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Well... it probably belonged to Aquarius, right? Since they mentioned all the other ones, I think? A-and it sounded like they'd been a part of these things a bunch of other times... and maybe they're here on some kind of secret mission or something?
...Oh, and the guy! The bad guy! It sounded like he had to stick to the contracts too? I know I've been talking a lot about suing him over those things when we get out, but maybe there's some other way...
...Oh, and the guy! The bad guy! It sounded like he had to stick to the contracts too? I know I've been talking a lot about suing him over those things when we get out, but maybe there's some other way...
Aquarius was the only one not mentioned, you're right.
You think we could sue him like, now, somehow? [that'd be pretty funny actually can we just run court and sue the nightman for emotional damage]
You think we could sue him like, now, somehow? [that'd be pretty funny actually can we just run court and sue the nightman for emotional damage]
Hmmm.
I think, uh - first of all, you're right. [she says, nodding.] I think it's interesting that the big guy upstairs has a contract. That's going to come in handy, I feel like.
Whoever it belongs to isn't important, I think. As long as it belongs to the staff, that's all we need to know.
Have you seen any of the other clues and things that have come from the excursions? There's some people I don't talk to, so uh, I'm limited.
I think, uh - first of all, you're right. [she says, nodding.] I think it's interesting that the big guy upstairs has a contract. That's going to come in handy, I feel like.
Whoever it belongs to isn't important, I think. As long as it belongs to the staff, that's all we need to know.
Have you seen any of the other clues and things that have come from the excursions? There's some people I don't talk to, so uh, I'm limited.
Really? I thought you'd be friends with pretty much everyone...
[ aside from the diluc group, maybe... ]
Um... I think Rin said they found a paper that something like, "You're gonna kill me, I'm sorry" and "please stay alive" with some scribbles? That they figured was a message to someone.
A-and they also got a note that just said Orion was hot. ...Probably from Vulpecula. So.
I don't think I know any others... I didn't know people were even getting things like that until we went.
[ aside from the diluc group, maybe... ]
Um... I think Rin said they found a paper that something like, "You're gonna kill me, I'm sorry" and "please stay alive" with some scribbles? That they figured was a message to someone.
A-and they also got a note that just said Orion was hot. ...Probably from Vulpecula. So.
I don't think I know any others... I didn't know people were even getting things like that until we went.
Eh, mostly, but I don't get along with some of them.
[like the diluc group sweats]
... Huh, okay. I got uh, this hangman thing from one of the first weeks but that never went anywhere. The journal, and now this. I'm probably missing stuff, too.
We have to be careful, though. The uh - the staff is really restricted. I don't want to get them in trouble.
[like the diluc group sweats]
... Huh, okay. I got uh, this hangman thing from one of the first weeks but that never went anywhere. The journal, and now this. I'm probably missing stuff, too.
We have to be careful, though. The uh - the staff is really restricted. I don't want to get them in trouble.
[ hangman thing...? ]
Yeah... I haven't been sure how much is okay to share with anyone.
[ ... ]
...Hey, um. A-as long as we're kind of talking about them...
[ this has kind of been bugging him ever since he watched them together early on in the trial, and he's been waffling on asking ever since.
he leans in a little closer, lowering his voice to a near-whisper just in case. ]
Is Gemini...?
Yeah... I haven't been sure how much is okay to share with anyone.
[ ... ]
...Hey, um. A-as long as we're kind of talking about them...
[ this has kind of been bugging him ever since he watched them together early on in the trial, and he's been waffling on asking ever since.
he leans in a little closer, lowering his voice to a near-whisper just in case. ]
Is Gemini...?
[he leans in - and she just sort of. laughs? she laughs.]
Gemini is whoever you think they are. [she says, ear flicking.] I can't say more than that.
Gemini is whoever you think they are. [she says, ear flicking.] I can't say more than that.
[that's fair it's a lot to take in]
Hah - yeah. Yeah, actually, of course I can. [she pulls herself up to stand, holding her hands out to him.] I'll pick something out for you.
Hah - yeah. Yeah, actually, of course I can. [she pulls herself up to stand, holding her hands out to him.] I'll pick something out for you.
[she drags him off to the closet!
she gathers together this combination, and then finds him a very nice pair of skinny jeans and black boots to wear with it. very dapper. very hipster.]
she gathers together this combination, and then finds him a very nice pair of skinny jeans and black boots to wear with it. very dapper. very hipster.]
[ wow, this has such a different vibe from the stuff bradley picked out for him... but they're both really cool in different ways, and he likes them both?? he probably really should take a lesson from this and branch out more from his usual school uniform and uniform-adjacent style... ]
Oh! This is really cool. The black and grey really make the other colors stand out, huh?
[ his dad's clothes are just overwhelmingly red... this is a lot easier to look at! ]
Oh! This is really cool. The black and grey really make the other colors stand out, huh?
[ his dad's clothes are just overwhelmingly red... this is a lot easier to look at! ]
[she is very happy to allow for him to broaden his attire, please wear hipster clothing from now on.]
