[CONTINUE] Week 1 || Act: mingle

[foundationmods]

Monday comes onto the snowy town once more, though it still looks as if it's 'night' as ever.

Then again, you are underground. That's just to be expected, considering no natural light can get down here in the first place. The Monsters around you are just as friendly as ever, despite this being your second 'time' trying this monday.

...Though....are there a few less Monsters here than there were before? ...Nah. You must be imagining it.

You still have a mission - and after the events of the last trial, you want to do your best to stop whatever is causing this.

But, hey. You really do have nothing but time now to figure it out.

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[ugly_split_ends]

...Yoshi?

[justonezero]

Yes?

[romancekiller]

You'd probably get a more accurate answer from asking the Temmie themselves. [or in otherwords, clarke has no idea what they could be studying]

[ugly_split_ends]

...Just checking.

[finalring]

[ the more that gilgamesh gets closer, the more that solomon wishes he could step back and away from him. logically, he knows that it's the fault the fear that threatens to consume his very being...but this does not make it any less powerful.

he's afraid, and the only way he can mask that is by frowning, green eyes glaring daggers at the king of heroes' red. the amount of restraint he has on himself to keep his voice level surprises even himself. ]

I understand all of this. I know that they will not wish to do such a thing again--except perhaps Dazai, whose behavior we are all very aware of. Logically, your reasoning is sound. And considering that your reasoning is sound, I shouldn't have a problem with what happened today...right? I should have just said yes, and given one of them my mask.

[ and it's then when he takes a shuddering breath, still trying to restrain himself...but the sheer amount of emotions behind his eyes is easily visible. ]

But you know what I thought of? I thought of the Winchester Mansion. I thought of the number of people that died because of my incompetence. Dazai, Nanaka, Yachi, you-- and don't tell me you don't count because I saw you get ripped apart in the video feeds.

[ you think he wouldn't watch the tapes? ]

Upon this mission, I understood that there would be risks. I understood that there would possibly be casualties--high risks missions are such for a reason. But I did not expect...what happened after that trial! And if that is the case, then-- then--

[ there's another second's pause. another sharp breath, his mind racing at a hundred kilometres as it thinks up every situation. ]

What if... Sherlock kills someone tomorrow? Hm? What if Ren or Dazai or Yachi or anyone kills someone tomorrow and we find them guilty. What if you do? Will you disappear like that professor did? And, if you do, will it be permanent? Do you believe that I can just accept the idea of my mind being toyed with as I slowly forget about those who I have learned to care about with crossed arms? Because the answer to that is a resounding no. But don't believe I'm trying to justify myself to you because trust me, I, too, hate how illogical I'm being.

[ maybe i was better off as an unfeeling machine, is what goes unsaid. ]

[justonezero]

I can call you whatever you want, too!

[romancekiller]

Hey Yoshi. [clarke smiles, just settling down beside him] So was I right? Are you doing some stargazing too?

[ugly_split_ends]

F-Fukawa Touko. What else would you call me?

It's not like I'm your senpai or something.

[justonezero]

Fukawa, then?

[He doesn't care when it comes to himself, but he should probably still be like, reasonably polite.]

If it makes others happy, I'll do almost literally anything!

[ugly_split_ends]

Fukawa's fine. ...I'll be happy if you don't do literally anything, though.

[justonezero]

Okay! Then I won't!

[Man he is nailing this friendship thing today.]

[ugly_split_ends]

Gooood Yoshi.

[...]

Is that all?

I thought i already hit post comment omg

[onemolife]

[ He just kicky bird until he has to be put down finally, huh? ]

You're enjoying this far too much.

[ He'll let Dazai go as he goes to sit on on the bed. His hand is going to his flute at his side, but he's not pulling it out. Sitting still is hard for him. He's ready for a dressing down. ]

[cw_suicide]

[weren't you the one who was teasing about this situation in reverse?

Dazai doesn't say but does wiggle his fingers at WWX as he goes to sit]

[romancekiller]

[this is such a mood]

Yeah, we're only going in circles and it's getting us nowhere in solving this but we'll figure something out.

[romancekiller]

Right? Yeah, that's what I was doing with mine. The colour definitely does brighten things up.

