TWO | [video] | This may not have been a bright idea

[bountyofthesun]

[Hate to tell you this, Vatheon, but your Japanese Great Unifier isn't looking so good. In fact, Hideyoshi looks all sorts of pale, queasy and glassy-eyed miserable, sitting cross-legged on his big fancy bed with the cover pulled over his head. And no thought bubble over him, either. The situation seems rather obvious.

It's been more than two weeks, and someone hasn't gotten around to touching the great coral yet.

He gives the SFC a vaguely resentful look, then sighs and shakes his head, matted hair getting all sorts of rumpled under the blanket.]


No free lunch. I knew it, I just knew it...

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[withoutasign]

Are you all right, friend?

[bountyofthesun]

[Hideyoshi opens his mouth to complain some more, but then gets distracted.]

Oh. Hey. [He makes a vague gesture upward, at his head.] Horns.

[withoutasign]

What? Oh, yes... I'm a troll.

[Signless smiles and obligingly takes off his hood so the human can get a better look.]

[bountyofthesun]

You're a bit bigger than the last one. And not as... fishy.

[Being unwell may be making him babble just just a bit.]

[withoutasign]

[Bigger and less fishy? That narrows it down quite a bit!]

You must have met Eridan or Feferi, then. They're quite a bit younger than I am, children rather than adults.

[ainohenshin]

Hey ya look kinda pale there. You alright man?

[bountyofthesun]

Oh, apart from the whole being snacked on by an unreasonably huge form of sea life, I'm just dandy.

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[ainohenshin]

Do ya need any help or anythin' I ain't a healer but I can patch up small injuries or somethin.' Gets kinda dangerous here.

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[bountyofthesun]

I don't know. [He sighs a little.] What happier alternatives ave you got to having a close encounter with the giant coral thing?

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[ainohenshin]

That ain't a yes or no answer but whatever.

[ Kuwabara sighs. ]

Somethin' broke through the bubble once, tried ta kill us with its huge tentacles and stuff. A giant coral thing might be more toned down if ya think about it.

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[warrior_king]

[As someone who is currently starving unless he touches the coral, Gorthan understands the situation immediately. And while he's technically incapable of compassion, he is... surprisingly willing to help.]

Meet me at the Plaza as soon as you can. If you are unable to walk, tell me where you are staying, and I will come pick you up myself.

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[bountyofthesun]

What?

[Does he really look like he can't walk? That's cause for alarm. Hideyoshi cringes back a little and throws the cover off his head, sitting straighter to show that he's perfectly able to and is not about to shake hands with any giant corals, no sir.]

Oh no no no - it's fine, it's really fine. There's no need for that.

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[warrior_king]

Do as you will. But you need to replenish yourself at the coral, and you need to do so *now*.

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[bountyofthesun]

Well, what if I don't? [He shuts his eyes tightly and rubs them with a fist. Ugh.] Do I die? Right now?

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[warrior_king]

I am told that one will fall into a long, deep slumber. I hope I do not need to tell you how akin to death that would be.

I understand your mistrust completely. However, it is ill placed.

If you value living, you should go. And if you cannot, I will take you there myself.

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[6coined]

*... He really hopes Hideyoshi ended up catching cold for real. Because that won't be good.*

Lord Hideyoshi. Are you eating well ...? You look under the weather.

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[bountyofthesun]

[If only. He could deal with a cold. He does not want to deal with monstrous marine life.

Have a weary grin, Yukimura, and a handy excuse.]

Eheh, maybe a little too well...

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[6coined]

*Yukimura frowns slightly, not quite convinced by the grin.*

If you'd like, I can try to get you some medicine my lord. I am acquainted with a locals who run a clinic.

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[bountyofthesun]

Oh, they have clinics. Well, that makes sense... [he considers for a moment, then makes a face.]

You'd think they'd be able to fix people with magic, too.

[echigo_wargod]

You seem somewhat under the weather.

[bountyofthesun]

Under the unnatural appetites of malicious marine mysteries, more like. [Making quips makes him feel better.]

[echigo_wargod]

[ a rather interesting way to put it. ]

Have you considered touching the coral in the center of the Plaza?

[bountyofthesun]

Oh, I've considered it. [He sounds less than thrilled with the idea.]

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[cinnaponpuppy]

Someone depriving you of food? That isn't very nice.

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[bountyofthesun]

What? No, no - [he shakes his head then winces hard at that. Bad idea.]

But someone might've told me I'd be paying for food with my health. That's not a very good bargain at all.