Yeah! That's how you do the mixing. Pair bright colors with uh, with darks. Like, you've seen my robes, right? The bright red ones? Those go real good with black underneath.
The bowtie is a cute look on you, too.
Yeah! That's how you do the mixing. Pair bright colors with uh, with darks. Like, you've seen my robes, right? The bright red ones? Those go real good with black underneath.
The bowtie is a cute look on you, too.
[ ...red with black underneath also just sounds like his dad but he nods anyway! he gets the idea. the subtle dot pattern with the busier floral accents is interesting too! ]
You think so? I don't see a lot of people wearing them, but it's kind of a fun look... and it seems a lot less annoying than a regular necktie that you might accidentally get in your food or get caught on things!
You think so? I don't see a lot of people wearing them, but it's kind of a fun look... and it seems a lot less annoying than a regular necktie that you might accidentally get in your food or get caught on things!
[she will come to find him!! she has... soup, and bread. where you at, boy.]
[she comes in! and she gently puts the soup on the table before settling against it.]
It's - just soup, but uh, I figured maybe something easy for you after whatever you went through would be a good idea. You doing okay?
It's - just soup, but uh, I figured maybe something easy for you after whatever you went through would be a good idea. You doing okay?
Yeah, no... we kind of almost starved to death at one point, so... soup sounds really good, actually.
[ he sits down and picks up the spoon. ]
...I think we were in there for, like... months. Me and Cloud, anyway. I guess it must have been like that for Bradley and Jason too, though.
[ he sits down and picks up the spoon. ]
...I think we were in there for, like... months. Me and Cloud, anyway. I guess it must have been like that for Bradley and Jason too, though.
Oh, buddy...
[she says, first, biting her lip.]
I have more, if you want it. Months... god. Where was it?
[she says, first, biting her lip.]
I have more, if you want it. Months... god. Where was it?
Um... It was this world that was full of these monsters they called fiends that would attack people and corrupt them, and... a-and the two of us had, like, memories of different lives in that world, and it was like we'd always been there?
[ so he's actually not even entirely sure when it started... ]
But, anyway, the world was close to ending, and the only way to stop it at that point would be going back in time to prevent the incident that set everything off hundreds of years earlier, so that's what we were trying to do.
To go between times, we had to just walk through this white void for like? Forever? And then when we finally got to one of the gates, we'd go through that to end up at some point in the past, and when we got there it was like suddenly all the time we'd spent walking in the void caught up with us and we were just starving and needed water really bad...
[ and just remembering that makes him hungry again, so he pauses for a few spoonfuls of soup.
it tastes really, really good. ]
[ so he's actually not even entirely sure when it started... ]
But, anyway, the world was close to ending, and the only way to stop it at that point would be going back in time to prevent the incident that set everything off hundreds of years earlier, so that's what we were trying to do.
To go between times, we had to just walk through this white void for like? Forever? And then when we finally got to one of the gates, we'd go through that to end up at some point in the past, and when we got there it was like suddenly all the time we'd spent walking in the void caught up with us and we were just starving and needed water really bad...
[ and just remembering that makes him hungry again, so he pauses for a few spoonfuls of soup.
it tastes really, really good. ]
[she will let him eat! she also pushes the bread towards him.]
... Jeeze. Okay. [this sounds like a jan cyoa] So... saving the world, walking through a void, nearly starving to death. What else happened? You obviously all ran into trouble.
... Jeeze. Okay. [this sounds like a jan cyoa] So... saving the world, walking through a void, nearly starving to death. What else happened? You obviously all ran into trouble.
The first time we didn't go far enough back, so we had to do it two more times... but each time we'd kind of end up in situations that gave us more clues about what was going on, and all of them were linked together somehow? Uh, the second one of those was... kind of rough.
[ ... ]
B-but the third time, we finally got back to the moment right before the big disaster, where this spirit was going to lose these people it loved and get taken over by despair and turn into the big evil thing that was ruining the world! ...I didn't really... understand what the plan was supposed to be when we first got there. I-I guess I thought maybe I could just, like, convince it not to lose it over whatever was going to happen?
But... those people turned out to be Bradley and Jason, who had gotten corrupted somehow before we got there and were turning into fiends themselves. And the spirit was just... this scared kid who I guess had been living with them as a family for a while.
[ ... ]
B-but the third time, we finally got back to the moment right before the big disaster, where this spirit was going to lose these people it loved and get taken over by despair and turn into the big evil thing that was ruining the world! ...I didn't really... understand what the plan was supposed to be when we first got there. I-I guess I thought maybe I could just, like, convince it not to lose it over whatever was going to happen?
But... those people turned out to be Bradley and Jason, who had gotten corrupted somehow before we got there and were turning into fiends themselves. And the spirit was just... this scared kid who I guess had been living with them as a family for a while.
[she listens, head tilted a little.]
Oh. [at the thought of jason and brad being turned, she sort of just. tenses.] ... Fuck. Okay.
... What happened after that?
Oh. [at the thought of jason and brad being turned, she sort of just. tenses.] ... Fuck. Okay.
... What happened after that?
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