[superhell] catchall for filbo

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week 0, saturday

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[here they are in the bar. kuranosuke is slumped over at the counter, sadly sipping at a glass of shitty beer. a glass that once contained a pink hawaiian sits abandoned nearby.

filbo gets a little wave in greeting.]

What a day. I was pretty drunk through that entire thing, but definitely not enough by the end. Like... what the hell, man...?

[failbo]

Hahahaha...I...kinda am regretting not taking some of those drinks the demons were giving. Right now I sure feel like I need some...!

[But he doesn't seem desperate enough to want terrible beer, geez...]

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Yeaaaah... all this hell stuff is way too much to be dealing with while sober.

[failbo]

It's so not going to get better from here on...

[Filbo manages to grin a little, although it's very clearly fake]

...w-well, at least it means we're going to be immune to alcohol once the time to outdrink Satan arrives? Ahaha...hah...

[Yeeesh, hell sucks]

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Hahahaha... yeah, all this bullshit is bound to do wonders for our alcohol tolerance! That's, like, the one silver lining here.

But also: fuck this. [kuranosuke huffs.] Seriously, who kills a teenager just for a better chance of getting a party invite...

Week 1 -- After Trial

[failbo]

[Welp, there's Filbo outside of the dormitories, carefully trying to take most of the cake frosting that got on him when that exploded during the trial. When he sees Kuranosuke, he looks at him sheepishly]

Sorry your efforts from the other day got ruined all of a sudden like that. What a mess, eh? Hahaha...

[As if it was his fault somehow. It was nobody's fault, really, but given the week's effect he's feeling a tad emotional about Kuranosuke having taken the time to brush him the best he could, and then it all just being ruined a few days later in a way that leaves Filbo's fur worse than he was a few days ago, hah]

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Whoa, whoa, nothing for you to apologize for. Who's even responsible for those stupid exploding pastries, anyway?

[what a mess, indeed!]

I can help you get cleaned up if you want.

[failbo]

...I guess if you want to...

[He's pretty sure nobody on this island understands at all how gross this feels. Also this is hell and the most hellish thing he can imagine right now is ants coming to bother him because he has frosting on his fur, now that'd be horrible]

Do you think it really was Scaramouche who made that cake appear?

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I don't mind!

[he can handle cleanup. it's fine. no ants for filbo!]

Man, who even knows? It kinda seems like those two argue a lot, so it could be Childe was just messing with him. I also don't have a clue why Scaramouche would tell him what he was planning if he was gonna do something. But also, he could have done that knowing people might not believe Childe?

[failbo]

...I suppose that it was to Childe is relevant because, I mean...if he hates the guy so much why to tell him he was planning to mess with the trial? Especially if it meant Childe would know to stay away, right?

[Unless Scaramouche doesn't dislike Childe as he makes it seem, but that seems unlikely! In Filbo's opinion, Scaramouche is not the kind to pretend anything, and also he has grumpdamn 'holding grudges' in his skills]

week 2, tuesday

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Hey, Filbo!

[here they are, in the residential district. kuranosuke is paused in front of the tunnel leading to the onsen.]

I don't remember seeing this tunnel yesterday. Wanna come check it out with me?

[failbo]

Of course!

[Filbo was certainly looking for someone, anyone, to come with him. Safety in numbers, would have been the excuse he would use. He had been about to ask Kuranosuke that, hey, you come with me, alright? But Kuranosuke did it first and, of course, Filbo took the chance]

I mean -- hey, this is hell. It probably's gonna be terrible, but misery loves company, you know. Rely on me if you want to, if something happens in there.

[That's literally the opposite of reassuring, but hey, Filbo says them with his usual cheer]

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...yeeeeeesh, this place really sucked the optimism out of all of us, didn't it? Oh well. Onward!

[DOWN THE HALLWAY THEY GO.

...

they come out at the onsen.]

This is surprisingly not awful. What's the catch.

