TINY CAT PEOPLE: THE MAZE TRIALS

[Lilium Mortem]

OH GOD WHY ARE PEOPLE MADE OF FLESH AND FLUID WE ARE ALL MORTAL IM GONNA DIE SOMEDAY I'VE BARELY LIVED ONE, DAY, THAT IS. WHAT LIES BEYOND OBLIVION? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CEASE TO BE? what does it feel like to kill someone?

[sarcovyn]

bazinga...

[victorianflorist]

hoc est nimium ego sum paulo scelerisque

[MarxzVulpez]

Are there any snacks?
also just, flop face down on the floor and start sobbing about how much you love Sky

[skinstealer]

 

SEE: Define..."okay" for me.
ROXAS: Like uh..... feeling alright, I guess?
ROXAS: I dunno, bud.
SEE: I mean...no, probably not?
SEE: Like...
SEE: We're all, just, mortal, and made of flesh and fluid, and we're gonna die someday-
SEE: I've barely lived one day, and I'm gonna die, we're all gonna die here
SEE: What does it mean to just...cease to be?
SEE: Fuck, I just
 

 

You flop forward onto the ground, face first.

SEE: thhis is too muchh i am just a little chocolate 
SAMSON: Ah shit, I think it's having a bad reaction.
 

 

Cayden swoops in, sitting down next to you and speaking in a gentle voice.

 
CAYDEN: It's alright See, you'll be okay.
SEE: I...
SEE: I wish I brought Sky with me-
 

Cayden gives a small nod.

 
CAYDEN: Tell me about Sky.
SEE: It's my little plush, my friend...my friend Monty gave it to me...
SEE: It matches theirs, and we played together with them-
SEE: I don't...have a lot of comforting shit, I just started fucking e-existing-
SEE: But Sky feels like something that's really, just, mine, but also good because it's got memories with a f-friend attached, yknow?
SEE: And...I don't know what to do, because, just, Sky's the most important thing I have, and I like holding it to make me feel better, but people are saying that Monty's a bad person-
 

Cayden simply nods along, listening to you ramble.

 
CAYDEN: I understand, it can be very hard to be without a comfort item.
CAYDEN: I usually keep some stuff with me in my bag to help me calm down when we go out.
SEE: Y-you do?
 

 

You lift yourself up a bit.

 
CAYDEN: Yeah, mostly like, fidget stuff though.
CAYDEN: And a like
CAYDEN: little handheld farming game thing that relaxes me.
SEE: They make games you can take with you?
CAYDEN: Yeah, there's like, little handheld console things.
CAYDEN: Do you want one? 
SEE: Wait, like...giving me one?
SEE: Y-you don't have to do that...
CAYDEN: Nah it's fine, I have an old spare.
CAYDEN: Lost it while high a couple days ago and got a new one.
CAYDEN: Took about five minutes after that to realize it was in one of my pockets the whole time.
CAYDEN: But the new one is a slightly better model so I kept using it.
SEE: You'd really do that for me?
 

For some reason, this is making you even more emotional.

 
CAYDEN: Yeah!
CAYDEN: I'll even throw in a couple of old games, too.
CAYDEN: Also I'll give you a list of my recommendations for games to pick up when you have impressions to spend.
CAYDEN: If you want that, of course.
SEE: Y-you're too nice to me...
SEE: Thank you...
CAYDEN: It's no problem, I just like having more people to play games with.
 

You're pretty overwhelmed at this point, but you feel like you should say or do something to express just how much this means to your highly emotional, weed-addled head.

[aotihav]

kinda mumble incoherently in distress- and maybe shout out one or two of the words you read on your laptops web browser before you can think of how to express your gratitude

[Lilium Mortem]

T-Pose as a true gamer's thank you

[King-Clod]

hmm. maybe we can offer something back? if they take a little of our chocolate for later it'll be weed infused, right? they like weed.

