[ This dream sure is something. Shigeru doesn't think he's ever been dragged into a board game dream before?! But it looks quite fun and Shigeru waits in anticipation for that cheese to come down the shoot?! It turns into, well, a mouse made of cheese but it's surprisingly cute??
Shigeru will look delighted regardless. He will pause and blink looking back up at the other. ] Um!! It turned into a mouse...made out of cheese?
[Octavian leans— and leans and leans, to try and see all the way down to this alleged cheese mouse. He's probably leaning too far out from his perch than is wise, but this isn't real, so does it matter? This is fine.]
Is it a living mouse made out of cheese? How large is it?
[ The mouse sure is alive as it looks back at Shigeru with eyes made out of...olives and whiskers made of breadsticks. It'll give a little squeak as it moves closer to Shigeru who lets out a soft huffed laugh. ] It's...kind of big f-for a mouse, I guess? It's surprisingly cute too. Oh! But the size, r-right! It's um the size of a small cat??
[ Giant cheese mouse Shigeru has only known you for like five minutes, but if anything happened to it, he would kill everyone in this dream and then himself!! ]
Do you think we should give it a name? [ Just a thought as he looks back up towards Octavian. ]
You may name it if you like. Hold onto it for a moment.
[He disappears from view for a good long beat, only to reappear trying to scoot-shimmy down a pole on the side of this big contraption. He's in a tidy sweater vest with a crisp shirt and slacks, so he looks like he's heading for a lecture hall and not at all athletic enough to be shimmying down this thing.
But he makes it to the ground without falling, and crouches down to look at the bottom of the machine first. Hmm!]
I did not expect a live mouse. It was supposed to shred.
Me? Mm but it's your creation, right? I mean we are in your dream after all...
[ A frown as he kneels down and gives the mouse's head a light pat. It kinda feels like cheese which is definitely offputting but, well, this is a weird place so anything can happen. ]
Shred?! Like...oh, shredded cheese? [ He's not even trying at this point. ]
But this is unexpected so that's always fun right? I think a mouse made out of cheese is definitely better than shredded cheese. [ Shigeru will pick up the house cat-sized mouse and hold it in his arms as it squeaks happily. ]
Maybe Gus, or Jaq, or Cheddar?? Which one do you like? Or you make up your own? I think it would like whatever you call it. [ Have a stupid smile directed right at you Octavian. ]
[Octavian, since crawled right under the machine, leans out from under it to give Shigeru a look, brow furrowed. Don't be like this, this— demurring and oh-I-just-couldn't. There are enough of that type of person around here.
But good, he is indeed naming the mouse, excellent.]
It is an appetizer. It feels no affection for me.
[Please!! Back under the machine he goes, and there are some sounds of pieces being adjusted, metal scraping, etc.— somehow, given he didn't take any tools down here.
[ Shigeru's reaction honestly as Octavian says that Cheddar is just an appetizer?! Do not call your new cheese mouse that, my god! ]
Cheddar is great and I think he likes it! [ A reassuring squeak from Cheddar confirms this, yes. Shigeru is also coming over to kneel down to watch Octavian with Cheddar still in his arms tail wagging slightly not unlike a dog or cat. Sorry, sir, but he is curious. ]
So you're fixing it? H-How did you even think to build this thing...it's pretty amazing looking. But what was it before...?
[It's an appetizer, Shigeru!! Octavian does not take it back, it's an appetizer and now it's Shigeru's pet, please enjoy it.
Weird that it can squeak. He doesn't come back out to look at it again, hold onto that mouse.]
It was a device to capture... something. [Mice? Why would it be mice, but he's thinking mice for some reason. Hmm.] I wanted to see how far I could alter the blueprints.
Capture something...ah. Probably mice, I guess? [ Big shrug as he covers Cheddar's ears because his poor mouse friend has heard enough!! ]
Alter them? But then it won't be able to capture what it was supposed to. [ Not that there seems to be anything to capture. ] I guess it doesn't matter though since I haven't seen anything weird or dangerous here.
