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Shadowheart ([personal profile] sacredpath) wrote2025-02-08 03:56 pm
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faithkept: (that all beings arrive at)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-08 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[HER FIT CHECK. She is so aerodynamic... Very unlike Lucas who now has so many layers that are so flowy.

This is very funny since he also has a glass in his hand that definitely came from the bar, though he moves to place it on another pew before making his way over.]


The church is certainly a good place for that. I do hope that I'm not interrupting you, then...?

[Gazing up at the omnipresent axolotl...]

What unique decor.
faithkept: (oh young love young dear)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-08 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[The two genders.]

Salamander? Is that what this is...? [He blinks, looking between her and the CREATURE.] I see... Its charm is a bit distracting, so I can understand.

[He says it in a lightly teasing tone, though.]
faithkept: (at the end of the place)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-08 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
A slimy bog creature... Quite cute for one, even so.

[FIRST THE EGGS, NOW THE SALAMANDER...]

We may need to take a vote and see who among us finds him charming. Ah, though... If you're distracted by it, wherever will you go to pray?
faithkept: (if only for a season)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-09 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Unsettling but cute... That does seem to be a fair description.

[THEIR WEIRD MASCOT. But, with just a tiny hint of amusement:] Do you prefer churches that are cloaked in gentle shadow?

[A beat; he looks up toward the empty church front.]

This is quite similar to the church that I spent my time at, so the familiarity is a bit comforting.
faithkept: (well you do enough talk)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-09 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
It sounds like a fascinating way to pray...

[IN THE DARK. Wild... His Catholicism brand is still very classic in its general aesthetic... But then, with a light laugh:]

I think it would have been even better with the salamander, though I can't say whether it would have attracted more followers or pushed them away in the end.
faithkept: (was it all a disguise)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-09 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He has been trying so hard not to yuck any singular yum the whole 2ish days he's been here but this is really testing him.]

...Well, I do agree with that... Faith comes in many unusual forms, it seems.
faithkept: (it falls into a wakeless sleep)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-09 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[IMMEDIATELY LOOKING HORRIFIED.]

Oh! Oh, dear... They sound very bad, then - very bad, indeed.
faithkept: (to reveal the brightest sky)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-09 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Blood sacrifice... [WHY.] Do they also attack people at random...?
faithkept: (so brown eyes i hold you near)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-10 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
I understand... That's a wise way to approach things. Even though more than one god oversees my nation, it isn't so many that one has to be particularly careful about unknowns.
faithkept: (sing with glee)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-10 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
It celebrates life, emotion and the connection between people. The actual building was similar to this, without the little creature. Much about this is familiar, really.

[GLANCING AROUND... The way he's about to be so let down to hear he somehow ended up in some other god's afterlife.]

May I ask about yours?
faithkept: (there is salt on my cheeks)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-10 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Judged more harshly for his faith than his chastity...]

It seems that being shrouded in darkness is quite a theme for yours. [With a little bit of mirth in his tone, and then:] May I ask for the tenets, at least? Or the primary belief or beliefs?
faithkept: (see the carcasses that twist and sway)

w0 mon!

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-11 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[IT'S CAVES TIME. Whenever Shadowheart goes to mosey on through and reaches the door set into the wall, she'll open it into... a church! One that's similar and yet slightly different from the one in their neighborhood. This one lacks any cute axolotls which is the biggest crime. The light streaming through the many stained glass windows also appears to be moonlight, so the entire building has a bit of coldness to it in spite of the general welcoming air.

Lucas stands up near the altar, where he's curiously peering at a few items laid out on it. There's a rosary, a silken bag that appears to have something inside of it, and a full chalice. He'll glance up when someone else enters the space, smiling pleasantly.]


Good afternoon. This is quite the incredible place, isn't it?
faithkept: (through my atmosphere)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-11 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
Seemingly so! I just thought of the church and it manifested in its entirety, just like that... Heaven really is a place of wonders.

[Wonders and so many fucking churches.]
faithkept: (hunting your soreness down)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-11 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you. [Even though he knows she is a mistress of the darkness, but at least the moonlight probably helps here.]

I do remember it well. I imagine that will be the case for years and years to come. [His head cants a little to the side at that, though, curious.]

Did you have any one particular place of worship that you frequented?
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-11 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ah... [A little concerned furrow of the brow.] I would love to see it, if it wouldn't trouble you overly-much to try...?
faithkept: (so brown eyes i hold you near)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-11 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[He watches as things start to unfold! It sure is gloomy and purple... Which suits, for what little he's learned so far of her faith.

When it falters, though, he'll turn to look at her with some faint concern.]


...I'm very sorry... That must be a painful thing. May I ask why you've forgotten...?
faithkept: (say if i had a heart)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-12 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
A very clever way of handling secrets...

[It sounds kind of cruel, but he will keep the sentiment to himself, watching as she touches her hand and frowning faintly.]

After death, you mean? Were you meant to remember it all then?
faithkept: (how would i find it)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-12 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Mm... Perhaps it has something to do with being in the domain of another god?

[The enchantment said axolotls specifically can't know the secrets.]

If you talk to one of the angels, they may be able to help you.
faithkept: (all of my life all of my days)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-12 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
I do hope that you're able... Even if this is merely a stop in the afterlife, one ought to be granted the comforts they wish to have in Heaven.

[Said with a little sigh. This heaven is weird but that's what happens when you leave axolotls in charge, apparently.]
faithkept: (this is la vie en rose)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-13 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
[He would definitely feel just as frustrated in her shoes, so there's a lot of sympathy there, but.]

Ah... Well! I doubt my church is very well-suited to your tastes, so I could show you something that I think you might enjoy a little more?
faithkept: (the self is not so weightless)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-13 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Her magical amnesia...

But!! After a second of concentration, a different church begins to form around them! It's a bit similar in structure to the one he'd shown before, but there are no windows in this one, and the architecture is more gothic-leaning with ornate arcs and a spiraling staircase. The pews are made of a dark oak wood, with bouquets of flowers tied to the end of every pew. The only light source are these strange pillar structures emanating a red glow, which are wrapped in thorny vines and roses.]


I recalled this and thought it might be something you enjoyed.
faithkept: (while it is rife)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-13 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[NOT THE UGLY TEMPLES... Lucas mostly brought her here because it's dark and vaguely gloomy.]

