DICK CATCHALL

[chaoticlootral]

lol dick catchall . . .

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W0 - POST EXECUTION

[chaoticlootral]

[Hi! Taako's here. He's . . . somehow had time to go fucking make cookies, which he's now presenting to Dick wherever he is. Probably his room? That seems fairly private.]

So that was fucked up, right? [Shoving the tray at him more.] They're chocolate chip.

[unpredicktable]

[ dick looks very bemused at the tray, but like. he takes one shamelessly? he fucking loves cookies. ]

I'd say "fucked up" doesn't even begin to cover it. [ nomnom ] Thanks. Are these bribe cookies? 'Cause they might work.

[chaoticlootral]

Don't know what I'd possibly be bribing you for! They're cookies just for cookies sake.

[Handing him the whole tray then.]

If those poison you, don't come crying to me though.

[unpredicktable]

[ THIS IS A LOT OF COOKIES??? he's confused??? ]

You know that just makes me think you poisoned these, right? [ I mean. he's still eating the one he took, and he deposits the tray in the room because there's a table and he can ] So what's the occasion? Stress baking?

[ dick you're a detective you can figure out why taako is giving you cookies ]

[chaoticlootral]

[He's just . . . not that hungry, after watching some people melt.]

If I did, it wasn't intentionally! [They seem fine though. I mean, Dick's not dying currently, unless he chokes on one. They are delicious! Taako's quite good at baking.]

Something like that. Maybe they're a bit of a bribe.

[Just . . . sweeping past Dick to go sit somewhere, crossing one leg over the other and toying with his braid. Apparently not gonna be the one brave enough to bring up anything dire first?]

[unpredicktable]

[ that's a mood and the main reason he only took the one cookie. he will, absolutely, hoard them for later though. ]

Good to know you like me enough to not poison me on purpose.

[ it's light and teasing, but he doesn't linger on it, taking note of taako's body language and reluctance. he leans against a ??? counter or something close by idk we have maps but i can't read, a small concerned twist to his mouth ]

Everything's been... a lot. [ an UNDERSTATEMENT. ] How're you holding up?

[chaoticlootral]

People keep asking me that, you know, and it's starting to make me worried I look like real shit.

[Tapping a foot, clearly nervous though.]

Also, I don't know what the right answer is. If I'm fine, I'm a sociopath who just voted for someone - even though she's a Ghost - to die horrible, watched two people melt, and is now cool with the current circumstances where my only instructions are to bang one out to appease some demons. If I'm not fine, then, what do I even do about it? See a therapist? You know one?

W2 POST TRIAL

[chaoticlootral]

[Hi Dick! Honestly, Taako's on kind of a warpath. Wherever you are - he'll corner him whenever he can catch him - maybe this time the Aquarium. Seems like a fairly sedate place.]

Listen, I, uh, have something to say. Everyone here, we've got like a sliding scale of Horny and Depressed, and so far maybe my Horny has been a lil' scoosh higher than Depressed, which means that I'm functional, but maybe kind of useless for most of the day. Well, right now, Depressed is making a big come back in a way where it's really fucking up my good time vibes, and now I'm just pissed off. I realize that without my, uh, dramatic game-breaking powers I'm not like, a super-ninja or whatever, but I'm completely stupid.

You seem well-connected. I want in. Whatever bullshit you've got going on. I don't like black and white options. Let me help, okay?

[unpredicktable]

[ dick looks surprised, for a second. it's quite the speech, and it's-- maybe unexpected. maybe it's just that he's tired. maybe he was trying to be sad with fishes? wow? ]

... Junpei, Escha and I were pooling our resources. That was part of it. Between all three of us, we could cover a lot more ground when it came to talking to people and finding information, as well as analyzing it. [ he starts with that, and the were is-- fun and new, he's not gonna concentrate on it. honestly, all things considered-- talking shop is a lot more useful to him than anything else anyone else has tried. and then, after a second: ] Taako, you have a role, don't you?

[ it's phrased like a question, but he sounds. pretty fuckin sure ]

I MEANT NOT COMPLETELY STUPID I HATE THIS

[chaoticlootral]

[He shuffles for a second, rolling some things over his in head. He's clearly weighing some options right now, and doesn't seem shy about letting Dick see that he's thinking about it. But he did just demand to be let in. Shoving his hair behind his ears and just nodding.]

