WEEK 3 INVESTIGATION

[foundationmods]

Three weeks had gone by, and even with the other Witch being revealed, Friday came.

Waking up on this day began to feel like the prelude to something horrible.

To a horrible sight...and some kind of deep betrayal, knowing that one of them had ended the lives of someone they'd been speaking and laughing with just the day before...🗈

...But, they had no choice. This was the game, and it had to be played - set in motion by the pair of Witches.

No matter how they felt, they had to search, to gaze upon cruel death in it's many forms.

No matter....how dear the person once was to them, today...they would be nothing but a corpse to gleam clues from, in preparation for the trial.

And so...they had to push forward. Forward...to find a terrible truth.

Comments

[foundfate]

YELLING AT YOU NOW I GUESS!

[Yep, that sure is the noodle. He's easily dragged up, but he's scrambling to try and sit and support himself instead of being held. These kimonos are all slightly too large for him, and he might actually fall out of them if lifted in the wrong way.]

[chaoscontrol]

[good thing he's just sitting on your chest yelling at you then]

I just heard something VERY interesting from the Doctor! He said he had a vision, with you in it! Doctor! [Shadow points to Erhard] Tell him what you saw!

[cryosurgeon]

[Erhard tries to fix his attention on Watanuki, but his vision is still rather blurry from his injury.]

I saw you swallow Nirrti's black flames, to "contain" them. But you changed. You reminded me of her... that cruel smile....

[foundfate]

Well that's stupid! Why would I do that? That's asking to die.

And I wouldn't ever turn out like her. She's got no shred of humanity left. Even if I'm a witch now, I haven't forgotten how to be a human. I don't know what you saw exactly, but it wasn't anything that's happened, and it's not going to happen either.

[chaoscontrol]

It better not!

[he will

get off of Watanuki now, though]

If we've learned anything, it's that "Dimensions" and "Misfortune" should never be in the same vessel!

[foundfate]

Power over dimensions is enough for me. I don't crave power enough to go looking for it in other places.

[Now he can actually get up though, and he's going to rub at his face to try to get the ink off. Because he's aware of what you fuckers did to his face.]

[chaoscontrol]

Good. And I'll remind you of that as often as it takes.

[well, Shadow didn't have anything to do with that.

But he also didn't stop it from happening, either]

[foundfate]

You're only stuck around me for a few more weeks. Unless this is your way of saying you want genuine employment afterwards?

[chaoscontrol]

It depends. Are you going to continue to need a babysitter?

[anonnomnomnom]

Hmm. This Game's already almost taken you out once. Are you sure you're not missing something, Watanuki?

[Anon was here all along, obviously. Or maybe he went to get riceballs and came back. Hungry?]

[excavated]

[ walks in here late with no starbucks, hears "are you sure you're not missing something"

and just.



hm. bad. ]

[rikuchi]

[ Sup sup what's up, oh man shit's going down. ]

[sotoshini]

[ Laughing at all of this. ]

[foundfate]

I'm missing my patience right now but I guess sacrifices must be made.

[Ur getting on his nerve, Anon.]

[anonnomnomnom]

[Have a shit-eating grin, Watanuki. That's practically his job, y'know?]

That's what this Game is all about, after all. You haven't exactly been the most reliable guy so far, so I can't really believe you when you say something would never happen just because you remember being a human.

After all, both you and Nirrti were once human, right?

[cryosurgeon]

... for all our sakes, I hope you don't ever forget.

[Erhard slumps back in his chair.]

And two more of our friends are dead because of this mess.

[foundfate]

Yes yes, Akira-kun and Ryuji-kun. I already know.

[Despite...being asleep the whole time??? Hm.]

[cryosurgeon]

You know? How?

[Because if his suspicions are correct, he's going to be very, very angry.]

[foundfate]

You are my pieces, chosen by me to play this game. You're all connected to me by magic, and I can feel everyone's presence. When I woke up just now, I couldn't feel Akira-kun or Ryuji-kun. Ergo, they must be dead.

[He sounds surprisingly calm for all of this.]

Speaking of which, Sora-kun, if investigating Riku-kun is going to elevate your heart rate that much then maybe someone else should do it.

[keydomhearts]

[ This is revenge for drawing on him. ]

Hey! Don't say that out loud!

[cryosurgeon]

[Erhard does not like that calm tone, though for the longest time he himself was emotionless in the face of death.]

You don't care about us as anything more than your "pieces," do you? There isn't a shred of remorse in your voice.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[Guess who came back from checking bodies to check on formally unconscious?]

You should remember that, there is a reason why the phrase 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions' exists. Many a great hero has fallen for that reason.

[foundfate]

I'm not stupid enough to eat someone else's power. At least give me some credit, Ruler-san.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[It seems like he was going to say a sharp remark, but decided better, a touch of concern slipping past his mask]

Just - be careful, for your sake as well as everyone else.

[foundfate]

I'm being careful, and I will continue to be careful. I'm not going to become like the rest of them.