open mingle: 11/4-11/11 (or whatever. follow ur dreams)

[sniptuck]

[ NEW MONTH, NEW US. Are you attempting to figure out ways to solve Naoko and Jenn's respective problems? Helping to make the base island nice and fancy? Or any other type of shenanigan that isn't listed above because I don't know your life and am not privy to every single bad idea to come across the crew? Well, it's time to make all of that happen here!

Anyway have fun and use this for threading. Make sure to check out the November OOC post and there is also a CR meme up. THAT'S IT, HAPPY SCORPIO MONTH!!! ]

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[ It took her a moment to respond because she was actually laughing at that. ]

You should get them checked out. I'd be happy to do an examination. I could even show you a real live Dave, if you're lucky.

[aheroipray]

[ people she's made laugh so far: 2. points for the eorzean comedic relief. ]

I don't trust you. You think I have worms, so of course you'd say I have worms! I'd like an impartial third party, thank you.

[inject]

I'm a nurse. I have to make an educated guess before I'm able to do tests to gain a proper diagnosis.

I'd certainly rather you not have worms.

[aheroipray]

[ grumble grumble grumble ]

Tell me what this worm is before I go for a diagnosis.

[inject]

It's sometimes known as a brainworm, [ and she pauses, letting that one sink in for a moment - just long enough for panic to instill on most people - ] - or a sticky song, or stuck song syndrome...

[aheroipray]

[ yeah, there's that flash of panic--A BRAIN WORM????

and then she continues, and then it's overwhelming irritation and embarrassment. ]

How clever.

[inject]

I think you deserved it for passing it on to everyone in the base.

[aheroipray]

I'll pass the blame to the Moogles who sang this without stopping.

[inject]

A race from your homeworld, I'll assume.

[aheroipray]

[ there's a beat as her mind wraps around what she's saying, but she shrugs it off soon enough. ]

A pest, more like.

[inject]

You'll find your fair share of those here, too.

[ Both inside and outside of the water. ]

They even sing, too.

[aheroipray]

I refuse to engage in them. I'm sure this Dave is a pest as well.

[inject]

[ DAMMIT SHE'S LAUGHING AGAIN. Excuse her while she composes herself. ]

He's not a terrible student, but he's got a long way to go before he's adequate in the labs. His music is... all right, though I admit I'm not his target audience.

[ But more importantly: ]

Perhaps you shouldn't engage the pests of Iniidae in their singing, but there are many lifeforms here that sing a very important and, excuse the frivolity, beautiful song here. It counteracts, to a degree, a considerably more sinister one that is also sang in the depths.

[aheroipray]

[ a moment, and she responds with both determination and seriousness-- ]

Hymns and songs can be very powerful weapons in the right hands--I do not deny that at all. Some of my close friends are master bards, after all... what kind of song is this? If it is an important song, I would like to learn it.

[inject]

We have recordings on URSULA's database of the raw song and the remixes that a musical group here used to do. [ Aw, she misses Mettaton - not that she'll ever admit that. ] The Reefbacks out in the ocean sing some refrains of it, if you want to take a trip outside to listen.

[aheroipray]

I'd rather not go out if I can help it. I'll search for these remixes and songs, then.

[inject]

Better now than later, but I suppose it's none of my business.

Just ask URSULA or a drone of hers. There's data on its use to combat the effects other song too.

[aheroipray]

I assume I shouldn't learn the other song.

[inject]

Are you a gigantic, be-tentacled nautical dragon?

[aheroipray]

[ for about a second, there's the image of leviathan that's shared between them. a second later, she tries to attach tentacles onto him. doesn't quite work... ]

... no. Can't say that I am.

[inject]

[ Valentine blinked as the thought blipped by. She was good at remembering things she'd only had a chance to look at, but that one had gone by too fast. What she'd seen first, without the obviously tacked on tentacles, seemed... weirdly right, actually. ]

... Then it's probably nothing for you to try learning.

[aheroipray]

Ah, well. I'll keep that in mind, then. Thank you.

[inject]

For the record, it's more like this:

[ And, from what valentine has gathered of the Sea Dragon Leviathan's appearance, she shares a flickering image. ]

[aheroipray]

By the Twelve...

[ that thing must be huge! ]

[inject]

It's very far down.