They'll love you. [If they could decide to hang out with MK's family, then Saya would be a breath of fresh air honestly.]
[Sometimes your family is full of a lot of trauma, bad personalities, and codependency issues, and you just kind of need to work through it some months in the desert.]
Well, of course. Part of courtnapping is showing off your wealth. Strength, wealth, and capability. The room should be the nicest in the home with the best security.
[THE ABSOLUTE WORST TEXT.] That does seem to be the rate with how often you're sleeping. But I'm hopeful. [Hopeful he's on the right path, but working this time-]
That's the plan, yes. [ Wait until Red Son sees her aristocrat mode, he'll probably choke. Being a test subject to that human piece of shit wasn't fun but it did prepare her well for how to handle these things. She'll impress his parents or die trying -- although really she'd bet on her real trial being via combat. Which of course isn't a problem. ]
Best security indeed. It would take your technological wizardry to keep me locked away. Not that I recommend you try it at any other time. [ As she's mentioned, she doesn't do well with confinement. (This will get worse after her cure turns her instincts up to eleven.) ]
If things get desperate there's always trying to transfuse me with the blood of some of the various gods and immortals that are floating around here. [ Such as Wukong but she's not trying to poke that bear. ]
[Honestly, it just might be. Princess Iron Fan and Demon Bull King very much appreciate strength. And Princess Iron Fan will appreciate someone who can front better than her boys because Red Son and DBK are certainly the passionate and emotional sort.]
Of course not. I'll make sure its so nice you don't even notice. [He honestly would have skipped the courtnapping BECAUSE of that, but...well, she's the one expressing Interest.]
That is the base of the current premise. The Noodle Boy really was a lucky arrival. He's a clean stone monkey sample. Wukong has so much outside enchantments, it would be impossible to guarantee anything of the outcome, not without a lot more time than we had. Especially with Lao Tzu's work in the mix. A being born from a stone is closer to what you are than what we were working with before. [What with her turning to stone at death. There's definitely gotten be some similarities.]
[ Saya wouldn't bet on any test his parents have for her being easy, though she's confident she can at least be impressive throughout the process. ]
I don't doubt you for a second. You do things halfway about as often as I do. [ Which is to say, never. ]
[ The concept does interest her, mainly because it's a tradition of his culture's so how could it not? The confinement thing is easy enough to get around by wanting to be there, that's how she can be in small, crowded rooms without losing her mind. It's when she doesn't have the option, or can't convince herself that she has the option, that she starts getting twitchy. ]
Our initial chrysalis is petrified, as well. I wouldn't have made that connection until you mentioned it.
Hardly reason to not be excellent at everything you do. [Half assing things sounds like quitter talk.]
It did take me a bit to think of it. Noodle Boy offered to help with my project and while thinking about if there was something, I realized the similarities could be very helpful. And he was willing to just give me blood without asking questions...
[Since he hadn't known if she'd told him about it yet.]
My sentiments exactly. [ Saya's hardly exceptional at everything but mostly because she focuses on where her interests lie. Cooking being the lone exception and it's not that she's no good at it so much as she's convinced herself that she's not. Long annoying human-related trauma story. ]
I appreciate you letting me tell him myself. I didn't really know him yet, after all. [ And she generally likes to tell people about her horrific life herself. ] Even if doing it that way did lead to the scroll being here.
--By the way, his plan to use it to recover my memories won't work. While I was in there I found myself stumbling through the dark quite a bit. I thought there was something wrong with it until I started catching wisps of conversation or a flash of a scene. Only the memories I'm conscious of download into the thing and the rest is just a fog with occasional glimpses. Because I'm not from your world, I'm guessing.
He can get ahead of himself. Its the hero way. Rush off to help without really thinking it through. [A sigh.] If he had said something before had, I could have told him I had a tablet we could do tests with.
...more than likely, yes. Its a recorder. A robust recorder, to be sure, but if there is no reference, it can't make a copy. It likely only got as much of you as it did was because you went into it.
He was trying to help. He's probably not used to a situation he can't solve. I'd have told him no myself if I weren't completely out of it at the time. This was while I was still missing most of my memories. By the time I asked him what he meant, he had already requested the scroll.
In any case, I'm almost relieved. It would have been tempting if it had my whole history in there, and I can't imagine anything worse than walking through hundreds or thousands of years of memories that are mostly death and torture.
He has encountered situations he can't solve right away, and usually has to go back to them again. The whole reason we worked together during the Spider Queen thing was because he couldn't think of anything, so he decided to trust my plan. They had thought I was working for her at first, so that's where we were on the trusting scale.
That was also my concern. Its why I was going to wait a while to even try the tablet. Rewatching it all, especially that way...it could be far too overwhelming.
