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Hey Naoto, where do you live? I need to know right away!

Edited 2020-12-12 23:13 (UTC)

oh uh! 36-8 living complex, apt. 404!

if you're coming over hold a bit!! i have to clean up a bit!

Too late, I'm coming over!

[Which he may or may not enough time to clean the apartment anyway as he'll find a box a couple of hours later. He'll find a one armed black sweater with a note.

The note will read "Thanks for being my friend! Also, I tried to make it one armed but hopefully it will fit!"]

[ He does not in fact have time to clean up properly. However when the door rings and he sees the box, he picks it up and takes it inside as quickly as possible.

Popping it open, Naoto doesn't expect much. It could be a prank for all he knew. As soon as he sees the nice one armed sweater, he's just blank faced.

A smile spreads on his face as he reads the note. Mabel really did care. He doesn't spend too long putting it on and just lounges around in his apartment with it on-- just a little bit too large, but it's comfortable and that's what matters to him. It takes Naoto a couple hours to reply. ]

Thanks, Mabel. It fits perfectly. You're a wonderful friend.

Mark my words I will one-up you though! >:3c

[On Christmas Eve, someone seems to have left a present at your apartment door! There's a box of monster-shaped cookies, a bottle of wine, and a woolen scarf in the color of your choice. The box holding everything has been wrapped in an attempt to distract from the fact that it's just a cardboard box and not a fancy gift basket.

...There also seems to be a voucher for a free eighteen-inch pizza at the bottom of the box, which can be redeemed at the pizza restaurant on the corner.

Attached is a handwritten note. It can be somewhat difficult to make out what it says due to how horrible the handwriting is, but if you squint and tilt your head, you can make out the following:]

happy holidays, from your superintendent
➼ hawkeye

[ Wow, a landlord who cares.

Naoto takes the gift inside and after a long time trying to decipher the writing, he decides that the whole superintendent thing isn't such a bad thing. Then again, his only experience with a landlord was his own aunt, so he wasn't sure if it was the same.

Regardless, he takes his time to write a thank you note. ]

thanks a lot for the gift. didn't know i needed this. happy holidays to you too.

Hey, Naoto?

You got a minute to hear me out?

Oh, Mabel!

Yeah, I do. What's the matter?

Sorry to bring this up but have you been dealing with strange monster urges lately?

Like having to kill people and stuff yet? [She didn’t want to bring it up but she just has to know]

yeah, as it stands im trying to avoid literally everything. hasn't been fun, that's for sure

wait

oh god, mabel you too? shit, and here i thought they'd spare kids....

No, not yet! But I know I have to deal with it eventually!

I’m just wondering if you have any advice that would prevent me from eating humans or my pet pig! I really, really don’t want to deal with that!

Mabel...
i really don't wanna be the bearer of bad news, but i don't think there's any way around it. i didn't want to eat other people either but then i did and

[ Naoto's next message takes a bit longer to send. ]

it sucks. i want it gone

Edited 2021-01-06 02:42 (UTC)

Is there really nothing we can do?! I don't want to start eating people! I really just don't!

It's scaring me, Naoto! I don't know what to do!

i would think no one does, yknow... I'm really scared of it myself, and i feel like im losing myself even more

[ He soon gets an idea and he quickly puts it into action before he can forget. ]

hey mabel, tell me where you live, i'll be over there quick with some junk food and other stuff. i can talk better than i can type after all.

I live with my brother and my Grunkle! I'll give you the address.

[She said as she quickly typed out said address to him]

And yes, give me all the junk food, chocolate, and whatever you can give me! I need to eat all of my feelings out right now!

i gotcha and i will make it happen!! i'll be there in a bit!

[ Naoto made the quick detour to the store, finding enough junk food to fill their stomachs thrice over, and soon made it over to Mabel's house. He knocked on the door, chewing on some beef jerky as he did. ]

[When Mabel heard Naoto, she immediately rushed over to the door. As she did so, she giggled at what she saw]

Well, look who it is! If it isn’t my most favoritest Naoto ever! Come on in, make yourself at home as we knock ourselves into a junk food coma!

Don't mind if I do!

[ As it stands, Naoto was now full monster. His newfound hunger had set in-- he'd noticed that he was eating a lot more and yet never really felt full. It scared him to know what that'd meant. ]

Heck yeah, let's get to it-- though I think I got started ahead of you. Sorry about that.

Hey, don't worry about! The important thing is that you're here and we can get this party started!

[She said before walking into the place. As she did so, she gestured him to the living room and getting him a place to sit]

C'mon, let's sit down and start our feast! I can't wait to see what you got for us!

Well! I got all this!

[ The bag betrayed a lot of what Naoto carried, because as soon as he spilled its contents, it was apparent that he really did get a bunch of junk food. Chips, jerky, candy, even boxes of donuts and other sugary confections. ]

... I wanted to eat my heart out too.

