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Misha     So this time, we're going to skip the Dive Shop meetup sequence and get right into things. Everyone (Except Gudako because even if she did physically somehow show up at the Dive Shop in Njoru, would so be barred from enterring Misha's soulspace.) gets in their pods, the lights go out... Hymmnos goes streaming across the vision in a sea of code...

    ENTER: MISHA_FEHU_EOLIA_ARTONELICO

    Everything comes into clarity as a stone structure. This structure, Stone Henge, is the starting point as usual. A replica of Njorun can be seen in the distance, the massive tree, as seen by Misha's subconscious, making up most of the explorable realm for this venture.
    Hama is a familiar site for many, the tiny catgirl riding a floating ocarina lazily flits by Stone Henge before she comes to a halt.
    "Oh come ON, all of you again? What NOW? I can't catch a break! First there's all this SNOW -everywhere-, and now what is this? A social call?"
    She's right. The entirety of Njorun is blanketed by snow in every single branch and bough.
Guest Psyber     "You call this snow? A couple weeks back, Boston got hit by an actual blizzard. Shut down the city. Wound up taking 30 inches in just two days." Psyber notes flatly, eating a sandwich. How he got a sandwich into a dive is generally going to remain a mystery, but it's an italian hoagie with extra cheese, "Just like your mom," He adds a moment later, "Booyah! Someone gimme five up here!" He holds his hand up, requesting a high-five from someone nearby.

    "Haha, no but seriously, this does look pretty bad. What'd Lyner break this time?"
Lyner Barsett      Lyner steps forward from Stonehenge, meeting the sight of Hama with an amused smile. "Hey, Hama." Business as usual. He took a look out past her, at the snowy landscape. "Huh...what happened here?" He mumbled to himself, rubbing the side of his head a bit in confusion.

     It's not like they didn't already see enough snow at Lucrelia. "Well... I guess that's what we're here to find out." A glance towards Psyber follows. "H-Hey! I didn't break anything..." Pause. "...I think." he doesn't give Psyber a high five.

     He's slow.
Jakuri     "Don't get snappy with ME, you little runt! We're here to see what's bothering Misha. What kind of stupid remark is that to make to *friends*?" Jakuri/Mir has done this song and dance before, although not for a while... Aaand she was never the most patient of people at the best of times, so being accosted by ~adorables~ is only going to make her testy. Of course, then Psyber has to ruin it by being reasonable. UGH. Concluding that for now she may as well just let someone else do the talking, the elder Reyvateil proceeds to hover around Lyner like the world's most murderous shadow; thankfully not intending to murder Lyner. All of these unfamiliar faces aren't something she's comfortable with at the best of times, let alone in this particular scenario.
Kazusa Ujikane     Hama is now getting some intense puppydog stares. Very, very intense.

    Kazusa wants so badly to hug her. So, so badly. But she knows how that ends.

    :(

    Then she blinks, undergoing sudden realization. And slooowly turns to look at Jakuri. Then turns her attention to Psyber and Lyner, giving them a very perplexed look.
Lyner Barsett      Lyner met Kazusa's look, and then glanced aside at Jakuri, who was...being Jakuri. ".....Oh. Right." Not everyone knew, did they? He gestured to the Reyvateil and smiled. "This is Jakuri. She's a good friend of ours! Don't worry about her. Even if she looks like someone you know."
Riva Banari WHEEEE DIVE TIME!

ZORT.

Riva's back in business, appearing at that nice stonehenge area that seems to be a hub for Misha's internal mental landscape. Handy, that. ".... Oh. Snow!" Riva says, looking over the blanketed landscape. "It's pretty!" The Templar cackles as Psyber's joke and gives him an enthusiastic high five. "That was a hella blizzard. But this might be a little more crazy on the metaphorical scale. I hope not, I kind of want to make a snowman or something."

The Templar draws over to Hama, and nods. "Hi there, Hama, You're looking cute and grumily pettable as ever. So how are things Misha-side?" She asks, eyeing a couple piles of snow with a certain gaze. She doesn't seem to mind the presence of Jakuri, surely she's here for a very good reason.