It was a church that belonged to the founding Minister, back in the days when the Royal Family were persecuting the faiths. It's actually below the ground, so there were few ways to allow light in.
faithkept: (lost in the waves)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-13 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
They all were, to an extent... Fortunately, that was a short-lived passion project and the Royals lost interest fairly quickly...
faithkept: (and feel what it's like to be new)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-14 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[GAZING INTO THE MIDDLE DISTANCE FOR A MOMENT with a polite smile.]

...They're a very fickle bunch.

[And also stupid.]
faithkept: (oh do you envy how i'm free)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-18 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
I would agree! It's a wonderful thing that the true and devout can't be defeated by any attempt at silencing them, no matter the world it takes place in.
faithkept: (well you lied to me)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-18 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[NOT DEEMING HIS CUTE PIGGYBACK CG SCARY]

Is that common where you're from...?
faithkept: (under a million pounds)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-19 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... The two don't get along? How terrible... [Sad! Even god siblings should be able to rely on each other...] What ideology do they follow that makes them so incompatible?
faithkept: (all of my life all of my days)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-19 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
It seems every world has its share of needless conflict... That's such a sad thing, I'm sorry that you and her other followers have to deal with it.
faithkept: (so brown eyes i hold you near)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-19 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. ...I suppose it merely goes to show that people of all sorts can be quite complex.

[But with a sigh, the new church begins to fade away, leaving them back in the pink cloud room so i can set you free from this w0 pc]

...In any case, thank you for allowing me to share some of my faith with you.
faithkept: (and the scars of my youth)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-18 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
[THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING JUST HERE RIGHT BEFORE HIS EYES. It's enough to distract him from the fact that he's freezing to death, having never experienced the wonders of snow before.]

...Do you need to sit down for a moment, dear? You're looking a bit... under the weather.
faithkept: (to reveal the brightest sky)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-18 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[THE WAY I GOT THIS TAG AND OPENED IT TO DO A TAGBOMB AND CAME BACK TO IT AN HOUR LATER LIKE THIS IS STILL HERE???? WORMHEART REAL??????

Anyway he just watches this happen with some faint surprise.]


Ah?
faithkept: (so brown eyes i hold you near)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-19 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
It's not painful, is it? [At least he doesn't seem too outwardly perturbed by this. GIRL your TENTACLES. Tragically he doesn't have anything on him to offer, either, so he's just kind of glancing around and looking for a stall that has clothing.]

Would a scarf work?
faithkept: (was it all a disguise)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-19 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
One moment, then—

[As he fastly waddles through the snow to go to the nearest lil bazaar kiosk that has fabrics on it to paw through for something...

He returns!! With a wooly scarf that's very good quality and also patterned with stoats wearing christmas hats.]


Will this do?
faithkept: (lost in the waves)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-19 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll hope for the same... I'm so sorry you've ended up dealing with something this strange?

[He has not seen anyone become as worms (tentacles) before.]

Perhaps we can take a little walk around the market... It seems changes in temperature, setting, emotions and such can cause other changes to happen, from what I've seen so far.
faithkept: (the doomed marigold)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-20 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It might, yes! If your thoughts weren't peaceful before, especially.
faithkept: (oh young love young dear)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-21 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Worm meds for Shadowheart... He looks pleased to see that it seems to be helping, at least! But also a bit concerned.]

May I ask what was troubling you, then? ...Unless thinking about it too much would trouble you all over again, after you're just starting to get things under control.
faithkept: (so brown eyes i hold you near)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-21 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, yes... Things do move quickly. [A little frown.] I was going to speak to the angels about those apples later, as well. Surely they aren't meant to be here...
faithkept: (tipping cup inverted crown)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-21 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[HE WANTED LESS MURDER IN HEAVEN!!]

Ah. I see... I had hoped that the trials they were to give us would be more self-contained and personal. I do believe most here would be able to overcome this, but it's such a terrible risk, given what we know and don't know of what happens to the souls that die here...
faithkept: (my little versailles)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-21 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[🥺]

...All the same... Even if it's perhaps a bit naive to believe it, to lose the chance at a return to life or paradise would surely be enough to dissuade anyone, yes? We all know what we're here for.
faithkept: (how would i find it)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-22 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, that's true, I suppose... [Everyone get better gods who can grant your wishes, damn.] But I do agree that it's unfair in more ways than one. Perhaps they can do something to change it...?
faithkept: (where i send my thoughts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-23 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
I doubt it could be such an easy thing, but that would be the most ideal way to handle it.
faithkept: (running barefoot through the fields)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-20 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her singular bread. Lucas is just as fine as ever, though he is also eating a piece of bread. He'll wave back, smiling brightly!]

Oh, it has. That was just the thing we all needed, I think. [DIVORCES AND GOOSE ATTACKS.] Did you have a good time, yourself?
faithkept: (will penetrate your heart)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-21 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[yomi draws the funniest spreads i love her]

I'm glad to hear it! I've never been to a party like that, but the atmosphere was certainly lively through the whole night. Though I do wonder how the goose got back in...?
faithkept: (to reveal the brightest sky)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-21 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
I have never met a more powerful bird in my life... Or death.
faithkept: (lost in the waves)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-21 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Giving her a sympathetic look.]

Perhaps it's taken a fancy to you?
faithkept: (it saps nourishment from)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-22 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
I feel as though containing us inside will only bring about a new set of problems.
faithkept: (and the scars of my youth)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-23 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
People are already capable of causing such messes even when they're fully sober... I'd hate to think of what they might do when incredibly intoxicated...
faithkept: (hold yourself beneath the brine)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-21 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[hiding from shadowheart specifically

He's in front of the cave, leaning back onto the heels of his palms and just kind of staring out toward the shoreline! It's so hateful out here! He snaps to attention pretty quickly whenever anyone approaches though, so he'll look her way and offer a nod after he clocks her presence, though he doesn't say anything just yet.]
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-21 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[not the way my ass keeps forgetting the weekly effects. He can have his nice drape of ice again, shimmering faintly in the catches of sun that make it this far.]

Thank you. [A small smile. At the very least, he doesn't seem inconsolable. Just sad in that soft and faint way.] ...Neither of them deserved to lose their chances. What a terrible thing...
faithkept: (i don't care if you don't)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-22 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[:handshake:]

It's true that their souls are still in existence, at least... Out there somewhere, surely.

[Though that does little to help in the here and now, it's something that he does find solace in.]
faithkept: (but i know our filthy hands)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-22 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
...I was, yes. Adolphe's departure from our world was a very unfair one. I had hoped that Heaven would treat him well.

