sooo todomatsu is in a terrible mood today, back at a bench by the pyre because that's about equally far from both the theater and the swamp. he probably has a bit of a bandage around his neck visible under his hood, with waking up covered in leeches as the new fear text on his sleeve. cool. ]
I guess they were in the blanket I was sleeping under??
[ which is SO GROSS!!!!! ]
I mean, they sure as hell weren't there when I first took it out of the crate and checked it during the day, but it was really dark when I went to sleep, so maybe they could have already been on it then without me noticing if they were on the other side...
[ he trusts no one so he's like OR SOMEONE PUT THEM ON ME SPECIFICALLY WHEN I WAS ASLEEP!!! except he only ended up here because of a bad dice roll so he is wrong ]
[ He says Karma's name with mild distaste. He says Geto's name with outright vitriol, for the record. ]
Given he threw a rather large worm in my face upon our first meeting and claimed it to be an "accident", it doesn't seem like behaviour that would be above him.
[ He scoffs, just. Very clearly ruffled by the mention of Geto's existence and all. ]
Anyway. It seems to be a repeating problem so I definitely recommend not touching anything that looks suspicious, and checking all clothes, blankets, doorways and the like before entering.
It's unnecessary stress, but caution is preferable to someone finally getting an infection or parasite off of these things.
[ nods.......... though even if he checks everything before he goes to sleep, it's not going to do much good if karma just fucks with his shit when he's not awake like he's now assuming happened this time. ]
Ugh. I wish I could banish him from clown purgatory but I don't want to deal with him also being vengeful on top of everything else.
Yeah, and kind of not great that we're already dealing with that... what, four days into a two month stay?
[ it took wayyyy longer than that for everyone to go crazy and turn on each other that time they got stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash... ]
[ Someone already told him they're from 2205 and there's others who are from entirely different planets. Todomatsu could say anything and he'd just be like ok... fine... at this point. ]
[ damn he won't be born for another ten years... ]
Okay, well... toward the end of the century, they came out with these cell phones that transmitted by waves in the air or something instead of using lines, so they didn't have cords and you could take them with you anywhere. Then in the 2000s they came out with smartphones, which basically also work as a computer... and camera and music player and video game system. Like, pretty much anything involving communication or media.
[ IT HELPS THAT HE LIVED THROUGH ALL OF THESE MILESTONES AND ACTUALLY REMEMBERS USING ROTARY PHONES AND SHIT AS A KID ]
It's got a rechargeable battery inside it! You just plug it into a source of electricity to charge it again.
Unfortunately we don't... have those... so it's going to be dead for good in a few minutes here unless I can convince those cult guys to give me a generator or something.
A generator would be handy to have in general, actually... the phone alone is plenty of reason to ask for one.
Trying to tune into the radio... calling for help.
[ Granted he feels like. Maybe Todomatsu is smart enough to have tried that. So far he doesn't give off dingus energy. Still, doesn't mean they should just give up this avenue? ]
Have you tried asking any of the four we met this past Sunday yet?
Yeah, unfortunately the waves don't seem to reach outside of this pocket dimension, or whatever the hell it is. Definitely tried calling the police first thing when I got it, and nooo signal whatsoever.
[ sighs... and shakes his head. ]
I meant to write them about that this morning, but then, you know. [ LEECHES HAPPENED AND HE GOT UPSET AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT. ] I'll do it in a little bit here.
If you want to separately ask them for a power source that might not be a bad idea, though. Maybe they'll cave if enough people keep bothering them for the same things.
[ You, my guy, he's a little bit extra worried for because Todomatsu gives off relatively more 'just a dude' energy, even though OOCly we know this to be far from the truth. ]
[ he cares too much about his skin and how he smells to smoke outside of rare social occasions, but. man. sighs. ]
I'd thought we wouldn't have to worry about dying early because they'd want to make sure to keep us alive for the two months until the ritual, but there goes that one point of optimism.
[ it's fine, his innate cuteness is keeping him smelling fresh........
he nods. ]
And now this monster thing's an even bigger liability than we thought it was. Like, it was already creepy, but it seemed like you could pretty much opt out of the whole system if you wanted to. Now we're all just ticking monster time bombs.
[ His outward reaction is really mild but it's probably a lot more telling how the black words begin to scrawl over his arms in creepy moving lettering, like spiders skittering over his sleeves. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. ]
We'll want to make sure it never gets to that point. How, I don't know -- I only know how to treat diseases and injury, not this... but the next best thing I can do is try to look at it like one.
