1st Oath

[unlucky_hero]

[When the feed clicks it appears to be pointing down at a blue eyed Prickmane. It seemed to have noticed right away that it was recording by the way its ears perked up. Although its person must be oblivious still, so it chirped.]

Huh? [The voice was still off screen but in a few seconds he moved it.] Oh!

Geez, I didn't think it was going to start right away.. [Nervously scratches the back of his head. He didn't even have an introduction planned out yet or anything!]

S-so umm.. this may sound stupid but, what is exactly going on? I'm not too sure how much I believe this whole 'dream' thing. I mean for one thing, I haven't been suddenly in my underwear yet. And second, I've never heard of a dream that you can get hurt in before.

... Or can that sometimes happen? I don't think I even know anymore.

Comments

[unlucky_hero]

[Aw crap.]

No, nothing at all.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Nothing at all about people dying?

Just so you know, I'm a ninja. Information extraction is one of my specialties.

[unlucky_hero]

Well it's sort of a small detail now anyway, s-so..

[He's really not making this any better, is he?]

[video] /soblate

[unlucky_hero]

... Ah, r-right. Noted.

[........ There's a odd ping here, and he's unsure why.]

[Pin wants to say hi too! But he can't really paw back. Lack of limbs for that sort of thing :|. He can squeak and wave his tail around though.]

[unlucky_hero]

[Nightmares? .. Oh yeah, the bad Dream Eaters the Moogle mentioned. This map was way more detailed than he thought it would though.]

There's so many..

[Oops, he's just gawking a little at the map now, better stop that.]

This would really help a lot, thanks!

[onehandsomeslickninja]

So you're the sort of person who considers the lives of others 'small details'?

[Not helping your case, Almaz...]

[shadearchivist]

You're quite welcome.

[video] <3

[the_mechanic]

[Dingbat chirps back conversationally while Tony attempts to keep talking over it.]

I mean don't go pinching yourself unnecessarily or jumping off a building. A kick won't wake you and you can't go deeper, as far as I can tell.

[Seems everyone else has already covered the useful stuff.]

[unlucky_hero]

Woah no! It's not like that either.

[It's just... complicated.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Then let's hear it. No more dodging. If you're a danger to anyone here...

[unlucky_hero]

I'm not a danger to anyone. I..

It was something I did. [That still really is not helping yanno...]

[Video]

[unlucky_hero]

[Mostly, yes. And at least ignoring the chatty bat is possible.]

I don't know if I would want to jump off of one even if it was a dream.

[For a moment, he thinks about that second part though.]... Can you go deeper?

[Video]

[the_mechanic]

[Tony actually takes a moment to mull that over, biting his tongue to keep back any other manner of Inception jokes that are immediately coming to mind.]

Not yet. This isn't the only "world" present, though. You're in Traverse Town, if you just got here. There's also the aptly named Twilight Town, and recently, as in a couple days ago, a spacecraft called "The Mother of Invention" from some of the armored guys' world.

Tread carefully in that one, there's some kind of growly, invisible beast that packs a punch.

[Not that he actually cares what happens to you yet, but he'd feel bad eventually if anyone wandered into it uninformed.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Murder, huh?

[Even Edge doesn't believe this, at this point, but the incredible failure to answer his questions reassuringly hasn't brought out his best and least snarky side.]

[unlucky_hero]

I didn't kill anybody, it happened to me.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

You were murdered?

I can think of three things wrong with that...

[unlucky_hero]

[... Murder seems like too harsh of a word, although it is pretty accurate in a way, so..]

... It's sort of complicated.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Is it more complicated than trying to think up increasing ways to dodge my suspicions? If it is, it won't be for long~

[unlucky_hero]

I don't really think I should be talking about it.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

You haven't earned the luxury of my trust, yet. I'm not the sort of man who can just sit back when I see something or someone that could be trouble.

[unlucky_hero]

[This guy really wasn't the friendliest bunch, was he? Almaz was right about to speak up again until his screen got taken over.]

[And by taken over we mean the upset little Pricklemane giving Edge a piece of its mind. How dare you say such bad things about its person! Almaz was nice so leave him alone already.]

[... this sure escalated a bit.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[Edge, about to make a heated response, instead lets out an 'oof' as his own Hebby Repp shoves his head down in order to make a lengthy and very pointed rebuttal to the Pricklemane's arguments.]

...I feel like we lost control of this discussion somewhere...

[unlucky_hero]

[You're telling him.]

... Pin, calm down. [He had never seen the Dream Eater this angry before. He appreciate the defense but, it was fine, really.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[Edge plucks the lizard spirit off his head, then tucks it under an arm as he rises back into view.]

Look, impassioned defense by the whatsit aside, I need to know you're not a threat or a danger to people here. So far I'm not really reassured on that.

[unlucky_hero]

[Finally he got the growling ball of spikes to settle down. Really there wasn't much left to say if the other refused to believe him, or took it the wrong way.]

What do you want me to do to prove it? [May regret that too.]