What, it's not like Riva's ever met THE OTHER PERSON.
Misha     It's been a heavy snow. In fact, it has been a Boston level snow. But it has calmed, and the sight of so much white all over the tree is quite pretty. Hama has a tiny little extra coat thrown on and everything. "How should I know, he probably broke everythi--..." The catgirl trails right off, giving Psyber a very level and flat stare. "You know I can kick you out of Misha's Soulspace for any reason I want, if I feel like it, right?"
    Ahem.
    Folding her arms across her chest, the [Mind Guardian] huffs irritably. "I don't know! He probably broke everything!" Her glare- which is just as chilly as the snow, is cast on Lyner next. "This probably IS your fault, you know."
    Some things never change, and Hama still gives Kazusa no love either. Because the catgirl spreads her arms at Riva's question. "How should I know, she's gone and gotten locked out."
    Locked out?
    But before Hama can explain, she pauses. "Y-you..."
    Mir's arrival is met with a look of shock- one of complete, utter, panicking horror, and then the world seems to crack. It shatters, reality breaking into hundreds of shards and everything returns to blackness...
    Lyner and Mir will recognize what just happened. The whole world nearly crashed. Hama literally just kicked everyone out of the Dive. But the pods don't open- the process starts again. Everyone is back at Stone Henge, everything is still snowy and pretty.
    Misha is holding Hama by the scruff of her kimono. "Iiii'm sorry about that everyone. There's been a bit of a mixup, everything's fine!"
    "SHE HACKED YOU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING LETTING HER IN AND--"
    Hama ends up a bit of Misha's sleeve stuffed in her mouth to quiet her down.
    "I'm sorry, Mir. If it's any consolation, I rebooted everything because I want you here, even if she doesn't. Anyway, I got locked out of my own city. There's someone up in the higher levels who really shouldn't be. Think you could all have a peek?"
    Hama sulks massively.
Jakuri     Surprised? Jakuri is now surprised at all. She IS taking a mental note of this, however, no doubt with the express intent of causing Hama suffering somewhere along the line. Such suffering. This is interrupted when everything is kickstarted again however, and then there's Misha saving the day. The look of deep amusement that plays across the darker Reyvateil's features is clear and terribly cat-like. Just don't tell Jakuri that! Still, she remains suspicious of whatever may happen next... This IS Misha's soulspace, not the real world. This could mean any number of things... Things that make her narrow her eyes as she regards Misha. Nothing is said however as she skirts about Lyner.
Lyner Barsett      "What? But I just-" Lyner started to complain at Hama, but shut up once the Mind Guardian's attention turned to Kazusa. "Locked out? ..." Okay that's weird. But then, given everything else he's seen in Dives, a locked city was kind of tame.

     A memory of *chains* drifts by in his mind.

     Lyner shuddered. No, stay on target. Stay on target, man.

     And then Hama sees Mir. "Her? Oh, Hama, that's right! You don- WHOA!" KSSSSHHHSHshshh.

     DIVE ABORTED

     ...DIVE REINITIALIZED?

     Once everyone is back in the Soulspace, Lyner blinks. "Uh..." Oh, Misha. "Hey, it's okay. Just..." Pause. Squint. Staaaaaaaare. "..... Nothing. Let's get moving!"

     He asides to Jakuri however. "...Does Misha seem odd to you?"
Kazusa Ujikane     Holy shit, everything just tripped all over itself, came apart and restarted. Between that and Lyner's assurances that Jakuri is fine to be here, the nerdy girl is just sitting there utterly perplexed. But things quickly get themselves to rolling again, and Misha has a MISSION! for them to do. Immediately, Kazusa reaches up to adjust her glasses haughtily, smiling a very arrogant sort of smile. "Of course! We'll go up there and get whoever it is to push right on out of there! I'm sure we'll figure out some way or another."

    She is quiet for about the space of a heartbeat.

    "And if you don't want to hold onto Hama the entire way, I'm perfectly willing to do it for you." If it's an order from Misha she can't disobey, right? Right...?
Guest Psyber     His high-five is supplied by Riva, who never leaves him hanging when he needs her to. He looks pleased by this.