[ you know it probably would have gone over his head if it hadn't been pointed out, but since it has been, that gets his first actual smile of the day. ]
[ Just saying!! He cannot legally judge someone for drinking to forget the horrors here, doctor or not.
He sighs. ]
Mr. Aventurine and Mr. Boothill both knew their alcohol. [ A shame...... ] Tempting, but we'll see. As nice as it'd be, I'm sure we can all think of more vital things to request.
[ well, todomatsu blew the shitty popsicle stand that is their haunted village and escaped to the new and improved area as soon as he learned of its existence, and now he's standing outside the cutest little house in the area and looking at it thoughtfully. ]
[ Touches the ground, emotionally. Our fucking showers. ]
It's definitely cleaner than what we've had to work with so far. Pretty private, too? Maybe you can find some escapism in here from all your roommate torment.
I cannot believe how much relief I'm feeling at seeing a simple bathtub. Does the water run clear? I can't even care if the water's not hot, the island is warm anyway.
[ CHECKING IN!!! Wherever Todomatsu is. They manhandled people to the island houses for rest but he'll come find this muppet wherever he is. ]
How are your injuries, Mr. Matsuno?
[ He prioritised the more immediately obviously concerning people on the return but now that there's a bit of time... he's also carving fruit, want some. ]
[ he is at rosie's house!! and has taken a bath and is now in blood-free clothes, sitting on the bed up against the wall. the hot bath did nothing for his complexion; he's still pale and borderline grey.
he seems to tense up a little when daan approaches in a way he didn't with everyone, but shakes himself out of it. ]
They're not that bad.
[ which seems to be true, though looking more closely, his knuckles are pretty bruised and cut up, like he was punching something hard. there are also a lot of paired puncture scars on his neck that weren't there yesterday, though they look like they've been healed for a long time, somehow.
[ eats an apple slice... and then immediately eats another, like he is a lot hungrier than he realized he was. but he nods, with his mouth full, and holds out his hand.
i have no idea how easy it is to tell what someone has been punching but it was hard wood for the record, IF THAT WOULD BE DISCERNIBLE.
[ Makes a wobbly hand and aeuheuhhh?? noise in rl. I think he could tell roughly what kind of hardness thing Totty was punching probably? And can kind of guesstimate from there.
Are talking like, 'been in the freezer' cold. ]
...You're very cold to the touch. Should we get you some extra blankets? Maybe Karlach in here?
[ A bear hug from Karlach could fix anything. Anyway he's going to lightly dab at the cuts with a damp cloth and gently wrap it. ]
You also have some... wounds, around your neck. Though they look pretty healed.
[ like. supernaturally dead cold. oh, and he also doesn't have a pulse, so. you know. that's fun! ]
I don't feel that cold...
[ somehow daan can get the sense that his face would probably be turning a little red with the mention of the marks on his neck if his blood was actually circulating right now. ]
Yeah, that... I got bitten by some... things... but that was like, two months ago, so...
[ Debatable whether the movie would exist in his world but you know what actually might exist unironically for real? Actual vampires. So...... well anyway the concept of vampires definitely exists. ]
Yes, probably. Maybe you're suffering the effects of some kind of hallucinogen...?
Yeah. I don't know. [ frowns. ] Mm... if it was someone being possessed by an out of control monster again... do you think there's a cat monster or something that's predisposed to hate dogs?
[ ??? vaguely uncomfortable with that stare........ ]
...Well, there are kind of a lot of cat monsters in mythology, you know? So I don't think it's impossible, at least. [ ... ] And it wouldn't be quite as messed up as someone choosing to kill a dog on their own.
Oh. [ he'd ask which one but this doesn't sound like a subject he wants to go into, so... ] Well... I think it's something to keep in mind tomorrow, anyway.
...Yeah. It'd be pretty screwed up if it were some stupid dog versus cat thing. Pickles himself didn't mind cats, but I know that doesn't mean anything when it comes to the monsters.
Just adds onto this feeling like we're being toyed with, here.
I don't think there's any scenario where it isn't seriously screwed up.
[ ... ]
I kind of wonder with Akabane... if maybe that one didn't have anything to do with the monsters. We've all seen how volatile he can be. Maybe he tried to go after someone and got the tables turned on him.
[ Me trying to write W1 Tuesday in my header like that's wrong on multiple levels. Anyway I'm still prepping my mems and debating whether I want to give this one I'm writing to Todomatsu or another one so it will come in a hot second. ]
[ and then i spent all night making clips so i wouldn't have to rely on region restricted youtube links...
he nods, and he does indeed look a hell of a lot better than he did at the end of last week. he looks Alive, for one, and his hand is healing nicely. ]
Yeah, I'm okay. Sucks that we can't get to the beach or the store anymore, though...
