let's consider a change of scenery [group vandalism]

[dullshooter]

[On Wednesday morning, everyone will find a note outside their suite door. If you can get past Misfire’s dodgy handwriting, it reads:]


Hey LOSERS!!!

Get down to miracle mile 2DAY, 12PM, for some

VANDALISM

[Note: ‘vandalism’ is written with one of those ‘cool S’s.]

kit will be provided BUT if you have a water gun from the machine bring it!!!

P.S no snitches allowed
JK you can come n be target practice ;)


[At the appointed time, Misfire can be found standing triumphantly in the street. Beside him is a pile of spray cans, brushes, and buckets of paint; by the looks of it, he emptied the whole store. He’s wearing the dress Forrest made him too, and using the pocket space to carry even more stuff on him.

When enough people have gathered, he’ll address them:]

Alright, here’s the deal: it’s come to my attention that some of you have missed out some crucial formative experiences, or otherwise haven’t known the joys of anti-social behavior. And, since writing stuff on walls has been a historical expression of dissent, I think there’s no better time or place to fix that.

[Grinning, he picks up something out of his pile - a water gun filled with purple paint.]

Frankie didn’t outlaw vandalism, so let’s make him realize that egregious oversight. In technical terms - go nuts.

Comments

[dullshooter]

That’s why it works.

[The fact this was a confused and very sincere attempt is truly what makes it.]

…Is that a sword-gun? …Gunsword? [Pause. Thoughtful squint.] …Swun?

[howveryglib]

…

That is a gunblade.

[And they’re very cool okay]

[sastruga]

Ah, does it?

[...Well, people do say it suits her a lot. They must be onto something.]

There's plenty of calculations involved in archery, to be fair. Maybe people don't really think about them, just calling it instinct or muscle memory.

But when you get down to it, archery is just the applications of Newton's laws of motion.

[sastruga]

Sounds like you're really getting into it now.

I guess Misfire-san had the right idea for once.

[dullshooter]

Tell me you made that up.

[please. he needs this.]

[honeyedtea]

You have a point. It's not as though we'll do each other any harm with a bit of... redecorating?

[ Meanwhile, just offscreen: Hagakure hanging up his EAT ASS decorations. ]

Where should we start?

[honeyedtea]

[ . . . ]

That was lengthier than I was expecting it to be...

[ Oh, the most evil of psychic assaults – a teenager privately thinking that you're a bit of a dweeb. ]

You kept the paint very steady, though...!

[fuckingguy]

But you wrote it on the wall. So really, it looks more like you are saying, "down with this sort of building."

... I am not opposed to that either, to be clear. Would be much more satisfying for all of us.

[fuckingguy]

[ SQUINTS AT SUSPICIOUSLY... like, he does remember the conversation about forgetting, hyuk hyuk hyuk, but Dandy is so variable that it is hard to tell with him! ]

You are not just fucking with me?

[bootyhunter]

[Congratulations, Nandor, he is not.

Dandy simply flashes the vampire a toothy grin and shakes his head from side to side.]

... Nah.

[fuckingguy]

... Oh. Then thank you, I guess. It has been a long time, and trying to remember it... bit of a complicated situation.

[ i just think it would be really fucking funny if nandor tried to reconnect with his heritage but every time someone tosses out a casual inshallah he hisses and starts to smoke ]

[fuckingguy]

... Think that might be more of a Joy and Misfire thing.

[inaclearing]

Yeah, it was a good idea! We talked about it earlier, but I didn't know he was gonna do all this.

[inaclearing]

[The Buddhism thing makes sense enough, but hey wait up hold on a second - ]

You cracked your brain?

[hellaethics]

[Unfortunately for Brett, it is absolutely a football term and Jason is overjoyed.]

You get it, Brett! Dude is out here setting records for single-season passing yards and touchdowns!

[inaclearing]

Yeah!

[Gonna immediately quit trying to use sports terms while he's ahead!]

[bootyhunter]

Yeah.

[Complicated?

The situation itself is not the least bit complicated, not to someone like Dandy. Or well, not to someone like this particular Dandy, the one in this cosmic thread of time that has happened upon new Rapture. He, moreso than all the other versions of himself, is aware that there is something different about him- To a certain extent.

What Nandor is experiencing is a tale as old as time. The more distance between oneself and an event, the more the details blur together. If your life is hundreds and hundreds of years long, and if your eyes have been open since the first moment that was even possible for anyone or anything...

Significance becomes debatable.]

I get it.

[howveryglib]

No? They are, in fact, extremely common in the Garlean military...

[garlemald: we looked at all the things that have guns in them for some reason in rwby and nodded in approval]

Yep, NSFW text.

[giddyundertaker]

[ Well, it could be a dick, but you must remember the Undertaker's eyesight isn't very good. That could be a dick, or a weird eel, or a blob that has some rude meaning over a century into the future. It's hard to tell from this angle! ]

Huh... Very creative design, there...

[ Does he sound more confused or sarcastic? Who knows? ]

[howveryglib]

[OOF....]

...

...

...

I am not that longwinded...

[several unskippable cutscenes would imply otherwise]

[howveryglib]

...Indeed. Once we are safely out of this place, I would be pleased to see this place reclaimed by the waves and consigned to the ignominious depths.

[giddyundertaker]

Eh... [ Shrugs his shoulders. ] I suppose you might not find it helpful.

[giddyundertaker]

Hm... We do know how the silhouette looks... Perhaps it's feasible?

[inaclearing]

Yeah, yeah - different for everyone.

[Of course he knows that, but you know, he's allowed to talk about his own experiences for a second.]

In my world, where I'm from...people are farther away from death than they used to be, I think. Most people don't die at home anymore.

[giddyundertaker]

Huh...?

[ He tilts his head at this. ]

What do you mean by that?