[mingle] the space (january).

[fracturamods]

interim mingle

( WELCOME BACK, TRAVELERS. )

There's nothing but the clatter of train tracks, and the odd feeling of almost floating.

When you wake, it's hard to tell exactly what it is that you're missing - only that you are. There are pieces that aren't quite right, even if you're not sure where those pieces would normally be. Pieces of what, exactly....? Well, if you had to put a word to it, it would be - yourself, probably. Or did you get something back recently?

The place you've found yourself in is strange, certainly. It's probably worth exploring a bit. Though it just as easily seems that the only form of welcome or explanation that you have, comes from nothing more than a slab of marble. It might've changed since the last time you saw it.

You might have changed since the last time you saw yourself too - perhaps with a new emblem on your clothes, or a portrait on your skin.

There's no need to fret that much though. You've already gone through the ordeal once, and you might be able to see results from it. Even so, it's best that you don't get too comfortable, because there is still the unshakeable feeling:

There's still much more ahead of you.

Comments

[infinitesadness]

[ just wait until he sees obi-wan 'PARKOUR' kenobi in a fight ]

If it makes you feel any better. [ honestly, he's just more amused by the whole thing? you can let go any time now ]

[suddenlybees]

[ The moment Obi-wan jumps fifty feet in the air, Kano will scream and relinquish his foot, and will have to be caught again because he's fifty feet in the air. But for now, he's been given permission to hang on because it does make him feel better, so he's not letting go. Obi-wan's going to have to like... drag him bodily across the floor to go wherever he needs to go. ]

[infinitesadness]

[ closes my eyes intensely i'm so glad the others aren't here to make fun of him for developing a growth of a lifeform. anyways, several seconds tick by before someone else catches onto the fact that kano simply remains content to be where he is and. hm. ]

I won't suppose you are feeling better by now?

[suddenlybees]

Not yet. Think you can drag me over to the beverage aisle for chocolate milk and maybe a cookie?

[ Maybe then he'll feel better and let go. ]

[infinitesadness]

[ are you feeling the weight of obi-wan's judgment yet? you've got two perfectly good legs to take yourself, kid. hang onto his sleeve if you must. ]

Perhaps if you were to walk, I would not mind fetching an extra treat or two.

[ or you know. he could bribe him ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Why would you make Kano walk when you could just Force fling Kano across Costco?

Bribery works well, though, and Kano unclings himself and hops up to his feet with a little "hup!" ]

Let's go, let's go~! Are you gonna take the tea with you? I worked so hard to get that box down, you know?


[ And it got stacked right back up again! But now that Kano knows Obi-wan can do some magical gravity manipulation, carrying the tea is on him. ]

[infinitesadness]

[ ngl the idea of tugging Kano up by his belt loops/pants was a strong possibility if that hadn't been Good Enough. but luckily Obi-Wan knows best to children's stomachs and he's not above using it to his advantage ]

I don't suppose why not. We'll have to find a broiler of some sort though.

[ obi-wan however, takes a singular box from the crate because even he doesn't want to lug the entire thing around notsco while he wanders. the rest of it just gets tucked out of the way to be taken with him when he leaves ]

[suddenlybees]

[ He still wants the rest of the crate when he leaves, huh. Well, there goes Kano's idea of sitting on the crate while it floats along like a levitating throne; he'll have to use his two working legs. ]

Broiler, broiler... What section do you think they'll be in? By the dried fruit or the underpants?

[infinitesadness]

[ this is exactly why obi-wan made the executive decision to bring one (1) box with him upon exploring. ]

I would think a little closer to the cooking supplies actually.

[ he doesn't even want to know why he thinks they'd be with the underpants ]

[suddenlybees]

[ It's a good thing he doesn't ask, then. ]

Are the cooking supplies near the dried fruit or the underpants...?

[ From Kano's limited experience with Costcos, he never knows where anything is and you just sort of wander aimlessly and by happenstance or miracle sometimes you find what you're looking for, eventually. It's like every time he enters this store, everything's been moved around aside from the very few staples that is the pastry section and the rotisserie chicken in the far far far ends of the store. ]

[infinitesadness]

[ you know one even wonders if space costco is even similar to regular costco. for one, the things they sell certainly have a stranger variety. obi-wan hums, glancing up to the probable signs hanging above them and just wanders away. THIS WAY, it seems ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Pick a direction and walk, that's the way to do it and nobody can say he's going the wrong way until it's three hours later and they've walked for so long, they can't remember what they're even looking for. ]

...I wonder if there's some manager's office we can ransack for a floor map. This seems like the kinda place that'd have a floor map, right?

[infinitesadness]

[ three hours, a shopping cart full of stuff you don't need, and thirty free samples later is more like it ]

I would think so. However, I've yet to come across one in my searching. This place seems to have well hidden it within the massive space.

[ thus wandering it is ]

[suddenlybees]

[ That's how it is... They have to feed you or you'll collapse from starvation from wandering too long before you can make it out of the store.

Kano tilts his head up to look around the ceiling for any visible security cameras or the sort, but even though he spots them, he has to wonder whether there's really nobody around that gives a crap what they're all doing. There was no "cleanup in aisle 3204985!" when the crates of tea spilled over, after all, and he's done similar minor damage to the store without anybody coming to storm in and march him out.

They pass by a 70 pound bag of rice, several containers of motor oil, a grand piano, a display made of 52 different brands of soda cans... ]

...I'm starting to think it'll be easier just to find someone who can make fire. I know a guy, but I never got his name. How 'bout you? Got any matches on you? A blowtorch?

[infinitesadness]

It very well may be easier.

[ usually, he'd be able to you know. Find It. but notsco is large and confusing and he doesn't know what half of these items are. ]

But unfortunately, I left mine in my other cloak.

[ IS HE.... JOKING.......... ]