antumbrac | WEEK 6

WEEK 6

Five weeks. It's been five weeks, and twenty-seven has now dwindled down to eleven. And while only two passed this week, this trial may have been the most devastating in its own way, as threads of patience frayed and fragments of trust fractured. Nevertheless, if The Lady is to be believed, that may very well have been the final set of sacrifices that she was waiting for, so perhaps the end is in sight.

Of course, the fact that everyone is still stuck in Krakow means that it's not over yet, and who even knows what's happening over in the Twilight?

And so, some more changes are in store for this week, even if it may not be the same ones that you've gotten used to. For one thing, the fog stays put and no new areas of the city are revealed under the light of the lampposts. Secondly, The Lady is nowhere to be found in the city, with her bookstore office vacated and abandoned with nary a trace as to where she went. And third, the clock tower will no longer operate, which-- well. Actually that's not new at all, but it certainly may make it difficult to keep up with the facade of passing days. At least the moon still serves as a reminder of that, gibbous phase waxing into something fuller over the course of the week even if the color looks a bit off.

It may not be a fresh new start, but it's not time to give up yet, is it? After all, you are all Survivors.

[[Welcome to Week 6! Note that there are no new locations this week, but feel free to make top levels at your discretion, and remember to note it in your header if you plan on investigating any locations. As alluded above, The Lady will be unavailable, while Rembrandt will still be around on Monday and Tuesday before disappearing for the rest of the week.]]

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[ The option of simply already being in a state of seeing one another had yet to cross Mikami's mind and it's dropping him straight into what feels like a parallel universe. Yes, he did agree to basically spend his life with Cumore and accept considerable favors from him in exchange for counsel and company, but does that... oh god. What does that mean?

The idea of having unwittingly gotten into a relationship that neither of them knows is one is...... certainly present now. Do relationships even work that way? He didn't read the manual and he actually did read most manuals he encountered in his life simply because that's the kind of person he is. ]

That's-- That's... really all I wanted to know.

[ Because he hadn't known there were any options and he probably should have. ]

I don't know what to do with this either, just... I don't want to have discussed this, involuntarily, with a third party and not you.

...I can appreciate that much.

[Okay. That...happened, didn't it. He's gonna kill Iago later.]

If you're interested in such things that's fine. I'm hardly strongly opposed. I just haven't considered.

[ Killing Iago now is only divine retribution. ]

That's... along the lines of what I was going to say to you.

[ It's certainly more positively phrased because Mikami isn't exactly forward or, well, even experienced.

There's a short pause as he tries to recover his thoughts that are flying apart all over. This is such an utterly stupid distraction from anything they should be doing. ]

I want to say it is good to have talked about this, but in reality I'm just kind of dizzy. [ Speaking your mind is good, right? Except this was not a mind anyone wanted spoken and the side-effects are hideous. ]

He also very specifically mentioned his intent to fluster you, one way or another - if you want to complain, that detail might well be included.

I do intend to say something. Don't let it concern you too much.

[He's gonna punch Iago right in the shitty defense stat, okay.]

In the meantime, since you seem rather thoroughly like a person that's never been kissed in his life, let me know if you're ever curious about it, hm? Preferably not while we're surrounded by poison.

I have.

[ He's not 100 percent as pathetically virginal as you think.]

But before you ask it was once and then I stopped going out with people.

[Only 99 percent.]

You depress me sometimes. But I can work with that.

[ He actually rolls his eyes at that.]

You say this as if even the prospect of being the more or less first and only doesn't suit you just fine.

[ The most special so to say.]

Only "more or less"?

[He laughs a bit, though.]

Of course it does.

[ Mikami is starting to really hate how much better he likes it when Cumore laughs at him. Feelings are disgusting.]

Then don't call circumstances that benefit you depressing. That's just pointless.

[It's gross, isn't it.]

I'd think a good amount of what I do is already pointless to you.

Well, yes. But it's not like I have to mind it when it isn't making fun of my work focused lifestyle.

You aren't the only one who largely focuses on work, you know. And yet here I am.

[Having a life and stuff.]

[ Harvesting poison and stealing succulents? Collecting serial killer paintings? Oh come on. ]

We just had different priorities. If you saw my bookshelves... well, they're presumably removed by authorities now.

[ Ouch. That stings as a thought.]

The hypothetical counts.

[That actually probably counts as having life here, because nobody has a life here.]

I'm sure you'll rebuild your collection once we've left this place.

As soon as possible. Though with vastly different content, I expect.

[ Beautiful volumes about Earth history lost forever because he's straight-up migrating to another dimension! Why is that something he can think about in 100% seriousness and not a weird fever dream. ]

I'll have to be careful to not seem completely insane to people with my different standard of common knowledge... Not that being seen as strange would be news to begin with. I suppose I am prepared.

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