[ She was more referencing her hibernation as a problem that's impossible to solve, but if she says that then he won't love hearing it and she deeply doesn't want to have that discussion again. ]
Getting memories back suddenly, even one by one, is a shock to the system in my experience. We all went through it where we were last, and when you experience them in that way, devoid of all the surrounding context, it's more apt to cause distress.
[Not impossible. Just very hard. And still, not a reason to rush head long.]
Hm, that does make sense. That's why I want to be careful about that. At least that should be more doable. There's plenty of magic for recalling past lives and old memories.
Just...first we need to make sure you stay awake first. So that was a secondary concern.
[ Saya has always been sure that any attempt to retrieve her lost memories will be a disaster of epic proportions, but if she sleeps this time there's really no alternative. She needs these memories. Hopefully Red Son knows enough to make sure she's appropriately restrained, however much she'll hate that. ]
I'm sure you'll figure it all out in the proper order. Staying awake is far and away the first priority. It's the first fifty. [ After this cure test actually works she will push hard not to pursue her past memories. Too much could go wrong, and all she knows of her past tells her that she doesn't want them. She doesn't want her past back, she only wants to keep her present. ]
[ -- They've gotten off track. Saya cups his face in her hands and leans close, fighting exhaustion. ] I'm sorry. We don't need to talk about that right now.
How long of a break are you taking? [ She needs to lay down. She'd prefer not to do it alone. ]
It is. [Memories is a conversation for later. He could understand why she doesn't want them and....well, he offered to help and he won't take it back. But he wouldn't be terribly inclined to push.]
[Not for that.]
There hours. [He gently touches her cheek, pulling her close to kiss her forehead.] If things went well, you would want affection.
...if it had gone badly, I'd have to work through the feelings somewhere. [It's hard to silence the dark thoughts.]
But I thought it'd most likely be the affection thing.
[ Her skin is noticeably cooler than usual. Cooler than the last few days, even. ]
[ She hums when he says what he would have done if this had gone badly. She can't blame him for considering it, she'd have done the same. She did do the same, as a matter of fact. ]
If your breaks are based on how often I want affection, your poor workshop will be deserted. [ She knows he just means now, her tone is obviously teasing. Besides it's not like she's constantly here, she has three thousand beds to rotate through. ]
Would you want to rest with me a while? [ And they can just pretend it's purely affectionate and not because she can't stay on her feet much longer. ]
[She's definitely getting closer. Its fine. He can keep her warm, he's hot enough for three people.]
[Red Son was an overthinker and its easier to deal with the bad things if he already has a plan. And if he is ready to deal with the bad things, its easier to conquer his anxiety and take the risk.]
[He chuckles.] I really wanted to indulge you right now. Sometimes its fun when you have to persuade me. [He kisses her neck affectionately.]
I would. Do you want to stay here or move to the bedroom?
[ The warmth of his body and the affection in his actions feel very good, enough to distract moderately from how tired she is and how miserable that makes her. ]
[ She curls closer, sliding an arm around him. ] Sorry about the cold. But you're helping.
[ Lightly huffing at the payback comment. Yeah, eagerly awaiting for a few decades... she swallows hard and wills herself not to get emotional. No ruining this further. ]
Payback in spades. I'm a whirlwind of affection as a hatchling.
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[Sometimes your family is full of a lot of trauma, bad personalities, and codependency issues, and you just kind of need to work through it some months in the desert.]
Well, of course. Part of courtnapping is showing off your wealth. Strength, wealth, and capability. The room should be the nicest in the home with the best security.
[THE ABSOLUTE WORST TEXT.] That does seem to be the rate with how often you're sleeping. But I'm hopeful. [Hopeful he's on the right path, but working this time-]
[Well, close enough.]
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Best security indeed. It would take your technological wizardry to keep me locked away. Not that I recommend you try it at any other time. [ As she's mentioned, she doesn't do well with confinement. (This will get worse after her cure turns her instincts up to eleven.) ]
If things get desperate there's always trying to transfuse me with the blood of some of the various gods and immortals that are floating around here. [ Such as Wukong but she's not trying to poke that bear. ]
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Of course not. I'll make sure its so nice you don't even notice. [He honestly would have skipped the courtnapping BECAUSE of that, but...well, she's the one expressing Interest.]
That is the base of the current premise. The Noodle Boy really was a lucky arrival. He's a clean stone monkey sample. Wukong has so much outside enchantments, it would be impossible to guarantee anything of the outcome, not without a lot more time than we had. Especially with Lao Tzu's work in the mix. A being born from a stone is closer to what you are than what we were working with before. [What with her turning to stone at death. There's definitely gotten be some similarities.]
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I don't doubt you for a second. You do things halfway about as often as I do. [ Which is to say, never. ]
[ The concept does interest her, mainly because it's a tradition of his culture's so how could it not? The confinement thing is easy enough to get around by wanting to be there, that's how she can be in small, crowded rooms without losing her mind. It's when she doesn't have the option, or can't convince herself that she has the option, that she starts getting twitchy. ]
Our initial chrysalis is petrified, as well. I wouldn't have made that connection until you mentioned it.
