RECORDING 13: THE FIFTH WEEK.

[foundationmods]

A fifth week in this place begins, with less of your number among you. It's practically routine at this point, isn't it?

Routine, also is the feeling when you wake up - it's clear the Miasma has gotten even thicker. Now everyone is at level 4 - barring the two 'lucky' negators among you, you are all suffering the effects, your eyes flashing a deep, dark purple when experiencing negative emotion.

Any magic that touches the house itself will corrode over time, just like last week. If a barrier is put in place and touches the floor, walls, or ceiling, in a few hours it will be completely consumed by the miasma and fizzle out. Spells or seals will also give off miasma, and healing is still reduced to even the most powerful of spells only healing minor injuries.

You will not be able to save a grievously injured person from death through spells anymore.

The Temperature has taken another dip. It's now in the 50's, and nippy to need a layer or two. As before, the rooms have changed, so hopefully you kept anything essential in the static area.

17 of your number still remain.

...What new horrors await you this week?


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[reanimania]

Then the rest of the Foundation outside the house can deal with it.

[finalring]

No. That is not an option that we can afford.

[ he actually sounds somewhat resolute about it, too. ]

We have to stop it here. There are no ifs or buts about that, because anything else will probably end with all of us dying for nothing.

[reanimania]

So you're going to demand that we trap ourselves in here with it and guarantee we all die?

[finalring]

We won't be able to escape at all unless we fight back!

[ he will actually slam his good hand against the wall out of frustration. ]

This is the only place where we are able to fight it, and this is the only place where we will be able to contain it. And if we are able to follow the plan that we were given, then we will be able to succeed. We have no choice but to succeed.

[kaliedoscopes]

What plan? The barrier?

[finalring]

Yes. Even if the house is aware of it, I believe that it doesn't see us as big of a threat because of how reduced our numbers are and how weakened we may seem. It will most likely be more focused on its plan to spread out into the world, so we will have to use that to our advantage.

[kaliedoscopes]

[ His eyes narrow and he shakes his head. This isn't a conversation he wants to have, but- ]

Subete wanted to fight back, that's what he literally did last weekend. Not to mention that he was one of our barrier users.

[cw_suicide]

If Subete really wanted to fight back to get us out of here, why did he wait so long? When the miasma was at a higher strength?

The answer is: it wasn't for us.

[kaliedoscopes]

Does it really matter if it wasn't? He wasn't fighting us. [ A beat. ]

He didn't throw us out of his barrier either, when he easily could have. Me aside, anyway.

[cw_suicide]

Saphir-kun got bounced at least once.

I'm only saying that bringing up Subete weakens your argument. Not strengthens.

[foxetious]

....You realize, don’t you, that your’ friend’ kept this barrier plan secret until we found his book after everything with Subete happened.

[cw_suicide]

Yeah. My friend was killed because he invited a person he wanted to protect over for a drink.

Funny how that goes.

The barrier plan is clearly a last-ditch effort. He didn't want to discourage people needlessly.

[eyeforai]

[Date has an expression on his face that's along the lines of, 'I can't believe I'm doing this, but.']

I don't disagree he's a selfish asshole, but he did have a reason for waiting. And that's information. He didn't have enough information to act at the start, and when you consider the reason we're in this mess to begin with, I can't fault him.

[...ew. saying that leaves a bad taste in his mouth.]

[cw_suicide]

[yeah, that's a mood.]

Ah, a fair argument.

Arguably, that is also why Ango delayed in sharing his own ideas about barriers and the like.

Thank you, Date-san.

[finalring]

What was wrong with Subete's plan was his timing.

[ his own gaze narrows, arms crossed. ]

If he had waited until we were outside, I'm sure that he would have been successful. But he was too hasty, and that was the reason for his downfall.

[kaliedoscopes]

[ ... ]

You're assuming he had the time to wait.

[finalring]

Then clear our assumptions, Hikage. Why couldn’t he wait?

[reanimania]

[ shuffling over to stand next to him!! ]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Hey Saphir. Hikage doesn't seem to mind any but he will glance at him when he comes closer. ]

[onemolife]

[ Aww you have a friend ]

[reanimania]

[ smiles!

but only for like a second, this meeting sucks ]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ +1

But after blinking once he does smile back briefly too. Then it's back to regretting his decisions but meh its fine. ]

[reanimania]

Yes, because all the plans we've been given have worked so well up until now! And as for fighting back -- need I remind you that you lost a fight with a raccoon??

[finalring]

There's nothing I can do here, that's right.

[ he gives saphir a wry, bitter smile. ]

But I know that this team has what it takes to make it outside of this house, even if we're backed up to a corner. In fact, I believe that it's because we're against the wall that we'll be able to fight back.

[reanimania]

I'm not looking for a motivational speech here. Which is it? Are we going to make it out of the house or are we going to contain it by taking it down with us? Because if the latter is what you consider success, just know right now that I'll have no part in it.