scawwy ✦ karlach cliffgate

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[recession]

Karlach, there you are.

[ The emotion here is OBVIOUSLY A BIT OF GUILT, RELIEF TO SEE HER, and also a general sense of 'what the fuck!' because she's really just here watching Living TV. ]

I was fine. [ He says, bandaged on his head/face once again, as well as other places. ] What happened?

[ablazement]

[relief blasts, relief blasts - and also a tiny bit of guilt herself, but it's okay. she moves over to him, with concern as she sees the bandages.]

I went back to try and get Rondo, but the elevator said it'd only take one person, and I wasn't sure if you made it out, so... [she left it for daan to take. in a sort of dazed and like, what the fuck, way:] I think my heart exploded.

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What?

[ Oh yeah that's definitely a vague mixture of kind of upset but also more guilt. ]

...

I shouldn't have gone ahead, we both knew she wasn't real.

[ablazement]

[noooooo

she reaches to carefully hold his hand, if he'll let her. this is partially for her benefit. she's still hallucinating on and off and sometimes she can't remember if he's dead or alive, but this helps.]

You had to try. [she says, quietly.] Just like I did.

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[ She can have it but his unhappy vibes continue. ]

Sure, but there's surely a certain point where you have to start admitting you're the fool.

[ablazement]

[a little squiggle of sad emotion.]

I'd rather be a fool and try to save people I care about than smart, honestly. Fake or not.

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[ Do you know how insane his development has been. He has failed to save a single person in his CYOAs that he tried to, and in fact, all of them have died as a result. His mental state is truly in shambles. ]

...Still. I'm sorry.

Caused a lot of worry for Mr. Boothill.

[ablazement]

[i'm going to rip the universe in half if he doesn't get to be happy this is a threat]

It's okay. You're forgiven, if that helps, but I know me saying it's okay doesn't make it that way.

[she's been struggling with being forgiven, too. so.]

... I apologized to him. He didn't want to hear it, the sap.

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[ I DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS DEVELOPMENT OKAY IT KEEPS PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER HIM... SUFFERING IS HIS CURSE. ]

...Are you better now, at least?

[ He's not entirely sure what death all does in a place like this. Obviously he heard you can come back, but you might be missing some stuff is what he heard? ]

[ablazement]

[NO MORE DEVELOPMENT WE'RE GOING TO THE BEACH EPISODE]

Think so. [...] I - there's something...

I can't remember something? I know there's something that was there, but I can't remember it. [uneasy feelings... and also more nausea, sorry, she's sweaty.]

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They told me that memory loss is a possible symptom.

But it'll go away.

[ ...Hopefully? It's better to say it like it's truth than not. ]

You remember every person here, both around us and who we can see?

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[she tilts her head back, thinking.]

I think so? I know all of you. And... [silence.]

Home, I think. That's sort of blurry.

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Baldur's Gate?

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Yeah, I know that one. [...] Grew up alone? On the streets, I think? Is that right?

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You had parents that loved you quite a bit. You left for the streets later.

[ablazement]

[...]

I did?

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...Sounds like we've managed to land on what it is you forgot for the time-being.

[ablazement]

[oguguhghgh she doesn't like it. there's a little empty feeling, and then:]

... It'll come back. [she hopes.] Guess that's what I get for running back in.

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I suppose the only good thing to say about it is that if you don't remember, it's hard to get hurt by it. Better than having your memories of them altered for the worse.

But I'm sure it'll come back. Even the most awful effects have been temporary.

[ablazement]

[brings her free hand up to brush her forehead, to try and make the sweat go away. she is flagging, slightly, because cyoa effects are a bitch.]

I'm so tired of being fucked with. This week has been so good, and so bad.

[little pangs of sadness and worry.]

I'm also really tired of seeing corpses. That'd be nice if that would stop.

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Everything that goes up has to come down. Balance and all that. This place isn't keen on letting there be good without some kind of drawback.

[ He can't disagree on the corpses bit... it really would be nice... ]

[ablazement]

[silence, for a minute, and then:]

... Did you see who died?

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I did, yeah.

And it seems one of our killers has had enough to remaining subtle, to boot.

[ablazement]

[sadness...]

Ugh. Poor Kate.

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She's suffered for quite the while.

I thought about positing a theory regarding the black swordtip, but unfortunately, I had other things on my mind.

...It's possibly a good thing that her situation has come to light at last, but it doesn't make it any easier. She's only thirteen.