Week 4

[airlockedmods]

[After everything that this case was, you probably don't want to deal with anything else. But you wake up on Sunday, just like before, with some new memories, and some new stores to check out.

Let's see what this week brings.]

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(( Don't forget to check in, and check your memory regains! You can also stop by the gacha machine and Xander's office hours. ))

Comments

[helladoptera]

Yeah. So we, you know... Chloe's best friend was missing, so we decided to find her. It was... probably the best week of my life, or at least the first few days were great. Getting information out of people is really easy when you can just... rewind the conversation.

But I kept having that dream, about the storm. And the dreams kept getting worse. And I didn't... stupid Max didn't get what they were trying to say.

[ Hi this has apparently turned into "Max finally gets her feelings out" central, oops. ]

[tokencanadian]

This... was a big mistake, Clarith.

[She's fine with you leaning on her if you let her lean a bit on you. She's feeling a bit weak, what with all the crying.]

[burninglight]

...Right. That certainly did transpire.

[internal screaming]

We're not...whatever you're insinuating we might be or might be doing.

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Hey, no, don't be small and sad, Church man. Junpei reaches up above his head to bat his knuckles against Church's leg. Dead-girlfriends-we-may-not-remember-talking-about-yet solidarity club, yo.]

You gave me most of your whiskey, too. That's forever, Tones.

[Back to his game. After a few seconds, he adds:]

In different circumstances, I'd feel the same, anyway.

[motherfucking_ghost]

You've been a hateplague most of your life. Yeah, I should think nobody's ever said it.

[daughterofthemark]

Yes, that would be wise. But perhaps you should call this one. If I attempt to hold repeated meetings, I'll quickly exhaust the others' patience.

[That, and if she's the problem then this way it'll go better.]

[burninglight]

No, I mean....even when I was human. I can't remember anyone saying anything like that. I've never even been called 'Your Majesty' before.

[burninglight]

Do you think anyone would even come to it if I did?

[motherfucking_ghost]

Yeah. I mean. It's just a matter of--

[But he doesn't complete the thought. He doesn't actually want to talk about motivating people to kill anymore. He just shakes his head and gets back to sharpening, but...slower.

And it's maybe a couple minutes later he finally sets the sword and plate aside and slides to the floor next to Junpei.]

That a multiplayer game?

[motherfucking_ghost]

But like, Your Highness, right? Cuz you were a prince?

[misanthropicprinciple]

[It's okay. Junpei's protag status gives him +5 to listening to backstories.]

...What do you mean, they got worse? What were they actually about?

[imnotfat]

Even your profile shows there's something going on between you two.

[Give him a moment to get it...ah, here it is]

Ardyn Lucis Caelum Etc -- I should also point it says Church right there in middle of your name. Likes: Leonard Church.

[Togami seems so exasperated]

You two have something, so stop pretending you don't. For all I know you did have it before arriving here and you don't remember now, it doesn't matter.

[burninglight]

...You are excellent at prying into matters that don't involve you, aren't you?

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Junpei glances at him, then offers it over with his spare earbud.]

It could be.

[You know those YouTube vids where one player controls the mouse and the other controls the buttons? Y/Y?]

[daughterofthemark]

...I'm certain they would. Everyone here respects you.

[desperateprayer]

...I will listen, if you want to tell.

[ She's not gonna fuss, lean away. You seem to need it. A lot. ]

[burninglight]

...Wait, what?

[burninglight]

Yes, but...barely. I wasn't born into royalty, I was meant to be the first. I just never got that far.

soup.

[daughterofthemark]

[Arianna thinks she needs some soup. Well, no, I think she needs some soup. She's just wandering in on autopilot. She's not actually thinking about eating soup, even when she sits down.]

...good afternoon, Sir Choromatsu.

[daughterofthemark]

...perhaps not everyone, I suppose. Sir Togami has little respect for anyone.

[imnotfat]

It's starting to turn into a bad habit, apparently.

[He's being "sociable and considerate", this is what Naegi and a few others in this mall would have wanted of Togami. It involves him prying into your lives, too bad]

What now? Are you going to do something about this or will you keep sitting there staring at that table?

[a10tionplz]

No, I've tried that, it just gets confusing.

[Does regeneration make it better or worse? Yes.]

...would you like to? Once we're out of here.

[motherfucking_ghost]

You were just magically ordained to be royalty. Right.

[helladoptera]

The storm was... the storm was going to destroy the town. Because of me. Because I used my powers to save Chloe.

[desperateprayer]

I don't know. I wish I did...

[ Then they'd know things. ]