[ Aside from Octavian's giant shredder that is. ] So you're like an inventor then?!
Do you think I will hurt the machine's feelings, [he asks flatly, from under there. It won't be able to capture... it's metal, it doesn't have do to anything except what he tells it to. Unless this mouse-capture cheese-maker device suddenly hits the singularity and speaks to him. That would be different.
And possibly concerning. Anyway.]
That said. Yes I am. I used to build engines. Now I suppose I invent cheese mice.
No! Well, I mean, if it was an AI yes. But we'd have bigger problems than hurt feelings. [ An amused laugh from Shigeru as he says that but also a squeak from Cheddar follows it. ]
Engines for cars?? Or planes? Spaceships?! [ Shigeru please. ] The only time I ever touched an engine was to remake a piece that broke. Alex my, um, colleague was into that stuff though.
For other machines. [...okay,] Many vehicles. Local use. Not starships. I was raised in a mining town... plenty of equipment that needed upgrading.
[And so he upgraded it, or at least planned to; he got to some of it, at the very least.
He scoots back out from under the machine and straightens up, then moves to start the climb back up to his perch near the top. When he's, like, four feet off the ground, he pauses and looks down. Oh yes, Other People,]
Oh, so like drills and forklifts and things like that? Did you ever give anything a crazy upgrade? Like lasers? I know there are water pressure guns back home that actually cut through metal and rock?? It's pretty amazing what people can create if they're given the right resources, right? I'm sure you've been making all sorts of interesting things here... [ Shigeru...
But a blink as he looks up and then another smile from him. ] Me? Oh, I'm a doctor! For people and I guess other things? [ What does that even mean?! It sounds odd so he will clarify. ] I can fix pretty much anything. Ah! Not-Not to sound pretentious but my powers let me cure anything someone might have. But I can also fix machines, weapons, clothes just stuff like that. But I really don't use my powers for that usually.
I figure given the nature of this place we could always use more healers and doctors, right? So that's what I'm doing here, too.
[Wow, and Octavian thought Vash had a word vomit motormouth problem, this is next level— He can only stare down at Shigeru through this whole thing, like it isn't safe to look back at his machine and mess with it until he's sure there's no more.
So, after waiting a few extra seconds,] Why do you not use your abilities to their fullest extent?
[Forget all of that other stuff about lasers and whatever, he's lost interest; tell him why you're not out there mending things as well as people, kiddo.]
[ Listen here, sir!!! Shigeru has been mute most of his life so talking is still something new for him, leave him alone! ] Oh! Well...it's a lot of things.
[ Shigeru looks awkwardly down at Cheddar who will just give a soft squeak at that. ] I-I don't want to step on people's toes with this kind of stuff, you know? F-Fixing things and-and people...I usually offer but only if the person really wants me to help them.
[ Shigeru looks back up at Octavian. ] I don't want people to think that they're...something that needs to be fixed or cured. [ He doesn't know, it feels weird, almost wrong to make people think that they need to be fixed because of their disabilities or ailments. ]
But I know some people can be stubborn about things. So, I just use my powers when people let me know or it's a really serious situation.
[Oh, he was thinking about, like, shirts with tears in them, but he supposes this is a logical response.]
You have a sense of respect for others. That is admirable.
[No one likes a pushy miracle worker, after all. Octavian has a rather large complex, call it, about bodily autonomy, and so he doesn't dislike this answer-- but also he was thinking about shirts with tears in them, so it throws him off for a moment.
He considers it a bit longer. Hmm.]
I thought it would pertain to knowledge of the composition of a thing. Take my machine for example. You do not know how it works. Could you fix it anyway, were it to break?
Oh! Uh, well, I don't need to know how it works, no. [ A smile and a nod. ]
If you just point me in the right direction with what's broken...I can fix it. Or fix the part that's broken at least. [ A pause. ] Well, it's technically remaking it to a point where it's not broken. As long as I know that...it's an easy fix!
