[CONTINUE + 3] 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 fourth 'time' trying this monday.

There doesn't seem to be many Monsters here...or at least, you think there was more before? Huh.

Well, whatever.

You still have a mission - And with three trials under your belt, you're now a little closer to figuring things out.

...How much longer will this repeat?

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[dereban]

[so, after all of that cooking contest nonsense, Inaba can be found at Waterfall in hopes that nobody is around or can see her because she will just.

fall onto the ground, back first.

and then:]

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH-

[just scream.

she wants to perish now. that's it, that's the toplevel, it's just a small thing, let her become one with the Earth right here, right now.]

[justonezero]

[He's slow to return to the inn because it's such a long walk and- what's that noise.]

Oh! Inaba?

[dereban]

I'm fine.

[It's an instinctive response to her name at this point, but it's one nevertheless, her voice completely raw from the screaming.]

[justonezero]

[...]

You were just screaming though?

[dereban]

So, what: am I banned from screaming now?

[justonezero]

Nooo... but you don't usually scream when you're fine?

[soupervillain]

[ A familiar scruffy face leans over her. ]

Hey. You dead?

[dereban]

Alive and well.

Unfortunately.

[soupervillain]

I feel like... I should be maybe questioning the "well" part.

[ Given, you know. The aaaaaaa. ]

[dereban]

Look - I'm okay, see? Sometimes you just gotta let out a little steam.

[soupervillain]

Hey, you're talking to the guy with the soup powers here. I am literally an expert in letting off steam. But I also know sometimes screaming into the void doesn't cut it.

[ He plops down beside her. ]

Wanna talk?

[ugly_split_ends]

...Having fun?

[dereban]

Do I look like I'm having fun?

[ugly_split_ends]

T-That's exactly the point I wanted to make in asking that!

[dereban]

Then point: made.

[She speaks rather dryly, just going back to stare at the ceiling.]

[ugly_split_ends]

Obviously not.

N-Nothing's going to fix itself by just screaming at the sky! G-Get up.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[If Inaba listens closely, she might hear a noise in the distance. It's hard to make out, but it gets louder--closer?--with time. Some kind of tap-tap-tap-tap sound, very close together.

After a moment, it becomes clearer: they sound like footsteps. Very rapid footsteps, approaching.

And if she should turn her head in the direction of this sound, she'll see one Karen Minazuki sprinting her way at top speed, finally skidding to a stop a few feet away.]

Inaba [she manages to gasp out as she tries to catch her breath.]

[dereban]

[Inaba's always been observant from the very beginning, which means that she can tell that this is definitely the sound of footsteps; although she certainly can't tell who until she actually hears the voice.]

... