[TINY CAT PEOPLE] VOID SESSION: ACT 4

[skinstealer]

You congratulate Marnet, telling her that she did a good job- it’s an impressive first kill, even if she...kind of took unnecessary risks. Marnet blows you off with a wave of her hand as she climbs down from the bungle, worry setting in a bit more. You’d have to talk to her more about that one, but you had check-ins to worry about for now.

You tell Marnet to go ahead and see if there’s anything to salvage from the bungle, but not to worry about it if she couldn’t find any good shit. She gives a thumbs up and turns to the creature, leaving you to go talk to your team. 


 

VOIDSY: Well...we got that done!
EASTWOOD: No injuries or damage to our equipment either, by the look of it.
EASTWOOD: Not bad for our first group combat encounter, even if it was just an animal.
WRETCH: just an animal?!
WRETCH: that fucker was huge!! it could have eaten our cats in one bite!
MILLER: We shouldn’t downplay the dangers at hand, no. I’m glad that things went well in the end, but…
MILLER: That was a scary situation to be in, and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time…
MILLER: I...knew there was going to be violence in this “game” and I was prepared for it as best as I could be, but it still felt…
MILLER: I don’t know. Even if Marnet was the one to take a life, Lady contributed, and I directed her to do so.
MILLER: I can’t help but feel like there’s some blood on my hands as well…
EASTWOOD: It’s them or us, and I don’t want it to be us.
WRETCH: yea...voidsy like, fucking dies if they lose, so…
MILLER: I know. We did what we had to do, and it wasn’t sapient to begin with, but...it’s still unsettling.
MILLER: But, on the matter of Void dying…
MILLER: You really need to be more careful with what you tell your TCPs to do! That move you pulled was incredibly risky and could have lead to Marnet getting eaten!
MILLER: I’m glad Lady was able to hold onto that thing, or we could have had a real problem!
VOIDSY: We...didn’t actually direct her to do that.
MILLER: ...what?
VOIDSY: That was all her.
MILLER: That...presents an issue of its own.
MILLER: Giving the TCPs room to do their own thing is important and I’m all for it, but if you’re going to do that, you need to make sure they know the risks at hand first.
MILLER: If Marnet is that impulsive, you need to figure out a way to curb that without taking away her free will. 
VOIDSY: We know...we’re going to talk to her about it in a second. 
VOIDSY: Trust me, we don’t want her dying any more than you do. She’s important to us.
MILLER: Good.
EASTWOOD: Yeah, probably a good idea to curb that...bloodlust. 
EASTWOOD: Though it definitely got the job done. Clown contributed too. 
EASTWOOD: Could have gone a lot worse.

Wretch doesn’t say much, and you’re not sure what to do there. Something’s clearly bothering her, but it’d have to wait until you got a moment...possibly alone.


 
You turn back to Marnet to see her wrenching teeth out of the bungle’s mouth with her claws, grimacing a bit at the dental hell on display. She seems unbothered by it, and that just makes you worry more. You ask her how she’s doing, and she admits that she’s still coming down off of a weird rush- it didn’t feel great, but she couldn’t deny that there was some kind of power going through her when she took that shot. You have no idea if TCPs have any kind of adrenaline or not, but you figure it’s probably close to that. You make sure to tell her that that kind of feeling during something like this is a completely normal survival reaction, but...she needs to be more careful with it. She really, really took a risk there, and you don’t want to lose her. She’s important to you.

Your words seem to sink in, and she nods. She didn’t want to leave the other TCPs alone either, and knows how much it’d affect them if she were to bite it. 

But, that just means she’d have to win. You reluctantly tell her that having a positive attitude towards this is probably for the best, as long as she’s more cautious. No more jumping onto bungle faces. She sighs and agrees fine, she’d do her best not to make moves like that again. It seems to be the best you’re going to get.


 
Marnet, having filled her hands with bungle teeth, heads over to Cynthia and asks if she can put them in her bag’s pockets. Cynthia seems to almost grimace, but accepts, the lobster type putting the needle-like teeth in the outer pocket for later. The guidance type seems to almost start asking what Marnet’s going to do with said teeth, but thinks better of it. Marnet just holds up a bloodied hand for a high five, to which Cynthia hesitates and weakly smacks her hand.

The high fives do not end there. Over to Whipp, who staunchly refuses, and then Slick, who doesn’t seem to have much enthusiasm either- if anything, they seem almost despondent. 

Marnet doubles back to Illusio, offering the same, horrible, blood smeared hand. Up top, she says. Illusio backs up a pace and politely declines, looking nervous in front of the blood-covered lobster. Lady, however, immediately accepts when offered, albeit without much fanfare.


>CHECK: MARNET

Marnet is a LOBSTER TYPE TCP, and is bulky and strong. Being a CREATURE TCP, her abilities are passive and cannot be used intentionally without aid of magical items. LOBSTER TYPES shed their shell armor regularly and without warning, giving them a vulnerable period while the new armor grows in. The shed armor can be used as you see fit.

Marnet seems to be cooling down from the fight, and is mainly spending time talking to her comrades. Her health is at PERFECT, and despite the fact that she’s completely splattered in blood, she’s sustained no injuries from the fight.

Marnet’s thinking about what you talked to her about earlier, and is weighing the pros and cons of risk taking in the face of mortal danger. She seems pretty split on it, and leans more towards making risky decisions if the ends justify the means...but she also worries about the little family she’s been welcomed into, and what they’d do without her. Like it or not, she’s definitely the strongest TCP physically, and without her, they’d be really struggling. Besides...there’s one TCP in particular she didn’t want to make sad- but you can’t seem to get more of a read on that from a simple check command.

Marnet's SKILLS can be checked separately via a CHECK SKILLS COMMAND. She currently has no inventory.

Marnet is also YOUR, VOIDSY'S, TCP, and is safely under your influence.
 

EASTWOOD: Looks like nobody needs healing, like I thought. We’re good to go.
MILLER: Should we move on now, or are there any last minute matters to tend to?
MILLER: Anyone have concerns or discussion to make?