WEEK 4 - VENUS FLYTRAP

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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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[keydomhearts]

[ He won't sneak up on her at least? ]

Hey, Sakura! What are you reading?

[ Walking over to peek at the cover. ]

[respring]

[ a good boy, unlike SOMEONE ]

Hello, Sora-san. It's a collection of short stories by Edgar Allen Poe. Er, his name is different in this library, but it's still the same text inside, at least.

[keydomhearts]

[ He's good unless youre a nort or riku ]

I don't think I ever heard of him. Is it any good?

[respring]

Oh yes, I like his stories a lot. He's a pretty famous horror writer in the world I come from.

[keydomhearts]

Are they really scary? [ Peeking over at the page she's reading. ]

[respring]

I find them more unsettling and eerie, instead of scary. But they were really inventive at the time he wrote them, so it's probably just because I've read a lot of newer horror stories.

[ She flips back to the beginning, looking delighted to get to ramble about this. ]

This one--"The Fall of the House of Usher"--is about a man who gets a letter from his childhood friend, Roderick, to come visit him. Roderick and his sister are the last of their family, which used to be really powerful but fell on hard times. [ BOY IT'S NOT LIKE SAKURA HAS ANY FAMILIARITY WITH THAT SCENARIO ] Roderick tells him he thinks their ancestral home is alive, and it's clear he's really sick, so you don't know if you believe him for a lot of the story. There's a great buildup of atmosphere and dread, but not anything really shocking or out there, you know?

[ except when they accidentally bury roderick's sister alive ]

[keydomhearts]

Whoa! That does sound pretty creepy...

[ He can do straight up scary, but creepy? He's not really sure about. He does smile because she seems pretty enthusiastic. ]

Is that one your favorite?

[respring]

One of them. But I think I like "The Masque of the Red Death" the best. That one's about a prince named Prospero. He takes a bunch of other nobles and hides them all away in his castle to wait out a plague that swept his land. One night, he holds a masquerade ball for his guests, only to find someone dressed as a victim of the plague. He's so offended by it, he wants to kill this guest, but everyone else is too afraid to approach him.

Prospero corners him and takes his mask off, only to find out that there was nothing underneath the whole time, and succumbs to the plague, along with the other guests.

"And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all". There was no escaping the plague in the first place.

[keydomhearts]

Whoa. That's pretty clever, actually. The Prince kind of deserved it for just hiding only the nobles.

Maybe I should suggest one of these for Riku to read.

[respring]

Mmm, that's a running theme in the story. That death takes all regardless of station.

Does he like this sort of thing? I didn't peg him for the type.

[keydomhearts]

He normally likes adventure stories, but I want to see what he'll think of this.

[ Maybe an excuse to read with him who knows ]

Are all of his stories like this?

[respring]

They're all gothic horror, so they have similar elements, yes. Poe really liked the idea of getting buried alive as something horrific that could happen to you, for example, so it shows up in quite a few of his stories. That, and beautiful ladies dying tragic deaths.

[keydomhearts]

Guess it's a good thing we aren't in one of his stories then! Or you would have died, huh?

[respring]

P...pardon? Are you talking about the books in the second library?

[ SORA THAT WAS OMINOUS AS FUCK ]

[keydomhearts]

[keydomhearts]

Yeah! Cause you're pretty so it would be bad, right?

[respring]

[ wait what

sora no oh my god that is not how you tell someone they're pretty ]

I--um--thank...you...?

[ SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS ]