Week Three

[letsplayamod]

A new week rolls around. You are three people lesser than you were at this time last week. No owls mark the horizon, or tall goddesses stroll the pavilion. Wherever Athena's gone, it seems her promise to return promptly hasn't met with success... or worse.

What's more, Typhon's presence now looms over the island. His twisted game now fully realized: if you really wish to leave here, you'll need to get away with murder, and one of your own already failed and reaped the consequences. There's no change for Crito or Sayo's statues on the pavilion. They simply stand silent, watching the rest of you go about your lives as fresh godlings.

It's not all bad, however. The clouds that marked the sky as near-perpetual overcast have started to wane. Stars and sunlight have started to peak through. Within the temples, the strange force keeping you from taking those mysterious stairs has finally vanished. You're free to move to the next level of whatever this shimmering palace has to offer.

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[tailoredfate]

[... The downside to Mutsumi being protected. Eventually, she has to find out.]

Mutsumi.

[With how long she's been observing people, and how long she's spent understanding all the little quirks and mannerisms of her teacher's different selves, she's sure it's Mutsumi she's speaking to right now. But... you know. It's always good to make sure.]

... I'm sorry.

[threeapplestall]

...mm. [That noncommittal-but-slightly-depressed sound is all the confirmation that anyone should need that this is Mutsumi, really.]

What's... there to be sorry for?

It's not anyone's- [She clamps her mouth shut before carefully saying,] ...it's not your fault.

[tailoredfate]

It's Typhon's fault. Had he not issued that challenge, tempted us, tried to sway us... none of this would have happened.

[Maybe some fights. Some squabbles. Things were never going to be peaceful with such an array of personalities, even before they set to work falling in line behind Athena and her vision. But this... even this, she hadn't predicted.]

But... I know what it's like, to have someone who's in front of you one minute, then gone the next.

[threeapplestall]

It's like I blinked, and she-

[Mutsumi looks so, so small in this moment.]

...Mortis cared about her too, but... I wish...

I wish I could've been there for Yasuda-san in the end.

[tailoredfate]

[... Too small. A child like this shouldn't be involved in some bloody, dangerous game.]

Is it possible? For you and Mortis to be present at the same time? I understand her desire to keep you safe, but... you deserve that goodbye as well.

[threeapplestall]

It is, but Mortis just...

She's a diva, I guess. [How does that explain anything???]