Nora Catch All

[allmyfriendsaredead]

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[allmyfriendsaredead]

[Wait what.]

They explode?!

[houndumb]

THEY EXPLODE!!

[He throws out his hands as though imitating the boom-boom problem here. 'Cause like, that sure was a boom bird he had to deal with just now. Also:]

And I tried opening one and they're empty and it's totally creepy, and you can stick like, apples into them! There's nothing there! It's like we're surrounded by GHOST PENGUINS.

[????????]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[??

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?!?!?!?!]

Did you stick an apple into one?!

[That's. That's the only thing she can manage to grab onto right now.]

[houndumb]

[He straightens and nods emphatically like this is absolutely important top-tier information or. Or whatever.]

I stuck TWO APPLES. I could've stuck a whole basket of apples 'cause the whole penguin was just this big empty bag of wind!!

[allmyfriendsaredead]

Why did you-

[Stopping herself. Calm down, Saki. Focus here.]

He... He did say they were from hell...

[houndumb]

[He was already bristling up to justify himself when yelling because that's his reflex response to getting questioned in that tone so it's probably good that she redirects them. Nora blinks at her a couple ties, and with his hair plastered down and soot still over his person he seriously looks like a sheepdog that got stuck in a chimney or something.]

Pretty sure there's nothin' like exploding penguins in hell?? Or the demon world. Whatever.

Though if we did I'm pretty sure Her Hagliness would have 'em as pets...

[That's muttered grouchily to himself.]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

It could be a different hell. We're already all from different worlds - I know by now, my earth was nothing like this.

[Otherwise she's pretty sure the apocalypse would have kicked off already.]

Do you know what caused it to explode?

[houndumb]

Well. Obviously, there's different worlds and everything, just -- it's weird that they're not connected. At all. It's freakin' weird.

[That trails off into a mutter too, Nora kind of getting distracted by the existential dread(?) of the multiverse, or maybe it's less existential dread and more existential confusion because to be fair. There are probably way weirder things than exploding penguins where he comes from. Also:]

... Uh. I might have. Smacked it over the head a few times...??

[He has the grace to sound slightly sheepish about it but look.]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[...]

Nora.

[What did she say on their first day of this game?]

[houndumb]

What?! I was tryin' to interrogate it 'cause we still know nothing about that weirdo Host! What else was I supposed to do?!

[Probably just about anything that isn't bullying penguins. Granted, bullying everything is kind of his default mode, so, no idea what Saki expected here.]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

You don't have to hit them!

[UGH, DOGGO, PLEASE.]

Just ask them normally!

[houndumb]

I asked them normally!!

[Did he, though. Did he really.]

All they did was yell dood real loud and over and over and try to run away so I got pissed 'cause they were obviously hiding things!

[Or they were alarmed by the rabid dog coming at them. Truly a predator-prey relationship of some kind.]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

...When you first asked them, were you speaking with an indoor voice, or yelling?

[Yes.

Indoor voice.]

[houndumb]

'Course I was talking in an indoor voice, I'm always using the same voice!!

[Yes. Exactly like he's doing now. Obviously.

People can probably hear him down the hall at this point.]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

...You probably terrified them. You can't be any quieter?

[houndumb]

I had to intimidate them some, it was an interrogation in the first place.

[OK so he's back to a less yelly voice but it's still loud. Maybe this is his indoor voice. Maybe it's Maybelline.]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

They won't talk to you if they're too scared to say anything. If you just asked them nicely, they might be more willing to explain.

[houndumb]

I gave 'em apples.

[Nora.]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

Didn't you just say they're empty?

[houndumb]

Yeah, and it's creepy that they still move around and talk and stuff like they're alive, but I still gave them apples so that still counts.

[That's not the point.]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

Are you sure they even wanted apples?

[houndumb]

Why wouldn't they want apples?

[allmyfriendsaredead]

You're the one who just said they're ghosts.

[houndumb]

They’re empty like ghosts and they’re creepy and weird like ghosts and their master has zombie bandages and they’re in a death game so it was close enough! Besides, you can give dead people apples. I’m pretty sure.

[??????]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

Why would dead people want apples? If you're going to give a gift to someone, you should be more thoughtful.