[ and so much for everyone finally smelling decent. ugh. ]
At the very least, I've seen that it works without symptoms that seem outright negative. The case I've seen had a minor setback but it might just be intrinsic to their body...
[ Well... anyway! Before they get that far into swamp discussion, they can get shadowed. ]
[ I think it'd be soooo funny to reveal that suddenly. A significant number of my icons are actually him armless just you can't see it. But no he has both arms, I was kind to me and him to be resident doctor...
But Daan sighs, looking slightly tired. ]
A part of my final day, right before I arrived here in our little camp.
It makes sense if they can only roll things back so far, I guess.
[ like fire emblem.
also i am probably going to do a separate wednesday post-event thread for return memories because the starbucks one was a good introduction... do you want something more serious or wacky and stupid, because i have a lot more of the latter ]
Is your world usually like that? With... I guess people turning into monsters or whatever happened there. Or is that a recent development?
[ Absolutely feel free to hmu with a follow up thread!! Starbucks was so funny please help me. I'll leave it to dealer's choice our cr is more serious this game compared to last because I'm playing such a serious character so if you want a break from the Vibes or something that's totally cool with me. ]
No, god. No, it's hardly normal.
The occult exists, but it's a rare thing. Most believe it to just be parlour tricks and nonsense, reading cards for a shilling on the roadside. And even though it's real... the things we saw in Prehevil were exceptional...
...But I suppose it did prepare me for this place, even if it was only for three days.
[ okay! sometime as we're heading back after minievent, it's memory time! this one is. very weird and ridiculous but it's also one of the s1 scenes that made me appreciate him a lot as a character soooo ]
NOT HIS BROTHERS FONDLING CHEEKS AND TRYING TO YOINK DICKS
Between this and the Starbucks thing Daan can tell maybe Todomatsu hates his fuckin' family with good reason.
Me like maybe Daan will have something better to say by the end of this mem but really he has the exact same reaction as Todomatsu did in the mem itself. He feels like he's having a stroke. ]
[ he's like well that used to be true but unfortunately this was seven years ago and i've since given up on everything and am now just coasting aimlessly through my meaningless life as another NEET but IF THE MEMORIES DON'T SHOW YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ]
[ objectively, and in theory. doesn't mean he wouldn't still personally choose to run away from something troublesome when given the option, though at least he has a higher threshold for what he can tolerate. ]
I've definitely made a lot more of an effort than they have, so I guess that's fair.
It's nice you found a decent post to tide you over. I personally quite like drink-making, I'll rank it near the top of professions I've played in places I've worked.
[ fishing at the lake while gazing off at the gazebo and thinking can't believe they only gave us a decent date spot after everyone i might have had any kind of chance with is fucking dead. what the hell, stop rubbing it in!!! ]
Oh... yeah. There's a fishing spot in the city that we go to a lot back home. None of us are that good at it or anything, but it's a nice enough way to pass the time.
I'm not even sure what kind of fish are in here, but there's got to be something if they have all the equipment out here to use. It's mostly just catch and release back home, though, so I'm not much of an expert on anything after the reeling-in part.
Anyway! Here, grab a rod and tackle box and I'll walk you through it!
[ which he will but i don't care enough about fishing to look anything up ]
[ sometimes you're doing absolutely nothing with your life and literally just look to kill time...
anyway. glances over at him.
uh how am i supposed to know the answer to a question that vague ]
Um, I know some things, I guess? I've been staying at the haunted house the past couple of weeks and they've shared some information they've come across.
[ i don't know where any of them are getting it, though, no one tells me shit on my own ]
Ah... yeah, those were the ones Kate-chan and Yuffie-chan shared with all of us, I think.
Lavi's group and mine both brought back what seemed like... pieces of some kind of living thing, that we were thinking might be parts of that god or something. We got a wing and they got a tongue.
[ now that i think of it, i looked at too many tongues last week... ugh. ]
...Oh, and I think they got a... jar of teeth too?
[ there's not a voiced thought explicitly saying so but his thought process for jogging that memory was definitely "tongue -> tomi's corpse -> pocket tooth" ]
Right. The doll was... related to what happened to us in that other world. The other things we just found in a weird room we got pulled into on the way back, so I don't know if there's any link between them. It sounds like that room is always the same no matter where you get sent before.
A weird room...? Interesting. This is something good to keep in mind and maybe coordinate with everyone who's gone so far? Maybe they should be kept together someplace safe overall.