[But this isn't his Heaven and he no longer wants to be here.]

I should hope now that his soul may find a better path to a kinder Heaven.
faithkept: (hold yourself beneath the brine)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-22 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Just a little nod.]

Thank you... [A little, considering pause, and then:] He died attempting to defend others from an act of heinous, senseless brutality. It's not something anyone should be forced to endure even once, let alone over and again.
faithkept: (all of my life all of my days)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-22 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[BUT THEN THERE'S DAN.]

It does. There's something deeply unfair to it. I've heard others speculate that even this is merely a part of our trials, but a loving God who believes in redemption would surely not be so cruel.
faithkept: yomi (la vie en rose)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-22 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
I agree... At the very least, setting all else aside, one's failure in these trials shouldn't cause another person to fail as well.
faithkept: (under a million pounds)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-22 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
With their souls still out there, then I can only hope they'll be granted another try once they're found. It's too great a cruelty, otherwise.
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-22 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not opposed to it. If I couldn't even do this much for my students, I could hardly call myself a teacher.

[Become a teacher and fight god.]
faithkept: (but i know our filthy hands)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-22 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
That stubbornness is one that we two share, at least. Many others as well, I'm sure. Even if it's not enough on its own, it's something. A start.

[Said with a little nod as if to reaffirm.]
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

w1 sat!

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-23 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Girl why does so much happen... all the time. Lucas is probably out by the water somewhere again unless she wouldn't be there and then they can be wherever the heckie she is, or in the void. But! He'll nod whenever he spots her.]

...We have some answers now, it seems, but not as many as I'd like to have.
faithkept: (say if i had a heart)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-23 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Our crying beach... That's why the ocean is so salty...]

No, it doesn't... Though some are good to know for the future. The possibility of interference does seem likely.
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-23 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
...I do worry that too much damage has been done for some people to be able to trust them, even if they make improvements... But any improvement will be a good thing to see.

[He is so worried about so many people and so many things.]

I feel a bit silly now, though. He was cavalier on Friday when we spoke, but I'd just assumed it to be his attempt at lightening the mood a bit.
faithkept: (hold yourself beneath the brine)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-23 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
I think that's a reasonable request.

[Not everyone treats trust the way he does, in the same way not everyone treats faith. He understands it, at least. Then, after a little hum:]

I did think the same, though it may have been a little more than what I'd experienced in the past. ...If changes don't begin to manifest until Saturday, then there isn't much we'll be able to do to preempt an attack.
faithkept: (so brown eyes i hold you near)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-23 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[They did accuse someone for wearing a different ribbon.]

Just - making light remarks about different ways to fortify the barriers. Buttering the floors.

[That too may have simply been Hawke, but it was the cavalier way in which it was delivered that gives him pause on retrospect.]
faithkept: (all of my life all of my days)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-24 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Just a soft sigh.]

I hadn't thought overly-much of it since he did joke a bit to lighten the mood last week, and I wasn't really thinking about many things in general, yesterday... [He had to dedicate his one braincell to Yves.] But it may be something to consider, at least. Strange behavior potentially as early as Friday. Certainly it begins as early as Thursday night, if both Garrett and Jing Yuan are metrics to measure by.
faithkept: (say if i had a heart)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-25 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
[A slow and thoughtful nod.]

It couldn't hurt, at least... I couldn't tell that anything was unusual with Jing Yuan, but we had also all barely known one another for a week by then. Perhaps it will become easier with time.
faithkept: (wrap its arms around me)

w2 mon!

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-25 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[steals a page from flurry's book THIS IS ALSO A NONSTARTER Lucas will be in the garden for the most part, or perhaps the field of flowers! TOSS ME WHATEVER SHADOWHEART U THINK IS FUNNIEST and let me know if you wish for an au lucas or a baby lucas or just normal lucas struggling to hold all these children suddenly]
faithkept: (it's right here)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-25 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[THE DICE HAS GIVEN ME NORMAL LUCAS. Truly this week is just going to be like returning to his job. He hears the rustle of the leaves and moves to crouch down a bit, peering.]

Oh, my... What a rather large rabbit.
faithkept: (the doomed marigold)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-25 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[A BABY. Lucas immediately crouches down so he's not standing so tall, though he keeps a bit of distance for the time being just since she seems so scared.]

Right there! [Pointing at her...] The biggest rabbit I've ever seen, and a very darling one, too.
faithkept: (the self is not so weightless)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-25 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[A disdainful lost child... Lucas is unperturbed, at least. He has dealt with so many kids.]

You can call me Lucas. I've lived here for some time, now. [Two of the LONGEST WEEKS OF HIS LIFE.] If you're no rabbit, then might I ask for your name, as well?
faithkept: (well you lied to me)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-25 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Instead of crouching, he will just move to sit, setting his hands in his lap so they are very visible.]

I don't want anything with you, Shadowheart. I merely live here. In a house just over that way, with many other people.

[A little nod in whatever direction the station leading back to the manor is in.]
faithkept: (and life will always be)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-25 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[NOT THIS. There's an immediate pinch of concern in his expression, though he keeps it mild.]

Whatever do you mean by that?
faithkept: (and the scars of my youth)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-25 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[JUST OH. Lucas who's just internally like OH THIS IS SO YOUNG TO BE A DEVOUT.]

No need to tell any secrets, my dear! And certainly no need to die. I understand your lady prizes secrecy above all.
faithkept: (her arms they fall)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-26 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[A LITTLE.]

I do! I've heard of her from a lovely person I know who's a very devoted follower.
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-26 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, yes... But wouldn't you rather wait outside of the bushes? It surely can't be comfortable in there.
faithkept: (it saps nourishment from)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-26 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah—

[THERE SHE GOES... A skittish child... Lucas remains seated where he is, not leaving and not encroaching further.]

Oh, my... You won't come out from there?
faithkept: (under a million pounds)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-27 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Hmmm painting a bad picture that he does not like!!!]

Ah... You aren't meant to be here? If you're going to be punished, then I won't say a thing. I had thought you might be comforted to know that someone from your faith could find you, but if that's not the case, then this can be a secret between you and I.
faithkept: (my little versailles)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-27 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course, my dear; they won't hear a word of it from me. It isn't your fault you've ended up here. You're not allowed to leave the temple grounds, then...?
faithkept: (under a million pounds)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-28 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry... Is it like that for everyone in your faith?
faithkept: (tipping cup inverted crown)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-28 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I see... And you've already given up yours? All of them?
faithkept: (to far-off destinations)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-01 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Grim! This is not sounding like a good religion to be a part of, actually!]

