WEEK 2 MINGLE - ARTEMISIA

[foundationmods]

Things had changed so rapidly in the past few days.

The loss of two of them hung over like a shroud, made even worse by the fact that an innocent person had been executed.

Was this....how the rest of the game was going to go...?🗈

....Even if it was, there wasn't much they could do now. Yuuko herself hasn't shown up in public since the trial, and while some have talked to her, she's been...subdued.

Did the trial hurt her just as much as them?

Regardless, the island is still beautiful, if deadly. Summer continues, beaming down on all of them, the waves of the sea warm and inviting.

But even if things look bleak...

They have something in their hands that will soon lead to the Truth, and the heart of this matter.

And in the air...lies a heavy sense that everything is about to change.

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Comments

[excavated]

Are we absolutely certain that it's actually them? They could be someone else sharing the same face.

[anonnomnomnom]

[He cocks his head and seems to think about that for a moment.]

Well, the way Feathers put it, their practice game showed them that they were supposed to pretend to execute people, and the people who were murdered were pretend murdered. It sounded pretty lame, if you ask me, especially since the gig would be up after the first week.

What would be the point of that?

[There's a dismissive wave about it.]

Anyway, does it really matter if it's them? They're not really here, either way. Yuuko's demons are the ones that are here now.

[excavated]

Then it would make sense to call it a game if it was all 'fake'. But of course it matters. There's no reason that it wouldn't.

[anonnomnomnom]

They're Witches, Syaoran! It's definitely a Game to them, even if I think Feathers is probably new and only kind of knows what she's doing. I don't know how many Games Yuuko's played before, either, but I think she's still better at this.

Also, did you notice that Karen didn't have any of her execution wounds, just like none of us had any of ours from the Blue Truth battles? I wouldn't call it pretend, but battles in the other realm are different.

[He seems to accept this easily enough.]

Hmm. Well, I guess if you want to worry about it, I won't stop you! I just don't think it's going to get us anywhere.

[excavated]

[ He has nothing to say so he actually keeps his mouth shut entirely. ]

[anonnomnomnom]

[You're going to end up with silver hair before the Game time is up, Syaoran.]

[chaoscontrol]

Tch. Maybe they should have left Birdbrain's training wheels on.

[anonnomnomnom]

I think training wheels would actually be even less helpful!

[chaoscontrol]

[BITCH HE DONT CARE WHAT YOU THINK]

[anonnomnomnom]

[YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TALKED TO HIM!!!]

[chaoscontrol]

[SHHHH!!]

[foundfate]

...clones?

[HI THIS IS

A VERY WORRIED LOOK

please understand what he's getting at here because he doesn't want to explain it fully.]

[excavated]

Or someone who shares their existence pulled from another world. [ although clones makes him look real worried and Watanuki knows why ]

[foundfate]

[Yeah uh, Watanuki shares those worries.]

But barring special circumstances, they should still have the same name, right?

[excavated]

Usually, but not always.

[ does clamp explain this entirely??? no ]

[foundfate]

...regardless, it doesn't explain where the other two went anyway.

[excavated]

That's true. Furudo-san's corpse was found in her room, right? Has anyone checked there yet since the murder...?

[foundfate]

I haven't.