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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[fillets]

Oh, I most certainly will.

[ The letter that willed it to her was the first she'd gotten, and, if she's being honest, it'll probably be the last. She does not say this out loud! ]

... Also, I took your nail paint. I was still a bit mad over the girls, and it seemed like a thing to do.

[necromants]

[It gets a soft laugh from him.]

Ah, a punishment... I suppose my nails will suffer without it.

[Strange to think about now that he's more aware of his feelings and why he wore it in the first place, but that's neither here nor there.]

You'd better not join us over here. It's dreadfully boring.

[It feels so nice to be Like This again... it hasn't even been all that long but all the self-reflection is torture, please don't end up like him, Riful.]

[fillets]

After you were executed, Quark did manage to make me a meal, so this week's motive isn't even a fraction of what it might have been... and I certainly don't intend to put in an appearance of my own volition! If someone manages to get the best of me, despite it all, at least it'll be impressive.

... It does feel strange, you know? Being the friendly monster. But I'm decided on that being the path forward, so it's as simple as that.

[necromants]

[He's heard some of the others talking. Starvation as a motive... Certainly not a pleasant one for y'all to be going through.]

I can't imagine you would do something so foolish at this point, even if Quark hadn't succeeded in that endeavor. Still, that's good to hear.

Was it a difficult decision to make? To give some manner of trust to everyone?

[It's a genuine question, one he asks because it wasn't the decision he made.]

[fillets]

Oh, it was dreadful. Just as I said, I hate revealing the true extent of my powers.

[ Which is why she's technically still not done that! Everyone can assume she's usually ten feet tall in her monster form, she's not saying shit!! ]

If a few things had gone differently, in the first month, we might be on the same side! Or perhaps I'd be living completely in hiding, telling ridiculous lies and sucking blood like a tick in the dead of night, until this week made it impossible to contain any longer, and I made a scene even worse than yours.

... Oh, that's it, actually. The reason why it was worth the hassle of letting bits of the truth come out, week by week? It's because the alternative would be to act as his pawn. To be used like some slow-witted beast and then put down at the end...

[ She didn't accept it from the Organization. Why would she accept it from Typhon? ]

You at least had something to gain, you know? Even though this is the result.

[necromants]

[He figures she hasn't told them the whole truth and like, you're so valid for that, Riful.]

Hah. I can't blame you for that.

[All Typhon had to do was dangle his memories before him and he would've done anything. Three deaths for it was nothing. Zvei didn't have nearly enough pride to worry about crushing; being someone else's pawn was never a concern.]

You chose right, I think. This side is dreadfully dull, you know. Nothing much to do here but think. It's awful.

[This is the closest he's actually seemed to Zvei the entire time, and despite how much he hates Zvei, it feels... strangely nice to return to this. No thoughts, head empty.]