002. | un: aragaki

[hoboagogo]

Name: Shinjiro Aragaki
Date: Ieneuer 23rd
Format: Video

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[Hello, Aefenglom! Much like the rest of the mirrorbound, Shinjiro looks exhausted. It has been a rough couple days, especially for people who were far worse off. Regardless, the video starts in his kitchen, which was thankfully untouched by Louis's previous arson. He lifts a hand to brush his hair out of his eyes (complete with crazy rectangular pupils,) before starting.]

Hey. This probably ain't the most important, with everything that's gone down, but I figured I'd let people know I found a bunch of shit while we were raiding the place. If any of it belongs to you, lemme know. You can come pick it up, or I'll bring it out, whichever.

[While he's speaking there's an excited bark from off camera, but he shushes the dog and continues, reaching out to pick up the watch and shift the camera's perspective. Laid out on the table is an assortment of things! And he starts with poorly centering the video on some small glass containers with various oily-looking liquids in them.]

Uh... someone's potions or booze or whatever. I didn't open 'em up to smell them.

[A shift and-- yep there is definitely a straight up hand (robotic, thankfully) laid out on the table, fingers half-curled, next to someone's Watch.]

I guess whoever lost the watch can't see this, so hopefully they know someone who can tell 'em where it is. I ain't about to go nailing up found posters. Good luck putting the hand back on, too, I guess.

[Another bark from off camera, and there's a rocky shift in the camera with clear movement, followed by a sharp 'thunk' across the room. It may be confusing, or people may be able to work out that he just crouched down to grab something and throw it for the dog to fetch. This post is definitely not up for a cinematography Oscar. Anyway, the next in a row is something that almost looked like a santa hat, with less fluff and fur trim-- it might be recognizable as a pajama nightcap. After that is a large guitar.]

You guys were carrying some weird shit when they took you, you know. Anyway, if no one claims the guitar I'll give it to Elliot or something. I think he collects instruments. And-

[Oh, Louis's leg is there, too. This asshole forgot to give it to him.] --Ah, shit.

[Another bark, and the camera finally pans down to show a small, albino Shiba Inu! Koromaru is happily wagging his tail and holding what looks to be a long bone in his mouth- a tibia, likely, with tufts of fur attached to it. It has definitely been gnawed on.] Calm down, I'll play with you in a second-

[Annnd that's it, that's the feed. This hot mess of an unplanned post is why he usually just uses text, obviously.]

Comments

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[rightfoot]

[ Hey -- ]

What the hell, man?! I'm coming to get that. I've been walking like an extra in a pirate movie for two days and you've had my leg the whole time.

[hoboagogo]

Yeah, well, we both kinda had more important shit going on.

[But. Yeah. He had it.]

Sorry, man. It's been in the bag by the door since we got in. You want me to bring it up?

[rightfoot]

[ Not 100% a con to hang out. ]

Yeah, why don't you bring it up. It's -- easier for you right now, anyway.

Audio -> action

[hoboagogo]

Yeah, I've gotten enough laughs out of you flopping around, I guess. [There's not a lot of heart in the tease, but its given nonetheless. After all, repression and avoidance is always the best case.]

I'll be up in a second.

[And true to his words, it's only a few minutes before he's upstairs, knocking on Louis's door before just letting himself in. He's holding the prosthetic by the ankle, anmd glances over the room, before nodding at Louis.]

...Hey. Got your leg.

[And he doesn't hesitate in approaching and handing it over to the deer, casually going ahead and sitting on the edge of the bed, even though absolutely no one invited him to do so.]

'Least you had a lot of sleep to catch up on.

text, un: CoolSkeleton95

[spaghettimonster]

[Papyrus has to watch the video twice. The nightcap is familiar, and missing, easily enough identified. But that bone... It's hard to say, with the Watch videos being so universally sepia-toned. He has to ask.]

HEY, WAIT A SECOND.
THAT BONE...
WHAT COLOR IS THAT FUR??
ON THE RIB??

[He doesn't trust himself to voice, as his screeching might turn to coughing.]

text in return!

[hoboagogo]

the bone?

[there's a pause because he's looking over the table and-- oh right. The dog.

The pause is extended because this dumb goat man has to chase the dog around to actually get a hold of it.]

kinda reddish brownish

[He'll attach a picture of a slobber covered bone, hopefully a better shot than what the video provided.

wait is this yours? you using it for a ingredient or something?



[surely the username isn't literal. surely.]

[spaghettimonster]

[If there's anything Papyrus understands about this situation, it's how much chasing is involved in retrieving stolen bones from a dog's mouth. He understands the delay in the answer, all things considered.

He follows it up with his own pause as he processes the part where one of his bones has been re-designated to chewtoy.]

AN... INGREDIENT.
YES, THAT'S A THING YOU COULD SAY.
IT'S PART OF A SET...
IN MY RIBCAGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN GO BACK...
BUT IT'S NOT FOR ANYONE ELSE TO BE CHEWING!!

[One of the weirdest parts of being a turnskin skeleton is having the urge to chew bones. After all these years, he gets it.]

[hoboagogo]

[Man, this is. Not what he was expecting.]

wait its one of your ribs
like in your chest

[ok maybe he is an actual skeleton. the 'cool' part has yet to be confirmed.]

yeah, i'll keep it away from the pup
you dont think it could be wired back in there?

