THE LABRYNTH

[foundationmods]

Where....were they now?
Everything had changed, as they were flung in through the doorway of the fragment, falling down, down down -

Until every one of them hit a large, soft pile of hay.🗈

Yet, they were mostly alone.

Only two people landed in each hay bale, and as they crawled out, they could see that they were in a closed off area, with only one exit leading to a massive maze...

...So it seemed they would have to travel the maze, and find the exit.
But where was the exit?
And in the air was the harsh smell of smoke...

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[foundationmods]

[Nothing happens. It seems as though one of your items is wrong.]

[aleph_armed]

[Well, time to pull the knife out and put it back, then...]

[oceanicbutterfly]

...hmm.

The sword, then?

[aleph_armed]

It seems like the right choice, yeah. Do you want to put it in this time? Even if it's wrong, we should be able to pull it out without having to worry about contamination.

[oceanicbutterfly]

All right.

[Let's just put that sword in the basket, then...]

[foundationmods]

[Oh look, it seems like you got all of the parts right! Because now a note poofs into existence on the table:]

...At the very least, I want Kimihiro to be safe.
...Some of the others here, too.
….My skin is beginning to crack, but I have to keep it together.

...Skin?

...No, this isn’t skin.

It’s just….a fake image.
It’s hiding what I really am - what I don’t want to remember or show.

...Ah.

I can’t think like that - or I’ll lose everything.

The story…
...The story?
Does it really matter?
I know it’s a story.
I know I didn’t really kill them.
But, I still….

….

It’s okay if I lose….right…?
Kimihiro...still has people who care about him.
Me, I….
...I’m sure even they wouldn’t care.
Why would they care about a Witch?

….Ah, it hurts.
I’ve been hurting ever since the last trial…
...I don’t want to hurt anymore...

[Also the path has opened up ahead of them, they can continue on towards the center of the maze.

[aleph_armed]

[...]

...Karen, do you think if I punch her at least once?

[oceanicbutterfly]

I-I...

[Karen has no idea what to do with that question.]

[aleph_armed]

...It's fine, it would be an "There are obviously people that care about you, get your act together" punch.

I hear that's pretty common with 6350s? It's probably about as much as I can help anyways.

[oceanicbutterfly]

...I suppose that's all right.

[She's mostly shaken by Nirrti's thoughts. Aside from caring about her, they're a little too familiar.]

Let's go.

[aleph_armed]

Yeah, let's see what's next.

[She'll be... keeping pace with Karen, and giving orders to the stakes as needed to keep Beelzebub and Asmodeus out of trouble. The others can... Probably handle carrying apples by themselves.]

[foundationmods]

[Fortunately, there is just one last note before they reach the center where everyone else is:]

I

Am


A Witch


….Right?

[oceanicbutterfly]

[MANY, MANY CONCER--]

Everyone!

[excavated]

Karen-san, hi.

[ still looking freshly showered but he is waving ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

Syaoran-san. Is everyone here...

[...hmm.]

What's going on?

[excavated]

Yeah, all the others are here.

[...]

Sakura and Holmes-san kind of got dumped by syrup and then...

[ he got covered in it ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

So it's been one of those days.

[sigh]

You changed clothes, right? I need to do that, too...

[excavated]

[ He nods, quietly. ]

I did. Yeah, there's clothes over there too, so you can change if you'd like.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Right. I'll just be a moment. Whatever happens next, I'm not doing it with hay in my skirt.

[excavated]

[ okay have fun ]

[aleph_armed]

We have food. I hope everyone likes apples.

[excavated]

I definitely like apples.

Glad to see you finally with the rest of us, Gebura-san.

[ There is a wistful smile at 'apples', but he is definitely happy. ]

[aleph_armed]

We're the last ones here then, huh...? We got caught a bit on ricochets, so we might have taken the long path. Still, we did manage to get some food, so... sorry for being late, we stopped to get delivery?

[excavated]

It's okay that you're late. The apples will at least keep our energy up before what happens next.