And... are you enjoying your time there?
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-01 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He's quiet for a few seconds.]

I know of you. That your lady values secrecy above all, and that she and her sister don't get along. That's all, really. I don't know anything about what life is like for you.
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-02 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
You've hardly told me anything, but I won't let anyone know you've said a word. [Just because he knows secrets are big, and doesn't want to give her any other reason to stress.]
faithkept: (to far-off destinations)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-27 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Can you imagine. No he's here and he is going to join her for a drink because he is a bit tired and also anxious about the coming night.]

I hope you don't mind a bit of company?
faithkept: (the defiant earth)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-28 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll go grab himself a drink first, and then take a seat beside her.]

It's certainly been that... I wonder if these are more aligned with the actual trials we were meant to face? ...The - strange happenings with memories and age, not the Thursday violence.
faithkept: (to far-off destinations)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-28 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
I don't agree with that way of going about things, either. Children have nothing to repent for.

[THEY ARE JUST BABIES!!!! He will fight god.]

And I don't see what sort of lesson it teaches to a person once they're grown again. If anything, people have just ended up needlessly confused or upset over reverting...
faithkept: (hold yourself beneath the brine)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-02-28 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[He takes a little sip of his drink, just kind of pondering over a few things for a moment and deciding what he does or doesn't want to say. Eventually:]

What sort of answers were you hoping to find, then, if you haven't found them yet?
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-01 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[This continues to be grim even days later...]

Ah... And even now, you can't recall? [There's a little frown.] ...Rather - even if you were an orphan, surely there were those who cared for you before.
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-01 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[HELP the way it didn't even cross his mind. Sometimes you drink on Thursday right before the murders start to happen. It is fine. They're in the void! Lucas has his lil bag with him.]

Oh, my... You're going to give Garrett a run for his money at this rate. [Digging in his bag...] Do you need any ibuprofen?

[Though there's a little beat after that, and a sigh.]

It does break the pattern so far, of our afflicted claiming they were looking for a challenging fight.
faithkept: (well you lied to me)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-01 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
I won't be suspicious unless you start talking about buttering floors.

[Just nodding though, assuming she will in fact be fine without the ibuprofen she doesn't know.]

It's possible... We do know very little about-- any of that. How it works, who it affects, the more specific ways in which it manifests...
faithkept: (to far-off destinations)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-01 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
I agree... Though it does make things rather frustrating, not being able to speculate much one way or another.

[They all just sit here being sadge instead.]
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-01 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Sometimes they are just awkward assholes. He shakes his head at that, though.]

I heard from dear Euphausia that she was with them and the Magnus brothers out in the woods, last night... I don't know if one of them invited her or if she was out that way on her own.
faithkept: (so brown eyes i hold you near)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-01 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
If the two of you had been fine with making your own way on Thursdays up to now, I don't necessarily think it was a lack of consideration on your part...

[He fusses over Marcoh, but he fusses over everyone.]

I do wonder why they chose the woods, though. They were already terrible enough to navigate even during the day...
faithkept: (how would i find it)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-01 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I hadn't even thought of that...

[RIP investigators, my god.]

There is, and I suppose there's also merit in the idea that one's pursuer may get just as lost and turned around as the person fleeing.
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

w2 sat!

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-02 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucas is out by the gazebo shortly after trial! Just kind of taking a hot second to breathe and come back down from the absolutely insane emotional rollercoaster the last thirty minutes or so were for him, in spite of his put-together demeanor. Can Yves stop being suspicious for one trial. He is going to eat his own left fist.

Whenever he spots Shadowheart, though, she'll get a little nod.]


Holding up alright after all of that?
faithkept: (once i hold out the compensation)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-02 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[A nod... He gets it.]

There could hardly ever be anything satisfying in uncovering the bloodied hands of a person who was presumably forced into the act against their will, after all...

[That flash of anger they all saw just brought him back to Zhongli's comment about wrath.]
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-02 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Another slow nod. He stares off toward the flowers quietly, thinking.]

I do assume that might be what's happening, at least... A sin amplified in each individual impacted, or something along those lines. It does feel like a very biblical interference.
faithkept: (my little versailles)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-02 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[A little nod.]

They're somewhat familiar to me, but not precisely... It does put those of us without any knowledge at a slight disadvantage in terms of knowing what to potentially expect and how signs may manifest.
faithkept: (cuz you're the only song)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-02 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I would agree with that, though it says quite a bit that they need to twist and compel us in order to get us to "fail". Even the apple tree was presumably left untouched.

[Unless Neverah was both possessed and wanted an apple super bad which would be wild.]
faithkept: (to far-off destinations)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-03 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[REWARDED FOR POSSESSION.

He makes a little bit of a grim expression.]


Well. That makes about as much sense as the reasons I got from the other two, in that it makes no sense at all and hardly seems within her character.
faithkept: (hold yourself beneath the brine)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-03 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
From what I recall, Garrett was also quite irritated with the fact that people kept asking him why he'd done what he did. The answer that he gave was obviously unsatisfactory, and I imagine that when others pressed for more, he also didn't have much else to give.
faithkept: (say if i had a heart)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-03 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[me as well like damn who's that]

You're a better interrogator than I am... After Jing Yuan and hearing just a bit of conversation from the other two, I chose not to ask either of them more directly for their reasons.

[Good to know(???) he was not wrong in assuming they were all bad and insane.]
faithkept: (that's been dimmed)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-04 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[It's so hard to keep your head straight when it's being bombarded with thoughts and feelings and sharp, biting fears that don't really belong to you. Lucas sees the wolf, sees the frightened young girl, and sees Shadowheart just as frozen, and he's left - really wanting to get out of here, first and foremost. The dark corridor is certainly not a welcome sight, even though he thinks, briefly, about Shadowheart's inability to remember back into her past even with the effects from the prior week. Just not having any answers, even then.

It's not like they can move from the memory right now anyway, since he's not about to leave a frightened Shadowheart behind. Instead, he moves nearer, reaching out to lightly touch her arm and speaking as quietly as if he's concerned the figures in the memory may well hear him if he's too loud.]


Shadowheart?
faithkept: (i wonder what you can see)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-04 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Fear is never a silly thing.

[It's an automatic sort of statement, like a teacher used to soothing, but one he believes in nonetheless. When a reaction is that strong and immediate, it has a reason behind it. No matter what that reason is, the way that it causes ripples in a person's very stability is something he doesn't think should be waved away.

