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?


WARNING: Some investigations of new areas will contain traps that may be harmful or even lethal.
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[finalring]

[ deep breaths, romani.

think. think.

his mind still races at a thousand miles per hour out of the sheer anxiety that plagues him now, and romani's not even sure if that's himself or the miasma anymore. and when he talks, he's not too sure if it's because he's just trying to reassure himself. ]

If there's a barrier...it means that we succeeded, somewhat. We managed to contain the anomaly, at least for twenty years. That's...a long time. And if they're seeing us, then those people will undoubtedly be able to avoid committing our mistakes. Maybe we won't be alive but...I believe that, at the very least, they'll be able to do something.

[ but if that's the case, then why does he feel so scared? why is he so terrified of the future that awaits them?

easy.

he doesn't want to die. ]

[sageking]

[ For a moment, Gilgamesh frowned, watching Romani's reaction, still holding his hand tightly and securely as his gaze bore into the other.

He wondered if he should've kept such a burden just to himself. For all of Romani's efforts, he did have concerns about how much he could handle, despite the other's assertion that he'd take knowing the higher likelihood of their deaths as motivation to struggle harder.

People can say one thing, but it was a different matter entirely of facing it down. ]

It's possible we've done other things as well, though the nature of them had not been privy to myself, unfortunately. Regardless, what we've done has attracted the attention of the Foundation, though as you can surmise, it's taken awhile for them to be able to act.

[ Which half seemed to be incompetence and half through the complexity of the magic involved. Though, as time went on, he had a feeling that ma...no, he'll keep his thoughts from assuming until he was able to prove it for sure. ]

Now that you know this, you must also know that this isn't over. If this is the most likely possibility... in which a barrier could last for twenty years even against this creature, it's clear that we're not entirely helpless. Let that also be part of your motivation to keep moving forward, Doctor. I won't expect anything less from you.

[finalring]

Right.

[ he breathes out an uneasy sigh as he says this, as romani's mind is still spinning its wheels on the fact that it's been twenty years. he can feel the king's eyes on him, probably studying his every movement--

he has to stay strong--acting as such won't nearly be enough under his scrutiny.

but he nods. ]

I'll do my best to keep my motivation up. It's the only choice we have.