    "Do it, then." Is all he says to Hama, sticking his tongue out at her and then carrying onward with the adventure. A sidelong glance is given to Mir at the reaction, quirking an eyebrow. And then a look back over to Lyner, "Everyone seems odd to me at all times." He replies honestly, "We hang out with weird people."
Riva Banari Riva's Psyber Reliability Index remains at high levels. This is working as intended. "Well, you-"

UN-ZORT.

RE-ZORT.

"..." Riva stands there, momentarily caught in an existential crisis as reality crumbles and reinitializes itself around her consciousness once again. "... Whoa." She says, eloquently. She looks to Hama and Misha, blinking, and she nods. "... Wait. You can be hacked?" She says, a worried expression on her face. "That sounds terrible..." Her expression goes kind of wild, lost in a mental thoroughfare of imagining what that might be like. She doesn't look like she likes it. "Okay, so something's gone wrong even though it's really pretty in here and it's not just some kind of soul weather pattern." She leans over to Psyber. "... Soul Nino?" She posits.

She gets back on track. "Okay, let's head up there and check things out."
Jakuri     "That's not what he meant, jackass," Mir retorts without so much as looking at Psyber. This may be what passes for playful banter where she is concerned; only Lyner and Misha may truly know. Quickly forgetting such things however, Mir continues to regard Misha with the sort of critical appraisal that could make flowers wilt. Finally she glances back to Lyner. "I surmise we may be about to meet her again soon," Mir says rather enigmatically. She flashes Lyner the sort of terrifying grin that indicates she's having fun, or expecting to. Oh dear.
    Glancing over toward Riva, Mir offers a shrug. "We can. If this were another place, Hama's paranoia might even have been warranted. Apparently she's somehow unaware of present living arrangements among other factors, though." Although heading onward may be the best bet, Mir still kneels and pokes a finger into the snow for a moment, even drawing a circle. "What's got her feeling so... Chilly? Nervous, perha--" Blink. Suddenly Mir is squinting at Lyner.
Misha     Let us dub this strange winter wonderland phenomenon Soul Nino, sure. Hama muffles and flails for a moment longer, no doubt unhappy about being overridden on the matters of security. There's a slight fidget from the Star Singer, but Misha is locked out, apparently. She can't walk past a certain point on the map-- but DOES hand Hama to Kazusa. "Careful. She bites."
    Thankfully there is only one place to, when the Dive map comes up.

    *Upper Boughs

    Some Fast Travel is in order, but the path through the Njorun streets, despite all the snow is relatively easy to traverse. It's not until the party begins really winding their way up the boughs that it starts to feel like a serious hike up a mountain, with temperatures dropping precipitously.
    That's when the team comes across a corpse in the snow. Laid face down and bloody in the snow, just outside a cave. This looks less and less like Njorun and more like a fresh and painful memory than anything. Just beyond the entrance, two figures can be seen inside. A man. And...
Gudako Ordria     A man and a teenager!

    The short, orange-haired form of Gudako would be difficult to mistake by the man's side. Her empty dead eyes glow, unusually, and she's got a bloody knife in one hand. The white of her uniform, that weird shirt, is stained with blood, while the black parts of it-- probably are too, let's be honest. But black clothes and blood have always mixed well!

    The blood doesn't seem to belong to either her or the man, though.

    Perched on one of her shoulders is something that looks not unlike a fox or a jackal, something between the two, a bit more divine. It is nine-tailed, and glows like a tiny, dim sun.

    "You guys sure took your time!" Gudako says, though she defers to the man to engage in proper monologues. It was never really her thing, not in the real world, and not in Misha's headspace!
Kazusa Ujikane     "Well, she knows she's in trouble, so she'll behave, riiiiight?" Kazusa replies to Misha, although her words are only half meant for the reyvateil herself.

    'cause Hama is SO getting cuddled the entire way.

