Message 01. Technicolor Animals 101

[unrecovered]

[The video flickers on to show both Wash and North in what looks like one of the hotel rooms. It’s far enough away that it’s obvious they’ve set it up on a flat surface somewhere. Wash is still wearing his helmet; old habits die very hard.]

Hey. Does anyone know anything about these Dream Eater things? We know they can fight and that you can make them from little rainbow pieces; aside from that, I’ve got nothing.

[There’s a squeak from offscreen, and Wash looks over-] Hey, get over here. [-and leans out of the frame.]

[North, meanwhile, has his helmet off, because all things considered, this area’s probably safe and he can let his guard down a bit. ]

Also, do they all carry loose change or something? It’s an odd way of making money.

[He glances over at Wash.]

Everything alright, Wash?

Yeah, fine, just- c’mere!

[There’s more squeaking offscreen, and finally Wash leans back into the frame, pulling his bat into his lap. The bat squeaks piteously, and it’s pretty obvious that one wing is bandaged.]

Is there a vet around here, or someone who knows how to take care of this? [He gestures at the bandage.] I can do this much, but that’s about it.

[Responses will come from both Wash (unrecovered) and North (brodakota).]

Comments

[unrecovered]

Good to know.

Great. [It's always the cute ones that are secretly terrifying, isn't it. Dream Eaters are weird.]

[There's a very long silence at that one.] ...Dinosaurs. We get to look forward to fighting dinosaurs.

[dork_of_keys]

They pretty useful.

I'm sorry if that's kind of confusing. I don't really know any more about it myself. [Yes, they are weird. The Spirits are helpful, though.]

You can have dinosaurs fighting on your side, too. The T. Rex ones behave like puppies.

[unrecovered]

"Kind of confusing" doesn't even begin to cover it.

[That is a very, very long stare. T. Rexes. There is not enough nope in the world for this.] T. Rexes. We're going to have to fight fucking T. Rexes.

[dork_of_keys]

I didn't think it would.

Yeah. They're kind of rare though and they don't use their fire very often. And the skeleton ones are even rarer.

[unrecovered]

[Given that he's fresh out of Nope, he's now ventured into the land of brainbreak. There's an extremely long pause, and when he speaks, it's slow and disbelieving and just not happy.]

Skeletal. Fucking. T. Rexes.

..........great. That's...great.