[cw: blood] Who wants to live forever?

[razorblade_empress]

So, uh... I know we've got really important shit going on right now, but I could use some advice or help or something, because I've got something weird going on with... oh, hell with it; it's probably easier to just show you. If you're not good with blood or whatever the hell this is, you're gonna want to look away or whatever the mental equivalent of that is right now.

[And she's just going to wait for a bit to give people a chance to do just that, and not at all because she's weirded out and embarrassed by all of this herself.]

...Right. Okay. I'll just... get this over with, then. [There's a short pause as she steels herself, and then:] Anyone got any idea what the hell this shit is?

[She opens a livestream that focuses on her finger - or rather, the visibly healing gash on said finger and the trickle of mingled red and silver fluid oozing from it. Those who were there for the Achaia Jaunt or otherwise have reason to know will likely recognize the silver fluid as ichor of immortality, typically gotten through eating certain red-gold grapes during or after that Jaunt. Unfortunately, Yukino doesn't know that - and more importantly hasn't had any such grapes.]

Comments

[fruitknife]

Technically you can still get killed, but it takes a fuck of a lot more effort, Most shit you'll bounce back from. Don't think it'll regrow limbs. [But he's not what you'd call in a hurry to test that.]

You can probably still get drunk, but it'd take more effort and not last as long. Source sure as hell wouldn't wanna go without their wine, so.

[razorblade_empress]

Got it.

Hell, it comes from grapes - you could probably drink it as wine.

[fruitknife]

Yeah, probably, but what fun's skipping out on actual food?

[razorblade_empress]

Pretty sure some people do consider wine a food.

[fruitknife]

No kidding. [Still, as much as Shinji cooks, is it any wonder he's pissed about having a reliable food alternative on hand?]

[razorblade_empress]

[Yukino can take or leave wine, personally.]

So you got stuck with the things post-Jaunt, huh?

[fruitknife]

Unfortunately.

[razorblade_empress]

Gonna guess that's how Koro-chan got into them?

[fruitknife]

He got bored when we were on that computer jaunt. And he's as stubborn as he is smart.

[razorblade_empress]

Stubborn, smart, and loyal?

[She's guessing, anyway.]

But yeah, on a Jaunt like that, being stuck in Liminal Space was probably boring as hell... not that the alternative probably would've been much better for him at the time.

[Because Bits.]

[fruitknife]

He's got a Persona and everything. [So yeah, his mile-wide loyal streak was part of it.]

No shit. And I was infiltrating, so it would've been a mess no matter what.

[razorblade_empress]

I've gotta admit that's not something I've seen before.

Yeah, it probably would've been if you were Infiltrating.

[Random dog/Bit out of nowhere? Yeah.]

[fruitknife]

Us either.

He woulda hated being knocked down to 'yes' and 'no.'

[razorblade_empress]

I think anybody would. Even still having access to the network probably wouldn't have made that any less frustrating.

[fruitknife]

Probably not.

Network's helped a lot. Minako and I can kinda guess by now, but not needing Aigis around to translate is a plus.

[razorblade_empress]

Yeah, for all its drawbacks, the network's really helpful for communication like that.

[fruitknife]

Sure is. [The weirdest part is that it doesn't actually turn Koromaru's thoughts into words so much as let him bark with meaning.]

...I'm not even not glad Koro-chan got into the damn grapes. It was fucking annoying, though.

[razorblade_empress]

He wasn't even remotely sorry, was he?

[fruitknife]

Not in the fuckin' slightest. But I didn't figure he would be.

[razorblade_empress]

I'm guessing it was more the opposite.

[fruitknife]

Pretty much.

[razorblade_empress]

Based on what I've seen of him, that sounds about right.