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[After a particular incident which may or may not have involved projectile retching, Murphy breaks his awkward radio silence over the network to come before you people for some worldly advice:]

"Don't... suppose anyone would have any suggestions on how to get ink stains outta your clothes, would ya? I'm, uh... talkin' about lots of it, like...

"Shit, how do I do this...?"

[Eventually, Murphy figures out how to switch the video feed on. What you actually see is a set of black shirt and jeans.

[...Actually, they weren't always black, judging by the specks of the original red and blue colors that are still miraculously visible. Murphy himself is still slightly marked in ink, but he isn't about to showcase that at the moment.]

"Guess askin' for dry cleaners in this damn place would be a bit much to ask for..."

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Perhaps you should toss them on the smoldering bonfire that was once a tigerskin couch. Cutting your losses might be best.

Erm...

[Rational Murphy Pendleton says: It's just a bonfire and is probably your best bet of getting rid of useless things AND THE WOMAN KIND OF HAS A POINT.

[Irrational Murphy Pendleton says: NEVER AGAIN FIRES CREATE OTHERWORLD OTHERWORLD CREATES VICIOUS NIGHTMARE FUEL NEVER TOUCHING FIRE AGAIN EVER AUGH.]

Think I'd rather... avoid that outcome, thanks.

So what will you do then?

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[That's a weird stain you have. Henry kind of wants to know how that happened, but isn't going to push you for answers. That's just not his thing.]

I don't think those can be saved.

Ugh, I kinda figured, but... I'd at least like to try. This place didn't give me that many clothes to begin with...

No, they don't.

[A pause. Even he isn't comfortable in the clothes this ship has provided.]

Maybe someone does have something. [But special laundry needs? Here? Probably not.]

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I think you might be better off trying to find some black dye to cover what's left of your original colors. [ sad but true. she's accompanying her suggestion with a look of sympathy. she knows what it's like to lose an outfit. ]

Dye, huh? Hadn't actually thought about that... [Durr durr.] Well, dunno where I'm gonna find some, but thanks.

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Maybe one of the scientists or chemists has managed to make something similar. It doesn't seem that out of the question. [ it might not be a priority but for a price or a favor, she imagines out of all the people that have been abducted.. one of them has to know. ]

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[ wh - ]

... Did you get attacked by a giant octopus?!

Uh.

[~~YES A LAUGHING ONE~~.]

...No, not really.

Oh. [ does she sound... disappointed? ] Well, that's disappointing. What was it, then?

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[Judging shifty eyes go here.]

What the hell happened to you?

[WERE YOU PAINTING YOUR ROOM BLACK OR SOMETHING. HAVE YOU FINALLY SNAPPED.]

Erm, I don't... think you really wanna know.

[Unless you want Murphy to recount his encounter with being inkvomited on.]

... Looks like you might be shit outta' luck. I don't know what the place has for laundry problems... [His mom would probably know how to clean it. She always knew the solutions for things like this. As detached as she was, he couldn't remember his clothes ever being marked or stained as a child.] Or maybe you can, uh... stain it black and pretend it's always been that color?

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Eheheh... you still haven't found anything to take care of that?

[Ugh, she felt so bad over this. If only you were someone she really hated, Murphy, then she could at least find humor in this.]

I'm so sorry over this...

[BECAUSE CLEARLY SHE HAS NOT APOLOGIZED ENOUGH OVER THIS.]

They're... pretty bad stains, so no.

[He still hasn't been able to wash his face properly, but he doesn't really care about that as much as he does about his clothes. Because clothes are more important than his face, guh.]

Like I said, it's fine. You don't have to apologize all over again.

I guess I don't, but -- hahaha -- but I still feel bad about it.

[She pauses for a little while, heavily debating with herself if she should really say the next thing that was on her mind.]

Uh... I noticed some people suggesting that you should dye the rest of your clothes black. If... you want, I could - ah see if I could get the rest of it black sometime...

[Yes, Murphy. She's offering to vomit on the rest of your clothes.]

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_{[ congrats, Murphy. You're getting a think text. It's like regular texting, only Jake is using a helmet from back home he got in his locker this wave set up to correspond with his device to communicate hands free. Said helmet is that which is in his icon, and it's been awhile since he's think typed so hopefully his messages won't process unfiltered. ]} Holy shitknickers, murphy sir. Did you bathe in it or something?????
On the bright side some ladies enjoy a man in all black. Yowza.
What the dickens happened?

Jake?

Your text looks all weird.

[Brilliant observations, made by Murphy Pendleton! It's bad enough he doesn't understand most of the stuff that pops up on his communicator, like the icon, and other things. All of the things.]

And no, I didn't bathe in it. It just

It was an accident. [That's what he's going to call it, for now.]

Hm...Black is actually not so terrible a color on you.

...Thanks, I guess.

Given my options, it doesn't look like I've got much of a choice but to try and dye the rest of it black, anyway.

How did you manage so much ink?

You look as if you've been attacked by Hafgufa itself.

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[Murphy will get a familiar, amused voice. Anne's off God knows where, but she notices the post and figures a little heckling never killed anybody]

What the hell did you do? It looks like you went swimming in a tar pit.

[Anne? Amused? Get out of town!]

Well, I was tryin' to help somebody... ["trying"] Didn't work out.

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