Hybrid Kingdom PSL

[no1likeme]

{ the “beach” episode }
for some more light-hearted/chaotic stuff happening at the hotel throughout the plot

Comments

"light hearted/chaotic stuff" oops

[silvernaphil]

[Lucas's sincerity startles David at first and he sits up to scan Lucas's face, see if there's any other meaning behind what he said - but no, of course there isn't. He's not an asshole.

... but David's housemates and friends kind of are assholes, which probably doesn't help David when he's trying not to assume the worst.]

Be real with me. How much do you think brainwashing and all that shit can really do? 'Cause sometimes I feel like I must not have known them at all, but I mean... me and Jeremy have been friends since we were eight years old. If I don't know him, I don't know fuckin' anybody.

woops (see also: Manny and Set)

[candybomb]

(( Lucas inhales deeply, looking down before meeting David's eyes again. He's no coward. This is the sort of thing you should look someone in the eye to say. ))

The human part of the brainwashing... That's a lot less of a worry than what prolonged exposure to unmitigated divine power can do to a mortal mind. There's a reason we make ourselves so small when we're among you. It's to protect you.

[silvernaphil]

[David's jaw stiffens with anger, a muscle twitching in his cheek.]

And that asshole's probably got high-octane god waves blasting at them 24/7, right?

[candybomb]

Have you noticed how everything is run down and decaying?

[silvernaphil]

What the f - [That gets David to sit right up, eyes massive in his face.] That's all him?!

[candybomb]

At least 90% of it.

[silvernaphil]

[Welp. David takes several long gulps of his drink and slams it down on the table before scrubbing his hands over his face.]

I need to get them outta there. I know I can't just make my thing the most important one and take the chance of fucking up the main plan, but... you see it, right? The crazier he gets, the worse it's probably gonna be on them. I have to get them out.