[CONTINUE + 2] INTRO

[foundationmods]

[After so long a trip, you're all finally here. Taken through a hidden passage inside of the very mountain itself, you find yourself standing in front of a field of flowers, growing well due to the open roof above it. If you look up, you can just make out the shimmering colors off of the barrier - looking almost like the shine off of a soap bubble.

Try not to trample on the flowers as you approach the open, purple gate, where it looks as if someone is waiting for all of you just inside. And remember to wear your masks, now that you're here!

...Still, the sight of the yellow flowers waving in the wind....such a cheery sight fills you with determination for what's to come.

Welcome to the Underground.

...Again. The loop happened again, and you're here. Everything is the same.

Someone who was dead is alive again.

...The man, who's name you forgot...You've also forgotten what he looked like.

Not only that, But more monster names have faded from your memory.

Ghost? There was never a ghost in these ruins, or in Waterfall. You have no memory of them.]

Comments

[cw_suicide]

Ah. A way to say "I already know that, idiot" then.

Fair enough, fair enough.

[dereban]

[There's a lengthy pause.

...

Nah.]

It is fair. So - [guess she's doing it, she's asking] do I dare ask how you're doing?

[cw_suicide]

Me?

Better than most others here.

I already spent the past twenty-four hours or so in a state of panic knowing I was a suspect and all that goes with that. Not being sure if you're the one responsible or not... I'd rather know my own sinful deeds as I do them, you know?

So now that it's over, I'm pretty much back to zero.

[dereban]

Possession's a bitch.

[She sounds absolutely bitter and angry even if her expression remains stern.]

It'd be one thing if it was amnesia [which!!! she'd still be pissed off about!!!!] but having an entity control you to do things you would never do...

[Her hands on the swing tighten in frustration.

Inaba has a very personal vendetta against possession.]

[cw_suicide]

I wouldn't say "never" for some of us, but. "Highly unlikely and improbable" is a bit unwieldy.

[dereban]

. . .I guess that's true.

But - it concerns me.

[cw_suicide]

... worried someone you care for will kill you or vice versa?

Mm, that's probably what everyone's thinking about.

[dereban]

... If Atsushi gets possessed and did it -

I can handle it. But if it's the other way around... I can't.

[cw_suicide]

It's the same for Atsushi-kun, isn't it?

And that's generally the situation all around, even.

So you're at least not alone in that conflict.

[dereban]

I guess so. Although it probably bothers me more than most people, even keeping that in mind.

[cw_suicide]

Why is that?

[dereban]

. . . I have personal experience with possession.

[cw_suicide]

Ah. That makes sense, then.

[dereban]

Yep. Which is why all of this [handgestures] fucking sucks.

[Well, it's more than just the possession but she doesn't need to say that!]