[As soon as she saw what was in the bag, she had to gasp]

No. Way. You really weren't kidding, you did get a whole lot of stuff! C'mon let's chow down until we're all ready to barf it all out!

[She said before sitting down to the pile of junk food] You first, you're the one who brought it all so you to choose!

[ Naoto swipes a whole box of doughnuts, smiling. ]

Thank you so much for letting me choose first! Now, your turn!

[ He finishes his beef jerky before he starts eating the doughnuts. The silence that follows was long, but Naoto knew that they had to cover it. ]

So... people-eating, huh?

[As she looked at the cookies, she wasted no time in opening it and chowing down! However, that didn't stop her from looking at Naoto and giving a small sigh.]

Yea, I know. People eating.

[Pause]

It's not a fun thing to deal with and I'm really not looking forward to it.

I don't think anyone is looking forward to it. I really didn't want to think it was true.

[ He sighs. ]

It's gross. Why do we have to be forced to do this in the first place...?

Seriously, who would even want to eat human?

[She said before taking a huge bite out of her cookie]

I mean, what kind of weirdo would enjoy that kind of thing anyway?

Clearly somebody because if they didn't they wouldn't have made us suffer like this!

[ He angrily takes a bite out of a doughnut. ]

As far as I'm told, it was this crazy Fog God that decided that we need to eat human-- if I could punch her face in I would!! Who in their right mind said humans are food!?

[ Don't mind him he's just gonna stew in his own crankiness. ]

I know right?! Only some kind of sick person God would do this!

[She mumbled as she continued to chew down on even more cookies]

Who in the right mind thinks about trapping people and making them all suffer? It’s just not right!

[However, in the middle of chewing, there was a small hiccup or two. She sounded as if she wanted to cry.]

Screw the Fog God and all her gross stuff!! It’s stupid and I want off of this island!!

[ He picked up on the hiccup rather quickly—deer ears helped in that regard. He tore into another doughnut as he thought on what to do next. He wondered if Mabel would be opposed to hugs. It always worked on his own sister, maybe it would help with her as well?

Worth a shot.

He brings himself to wrap his arms around her much smaller frame, trying to hide his own expression, knowing that words alone wouldn’t be enough. ]

[Mabel didn't respond right away, she just kept looking down as she tried her best to hold back whatever sobs she had. She didn't want to turn into a monster. All she wanted to do was pretend all of this was just a dream and she would wake up from this nightmare soon.

Alas, it simply wasn't meant to be.

When she felt Naoto hugging her, that's when she couldn't hold it back anymore. Suddenly, she was clinging to him hoping he wouldn't let go.

She just wanted to cry it out as she wailed loudly.]

[ He didn't dare let go for a second.

He was trying to choke his own tears back, but no matter how hard he tried, his own tears streaked his cheeks as he held tightly to the crying girl. He hated every single moment of this-- he wanted out, he wanted to help Mabel get out, but here they were. Crying and trying to face reality.

Sometimes, he hated doing that. But he was going to try and do it, he told himself, at least to be a good role model to the girl in his arms. ]

[All Mabel could do was just hold onto Naoto as she continued to cry it out. She had faced many horrors in Gravity Falls but that was nothing compared to what she felt right now.

Back then, she could retain her humanity and knew who she was. Now, she wasn’t so sure as she wanted to hold on to whatever stead of herself left.]

I don’t want to turn into a monster! I don’t! I don’t want to kill people or eat them! I don’t know what to do anymore!

[But there wasn’t anything she could do, was there?]

[ He started to rub Mabel's back, letting her cry and cry to her heart's content. He hated feeling this powerless to change anything, and it was cutting into his soul. What kind of heartless god would bother changing them at all.

And here he thought gods were supposed to be benevolent. ]

Think of it this way, Mabel... You're not alone in this hot mess, at least.

[ He forces a small, sheepish smile. Being alone was probably the worst thing right now for him. ]

[His words rung true. She wasn’t alone and there were many others who were suffering the same thing she did. In fact, there were others who have been here longer and managed to overcome this!

Here, as she continued to cry, she just nodded. When she let go, she just smiled sadly to him.]

I know and that’s why we need to work together. I’m sure we can overcome this and defeat this fog god! We just need to find out how!

[Which may or may not involve a giant rock]

We really do got to figure it out, but I'm pretty sure once we do we'll all be out of here.

[ That alone is more than enough hope for Naoto. ]

I'm also hoping that I'll get to beat the god senseless for doing this to us in the first place.

[ ~~He doesn't have a vendetta, nooooo.~~ ]

[There was a long pause on her end. While she still had that pout, it slowly grew into a small smile. As she gave a giggle, she had to admit.

It was giving her some hope too knowing there was a chance they could get out of here.]