But the memory continues on, and Lucas experiences it a bit absently, his attention momentarily divided between the Shadowheart at his side and the Shadowheart haunted by wolves. It's only when the wolf changes shape into something else entirely that his attention is drawn more strongly forward, and his eyes widen in - confusion, first, and surprise.]


—What in the world...?
faithkept: (a melody softly soaring)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-05 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
[The pizza argument is coming back to haunt in the worst way... He blinks as the memory wraps up, ending there, and one hand raises to rest briefly over his own heart.]

...Do you recall that name?

[From when she was even smaller than the distrustful little Shadowheart that hid in the bushes like a rabbit.]
faithkept: (into love songs)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-05 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a little, discomforted pause as he sits with what he wants to say for a second, but eventually:]

You became small again in the middle of the debate - I don't know if you remember it... But back then, when you were asked for your name, you gave that one.
faithkept: (let out your dissected heart)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-05 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
You did. [Just quiet confirmation, walking alongside her and glancing toward the mirrors - toward the corridor that had felt so unwelcoming.

There's a little beat of silence after he looks back toward her.]


...Would they have had any reason to have taken you from your family? The people from that night.
faithkept: (a melody softly soaring)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-05 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[He isn't going to blaspheme her god, but he is kind of like, girl the body of the faith itself is not looking so hot.]

Do you think you may be among the missing? [He just voices the obvious conclusion, frowning, troubled.] ...If there are so many missing pieces to your recollection and you don't even remember how you got to that forest, I don't think it's out of the question...
faithkept: (they grasp me tight)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-06 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[TO SAY THE LEAST. Fury is fair. He too would be furious, but since it isn't him, he's mostly just sad.]

...I fear this week might be difficult for you, but I hope that, if nothing else, you may find a few more answers to the questions that you've had. [...] But what will you do if you find it to be a lie?
faithkept: (my truly born beloved)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-06 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[He's also looking a little disconcerted about it, since he's correctly assuming they'd be pretty hard to pull information from.]

Do you intend to do so on your return? To demand those answers...?
faithkept: (cuz you're the only song)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-06 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Then I'll pray that you're able to reach the conclusion that you desire with them.

[Whether that's getting answers or getting revenge if need be or both or more.

But the mirrors will start to play another memory after he speaks.]
faithkept: (let out your dissected heart)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-06 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[The violence inherent in the blond twinks...

Lucas is just kind of watching the mirrors with a little, displeased frown, but otherwise doesn't seem too perturbed by anything crossing the glass.]


Again... [The mirrors do like showing this one for whatever reason. He sighs a little, not really waiting for it to end before he glances over toward Shadowheart. He doesn't turn to look at her more fully or speak until it tapers off, though.]

This isn't the situation in the way that I experienced it.
faithkept: (to far-off destinations)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-06 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Surely not some other crazy thing!]

I assume it must be something like that. It's the strangest thing... Sometimes these mirrors will show me things that have certainly never happened to me before, and others times they show things like this, where parts are similar, but not the whole of it.
faithkept: (hold yourself beneath the brine)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-07 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[He just kind of pauses for a second, because there is still violence, which he regrets having to share, but.]

I did kill my parents. But they were in direct pursuit of my sister and myself, and the orphanage that sheltered us was at risk because of it.
faithkept: (tipping cup inverted crown)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-07 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[He also wouldn't judge a little murder for good reason but SOMETIMES... Sometimes you don't like admitting you supermurdered your parents, even if they were insane.]

My father was very obsessed with notions he's had in his head for quite a long time, that much is also true... [RELIVERS!!!] We clashed over many points before I left with Nadia.
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-07 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He's quiet, glancing at the mirrors for a second.]

...I suppose not much would change, ultimately, in the sense that it seems Nadia's life is always in peril, and I would never stand to let it be so.
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-07 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's a softness and a sentiment that really seems to touch him, and he rests a hand over his heart.]

She is. I love Nadia very, very dearly... There isn't anything in this world- [A brief glance toward the mirror.] -or any that I wouldn't do to ensure her safety and happiness. I wouldn't be able to call myself a very good elder brother, otherwise.
faithkept: (is proof that i am still alive)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-08 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He's just smiling with his normal affections that would not supermurder a person.]

I'm the one who's lucky, really... If I could share this fortune with the world, I would gladly do so.

[Part of him wonders if Shadowheart did have siblings like that, once upon a time, but he leaves it quiet.]
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-09 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a little bit of hesitation, but he shakes his head.]

If I were to regret that, it would be like regretting that Nadia is still able to live as herself today.
faithkept: (my truly born beloved)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-09 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
...Well, I do agree with that at large, I suppose. Ultimately, I would have preferred not to. Nadia deserved to grow up with loving parents and a healthy body.

[Unfortunately, Relivers are insane.]

I don't know that I would call it regret, though.
faithkept: (why did you dress our pleasure)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-10 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
It was very unkind to her. It feels as though it's always the children who suffer...

[It's part of why he gets so ridiculously upset when he sees things like Shadowheart's own memories. Children are innocent and yet they always suffer.]

...Shall we find our way out of here? Before the glass decides it isn't done with its cruel little games.
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-07 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[HORRIBLE WEEK, HORRIBLE FRIDAY, PROBABLY HORRIBLE TRIAL AHEAD. He is tired, but his sadness is faint as it ever is.]

With the increased offerings, it might be so... Though part of me wonders if it might be desperation on the part of this interfering force.
faithkept: (i don't care if you don't)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-08 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
[He also does. There's a little bit of something tired reflected in his smile.]

...Ultimately not, I suppose, given we're still dealing with the same end result. But I would like to think no one would do this in their sane and rational mind.
faithkept: (to live itself is painful)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-08 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He understands it to be true, but he hates it all the same.]

I suppose we'll see tomorrow. We'll have to work hard with fewer hands and two deaths to investigate... I hate the idea of one being left unsolved.
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-08 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
I know that when people were discussing the possibility of Firefly or Brimstone targeting someone for an apple, that was a reason to not vote for her. Because presumably, she wouldn't kill again. ...I can understand the logic, but something about it still doesn't sit entirely well.

[It's because he is a vengeful person who thinks those who spill the blood of innocents should face punishment for the crime of it.]
faithkept: (but i know our filthy hands)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-09 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Considering we can supposedly keep whomever we don't vote for under supervision of our choice- [JAIL.] -then I would say your idea isn't a terrible one. I would hate to set a precedent.

