un: GoldenFlowers, video

[the_obedient_servant]

[The video displayed on the small screens of an omni is of Chara sitting at a desk of some kind, balancing a knife on the tip of their finger like it was as light as a feather.]

I think we, the Sleepers, as a collective, have a habit of forgetting about threats when they leave our immediate attention.

The Chocolatier is a good example of that. As are the Zealots. Soon we'll probably be dealing with the catacombs again.

Regardless, a warning is probably necessary. Be careful about which chocolates you allow yourself to eat. They might all be ddelicious but some of them will spark a murderous single minded rage in you, or allow someone to order you around like a slave.

Can't even trust chocolate. More proof that this world is hell on Earth.

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[gotaknife]

[The video opens with Martin at his desk at home. He's just going to ignore the knife for now. Being in Trench probably means having to grow up very quickly, given the dangers of this world, so he feels inclined to not comment on it for the moment, at least.]

That's... probably a good warning. Plus, you know. The whole not taking candy from strangers thing. Murderous rage, or someone being able to order you around though feels like the kind of thing that would be really weird to forget?

[the_obedient_servant]

It's one of the more benign threats we've had. Some of the chocolates are aphrodisiacs, or they make you want to be friends with the next person you see, one of them turns you into an animal. Some are dangerous but not all, at least in theory.

[They personally did buy a whole lot of chocolates. They're useful weapons.]

[gotaknife]

So kind of like chocolate Russian roulette. But I mean, even something that makes you want to be friends with the next person you see might not be great, depending on who that person is. What if it's someone really horrible?

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[hachitaro]

And this is why I stuck to giving honey candy. Can't get murderous off of that.

[the_obedient_servant]

Don't give the Doorway ideas.

[hachitaro]

What's a doorway gonna do, fall on me?

[He knows what they're talking about, but still.]

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[onerthes]

True enough. Not all of us have forgotten the threat, but the truth is that it's easy to become embroiled in dealing with the immediate problem without preparing. I think we should almost certainly be ready and prepared for the zealots again in the winter...

The bastard gave me some. They're locked in the fridge safely. I don't trust them. It's good of you to make this.

[the_obedient_servant]

The soap opera last year was enough. No need for a reprisal. Smart of you to refuse them. I can give you the guide that I made if you'd like? [They did, after all, try every single one of them with Zib.]

I'm not sure we can beat the zealots with preperation. We need to go on the offensive eventually, and even if we killed them all, they'd just come back.

We need a solution.

video; un: clarke

[romancekiller]

Yeah, I don't think you're wrong about that— but either way it is a good warning to know these things repeat themselves last year.

[the_obedient_servant]

Which in theory means we have a whole year to deal with them. In practice, we're constantly bombarded with new and exciting threats.

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[danserai]

There are evil chocolates?

[the_obedient_servant]

Dangerous chocolates, at least.

Did you not encounter the Chocolatier last year?

video | un: justafarmlad

[justoscar]

I'm just lucky that the chocolate just made me have antlers for a few hours. I've seen what some of them can do and it's scary.

We should be careful about any games we're pulled into playing too, because things got really messed up with them last year. I try to keep an open mind about the Pthumerians, but they can be scary when they want to be. And, with a lot of them acting strange lately...

[He sighed, plainly worried about the reality now that he was thinking about it. All he wanted was a place for his friends and family to be safe, but how was that supposed to happen?]

[the_obedient_servant]

There's not much we can do about that except keep ourselves well stocked in case we are sent to one of the Moss Kings' little games.

Why are you so determined to give them the benefit of the doubt? A Pthumerian who kills you is operating under the exact same thought as a human killing you. [You know, like they did.]

(private) video | un: graham crackers

[possessum]

( There's a couple of things about this message that Alarms Peter. Mostly, it's the fact the kid has a knife.

But what stands out in a way that makes his heart skip an odd, pinprick beat, is the fact that he.... recognises them. Not directly, but from drawings he's found over the past year. A child with hair like that, and red eyes. ....In one of the drawings, the child actually had a knife.

Peter has no idea how to approach this, but he starts by making the conversation private. Just in case. )

Hello... ( It comes out sounding like a question... almost like he's asking for permission whether it's okay to talk or not. )

This... is going to sound kind of weird. But have we met before?

[the_obedient_servant]

[Ah, Paimon's host. The look in their eyes doesn't betray any emotion or recognition.

Peter Graham never interested them, beyond the fact that they thought Paimon would be worse off without his influence over him.]

We haven't. [Technically.]

But I know of you. Peter Graham, correct?

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[fogsong]

It's easy to forget past threats when you're trying to deal with the current ones.

[the_obedient_servant]

Agreed. It's understandable. There's always something going on and compared to last year, the threats this time around have gotten worse.

Though I think we should probably at least try to combat past threats now when it's a little less insane than it will get the closer we inch toward July.

video | un: dito

[syncopathic]

This place is triggering my deja vu in a lot of ways, honestly. I hope we're not stuck in some kind of weird purgatory. That would suck.

Almost as much as being compelled to eat weird magically tainted chocolate. I don't even like sweets and even I was picking feathers off my ass for days afterwards.

[the_obedient_servant]

Literally? Not purgatory. But it might as well be. It seems like the world is stagnant and always on the brink of another round of apocalypse.

On the flipside this place is at least a lot less boring than Purgatory would be, in theory.

text; un: pareidolia

[toteninsel]

[ Ariane sits near a light and airy open window. She smiles like she's telling an inside joke. ]

This is not a place of honor, then?

[the_obedient_servant]

No highly esteemed deed exists here.

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[strikefirster]

I'm going to kick the shit of those froggy sons of bitches once the jungle comes back. Mark my fucking words.

[the_obedient_servant]

[This guy... They're kind of baffled that he's commenting on their post.]

Did you not the first time? They weren't that tough.

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[stilljustyou]

The chocolates last year changed us, but some of didn't make us do bad stuff.

( An entire year... A lot's happened since then. Frisk isn't so trusting of anything here like they may have been beforehand.

At the least, they made a friend out of it. They aren't so sure what might have happened to Chara.

They hesitate before speaking again. The next subject is still a bit of a sore one for them. )

... Do you really think we might fall into the catacombs again?