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It did take me a bit to think of it. Noodle Boy offered to help with my project and while thinking about if there was something, I realized the similarities could be very helpful. And he was willing to just give me blood without asking questions...
[Since he hadn't known if she'd told him about it yet.]
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I appreciate you letting me tell him myself. I didn't really know him yet, after all. [ And she generally likes to tell people about her horrific life herself. ] Even if doing it that way did lead to the scroll being here.
--By the way, his plan to use it to recover my memories won't work. While I was in there I found myself stumbling through the dark quite a bit. I thought there was something wrong with it until I started catching wisps of conversation or a flash of a scene. Only the memories I'm conscious of download into the thing and the rest is just a fog with occasional glimpses. Because I'm not from your world, I'm guessing.
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...more than likely, yes. Its a recorder. A robust recorder, to be sure, but if there is no reference, it can't make a copy. It likely only got as much of you as it did was because you went into it.
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In any case, I'm almost relieved. It would have been tempting if it had my whole history in there, and I can't imagine anything worse than walking through hundreds or thousands of years of memories that are mostly death and torture.
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That was also my concern. Its why I was going to wait a while to even try the tablet. Rewatching it all, especially that way...it could be far too overwhelming.
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Getting memories back suddenly, even one by one, is a shock to the system in my experience. We all went through it where we were last, and when you experience them in that way, devoid of all the surrounding context, it's more apt to cause distress.
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Hm, that does make sense. That's why I want to be careful about that. At least that should be more doable. There's plenty of magic for recalling past lives and old memories.
Just...first we need to make sure you stay awake first. So that was a secondary concern.
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I'm sure you'll figure it all out in the proper order. Staying awake is far and away the first priority. It's the first fifty. [ After this cure test actually works she will push hard not to pursue her past memories. Too much could go wrong, and all she knows of her past tells her that she doesn't want them. She doesn't want her past back, she only wants to keep her present. ]
[ -- They've gotten off track. Saya cups his face in her hands and leans close, fighting exhaustion. ] I'm sorry. We don't need to talk about that right now.
How long of a break are you taking? [ She needs to lay down. She'd prefer not to do it alone. ]
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[Not for that.]
There hours. [He gently touches her cheek, pulling her close to kiss her forehead.] If things went well, you would want affection.
...if it had gone badly, I'd have to work through the feelings somewhere. [It's hard to silence the dark thoughts.]
But I thought it'd most likely be the affection thing.
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[ She hums when he says what he would have done if this had gone badly. She can't blame him for considering it, she'd have done the same. She did do the same, as a matter of fact. ]
If your breaks are based on how often I want affection, your poor workshop will be deserted. [ She knows he just means now, her tone is obviously teasing. Besides it's not like she's constantly here, she has three thousand beds to rotate through. ]
Would you want to rest with me a while? [ And they can just pretend it's purely affectionate and not because she can't stay on her feet much longer. ]
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[Red Son was an overthinker and its easier to deal with the bad things if he already has a plan. And if he is ready to deal with the bad things, its easier to conquer his anxiety and take the risk.]
[He chuckles.] I really wanted to indulge you right now. Sometimes its fun when you have to persuade me. [He kisses her neck affectionately.]
I would. Do you want to stay here or move to the bedroom?
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You call that persuasion? What I could--
[ Saya gasps and clings to his shoulders as her knees go weak. Damn. ]
...ah. Sorry. I felt it coming on, I just...
Didn't want to ruin it. [ He went to so much effort for her. ]
I was going to say move, but... [ not happening under her own power ]
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It's all right. It's to be expected at this stage.
[He shifts then, and moves to pick her up in a princess carry.]
I can help you move. And if you're hungry or just wanting to be close without having to do much... [He kisses the side of her head.]
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Not hungry. [ Her appetite has ground to a standstill in the last day or so. ] But the second one, yes.
It's a shame, what I could do with three hours if I had any energy...
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I know. I have very much appreciated what we could do in a few hours.
But this is nice as well.
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Mmm... in that case feel free to keep it up.
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[He will lay her down on the bed, climbing in beside her and pulling up the blanket around them.]
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You know what that nickname does to me. [ Just lightly teasing, since she can't do much else about it. ]
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Then I'll eagerly await your payback later for my teasing.
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[ Lightly huffing at the payback comment. Yeah, eagerly awaiting for a few decades... she swallows hard and wills herself not to get emotional. No ruining this further. ]
Payback in spades. I'm a whirlwind of affection as a hatchling.
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[He lightly strokes her hair.] I meant when you can remember me. You have to know you're collecting payback.
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