Ah... yeah, Lavi and I were kind of wondering if that room had anything to do with the secret place the note was talking about. Both of us could hear voices outside when we passed through, and it definitely felt like a place that was being hidden from someone.
I'm not sure about keeping the pieces together, though. I mean, we don't want this thing to be summoned, right? Wouldn't it make it easier if all the parts were in one place?
...Normally I'd say surely you'd need to conduct the ritual, or have all the pieces... but I guess we are lacking in any further information and don't know the rules to magic in this place.
Just thinking in the sense of... if someone were to die, their bodies and belongings disappear. It might be a problem if this were among their possessions.
I feel like those things from that room belong to everyone who was there, at least, not just the person who's actively carrying them around. So I don't think that would be anything to worry about unless Alfyn, Geto-kun and I all died on the same day.
...I guess I don't really have any proof of that, though. Just a vibe.
[ ...A will... I wonder if the Baron left one behind. Whether I'm even on it. Probably not. Couldn't even be bothered to send me one last farewell. Not even from Elise... ]
I don't think it'd be legally binding, but who really cares. None of us are lawyers and it's not like the cult's enacted some sort of distribution system for the deceased.
Yeah, and with so much that's happened I think it'd be hard to forget all of it. [ ... ] Actually, you know what, I guess I also had that one day that lasted two months. Maybe that's part of why time feels so insane.
[ that was already kind of like a way-too-realistic dream. ]
Right? This was such a huge group at the start! Remember all of us crammed in the cabin that first Thursday? And now the total number of people alive across the whole village is only like, what, four more than that?
[ and the final number will be less than half that!!! ]
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w0, tuesday
sooo todomatsu is in a terrible mood today, back at a bench by the pyre because that's about equally far from both the theater and the swamp. he probably has a bit of a bandage around his neck visible under his hood, with waking up covered in leeches as the new fear text on his sleeve. cool. ]
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He spies this and uh. Stops. And tries to quickly remember where Todomatsu's name is in terms of housing. ]
Mr. Matsuno.
[ Excuse me sir. ]
I'd ask you if you're alright but I think the answer is pretty obviously no. But it looks like you got care... that's good.
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looks at daan, then back down at his phone, which is on its last sliver of battery life in low power mode. ]
...Yeah. Alfyn-san was there, and he knows about that kind of stuff.
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That makes sense. Go figure, having multiple people knowing these things really did come in handy so soon...
Were you attacked by them being hidden somewhere?
[ Aka not in the swamp or river where they rightfully should remain. ]
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[ which is SO GROSS!!!!! ]
I mean, they sure as hell weren't there when I first took it out of the crate and checked it during the day, but it was really dark when I went to sleep, so maybe they could have already been on it then without me noticing if they were on the other side...
[ he trusts no one so he's like OR SOMEONE PUT THEM ON ME SPECIFICALLY WHEN I WAS ASLEEP!!! except he only ended up here because of a bad dice roll so he is wrong ]
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[ So to speak. ]
I wouldn't put it past certain people to have done this on purpose.
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...But wait, so something like this happened to someone else?
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Miss Marina and some others opened it only to, you know.
[ Leech rain. ]
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Taking the book off the premises eventually results in auditory hallucinations and a compulsion to return it to its original place.
I learned this the first day, and told multiple people this and advised against interacting with the book any further...
[ But then you know. Bookgate kept happening. ]
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Well, I'm glad it's not just me making things up out of spite, I guess.
Geto-kun too, though, huh?
[ man japan's reputation is gonna be in the toilet here ]
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Given he threw a rather large worm in my face upon our first meeting and claimed it to be an "accident", it doesn't seem like behaviour that would be above him.
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Uh, wow. Okay, fair analysis, I guess.
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Anyway. It seems to be a repeating problem so I definitely recommend not touching anything that looks suspicious, and checking all clothes, blankets, doorways and the like before entering.
It's unnecessary stress, but caution is preferable to someone finally getting an infection or parasite off of these things.
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Ugh. I wish I could banish him from clown purgatory but I don't want to deal with him also being vengeful on top of everything else.
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We've all already got enough on our plates without internal strife, especially the petty kind.
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[ it took wayyyy longer than that for everyone to go crazy and turn on each other that time they got stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash... ]
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Maybe we're lucky and he'll exhaust himself soon.
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...
[ He points at the phone. ]
What're you looking at?
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[ yeah he wishes karma would just drop dead on his own without anyone having to feel bad about killing a middle schooler
anyway, looks down at his phone, then back ]
Oh... you don't have phones either, huh?
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They're not a small tablet of... metal?
