thefoundation | Week 1, Saturday

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round 4

Week 1, Saturday

This whole post contains a blanket CONTENT WARNING for gallows and hanging imagery.

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[Once again, right at noon, the Contestants are invited to the studio to participate in another exciting game. The set has changed entirely since the last time they were there, with the mountain climber game replaced by a large board of some sort. Several prinnies are near it, carrying large cards with random letters written on them. It seems as though they might be helping out for this game. But there is something else off to the side too...(CW: gallows)

As always, Dazai is there, waiting on stage for everyone to sit down. He's dressed in his usual black suit getup, but his smile seems a bit forced today.]

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... but we're alive, just like they are....

We are. And we have to make them see that... even if it means jumping through these dumb hoops. Don't lose hope, Leo!

[It's selfish to say, and Leo will probably hate himself for it later, but... he grips Silver's shoulder while avoiding eye contact.]

Don't volunteer for any of this crap, Silver. I don't want you to get hurt.

I...

....

[he can't make any guarantees. If he could give something up to save the others, he would in a moment]

... I'll do my best.

I mean it, man. Don't do that to yourself.

[Softly:]

Or to me.

[He doesn't want to lose his best friend here.]

....

Alright. I promise.

But that goes for you, too, Leo!!

[Leo just nods sedately.]

[....

For a moment, Moriarty looks like he wants to say something....but then thinks better of it, and shakes his head.]

We are. But we're also souls from another world that are inhabiting artificial bodies. Think about how they treat other things they consider SCPs.

From what I can see, we're caught up in an internal argument inside the Foundation. They're trying to decide where the line is between "SCP", and "Person", and we're the sample being used to 'prove' their conclusions in both ways.

....

[Leo can't say anything else. He feels sick.]

[She understands how you feel, but...]

That's why, we absolutely can't lose here. This situation is bad, yes. But it's also a situation that's bigger than an of us, and if we can prove to them that we're people... The Foundation might be able to change for the better.

...Well, for now we should just focus on making sure nobody dies here.

Their definitions of SCPs are stupid.

[Just straight up.]

...I can't say you're wrong, exactly. Their definition of SCP is pretty vague.

They're just all freaked out about anything with powers, same as your regular ol' dumb humans. They'd probably get freaked out by literally every demon I know, including the damn jellies.

[See icon.]

You assume that makes a difference to them. Have you not seen how they treat agents that aren't even of our ilk?

I know they send condemned D-class into really dangerous shit, but I thought....

[Guess who was shielded a bit because the Foundation wanted his cooperation in using the Eyes?]

[Oooh boy, this is probably a nasty wake-up call for Leo, but Sandalphon's never been great at tact.]

You thought what? That they would be well-prepared and trained to handle any sort of threat? Or that they would be rescued even after being 'compromised'?

No, I mean... they were supposed to be executed anyway. But I thought other D-class had the chance to be rescued....

[It's hitting him now that he's been deceived. It hurts.]

They generally don't care about us enough for 'rescue'. They'll send agents out fully aware they'll be killed.

[Or worse.]

...Trust me.

[Hi, he might have mauled some people to death.]

... I'm such an idiot....

[You just pushed him over the edge, Atsushi. His shoulders hitch and the tears start flowing.]

[...Atsushi's expression is a quiet sort of grief at that. He reaches over to squeezes his shoulder.]

...So was I. I can't trust them when I--

[He trails off.]

We're not people to them. But maybe that can change someday, and it won't happen again.

Edited 2019-06-29 17:33 (UTC)

[Between Silver and Atsushi trying to comfort him, Leo's just quietly sobbing. It's his own fault they have to worry about him, he's such a complete fucking idiot. No matter what Klaus told him before, without the Eyes he'd be totally useless.]

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Humph. If there's anything the Foundation is remotely competent at, it's disposing of anything they deem remotely threatening... unless they can exploit it.

Exploit it....

[He reaches up and touches one of the closed Eyes with shaking fingers.]

[That gesture is hard to miss even if he isn't 100% on what is up with Leo's eyes, but with how practically everyone here had some sort of ability, it's not difficult to make some sort of connection.]

...I wonder if it's good fortune or bad luck that you're so naïve. [Interestingly enough, there's no real scorn behind that statement. It's like he's making a simple observation.]