EDGE OF REVERIE ⦿ OVERFLOW

[gunmettle]

reverie ⦿ overflow

feel free to move threads over yourself
or message me and I'll gladly do it

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[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. ]

[retroductions]

You... Wha-!

[And this time, his surprise is far less feigned as he's lifted up and slung over Juzo's shoulder like a sack of bricks.]

Juzo!

[Wiggles, but alas, he is bound by his own doing.]

[gunmettle]

What's that? Sorry, can't hear you.

[ He's not actually heading back toward the dorm, instead he's taking them somewhere that's a lot less crowded, with fewer strings in the way. ]

[retroductions]

[LOUDER THEN (but hardly agitated at all):] Juzo! Where are you taking me?

[No, this is not towards the dorms, not at all.]

[gunmettle]

Cool your jets. I got a plan.

[ Once they are well and truly away from everyone else, he bends, setting Sholmes back on his feet. ]

The strings get kinda intangible the further away you are, right? So if I leave you here and walk away a bit, maybe it'll untangle itself.

[retroductions]

[Plopped back down on his feet, he blinks, the wobbles a bit as he tries to raise a pointed finger, but cannot.]

Oh, so you believe that it is proximity that causes us to be tangled? Or at least, provides a higher chance for us to become tangled?

In that case, let us test your theory.