Did you know Sea Jellies do not have hearts or brains? (March/April catch-all)

[mooninthewater]

Who: Mizuki + You!
What: A couple of Top Levels for doing various stuff around the Grove
When: March
Where: Gestures Vaguely
Warnings: Death mentions likely, body horror mentions likely

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[foreversembrace]

[Till forgot how to smile a long time ago, he's sorry Mizuki.]

..mm. Yeah.

[...Mizuki........Miz.....Miz....i................

He's connecting the dots.]

If you've got friends here, like you say. Keep 'em close.

[mooninthewater]

Would you like to be my friend, too, Mister Till?

[foreversembrace]

[......

Till...has to look away again. Not for anything Mizuki did, but.]

Why do you want to be friends with me?

[mooninthewater]

Because Mario Kart is so much better with more people.

[foreversembrace]

......huh?

[mooninthewater]

[ Mizuki starts walking so he can drag Till with him over to the Therapy Building. ]

Here, I'll show you!!!

[foreversembrace]

Wh- wait, hang on-!

[??????]

Where are we going?!

[mooninthewater]

My place! I have tons of games, but I'm gonna show you Mario Kart, first!!

[ Yeah, sorry, he's being dragged. At least when he gets inside the therapy building, he'll release Till so he can go set up Mario Kart on the TV. ]

[foreversembrace]

[You haven't explained to him what Mario Kart is!!!

But before Till can really process what's happening, he's already been dragged off. He is!! In a building, now. A building he's definitely seen, but hasn't gone into...it looks. Normal, for the most part. Funnily enough, a lot of this place is so low-tech, you'd think he would have clocked that weirdness immediately, but seeing the TV and other things Mizuki has in here...it reminds him more of where he came from.]

Fuck's all this...

[mooninthewater]

My games!

[ There's a little guy in the midst of the dozens of fucking piles of stuffed animals. Mizuki gives him a little pat and his tail wags and just sends toys flying across the floor in the process. It is Looking(tm) at Till with it's big eyes after Mizuki goes to start up the game. ]

I live here!

[foreversembrace]

[Meanwhile Till, who has never played a video game in his life: ????

Like of course, absoLUTELY videogames probably exist, but do you think Urak had those? Look at him. That man never had fun a day in his life unless he was yelling at Till about something, or hosting some stupid dinner party. God he hopes he's somewhere in the multiverse right now choking on his stupid fancy wine.

Anyway Till is...don't be too upset if he's immediately a little afraid of Mizuki's little shark kitty, because that is DEFINITELY an alien. He is giving it the widest fucking berth.]

Y-yeah...?

[mooninthewater]

Sit!!! [ Mizuki is excitedly patting a spot next to him. ] Have you used a controller before? I can show you the basics. It's real easy to pick up, though, I promise.

[foreversembrace]

[Till...stands awkwardly in the middle of the room for a long-ass time before he actually walks closer and has a seat at Mizuki's behest, marveling silently at how soft the couch is.]

No, not really...

[He's never played a vimeojame before Mizuki, he doesn't know]

[mooninthewater]

[ Mizuki's gonna lean against Till the moment he sits down and plop the controller into his hands. He'll show him Mario Kart first, of course, and put him against "Easy" bots on an "Easy" map, and show Till how to accelerate, stop, move, all that jazz.

He will also tell Till about every Mario character and their lore, hope he's ready for that- ]