Two months of observation is a bit excessive if it's all the same in the end, but I was banking a little bit on them being extraordinarily incompetent...
[ Not that this proves they are somehow but it definitely means they're an active danger. By making US active dangers. ]
I've had my decent fill of it, but I think I'll take a break.
Mr. Aventurine was quite the fan. [ He says this sardonically, because they were similar in the sense of being like well, good enough but we both wish we had better. ] We had a drink the night before he departed.
[There's a little flicker of a there-and-gone smile, wry.]
It seems the wine's very popular here. Perhaps I should give it a try, myself. [He'd be in the exact same boat.]
...We know better what to expect now, which will be difficult in its own way. [Thursday nights are going to be hellish!] But what he experienced would have been awful all the same.
[Imagine just thinking you're gonna be a-okay and then you get supermurdered by your castmate.]
Ah... I will, then. I suppose a dusty sherry is still better than being without anything at all, given the situation.
[Said like a half-joke. God. But then, back on task, serious:]
Mm. I spoke to them last night... About Death and about what we can expect moving forward, to even the smallest degree. Another ritual come Monday, for one.
[He also got a heads up as to what horrors awaited them today but that was late night information so he only managed to pass it on to a few rip the rest.]
Also truly no rest for the wicked (cult) (also them). He's tired.]
Knowing is better in some ways than being forced into a situation completely blindsided, like we were this week. But knowing and being unable to do anything to stop it is almost worse in a different way...
[:beeguns: still waiting for you to explode somehow]
Agreed. [Even if the news is unpleasant or painful.] I'll share what I find so we can keep the information circulating a bit. They'll have to be even more cautious now.
Do you think that's the case? With the possession...
[If it really is down to mental health, so many of the people here are going to drop like flies, my god. It will truly just be Laudna and Gojo standing at the end of a bloodbath.]
[ YOU NEED IT FOR YOUR GOOD TEACHER REPUTATION... ]
I don't know, but I just feel like that would make sense. Even in a normal situation, heightened emotions could cause people to snap and attack someone, even if it's just a punch thrown.
In this one? It could very well be lethal. Not really something I'd want to risk.
[LETHAL BAD MENTAL HEALTH DAY... He looks a little grim at the idea of it.]
Yes... I'd rather not see anyone risk it, either, though I suppose it's a bit of an ask in a place like this.
[They have doctors but they don't have any therapists. Tragic!!]
It might do well to ask one of them about that, too. About what may make a person more or less susceptible, if anything at all. Even if the monster the ritual centers around is random, there must be something that determines who between the two aligned with it loses control.
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[ Not that this proves they are somehow but it definitely means they're an active danger. By making US active dangers. ]
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When they're so prone to cutting corners, I'd have rather preferred those cut corners to backfire on them.
[Instead it's turning the rest of them into monsters hello.]
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[ Why can't cultists be more stupid and not have a habit of roping others into their bullshit. ]
...Are you alright? And Mathis?
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I am, yes. Mathis is doing as well as he can be given the circumstances, but...
[THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SOOO. They are so.]
...What of yourself?
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Right. That's understandable. I know there's very little I can do about it, but if you do have any suggestions for where I can help...
...
I'm fine, physically speaking. Could really use a drink, or a cigarette.
[ Forced to raw dog it out in this cruel world... ]
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[He cannot do anything, but it's at least polite to offer. Just nodding in agreement, though! Forced to raw dog it!]
There's the wine, at least, but it certainly leaves a bit to be desired if strength is the aim.
[All the smokers are just suffering.]
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I've had my decent fill of it, but I think I'll take a break.
Mr. Aventurine was quite the fan. [ He says this sardonically, because they were similar in the sense of being like well, good enough but we both wish we had better. ] We had a drink the night before he departed.
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It seems the wine's very popular here. Perhaps I should give it a try, myself. [He'd be in the exact same boat.]
...We know better what to expect now, which will be difficult in its own way. [Thursday nights are going to be hellish!] But what he experienced would have been awful all the same.
[Imagine just thinking you're gonna be a-okay and then you get supermurdered by your castmate.]
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Tell me what you think if you do. Me, personally, it's like drinking dusty sherry, but we only have so much room to complain.
...
I'm still trying to reach out to the horsemen for more information. Trying to be as not-blind as we can be, with what we're working with.
It pays off to be, when you're dealing with the occult.
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Ah... I will, then. I suppose a dusty sherry is still better than being without anything at all, given the situation.
[Said like a half-joke. God. But then, back on task, serious:]
Mm. I spoke to them last night... About Death and about what we can expect moving forward, to even the smallest degree. Another ritual come Monday, for one.
[He also got a heads up as to what horrors awaited them today but that was late night information so he only managed to pass it on to a few rip the rest.]
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Great... great.
No rest for the wicked...
[ Great!!! ]
I'd say at least we know, now, but...
[ That doesn't make it much better. ]
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Also truly no rest for the wicked (cult) (also them). He's tired.]
Knowing is better in some ways than being forced into a situation completely blindsided, like we were this week. But knowing and being unable to do anything to stop it is almost worse in a different way...
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It also makes it feel more real, I guess. Like we really do have to accept it and prepare for it.
[ Looking out at the camp. ]
And the fact that we have so much time to be around everyone...
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...I wonder if that, too, is a part of this "ritual" of theirs. The formation of bonds.
[Was that trick or treat getting to know you event EVIL.]
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He's usually pretty mild, but his expression turns into a rare grimace at that kind of suggestion. ]
Jeez... I'd hope not. Talk about excessive on top of excessive...
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What a mood though, that grimace.]
I'd hope not, either, but they do seem to specialize in excessive displays of cruelty.
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The grimace only lasts briefly, fading away into something that looks somewhat irritated, bothered... ]
I'll keep trying and see what I can glean from our overseers. Bitter news or not, better have them than without...
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Agreed. [Even if the news is unpleasant or painful.] I'll share what I find so we can keep the information circulating a bit. They'll have to be even more cautious now.
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Yeah. Famine seemed pretty frank about it, but the others had "traitor" written on them.
It's got to be weighing on them at least a little.
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Given the supposed reason for the unsolved death on our hands, I would say so. I should hope everyone is being appropriately cautious.
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...But too much caution, and it'll come off as paranoia, won't it...
Won't do much for the mental health then. That'll only make it even easier for the possession to take us.
Problems... problems.
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Do you think that's the case? With the possession...
[If it really is down to mental health, so many of the people here are going to drop like flies, my god. It will truly just be Laudna and Gojo standing at the end of a bloodbath.]
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I don't know, but I just feel like that would make sense. Even in a normal situation, heightened emotions could cause people to snap and attack someone, even if it's just a punch thrown.
In this one? It could very well be lethal. Not really something I'd want to risk.
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Yes... I'd rather not see anyone risk it, either, though I suppose it's a bit of an ask in a place like this.
[They have doctors but they don't have any therapists. Tragic!!]
It might do well to ask one of them about that, too. About what may make a person more or less susceptible, if anything at all. Even if the monster the ritual centers around is random, there must be something that determines who between the two aligned with it loses control.
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I'm told that the affliction will tend to make people more... aggressive, focused on survival, experience heightened emotions as a whole.
If anyone seems to be acting out in particular like that, well.
[ Talk to them or tell someone, basically. ]
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