EDGE OF REVERIE ⦿ OVERFLOW

[gunmettle]

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sholmes.

[gunmettle]

( from here )

Sure did. This is definitely one of those times where it's easier if you already wear your heart on your sleeve.

[retroductions]

Yes, well. Let us give Stoat the benefit of the doubt. He will rail against a bond that implies more than using his teammates as "meta" pieces on a board. But surely we know the truth.

[gunmettle]

Everybody's gonna know the truth after this.

[ Amused. ]

We're still tangled up, you know.

[retroductions]

Yes, I know! [He laughs again and tugs at their string.] While I do not mind actually toting you around, Juzo, maybe it isn't practical for a lengthy period of time.

Shall we... untangle?

[gunmettle]

Guess we better try before we really get stuck.

[ He looks down, tries to follow the thread with a hand, and uh. This is worse than he thought. Are these threads like headphone cords? Just tangling themselves when no one is looking? ]

[retroductions]

[He stares down at the mess they've gotten themselves in, and huffs out a sound of amusement.]

Perhaps allow me? My fingers are quite deft, you know. Violin and all.

[gunmettle]

Be my guest. Can't make it any worse than it already is.

[retroductions]

[you say that now]

Indeed.

[Give Sholmes a minute, then, to loosen up their threads.]

Here, more your arm just so-

[gunmettle]

[ Famous last words, right?

Anyway, he does as asked. ]

You doin' okay down there?

[retroductions]

[Famous last words.]

I... I think so, yes.

Now, hold up your other arm-

[Oh, yes, surely this is fine.]

[gunmettle]

[ Lifts his arm, but not without some hesitation. ]

You think so?

[retroductions]

Yes, I—

[A pause. Hm.]

Juzo, try turning around.

[gunmettle]

Why do I feel like it'll just get worse if I do?

[retroductions]

Of... course not. Just turn around, dear fellow.

[gunmettle]

[ A resigned sort of sigh, and he flatly remarks: ]

Whatever you say, sweetheart.

[ Turns around??? ]

[retroductions]

["Sweetheart." That is very cute.

Please remember this endearment as you turn around to see Sholmes wrapped up in even more thread, like a fly caught by a spider. But at least the mess has transferred, somehow, mostly to him. Juzo appears far less tangled than before.]

See! Better.

[gunmettle]

[ Juzo, internally: Behold the man upon whom I have laid my affections.

Externally: a sigh. ]

Better for me, maybe. Can you even move like that?

[retroductions]

Remember, we were both bound before this! And now, only one of us remains strung-up! A fifty-percent improvement!

[He can move his legs, but his arms are caught.]

[gunmettle]

[ BUDDY... ]

I think it's still one hundred-percent a problem, now it's just your problem. Hold still.

[ Here we are again, now it's Juzo trying to do the untangling. ]

[retroductions]

[This counts as progress!!]

Half glass full, my friend.

[....He lets him work on detangling him.]

Better one than two.

[gunmettle]

[ His hands still for a moment, and he looks kind of thoughtful. ]

Or I could leave you like this. Less chance you'll get yourself in trouble.

[retroductions]

[lord that was supposed to be glass half full, where's my brain

Anyway, Sholmes looks up at Juzo, aghast. Or feigning it, at least.]

You'd leave me tied up here, helpless, and at the mercy of those who'd wander by?

[gunmettle]

[ oh lol I didn't even notice WE GOOD. ]

I didn't say I was gonna leave you here.

[retroductions]

Then where would you haul me off to, hm? Like a piece of luggage. Make me stand in the corner of Phoenix like a very dashing coat rack?

[gunmettle]

Dunno. Guess we can find out.

[ Sholmes is getting picked up now!! It's like he weighs nothing to Juzo, who just sort of slings him over one shoulder. ]