1/2

[ugly_split_ends]

Sure.

[Fukawa puts the stun gun to her head, then pulls the trigger, jolting herself with electricity.]

[sageking]

Don't be ridiculous—I never would've expected you to not have had a problem with it. I knew from the moment it was proposed that you would object or speak against it. It'd be odd if you hadn't.

[ Even he hadn't expected that much. Not from Solomon.

For a moment, he's not sure how to even touch on how the fact the sovereign watched him die. He never thought the man would've gone back and did that, actually; not because he thought it impossible it just never crossed his mind. Though, for what its worth, Solomon was probably right to say 'don't tell me you didn't count', because he had briefly opened his mouth during that reveal to make a comment amounting to something like that...only to have to shut it, and grit his teeth, before his expression abruptly settled.

Then, he'll drop his hand, listening to what he said, and he'll boldly move to ... kiss him on the nose and then his lips, though that was rather chaste. ]

...Do you believe I can accept it either? Obviously not; I have told you before that I wish to see the insect, who dares to impudently intrude upon what they have not been given permission to, dead. And it is for that reason, among others.

The worst can happen without warning, and our worst fears can be realized sooner than we think. But, we shouldn't give into that fear, even if we don't know who or what we will lose next. Such things, however, are hardly anything comforting to you now; I know this.

...Though you do also realize who you're speaking to, don't you? I will not fall so easily. Even without my powers, I can promise you that, and as King, my words are more credible than most. [ That was a boast that wasn't really based in logic, but it's a hard habit to shake, and he did it embarrassingly quick without thinking. ] And do remember, we've come this far, even when we were sure at times we would meet our final end in that accursed house. But, we didn't.

I can't see the future anymore than you can. But we have seen many things in the years that have passed us by. Perhaps this is the worst of them all, and yet that's why we have to believe we can see it through together. Maybe tomorrow if the same unfortunate nonsense has occurred, we can even come up with a way to ensure who was forced to act does not meet the same fate as that man.

[ Whatever the case, he didn't want the other to give up. Not on feeling, on them succeeding, just because of their stakes...which were admittedly high, especially with their powers gone! But still, he had to believe it was possible. ]

2/2

[ugly_split_ends]

[Of course, now she has Genocider Shou in her face.]

Heeeeey, are you all throwing a party? What's the special occasion this time?? Did someone die already??

[finalring]

[ gilgamesh’s words and actions are both a curse and a blessing to solomon’s anxiety. his first immediate thought is to doubt them, to think of how badly it’ll be when they wake up tomorrow—clairvoyance is unnecessary when you live in constant anxiety. and here he thought that it had been bad in the mansion...

and yet part of him wants to believe in the king’s words; no doubt in part from his charisma. but beyond that, solomon simply wanted something firm to stand on...but even this was shaky at best.

but if that’s the case... then perhaps there’s not much else that’s left other than to make do with what you have.

he laughs, slightly tinged with both bitterness and self-deprecation. ]

Maybe I am a bit of a pessimist.

[ and so, even with gil’s words, solomon’s mind can’t help but wander to the worst case scenarios...it’s a frightening thing that makes him want to pull away—

—which is exactly why he steps closer to the king of heroes, pulling him into a chaste kiss. even though it may go—no, definitely does go, against what his brain screams, solomon decides that maybe it’s better to let himself feel a little. he could not let himself lose his way again. ]

Stay here, then. With me. If either of us are at the risk of being permanently erased then... [ he gulps, equal amounts nervous and embarrassed ] I want you to stay by my side, in order to enjoy whatever moments we have in case that they are cut short.

[dereban]

No, nobody's dead yet... I just wanted to hear your opinion on our current situation.

[dereban]

It really does.

It's also helpful if you're trying to organize things a little neater, too.

[homeecspacecop]

I don't know a lot about what girls like, but my aunt always used the things I made for her.

[homeecspacecop]

[That gets a smile.]

It might! If someone went to fight her using all the things we have, it really would be distracting.

[le_mat]

Inaba is doing something similar with her notebook. Maybe combining efforts would be a good idea.

... I've been thinking of writing a letter or something. For Nine. But doing that kinda thing is kinda close to admitting 'hey, I might die'.