    "...ehehehe... and an adorable little purple gothic lolita dress, and..." Whatever further plans Kazusa might be making for her tiny captive are cut short by a corpse in the snow. It served as a good distraction for the somewhat out-of-shape girl, but now they are in an entirely more serious situation, and it might just be time to sort of sidle back behind Psyber and let the towering hunter take the lead. Especially with... who is that in the cave? Oh god, that is a knife, and that's a lot of blood, and /that's a nine-tailed fox/. "W-w-what's gotten into your headspace, Misha...?!"
Lyner Barsett      "Soul Nino? ...Really?" Lyner gave Riva a look.

     Mir's response drew a thoughtful huh out of him. "Yeah, probably." ...He just wished she didn't look so *excited* about the shenanigans that could come up. Cosmosphere shenanigans were no joke! He's had to deal with two of them! Three if you count Shurelia. That line of thought passes as he hears the tail end of Mir's statement, followed by her obvious squinting at him.

     "...W-What?" He asked, not at all seeing what the problem was here. Chilly? Nervous? ...What? ...He was dense, okay? The walk through to the only point on the map is uneventful at first. Uneventful and cold. *And* getting colder. "M-Man...maybe I should have worn my...winter cloak..." The blonde spoke through chattering teeth and rubbing arms.

     But then that was all forgotten once they came across a corpse in the snow. Right before a cave. "...." Oh crap. What could this mean? Lyner ran forward and knelt own to the corpse to check it. "Hey! Are you with us? Hey!" He called, shaking them by the shoulder. And then--- "Wh-" Squint. "Gudako!?"

     ...Oh this was a memory, wasn't it?
Jakuri     "Eee! A murder mystery!" exclaims Mir as she beholds the scene. She looks positively enthralled, and without paying any kind of attention to Gudako or the gentleman, she moves to lean over the body. Poke. Pokepoke. Finally she just gets up and nudges it with her foot in attempt to roll it over. Provided it's not frozen, or something. Only then does she look at Gudako in time to see the knife. "RUINED IT! This would have been perfect for a new story, and LOOK WHAT YOU DID! You came back to the scene to early!" Of course, then she abruptly realizes that this is ~supposed~ to be serious. Maybe. "Hey Lyner. Come stand between me and the stabby person. You're the vanguard, after all." Subtle, Mir. "Also, explain why Misha's head has this stuff in it. Oh, and remind me later to ask her in person. I want more ideas for writing."
Guest Psyber     "Bite me, bitch," Psyber replies to Mir as he continues to walk along and eat his sandwich. He doesn't seem to mind her insulting him, just as content to fire right back at her while they go and he eats his food.

    "Is there gonna be a villain speech? Because I wanna finish this sandwich before the action starts," Psyber indicates his hands. He's mostly done, but walking and talking means he still had a couple bites of it left.

    "Who'd you kill, anyway? I hope it wasn't one of the Inside Mishas. That'd land you in some serious ass-whipping."
Riva Banari "Yes, really!" Lyner gets a response as Riva gesticulates. "I mean, you can TOTALLY see it with the whole emotion flow as metaphor for weather, and then we..."

Riva continues to go on about this while they climb.

And then she stops talking about when things drop to freezing, instead spending time shivering and stomping around to keep warm.

But then there's another thing: Dead people. Riva doesn't like dead people. She likes them even less when they're IN A FRIEND'S MIND/SOUL THING IT'S KIND OF WIBBLY. "Um." Riva says, trying to take in what's going on here. "Why the crap are you people in her head, why is there a corpse?" The unspoken third question is of course 'Why am I not smashing you all into the ground right now'.
Gudako Ordria     "Oh, this? I didn't kill anyone! I might have stabbed myself once or twice, you know, just to be sure the knife worked," Gudako answers Psyber, not skipping a beat. She pointedly does not answer Jakuri, but there is a reason for that! And a good one, too, one that'll make sense in a bit. Timing! She knows how to time her deliveries, and that answer will be better in a bit.

