antumbrac | WEEK 1

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Your hosts have come and gone, and have left you with nothing but more questions and a key. Regardless of how you reacted or what you decided to do soon after that, it’s a fact that the day must end eventually.

And so it does, with the striking of the clock. As the twelve gongs reverberate and disappear into the night, the rest of the city is left silent save for a chilly wind that skims the streets. Those who have retired to their assigned rooms will find that the furnishings are decent enough to get a good night’s sleep, while those who wander the city will only continue to see empty streets and fog. But regardless of how you spend the night, eventually it will become readily apparent that dawn will not be coming any time soon as the waxing moon continues to hang in the sky even as the clock strikes six or seven or eight.

No one’s stopping you from wallowing in bed or holing up in a building during this perpetual night, but there’s a whole city out there to check out and some interesting additions to the Opera House decor; don’t forget though, a cage is a cage and every good cage needs its bars. While a portion of the streets and buildings are clear, any intrepid explorers won’t find themselves able to get very far through the fog that surrounds them; anyone who tries to venture through will end up getting turned around and end up right back where they started. Still, there’s plenty of other places to check, even if the fog-shrouded buildings are more or less off limits. Fortune favors the bold, after all.

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[ Looking around the group and then sighing. ]

We'll never get anywhere if we don't at least talk about it. I'm not too interested in holding show and tell here, but there's no harm in saying "yes."

[...he's used to being cagey but. oh well, he guesses...]

Yes, I've noticed something a bit strange in that area.

[ Nodding his head. ] So have I. I've never been the magical sort, but ever since I woke up here, I've got this strange power.

Do you think this is what they meant about "gifting" us something?

[ 'cause he can't think of anything else that quantifies. ]

I have not had occasion to, well, use mine yet, but I simply... know I have it, I think. Healing is a component of it, so I suppose if anyone suffers any minor injuries, you can come to me.

[...it's making him think of his daughter again and that makes him sad.

...hmm, though. HMMMMM.... actually, you know, the things Lysithea told him about her past has been making him wonder...]

...I wonder if our designation as "survivors" is that we survived whatever process it is that gave us these powers and others... did not.

That's awfully kind of you, given the circumstances.

[ Some people are just like this, he guesses...

It's weird, but not as weird as hearing that next bit. He's been thinking the same thing since what Mikami said at the motive. ]

Looks like I'm not the only one who thought that. It does seem likely, especially if our worlds really are safe. [ Still believing his world is safe, screw you Rideaux and your photographs can be faked spiel!! ] They probably won't answer us, but maybe one of us should confront them and see what they say.

...well, I don't particularly want to give our captors what they want.

[...as much as he's clearly fucked up to all hell by this and kind of only half here...]

In any case, they will likely be incredibly vague and potentially contradictory. It... may be worth trying, but I would rather not speak to them more than I have to lest I give them any more ideas.

Here's hoping everyone else follows your lead.

[ But also people already were like "ok but what happens if we kill" day 1 so, like. Optimism be low. ]

I know how you feel. I'm not exactly jumping at the thought of contacting them, but it was my idea in the first place. I might as well be the one to confront them.

[ He'll do that later and report the results at the next meeting. Unless somebody else does it first. ]

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...I'm not foolish enough to even hope that, but... perhaps a miracle will happen.

[....IT REALLY WON'T, HE SOUNDS REALLY DOUBTFUL]

In any case... I wish you good luck in that endeavor. I hope you do learn something.

[ Nodding his head. Not gonna hold his breath here but, hey, who knows. Stranger things have happened. ]

Thanks, uh... [ ... uh.

Guy? No, probably can't call him guy. ] Sorry, friend, I don't think I caught your name.

Oh, forgive me. I am Seteth. You are Erik, yes?

[...he was very invested in the profiles, so he tried to remember everyone's names...]

That's right. I'm guessing you got that little nugget from those flyers, but it's pretty impressive you managed to remember it. [ Not sure he likes having his information put out there like that. Or at least, this information.

Being wanted is one thing but having people put down his personal desires like that is just uncomfortable. ]

How many of them did you memorize, anyway? I can't imagine mine was the only one you read.

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Mine seems to be something similar, as far as I can tell. Fitting, I suppose.

[ just don't try to shoehorn in on his territory and upstage him with your non-terrible bedside manner ]

I'm not sure I'd buy that as the reasoning for the title, but I'll agree it's a possibility.

Seems a good enough reason as any I've heard bandied about for the title. If they want us ta kill someone [Alfyn still really doesn't like this, for the record] it doesn't make sense to start us off as "survivors," ya know?

Well, it cannot hurt to have two people serving as medics, particularly given how this is likely to go.

[he has absolutely no illusions that this is going to go south okay he's not a cynic he's just a realist.]

I'm not entirely certain of it either, but... I suppose it is as good as anything else.

That man mentioned the “gifting” of powers from the start.

[His tone tells exactly what he thinks of the gift, and calling it a gift in the first place.

Also yes he is wall-leaning in the back and staring silently again through half the meeting like an asshole.]

[ Sometimes when you're a thief you hear "gift" and everything else just flies out the window. ]

Guess that's one thing they were transparent about.

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Of course. It was their way of establishing power.

[The dismissive way he talks about it you’d think he was talking about wild peacocks wandering in to shit in the yard and honestly that’s not very far off.]

[ Don't mind Dazai moving in close to stare at that hole. o3o ]

[Casually shuffling away; he may be used to scrutiny but his personal bubble is very wide, excuse you.]

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[ Casually shuffling with. ]

If you have something to say, then say it.

[So this is the flake that glasses-man was so obsessed with. Can't say he sees anything much more interesting than the profile. In the meantime, he'll just stop moving and stare him down instead, clearly this will work.]

Can I stick my hand through your hole?

[ No homo ]

[Instantly:]

No.

Can you feel it if something is in there?

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