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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[brokenhabit]

[ Oh... this... ]

Is this... Is this truly them...?

[cannotunravel]

Perhaps we should figure out a way to confirm each other's identities.

[brokenhabit]

Usually that would be with info only they would know wouldn't it...?

[ Except there's not really anything she can think of here for that oops ]

[cannotunravel]

Let me see...

[hmmmmmm...oh!]

Did you figure out yet how to walk with your hands?

[Nobody else should know that tidbit of conversation!]

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[brokenhabit]

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[brokenhabit]

[ Okay that? That gets her laughing. ]

No, not yet I'm afraid...!

It's good to see you again, Misane.

[rockymountaindie]

Lebkuchen? Jeez, you guys look like...a bad TV signal- fuck, you don't know what that is uhh, like- like you're kinda- several layers of mist? Something like that?

[ he's rambling... ]

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[brokenhabit]

Alex...

[ Ah. She freezes when she hears him, then struggles to keep her emotions in check ]

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[brokenhabit]

Are you well?

[ Don't let the bitterness in you should be happy right now don't let the bitterness in-- ]

[rockymountaindie]

[ ... ]

I... It could be a lot worse, you know? We can...talk and move around and all that.

You, are you... Are you doin' okay?

[brokenhabit]

[ ...

...

...

No, you can't say what you actually feel. You can't. ]

...As well as I can be.

[ "No." The answer she forcing herself not to say is "No." ]

[tailoredfate]

[It's like her sight before she fully gave it up when claiming Mnestia's power, even with her threads. But no matter the haze, like there's some kind of film over her eyes, she can't mistake that voice.]

... You look wonderful, Leb. I'm glad those new clothes fit perfectly.

[Of course they would. She could sew a dress without any sense working. But this... it's more personal than her work has been in a long, long time.]

[brokenhabit]

[ Oh. That.

Even more than with Alex, every thought in her head just grinds to a complete halt. ]

Miss Aglaea...

[ She swallows a lump in her throat. ]

...Th...Thank you.

[ Is that i? Is that really all she means to say? Finally getting a chance to say it?

But her throat is seizing up. ]

[tailoredfate]

[She knows that's not it. Even putting aside her relationship with Leb, she knows when someone is holding back a flood - even if she didn't have all the gifts she does, she's known Castorice too long to not be able to see it. It's like waiting for a thread to snap.

... She's sure it wouldn't work. It didn't work when Lebkuchen was in that other form of hers. But still... Aglaea reaches out, attempting to put a ghostly hand on Leb's shoulder.]

... You're safe among friends, Lebkuchen. If you need to let it all out... it's better than letting it fester inside.

[brokenhabit]

[ She sees the hand on her shoulder, can't feel it but she can at least see it. Understand the intent. Imagine the weight until she swears it's actually there for real.

But it doesn't make her feel any better. ]

Am I...?

[ Oh. There's the flood coming. ]

It doesn't feel safe at all... any time I trust anyone you inevitably leave me behind! It feels like only a matter of time before everyone else I trust does too...!

[ She was so terrified of losing Quark last trial. Even more scared when Astarion pulled out his dagger and when Cerejeira used her lightning. Scared of retaliation, scared of losing people who promised to be there for her and help her. ]

I'm trying to be stronger but I'm still just weak on my own without you and the others, Miss Aglaea...!

[atu709]

... I imagine if it wasn't, I wouldn't be here.

[ a beat. ]

Nor Zvei.

[ Woof. ]

[necromants]

[yeah,]

[atu709]

[ it's ok buddy if we both believe really hard in the power of murdergame redemptive bullshit then maybe, ]

[necromants]

[🤝 sucks to suck for us!]

[brokenhabit]

...Point taken.

[ ... ]

It's good to see you, Sneewittchen.

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[atu709]

[ blinks. ]

It is?

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[atu709]

[ oh. she looks touched but is trying not to show it because. you know. she's only a couple weeks out from that time she went Full Doomer Mode, she's not about to get her hopes up here. ]

... It's good to see you as well.

[tripartites]

To the best of my knowledge?

[brokenhabit]

Ah...

[ There's so many emotions swirling inside her at all this. But with Sayo at least: ]

It's good to see you as well, Sayo.

[tripartites]

Ah— [ she catches herself mirroring that reaction, and can't help but laugh a little. ]

Likewise, Lebkuchen. I regretted that we couldn't know each other better... you seem well, given the circumstances?

[ then again, some have the compulsion to act as if all is fine, even when it clearly isn't.

shannon was much the same. ]