crau3 pc: kate

[squirt]

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w0 monday

[squirt]

[ he's over by congratulations, but obviously ignoring the menu items. menu item. ]

There's stuff you can cook in the kitchen.

[sootprints]

[ ! ]

There is?

[squirt]

[ is she wearing her mask today... either way he'll offer her a hand to hold because affection week ]

Yeah. All this steak can't be good for you.

[ their cholesterol.......... ]

w1 mon

[squirt]

[ tues is also fine whatever works!! over in scawwy! any of the locations besides the "cute" animal crossing island that you're not sick of by now tbh. ]

...This is the place you were talking about?

[ he says, obviously a little weirded out. ]

[sootprints]

Yes... It's the village we were summoned to.

[ we can put them in the village proper unless you wanna do somewhere else... ]

[squirt]

[ hello scawwy village ]

Creepy.

[ he doesn't look scared, but. it's creepy. ]

Sounds like you all had it rough. [ the way tutorial was scawwy on scawwy violence help ]

Week 2, Monday

[sootprints]

[ puts us in... the streets of japanifornia!

kate's over at the park, but not to look at the park... but to use the open space to get some perspective on the skyline of the city. her eyes aren't visible, of course, but her head is tilted upward as she looks on in quiet awe. ]

So this is what a big city is like...?

[squirt]

[ even with all the new locations lately, it really is the first time they've been spat out in a city. he looks out over japanifornia plaintively. ]

Mm. It's similar to my real world.

[ except SORT OF californian. ]

...It must be an adjustment, compared to going back to that village again. [ scawwy locations were much less metropolitan as a whole. ]

[sootprints]

[ nodding. ] It is... I've never seen so many large buildings so close together. Do you get lost often?

w3 mon

[squirt]

[ they can hang out in the escape rooms, but there's not much time to enjoy the puzzles when a memory hits. i'm so sorry you may need to log into your homos account for this!!

this is a meaty thread and i don't expect you to read it all but the gist of it is: two exhausted kids at the end of a now long murder rope, already with the most kills of any team, having two friends volunteer to be murderered by them to make sure they win the reaper's game. ylfa, the red-cloaked girl who sticks close to him, is twelve, but carries herself with an air of experience in these matters, a nearly animal approach to death and violence at her hand; haru's feelings towards her are both protectiveness and fondness that at this point borders on codependence. yuzuriha and netzach are teammates, who he also cares deeply for, as they've been allies for some time. his emotions are broadly grieving, torn between relief and also anger, at himself and at them and the game at large. it's the weariness of having been at this for over a month, the responsibility on their shoulders, the karmic understanding of hurting people because they were selfish enough to try and save their team. the reaper's game is a game of numbers and strategy, but they are not motivated by either.

the memory ends without any murder, yet the promise of it lingers. ]

[sootprints]

[ ah...

the memory ends, and there's a faint haze of smoke above kate's head. ]

So that was the nature of your "game"... You needed to kill that many, for points...?

[squirt]

[ kate your smoke... it takes him a moment, both to stop reeling from the memory and just to contemplate the answer to that, but he nods. ]

...It was a competition. Killing, killing without being caught, it all had different point values. To get the numbers we needed...

[ he trails off a bit, yet sufficed to say, it was a lot. ]

But it wasn't like the ones where you get "possessed." I won't say what we did was right.

Week 4, Monday

[sootprints]

[ at the second floor of the egg lover's paradise. ]

...

[ soot rises from her head as the egg mascot proudly lectures about the nutritional value of eggs. ]

[squirt]

[ watches her watching this mascot ]

Is this [ man ] egg bothering you...

[sootprints]

... It's coming on a little strongly, for my liking. About eggs...

[ it's so loud and aggressively positive. ]

w4 sun

[squirt]

[ he'll come meet her at her lounge since he bothers rin all the time anyway. offers a little wave. ]

Kate, do you have a second?

[sootprints]

[ she's probably just doing some cleaning, but she'll stop when he greets her. ]

Yes. What is it?

w5 sat

[squirt]

[ he's at the aquarium drowning in bad vibes re:scapegoat.......... 2. hello sorry i have to give the most useless starter here. ]

[sootprints]

Haru...

... Is it okay if we talk?

[ stopping to get a sense of if he just wants to be alone...

that said, kate's own vibes are a whirlwind of anxiety, sadness, relief and guilt. ]

Week 6, Monday

[sootprints]

[ kate can be found... at the observation deck on the eudora! she's gazing out the enormous window, and while there's no expression on her face, her thoughts come through loud and clear.

Those are all stars! We're really in space!

is this more exciting than heaven? in some ways, maybe. ]

[squirt]

[ aww, kate. the eudora really is such a nice, plush setting compared to some of the other places they've been. ]

...It's really cool. [ an ocean of stardust. ]

Week 6, Saturday

[sootprints]

[ after trial, kate can be found sitting in a chair in one of the terminal hallways, taking slow, shaky breaths to steady herself. ]

[squirt]

[ GOD we keep doing this to kate. sits by her. I feel like I end up saying this to you every week. ]

...I'm sorry.

Week 7, Monday

[sootprints]

[ just outside the main terminal, looking out at the meadow... ]

It's really almost over.

[ now that everyone's come back... ]

[squirt]

[ their horse locations... his mood is generally less terrible now that everyone is back, more thoughtful than dire. ]

Yeah.

[ Thank goodness. ]

Just have to deal with the horse, I guess.