EDGE OF REVERIE ⦿ OVERFLOW

[gunmettle]

reverie ⦿ overflow

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[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??? ]

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["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.

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[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.

[gunmettle]

I think it was you and me messin' around that caused us to be tangled, Herlock.

[ Amused. ]

In any case, I'll be back in a little bit.

[ So saying, he shoves his hands in his pockets and strolls away. He does at least make sure to go far enough as to be out of sight, since that probably maybe has something to do with it?? ]

1/2

[retroductions]

[Does he realize how much restraint it takes for Sholmes to remain in one place when he’s feeling as energetic as he does? These strings are so curious, after all, revealing much about everyone’s connections to each other, it’s hard not to dart off and seek yet one more.

But…. For the sake of science, he remains in one spot.

Juzo’s thread, tangled in the middle, starts to fade the farther and farther away the man wanders off.]

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[Calls out, even when he can't see him any longer:]

JUZO! I THINK YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CORRECT!

[gunmettle]

[ In the distance: ]

YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL ABOUT IT!

[ A beat. ]

CAN YOU MOVE?