    "Hi, hi, Lyner!"
Misha     To some the body is unrecognizable. It's not one of the myriad Mishas from any of the Dive levels prior. It is a woman, but she doesn't look like Misha at all.
    The man appears to be in his thirties, clad in full military regalia, draped in a cape. Though while Gudako seems pretty stoked to see everyone, he narrows his eyes.
    "It doesn't matter. You're all too late."
    It would seem there is going to be a villainous speech as he sneers. "I've stolen the power of God, and now? I'm going to steal this Reyvateil's warmth. Once I am finished she will never have the ability to feel for any of you. Friends? Family? Love? It will all be meaningless. This soulspace will be cold and barren, and I will hold sway over it all."
    Wow he's kind of stereotypical. And he opens his mouth to continue his speech, but...
Gudako Ordria     As the king attempts to continue his speech...

    A knife plunges in his back, as Gudako cheerfully settles down from taking that sudden sidestep towards him. Her usual 8D doesn't break, despite the fact her hands are a bit bloodier now, and there's a man about to fall over dead. Her nine-tailed fox shoulder companion is just silently watching, not really contributing anything.

    "Eheh, it's not often you get to do this to the same person twice! There, see? A murder mystery! Ah, now why did I do that? Let's work together to solve it! Knives are best sheathed in backs, after all, don't you know? The spine is shaped just right to hold them in place."

    The teenager eyes Lyner and Riva in particular to gauge reactions.
Jakuri     "Oh shut up," Mir snaps, "I did the villainous monologues WAY better than you. You suck." Unsatisfied with the bland nature of the corpse, rather than it being someone ~interesting~ whom she might know, the Reyvateil stands. And then seh gets to witness Gudako being, well... Gudako? "Well. I'm glad someone stopped the 'nefarious' plan." She doesn't seem deeply concerned by this rather odd turn of events, but then... Lyner is standing in front of her, so it's okay! "Well. Apparently some part of Misha is afraid to be open with her feelings, and another thinks the first part if full of crap. That or Misha is into slasher fiction and I had no idea at all."
Lyner Barsett      "...Hi?"

     Lyner peered at what was obviously Soulspace Gudako, blinking a few times. And then he looked down at the corpse before him. The wings and armor, as well as white hair marked her as Eir. He didn't need to turn her over to figure that one out. ...Was this some kind of summarized memory of Lucrelia? Which meant...

     "Wait a second. Hey, wait!" He called into the cave at Gudako and the man with her, who was no doubt who he thought it was. In fact, that speech sounded pretty much exactly like how he remembered him. ...Maybe a bit hammed up, considering, but this was a Cosmosphere. This tended to happen. If it weren't for the fact that he was threatening Misha's mind, this almost would have been funny. If things were going to follow the same path, then...

     Then...

     THEN...

     There it went.

     SIGH. "You....that....I....what.....how....." For several moments, Lyner tried to find the right words to address this situation. He couldn't find them. He just...facepalmed. Facepalmed and slid his hand down his face slowly. "Okay so...Laurence is as good as dead. ...Again." Having to say that really made him feel odd and weird, but he didn't linger on it too long. Then he looked down at Eir. "Eir is dead. ...Again."

     Okay this wasn't following the script at all. Which meant... If Laurence is going to get killed again, then what's threatening her mind!? Why is this snow here!? He had to ask! "Okay so... Do you have *any* idea why this is happening, Gudako?" He would just...try not to worry about her actions. Maybe she was a piece of the puzzle.

     Maybe. Mir's theory seemed plausible. If you ignored the silliness of the situation. "But is that it...?"
Kazusa Ujikane     Kazusa looks on in mute shock as the ostentatious man discovers that his conversation partner has some very pointed objections to his stance. She just sort of blinks once, twice, and then completely hides herself behind Psyber.

    While she's hiding and only just barely peeking out, she gives Hama a little shake to get her attention. "H-hey, what exactly is going on here? I don't really get it..."
Riva Banari Riva listens to that asshole speechify and begin to claim that he's going to steal Misha's ability to care about anything. There is a moderate-level eyetwitch in the middle of the monologue, but she stays her hand. It's only polite.