[YOU CAN'T JUST KILL FOR APPLES AND CLAIM SELF-DEFENSE AND FLEE BECAUSE THERE ARE POSSESSED PEOPLE OUT THERE.

the way i typed this tagbomb up at like 10am and i see only gun chaos and punching now]
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-11 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[A sad weekend... we parted the best potential ship in the game, elyheart...... His own vibes are mostly just mild. Mild curiosity, mild echoing sympathy when he feels her sadge vibes. Mild concern...]

Against... whole skeletons?

[Not just the bones of a normal person beneath their normal flesh and skin??]
faithkept: (to reveal the brightest sky)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-11 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[I BELIEVE... I BELIEVE!!!!!!

He just looks and feels faintly surprised, though.]


Dungeons? [Apparently he has not gotten that far yet.] Oh, dear... They truly did capture a castle experience in its entirety.
faithkept: (oh young love young dear)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-11 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Given the creative mentality some of our afflicted seem to have, I almost think it would be better to have straightforward murderous weapons at this point...

[It would be so much less messy to just beat someone to death with a morningstar than whatever the hell happened to Zhongli.]
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-12 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
It might be something worth asking the angels about... If people are going to die regardless, I would also like to see more have a way of defending themselves against their attackers, instead of simply being forced to run.

[He dislikes the hunter and prey dynamic of it all very much and it shows with the discomfort that threads through his vibes.]
faithkept: (how would i find it)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-13 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[SHE'S SO FUNNY. He does in fact assume she's referring to pre-murder.]

Well, we were given very little information about how things worked at first, so it's sensible to wish to have a way of defending yourself in case things went awry.

[Which they did.]
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

w4 weds!

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-13 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[LATER AFTER THE PARTY probably back in the manor at some point, he'll flag her down once he spots her. Is she still wearing her beautiful party attire so he can AT LEAST COMPLIMENT HER.]

Ah - Shadowheart, do you have a moment?
faithkept: (with its leaves)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-13 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
First of all, your outfit is absolutely lovely!

[THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. Even if she is less put together about it now...]

But I was also told you got a message from a strange "Harold" as well...? I wished to ask you about it. Did they send you a box of pancakes?
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-13 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[HELP!!!]

Oh... Dear. Well. May I ask what message he sent...?
faithkept: (to reveal the brightest sky)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-13 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
[THE WAY SHE DESCRIBES IT HE ALSO THINKS IT'S RUDE. He's a little startled...]

Oh! My... Goodness, that is quite rude, isn't it? He only asked me if I enjoyed something and I am not entirely certain what he was referring to. I wonder why he was so unkind to you... I haven't heard of anyone else being written to by this Harold, but perhaps we should see later.
faithkept: (where i send my thoughts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-13 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[A VOYEUR.]

Perhaps we were meant to share the pancakes as a wedding gift, then.
faithkept: (lost in the waves)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-13 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't ask directly, but if he writes back, I will... Otherwise, I suppose we might hear more eventually.

[Uncertain vibes. Harold who are you.]

...Ah, I was also told by Charlie that she sent information to you and Anders that I should ask you about.
faithkept: (the defiant earth)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-13 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. Well that's hateful.]

Marcoh and I were talking about that earlier... Since so many of the messages seem quite insulting and unkind, really. I'd imagine it might come from our interference, then.
faithkept: (oh young love young dear)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-13 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
I've heard we're not meant to be opening them when a strange thing comes knocking, but it's a bit difficult to decipher what that might mean when I assume it's not going to be a literal door...

[...]

Though our literal doors have also been giving us quite a lot of trouble.
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-14 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[What a mood! He walked back earlier but is just hanging out in the lobby, resting with the bunny in his lap. Like yesterday, his vibes are mellow.]

Hello, dear. Are you doing alright...? [CONCERN... The post cyoa sauce is bad actually. Though there's a little blip as he seems to recall something.] Ah - I accidentally received a letter of yours yesterday. I can fetch it for you if you don't mind waiting a moment?
faithkept: (how would i find it)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-14 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[A nod! He will move to stand, still feeling a bit concerned despite the fact that she's externally doing her best out here. cyoa on emotionshare week where you can't hide is always so funny]

Just a moment--

[AWAY HE GOES well he moves kind of stiffly considering his own injuries, but he will move to his room to fetch the letter he got, along with the little gifties, which he will hand over.]

I didn't read it after I saw that it was addressed to you. I'm not entirely certain why it ended up with me...
faithkept: (dissolves into the dry wind)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-14 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[HER LETTER..... She's so valid, though.

But! He seems pleased that her vibes improve some, and there's some warmth for Charlie, too.]


She's just the sweetest, isn't she? She wrote to me in that very first batch of letters... Hearing from her even by writing is so refreshing, it's like she's right here with us.
faithkept: (a melody softly soaring)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-15 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[A little hum of agreement, but then he also looks a bit concerned.]

...Zhongli and Charlie both sent me letters that had multiple parts that I couldn't read, as well. But... I assume she meant for Zhongli's body, then. We'll have to keep it in mind and be more thorough this time.
faithkept: (hold yourself beneath the brine)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-15 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
I did wonder if that's why we have two again this week... I'd truly like to think that no one else would be tempted by the apples, but if this means that a new person is afflicted every week and the previously afflicted remain as such...

[That isn't good either, damn.]
faithkept: (so brown eyes i hold you near)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-15 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
[A slight nod...]

I ought to try speaking to God as well... [He keeps trying to talk to his own but they're LEAVING HIM ON READ so.]

But that's good to know. I know that this affliction causes some sort of damage to the soul, and that leaving it for too long could put them at great risk, to the point that they may need to be remade...? Or so I've heard. For their sake and the sake of the other lives here, it's best for them to be returned to a place where they're free from the interference's influence.
faithkept: (there's a cult inside of me)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-15 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[There is an empathetic vibe.]

I'm sure we would all rather avoid it if there happened to be a better way. Even knowing that they're close by and safe doesn't negate the difficulties of passing for them, or loss for the rest.
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-16 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[coming back to friday pcs after saturday is always so funny.

