catchall for miki

[leaberator]

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[stillstands]

[ god. that coffin. ]

I don't think whatever's tapping away inside that would fit in these things...

[ she turns her box over a bit as well, before shaking it gently to see if she ca hear anything. ]

I wonder what does fit in here?

[leaberator]

Well, obviously, that's why this is just practice.

[ jokes aside. are they ever truly aside? he looks at his own box critically ]

Something... small? You got me there. I was mostly thinking anything that fits in here at least can't be awful.

[stillstands]

That's an optimistic outlook.

[ Dry, bluntness from a teenager. Miki, pls. ]

Maybe a trinket, or... something to help us here? I guess we'll only know if we figure out how to crack the code.

[leaberator]

Of those two options, a trinket sounds a lot more likely. [ so much for optimism? ] But it's worth a shot trying to open 'em to make sure. How good are you at puzzles?

[stillstands]

... Reasonable? Maybe? It's not my hobby or anything, but I think I have the patience to sit and figure one out.

What about you?

[leaberator]

Dunno about good, but I am stubborn?

[ he's played with a lot of puzzles out of boredom, so has he always finished them? no ]

[stillstands]

Sometimes that's what counts. Being stubborn enough to persist.

[ he has no choice. he must finish it. ]

[leaberator]

Yep. I gotta admit, it is my most useful trait.

[ he sounds like he is both talking shit about himself AND boasting, amazing. ]

[stillstands]

[ she's lifting up the box and turning it around to try and see if she can see any way to gently get this thing open. ]

Some people see stubbornness as more of a personality flaw, you know.

[leaberator]

[ easily; ]

Oh, believe me, it's definitely both.

[ that casual self-roast... he sets his own puzzle aside to try and see if he can't help with Miki's, instead. ]

[stillstands]

I know.

[ said immediately. she's stubborn herself.

lawd okay how do these boxes even work i'm dumb and can't read all of a sudden. she reaches out and tries to tug at one of the jutting edges, frowning when it doesn't seem to move very easily. ]

[leaberator]

[ he laughs at that, then settles to look at her solve it. we are going to have a very stupid thread now, because neither one of us knows how puzzle boxes work. after a while, he offers ]

Try pushing that first one in.

[stillstands]

[ no one can tell us how these work, we can bs this. ]

This one? [ she tap her finger against it, before pushing down. nothing really seems to happen? ]

[leaberator]

[ he frowns a bit and leans to see better ]

Are they not moving at all?

[stillstands]

Maybe I'm not pushing it enough?

[ let her in!! LET HER IN!!! ]

[leaberator]

[ that seems legitimate? ]

Try doing it harder. Either way, pushing or pulling. Just go nuts on it.

[ that's how you solve a puzzle? ]

[stillstands]

Aren't we supposed to not be breaking it...?

[ i mean. she's doing it. she's trying her best. ]

[leaberator]

It's not breaking it if it's just testing to see if anything moves at all!

[ he's actually an asshole, it turns out. ]

[stillstands]

It's breaking it if we break it.

[ She frowns at the box, like it has personally offended her. And, because the only puzzle box solution I found is the one where you push on the opposite ends to open it, this is what I'm goin' with. So when she kinda squeezes the box to get more force going, something shifts. Just a little. ]

-- ah! It moved. But not by much. [ She holds up the box and stares at it suspiciously. ] Maybe I'm not strong enough?

[ axel. axelea. leaxelea. help? ]

[leaberator]

Tomato, tomahto.

[ it isn't broken YET and that is what matters. but he holds a hand out for the box, because he is not enough of a little bitch to take it from her without permission. ]

I can give it a shot?

[stillstands]

Both are still a fruit.

[ she hands it over without any real argument. ]

Please do. It might just need a bit more strength behind it to get it open - but it seems like it's a pressure thing?

[leaberator]

[ once he has it in hand, he presses on it, hard-- and somehow another part of the puzzle pops up, even tho wooden puzzles probably don't do that, solely so it's funny ]

Is... that supposed to happen?

[ why is he asking miki ]

[stillstands]

[ why IS he asking miki? ]

Maybe?

Sometimes the puzzle is getting something open without a lock in and of itself. So it's about shifting pressure and the material itself.

...

I think.

[leaberator]

Well, it doesn't sound wrong. [ he sounds. amused. like an asshole. ] Think it'll open if we just keep pressing it every time it pops up?

[ it's too late because that's what he's doing ]

[stillstands]

[ hey, she can BS too. ] I mean... at this point we might as well try, right?

[ Right?? ]

What if I tried pulling part of it when you press in? It could be like a little drawer or something in there.