week 7

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[For the first time in several weeks there is no new memorial in the garden. No new body in the morgue, no bloody mess for the roombas to clean. Choromatsu is still in need of time to heal and constant vigilance but he's alive. They're all alive for once on a Sunday and, even with the terrible realizations their returning memories may bring, there's a sense of hope for the first time in a long time.

There is no new floor this week.

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your activity for week 6, submit your memory regains and put in your threads for the Benefactors!]

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[scourgingstars]

...

[He really was stupid. They all were, a fallen bitter savior with his immature, doubtful shield and their hotheaded, reckless adviser.]

[A fitting disaster for the ashes of the burned line of Lucis.]

Until the end, no matter what may yet go wrong or right. I'm with you.

[motherfucking_ghost]

There's just one more really, really important question, though.

Where is it?

[desperateprayer]

...I'm hoping... This is a last ultimatum. If we can't be broken for this... What else could they offer us that we would kill for?

[scourgingstars]

That's the only problem; he swore not to transfer it to anyone, and as far as I've seen that might have even been honest. There was mention of putting it in a bottle, and I think he made some joke about a paperweight.

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Her voice breaks, and he's sure that apology isn't for him.]

We'll live. And I'll save her.

[His voice is soft and his arms strong.]

I think... I think I know how to do it.

[He doesn't know how he'll pull it off, of course, once he's there--he'll need a lot of information from Yuuri when she's better, when she's safer, when they can both grasp the scale of what he's going to try to accomplish. But even with Church's warning, he knows--he's sure--if it's him, he can do it. He can do it for her. He can go back as many years as it takes to save a little girl.

With his last memory, he thinks he might have all the pieces. He doesn't believe in gods or fate, but he thinks--he knows he's here, with Yuuri, for a reason.]

So this isn't the wrong choice. It's the best choice. You're doing the right thing, by me, by--by Ruu-chan, by yourself, because this way, she gets her big sister, too. And we'll live.

[shikosuki]

[ Choromatsu doesn't take a cupcake and he's glad he didn't after hearing all that. He knows some people are starting to feel for the AI but... well, screw this honestly. ]

Tired of all these suicides, huh? Really wanna make sure it's actually murder this time? I'm almost impressed it took you so long to come up with one like this, instead of trying to use secret money offers or doing shit that just orchestrates accidental deaths.

Yeah, uh. Fuck off. You're full of shit and always have been. Even if you kept your word, I bet any person you "changed the fate of" would just end up back here for the next season of bullshit.

[ He pauses for a moment and then... ]

I believe in everyone here. I'd trust our group with my life before I trust a single thing you'd say.

[ He's mostly saying it for the benefit of others than to make any points to PAL. He knows this is hitting a lot of people hard and they might be more likely to actually consider this one... but he's tired of doubting and fearing. Some of you are his friends, some of you saved his life. Maybe one of them will betray that trust and go kill someone after all... but he has to believe for now. ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Exactly. It would be hell, Church. It would be hell, and no two people would be not on fire.

[daughterofthemark]

[She picks one of the chocolate ones, because of course she would.]

Have you taken inspiration from Sir PAL's work?

[motherfucking_ghost]

Sealed evil in a can, that's pretty--

...

It's. uh. Did you say paperweight? Cuz. it's. in the dumbwaiter.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Would you still have called him dad?

[THERE THAT'S THE CHURCH LOOK WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE]

[scourgingstars]

...That wasn't a joke-? Wait, he just left it there?

[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

[desperateprayer]

[ Choro she is so proud of you ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

--You're DISINVITED from my sleepover, bye.

[motherfucking_ghost]

It's in glass? Like heavy...paperweighty glass. Is it actually in there, because it's definitely black and also all kinds of other colors. 's kinda pretty for being evil. [kind of like ardyn] I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be yours or not so I left it there???

[scourgingstars]

I can't imagine it's anywhere else, at this point. Though I also didn't think he could fit millions of daemons into a paperweight.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Did you actually, oh my god, you did, you called him dad. Does he even look anything like your dad???

[daughterofthemark]

...I am uncertain. We don't know what they might offer.

But... it does seem to be a particularly dramatic move.

[She's calming down now.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

...If it breaks we're all fucked, aren't we?

[scourgingstars]

...Actually, I'm not sure. PAL said a few strange things last night, not the least of which was that he and the network 'quarantined a contagion.' If it truly was contagious, what happened to Junpei should have infected at least one of you.

[Beat.]

...But just to be sure, absolutely under no circumstances are we going to break it.

[desperateprayer]

It would be a very tall order to top this.

[serrata]

... We'll live.

[ She repeats it like she has to hear it from her own mouth to make herself finally, truly believe it. And then she nods. ]

Ruu-chan, Yuki-chan, Kurumi, Miki-san... we're going to save them. We're going to get out of here, we're going to save them and then--

[ We'll live. They won't survive this -- they'll live through it.

Still shaking, just a touch, she pulls away from him. Just enough that she can look him in the eye and carefully parenthesize his face in her trembling hands. She needs to say it again. She needs him to understand how wholly and completely she means it. ]

I trust you. And I... I'm not going anywhere. No matter what happens now, I won't... leave you. I won't leave you behind.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Absofuckinglutely not.

[So that's settled. So this is all a thing that's happening this morning. Everything is happening a lot this morning.]

...Junpei's going to want to talk to me, but he's dealing with Yuuri, Heart should get checked on and probably Queenie. Ari's being Ari, Nishi's being Nishi, Clarith's being Clarith.

So what do we do now, before I go...have coffee or something to wake me up before the adrenaline wears off?

[misanthropicprinciple]

My dad is Japanese, what the hell do you think?

[scourgingstars]

I told Junpei to meet us back at our room later tonight once Yuuri's taken care of, and asked Arianna to see to who she could.

['let them handle it for five minutes', in other words.]

Are you alright?

[motherfucking_ghost]

Peter, I know losing Uncle Ben was really hard on you, but you can't just replace him with other father figures.