Date: 2026-04-10 02:48 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17331248)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
No, [ Gorgug admits. Though there's a lot of feelings he remembers about her, some that still brush against his subconscious now, but- ]

Who is she?

Date: 2026-04-11 03:19 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17794403)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ Huh. Gorgug listens to Murphy, the way he reacts, and Gorgug sorta remembers a brief talk between him and a woman about Sleep. The way he felt defensive of her, and he isn't sure why. And now she's the one behind all this? ]

So, she's... doing this because she wants to?

[ Is that it? He's not sure if that's it, but 'wants our love and devotion', and she's bringing people here for... that reason? ]

Date: 2026-04-11 05:18 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17818419)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ Bite or not, there's a strength to the man's words that makes sense to Gorgug as he listens, sympathises. They're here and they shouldn't be, and a goddess can do a lot--a goddess could probably put them in a dingy, destroyed city and do as she likes with them, and that would be bad enough.

But relationship drama? If Gorgug had facial muscles, he would be cringing externally as well as internally. Outwardly, there's nothing that shows differently about him. But when he speaks, his voice still with that muffled quality: ]


Ohh maann. [ That sure is a suffering aw mannn. ] Gods and relationships are-- I'm really bad at relationships, and I think, gods can be, they can be fucked up. But a god with relationship drama sounds... bad.

[ It's not really different, being stuck in a god's snowglobe because they want pets to play with. But one going through relationship drama? That's got to be worse. Gorgug knows it's got to! They're going to get rattled in that snowglobe and it's gonna suck! ]

This is so bad.

[ Relationship drama, ugh... Ugh!!!! ]

Date: 2026-04-11 05:53 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17831867)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ Gorgug thinks about Kristen, wishing she were here--or that Gorgug wasn't here, but if there was anything to do with gods, she might have an inclination (even if her whole things with her god and her crisis of faith was, uh... well) as to what to do. Or having anyone he knows would be great, would feel like there's a place to start for thinking.

Because Gorgug doesn't really know about gods. He knows they exist, he knows odd stories that might be based on truths or just for drama, but god tantrums are usually the same. They were never his favourite growing up, liking more the every day adventurers than the power plays of high upper beings.

'We have to do something, the man says, and Gorgug feels lost about what that could be. But-- ]


Yeah-- yeah. [ He'll try to be encouraging, maybe even sound like he agrees, believes in that. Just because--well, sure, the guy seems older than him, but--it seems like he could do with the belief. ] Maybe this goddess just needs to find the right person to talk to. Maybe something happened and they both got upset, and, or, sometimes, you... you just lash out and do things because you're upset, and we're stuck in the middle of that. And the god just needs a, someone like...

... a really good listener.

[ A therapist. ]

Date: 2026-04-11 08:44 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17782261)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ This isn't Gorgug's forte. He feels it clearly in watching Murphy, listening to him speak, and at least can agree with how out of his element the man feels. Yeah, it would be better for anyone else but them to be stuck in this.

Gorgug couldn't even make sure to have a working crystal connection for his girlfriend. He's not the guy to help any gods.

But there's more than exhaustion for their circumstances, it seems. There's something there, blatant, Gorgug thinks, when Murphy as much states it: he wants to help people, and that's commendable. Even though he's a man turning into a fish, and Gorgug stands completely as a pile of rocks, and neither of them really seem to know much--well, Murphy probably has a reason to feel the way he does.

Gorgug just feels awkward, but he offers anyway, even awkwardly: ]


Well... you know, I think that, even without the gods and their problems, we're still people, stuck here. So I... I don't know a lot about what goes on here, but there's probably something you can do. This place looks like trash.

[ Just! An observation!

But actually, you know what: ]
I heard there were monsters.

[ He suddenly remembered a Thing. ]

Date: 2026-04-12 08:56 am (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17333115)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ Oh, they're just turned people? Now even the monster aspect is confusing about this place. This just keeps getting way too confusing.

At least he's being told he's right about one thing, and that's nice. That he can appreciate. There's not a lot to appreciate when you've been turned into a stone guy, but, little things, he guesses. ]


So, I guess... us normal people, we-- what do we do here, in the meantime? We just-- do we just live here? And stay away from the crazy people.

[ Do these Sleep devotees count as cultists? Feeling like cultists, IMHO. ]

Date: 2026-04-12 05:29 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17331250)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ Oh man, clue finding? Gorgug is cringing internally the moment Murphy mentions it. W-where's smarter people when you need them?

At the very least, he doesn't mind saying with some confidence, ]
I can protect people. [ ... ] I bet I can punch pretty good.

