pc: wis'adel

[sacredpath]

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[sarkazm]

Clearly fucking not! Three sets of you?!

[her tail lashes. fuck!]

[sacredpath]

It's awful. There must be some reason for it, right?

[sarkazm]

There's gotta be. And if it's lashing out like this, then-- that's probably good news for us, right?

We're just... gonna have to weather whatever it's got to throw at us.

[sacredpath]

I don't know how much more of this type of weathering we can take.

[she takes a deep breath.]

I mean, I'm all right. I ruthlessly murdered some evil version of myself and then put down everyone who turned into demons, but that's just another day in the life of a wandering adventurer.

[sarkazm]

I don't know either-!

[just. raking a hand through her hair.]

First all of you going through this shit, then we're going to have another weekend to deal with. Morale's already more or less critical and dropping fast.

[you don't deserve for shit to just get worse, after that.]

We're not-- I don't think it's possible to keep everybody from breaking. Just most.

[sacredpath]

I won't break, Wis'adel.

[firmly, but she's touched by her worry.]

No one has ever broken me, and they have really tried.

[sarkazm]

...you're not one of the ones I'm too worried about. [ignore the worry.] But the rest of us? We're not all in much shape to deal with it for 'em.

[sacredpath]

Perhaps. Then we will just have to carry them to the end, won't we?

[sarkazm]

We will, but it's gonna be a tough haul!

[so long as people like you don't die on me, it'll work.]

[sacredpath]

I will do my best.

[don't be death flagging. anyway, she says this, but there's an ugly little thought. Why should I have to work for it?]

[sarkazm]

...yeah, sometimes I wanna know that too.

[even if that's probably just... whatever jiaoqiu had going on. a little shake of her head.]

Seriously, when we see 'em again, everybody who's been having a vacation in the healing center better give us a turn at having a break!

[sacredpath]

With their ice-skating parties and the like...

[she's not actually upset about it. shoos that little thought away.]

[sarkazm]

They've got time to ice-skate, send us suspicious cakes, beg us for gossip...

[send us stupid sappy letters...]

What happened to you guys, anyway?

[sacredpath]

It was Anders' memories. That's why I was confused - he was there, and not in the typical, oh look, it's someone you know. They are here to try and kill you, so kill them first sort of way.

He was helping me fight, at least.

[sarkazm]

...his turn, huh. Then he's probably going to be fucked up about it.

At least that's a little better than the usual? I mean, in yours, I think he helped me out too.

[sacredpath]

Maybe he's the exception and never tries to kill you in Thursday nightmares because he is simply so sweet.

Though I guess, to be fair, he was helping me, but the others did kill him.

[sarkazm]

Definitely not that.

[no, but--]

So it pit you guys against each other?

[sacredpath]

They... turned into demons. They lost control. For whatever reason, I didn't.

[sarkazm]

They--

[...figures. he's been too close to the edge. kaworu, she's less tuned in to, but jiaoqiu?

she wishes it was a surprise.]

So, not against each other so much as just... having to fend 'em off. Try to put them down.

[sacredpath]

Right.

[A bloody mess. Demons everywhere.]

[sarkazm]

...seemed like you still came out of that fight better than they did, though.

[sacredpath]

...I used a healing item on myself. I was dying.

[so, not really...]

[sarkazm]

Okay, well, shit. One in favor of the demons then.