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caughtinanetwork2013-05-04 06:27 pm
goodnightsweetprince) wrote in caughtinanetwork2013-05-04 06:27 pm
[ VIDEO ] - [ Hydrogen ]
[ Well, if you didn't want to see a close-up of Prince Gumball's pink orchid face for the opening of this video then today is not your lucky day. After exploring the extent of his little pink amaranth iStarfish, figuring out its purpose, trying to get it to play techno music and dying in the first level of a game he found on it, he decided to use it to communicate.
However, he pressed record too quickly and started the video prematurely. After a moment, he pulled it away so the network can be greeted with a more normal shot.
Generally, when Gumball finds himself kidnapped or in another dimension or possessed, Fionna is efficient and heroic enough to save him within a reasonable timeframe. This time, it's been a while so he decides to take matters into his own hands to see what the hold-up is.
He is also feeling a little extra impatient given how...wet the current location is and how hispink salmon rainboots are nowhere in sight. ]
Greetings, citizens of Vatheon! My name is Prince Gumball of the Candy Kingdom. Though my stay thus far has been nice-- [ and he thinks that's being kind ]-- I worry about my subjects back home and their low tolerance for stress. If you could be so kind as to direct me to your nearest ship port or best place to create a wormhole back home, I would be delightfully grateful. Ideally, I'd like to return on the morrow but if one is not available, my previous requests are sufficient.
[ He holds up a wet and sandy towel between his pinched fingers. ]
Also, is there a towel butler around? I'd like to receive a new towel at your soonest convenience, I dropped mine.
However, he pressed record too quickly and started the video prematurely. After a moment, he pulled it away so the network can be greeted with a more normal shot.
Generally, when Gumball finds himself kidnapped or in another dimension or possessed, Fionna is efficient and heroic enough to save him within a reasonable timeframe. This time, it's been a while so he decides to take matters into his own hands to see what the hold-up is.
He is also feeling a little extra impatient given how...wet the current location is and how his
Greetings, citizens of Vatheon! My name is Prince Gumball of the Candy Kingdom. Though my stay thus far has been nice-- [ and he thinks that's being kind ]-- I worry about my subjects back home and their low tolerance for stress. If you could be so kind as to direct me to your nearest ship port or best place to create a wormhole back home, I would be delightfully grateful. Ideally, I'd like to return on the morrow but if one is not available, my previous requests are sufficient.
[ He holds up a wet and sandy towel between his pinched fingers. ]
Also, is there a towel butler around? I'd like to receive a new towel at your soonest convenience, I dropped mine.
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[ Well. Prince explains the towel butler thing.] I am the demigod Annabeth, daughter of the goddess Athena. [ She wouldn't usually show off her heritage like that but things are so weird here. People are from so many different places. She feels like she needs to announce some kind of name and title, like in a medieval novel. ] Nice to meet you, Prince Gumball.
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The pleasure is all mine, Annabeth the Demigod. I have met quite a bit of you demigods! Are you new as well?
[ A village of demigods wouldn't be too farfetched. ]
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Ah yeah, I saw you talking to my boyfriend. Yep I'm new too. Seems we all arrived together.
[ A beat ] How long have you been here?
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Your boyfriend? Leo? Or Percy?
If you just got here, I've probably been here just as long as you.
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Ahaha, Percy, yep. Definitely not Leo. [ Nothing against Leo. She just prefers to date the more ridiculous and less scared-of-her type. ]
[ She nods. Seems she's running into a bunch of new people today. ] So I guess you haven't heard anything about how to get out of here either. Other than your wormhole thing.
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Yes, I have met him. He seemed like a very pleasant and charming person.
I haven't heard anything yet but you'd think that if people knew how to get out of here, they would have tried something by now.
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Annabeth lets out a laugh. ] That's the first time I've heard him described that way.
Makes sense. [ A resigned sigh. She's not giving up yet though. ] I've heard they're keeping us here to harvest our emotions which just sounds creepy.
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Really? How is he typically described? Should I watch out for him?
...oh well, I think I'll do something else.
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Annabeth laughs easily. ] No no, nothing like that. He's just more... cheeky than charming, I guess. [ And usually, unfortunately getting thrown out of schools for things that aren't his fault, instead of being called 'pleasant'. Percy suffers from negative press coverage. ]
Sounds like a good idea. Any plans so far?
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Nothing wrong with cheeky unless it gets out of hand. I'll be the judge of that for now. [ Everything Gumball has seen of Percy has been nice. Especially when Percy had stuck up for Gumball heroically against Karkat. ]
For now, I'll just keep my emotions to myself outside of farming hands.
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Hmmm. [ That's sounding entirely too easy. ] How do you propose to do that?
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[ Yeah but this is Candy-Logic so it's sugary, sweet and kind of stupid. He's a smart guy but he can also be kind of foolish. ]
I haven't yet devised a plan or a method for this but I don't yet know how they go about doing that. Know thy enemy, Annabeth! And know thyself!
[ Pause. ]
Then attack them where it hurts before they know what's coming!
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[ And now she's blushing a bit, but her expression stays strong as she smiles at the next bit, choosing to stay with the former topic for the moment. ]
Are you in love, Prince Gumball?
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Gumball smiles softly and thinks. Is he in love? The idea is beautiful and warm but fills him slightly with an unsure kind of feeling as well.
Of course he's not. ]
I definitely love my friends and I have love for the subjects in my kingdom. There are people I could be in like with but nothing more. [ sigh ]
Were you asking me or were you asking yourself?
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Oh, I know I'm in love. I didn't even mean it to happen so that's how I know it's for real.
But why do you say you could only be in like with someone? That seems sad.
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Does your love make your heart flutter like a delicate and innocent butterfly? Does it glow with every palp? Every. Single. Palp? Do you stand atop the rooftops, or in our current case, rocktop and shout...
Nay.
Sing the song of your love???
[ He's dramatic sometimes but he faces her question lightly, dismissing it. ]
It's somewhat complicated but situations are what they are and individuals are who they are so I think that being in mere ~like~ is being generous.
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Well, yeah, I guess it does. Makes my heart all weird sometimes anyway. I don't know about the singing though. [ Mostly she just tells Percy he's dumb and then kisses him for five minutes. ]
I see, I see. [ Annabeth is wise enough to know what the Prince says is truth. He seems quite smart for a candy prince. ] Does that make you sad?
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[ His tone changes a little. ]
Certain situations, yes. But I've got too much else to think about so I try not to.
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[ He emphasizes the pluralization of that world. ]
--sssss?
[ A bit more for good measure. ]
Oh my, Annabeth! Don't get the wrong idea of me! I am a prince first and my duties lie with my kingdom before I may allow myself the pleasures of the flesh! Besides, I know that I am not mentally or emotionally prepared for such a commitment. Or physically. Or spiritually. Or any other -ally.