He meets the upset with the same sort of mellow air, though there's concern in it, too. And something adamant as he says:]


It isn't the only thing that you can do. [A beat.] ...But it is an unfair and cruel situation. I wish that I had something of greater worth to say... I don't wish to give only cold comforts.
faithkept: (and i hear you don't like it)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-16 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
So it does. [There's a little lilt of something softly melancholic, but it doesn't surface for long.] ...At the very least, we can do whatever possible to support one another through the difficulties, in whatever ways we can.
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-16 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[He's also trying to limit walking around, so he will come join her with his sonion bunny in tow. The vibes are mellow, still, but faintly tired and sad.]

It's always tiring... It never gets any easier. [In fact, it gets harder!] And it seems many more were afflicted than initially thought, as well. What about you, my dear?
faithkept: (cuz you're the only song)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-16 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
[He will permit it gladly... He is fond of Shadowheart, even if he is also sleepy from a long day of being a bunny in trial.

Lucas frowns a little.]


Yes... That worries me, as well. That person will almost surely act again if we can't find them, and if we still don't know any better ways of healing a soul of this affliction... I worry for what might happen for their home or Heaven should they return wounded.
faithkept: (but i know our filthy hands)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-16 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[A slow nod, and a small frown.]

...I haven't noticed anyone's behavior being particularly amiss since last Thursday... I wouldn't have even the faintest guess.

[He was also so mentally absent that trial as i got ochazuke with eli so he doesn't even know what the details of the case were.]
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-16 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[A small sigh, and just a trace of some frustrated feeling.]

I've heard a few of the names that are being considered, but I would agree. I wouldn't wish to see anyone take such a risk.

[Even if people became more certain, he doesn't want to see anyone burden themselves the way Yves had.]
faithkept: (hold yourself beneath the brine)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-16 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[The :ben: energy of someone aging at a rate of 100 years a second.]

I don't believe that he would... He didn't move without a fair amount of evidence this time, but I still plan to speak to him regardless. Later, though.

[Yves is going through it tonight.]
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-16 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[He is truly too squishy to be doing these things which is his main reason why he didn't like it, even though he knew it was ultimately for the best.]

It was... And others have mentioned concerns for the possible frenzy of bloodshed that could have come next, if the situation were slightly different. I'm glad that Yves is trusted enough that no one reacted rashly, even though he acted without warning.
faithkept: (in water cool and cleansing)

w5 mon!

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-18 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[THE CORGI CAR... It is healing. Lucas is lying on the ground next to some sleeping corgis and just kind of staring up at the sky, spacing out, but his attention will drift to Shadowheart whenever she appears. He pats the spot on the ground next to him! As much as he can without disturbing his corgi treasures.]

Hello, dear... Would you like to take a seat and have a rest?
faithkept: (dissolves into the dry wind)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-18 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[He is a little dozy with all these sleepy puppies, himself. It's very calm, much needed after the weekend. THE HORRORS...]

Please, do. I've found them to be very healing.

[As she sits, a few other corgies from around the area will shuffle over to join her.]
faithkept: (now my heart is bound)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-18 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[She is so valid for that. This little corgi is so soft and puffy and fluffy and good to push one's face into.

That said, while Lucas likes dogs, he loves cats, so he perks up immediately at that.]


Oh? There is? That's quite exciting. There was a cat near my sister's hospital that I was quite fond of, but I was never able to take care of one as a pet... Do you like cats, my dear?

[He is thinking about her commenting to every Anders cat picture.]
faithkept: (the self is not so weightless)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-18 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Matching animal loving shirts... Truly, how could anyone dislike a sweet little kitty cat!!]

They're so charming, aren't they? But dogs are lovely, as well. [Patpating one of these sleepy corgis who rolls over with its stubby little legs up in the air for a moment.]

This was a well-timed addition, certainly.
faithkept: (cupped like shovels)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-19 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
I'd like it if the island we get next week is just more places like this, but with different animals...

[Bunny room... Kitty room... Baby panda room...]
faithkept: (lost in the waves)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-19 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thinking about the other places...]

...I would agree... It's certainly the best, at least. Many of the other places I've enjoyed have been involved with the deaths, as well.
faithkept: (and the scars of my youth)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-20 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that was you? [A nod...] It's a reasonable request to make, I feel. I would worry for the safety of these sweet little dogs... Their legs are so very small, how could they run quickly if they needed to escape danger...?
faithkept: (to reveal the brightest sky)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-20 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
...Do you think so?
faithkept: (lost in the waves)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-20 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Frowning faintly as he gazes at a cute little chubby bread loaf-shaped corgi.]

That's true, I suppose... Goodness. Let's pray that they're spared from such a thing.

[The corgis. The body would be dead so it can suffer a little indignity...]
faithkept: (tipping cup inverted crown)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-20 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[It is not what the corgis deserve but it is what these clowns deserve.]

I would worry about that, as well... If they aren't used to... raw meat, really, then it could do them harm.
faithkept: (so brown eyes i hold you near)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-20 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, dear—I didn't think of that, either.

[MURDERER(S) THINK OF THE POOR CORGIS he's displeased over the notion...]

These sweet dogs are such innocent souls... Perhaps we ought to bar the entrance to that car on Thursday evening.
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Welcome to the bell tower... He's sitting on the floor with his hands clasped in prayer, though he'll open his eyes once he hears someone else enter.]

Ah— Shadowheart, dear. Hello.
faithkept: (for trying to love)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[HE IS JUST A LIL GUY DOIN SOME LIL PRAYERS though his hands fall into his lap at that, and his brow furrows faintly.]

I'm afraid I can only answer so much. I don't know what happened to Yves.
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head slowly, and then also frowns before shaking it again.]

...I must have... gotten his rapier earlier. We did spend our time together that night, when we were all locked down.
faithkept: (let out your dissected heart)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[This game can't possibly have TWO cultists with memory problems! Soon they will be separated, at least. Lucas just hesitates for a second.]

...If I didn't act quickly... I worry for what might have become of them. So I went to find them before they could be found by another.
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head again, though there's another little furrow at his brow about it.]

Not someone... The source behind it all.
faithkept: (under a million pounds)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. I found Saber and Jacopo.

[A nod! He does remember that as a thing that definitely happened.]
faithkept: (father don't blame us)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
I sent them to the other side, where they may be safe.

[Amen!]
faithkept: (my little versailles)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Another little knit at his brow, but he shakes his head.]

No, I don't. I know that he was there with me when the barrier appeared... But after that, I had found Saber.
faithkept: (under a million pounds)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
It must have been before I left. Before I left where they were all sleeping...?
faithkept: (a melody softly soaring)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[HE JUST KIND OF looks like he zones out for a second, his gaze becoming a little distant and drifting to some point over Shadowheart's shoulder. But it doesn't last very long.]