[ What kind of phone does he even have. ]
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Oh, so just the regular old landline ones, then?
[ you are one of the first people who's asked about his phone who's had any conception of what telephones are at all. ]
What year is it for you?
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[ Someone already told him they're from 2205 and there's others who are from entirely different planets. Todomatsu could say anything and he'd just be like ok... fine... at this point. ]
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Okay, well... toward the end of the century, they came out with these cell phones that transmitted by waves in the air or something instead of using lines, so they didn't have cords and you could take them with you anywhere. Then in the 2000s they came out with smartphones, which basically also work as a computer... and camera and music player and video game system. Like, pretty much anything involving communication or media.
Anyway, that's what this is.
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...Mmm.
[ He's got slightly furrowed brows like obviously this is kind of beyond him but Todomatsu's explanation isn't bad? ]
So a telephone, radio, and camera, all in... that.
[ Wow. ]
It's very compact. How is it powered?
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It's got a rechargeable battery inside it! You just plug it into a source of electricity to charge it again.
Unfortunately we don't... have those... so it's going to be dead for good in a few minutes here unless I can convince those cult guys to give me a generator or something.
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Trying to tune into the radio... calling for help.
[ Granted he feels like. Maybe Todomatsu is smart enough to have tried that. So far he doesn't give off dingus energy. Still, doesn't mean they should just give up this avenue? ]
Have you tried asking any of the four we met this past Sunday yet?
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[ sighs... and shakes his head. ]
I meant to write them about that this morning, but then, you know. [ LEECHES HAPPENED AND HE GOT UPSET AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT. ] I'll do it in a little bit here.
If you want to separately ask them for a power source that might not be a bad idea, though. Maybe they'll cave if enough people keep bothering them for the same things.
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Unfortunately I've exhausted my first boon. I asked for extra medical supplies which I got pretty quickly. That's a good sign at least.
If we have other things we'd like to think about though, I can ask next time.
W0, sunday
Mr. Matsuno, how are you doing?
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As well as can be expected, I guess.
[ which is Not Great, but that's mostly for theater and karma reasons. ]
How about you?
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Alive. Functioning well enough. Could use a cigarette.
[ A little haplessly. He's also about as well can be expected. ]
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[ he cares too much about his skin and how he smells to smoke outside of rare social occasions, but. man. sighs. ]
I'd thought we wouldn't have to worry about dying early because they'd want to make sure to keep us alive for the two months until the ritual, but there goes that one point of optimism.
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No. It's looking decidedly less like a mass sacrifice and more a gradual offering... little by little.
[ Running a hand through his hair. ]
It still opens the avenue of maybe attempting to intercept before we reach some kind of ponit of no return, but...
It's going to be much more difficult now.
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he nods. ]
And now this monster thing's an even bigger liability than we thought it was. Like, it was already creepy, but it seemed like you could pretty much opt out of the whole system if you wanted to. Now we're all just ticking monster time bombs.
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[ His outward reaction is really mild but it's probably a lot more telling how the black words begin to scrawl over his arms in creepy moving lettering, like spiders skittering over his sleeves. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. ]
We'll want to make sure it never gets to that point. How, I don't know -- I only know how to treat diseases and injury, not this... but the next best thing I can do is try to look at it like one.
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...Well, I guess if you come up with something, let me know if I can do something to help with it. [ ... ] Preferably not lab rat stuff.
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[ Jeez, what kind of person do you think he is. Karma? ]
Though I'll keep it in mind, if something doesn't look like a one-person job... or if I need more eyes.
...
That's not meant to be funny.
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Okay, got it.
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[ He's at least a little at ease that Todomatsu managed a smile, even small. ]
Anything I can get you? Water?
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Mm, I'm okay right now, but thanks!
Maybe ask again if you ever see me coming out from the wine cellar, though.
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Not normally much of a drinker? Although calling the things here "drinks" is pretty big praise.
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[ which it very often is here because the food sucks!! ]
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Couldn't blame you if you tried it though. We all have our limits, and sometimes we want to change it up a little before it gets overwhelming.
[ You can drink alcohol to restore sanity in his canon so. You know. He gets it. ]
Wish we had something nicer. Then at least we could make a decent real drink or two.
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Seriously. Maybe someone can make that their request for this week, if they're willing to share.
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He sighs. ]
Mr. Aventurine and Mr. Boothill both knew their alcohol. [ A shame...... ] Tempting, but we'll see. As nice as it'd be, I'm sure we can all think of more vital things to request.
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I'd think they should be able to make a more generic power source with the same technology, though.
