Act 002

[yayashton]

[A Candlemon appears onscreen. It seems highly concerned, and it's whispering.]

Um, guys? Ryan told me I'm not supposed to use the D-terminal, but this is an emergency.

[The camera turns toward Ryan, who is singing and dancing. It seems a little frenzied, and he's obviously sweaty like he's been at it for a couple of hours.]

He's been doing this for the past couple of hours, and he hasn't stopped. I think he's going to hurt himself if he keeps it up. Please, help!

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[action]

[yayashton]

[Ryan shrugs. His fingers are drumming against the floor like a long-time nervous habit, only it's not one.]

I don't write the script. I just perform it.

[action]

[fuhrinkaed]

Oh.

So maybe the script just decided to make up for lost time, then..?

[action]

[yayashton]

[He's going to say it doesn't work like that, but maybe it does here. Noticing his fingers drumming, Ryan makes a conscious effort to stop. By sitting on his hand.]

Kind of a weird plot point, but maybe. I honestly don't know, I just want it to stop.

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[fuhrinkaed]

Well, I'm sure that either everything will be fine or you'll dissolve into a puddle of ectoplasmic goop.

One of the two.

[action]

[yayashton]

[Icon. And keywords.]

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[fuhrinkaed]

I dunno, man. I've seen people melt over less.

[action]

[yayashton]

[Sarcastic jazz hands.] Yay.

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[fuhrinkaed]

You should be okay though. If you start feeling unusually incorporeal, I recommend curling up in a ball on the ground.

[action]

[yayashton]

And how is that supposed to help me stay alive and well?

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[fuhrinkaed]

It won't, but you won't fall and bump your head when you melt into nothingness.

[action]

[yayashton]

Why would hitting my head matter if I was melting into nothingness? [It's kind of sing-song. And Ryan pauses, like he's thinking.] How annoying is it if I talk like this?

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[fuhrinkaed]

Not that annoying.

And it would totally matter, because since your head melts last you feel it, and feeling your body melt away is bad enough. Feeling it melting away and then feeling a bump on your head? That's just insult to injury. [Nodnod.]

[action]

[yayashton]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. [It's still kind of sing-song. Ryan sighs.] Although I kind of hope I don't go all Wicked Witch, it seems messy.

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[fuhrinkaed]

I really hope not.

We've lost one roomie already and I haven't even met the second.

[action]

[yayashton]

Me either. Maybe we should go ambush them and introduce ourselves at some point.

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[fuhrinkaed]

With a song?