week 2

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Week 2

[It's been about a week since the Champions woke up in their new consumerist hellscape of a temporary home and, despite a few odd goings on and the bomb incident with Church and Nari, things haven't been as bad as they could be. No one is even dead yet! But let's see how long that lasts.

Enjoy your week, Champions.]

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[desperateprayer]

[ ...Clarith won't react. She knew somewhat already. Well, no, she comes over. And she'll place a hand on his shoulder.

She's here. ]

[ratherdoweddings]

[Yurika almost starts to cry right there. She wrings her hands and nods slowly.]

And that's why they gave you that title.

[ratherdoweddings]

Right now, I don't care how horrible your secret is. We can't just give up and let this break us already, Cruz-san.

[burninglight]

How do you intend to do that? Information is no easy thing to control, I can scarcely imagine how difficult it would be across worlds.

[myocordial]

I haven't opened mine.

[Heart is holding his envelope, still sealed. He turns it idly as he talks.]

But I can safely say there's nothing in here that could motivate me to play along with this. I hardly care what anyone here thinks of me. As for back home...

[...]

...well, that isn't an issue.

cw: etemo ref

[serrata]

... what? Y--yes, of course you must be! She was with Shino-san a--and I...

[ She'd been with Shino-san. She remembers that much, as clearly as if it happened yesterday. The hallway in St. Isidore Academy, the watery dawn light spilling in through the window, Shino sat there and Yuuri was

Yuuri was

she was holding hands with






her stomach lurches before the train of thought can even finish but she doesn't need it to. She claps a free hand to her mouth, certain she's about to vomit and she sags back against Ardyn because suddenly, her legs aren't quite strong enough to keep her standing. It's only the fact that her eyes are painfully wide and fixed on Xander that make it clear she hasn't just fainted. ]

Sh--she was in the classroom...! I heard her voice-- Ruu-chan was calling for me and I... I...

[ She shakes her head and presses her hand even tighter against her mouth. Like's she's afraid the truth will fall out if she dares say anything more. ]

[desperateprayer]

...I assume so. Her sins... Aren't only mine to forgive, though. But... I don't think most people will see the girl who was isolated and put on a pedestal and given power when she was much too young.

[daughterofthemark]

[...Arianna smiles.]

The Champion of Forgiveness.

[curdle]

I cannot read mine.

[ Thomasin's is in her hands, still unopened. ]

And I will not. When we are done, I'll straightaway to the kitchens and burn it.

[burninglight]

[Without thinking, Ardyn brought his other arm around Yuuri’s shoulders to steady her]

Yuuri. You’ll get no answers from him. Take a breath, we can determine the truth without his ‘help’.

[daughterofthemark]

I speak not of controlling information, but of responding to it.

[kingshaming]

...I'm sorry. But my notes were not clear between one Ruu and the other, so I... made an assumption. But not once since this started have I knowingly lied to any of you.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Sure, we can all guess. It's schroedinger's cat; you can't be sure until you open it. You saw...what happened to Yuyu.

[daughterofthemark]

...and if people knew, you would be seen as an enemy to humanity.

[She nods.]

[helladoptera]

[ Oh great, an envelope, what's goin on in here...

Maxine Caulfield chose not to save Chloe Price. ]

That's not... that's not even close to the whole story, you fucking asshole!

[myocordial]

Then we'll just have to make sure that doesn't happen.

I'm no expert when it comes to controlling emotions, but I'll do what I can.

[serrata]

[ She does indeed take a breath but it's just a thin, miserable little noise. She doesn't look like she's at any more risk of throwing herself at Xander but she also doesn't look like she's going to be much good for anything else today, either. ]

[power_of_dominance]

....

[Without a word, Soma hands his letter to Church, just as he did with Heart. He can’t even look at the man, sure that this is the end of whatever new buds of friendship have formed between them.]

[serrata]

At least... at least tell me what happened to her!

[ She's not angry or hysterical now. Just miserable, heartsick and utterly desperate. ]

Please! What happened to Ruu-chan?

[daughterofthemark]

[Arianna steps in closer, too, taking her hand.

And not saying anything, because she doesn't know what to say. It's a shitty feeling.]

[induality]

...if mine wasn't out of my control, I'd feel the same way probably.

B-but trying to predict what people like the ones responsible for this are going to do isn't a simple thing.

[curdle]

[ Well, at least one person needs to validate Soma's worst fears! So here's Thomasin, saying nothing, not flinching, but staring with ever-wider eyes as if she's mesmerized by her own unmistakable fear. ]

[daughterofthemark]

[Arianna opens her mouth to respond, but then closes it, and... turns to look at Yuuri.

She makes another attempt at saying something, with similar results.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

...? [Everyone sharing their secrets is a wild fucking concept okay. But he reads it. And then rereads it. And squints.]

Dracula's real? That must make something like Twilight sting extra hard.

[kingshaming]

...are you sure you want this. It can not be unknown once it's out.

[you can't uneat the apple]