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[ ??? You can do that? ]
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Shame that it only works on your phone, but like I said before -- I think having something like that around and powered will be handy anyway.
w1, monday
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It's a quaint little house, isn't it?
It doesn't look too old or worn down...
I wonder if anyone is living in it?
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[ granted, that's a very low bar, but. ]
Hmm, let's find out.
[ knocks on the door...
...
he turns the knob slowly and pushes the door open a crack to peek inside. ]
...Well, if there isn't already, there's about to be!
[ this is what you get for leaving your house unlocked, rosie!! ]
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I wonder if this counts as breaking and entering...
[ Well, steps in! And looks at the decour. ]
Oh, it's quite... pink, and bright. That's a pretty far jump from everything we had in the camp.
...
Looks like your taste, maybe?
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[ looks over with some curiosity at the breaking and entering comment...
well, whatever. ]
Aaaaah, yeah! This is really nice, actually! It's got a bathtub and everything!
[ unfortunate that the bar here is so low that having a plumbing fixture is a huge selling point. ]
Not exactly the kind of style I'd be inclined to go for, but close enough for now.
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It's definitely cleaner than what we've had to work with so far. Pretty private, too? Maybe you can find some escapism in here from all your roommate torment.
I cannot believe how much relief I'm feeling at seeing a simple bathtub. Does the water run clear? I can't even care if the water's not hot, the island is warm anyway.
W1, thursday
How are your injuries, Mr. Matsuno?
[ He prioritised the more immediately obviously concerning people on the return but now that there's a bit of time... he's also carving fruit, want some. ]
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he seems to tense up a little when daan approaches in a way he didn't with everyone, but shakes himself out of it. ]
They're not that bad.
[ which seems to be true, though looking more closely, his knuckles are pretty bruised and cut up, like he was punching something hard. there are also a lot of paired puncture scars on his neck that weren't there yesterday, though they look like they've been healed for a long time, somehow.
he will totally take some fruit. ]
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You look much better now. A bath really does wonders, huh?
[ He puts a plate of neatly sliced apples besides Todomatsu, assigns Rosie's house a bedside table. ]
Would you at least allow me to look over your hand there?
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i have no idea how easy it is to tell what someone has been punching but it was hard wood for the record, IF THAT WOULD BE DISCERNIBLE.
also, his hand is like, ice fucking cold. ]
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Are talking like, 'been in the freezer' cold. ]
...You're very cold to the touch. Should we get you some extra blankets? Maybe Karlach in here?
[ A bear hug from Karlach could fix anything. Anyway he's going to lightly dab at the cuts with a damp cloth and gently wrap it. ]
You also have some... wounds, around your neck. Though they look pretty healed.
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I don't feel that cold...
[ somehow daan can get the sense that his face would probably be turning a little red with the mention of the marks on his neck if his blood was actually circulating right now. ]
Yeah, that... I got bitten by some... things... but that was like, two months ago, so...
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?????? ]
What do you mean, two months ago? And do you mind if I check your neck?
[ He wants to try to get a neck pulse. What the hell. ]
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Huh...? I mean, it's been— how long has it been?
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He drops his hand... also these puncture wounds are like. Animal wounds then?? ]
...Barely a day. I only just say you last evening at the maypole dance.
Um...
You appear to be lacking a pulse.
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Oh... yeah, I guess if it was really two months the ritual would have happened already...
[ well. has daan seen dracula.
he doesn't say much of anything to that revelation. he hadn't realized it, but he's not exactly surprised by it either. ]
...Mm.
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Yes, probably. Maybe you're suffering the effects of some kind of hallucinogen...?
W1, friday
...Mr. Matsuno... are you alright? Physically, at least, I mean.
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[ so still kind of undead, but. whatever. ]
Ugghhh, what the hell happened last night?? I mean— three? And— Pickles?!
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[ He looks... absolutely exhausted. ]
Three is crazy for the situation considered. And to kill a dog -- to what end? Because it'd be easier than killing a human?
[ Sorry to be a downer, dude. ]
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But eventually he shakes his head, slowly. ]
I don't know. I only know a very small list of monsters at the moment, but I haven't heard of anything like that yet.
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...Well, there are kind of a lot of cat monsters in mythology, you know? So I don't think it's impossible, at least. [ ... ] And it wouldn't be quite as messed up as someone choosing to kill a dog on their own.
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I don't like them very much.
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...Yeah. It'd be pretty screwed up if it were some stupid dog versus cat thing. Pickles himself didn't mind cats, but I know that doesn't mean anything when it comes to the monsters.
Just adds onto this feeling like we're being toyed with, here.
