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Sept 2, 2022 12:47:11 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Sept 2, 2022 12:47:11 GMT -5
Karl, Dewey
You head to the mall. It takes a bit longer than usual, what with some debris still lying around. There don't seem to be terribly many people here this morning. A lot of stores are even closed, presumably due to problems of the staff getting in. Jimmy and Avel are hanging out in front of the fountain, chatting. Avel looks like he's anxious to get into the animal shelter. Jimmy, on the other hand, keeps stealing glances over his shoulder towards Buttons. Buttons, sitting on a bench pecking at his phone, seems oblivious to this.
Dewey
You make a beeline for Mareena's shop and find the sign says it's still closed. You notice the lights are on, and you can see someone moving around inside. Suddenly Mareena's face appears in the window as she opens up her birdcage and tosses in some seed. She glances at you, then disappears again. A moment later the door swings open. "Yes?"
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Sept 5, 2022 21:55:06 GMT -5
Post by pielover19 on Sept 5, 2022 21:55:06 GMT -5
Sit next to Buttons.
"How do you do?"
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Sept 13, 2022 12:08:02 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Sept 13, 2022 12:08:02 GMT -5
Karl
Buttons jumps a bit when he notices you and quickly hides his phone. "Oh, uh. Hi. I'm... ahem. That is. I am doing well, young one. What boon do you seek of me this day?"
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Sept 18, 2022 22:57:05 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by pielover19 on Sept 18, 2022 22:57:05 GMT -5
"I dunno, yesterday was kinda crazy though. Came here and saw some real paper conflict, you know? I guess I just want to talk about something or the other. Got anything I could do for you?"
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Dec 17, 2022 14:00:40 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Dec 17, 2022 14:00:40 GMT -5
Karl
"Paper conflict?" Buttons asks. He gestures at a few scraps of paper still laying around in the corners and leaking out of trash cans. "Is that something to do with all this ripped up... well, paper?"
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Dec 17, 2022 15:56:50 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by mrfuzz111 on Dec 17, 2022 15:56:50 GMT -5
“Just checking in on you” Dewey responds, before making a clumsy attempt at small talk. “How’s business going?”
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Dec 22, 2022 18:34:16 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by pielover19 on Dec 22, 2022 18:34:16 GMT -5
"Yeah, the whole place was full of these paper monsters, and there was this police lady who yelled at me a lot. Pretty nifty, eh?"
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Dec 27, 2022 9:35:04 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Dec 27, 2022 9:35:04 GMT -5
Karl
Buttons looks around to make sure no one is listening. "...No? No, that's not nifty at all. What are you talking about? Don't you realize you could have been killed by monsters?"
Dewey
Mareena folds her arms. "Well, I closed the shop all day yesterday, obviously, and I'm taking the day off. So not great. But I have enough savings that a few days of bad business aren't a serious problem." Mareena shakes her head and shrugs dramatically. "If you're here for my services, the Not-So-Terrible Mareena can slip you in quickly, but then she needs to leave."
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Dec 30, 2022 17:11:31 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by pielover19 on Dec 30, 2022 17:11:31 GMT -5
"Well, I am here in the flesh still. To be afraid of death is to not live. I didn't come up with that, I read it on a fortune cookie once."
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Jan 3, 2023 8:35:37 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Jan 3, 2023 8:35:37 GMT -5
Karl
Buttons stares, completely flabbergasted. At a complete loss for words. Neat. He shakes his head after a moment. "Can you tell me a bit more about what happened here? Who the police lady was, or why there were a bunch of paper monsters? They don't look like anything I've seen in the Otherworld. I mean, there's those floating piles of money but these are a little different."
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Jan 4, 2023 0:35:08 GMT -5
Post by pielover19 on Jan 4, 2023 0:35:08 GMT -5
"I don't know the identity of the police lady or the origin of the paper monsters, really. I just sat back and watched it all happen. Well, the police chick saw me and told me to leave, so I hung around the entrance and watched some of the paper things wander in."
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Jan 8, 2023 22:46:45 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Jan 8, 2023 22:46:45 GMT -5
Karl
"Great, so the police seem to know about the monsters. Which is... good... I think?" Buttons says to himself more than you. "And there's at least one key-user we don't know about. Less good. Origami type of monsters...?"
Buttons looks thoughtful for a bit, and you think he might have an idea who it could be. He shrugs and turns to leave.
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Jan 19, 2023 19:10:30 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by pielover19 on Jan 19, 2023 19:10:30 GMT -5
"Hey, good chat. If you find anything else out tell me."
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Feb 3, 2023 3:27:13 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Feb 3, 2023 3:27:13 GMT -5
Karl
"Huh...? Oh. Uh. Yeah. Maybe." Buttons is talking weird. By not talking weird. You're not really sure why. He must really hate origami or something. Weird. You watch him leave, and then stick around to watch people a bit more, still trying to figure out what Buttons has against paper.
Karl and Buttons achieved rank 2!
By the time you come to a satisfying conclusion, it's already afternoon. Buttons is gone, but some new people are here. Like Somnis. And a silver-haired kid you don't recognize. He sits down on a bench nearby and pulls out his phone, tapping away at it. Also, Avel.
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Feb 6, 2023 20:28:31 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 6, 2023 20:28:31 GMT -5
Dewey considers it for a moment, then shakes his head. Judging by the way she’s acting she’d rather be left alone, and trying to pull something clever by using a fortune telling to get her to open up about what she meant yesterday when she implied something like this has happened before would probably just annoy her.
“No, I’ll go ahead and stop taking up any more of your time now.”
And with that he gives a somewhat awkward wave goodbye and begins to leave.
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