[failbo]

Hey, even if things are awful it's all better when you're with someone else. You know how it is, having someone to rely on really gives strength.

[That all is something Filbo would say any day of his life, but this time it sure isn't said from the goodness of his heart.

Examining the onsen around, though...]

It does really look better than any other place so far! Um...well, if everything else in this new island is any indication...the ping pong tables are going to transform into your fears.

[Sounds like a certain someone had a bit of an experience with the aquarium!]

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Yeah, strength in numbers or something like that, right?

[kuranosuke likes to think his guard is up as they enter the onsen. ...buuuut it actually looks pretty decent, all things considered? he does wonder what the catch is, but it's getting harder to find it as he looks around.]

Ugh. You saw something weird earlier too, huh? Let's just hope we don't, like, see people in the springs who aren't actually there.

week 3, wednesday

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[up to you if this is before the minievent or after it!!

but at some point, filbo and kuranosuke come across each other and end up getting dropped into a memshare hole. fun! by now, this has happened often enough that kuranosuke knows to adjust himself so he doesn't land too hard, and instead just sighs and looks at the screen immediately.]

Here we go again.

[yeets a memory immediately since i'm starting late!! i want one back, too!!]

[failbo]

[At some point after the minievent works, yup!

You'll get a memory back too after a few tags, yup! First time to give attention to Kuranosuke's!

Filbo watches every moment because hey, what else is he going to do, look away? Still, by the end of the memory, he turns to Kuranosuke]

That was...you know, from what I could get, it doesn't seem like it was a terrible memory. It was better than most I have seen from others...

[If anything, he feels it makes him understand Kuranosuke better]

You're pretty encouraging. I...I dunno what's going on, but you seem like you really tried to help your friend there.

[While observing that empty dress and all. Perhaps it's Filbo being appreciative of anyone who goes out of their way to give a good word of any kind to others, really...

Also wow that's an expensive Buddha, me Nick is wincing at this]

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...yeah. It's a long story how we ended up in that situation - she's a really talented designer. So I'm trying to help her grow.

[it's an ongoing process.]

The CEO made a shady deal with her and brought her all the way to Singapore, so - I went and got her back. But I guess... ugh, I don't want to say this! Because fuck that guy! ...but that trip made her realize a lot of things about why she wants to make clothes, so it wasn't all bad.

...but that's just because she realized that herself! That creepy CEO doesn't get any credit!!

[failbo]

...I mean, yeah! Whoever invited her sure wasn't there telling her a single thing from what I can see. You probably get the credit.

[He sure didn't see anyone other than Kuranosuke, her talented designer friend, and...someone with what seems to be a terrible ability to make financial decisions. Context clues sure hint that third person isn't this shady CEO.

...speaking of that...]

Uh, who is the--the one spending way too much on...what was it, a buda?

[Is there grumpus buddhism I think not]

Week 6 / Wednesday Morning

[failbo]

[There sure are caves here. Filbo stands in front of them, looking at them with uncertainty, until kuranosuke arrives]

...you know, call it a little paranoid? But I don't wanna go in these by myself. Wanna come along?

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Sure, why not? We can make an adventure out of it!

[imagine if they both died here and we had to hit up the mods like "hey..."]

week 6, saturday

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[3 hours from the moment filbo drank his strange medicine at trial, kuranosuke steps into the room to visit him in jail.]

Yo. That thing wear off yet, or...?

[failbo]

...unfortunately it kinda has. First time in a couple days I have my head clear and I kinda wish I didn't.

[But he's devoid of hate liquor in here, which is good. He's closer to baseline emotions]

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Okay, I know this is a load of shit coming from me, but... maybe don't use that drink as a crutch.

[literally no one wants to hear this from kuranosuke, who has been self-medicating with alcohol for the last six weeks]

[failbo]

Yeah...I think I had enough about alcohol for an afterlifetime.

[For the next hours or so Filbo declares himself against alcohol]