Log 1

[mayfield_mods]

Who: Everyone (General Log)
What: Make yourself at home.
Where: A new town
When: The first day

Comments

[cursedtolive]

[He waits until Firo's right at the door before leaping forward, with a "raaaaaah"]

[justdumbluck]

Ah-!

[Firo jumps back to face his "attacker," knife at the ready. If it's what took Czes, then no mercy!

...Oh, wait. He blinks, stunned.]

Czes? What the hell are you doin'!?

[cursedtolive]

I was playing. There's nothing here. [He holds up his hands in defense. Watch it with the sharp things there!]

[justdumbluck]

[He lowers his knife and steps back. Since there's no danger he should calm down, he knows, but he feels anger mixing in with his relief. His knuckles turn white as he grips the knife hilt.]

What the hell made you think that was a good idea? I-I was-!

[Worried.]

[cursedtolive]

Well... we already saw that the house wasn't dangerous.

[justdumbluck]

How am I supposed to know for sure it'd not dangerous if you just disappear?

[cursedtolive]

I would know because I'm the one hiding, and if it gets really dangerous I would've come running out!

... Sorry, though.

[justdumbluck]

[Poised on the edge of explosion, Firo glares at Czes, inhaling shakily through clenched teeth. At the apology, he blinks and the tension in his shoulders relaxes. He puts his knife away.]

...No, it's fine. I shouldn't have gotten so worked up. This place just... you know.

[He disintegrates into a bundle of nerves much more easily after so many months in Mayfield.]

[cursedtolive]

Uh-huh. I know. I'm sorry I scared you, Firo.

I won't play a trick like that again.

[justdumbluck]

...I wasn't scared.

[He pats Czes's shoulder and gives him a half-smile.]

It's okay. And, yeah, I'd appreciate that.

You ready to keep goin'? You can pick out which room you want to be yours.

[cursedtolive]

I'll take whichever one you don't take, Firo. Which one do you want?

[justdumbluck]

Really? They both look similar enough to me.

[cursedtolive]

Well, it's more like... do you want the room in the back?

[justdumbluck]

Nah, you can have it. Is that the one you want?

[It might be better for Firo to be closer to the entrance, just in case something/somebody unpleasant breaks in so he can protect Czes.]

[cursedtolive]

Well, if you're not going to take it, I think I will. I like having rooms in the back.

[justdumbluck]

Then it's settled!

[He spins slowly to get a look at the house.]

Guess we'll need to do some decoratin' and stuff.

[cursedtolive]

I guess so. What'll we decorate the house with? Where are we gonna get any of them, anyway?

[justdumbluck]

Um...

[He scratches his head thoughtfully, but he only takes a few moments to actually consider that before shrugging helplessly.]

...I don't know. Got any ideas?

[cursedtolive]

I know this town as well as you do, Firo, and by that I mean not at all. I guess we can go looking?

[justdumbluck]

Sounds like that's about all we can do. I don't think I saw any places to buy furniture or anything on my way in, so maybe if we keep goin' the other direction we'll see somethin'.

We should find a way to lock up the house first, so nobody takes it.

[cursedtolive]

How about we make a sign? We could put our names on it, and we might be able to find a key somewhere in this house for the doors?

[justdumbluck]

That's a great idea! If this place has a garage we might be able to find some wood and paint for a sign. I can check.

[cursedtolive]

I'll go with you.

You know, the garage might be empty, but I don't think we'll need a car or anything. What'll we use it for?

[justdumbluck]

[Firo nods and starts in the direction of one of the unexplored doors. He glances over his shoulder after a few steps; please don't scare him again...]

I don't think we will, this town isn't too big.

[He's tempted to suggest it as a sparring room, but knows that Czes wouldn't get a lot of use out of that.]

We could... we could make it a library, if we find books.

[cursedtolive]

We're not going to need that many books, are we? I guess we could keep some in here, but...

I guess that's a good idea for now.