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. ))

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[induality]

Sure.

[They can make themselves comfy in the kitchen of Soup. There's probably somewhere to sit around there.]

[nightcure]

[ Once he's taken his seat... ]

You know I'm a king, yeah? My world... there's something called Starscourge. It's a pretty serious thing, and it's been around for a while. A long while. Anyway... They said there was to be a Chosen King who could "purge our star of its scourge."

I'm the Chosen King. And I managed to do it. I managed to bring back the light, but at a cost: my life.

I'm dead back home, so I don't really have much to go back to. But as long as the guys and the rest of the world are alright, then that's just fine with me.

[induality]

Star...scourge?

[Of course she'd never heard of it. It was certainly the kind of name that was chosen to inspire fear if you asked her. But it sounded fantastical to her.]

So... you sacrificed yourself to get rid of this... Starscourge, whatever it is?

[Lucis Caelum might as well stand for "selfless idiot attracting misfortune".]

...but... if you survive... you could have a second chance. [...] I can't believe I'm saying this, but... these assholes keep trying to cheat death, dragging people back into their stupid games... maybe... something good could come out of the damn thing...

[nightcure]

Yeah. I don't regret it, either.

[ .... ]

A second chance, huh. It's tempting, but... I'm worried if I go back, all that might be undone. It's probably ridiculous, but it's not exactly something I want to risk.

It's a sacrifice for a reason. And I don't have any regrets. The guys-- they know that, too.

[induality]

...oh.

[Her heart falls heavy. She's silent for a short, uncomfortable moment while that sinks in. She gets it. Even if he did show up, what kind of life is left for him there? It's a lot of uncertainty.

She bites her lip hard and--]

You... could come with me to Towa City.

[As soon as it's out her mouth she almost looks like she regrets blurting it out but--]

...i-it's nothing special, and you probably wouldn't want to but... you... could... if you wanted to.

[nightcure]

[ Ah.

He looks at her, and truthfully? He's stunned. But... they had been close, hadn't they? Or he remembers starting to get close to her. For several moments he's unsure what to say, because words fail him too many times.

Just spit it out. ]

... Haha. I'd like that a lot, Touko. I just have a question.

[induality]

[She can't help it that it just... felt like the right thing to say right then. But she sure does get anxious when he says he has a question-- even if he did say he'd like that.]

...sure. What is it?