Not unless I beat her first! I can’t wait to show her how powerful I can be! You shouldn’t ever underestimate a girl with a grappling hook!

Ooo, I definitely know how strong girls with grappling hooks are! Scary, scary people.

[ He's not scared at all. But he knows he's gotta keep Mabel smiling, at least for the time being. ]

So for now, we both got to be strong. I hate everything that's happening here, but we gotta work through it, y'know? We'll both come out stronger in the end.

[ Hell, he made it through the end of the world and all that. He could do the same here. ]

[All Mabel could do was giggle as she continued to munch on her cookie. Having no idea what else she could do, she kept on smiling. It seemed like that's the only option she has right now.]

How do we do that? I mean, I know I have to eventually but those shows and comic books sure do make it easy to become a better person!

[She said with a sigh.]

I mean, we don't even have a training montage! [Not that she should be making a joke about their situation but it was the only was she could cope.]

[ He sighs, shoving a full doughnut into his mouth. He was trying his best to make it make sense. ]

For one, we might actually have to eat human. I've heard horror stories that monsters that don't eat go on rampages, and... god, honestly that sounds even worse.

[ He laughs at the thought of a training montage. ]

Well, training isn't all it's made out to be. My parents taught me how to fight and that alone wasn't fun!

And that's the worst part! I know that I have to eat people or else I will go all psycho! We really don't have a choice here!

[She said with a small sigh. Although, when he said that, there was a thought that came up in her mind. She didn't really think about it until now but...]

Think you can teach me a thing or two about fighting?

[ He nods, grumbling to himself at that fact. But then, an idea strikes him as he grabs yet another stack of snacks to munch on. ]

... Maybe it's possible to hide the fact that it's human by like... cooking it like meat? I don't know, it sounds gross, but I'm trying to make it sound tolerable, not horrible.

[ He blinks when Mabel asks about learning how to fight. He looks like he has an internal debate over it, but one thing sticks out in his mind: yeah, he doesn't trust the adults here to do shit, so he might as well take it upon himself to help the girl. Naoto was starting to see her as a little sister-- and his family were people he'd help no matter what. ]

Of course I can. But you gotta promise me you'll fight only in self defense, okay?

You know, you got a good point there. If they manage to cook it well enough, I could pretend that I’m not eating humans. Well, maybe if I closed my eyes too.

[Again, it wasn’t something she wanted to think about but she didn’t have a choice here. Either eat humans or go crazy. She had to keep looking for alternatives regardless.

As she kept munching on her cookie, she looked back at Naoto. For a moment, she was surprised he took her seriously. But on the other hand...?]

Of course! I, Mabel Pines, will swear to do bodily harm unless it is necessary! [Pause] Which might as well be almost everyday.

Right...? I really hope that works. If we closed our eyes and maybe make it into junk food, maybe it could work?

[ If he's gonna eat human might as well make it taste good.

He laughed lightly at Mabel's little comment at the end. Yeah, that was entirely expected here in Ryslig. ]

I'm guessing there's been problems on your end? I've been cooped up indoors too much to actually know what goes on around here sometimes...

It could work! We just need to stretch our imagination and pretend it could be!

[Although, there was a nervous look on her face. She could pretend to make it seem like junk food or something that might taste good. However, it was something she really needed to think about.]

Oh I meant that with all the weird stuff that the Fog God likes to throw at us? Who never know what's going to happen! So we just need to be prepared for any action that comes our way!

[She said before crossing her arms]

And I know I am ready to kick some butt if I have to!

[ A small laugh. Maybe it could. ]

Very true, very true... [ He nods sagely. ] IF there's anything I've learned from hopping from world to world, its not to trust any god. They're often huge meanies.

[ He had harsher words, but refrained from swearing. ]

Good to know. When do you wanna start?

Wait, you’ve hopped to different worlds too? I know it’s kind of a given to not trust gods anymore but why didn’t you tell me that before! It’s not a good thing to keep secrets!

[You see that? Now there was a pout coming from her!]

As for when to get started? I’m ready whenever you are. I could do it right now if you want!

Edited 2021-02-01 10:11 (UTC)

Hey the topic never came up!! But yeah, I've been places. It's fun, sorta!

[ Fun is subjective though, Naoto.

But if Mabel was ready to go then so was he! But first... ]

Let's do it, then! ..... after we finish these snacks. Can't let them go to waste right?

Then let’s get started!

[She shouted as she placed her fist up in the air...only for her to look down at the snacks.]

Good point, we need to use whatever energy we have before we start punching each other to the ground!

Mabel, I'm pretty sure I'd be the one punching you into the ground more often than not. I've trained for most of my life.

[ He's laughing regardless, starting on shoveling food into his mouth. It's a waldgeist thing. ]

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You want to wrap up the thread here?

yeah, sounds good!