WEEK 5 MINGLE - AMARANTHUS

[foundationmods]

Another trial, another horrible outcome.

This time, it affected so many people...and yet, they still weren't done.
Who would be killed next?
Would they be able...to handle whatever happened?🗈

Still, things were just the same as they had been the past few weeks.

The goats and servants were still around, and so too were the witches.
It was all becoming routine at this point.
Was that a good thing, or a bad one...?
It was...too hard to tell, now...

...Either way, they were now closer to the end.
So, like always...they had to see it through.


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[respring]

[ Sakura just stares blankly at the stage, tears streaming down her face. ]

I...understand.

[ in a whisper, quiet so only someone sitting next to her will hear ]

She's just...a different version of me.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[are you okay drinking buddy]

[respring]

[ She is critically not okay. ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[...

yeah that's. becoming clear.]

Matou-san?

[incrediblystressedout]

[Joey's not going to be able to stop herself from crying either. But she can see - hell, she can almost feel - that the girl next to her is in a far, far worse state. Before she starts sobbing herself, she grabs Sakura into a hug.]

[respring]

[ Sakura just sort of crumples into Joey when that happens. Thank you, friend. ]

[incrediblystressedout]

[Joey wraps her arms around the other girl as best she can. She's definitely about to start sobbing into all that beautiful purple hair but the important thing right now is to hold on.]

[fullbodied]

Sakura-chan...?

[she places a hand on her shoulder, light]

[respring]

I thought I knew...what it was like. Last week. But--I'm just a different version of her.

[aleph_armed]

[...Gebura wishes she were actually good at doing this emoting. She doesn't know how to comfort people. Even back when she was human she pushed the kids she saved off on Carmen. How does she... comfort the people important to her? How can she help them? Normally she would try to give Sakura something to do, but... She doesn't think that's going to help this time...]

[respring]

[ It's cool, Joey and Ann have her, and she's .01 from losing her fucking mind right now anyway. ]

[aleph_armed]

[...Yeah, she's still just going to hover around Sakura, then. She can't help, but she can fuss over you.

...Hey wait, she has alternative options now! Like having the Stakes help! Stakes, emote for her! Hug the upset girl!]

[improbablenotimpossible]

Miss Matou...

[His voice was soft, he didn't hear what she whispered, but the expression on her face was heart wrenching]

[respring]

I understand, now--

Last week...she told me that she would listen to me, not as a piece, but as someone who almost became a Witch herself.

[ whelp ]

[keydomhearts]

Does that mean something horrible happened to you?

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow has been a quiet observer again, but he does finally say something]

But you didn't.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[There were the little things he noticed, but never felt appropriate to pry, and their conversation about Avengers... it makes sense, especially with what they learned about witches]

I'm -

[You can't just say "I'm so sorry" to the untold pain of that magnitude. But there's a feeling, the sadness that a kind girl had to suffer - and the relief she has not fallen into complete despair so to become a witch]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Vinea was already paying attention but now she's Paying Attention.]

[youkaiwatch]

[ Ah. ]

[incrediblystressedout]

Sakura...

[Joey can't imagine...any of this. No matter how lonely and abandoned she's felt, she recognizes it's not a fraction of what either of these women have gone through. And neither of them seem to be much older than her, frankly. It's disturbing and sorrowful on a level she can't comprehend.]

[Well, at least someone who isn't a flower is crying for Sakura, I guess.]

[literalidiotball]

...

[Well, you got his attention.]

[cryosurgeon]

... it's a credit to you that you didn't fall into the same hatred she did.

[aleph_armed]

...I suppose I never really said it, have I? I figured something was up, but didn't want to push too hard. After all, everyone has their own scars.

Still, let me say this: From my perspective, your past doesn't matter. Whatever you were in the past may have made you, but it doesn't change who you are. What you are here and now is what matters, and you're always going to be someone I can trust.

...I mean, unless you do actually turn into a Witch, and then I'll probably have to stop you, because that's just my job, but... You know what I mean.

[foundfate]

...Sakura-san.

[That...sure is something. But ultimately, Watanuki feels sadness for her.]

[anonnomnomnom]

[He glances over, because there's a scene going on over here, but he doesn't comment because do you really want his comments here. He might come find her later, though.]