WEEK 5 - MONDAY

[chaoticlootral]

[Hello :) Max :)

Are you ready to want to die again. Here comes ur two favorite dudes, and they seem like they might be in kind of a bullying mood. Sorry about it.]

What's up, little homie! Listen, we've got some shit going on, figured we'd swing by and talk to the NPC. Kinda been forgetting to do that. Also, uh, need a refill on the ol' grass, while I'm at it.

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[chaoticlootral]

Nope!

[Winking, then blowing him a kiss.]

But seriously, no, not really. Just running some numbers, planning some possibilities.

[ruffboi]

Not yet, at least. But good to know, good to know. Thanks for talking to us, Max.

[Patting him on the back. Putting a napkin with Kick Me written on it on there.]

[concertmaster]

What, are you guys planning a Reaper hunt too?

[hey he's ten he knows the whole patting thing!!!! he even takes his hoodie off to grab the thing because I fully assume Magnus put it in the exact spot a normal person can't reach in the middle of their back, showing off his lovely yellow t-shirt. fun fact! it looks really, really old. and also, like someone should teach this child how to remove blood from clothing because that's very stained.

anyway he puts his hoodie back on to flip them both off]

Seriously, I hate you both.

[chaoticlootral]

Uh-- [Gross, Max?] Wait! Not done yet.

What's up the head voices? The sword dude had one. Some sort of old fashioned ghost voices, right? Haunting whispers of the dead? Also, you know you can wash things in a McDonald's sink, right?

[ruffboi]

Leave off him, Taako. [Like he wasn't just bullying him.] Some of us like blood on our clothes. It's manly.

But yeah, I'm hearing them now. Very affirming voices. You got a tip?

[concertmaster]

[shoving his hands deeper in his hoodie, looking weirdly... defensive]

Yeah. Manly, like he said. Shirt stays like it is.

[okay, weird host. anyway.]

Hmmmm. Sounds like you've gotten a meme.

[chaoticlootral]

[When Magnus tells him to leave off, dropping it like a slightly guilty dog who's been caught stealing. Listen, it's not his fault he doesn't experience emotions like normal people, and has trouble picking up obvious Tragic Backstory cues.]

Like, uh, one of those engravings of cats saying humorous misspelled things? Or, you know, a more updated meme reference. Loss dot oil painting. [Fantasy Memes.]

[ruffboi]

Ye Old Distracted Boyfriend...? Nah, that's nothing.

[Almost like their references to things that exist in their fantasy world are just bullshit.]

Mind giving just a little more info?

[concertmaster]

Is it so much to ask that your world make a tiny bit of sense?

[ oil painting a meme kills him ]

In the psychological sense. Shared ideas that are spread through the general consciousness, that kind of bullshit? Someone's trying to get a message through.

[chaoticlootral]

Just wait until we get started about elevators, homie.

[dont you just love the idea of the Distracted Boyfriend Meme and the girlfriend is an elf and that’s the only difference though.]

Sooooooo. It’s the same mumbo jumbo as the Reaper Creeper, but projected directly into brains?

[ruffboi]

Yeah, I mean, no offense, Max, but I'm not a total dingdong, I'd figured that out at trial. Who's sending them, though?

[concertmaster]

[shrugs]

What, the individuals? Fuck if I know. I'm not in direct contact with your erased pals. I've got my hands full already.

[chaoticlootral]

Helpful.

[I mean. He has an idea.]

Well, I think that’s pretty much everything. Unless you want to open up about your past a little, jam with the crew. I mean, me and my boy here are getting kinda good at it, lot of sad teens around these parts.

[ruffboi]

Mmm.

[Okay, that helps.]

Yeah, thanks for helping us, Max.

[Bending down and giving him the tiniest, sweetest kiss on top of his little head.]

[concertmaster]

Absolutely not in a million goddamn years.

[he doesn't get to reject Taako more than that before he is Personally Assaulted Forever

oh... my ... god??? he literally looks livid, trying to reach up to hit magnus higher than his knee since that is All He Can Get]

What the hell! What are you even! What is wrong with you! I will murder you, old man!!!!