open 💀 sixth trick | april catch-all

[stillarhino]

Who: Beat and you
Which: Network + Open log
Where: Network, Flip Factory, around Reverein
What: April catch-all, Beat musing about friends who've left
Warnings: None for now, will add if needed


💀 i. network

sender: beat
to: everyone
subject: being remembered

[There's a large black blotch that appears on the page, growing as time passes before Beat's messy scrawl begins to appear on the page.]

if you was gonna be gone tomorrow whats something you wanna be remembered for
like whatchu want the people whos still around to remember
if its a thing or a symbol or something ya do
dont matter what it is
whats that thing?

💀 ii. fresh coat of paint

[In the hours and days following Beat's message on the journals, he constantly finds himself standing in front of the memorial wall made after the fall of the Story Eater almost a year ago. Most of the graffiti and paintings depict people who were present facing off against a tall towering creature. Some depict the town of Reverein itself, others on what seems to be people on the moon that hangs in the sky.

Other pieces of art on the wall have no rhyme or reason, but many respect the space of those painted before, a collage of styles and personalities of all those who've lived in the village. Important details were not painted over and many left pieces to be continued by the next artist.

Beat had been doing just that, adding to some art of a bush with differing flowers on it: chamomile, roses, and yellow lilies. If you happen upon him, he may be in the middle of adding a few new pieces. It may be a tree with veins that glow a bright purple, cherry blossoms, or a black cat curling into itself at the roots of the tree.

Regardless of when you catch him in the process, the look on his face is sad, almost pensive or solemn. Nothing like one might expect if you've gotten the chance to meet him.]

💀 iii. dreamboard 402: top-tier pranks

[In an attempt to cheer himself up, Beat decided to participate in pranking a few hapless victims, hoping to get at least a laugh out of it.

If you walk past two posts or a narrow row of trees, you might find yourself slamming your face into a piece of plastic stretched across a distance. It is near invisible except for a perceptive few. Should you get caught you may hear a snicker hiding behind a bush or bench. And should you manage to avoid it, there's a clear grunt of frustration nearby.

It's not hard to find Beat hunched over something in an attempt to hide himself.]

💀 iv. wildcard

[None of these work? Hit me up on discord at riyuji or riyuji and we can work something out.]

Comments

[book2thehead]

It's really admirable of you to want to become more reliable, but from what I've seen, I think you're already there~

But that's not really what you're worried about, is it?

[stillarhino]

nah it aint

[Even if this conversation is taking place over the journals, he still instinctively shakes his head in response.]

you been around pretty long right?
have ya had friends of your thats...
i guess someone whos woken up?

[book2thehead]

[Ah. This makes sense.]

Over a year now. So yes, I have.

[stillarhino]

...dyou know anyone who aint waking up when they leave here?

[book2thehead]

[There's a pause.]

It's not something I've asked about.

[stillarhino]

nah probably aint something that just comes up anyways

that friend of mines like that
he aint here and he aint sactly home either
so all that just got me thinking about this you know?

[book2thehead]

I understand. And that's a bit of a difficult subject either way. I know there are some who prefer being here to their circumstances back home, whatever they may be, and others who are simply happier here. But we don't really know the exact nature of this dream world that we're in, do we?

[stillarhino]

yeah its kinda weird right
like part of me wants to go back and part of me wants to stay
we even gonna remember any of this if we leave?

[book2thehead]

I know there have been instances of people falling into comas here where they've "woken up" back home and lived out their lives there for a while, all without remembering anything about this place. But then when they awaken here, they remember everything.

It makes everything... that much more complicated, I think.

[stillarhino]

nah yous right
and i thought the reapers game back home was tough

[book2thehead]

Oh? What's the reapers game?

[stillarhino]

itsa game that people play if you wanna second chance of coming back to life
you got all of this missions that you gotta complete in a week
else you get erased for good

[book2thehead]

[I'm sorry, what?]

I don't think you've ever mentioned that before.

[stillarhino]

nah i dont go round talking about it much
aint like that kinda things easy to bring up you know

[book2thehead]

The friend that you mentioned earlier... Were they also part of that game with you?

[stillarhino]

nah he's someone i met here
just know that stuff went down back home for him too

[Then after a long pause, he realizes something and he adds.]

before you get any funny ideas i aint dead aight?

[book2thehead]

I see.

[...And he was definitely. Not thinking that. Nope.]

Ah, of course not! But it would be okay even if you were, you know.

[stillarhino]

heh its gonna take a lot more to get rid of me yo

so you wanna be remembered as a good detective
guess we gotta go with like a magnifying glass or something for you huh?

[book2thehead]

A magnifying glass?

Oh! Are you adding symbols to represent everyone to that mural??

[stillarhino]

yeah been doing that for a coupla friends who left
gonna pass by flip factory anyways to skate and blow off some steam
figure i add nightlight and a few others i been slacking on

[book2thehead]

That's... really sweet of you, Beat~

Not to put more on your plate, but... Did you happen to know Aether?

[stillarhino]

bwuuh dont call me that yo!

nah i dont
he a friend of yours?

[book2thehead]

Thoughtful, then~

Yeah. He was here for a while... It would be nice to leave something here with his mark on it.

[stillarhino]

hows about you do it yourself
i got the paints
can meet up with ya there

[book2thehead]

Oh, I'm really not much of an artist. I wouldn't want to add something to the mural that doesn't fit.