Audio- un: kingmaker

[kuroi_taiyo]

[ The only reason he knew about this post was because someone was looking over on their watch, and he got set up for the easiest method of responding. ]

Oi- hey. You're not giving my guitar to someone else. Looks like mine, at least. There should be a burn on the back of the neck of a black butterfly shape on it. Plus the vials- I can't remember if it's all of them, but the guitar had some things along the strap- the ones that fit that are probably all mine.

[ He worked hard for all that stuff, including making sure the guitar was enchanted to keep anything from happening to it. ]

Not that I can get it... Any way of you bringing those to the hospital?

[hoboagogo]

--Hey, calm down. I said if no one claimed it. How many people had guitars on 'em when they got taken in, anyway?

[Judar gives a clear description of the object but really, Shinjiro is not even going to bother to check. There were only so many of them that got taken, and like he said: how many of them were carrying a guitar??

(probably more than he thinks, really. Other fauns probably got hit harder with the music adoration than he did.)]

What d'you keep little flasks on the guitar strap for, anyway? [A huff, but there's the sound of scribbling. He's clearly writing something down.] It'll take me a bit, but yeah, I'll get out that way. What's your name?

[kuroi_taiyo]

We were knocked out when being taken, so there's no way any of us would know that.

[ And look, he jumped on that because with the way he's been recovering, he's not sure how much time passed between the post going up and him responding to it. While he hadn't seen other fauns taken, though there was another deer person, it didn't mean there weren't others taken. ]

They have a nice eye-catch to them? Really, it's a better place to keep than putting a bunch of them in my pockets. I might change my clothes, but I don't with the guitar.

[ Meaning it wouldn't get lost right away, even though it still happened with this whole thing. ]

And it's Judar. I'd tell you which room if I knew, but I haven't gotten out of bed still.

[hoboagogo]

You don't empty out your pockets when you take your pants off? [Because that. is clearly what he's going to focus on, out of everything Judar said. Okay.] Damn, how much shit do you accidentally throw in the wash?

[A short noise of amusement, but he continues.]

I'm sure the name's enough. That and tellin' 'em its one of the mirrorbound should be enough to get your location.

voice... from across the room

[sylphid]

A thousand cunes if you still give it to Elliot.

[She's only joking. Probably. Fie's curled up on the new couch, watching him sort shit.]

lbr its probably still getting picked up by the watch.

[hoboagogo]

I dunno, that ain't that much. It's about what I paid Crow to eat that weird cake at you guys' party.

[Well. 500, since Crow didn't finish it. But you know, details.]

I know I'm cheap, but you need a bit more than that to buy me.

un: Elliot Craig

[fiddlestick]

[And here's the infamous Elliot. He should probably apologize for the attempt guitar theft but]

Wow...that guitar sounds so cool! Hehe, you're lucky to have it!

[Sorry, too busy gushing over a guitar]

[kuroi_taiyo]

It's less luck and more putting enough money into that thing for it to be what it is now.

[ But at this point, at least the others have already admitted that even if they wanted to, this was probably the person that'd put the whole kibosh on their plans. ]

Just- Make sure they don't fuck around with it too much. It's not like they'll be able to break it, but anything done to the strings I can't fix now.

[ Really, he won't even be able to play for a while, but that's just part of the sad truth. ]

[fiddlestick]

Right, right. That must've been a lot of work.

[Well thank goodness for that clear up. Elliot just wants to admire this instrument]

Don't worry, I promise it'll get returned to you in top condition! I work at the infirmary, so it should be easy enough to get it returned.

[audio]

[glitzandglamour]

Ah. The hand is mine. Thank you for recovering it, darling.

[This begs SO MANY QUESTIONS, THOUGH...]

I wonder why they held onto it at all? Our captors treated us all with incredible revulsion. Unless they were secretly that desperate for my touch...

[hoboagogo]

[even moRE QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED and now Shinjiro feels extra weird about having shoved it in his back pocket for transport. Like having a hand that was not his own in a pocket is weird enough, and now interacting with the owner....

Welp. Okay.]

Shinjiro. [Is it an introduction or a correction from 'darling'. We just don't know.]

I dunno, they mighta been interested in the wires and circuits. This place uses magic based stuff instead of real electricity, right? They might hate us, but they could still be interested in the shit we brought.

[glitzandglamour]

[shinjiro...... oh... my??? That was clearly not thought through, but if Mettaton's lighthearted cadence about the whole thing is any indication, he would only tease him about it if he knew. So don't tell him.]

Interested? My hand isn't as exciting as the rest of me... But it's "paw"ssible! [... quietly:] Hm. That could use some work. [Back to his regular volume, complete with that flirtatious note.] I'm Mettaton! And trust me when I say that I have plenty more circuits and wires in the rest of my body for their enjoyment. That they'd pick my hand over everything else I have to give... That's reaching.

un: eren

[usurpers]

If no one claims any sharp objects, I’ll take them.

enter one bored deer

[rightfoot]

So you want us to give you things that aren't yours?

[usurpers]

Doesn’t really matter if no one says it’s theirs.

[hoboagogo]

thats pretty vague
Like blade sharp or pointy sharp or does it not matter
How sharp we talking

[usurpers]

Any of those.

Do they cut?