week 4

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[Just like the previous week the status quo is restored with frighteningly quick efficiency. PAL still makes the morning and night time announcements through the PIP on each Champion's arm, and still the Champion unitards are freshly laundered and re-hung each morning in their closets. Even the glass roses Choromatsu and Takumi broke after the trial in their fit of anger have been replaced with fresh ones. All signs that there was anything amiss this weekend are completely gone.

There's a new floor to explore, their "reward" for a job well done.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your AC for week 3, submit your memory regains and put in your threads for the Benefactors!]

Comments

[scourgingstars]

At this rate, I've no doubt it will be. Whatever I am--whatever turned me into this and led me to take my brother's name instead of my own, I don't think it will be something I will easily handle remembering. If there's even a chance I might come out of this without losing the Ardyn you've all known here...I'm going to need your help.

...If I snap like that again, I'm telling you to do whatever you must in order to stop me. Before I hurt you or any of the others.

[motherfucking_ghost]

I'm guessing you mean something other than suggesting you kill me.

Which, really glad fuckface you didn't take the bait.

...Also pretty glad you didn't see your face. It was uh. It was worse. It was way, way worse.

[Okay that's enough hug this is awkward now.]

If you ever get an idea for something you think is going to help? For the love of god, let me know. I'll try anything at this point. Rest assured I was reeeeeaaaaally close to just punching you.

[scourgingstars]

Yes, because that was idiotic and you're lucky I thought better of it. Past that I don't care what you do. Knock me out for all it matters, just don't let me do anything stupid.

[really church how 'bout for your next trick you go up to sephiroth and tell a yo mama joke]

...Sorry. Is it still there?

[motherfucking_ghost]

Eh, I've already died a couple times, what's one more? I'll get Nishitani to punch you in the back of the head or something. We'll figure it out.

[SEE NOW IF ONLY WE HAD A SEPHIROTH]

No, it's--you're good now. You're golden. You just got even worse demonic. So.

...I feel like maybe you're right and I'm way out of my depth here.

[scourgingstars]

[Ardyn got very quiet at the word 'demonic', struggling to keep even a halfhearted smile on his face.]

...I know I'm asking too much of you.

[motherfucking_ghost]

No! No, it's--no. It's not too much, shut up. What am I gonna do, say no, I'm not going to help? Psh. I've got this.

We've all got this, but I'm not...obviously I'm not gonna tell anyone about...this. Unless it happens in front of them and I have to get someone to help me shut you down.

Should I, um...I shouldn't uh. Say that--the demon. thing. I shouldn't do that, huh?

I can keep calling that mode your fuckface, if that's better.

[scourgingstars]

I'll figure out a way to tell them myself. Hopefully, before it happens in front of anyone else.

...Whatever you end up calling it, just--stop saying it's daemonic. Please.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Sorry. I didn't mean--I wasn't trying to insult you or anything by it. No d-word. Promise.

...You okay now? Do you need to...do you need me around still? Be your rock? Tuck you in a rest area and shoo people away?

[scourgingstars]

...I'm alright, Church. Honestly this time, I'm not merely saying that. I'll probably just go back to our room and try to sort this out as best I can. So if anyone's looking for me, just...I don't know, tell them something.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Or I can shrug and say I don't know. Worst they can do is knock on the door. I'm not your keeper.

...Even...though I...kind of am, huh.

[scourgingstars]

Someone has to be. How am I to keep the others together without someone to keep me in one piece?

[motherfucking_ghost]

Hell, most of the time I can't even keep my team in one piece. Trust me, you've got more confidence in me than I do.

...Which isn't a bad thing, necessarily, and like I said, I'll do it. I'm...gonna do this. For your sake and everyone else's.