Also, Riva already knows where this is going. She stoops down, messing with the snow about halfway through the speech... And at the wet sound of a knife entering a back, Riva looks up, sighing. "It's like a brick joke of the soul." She says with a mixture of amusement and resignation.

A moment later, there's a snowball flying towards Gudako. Just a snowball. She didn't even pack rocks into it. Only douchebags pack rocks into snowballs. Laurence probably did that when he was a kid, and now see where he's gone.

Her response delivered, Riva shrugs. "Couldn't have happened to a nicer asshole. Again. I don't agree with your philosophy of knife use, Gudako, but none of this really explains why any of this is happening. Are you going to explain that or are we going to have to get Jungian on this?"
Guest Psyber     "I can theorize why you did both things," Psyber muses, tilting his head at the girl, "I'm gonna guess you hung out and did it the first time because you wanted to see what would happen. And then I'm going to guess you did it AGAIN because you got bored of what happened the first time. And now, since he's dead, you're bored again and want to come with us so you'll be less bored?"

    He makes a pretty good shield for Kazusa as he dusts crumbs off of his hands and looks around, "I mean, that's my ongoing theory, what with the weird Stepford Smile, the murder-based philosophy, and the general whole..." He waves his hand at her, "Hannibal Lector sociable serial killer vibe you're throwing off."

    "But teamwork seems at least halfway useful for this situation, so I'm down."
Gudako Ordria     "Huh? Oh, stuff about fears and feelings? I don't know! But, I might know. Do yoooou want to know?" Gudako asks of Jakuri and Lyner, musing. She gets pelted by a snowball, the snow promptly melting and drying quickly due to the divine, nine-tailed sunfoxjackal on her shoulder. "Psht, hi to you too, Riva! Anyway, I've got nothing to explain!" This answers Psyber, too.

    "But I know where we can go to find out more! Rather, I know who might know stuff! Maybe if we all go this way, the murder mystery will solve itself!" Happily, 8D motions for the group to walk past her, implying ~answers~ are ahead.

    But expectedly, the magus tags along, specifically with Kazusa, sensing her unease like a predator. "Hi, hi! I'm Gudako, and the fox on my shoulder is Caster, but she's not feeling very chatty right now."
Jakuri     "If you're coming with us, you're walking at the /front/ of the group," Jakuri informs Gudako. Soulspace or not, she doesn't want to be stabbed. No one else does either. Probably. You completely unveiled attempt to push them onward is as good an excuse as any to just... Go walking into some weird murdercave. Although, in reality there is no longer any particular 'murder' mystery. Just a SOUL MYSTERY. This phrase causes Jakuri to snicker, in fact, although she doesn't share it with anyone. They're dumb, they'd not get her joke. Hmpf. "Wait, what did we do with that other Misha? And the stupid cat?"
Misha     Sooooo. That was kind of anti-climactic wasn't it? But it seems to have solved the problem.
    Hama-- who has been in Kazusa's grasp this whole time, takes this opportunity to open wide... And bite.
    Whatever the now very dead Cosmosphere-Laurence had planned to do is put to an abrupt end, thus prooving that Soulspace knives are very much just as good as real ones.
    "This isn't a mystery, oh my god, can you all stop screwing around?" The [Mind Guardian] mewls. "H-hmph. Great. The memory is dead at least. I think Misha was kind of hung up on it."
    It... Looks like Gudako did some good? "But that's funny. She worked it out on her own so easily?
    It would seem that Hama is under the impression that Gudako is part of the Cosmosphere.
    Until Gudako leads them along into the next chamber where... Gudako wiggles. Tied up and gagged. All that blood is hers, by the way. Looks like Gudako tested it on the Gudako of the Cosmosphere. The one that represents Misha's subconscious opinion of the magus. It's clearly not too high, considering the terrible expression on the bound Dive NPC's face.

    >8D

    This boss encounter is probably the strangest thing ever but finally Misha arrives, apparently no longer locked out once the issue was stabbed-- solved. "What are you all doing here? The wedding isn't for a while, still."
    She's wearing an all white Kimono.
Lyner Barsett      Lyner raised to hand.

     Lyner opened his mouth.

     Lyner lowered his hand.

