[she's told him about the uwu, but he doesn't completely know what it looks like. still, he can guess why she's frozen in place like that. after a moment, whispered:]
...It's not moving. If it were going to hurt us, I think it would have already.
[she nods a little, but she's going to grab him and pull him as far away from the uwu as possible. she presses into a corner and just slides down the wall, breath all out of whack.
she can't stop looking around rupert to make sure it hasn't moved.]
Okay, so - we don't have anything like the level of technology in these places back home, so I'd never seen most of the machines here. So when I got to the school, me and this girl named Adora were trying to think of what one of the washers might do, and we thought it was for food at first...? So we put a croissant in it and pressed start.
So many soggy bread crumbs in the machine! So many. That thing was a goner before we could figure out how to make the water drain. I swear, we were still trying to get the really tiny ones out weeks later. It was a mess.
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w4, MONDAY
rupert gets to watch lup freeze. in the middle of the room is a sprawled out, very big furby.
she doesn't move, doesn't speak, doesn't breathe. just. stands.]
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...It's not moving. If it were going to hurt us, I think it would have already.
[reaching for her hand...]
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Hey. Look at me, okay? Nothing in these rooms is real. It's not going to hurt you, I won't let it.
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It... it's... [it isn't real. her free hand comes up to cover her neck, and she just - stares at him, helplessly.] Not. Not real, right.
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[he repeats, giving her hand a squeeze.]
Do you need to sit down for a second? We cam take as long as you need.
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she can't stop looking around rupert to make sure it hasn't moved.]
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Uh... [a long pause.] I can't - I can't focus. I can't think of anything.
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Okay. I'll tell you something then, alright? Just keep listening to me, don't focus on anything else. Nothing else is happening.
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Okay, so - we don't have anything like the level of technology in these places back home, so I'd never seen most of the machines here. So when I got to the school, me and this girl named Adora were trying to think of what one of the washers might do, and we thought it was for food at first...? So we put a croissant in it and pressed start.
That did not end well.
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You... you washed a croissant. What even happened?
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[he laughs.]
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Sounds like it. Take that, um. Uh, as a... a title. [she's trying, here.] Destroyer of Washing Machines.
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[if he notices the change in her grip, he doesn't comment on it.]
Let's see... [...] Have I told you about the time I didn't know the brownies a friend gave me were drugged, so I ate two?
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I think - you mentioned weed. Being a thing. [but go on.]
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Yeah. I was super out of it. One of my friends put a water gun on my head and told me I was the meme king and I almost started crying.
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You - Rupert. [she says, but it's so fond. she seems to be calming down a little.]
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I told her we had to solve the memes by unyeeting and antidabbing.
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Do you even know what that means?
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Very funny. You had a wild time down there, huh.
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[then there's a sigh from behind them, and they're tossed back into the hallway, safe and sound.]
...See? Safe.
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after a second, she just pulls him close and hugs him, hiding her face against his shoulder.]
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