WEEK 4 - VENUS FLYTRAP

[foundationmods]

Another week dawned.

But after the events at the trial, more than a few people would have wanted for time to stop still.

In this game, even unshakable loyalties....could be broken.🗈

If that were the case, then what was stopping even more horrible crimes from happening this thursday night?
And they knew they could do nothing to stop it from happening.

...Still, they had to continue the game, until one or both of the Witches admitted defeat, or the game itself came to a close.

Yet, they also felt as if something might change. Some big reveal felt as if it was just around the corner....but for now, it seemed as if they had to play the waiting game.

No matter how awful that felt.

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[fullbodied]

[Ann slides a note under all the living's doors this morning. All that's written is:

Meet me in the kitchen by 10. ~Ann

When they get there, there is coffee made. Ann is already sipping on it, and she looks, dare I say, exhausted? Her hair is down again, and she's rocking this outfit.]

Hey. I have something I need to share with everyone. I was a little busy last night.

[literalidiotball]

[Wheatley is not partaking in coffee, but he is here.]

Hm... Must be important if we're having the second meeting in a row about it. Is there gonna be a meeting every day, from now on?

[fullbodied]

That wasn't my plan but... This is important. And I think it matters for how we approach the game going forward.

[literalidiotball]

Oh... That serious?

[youkaiwatch]

[ here and listening with coffee ]

[fullbodied]

[she takes a sip of her coffee, and announces,]

Kimihiro-kun's heart is changing-- and worse... It feels like it's being eaten by loneliness. And I think the game is going to make it worse.

[youkaiwatch]

[ ah... ]

Do you know what his reason was for agreeing to play it in the first place?

[aleph_armed]

...You found something, I take it?

[fullbodied]

Yeah, last night I went into Kimihiro-kun's heart. And I found out a lot. I'm still struggling to process it but-- everyone needs to know.

[aleph_armed]

Anything you can give will help at this point. The more information we have, the better.

[goldenmaniac]

Whoa, how'd you do that without your powers?

[fullbodied]

He helped me.

And then I stole his heart.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[Sherlock was one of the first there, his hands warming itself around a cup of coffee, his expression unreadable, but he is attentive]

[excavated]

What is it, Takamaki-san? [ Syaoran himself is in something a little formal today, but he looks a little worried about her exhaustion, taking some coffee as well. ]

[fullbodied]

[she takes another sip of her coffee, and then sets it down firmly on the counter.]

No more dragging this out. Last night, I went into Kimihiro-kun's heart. He helped me do it so that I could steal his heart's treasure. But his heart isn't like a normal human's, his palace was different, and so I'm still concerned, especially because I never saw his shadow, just fragments.

Kimihiro-kun's heart is fighting with whether to remain human, or more fully become a witch. And right now, the witch part is winning. He doesn't feel connected with us-- the only one he thinks understands him is Nirrti.

I don't know how much loneliness I had to go through to get to his treasure-- but it was a lot. And when I finally got to it... [it's here, she pulls out the marble.] It was like two halves of a whole, happiness from being human and happiness from being a witch. And they were in conflict.

[literalidiotball]

[Oh great, more weird heart stuff... He never did pay too much attention to the various Akirens talking about stealing hearts... But the more he listens on, the more this whole thing starts hitting close to home.]

So... What you're saying is he's in danger of going completely mad from power?

[fullbodied]

Maybe. But the other aspect is being happy for a witch is more complicated than being happy for a human.

This game really is a good natured wager between the two of them-- and I don't think Kimihiro-kun would have picked us if he thought we were ever in danger of losing.

Kind of like the modeling competition between me and Ryuji last week.

[excavated]

[ There's. An immediate flash of guilt that shows in his expression and in his eyes. ] Kimihiro, you idiot. . . [ Even his voice there's a crackle of something that's in rather obvious pain as he can practically feel the proverbial knife twist in his chest because of it. But he does notice that Ann is calling him by his first name now. Not that he'll say anything about it yet. ] That's why-- that's why he said that, the other day. To me.

[fullbodied]

He said what...?

[anonnomnomnom]

Honestly, I don’t get any of what you’re saying about Palaces and heart treasures, but you figured out some of what was going on with him, huh... and he asked you to? Well, at least he isn’t just sitting back pretending it isn’t happening.

It’s weird that he became a Witch but now he’s fighting being a Witch, though. I thought he could only get what he wanted as a Witch, but maybe it’s because he used to be a human? [a hum, he just looks mildly baffled because why this] Does this happen to every Witch or what? It’s so complicated.

[improbablenotimpossible]

He did say to me that 'his feelings didn't matter' in the game, and that as he's no longer a piece, he's 'not involved in these emotional bonds' when I try to tell him he can't just keep it bottled up.

[byanyother_name]

...that isn't a great surprise. It's rarely easy to be two things at once. To be a witch -or a demon- and still be human...

It's a difficult balancing act.

[There's a thin, subtle thread of anger to the words. At the situation, not at Ann or Watanuki.]

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow is here in person today, but the wolf -- Terios -- is too. The wolf is sleeping and Shadow is resting against him.

He sneers at Ann's news]

Unbelievable. After all this...

[incrediblystressedout]

I only half understood any of that, but that means we need to help him, right?

At least, if we don't want this to end really badly...

[rikuchi]

And here I'd thought he'd believe Syaoran would understand him more than anyone else.

[ This clearly goes deeper than some simple rivalry. Though, he's wagered that already. ]