Intro Log

[crushtheskulls]

WHO: Horse and You!
WHERE: The Labyrinth and then the City
WHEN: Jan. 28th
WHAT: A talking horse arrives!
WARNINGS: Talking horses



[Labyrinth]

[She didn't understand it. It was some kind of battlefield... was this another one of Wammawink's memories?

... No, it looked different. It felt like home. But it wasn't? There were little differences that seemed like they should be familiar, but it wasn't. It all felt just a little off.]

Wammawink? Guys?

... Rider?

[She sounds a bit hopeful, like she'll get an answer. But it's just a very eerie silence that follows. No Centaurs, no colorful world, no humans... nothing. Just broken weapons and a scarred land.]

Okay, Tree Shamans! You win! You can stop... whatever this is! I just need the next key piece, okay?!

[The City]

[The sight of the city startles her more than the Labyrinth. She's never seen anything so... alive, in her life. All the bright lights and noises are disorienting, and she wanders around the city in a lost daze for what feels like forever.

After a while, she just... lets herself into a building. She doesn't know it yet, but it's a cafe. Not that she knows what a cafe is anyway.]

Oh! Humans! That's great, I need to find a human. Can you help me?

[IT'S JUST A TALKING HORSE EVERYTHING IS FINE.]

Comments

The city

[wedonttalkabout]

[Bruno was just minding his own damn business and now he has a talking horse coming up to him and talking to him. He kind of stares at her for a moment, wondering if he's maybe having a stroke. ]

Uhhhhhhh.

[Great going, great start. He slowly points at Horse.]

Sorry. Did you...talk? With the people words?

[Oh god is this what it feels like to be Antonio? ]

[crushtheskulls]

Yep. Yeah, I did. Don't worry about it too much - it freaked me out when I could do it too. Long story.

[Just don't worry about it Bruno. It's fine. Just. Don't worry.]

Sooooo.... anyway, you look like a guy who can help me! You being all... human. And all. I'm looking for my Rider - she's about this tall [She motions with her hoof and it looks SUPER UNNATURAL], short brown hair, tied up in a bun, looks like she was in a war because uh... we were...

[wedonttalkabout]

Oh good. Good. Glad the people words are weird for you too.

[Is he having a stroke? Is this what having a stroke feels like? He's just staring at Horse as she goes into a description of Rider, wide-eyed and confused. ]

...I don't see a lot of people. I'm not- not so good with the...human thing. [Bruno please, you are a human.] I've only been here for like...two weeks, so I don't anyone here, really. Minimal people.

[crushtheskulls]

Oh, everything about it is weird all right.

[Ah that's... disappointing, but at least she got a real answer and not "oh my god! A horse!".]

I see. Doesn't seem like anyone's seen her. This is the second world I've gotten whisked away to and I'm just getting further away from her. Can you at least tell me where I am?

[wedonttalkabout]

This whole place is weird. Everything about it is weird.

[He's just...commiserating with a horse. An actual horse. ]

Oh...wow, you've had this happen to you twice? That... seems like a lot of times to be kidnapped to another world. I mean, once is a lot, but twice is excessive.

Kaisou. Well...that's what the city is called, anyway.

[crushtheskulls]

[It's okay, Bruno. She finds commiserating with a human just a strange. But here they are.]

And it doesn't stop being weird! Do you know they have these things called "cars" instead of horses? Cars! What can a car do that a horse can't? And that's not even including the whole getting sucked into a whole other world thing - okay, maybe getting off-topic here.

And yeah! Twice is excessive! I just... need to get back to my Rider. I don't care how many worlds it takes, I have to get back to her.

Okay... Kaisou. That's something to work with.

[wedonttalkabout]

[Here they are. This is the life they lead now.]

I...can't answer that question, sorry. I don't have a lot of experience with...uh. Either of those things.

[She would be disgusted with his non-equestrian skills.]

W-well, I'm trying to figure out a way back to my world too? Not...been so lucky with that so far. Kind of failed a whole lot at it honestly, but you know- I've only been here like two weeks. Still working on it. Maybe we can figure a way out collectively?

[crushtheskulls]

[What is it with people in this world and their lack of horse skills man.]

Well, just know. Cars are the worst.

[Worse than Becky Apples? Probably not. ... Not that she knows who that is yet.]

... I see. Then that would make us allies. Look, I'm not really used to working with humans outside of Rider, but if there's anything I can do to help get us home, I'm in.

Name's Horse, by the way.

[Yep. Just Horse.]

[wedonttalkabout]

R...right. Duly noted. Cars Bad.

[NOTHING is worse than Becky Apples. ]

Oh...uh thanks. I appreciate that...Horse? So like. Just. What you are. That's your name. Okay. I'm- well, I'm Bruno.

[crushtheskulls]

Just Horse. That's my name and what I am. Easy to remember, right?

[She's happy with her name. She doesn't need anything fancy.]

I think Bruno is pretty easy to remember too.

[wedonttalkabout]

I- I guess so, yeah? Are... all horses in your world just called Horse?

[He doesn't call any of his rats Rat, after all, this is weird.]

I'd take credit for it but I didn't think of it. Hah.

[crushtheskulls]

No, just me. That's what my Rider calls me.

Oh you mean - your parents. Right.

[wedonttalkabout]

Huh. Guess it's...uh. [He shifts his feet.] Well. Descriptive?

[Maybe not INVENTIVE but there you go. ]

Yup. Them. Those people.