I don't know why that was the case, or how it could have been.
faithkept: (flow like rotting rivers)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[There is something about this that he seems to deeply and instinctively reel away from, to the point that he rises to stand, though his hands stay clasped together.]

...I would not do harm to my students.
faithkept: (a melody softly soaring)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[He does seem to ease at that, at least. Most of his outward-manifesting tension is pretty mild regardless, so it's really only visible in the slight slope of his shoulders and the way his folded hands lower just a bit.]

...Yes. And so I never would.
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a thin flicker of a hesitant smile, because he logically understands how the affliction works, but just can't apply it to himself. Not when it comes to Yves - never Yves.]

Of course. I'm certain that I will, and I'll be sure to write back as soon as I know it so that you all may rest at ease.
faithkept: (and tuck you in)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[At this, his smile shifts to something rather peaceful instead, much in the way it was when she first entered and he was in the midst of prayer.]

Please... There isn't any need to offer me such sentiments, though I appreciate the kindness of your heart, always. If even one or two are safe now, then that is enough for me.
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-23 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[She is truly too kind.]

...Yes. They will be. ...I merely wish it could be said for the rest of you, as well.
faithkept: (there's a cult inside of me)

w7 mon!

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-31 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lucas can be found on his way out of the church later in the day! Some things do not change... He's holding something in his hand, but he'll lift the free one to greet Shadowheart when their paths cross.]

Have your reunions been going well?
faithkept: (i want to live)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-03-31 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's some warmth in return! Despite everything, he is still doing well and is happy to see everyone again.]

I'm glad. I know that quite a few people missed being able to speak with you directly, even if they acted out a bit over it.

[Said fondly, though...]
faithkept: (lost in the waves)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-01 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
I did catch wind of prying letters... Without much else to focus on, love lives became quite the topic.

[Yves and Elysia... He blames them. Fondly.]
faithkept: (so they may have a chance)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-01 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
They were, somehow, despite the fact that there were quite a bountiful number of things to do over there... But I think they also just missed you a great deal.

[And wanted to lighten the mood a bit since the living side is always going through it...]
faithkept: (is proof that i am still alive)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-01 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a little warm smile in return, because he's glad! Shadowheart deserves to know that she is loved.]

I'm glad. I do believe that it was a mixture of boredom and an attempt at creating some levity that drove some of them to send theirs, after all... A bit of distraction and a reminder that we weren't completely distant entities.
faithkept: (that all beings arrive at)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-01 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[A tiny little huff of a laugh, genuinely amused and warm.]

You're too kind. ...But thank you. I did miss you, as well, even if it wasn't a long parting. I've found that writing letters isn't my strong suit, unfortunately.
faithkept: (i want to hear)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-01 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you—but I do agree with that. They have quite a way with words both in person and on paper, don't they? To be able to express oneself without any limitations like that is quite a remarkable talent, indeed.
faithkept: (lost in the waves)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-02 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
It's a shame we only have so much time left. I think the two of them should lead a course on how to write letters like they do...

[He is mostly joking though, and there is mostly gremlin energy except for the bit of sadness and something kind of lonely at thinking about how they'll all part ways soon.]
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-03 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Slightly sad party...]

It would be nice if that were the case. [There's a little beat.] ...With how long these past two months have gone on, it's strange to think that it's almost over, isn't it?
faithkept: (i don't care if you don't)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-03 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[A soft little hum.]

I suspect so... I know that most of us are choosing to return home, and many have unfinished business that must be attended to, but I do selfishly wish that we were able to have more than one week together in peace.

[...]

...Well. Peace is perhaps a bit too strong of a word.
faithkept: (there's a cult inside of me)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-03 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... I wonder if such a thing would be possible. [Quiet and thoughtful with a little prickle of a lonely feeling.]

...Well, there's no harm in asking, at the very least. Even just a bit more would be nice, though I imagine some are antsy to return. It helps to know we'll be sent back to a point that allows us to avoid our deaths, though.
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-04 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Same sad hat. Though it's understandable, too...]

...Even knowing that we'll be returning to that earlier point, it does make me anxious to think that more time will still pass in the interim, so I can understand it, myself. I could also understand worries about more things going wrong... Ah, if only it was an easier thing, to simply have everything we want even when those things are at odds.

[Said with some wry amusement.]
faithkept: (the self is not so weightless)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-04 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps that's what makes it particularly vexing in this case.

[He is still smiling peaceably, but there is a tiny rile of something slightly agitated in his vibes about it.]

...Well. I suppose even this much is more than many of us could have hoped for at the beginning of it all, given how we came to be here in the first place.
faithkept: (so brown eyes i hold you near)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-06 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Same mood... Lucas is also clean and free, and he moves over to sit next to her where she sits on the sand that betrayed him not that long ago. He also has a bottle of wine, but he will be a good host and offer it out to her.]

I didn't think to bring glasses, but if you'd like any...
faithkept: (the self is not so weightless)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-06 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[So valid of her :amen:]

I do enjoy that we won't have lost contact with one another entirely, but I'll miss having the option to come share a drink with you like this.
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-06 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[It has been a long day, and there's just the tiniest flicker of something hesitant in the vibes before he nods.]

I will be, yes. [At least when he says it, he feels pretty convinced.] ...You'll be returning to your home as well, yes? Will it be alright for you there?
faithkept: (and it grieves and fears the end)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-06 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[A little nod.]

Similar, yes. It's neither safe nor good, but I do have faith that it can be fixed.

[He is going to badend his whole island.]

You have what you need to succeed, then? I wouldn't wish to see anyone back here too soon, after all.
faithkept: (i see la vie en rose)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-06 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[IT IS TRULY THE FUNNIEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR HIM HE'S JUST BACK IN HEAVEN AGAIN, STILL A SERIAL KILLER.]

Embarrassing is a word for it. [The first person back.........] But I'm glad, then. I truly hope that you're able to live in peace once the threat you're facing has been dealt with.
faithkept: (why did you give us hearts)

[personal profile] faithkept 2025-04-06 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[HELP NOT ANOTHER DARK URGE SPEEDRUN.

But he just nods at that, and there's both empathy and something sad but understanding in the vibes.]


It can be a difficult idea to adjust to. [Peace. He says it softly, and sighs.] But I do hope that the option remains for you. You deserve to enjoy that peace and tranquility someday, whatever form it may come in and however you may find it.