ADOLPHE

[foreverphantom]

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[chrysanths]

[ He sighs. ]

Not like you do either. Besides, we're all dead. What is there to do?

[foreverphantom]

Usually? A lot more.

[chrysanths]

[ ...........?????? ]

Don't make it sound like you've been dead multiple times.

[ Because it's concerning?! ]

[foreverphantom]

You asked what was wrong with me, and now you don't like the answer?

[chrysanths]

[ He just. Closes his eyes for a moment. Adolphe can put two and two together, but like. What the fuck. ]

What kind of messed up place...

[ He feels a headache coming on. ]

[foreverphantom]

I agree. Normally there's a whole Zone to explore and we at least get to be ghosts. Instead we're still stuck as humans.

[chrysanths]

No, that's--that's not the problem. You're saying that you died multiple times and that's normal to you? And all you can think about is exploring a place? And being a ghost??

[ HUH ]

[foreverphantom]

Well, dying multiple times isn't really normal, but after the third one it really loses its shock value.

[chrysanths]

[ ................. ]

What do you do that gets you into those situations, kid?

[ It sounds really rough?? And this guy doesn't look older than 18??? ]

[foreverphantom]

Die in freak supernatural lab accidents, mostly.

[ i just remembered he's smoking so he takes another drag of the cigarette. his face puckers with distaste. ]

[chrysanths]

[ .... okay, ALL THAT ASIDE ]

You shouldn't force yourself to smoke if you don't like it.

[foreverphantom]

I thought--[ starts hacking up a lungful ]

Ugh. I thought this was supposed to feel good. How do people do this when they have lungs?

[chrysanths]

I don't know. Never smoked. Since it doesn't feel good, stop smoking. Throw it out the window.

[ It stinks and he hates it!! He's not here to explain how smoking feels good for people, because he actually doesn't know. ]

[foreverphantom]

[ puts the cigarette out against his mattress first, and only then throws it out the window

followed by the rest of the carton ]

[chrysanths]

[ good boy ]

Do you want this instead?

[ He holds out a can of soda. It's a coke equivalent. ]

[foreverphantom]

Why would I want that?

[chrysanths]

Because it can't taste worse than what you just smoked.

[foreverphantom]

[ takes the can, pops the tab open, takes a swig--

and then spits it out all over the mattress and himself and the floor ]

Ugh, I forgot these were fizzy.

[chrysanths]

[ He just. Blinks really slowly. Great. He's gonna have to clean that up, won't he? He doesn't expect Dan to do anything helpful like that right now. His expectations are in hell. ]

What? You can't handle that?

[foreverphantom]

I can handle it. I just wasn't expecting it.

[chrysanths]

I didn't think your reaction had to be really dramatic about fizz.

[ Poor Dan..... ]

Anyway, please don't smoke in here again. If you're gonna experiment, do it outside.

[foreverphantom]

It's my room, I'll do what I like in it.

[chrysanths]

It's my room too. You're sharing a space with someone, so at least try to be considerate. Have you never lived with someone else?

[ He didn't look at Dan's grades. ]

[foreverphantom]

Depending on how you count it, yes and/or no.

[chrysanths]

[ There's silence. Adolphe doesn't say anything for a good while before picking up trash from the floor, tossing that into the bin. ]

Help me clean.

[ It's not a suggestion. ]