RECORDING 7: THE THIRD WEEK.

[foundationmods]

A third week in this place begins, with less of your number among you. The final week completely covered by everyone's rations, though with proper meting out, you'll be able to make it stretch until after week 4. It seems as if everyone will have to go without a few meals here and there..

To make things worse, when you wake up - it's clear the Miasma has gotten thicker. Everyone, save those still protected either by their powers or items they brought with them, is now even more deeply affected by the curse. Arguments will be flaring up more, along with negative thoughts and feelings...and even more worrying Is that any magic that touches the house itself will corrode over time. If a barrier is put in place and touches the floor, walls, or ceiling, in half a day it will be completely consumed by the miasma and fizzle out. Spells or seals will also corrode, and even personal healing abilities have been halved.

The Temperature has dropped, just a bit - down to the mid to low 60's. Strange, isn't it? As before,the rooms have changed, so hopefully you kept anything essential in the static area.

25 of your number still remain.

...What new horrors await you this week?


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[tsunderine]

Yes.

After all, it's my fault.

[finalring]

I see... so you caused her death?

[ he definitely looks surprised, but not horrified? if anything, he's calmer than he was a few minutes ago, perhaps due to the fact that rin was actually opening up to him. ]

Can I tell you something? It might be a little rude, though.

[tsunderine]

... You may.

["a little rude" might be an understatement, depending on what it is, however]

[finalring]

Things like divine retribution don't usually happen because one person did wrong. Nor do they happen because the people that receive it are always deserving of it.

[ he puts his hands in his pockets, sighing deeply. ]

Most of the time...things like these are caused by god's whims. He'll curse and bless people who are both deserving and not, only interfering when he feels it's appropriate. It's not something that you can apply human reason to. So to think that this is you paying for your sins...well, that's probably not true.

[tsunderine]

Maybe they don't.

But... still. That doesn't change how I feel. And how I always constantly see Sakura-

[she twinges a little bit, her nails digging in her skin to try and calm herself down]

Honestly, I don't believe in gods. If they existed, they died a long time ago.

[finalring]

No, that doesn't change how you feel. And how you feel isn't wrong either, I think. That sort of guilt is...unbearable.

[ well, he's not going to say anything about the second part either. ]

What will you do when you win the Grail War and bring your sister back?

[tsunderine]

... When I win.

I'll just leave her be. She can find happiness without me, and I doubt she'd want to see me ever again, after what I did to her.

[finalring]

...

[ well, he supposes that it was naive of him to think that she would say something different. ]

I see. It's a shame that you had that chance for a sibling relationship taken away from you. Neither of you deserved that.

[tsunderine]

... He said that, too.

[her answer is immediate, right after he says 'neither of you deserved that']