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[devoutish]

And my supplies, short one letter opener.

[jumpthegun]

That wouldn't be the letter opener Duster was twirling around, would it?

[devoutish]

It would be, yeah. Good with it, isn't he.

[jumpthegun]

Seems to be, yeah. Learned from the best?

[devoutish]

You think I needed to teach Duster how to use sharp objects? I'm flattered.

[jumpthegun]

[John rolls his eyes again.]

Point taken. Talking of sharp objects, you have got all your supplies, right? Did you have food with you? I know there's some sort of fast food restaurant down there. Rubbish fried things, probably, but hot.

[devoutish]

Food, yes. A few day's worth. I had them leave everything on me. All my bags were packed into the mortuary tray.

[Waking up in a body cabinet is still the creepiest thing ever.]

[jumpthegun]

[Yeah, he doesn't envy you that, Alfie.]

That's good... Your voice came back after only a day last time. Might get lucky and have the same thing for your vision.

[Lucky. Because Alfie's so lucky here.]

[devoutish]

I'd rather lose the voice than the vision, especially with the Joker about.

[And speaking of the Joker...]

He's one of the ones wanting to go after Kesara, is he?

[jumpthegun]

Yeah. Him and Brian. I dunno if Brian would kill her. Joker wants to kill the Prophet, whoever it is.

[devoutish]

The Joker is a problem. Brian is getting to be one as well.

[Alfie does things with problem people. The Joker being so sick and weak before had held him back from anything too drastic, because he hadn't wanted to risk him coming back at full strength. But now...]

It's something to consider, at least for the Joker.

[jumpthegun]

Batman's looking for him, at least. If he can get ahold of him, I think he's the best chance for containing him. He's dedicated, if nothing else. Brian, I'm not sure. Jade doesn't seem to be able to control him. I'm worried about her being alone with him.

[devoutish]

We discussed it a bit, yeah.

[He still thinks it's a dumb idea that's doomed to fail.]

Jade's the kid?

[jumpthegun]

[Well, what are the alternatives, Mr. Solomons? We still don't have any.]

She's the girl traveling with him. Not sure if they've picked up anyone else. I know Davesprite knows Jade from their own world. Not sure how they fit together, though.

[devoutish]

Davesprite.

[Explain, Watson.]

[jumpthegun]

He's one of the new arrivals. A sort of... feathery, orange... ghost-boy. Nice enough. Kind of flip. He died just a little while ago and came back recently. He's in the aquarium with me at the moment. Lost his language skills.

[devoutish]

A feathery orange ghost boy. What a place we've found ourselves in, eh?

[jumpthegun]

Well, after the monster goat, I'm pretty much set for anything, aren't you?

[devoutish]

The monster goat and the talking dog.

[jumpthegun]

And the talking cat... who's also apparently a star or constellation or something.

[devoutish]

When did we get a cat?

[jumpthegun]

Awhile back. Apparently that's what 'at I will not' is.

[devoutish]

Fucking ridiculous. I hope I don't end up in a house with any of 'em.

[jumpthegun]

The dog seems nice... and just about what I'd expect a talking dog to be like. Toriel's nice, too. [He pauses to cough raggedly and sip some water. This conversation is doing a number on his throat.] She's worried about Frisk, though, with her illness keeping on. Have you still got your cough and fever?

[devoutish]

Yeah. And you, what have you got? You're ill. I can hear it in your voice.