Not the time but it's...matter, I guess? I can manipulate things at the subatomic level. But it does have limitations like I can't make something bigger than what it is but I can break it down into smaller versions of itself. It would be easier to, um, show you but I wouldn't want to mess with your machine...unless you're okay with it.
[ But actions speak louder than words as the saying goes. ]
[Do Not Touch the machine, he's not that curious. This is his machine child and he's not letting anyone slap magic all over it without knowing all of the details. Even if slapping magic all over it could help show those details...
It's still a no.]
You could turn that mouse into smaller versions. It is not actually alive.
[ Shigeru gasps and looks down at Cheddar. ] I-I can't do that! It's...different with a living thing. But! Oh! I know! H-Hold on a second!
[ Shigeru huffs a laugh as he sets Cheddar down. He will not be using his powers on a cute innocent little cheese mouse?! Instead, he will...concentrate and summon up a screw from his powers of creation. Octavian might feel a weird presence when he does that, considering Shigeru's godpowers are interacting within his dreamscape. But the screw is rather large, big enough to fit in the palms of Shigeru's hand where it now lays. Shigeru will give Octavian a look as he activates his powers.
He's not sure how this will interfere with a person's dream but Shigeru's eyes shift to pitch black with yellow sclera and there are...shadowy tentacles now that flare out in the dream's floor, red eyes within them, looking around but mostly at Octavian and Cheddar. The screw will then start to be disintegrated until it's completely vanished before Octavian's very eyes. But it'll be reformed into its original self just as quickly. Shigeru will then do the process over only this time the screw will be formed into 4 identical smaller screws that when melted together will give the same mass as the larger one. He'll merge them all together again with his recombination, and disintegration powers until the original screw is laying in his hands.
Shigeru looks satisfied enough as he closes his eyes and that odd feeling from his powers and tentacles with eyes snap back into his person. He will hold up the screw for the other man to inspect. His eyes back to their normal look too. A smile. ] See? It's pretty cool, right?! I don't normally work with this kind of stuff but that was pretty fun.
Strange hesitation from someone using their power for medical use.
[He's just saying--
In any case, there's an awful lot of tentacles and strangeness happening all of a sudden that absolutely draw his attention more than the trick with the screw. Yes, that is interesting in its own right, but what is with the tentacles? The strange feeling in the air? What's wrong with his eyes? He didn't mention at all that he isn't an ordinary magician at all...
Oh! Um!! [ He's embarrassed and flustered because he forgot to mention something so important. What an idiot! ] S-Sorry! I-I forgot to mention about my-my powers...
[ He looks awkwardly away as he just fiddles with that screw in his hands. ] I'm not...an alien. I'm something called a phrobiest...and a god now too, I guess
[ The last part is said very quietly as he looks away. He's still not really comfortable with saying it like that. Gods should revered and worshipped, right? He doesn't deserve any of that and wants none of that either. ] Sorry if it was offputting. I normally mention that happens when-when I use my powers.
No...you don't. [ People don't normally encounter shadow tentacles with red eyes though?! ] But I never really showed anyone them until-until now, here I mean.
[ Shigeru was in some sort of limbo until a few weeks ago only just reviving and stepping back out into his own world. ]
They're not too bad. I'm still trying to figure them out...new powers, you know? I think they might be good for manual stuff. The more hands the better...like an octopus.
[ He's still not sure how dexterous he can be with them but only one way to find out! ]
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Mouse trap
Shigeru will look delighted regardless. He will pause and blink looking back up at the other. ] Um!! It turned into a mouse...made out of cheese?
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Is it a living mouse made out of cheese? How large is it?
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[ Giant cheese mouse Shigeru has only known you for like five minutes, but if anything happened to it, he would kill everyone in this dream and then himself!! ]
Do you think we should give it a name? [ Just a thought as he looks back up towards Octavian. ]
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[He disappears from view for a good long beat, only to reappear trying to scoot-shimmy down a pole on the side of this big contraption. He's in a tidy sweater vest with a crisp shirt and slacks, so he looks like he's heading for a lecture hall and not at all athletic enough to be shimmying down this thing.
