[audio; cw: definitely spoilers]

[loopsiedaisy]

Stardust!! I'm going to kill you~

[They very clearly did not mean to send this to everyone, but they've just remembered another form of telepathy and instinctually tried to default to it... and it has messed them up. Oops!!]

[Actual level of murderous intent: unclear...?]

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[no_ufo_ending]

[ Henry's long neck draws close to his body as he is just Delivered This Information. Grumpearl...oh he--he knows he has something with that name. ]

[ He sets the pail down and tugs open the little pouch hanging around his neck. It contains a few things--a couple of berries, an unlit candle, and the pearl. Henry holds it to an eye (since they are on opposite sides of his fucking head. yeah. still gettin used to THAT) and peers into it. ]

[ So where is the nearest river, he's thinking...]

[loopsiedaisy]

[They are just going to let this happen]

[no_ufo_ending]

[ Henry thinks about throwing the pearl into the water. ]

[ Henry thinks about the water prison, they grey lumps, the fungus, the giant two-headed baby monsters. ]

[ Henry closes his eyes. Be rational. Be normal. Calm down. ]

Don't try to kill me.

[loopsiedaisy]

[They don't know what's up with all that mental imagery but right this moment they are ignoring it. They're happy for him tho. Or sorry that happened.]

Don't worry, you'd know if you were stardust!

[They are very selective in their premeditated homicides thank you!]

[no_ufo_ending]

[....H u h. Okay. He does appear to be getting called goggles, not stardust. So. This message must not be for him.]

[ Well that's good. But it still means somebody ELSE's head is on the chopping block. ]

[ And that this grumpearl works in a very strange way. It's like a CB radio in his head. ]

[ At least he knows he can throw it away if it becomes too much. Now that the shock has worn off, Henry finds himself feeling curious. So this was real magic...he's seen "magic" before in the darkest and bloodiest sense, but this was much closer to something he would seee in a fantasy movie. ]

[ Henry tries...to feel Siffrin's thoughts the way they've been feeling his. It's a tentative reach through the mindline. ]

[loopsiedaisy]

[Siffrin(?) is very firmly blocking their thoughts from leaking out, though they definitely weren't doing that, like... two minutes ago. It took them a hot second.]

[For them in particular, it mostly feels like: ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨]

[But aside from the aggressive sparkling, the vocal(? mental?) effect is a lot flatter than their initial couple messages. Even though they're not actually talking(?) right now.]

[no_ufo_ending]

[ It feels like touching an old television after turning it off. ]

[ It's a strange sensation. It doesn't come across as any kind of warning. He's never had to read a VIBE in this manner before. ]

[ He reaches out again. ]

[loopsiedaisy]

[Siffrin(?) is feeling this as a sort of tapping, very similar to when someone tries to contact them privately on the grumpearl.]

[They are keeping a lid on it, but this is simultaneously very annoying right now and a huge relief (that it seems to be distracting Henry from thinking any more about their first message). The latter means they're willing to humor it.]

Yes, goggles?

[no_ufo_ending]

[ The thought-voice startles him into stillness. He's entirely stopped moving now. He's just standing in the middle of a path next to a bucket of water, pearl in his claws. ]

...Sorry.

[loopsiedaisy]

[Nothing?]

Well, carry on then!!

[They can't really... hang up(?) on a public grumpearl conversation, but they try to pointedly stop responding to this thread of it here.]

[no_ufo_ending]

[ Henry carries on, now with considerably more knowledge than he had a few moments ago. He had to think of a safe place to put the pearl to avoid having his OWN thoughts broadcasted like this. He keeps his feelings close to his chest and this is...worrying. ]