     Lyner closed his mouth.

     ".........I..."

     Sigh.

     Where was he even supposed to begin?

     "Hey wait, if Gudako's there, then..." He pointed towards the Gudako with them. "You're real!?" And then he pointed at Misha.

     "And wait- No nevermi- ARGH I'M GETTING CONFUSED!" Brain Points: 0. Shutting down. Lyner groused and mussed his hands through his hair frantically at this mess.
Kazusa Ujikane     Oh hey, there's the scary stab girl, right there next to Kazusa. "H-huh?! Oh, ah, heheh, uh, h-hiya, there. I'm Kazusa, I-"

    Chompf.

    ...

    ..."AAAAAAAAAAAAA! OWOWOWOWOWOW SHEBITMESHEBITMESHEBITME AAAAAAAAAA-"

    Kazusa immediately begins panicking. Spinning in a circle, crying in piteous pain, flailing her arms as hard as she can. She keeps on flailing right up until her panicked armswinging finally dislodges the bitey little bugger. Unfortunately, through sheer unintended coincidence, Hama is flung right at Gudako's face.

    Which is about when the card-user finally spots the actual Dive NPC Gudako. At which point she realizes that the one walking with them must, in fact, be the really real one.

    So now Kazusa is hiding behind Jakuri. Despite the reyvateil being very slightly shorter than her.
Riva Banari Riva's fine with that result of the snowball, it seems, as she just seems to take Gudako's presence in stride. Unlike some others who were present, the Templar seems to just be handling the Master like some kind of spreadsheety, backstabby force of nature.

Instead, things get weird /inside/. Riva blinks. "Huh. So..." Riva turns and peers at Gudako. "How did you get in here, anyway?" She asks. Maybe the direct approach will work.

While waiting for that response, Riva walks up to the dressy Misha. "Heeeeeeeey Misha!" Riva says brightly. "How are you doing? You're looking /super fancy/ in that dress. Stunning!" She leans in, winking. "You know we couldn't possibly pass up seeing you before the big day..." There a giggle, and Riva gestures. "So, how long before everything begins? Is the groom ready?"
Gudako Ordria     "Of course it's a murder mystery!" Gudako insists, as she motions towards the bound, gagged and bleeding Gudako on the ground. "She's basically going to bleed out, see? It's totally a mystery. Why'd I do it? How'd I do it? The questions!" Oh, there's so many.

    She tilts her head a bit at Kazusa, giving a puzzled 8D ? expression, before Hama is flung in her direction. This results in shoulderfox attempt to airtackle the biting projectile, no doubt leading into a catfight of some nature.

    Then towards Misha: "Lyner, look! She's all dressed up, and getting married too! That veil looks poofy. Aren't you kind of hot in that dress?"

    Then to Riva! "Oh, there's a charm in Misha's stuff. Astral projection! It was a one-charge charm Caster put there last time we hung out. I just got really lucky with my timing activating it, haha~!"
Misha     Well, Gudako just explained Gudako. ... Why she's here anyway-- HOW she's even here. Poor Lyner seems like he's broken in the head. That's too bad.
    Hama goes flying in a screeching ball of ocarina, and flailing little clawed hands and teeth. Gudako should think fast.
    But Misha flashes a sly little smile. "Well. It felt like whatever was keeping me out of my own city kind of up and vanished." More precisely, he is slowly forming a red pool in the other room. "So I came and got changed as quick as I could. I couldn't get around at all, but now I think I'm ready."
    That's when there's a flare od light, erupting from stone henge.
    "Hm? Didn't Lyner tell any of you? He proposed a while ago."
Lyner Barsett      Lyner was gradually returning to reality now that Gudako had explained, and then Misha explained.

     "Ah.... hahaha..." He rubbed the back of his head. "R-Right. ....I did, didn't I?" he kind of fumbled it, but she got it, in the end. he wasn't going to say that though. This was kind of embarrassing.

     "I uh...didn't expect it to come out like this." Pause. "...But yeah, that's right." And Lyner smiled his usual idiotic smile.

     Yep. Things were okay.