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[ ... ]
I kind of wonder with Akabane... if maybe that one didn't have anything to do with the monsters. We've all seen how volatile he can be. Maybe he tried to go after someone and got the tables turned on him.
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[ Dropping his hand from where he was rubbing his temples lightly, fending off the tired migraine. ]
So you think he was an instigator?
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But for what it's worth, he did want to be stopped when he had the uncontrollable urge to attack Yuffie.
W2, monday
Mr. Matsuno, are you well?
[ Just your regular check-up. ]
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he nods, and he does indeed look a hell of a lot better than he did at the end of last week. he looks Alive, for one, and his hand is healing nicely. ]
Yeah, I'm okay. Sucks that we can't get to the beach or the store anymore, though...
[ and so much for everyone finally smelling decent. ugh. ]
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Looks like everyone was right when they suggested it'd be temporary. Thank god I decided to keep a couple of outfits to rotate between.
[ It pays to be forward-thinking, actually. ]
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[ except for thursday. :( who knows what he missed that day... ]
Sure would have stocked up on more fruit if we'd known, though.
[ goodbye fresh pears... ]
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[ No iceboxes... our peaches... ]
Back to relying on the refectory. Though I hear the swamp now has... restorative properties?
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[ idk where they are but gazes off in the general direction of the swamp ig ]
...Yeah, I'm not really that eager to test that out.
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[ Well... anyway! Before they get that far into swamp discussion, they can get shadowed. ]
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what the fuck!! has daan ALSO been missing an arm all this time or did it come back somehow??? ]
What the hell was that??
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But Daan sighs, looking slightly tired. ]
A part of my final day, right before I arrived here in our little camp.
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[ he's guessing you meant... this... ]
...Damn, you really weren't kidding about having a bad day.
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Can't really complain about having both arms back... happens to be really useful especially around here.
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[ rip asa... ]
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If it was a timing issue, while it is unfortunate for Miss Mitaka, I'll take it.
[ No Quynn just chose violence. ]
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It makes sense if they can only roll things back so far, I guess.
[ like fire emblem.
also i am probably going to do a separate wednesday post-event thread for return memories because the starbucks one was a good introduction... do you want something more serious or wacky and stupid, because i have a lot more of the latter ]
Is your world usually like that? With... I guess people turning into monsters or whatever happened there. Or is that a recent development?
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No, god. No, it's hardly normal.
The occult exists, but it's a rare thing. Most believe it to just be parlour tricks and nonsense, reading cards for a shilling on the roadside. And even though it's real... the things we saw in Prehevil were exceptional...
...But I suppose it did prepare me for this place, even if it was only for three days.
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also throws wednesday memshare over here ]
Yeah, that's a silver lining... maybe more for the rest of us than for you, though.
[ they get a doctor experienced in high-tension, low-resource emergency situations, and he gets the stress of having to deal with that shit... ]
Did something happen to set it off, if it just started recently?
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...I don't know. I'd never been in Prehevil before then -- I'd hardly heard of the city before the end of the war.
I'm led to believe it began recently. From what I could gather, it was the second of them, and the first had only taken place barely days prior.
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w2, wednesday
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SO MUCH
NOT HIS BROTHERS FONDLING CHEEKS AND TRYING TO YOINK DICKS
Between this and the Starbucks thing Daan can tell maybe Todomatsu hates his fuckin' family with good reason.
Me like maybe Daan will have something better to say by the end of this mem but really he has the exact same reaction as Todomatsu did in the mem itself. He feels like he's having a stroke. ]
...
I can tell you're the reasonable one.
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Thank you, Daan-san.
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[ Since Todomatsu appears to be the realist who tries to actually fix his problems by getting a job and not running away. ]
I can understand the desire for escapism, but it's never a real fix for anything.
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[ he's like well that used to be true but unfortunately this was seven years ago and i've since given up on everything and am now just coasting aimlessly through my meaningless life as another NEET but IF THE MEMORIES DON'T SHOW YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ]
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[ objectively, and in theory. doesn't mean he wouldn't still personally choose to run away from something troublesome when given the option, though at least he has a higher threshold for what he can tolerate. ]
I've definitely made a lot more of an effort than they have, so I guess that's fair.
[ he just... hasn't in a while... ]
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The economy's rough, huh . . .
It's nice you found a decent post to tide you over. I personally quite like drink-making, I'll rank it near the top of professions I've played in places I've worked.
w4, monday
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That's so sad. Jesus. ]
...Ahem. Mr. Matsuno.
[ Greeting him / getting his attention here. ]
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A-ah... hello, Daan-san...