But he makes it to the ground without falling, and crouches down to look at the bottom of the machine first. Hmm!]
I did not expect a live mouse. It was supposed to shred.
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[ A frown as he kneels down and gives the mouse's head a light pat. It kinda feels like cheese which is definitely offputting but, well, this is a weird place so anything can happen. ]
Shred?! Like...oh, shredded cheese? [ He's not even trying at this point. ]
But this is unexpected so that's always fun right? I think a mouse made out of cheese is definitely better than shredded cheese. [ Shigeru will pick up the house cat-sized mouse and hold it in his arms as it squeaks happily. ]
Maybe Gus, or Jaq, or Cheddar?? Which one do you like? Or you make up your own? I think it would like whatever you call it. [ Have a stupid smile directed right at you Octavian. ]
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But good, he is indeed naming the mouse, excellent.]
It is an appetizer. It feels no affection for me.
[Please!! Back under the machine he goes, and there are some sounds of pieces being adjusted, metal scraping, etc.— somehow, given he didn't take any tools down here.
Eventually, though,] Cheddar.
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Cheddar is great and I think he likes it! [ A reassuring squeak from Cheddar confirms this, yes. Shigeru is also coming over to kneel down to watch Octavian with Cheddar still in his arms tail wagging slightly not unlike a dog or cat. Sorry, sir, but he is curious. ]
So you're fixing it? H-How did you even think to build this thing...it's pretty amazing looking. But what was it before...?
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Weird that it can squeak. He doesn't come back out to look at it again, hold onto that mouse.]
It was a device to capture... something. [Mice? Why would it be mice, but he's thinking mice for some reason. Hmm.] I wanted to see how far I could alter the blueprints.
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Alter them? But then it won't be able to capture what it was supposed to. [ Not that there seems to be anything to capture. ] I guess it doesn't matter though since I haven't seen anything weird or dangerous here.
[ Aside from Octavian's giant shredder that is. ] So you're like an inventor then?!
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And possibly concerning. Anyway.]
That said. Yes I am. I used to build engines. Now I suppose I invent cheese mice.
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Engines for cars?? Or planes? Spaceships?! [ Shigeru please. ] The only time I ever touched an engine was to remake a piece that broke. Alex my, um, colleague was into that stuff though.
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[And so he upgraded it, or at least planned to; he got to some of it, at the very least.
He scoots back out from under the machine and straightens up, then moves to start the climb back up to his perch near the top. When he's, like, four feet off the ground, he pauses and looks down. Oh yes, Other People,]
What do you do?
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But a blink as he looks up and then another smile from him. ] Me? Oh, I'm a doctor! For people and I guess other things? [ What does that even mean?! It sounds odd so he will clarify. ] I can fix pretty much anything. Ah! Not-Not to sound pretentious but my powers let me cure anything someone might have. But I can also fix machines, weapons, clothes just stuff like that. But I really don't use my powers for that usually.
I figure given the nature of this place we could always use more healers and doctors, right? So that's what I'm doing here, too.
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So, after waiting a few extra seconds,] Why do you not use your abilities to their fullest extent?
[Forget all of that other stuff about lasers and whatever, he's lost interest; tell him why you're not out there mending things as well as people, kiddo.]
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[ Shigeru looks awkwardly down at Cheddar who will just give a soft squeak at that. ] I-I don't want to step on people's toes with this kind of stuff, you know? F-Fixing things and-and people...I usually offer but only if the person really wants me to help them.
[ Shigeru looks back up at Octavian. ] I don't want people to think that they're...something that needs to be fixed or cured. [ He doesn't know, it feels weird, almost wrong to make people think that they need to be fixed because of their disabilities or ailments. ]
But I know some people can be stubborn about things. So, I just use my powers when people let me know or it's a really serious situation.
