(VIDEO) — UN: FISHBONES!!!

[opheliac]

( if you catch this video fast enough when it starts, the viewer will see a feminine hand coming to view. but that hand quickly ducks down off screen and all the video shows now is an open living room. alright, this seems odd and rather boring.

that is until, suddenly a rocket launcher shark comes into the viewing. whoa! it's pretty huge. it's all in the camera but whoever is controlling it is trying to inch it perfectly. once that's done, the jaw of this weapon starts to move and out comes out a goofy voice someone is providing for it.)

❝Hello everyone! I hope I didn't surprise or scare anyone with my appearance! I've been meaning to chat with you all for a very long time but... ❞

( a little pause as the head looks down to the floor. )

❝ SOMEONE'S been a little rude and wouldn't let me meet people. But it looks like today is the day! So... ask me anything! I'm an open book or we can chat about our favorite things!! I looooooooove talking about good and happy stuff. So don't be shy! ❞

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text - UN: IceCream

[threelayers]

[...

Jinx, are you oooooooookay?]

Heya Fishbones.
So what ARE your favorite things?

[She was almost, for once in her life, nervous to get the answer.]

[opheliac]

( she is never really okay. although responding to neo will take a little bit. she will see fishbones kinda just... idly there since jinx has to read it for him. )

❝Hello! Hmm, my favorite thing is smelling the flowers. I smelled one once and I've been so crazy about it. I hope all the snow will melt so I can see them. Maybe I'll do a flower collection. That's a cute hobby, right? ❞

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[possessum]

( Unsurprisingly, the display definitely unnerves Peter, and yet here he is turning on his video to reply. There's a few reasons for it, and maybe the main one is that he feels the need to check on Jinx. It all seems playful enough, but.... it wouldn't be the first time someone he knew used an inanimate object to communicate through. )

Hey uh, Fishbones? Is that your name...? ( A beat. ) You belong to Jinx?

[opheliac]

( the rocket launcher rocks back and forth (which makes one wonder how in the hell can a tiny girl like jinx can hold up such a massive weapon. how? video game logic, that's how) to indicate he is pretty happy. )

❝ Yep, that's my name! And yes, I belong to Jinx! How did you know? ❞

( besides the obvious voice she is displaying for him. )

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[fogsong]

Hey, Fishbones, anyone ever tell you you sound a lot like Jinx? [ yeah she knows she's hilarious ]

[threelayers]

[She was starting to get used to that fact... slowly slowly.]

It's an adorable hobby and there's flower shops in town.
Just be really careful not to sneeze around the posies, ok?
You'll scatter the petals.

[And probably destroy a city block.]

[opheliac]

❝ Nope! But I guess that makes sense. She did create me. ❞

[fogsong]

[ ...

Sharon's not sure if she wants to play along but... ] Tell me about when she made you.

[possessum]

( There is definitely no thought in Peter to call her out about any of this, and instead to just play along with it. So Peter does, addressing the mechanical-looking shark directly. And opting not to say that he can hear the girl speaking for him. )

Oh — I recognise her treehouse from the video. I've been there before. ( SLIGHTLY AWKWARD... )

Did she.. build you? By herself? You're really cool-looking, dude.

[opheliac]

❝ Yes! She made me out of scraps back home. I... wish it was for a nicer reason, but it's okay! Here I am. Oh, and thank you for the compliment. You are nice looking for a human. ❞

[opheliac]

❝ Oh, don't worry. I promise to turn my head away or cover my nose whenever I see. It's a polite thing to do, you know.

Are you enjoying yourself in this new city? I've... only been outside once. ❞

[opheliac]

❝ Oh... are you sure you want to hear about it? It's... not a very nice story. ❞

[fogsong]

[ oh ] Of course. I want to know everything there is to know about Jinx, even the sad or bad or not nice shit.

[threelayers]

You'll have a blast in this town. I know it.

[Neo. Don't encourage Jinx.]

It's not a bad place to live.
But where I come from's a total shithole full of monsters.
So I have low standards.

voice: un vi

[faceblocks]

[vi will play along. she's done it before, but it's worrying. fishbones is a ...rare appearance, and it's usually when jinx is fragile, when she needs comfort. hey, we all have our coping mechanisms, even if this one did nuke a building - it dodn't do that here.]

Hey, Fishbones. Serious question. What do you like better? People friends, or weapon friends? I could introduce you to my boots, or my gauntlets.

[would she name them and do silly voices just to make her sister feel better? yes.]

[opheliac]

❝ Hmmm... that's a real toughie! I really like people friends. Everyone has such a colorful personality. And I would love to meet more. Weapon friends are good, too. They're good because you always know where they are and you can't hurt their feelings TOO much.

Oh, and! We weapons are very simple things. Guns want to shoot, grenade want to explode, and me? ... Well. I'm a little different. ❞

[opheliac]

❝ Monsters? Oh no, that sounds really scary!! But... this place has scary things too, right? Jinx told me about them. She takes Pow-Pow with her to get rid of them. I get worried about that, you know.

I sit here and wait for her to come back... ❞

wtf my words. im sorry for the edits

[opheliac]

❝ O-Okay... ❞

( give this rocket launcher a minute. it's trying to readjust from the way it's being held up. )

❝ You see a loooooong time ago, Jinx use to draw me. She and I would go on all kinds of adventures. Blowing up blue and pink buildings, I shoot lasers out of my mouth, the works! It was a real fun time. ... Until suddenly, I woke up with Jinx all big. She wasn't a little girl anymore.

Her dad or, well, her boss wanted her to create a deadly weapon. Something that will show the city they didn't like they mean business. And that... was my purpose. ❞

[possessum]

( Peter gives a little smile at the words. )

Thanks. And that's really cool — that she makes things out of scraps. My little sister used to build dolls out of all kinds of scraps, too. Kind of like you, just a lot smaller.

( He pauses, hesitates. )

Is it okay if I ask what that reason was? But you don't have to say if you don't wanna.

[opheliac]

❝ Hmmm? The reason for my existence? ❞

lmfao it's all good i totally get it!

[fogsong]

[ Oh, Fishbones, Jinx has made you so precious.

But the story hits at something in Sharon and reminds her of the memory of Jinx and Silco. Her dad. Her boss. Fishbones was an imaginary weapon that Jinx used to cope with by drawing... she made him real because her dad needed it. Her dad. Her boss.

Her dad. Her boss. ]

Did you fulfill your purpose?

[opheliac]

❝ Yes... I did what I was meant to do. ❞

( there's a small pause and then: )

❝ I think Jinx wants to make another missile for me to have. I don't know what she would want me to blow up, but... I hope it doesn't involve people! ❞

[threelayers]

Chock full of them, but not as bad as home.
But come on, one look at you says you have more than Pow-Pow to bring to the table.
Bet you could wreck a bit of havoc if you have to.

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[givetheslip]

What in the world is that?

[opheliac]

❝ Huh? What's what? ❞