I want to Beheeyemlieve

[indigo_league]

Who: All affected!
Where: Inside a dream, a memory.
When: Halloween night!
Summary: Log for the 2021 Beheeyem Halloween event
Rating: Many of these memories may involve experiences that could be distressing. Please make sure to read the individual CWs for each top level. Also, make sure to tag your own top levels accordingly.

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[necrodentia]

[ Surprised by the sound of a voice identical to the one that just came from her mouth, Rainer startles, turning to look at the other goblin. ]

Uhhh... I'm Rainer? I don't usually look like-- like you, I guess.

[ She pauses, tilting her head, her goblin ears twitching curiously. ]

Not that I'm entirely sure who you are, either.

[nightyorb]

[For a moment he grins, a slightly lopsided, sharp-fanged grin.]

How many goblins have you met recently?

[If it is Rainer seeing this memory, that feels... okay. He certainly doesn't know her well, but she had understood him better than most in the talks they had had. And she had helped him experiment on the weird freaky cops. Always a plus.]

It's Riz. This is what I normally look like.

[necrodentia]

Oh! Okay, yeah, that makes sense.

[ Most of her interaction with Riz so far has been over text, so she hadn't really put too much thought into him being a goblin. But now that he's revealed it's him, things make some more sense.

Only a little more sense, though. The rest of this experience is still quite confusing. ]

Where are we? What's going on with that massive dragon? Should we be, I dunno, worried or anything?

[nightyorb]

This is a memory, so I think we should be fine? All of this has already happened.

[But seeing and reading memories and thoughts is more of a magic thing, so he is not entirely sure.]

Anyway, that's Kalvaxus, Emperor of the Red Wastes AKA our ex vice principal. He ruled over Solace a few centuries ago but he got his ass kicked and was forced to serve under Arthur Aguefort until the end of time. Last year, he tried to regain his power and reconquer the world, but me and my friends stopped him.

[For a moment Riz's eyes dart around to where his various friends are standing, frozen in time. Since that first day in detention, he hasn't been separated from them for as long as he has now. It's a physical ache not to be near them, and he catches himself too often wanting to quickly call Adaine to talk about a theory, or wishing Gorgug was here so he could scramble onto his shoulders and get a better view of things, or being able to send Fabian a stupid joke on his crystal. He misses Kristen and her brand of (it's going to get inspiring soon) insanity and Fig's easy laughter and easier chaos.

It's probably better they aren't here because that means they are back home and can deal with the Nightmare King, but damnit, he misses his friends.]

This is back when my friend Kristen froze him in time for twelve hours during our fight with him so we could recover our strength.

[necrodentia]

[ Rainer's gaze follows Riz's around the room, alighting on what she assumes are his friends. ]

Oh, wow, that sounds like a brilliant strategy! Why waste all your health in one go when you can pause in the middle and take a long rest!

[ She strides forward to the dragon's-- Kalvaxus'-- ankle, tapping it with one sharp fingernail. ]

He really is frozen, huh? Neat!

[nightyorb]

I wish I could say that was the strategy we came up with before we got here, but really, we'd be dead if it wasn't for Kristen pulling off the impossible.

[He shakes his head ruefully.]

This is months and months ago from my perspective and I still don't fully get what she did. She went to heaven while she was out and created a new god? And she smuggled our principal back out of heaven, where he had apparently been taking over for Sol? And then he reminded her of the power of Chronomancy and--

[Riz just gestures widely around the gym for a moment.]

Well, here we were?

[necrodentia]

[ Rainer looks impressed, even if she doesn't fully understand the whole part about heaven and gods. Divine magic really isn't her thing. ]

Sounds like whatever she did, she did it right in the nick of time.

[ A pause, then she elbows him and waggles her eyebrows. ]

Eh? Eh? Get it? Nick of time?

[nightyorb]

[Riz groans, pressing one clawed hand to his face, while shoving at hers with his other.]

Oh god. Oh, you absolutely cannot be allowed to make bad dad jokes in my body. I'll arrest you.

[necrodentia]

Alright, alright, I'll relent.

[ She steps away from Riz and places her hands on her little goblin hips, staring up at the dragon once more, frozen in time. ]

So... What now? Do we just lay into him with attacks and then once time un-freezes he takes a billion damage?

[nightyorb]

Unfortunately, no. The time stuff also puts him in an invulnerable state.

[He gestures a little in a 'don't ask me to explain it, I'm but a simple rogue' manner.]

You could try it if you want. Shoot him in the dick or something just so you can say you once did that, but it won't actually do anything to him.

[necrodentia]

[ Rainer frowns, picking up the arquebus and turning it over in her hands. ]

Yeah... Now's probably a good time to admit that I don't actually know how to use one of these?

[nightyorb]

It's... a gun. You just [Riz gestures for a moment.] point at the thing you wanna hurt and pull the trigger.

See, like this.

[Riz quickly unholstered his own arquebus, raising it with an ease that can only come from having done this countless of times before. He quickly levels it at Goldenrod (and yes, absolutely at the dick area) and pulls the trigger. The bullet plinks into his scales with no sign of injury, though whether that is because of the fact that he is caught in the time loop or because Riz is supposed to only be an observer right now is unclear.]

It's a big target. You really can't miss it!