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You have a sense of respect for others. That is admirable.
[No one likes a pushy miracle worker, after all. Octavian has a rather large complex, call it, about bodily autonomy, and so he doesn't dislike this answer-- but also he was thinking about shirts with tears in them, so it throws him off for a moment.
He considers it a bit longer. Hmm.]
I thought it would pertain to knowledge of the composition of a thing. Take my machine for example. You do not know how it works. Could you fix it anyway, were it to break?
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If you just point me in the right direction with what's broken...I can fix it. Or fix the part that's broken at least. [ A pause. ] Well, it's technically remaking it to a point where it's not broken. As long as I know that...it's an easy fix!
[ Said with another smile and a thumbs up! ]
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[Well Shigeru, please explain all of the gritty magical details. He requires the knowledge.]
I am unfamiliar with the magic regardless. Mending magic.
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Not the time but it's...matter, I guess? I can manipulate things at the subatomic level. But it does have limitations like I can't make something bigger than what it is but I can break it down into smaller versions of itself. It would be easier to, um, show you but I wouldn't want to mess with your machine...unless you're okay with it.
[ But actions speak louder than words as the saying goes. ]
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[Do Not Touch the machine, he's not that curious. This is his machine child and he's not letting anyone slap magic all over it without knowing all of the details. Even if slapping magic all over it could help show those details...
It's still a no.]
You could turn that mouse into smaller versions. It is not actually alive.
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[ Shigeru huffs a laugh as he sets Cheddar down. He will not be using his powers on a cute innocent little cheese mouse?! Instead, he will...concentrate and summon up a screw from his powers of creation. Octavian might feel a weird presence when he does that, considering Shigeru's godpowers are interacting within his dreamscape. But the screw is rather large, big enough to fit in the palms of Shigeru's hand where it now lays. Shigeru will give Octavian a look as he activates his powers.
He's not sure how this will interfere with a person's dream but Shigeru's eyes shift to pitch black with yellow sclera and there are...shadowy tentacles now that flare out in the dream's floor, red eyes within them, looking around but mostly at Octavian and Cheddar. The screw will then start to be disintegrated until it's completely vanished before Octavian's very eyes. But it'll be reformed into its original self just as quickly. Shigeru will then do the process over only this time the screw will be formed into 4 identical smaller screws that when melted together will give the same mass as the larger one. He'll merge them all together again with his recombination, and disintegration powers until the original screw is laying in his hands.
Shigeru looks satisfied enough as he closes his eyes and that odd feeling from his powers and tentacles with eyes snap back into his person. He will hold up the screw for the other man to inspect. His eyes back to their normal look too. A smile. ] See? It's pretty cool, right?! I don't normally work with this kind of stuff but that was pretty fun.
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[He's just saying--
In any case, there's an awful lot of tentacles and strangeness happening all of a sudden that absolutely draw his attention more than the trick with the screw. Yes, that is interesting in its own right, but what is with the tentacles? The strange feeling in the air? What's wrong with his eyes? He didn't mention at all that he isn't an ordinary magician at all...
So he'll get to the screw, fun trick, but first:]
Are you an alien?
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[ He looks awkwardly away as he just fiddles with that screw in his hands. ] I'm not...an alien. I'm something called a phrobiest...and a god now too, I guess
[ The last part is said very quietly as he looks away. He's still not really comfortable with saying it like that. Gods should revered and worshipped, right? He doesn't deserve any of that and wants none of that either. ] Sorry if it was offputting. I normally mention that happens when-when I use my powers.
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Do I seem disturbed? I am only asking.
[Tentacles, though. Not the magical effect he'd have expected from any kind of powers.]
That must be inconvenient.
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[ Shigeru was in some sort of limbo until a few weeks ago only just reviving and stepping back out into his own world. ]
They're not too bad. I'm still trying to figure them out...new powers, you know? I think they might be good for manual stuff. The more hands the better...like an octopus.
[ He's still not sure how dexterous he can be with them but only one way to find out! ]
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