Glamour Failure

[animusmods]

Characters: any
Setting: all around the Tower
Format: any/party-style
Summary: A general mingle log for the reaction to the beginning of the Idealism event.
Warnings: PG-13; please include any more detailed warnings in your threads if necessary

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[pushedaround]

[ He looks up when he heard his name, staring at the weird figure in front of him. It took him a while to inspect those horns, and when he did-- he felt a bit comforted. ]

Eq. Hey, brother. Are ... you okay?

[ Stupidest question ever. Of course he's not okay. Nothing about this situation is fucking okay! Still, some people seemed to be handling it better than others, and he hoped that Equius is one of the lucky ones. He really hoped he didn't feel nearly as shitty as he was feeling right now. ]

[geometry]

No.

[He doesn't even bother to hide it as he slides down next to Tavros. He's clearly not doing well at all, and if Tavros thought that Equius was going to be somebody that took this nicely, he was either way too optimistic or way too dumb to live.]

Is your batshit matesprit around, because I don't want to deal with him right now.

[pushedaround]

Relax. He's not here. I don't even know where he is, to be honest.

[ He watched as Equius settled beside him, moving to shuffle a little closer as well. When he looks at him again, he speaks in the most miserable tone you'll ever hear in your life. ]

He's not that bad, my friend. Just a little crazy.

[geometry]

The way he treats you and the way he treats me are two very different beasts, Tavros.

[But let's not talk about Gamzee right now. Let's talk about something else instead. Such as... there's really nothing to talk about right now is there?]

[Deep breaths.]

...So.

What do you think about the glowing things? [The ones in their chest, obviously; 'spirits'.]

[pushedaround]

I know, bro. I'm sorry for that.

[ His tone was almost sympathetic, maybe a bit disappointed as well. He kinda hoped they would stop this weird-hate relationship. It's 'weird' only because they didn't share any black feelings for each other, or maybe they do! Who knows?

Now, back to their miserable situation, Tavros shrugged his shoulders and sighed. ]

I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but, uh, I was one of the people who managed to go beyond the admin's elevator. It was me, Gamzee, Feferi and Meiling. We watched how they extract our 'souls' and then put it back into a body that looked exactly like our own, except it wasn't.

It's ... complicated, but looking at our situation right now, it makes sense. Ya' feel me?

[geometry]

Yeah, I do.

[He feels ya, bro, and looking down at the thing in his chest...]

...So these little glowing balls are our sentience. And they can be moved from one body to another, no matter what happens.

[Shit's getting zen.]

Do you think they've ever lost anyone's soul?

[pushedaround]

It's very possible.

[ Ugh, this is gross. Everything felt so gross right now. He really didn't want to remember that experience at all. ]

They're not really as organized as they should be, to be honest. It's only a matter of time before everything explodes or malfunction around here.

[geometry]

Or maybe some souls were taken for... further experimentation or something.

[JASON]

That's not outside of the things these sick fucks would do.