[ So he says, while turning his rocky head to look at one of his arms so that he can properly watch it move with the ease of a puppet on strings--so, not very smoothly. Still, he does get a close enough punching motion out of the arm, the tuning fork strapped around the wrist area of his hand--a flat slab of stone with no 'fingers'--flapping around wildly from the motion.

It does knock against Gorgug's rocky arm once, making a brief, if emotionally--soothing sound. ... unfortunately, the wild swinging doesn't really have the effect last for long, that even Gorgug doesn't comment on it when he looks back at Murphy (with his arm still held out, still as stone.) ]


So, do we have a dig in town we all hang out? A kind of group-- hideout?

[ Are they like a group of weird survivors, like in those dystopian games and movies?! ]

Date: 2026-04-12 05:43 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17331254)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ Maybe Gorgug should ask about that, about their senses fighting against themselves; or even about the other gods, and what they're up to (or not).

But that sure sounds like it involves shit that Gorgug knows he can't offer, so- ]


So... what do you do? Do cars still work here? [ And, because it's very relevant: ] I got my own van a couple of days ago.

[ Why don't we focus on Murphy instead? And how Gorgug knows vans now. One (1) van. ]

Date: 2026-04-12 07:48 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17255875)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ It might sound like a waste of time, but Gorgug wonders if it's completely like that. Regardless, the subject of living coming back around does bring up something maybe more immediately helpful: ]

Is the area everyone lives in close by? I don't know what to do, but, I think I still want somewhere to stay? [ ... ] I think-- Yeah, it makes sense to, like, if I still live indoors, somewhere...

[ Even if he feels pretty weird being a rock golem. ]

Date: 2026-04-12 08:16 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17249933)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ Oh, this feeling-- Gorgug recognises this feeling, experiencing it somewhat in the dream. It's not the same as when his friends send him Messages, though there's something similar, but this is more in-depth as the imagery seeps in as Gorgug accepts the connection that's requested.

A map. Gorgug stands as still as he already has been for the most part as he focuses inward, follows where Murphy leads. But then there's a feeling the older man may notice, like Gorgug trying to look around at the map, as he asks (in a voice much clearer over the Murmur, echoing the same muffled one that can be heard out loud): ]


Do you know where we are?

[ Gorgug hasn't been really paying attention to any street signs. None of them were familiar, so he quickly gave up on keeping track.

But there's a noticeable ease that Gorgug has about this form of communication, even if there's a certain curious quality coming through. ]

Date: 2026-04-14 05:26 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17771727)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
Okay. [ Hm hm, he's learning, he's learning! So they're in around this area, and that area's where people mostly live out at... ] Is there anywhere else I should know about? Anywhere dangerous, or-- something like that?

[ Do the unstable people hang out anywhere, or just everywhere? ]

Date: 2026-04-18 04:43 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17247230)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ Okay. Gorgug would've guessed those turned-insane people would be down in the undergrounds, but now he's wondering what else would turn them insane from being down there. Something to do with close proximity to them? Or something to do with the underground?

He would ask, but the question gets put on hold for the one Murphy gives him. Tethers? ]


I don't remember the word... [ He admits-- thinking about it, with nothing changing about the face for a mask he has despite the way his voice emotes. So it's been the entire time--but then again, a mask is just a mask. ]

Date: 2026-04-22 01:04 pm (UTC)
tinflower: (pic#17564154)
From: [personal profile] tinflower
[ Oh. Some psychic stuff, which-- well, Gorgug doesn't know a lot about that, but he must imagine it's something that some people do, maybe, if not for the same reasons. His body is mostly still, but there's a creak as his mind thinks about having his head nod, but the actual stone that represents his head doesn't move too much. ]

So, do I... have to do anything special to make a tether? I don't really mess with psychic stuff. [ It's not his class!

Has he gotta go learn a... not-spell? ]

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-04-25 05:01 pm (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-04-25 07:19 pm (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-04-25 08:06 pm (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-04-26 03:22 pm (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-04-30 06:53 pm (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-05-04 08:20 am (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-05-06 05:07 am (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-05-06 11:27 am (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-05-07 03:58 pm (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-05-08 08:34 pm (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-05-09 05:57 am (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-05-09 04:18 pm (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-05-09 04:44 pm (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

From: [personal profile] tinflower - Date: 2026-05-09 06:01 pm (UTC) - Expand

Profile

bogeyman: (Default)
𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧

December 2025

S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
2122232425 2627
28293031   

Style Credit

Page generated May. 11th, 2026 09:37 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios

Active Entries

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

Page Summary