!
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Date: 2020-07-28 09:22 pm (UTC)He tilts his head at the thudding and then raises an eyebrow at the waving. What exactly had Cayde done? Cloud walked a bit quicker to see what the other had done. At least he went down a more creative path. He puts his hands on his hips while looking at Cayde with a small smile. ]
We don't have to walk anymore. But you did get a nice thought.
[ He nods his head towards the mattress while looking back at Cayde and smirking a little. ]
Is this your way of seeing what the mattress is made out of or getting out of the walk?
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Date: 2020-07-28 11:44 pm (UTC)[He holds out the rest of the knives from earlier.]
Can't throw 'em at the walls or the doors, but this works, right?