Week Five

[letsplayamod]

Two more have left your side, gone to wherever Typhon has whisked them away to. And, no matter how little you might care about his threats, it seems that he's got no intention of stopping them anytime soon. Unfortunately, there's no sign of Athena on the horizon either, but perhaps those statues that bear a remarkable similarity to her might be the key you need to overthrowing the Titan before things get worse.

In better news, a new floor has once again revealed itself. You're free to venture further down into the island - perhaps further than you'd think was possible.

Even the less perceptive among you might notice how all around you, things seem to be... healing. Even your living area has experienced a noticeable shift. Plants are greener, a few flowers are in bloom. The sun shines bright. Despite it all, life continues alongside you. Or, perhaps, because of you.

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[eeeonetwothree]

I. DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY, VELVET.

[ Even now there’s a great deal he’s hiding. ]

…IT IS A STRANGE THING, HAVING MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE WHO CARE WHETHER I EXIST OR NOT.

cw: blood

[stringup]

Well, you're going to have to get used to it—

[ This is when she finally doubles over, the lungs feeling like they're on fire as she breaks into a coughing fit, covering her mouth with one hand.

...When she pulls that hand back, she sees a splatter of what looks like diseased black blood. ]

Oh. This is new.

[eeeonetwothree]

VELVET!

[ Omega grabs her as gently as possible while still being firm, while scanning that blood with his sensors. What does he find? ]

[stringup]

[ Well, it's blood that contains some kind of unidentifiable illness—and perhaps it doesn't really matter what specific illness it may or may not be, only that it represents some form of pestilence. Sorry for how weird supernatural bullshit reads to your senses, Omega. ]

Ugh, just...don't worry too much. [ She reaches up to try wiping the traces of blood from her mouth without just smearing it further. ] It'll pass.

[eeeonetwothree]

[ If Omega were capable, his optics would widen in horror. ]

IT WILL NOT. VELVET, MY SENSORS TELL ME YOUR BLOOD IS INFECTED WITH AN UNKNOWN PATHOGEN, SUPERNATURAL IN NATURE! WE MUST DO SOMETHING!

[stringup]

No, no, listen to me. [ Which is punctuated by her having to cover her mouth as she coughs up a bit more. ] This is...temporary. Like all the other weird shit that happens whenever I break my oath.

[eeeonetwothree]

[ Omega tilts his head...or rather, his whole torso. ]

TEMPORARY? PLEASE...EXPLAIN...

[ Give him a reason why he shouldn't run and get one of the healers right now. ]

[stringup]

Exactly what I mean. It's a temporary effect. You can think of it as like...a curse of some sort? It only happens when I do certain things.

[eeeonetwothree]

AND WHAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE THOSE, EXACTLY?

[ He has a feeling he knows the answer. ]

[stringup]

Saving lives, interacting with the living as if I was one of them, and...answering to my old name.

[eeeonetwothree]

...SO BASICALLY, ANYTHING GOOD OR HEALTHY.

[stringup]

...You could put it that way, yes.

[eeeonetwothree]

VELVET.

YOU ARE ON THE SAME PATH TO SELF DESTRUCTION I WAS, ONLY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION!

[stringup]

Well, what am I supposed to do, then? Go back to fulfilling my godsforsaken oath and bring about the end of all life? Drive people to the brink until they succumb to despair? Live as if I'm already dead?

[ She sounds more and more heated as she goes on. ]

It was fucking miserable, and I'm done with it! But I can't just take back what I've done, so this is the price I have to pay for trying to be a less garbage human being. That's all.

[eeeonetwothree]

[ Omega would have tears in his eyes if he were capable, and there's no damage to provide the illusion of it this time. ]

VELVET...I DON'T WANT YOU TO SUFFER. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANY RIGHT TO SAY THIS AFTER THE PAST WEEK, OR AFTER WHAT I PLAN TO DO IN THE LONG RUN, BUT...YOU'RE MY FRIEND. THIS IS TOO MUCH.

AT LEAST TELL FERDINAND.

[stringup]

He already knows. [ A beat. ] I mean, about that whole situation. There's just not much either of us can do about it.

[ Almost funny how the robot is calling her a friend, still. ]

[eeeonetwothree]

SO I AM TO JUST SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING.

DAMN IT ALL. I AM A MIRACLE OF SCIENCE! BUT ALL I AM GOOD FOR IS DESTROYING THAT WHICH IS BEFORE ME...!

[stringup]

Hey, don't think you're so special that you could do something about it, when even the foremost necromancers back home haven't a clue how to annul this oath.

[ ...Or necessarily want to, depending. ]

[eeeonetwothree]

THAT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM WANTING TO SAVE MY FRIEND FROM SUFFERING! ATHENA...SHE MADE ME THE GOD OF PROTECTION...! I AM SUPPOSED TO SAVE PEOPLE!

[ Is this what that bitchass Sonic feels like all the time? He hates this. ]

[stringup]

[ Idly, she remembers how she felt about Ferdinand during the first couple of weeks, when they had just met.

...Granted, she still occasionally wants to shake Ferdinand even now, so in that regard it hasn't changed much. ]

...Omega, I know you feel that way, but this is one thing that isn't something you should feel responsible for. [ Hold on, she needs to wipe up some of this blood from her mouth. ] It's just me reaping what I've sown.

If you do want to do something for, don't treat me any different just because of this.

[eeeonetwothree]

...VERY WELL, VELVET.

BUT IF I CAN FIND A WAY TO SAVE YOU, I WILL EMPLOY IT.

[stringup]

...Honestly, I don't imagine it'll be a price anyone wants or should pay.

[eeeonetwothree]

DO YOU NOT THINK YOU ARE WORTH IT?

[stringup]

...I don't know. I just know I paid a high price that got me into this situation to begin with, so I can't see any solution not costing the same, if not more.

[eeeonetwothree]

WELL I THINK YOU ARE WORTH IT.

AND I HAVE CONQUERED MANY ENEMIES. I CAN CONQUER THIS ONE.

BELIEVE IN ME, VELVET. I BELIEVE IN YOU. WE CAN DO THIS, TOGETHER. WE JUST HAVE TO DEFEAT TYPHON. I WILL FIND A WAY TO DO SO...WITHOUT SACRIFICING MY LIFE.

[ But not without sacrifice something else... ]