Week Six

[letsplayamod]

You've survived, for lack of better wording, the latest week of trials and tribulations. This one had been more costly than most: Typhon's machinations have brought your group to nearly half the size it was when Athena first brought you to this island. Whether it ends with him or with you is still too soon to make out. One thing's for certain. Things cannot be allowed to continue as they are.

Speaking of continuing, the next floor has been revealed to you. Just how far down this island goes is a bit of a mystery, but you get the feeling that you're close to something important. Maybe that thing Athena wanted you to find before Typhon does. You can ruminate on that as you watch the waters below. Waves still lap at the cliffs, but it all seems lower than it did weeks ago. Like the ocean itself is shrinking...

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[murchada]

[oh she is. bracing. and

oh.

oh, is this... actually real...?]

...Please don't be a trick.

[tripartites]

If it is a trick, it's an unfair one. Van Dine and Knox would both have a writer's head for this.

[murchada]

[doubts... diminishing.]

...Yeah, you sound real enough.

Kind of hard to imagine someone illusory spirit pulling out a line like that.

[tripartites]

Really? I can imagine it quite easily.

[ more than any joking around, though... jeira was good to her. better than she had deserved. ]

... It's been hard, hasn't it?

[murchada]

...This is probably the part where I put on a good face and say "it's fine". But I'm not going to insult either one of us by trying that.

It's bad. But we're... [...well, no, she doesn't actually want to speak for anyone else. besides. it's fine if they're not offering their best, isn't it? who could keep hanging in there.

she's just used to being on the bottom. it's easier.] I'm... doing my best.

[rockymountaindie]

That's my line.

Holy shit, that really you...?

[murchada]

U-Um... Yeah. Yeah, it's... me.

Us.

[oh. there he is. okay, Cerejeira, just be so normal and chill about this oh never mind she's crying]

[rockymountaindie]

Shit. Shit, uhh- uhhh—

[ The vision of Alex moves a little, as if trying to get closer to...comfort her, or wipe away her tears, or something, but. You'll feel nothing. ]

Shit. Sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry—

[ yeah it's fucking him ]

[murchada]

No, no, it's-- it's okay, you don't have to apologize, I just--

I thought I'd never see you again...

[rockymountaindie]

Hell, ah...

Me neither. Or...I hoped so. 'Cause, that'd mean...

[eeeonetwothree]

ALEX…

…I AM SORRY. I COULD NOT PROTECT YOU FROM DEATH.

[rockymountaindie]

[ ... ]

Neither could I, so... In the same boat, there. Don't beat yourself up over it.

[eeeonetwothree]

IT IS HARD TO SAY WE ARE IN THE SAMR BOAT WHEN IT IS YOU WHO LOST YOUR LIFE.

BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO BRING THIS TO AN END.

[rockymountaindie]

Carefully.

Please, I... I don't want anymore accidents, or... Or any of the rest of that.

[cannotunravel]

It doesn't seem to be? I'm cautiously optimistic.

[This is a little out of Misane's field of understanding, she's not sure how this is happening. But she'll take it]

[murchada]

Mm, logical as ever.

You all sound... better than I would have expected.

[cannotunravel]

We're...healed. This may not be the most comfortable place to be, but we're coping. It involves staring into the air a lot of the time.

[Or at least it has been for Misane. She's still having a hard time processing she died]

[murchada]

I... I kind of figured you were all just gone, forever. But now-- you're all still...

[not alive.

but not gone.]

[cannotunravel]

This might be a lot to ask for, but if you figure out a way to get us back with you all -- that doesn't involve becoming undead -- please do so.

[No necromancy, please, Misane doesn't want to become a horrid zombie]

[eeeonetwothree]

[ Omega approaches Misane with trepidation. ]

MISANE…I AM SORRY FOR MY DECEPTION. I WAS ENDEAVORING TO DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN MYSELF AND OTHERS DUE TO A BELIEF IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO MAKE A DIFFICULT CHOICE MORE BEARABLE IF EVERYONE HATED ME.

BUT I HAVE REALIZED I WAS WRONG. I HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON BONDS. I HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON TRUST. I WISH…I WISH I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THIS WHEN YOU WERE ALIVE…

[cannotunravel]

[Oh! Misane hadn't expected that. For a moment she's silent, a little unsure of how to address this -- which is funny, given how normally she feels she can work with any social situation. But after a moment, she seems to have decided what to say]

Omega...you overestimate how easy it's for people to hate. You'd have to do something truly heinous to be hated. [i.e. Zvei] So to know you still are willing to try...that's good to hear.

Hold onto that feeling and don't let go of it. It could save you in the future.

[It sure has saved the world in the recent past for her. It sure saved her once in the even more recent past]

[eeeonetwothree]

[ If only there were salvation for him in the future. Even with the emerald, he knows there is only one fate for him against Typhon. ]

I AM MORE CONCERNED WITH SAVING EVERYONE ELSE, BUT…THANK YOU, MISANE.

[tailoredfate]

I'd offer my hand as proof, but to be quite honest, I'm not sure how solid these forms are.

[If the haze before her can translate even to her own thread-given "sight", she doubts any of them are fully here with each other. But the presence feels real enough, the voices and faces seem real... that's good, right?]

[murchada]

...No, that's alright. You're... here. And here I was thinking everyone was gone...

I... think I'm okay believing it's real.

[she'd rather hold onto the hope and lose it, instead of shutting it out completely.]

[tailoredfate]

Belief is strong. If you can focus on that, even if this isn't all real... at least it can help ground you. At least you can breathe a little easier for a while.

[A short respite, before the shadows start looming over them again.]

... I apologize, for not finishing your shirt.