[unpredicktable]

[ dick tilts his head at taako and smiles, a bit ]

Not curious at all as to how I knew?

[chaoticlootral]

Oh, I was figuring you were just gonna brag and tell me.

[Go ahead . . . ?]

[unpredicktable]

Not really something I can brag about, actually.

[ his tone is leading, maybe, a bit, ]

W2 - THURSDAY

[chaoticlootral]

[HI DICK

Wherever you are, Taako's comin' to find you. Immediately breaking out into a shit-eating grin the moment he sees him.]

Hey, Honey.

[unpredicktable]

[ he's in the void because they don't have to fuck.

anyway. ah, ]

This is going to be a thing, isn't it? [ he has the decency to sound a little bashful ] Not that I don't deserve it.

[ it's a good thing junpei told him what happened tuesday or he would have. not. caught on and just accepted it as a new pet name ]

[chaoticlootral]

Yes and you do deserve it.

[Good? He better be bashful?]

I had the decency to be an honest dude with you, my guy! And I don't do that shit often.

[unpredicktable]

It wasn't-- personal. It was just easier than trying to ... explain the whole thing.

[ :( ]

[chaoticlootral]

S'fine, I'll just assume you don't trust me and I will hold that personally against you for the rest of our time here.

[Is . . . is he joking? He's smiling.]

[unpredicktable]

[ ... dick can't tell so he'll just assume it's serious? ]

I wouldn't blame you if you meant that, but I did mean to tell you the truth eventually.

WEEK 4 - WED NIGHT 7PM

[chaoticlootral]

[WELL taako has probably harassed Dick earlier in the week, telling him to meet him whenever he's free - which is apparently late Wednesday night. Taako's opening up the door to his newly single room, ushering him inside.]

'Sup, Dick?

[unpredicktable]

You... asked me to meet you here when I could?

[ it's a little dry, but the sort of amused tone as he lets himself be ushered in. ]

Think I should be the one asking you that.

[chaoticlootral]

Yeah, yeah, and you kinda put me off. I mean, Wednesday?

[dont be rude, taako. Anyway, he's digging through his -- he realizes at this moment he doesn't actually have pockets in this . . . fuckin' feathery mess he's dug up straight out of old hollywood. It's hard to tell if he's actually gotten dressed up, or this is actually how he just hangs out in his room. In case he gets murdered? And he wants his corpse to look awesome.

Either way, he's found his clamshell on the counter, and is shoving it in Dick's face - open to the Bingo card. It's unclear if anyone else can even see it, but it's not like he's leaving it there long, since he's a bit hyped up and moving around too much for Dick to actually read it.]

I wasn't gonna bang you for the whole condescending I'll save your life act, but, listen, I'm real close to a prize here and I thought of a really good Bit and was wondering if you'd be down?

[unpredicktable]

[ he was hosting a party, taako, rude?

But Dick isn't actually taking offense, looking curious as Taako looks around for his clamshell and then trying to move his head back so he can follow his movement and read it-- but taako's all over the place in excitement and, so, he gives up ]

I wasn't being condescending-- [ it's said with a half sulk, because he really hadn't meant to be, and also, because he's not actually sulking But It Feels Important To Say, before he grins ] but sure. I'm down for kink bingo. What's the... "bit"?

[ dick should really ask before he agrees, shouldn't he ]

[chaoticlootral]

[Yeah, and? Taako's not more important than some dumb party? Haven't they bonded. Clicking the clam closed and just tossing it off to the side then, since he already said yes without asking what it was. Fortunately, it's nothing like . . . truly wild.]

Fellatio? You know? Like, sucking Dick's dick? [LAUGHING AT HIS OWN JOKE]

[unpredicktable]

[ he made a commitment to wear lingerie with grune and he had to see it through!!!!

the worst part is that dick does a little laugh groan ]

Like I've never heard that one. [ he says it but he still laughed, sooooo ] That's all?

[ it's pretty tame to be the one thing taako was missing ]