∞ 59: Crimson guise [voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

...Sheesh. I don't need all this yelling when I'm trying to catch a nap.

Look, it's obvious that there's an experiment going on. Just deal with it. It'll be over with in a week.

If it really matters, it's also obvious that people are turning into things that they despise.


[action]

[In house 42, there's a teenager lying on the couch. Bored. And probably trying to take a nap again.]

Comments

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

That's not an answer.

[She blinks a little as he starts squirming underneath her. Maybe she should try to ... roll off. Or something.]

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

[Just don't try to flop, Raine, or you'll break his little spine into many bony parts.]

This is another reason why you can't stay in the bathtub.

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

What does this have to do with the bathtub?

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

You can't even drag yourself off of me. How bad is it going to be if you're walking around and transform back into this? I can't carry you back in here.

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

Then I just won't go very far. It's not like we can do anything about this now any--

[She gives a frustrated half-flop, though is taken off guard when her body returns to it's normal state]

--...way.

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

[...

...

...

...Well.]

That's something you don't see every day.

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

[Form switching is so... disorienting.]

... I suppose that solves that problem.

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

[He sighs, rubbing the back of his neck contemplatively.]

It's only going to happen again, you realize. So we need to come up with a solution. [But I'm lazy.]

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

There aren't that many options to work with.

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

Well, we could just let you lie there on the floor, naked, and wait for you to turn back.

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

W-well no. That's not one of them.

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

[Shaking his head, Albert turns around and retrieves a towel--okay, several towels--from the nearby cabinet and tosses them on top of Raine.] That'll do for now.

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

[She just sighs, and tries to better cover herself with the towels once they're ... dropped on her.]

... I still say the bathtub would be the best option.

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

Not for a clearly aquatic form. It's just not realistic. Or feasible, with what just happened as an example.

What's the worst that could happen? You could be in the river or lake when you change back, and you'll just climb out and rest on the river's edge. At least the isolation will keep you from wandering ... somewhere.

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

... [Raine is just... giving him a horrified look as he speaks, since he pretty much hit the nail on the worst that could happen.]

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

[He just stares at her.]

It'd just be for a week, Professor.

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

No. No. Th-that's just -- I won't go out there.

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

We're not that far from a river. I'll even have Genis run meals out to you so you don't forget to eat.

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

No, that's ridiculous, and I'm just -- not going along with that.

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

You'll change your tune when you're flopping around the house and getting tired of it... [He just wants to lie down and nap. C'mon, Raine, stop arguing.]

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

Better than flopping around in a river.

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

Swimming around in a river. [He corrects her.]

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

... Swimming...?

[Action]

[chikaidestroyer]

Unless you can't swim in a river...

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

... W-well. Not everyone can swim, you know.