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Was I interrupting something?
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[ Sure. Well... I hope things start looking up for you soon... ]
Anything bite?
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Not yet, but I haven't been at it for too long.
[ takes one hand off the fishing rod so he can bark into it like he's covering a cough. ]
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Weren't you fishing in an earlier location as well, or am I misremembering? A hobby of yours, or?
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[ But it seems like you sit and wait and vibe until you get a bite, and that seems pretty okay. ]
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...Sure. May as well add the knowledge -- could be valuable life skills if I'm ever trapped in another horrid murder-town.
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Haha... Well, even if not, like you said, it's relaxing, so. Still not a bad thing to know.
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Catch anything?
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Anyway! Here, grab a rod and tackle box and I'll walk you through it!
[ which he will but i don't care enough about fishing to look anything up ]
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[ And that's how he ends up standing here with a line out to sea, standing and staring out to the shore. ]
...
[ People really do this for hours... ]
Out of curiosity, Mr. Matsuno. Have people kept you up to date with certain information rolling around?
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anyway. glances over at him.
uh how am i supposed to know the answer to a question that vague ]
Um, I know some things, I guess? I've been staying at the haunted house the past couple of weeks and they've shared some information they've come across.
[ i don't know where any of them are getting it, though, no one tells me shit on my own ]
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There was one note regarding the birth of the infantile god, and another anonymous and pretty vague one in regards to a dangerous, distant dimension.
Aside that, it's been suggested to me that some items brought back from the Thursday ventures may actually have higher significance.
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Lavi's group and mine both brought back what seemed like... pieces of some kind of living thing, that we were thinking might be parts of that god or something. We got a wing and they got a tongue.
[ now that i think of it, i looked at too many tongues last week... ugh. ]
...Oh, and I think they got a... jar of teeth too?
[ there's not a voiced thought explicitly saying so but his thought process for jogging that memory was definitely "tongue -> tomi's corpse -> pocket tooth" ]
And we got... a creepy worm, for some reason.
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Yes, I saw the. Tongue in a box, as well as the fairy in a jar.
[ He frowns. ]
The wing and worm are news to me though. You still have them? On top of the burlap dolls...?
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[ Wing... worm... teeth... tongue. Chrysalis? Ecdysis. ]
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I'm not sure about keeping the pieces together, though. I mean, we don't want this thing to be summoned, right? Wouldn't it make it easier if all the parts were in one place?
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...Normally I'd say surely you'd need to conduct the ritual, or have all the pieces... but I guess we are lacking in any further information and don't know the rules to magic in this place.
Just thinking in the sense of... if someone were to die, their bodies and belongings disappear. It might be a problem if this were among their possessions.
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I didn't recognize them, anyway.
[ ... ]
I feel like those things from that room belong to everyone who was there, at least, not just the person who's actively carrying them around. So I don't think that would be anything to worry about unless Alfyn, Geto-kun and I all died on the same day.
...I guess I don't really have any proof of that, though. Just a vibe.
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Unlikely, but not impossible.
Let's hope that never happens.
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[ well, with our shitty luck so far... ]
I guess I could make a will or something just in case. Is that legally binding here?
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I don't think it'd be legally binding, but who really cares. None of us are lawyers and it's not like the cult's enacted some sort of distribution system for the deceased.
W6, wednesday
Feels almost nostalgic walking around here. But only almost.
[ When you trauma-survive in a camp for a bit over a month, you develop a forced familiarity with it. ]
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Feels like a long time ago when we first appeared. I tried to jostle you awake by the pyre.
[ It's only been just-under two months but it's also already been just-under two months. ]
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[ simpler times......... ]
That really does feel like it was six months ago. Kind of impressive how every week seems to simultaneously pass by in a flash and last forever.
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Would that this were a dream, but I think it's been a realistic-enough one that it'll stick with us a while even if we did wake up.
[ This horror movie-themed reality show has not been human rights nor OSHA-compliant. ]
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[ that was already kind of like a way-too-realistic dream. ]
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[ MAYBE IF IT WAS LATER IN THE GAME IT'D BE SORT OF A BREAK BUT SO EARLY... ]
That does feel like forever ago, doesn't it? When we still had these numbers regularly without us appearing as... ghosts, more or less.
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Right? This was such a huge group at the start! Remember all of us crammed in the cabin that first Thursday? And now the total number of people alive across the whole village is only like, what, four more than that?
[ and the final number will be less than half that!!! ]
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[ Christ. That really feels like such forever ago. ]
...Well, we're out... here, if that helps any. The old adage, "not all is lost", or something.