[sarcovyn]

fuuuuck. if i broke off every part of my body over time and over the course of a while my entire body will have regenerated at some point am i still the same tcp as i spawned as

[sarcovyn]

i think i've struck philosophical gold with that one... no way anyone has thought of it before...i could call it the bazinga effect.just the first thing that comes to mind

[sarcovyn]

the bazinga theory

[Stonek]

Just break down crying, these guys are so good to you

[victorianflorist]

Say thank you to the muffin man who lives on cherry lane

[Pichi2214]

Just hug the nearest person like you hugged Monty as thank you and comfort and just cause so many emotions words hard

[Wilds]

offer everyone a hug. you want to hug them. you want them to know how much this means to you.

you also really, REALLY want to show monty the little handheld farming game when you can. it sounds so nice.

[skinstealer]

 
You shuffle over and attempt to give Cayden a hug, missing on your first try.

SEE: Fuck
CAYDEN: Oh uh-
CAYDEN: Okay sure yeah.
CAYDEN: Don't worry about it.
 

You try to say something but all that comes out is a weird noise your mind tells you is "crying", and all you can do is hold onto the much larger gamer.

CAYDEN: Uh... there, there?
 

Cayden gently pats you on the head.

SEE: D-do you want, like...
SEE: Can I give you some chocolate?
SEE: L-like, the weed chocolate now, you gamers like weed-
SEE: You're so good to me and I-
 

You are really struggling here.

ROXAS: Yeah I mean
ROXAS: We'll deffo take any weed chocolate you want to give us
CAYDEN: Yeah but like, only a little.
CAYDEN: You gotta be careful giving that stuff away.
CAYDEN: It's like, you, you know?
SEE: Yeah...
 

Something hits you.

SEE: If, like...
SEE: I break off every part of my body, and it regenerates...
SEE: Am I the same TCP I spawned as?
SEE: Like, you said it's me, but is it me-
ROXAS: Whoa dude....
ROXAS: That's wild....
 

Samson pipes up from the other side of the room.

SAMSON: I think that happens to most species actually.
SAMSON: They're made of these little things called cells that swap out every once in a while.
SAMSON: Every few years all the cells will have swapped out.
SAMSON: But they don't talk about it a lot so it probably doesn't matter much to them.
SEE: No, no, like-
SEE: People would be talking about it if they knew how big of a deal this is...
SEE: It's...it's gotta be a new theory. 
SEE: I'll call it...
SEE: Uh....
 

 

The gamers wait patiently for you to get your thoughts together.

SEE: The...the big...
SEE: B...bazingo theory.
SEE: It's huge, so, it's gotta be big.
SEE: Bazingo because...bazingo.
 

Roxas nods slowly.

ROXAS: Bazingo....
ROXAS: I like it
ROXAS: There's something very intelligent and... gamer about it.
ROXAS: But I can't put my finger on it
SEE: Yeah...does this mean I'm a gamer now?
SEE: Am I, like, part of the gamer squad?
 

You see the TCPs in front of you shift nervously as Samson speaks up again.

SAMSON: No.
SAMSON: While you may be a gamer, you are not one of us.
SAMSON: We can help eachother out, sure.
SAMSON: But you are not
SAMSON: One of our squad.
SEE: ...oh.

[knux400]

oh...............

we're

still friends though right?

[King-Clod]

I'm...sorry. I overstepped. I'm feeling very overwhelmed with everything and I needed something to...belong to, I guess. But that doesn't mean I should latch unto other people's groups, other's families. I'm real sorry. Thank you for everything, really.

[victorianflorist]

I'm sorry, I'm just scared. Its hard to know who to trust down here, and you all have been so kind to me.

[skinstealer]

SEE: I’m..sorry.
SEE: I’m just scared…but I overstepped, I think. 
SEE: I don’t know who to trust and I really…I need something to belong to, or something, and you’re all so kind to me…
 

Samson lets out a low grunt and walks away to her desk.

 

Cayden leans closer and whispers.

CAYDEN: ...Try not to let her get under your skin with that.
CAYDEN: She’s just protective of us.
CAYDEN: We’ve all seen terrible things here and well...
CAYDEN: She doesn’t trust you much yet.
SEE: I know, but I still tried to just...barge into your family…
CAYDEN: Don’t worry too much about that.
CAYDEN: Wanna play a game together? I could grab you that handheld I mentioned.