[ well, it's hard to rationalize the inexplicable, especially when they're being chased by eldritch abominations in a digital simulation. given the state of his last excursion into vivid, he's willing to bet it's a monster, because it's always something distorted and fantastical chasing him, whether wraiths beating on subway windows or monsters prowling after all of tellus goes dysfunctional. ]

... T-Tentacles?

[ unwilling to be the victim/prop of another horror movie set, he's goaded forward, bobing his head repeatedly. ] Yeah, I'm sure you're right! We just need to find the exit and we'll be o —

[ and he falters off at the cacophonous scream, visibly paling and almost tripping over his own two feet in the process. ] It's alright, it's not real. At least, I don't think it's real? The last one I saw in ViViD might have been, but they're ... usually fake.

[ this is supposed to be reassuring. ]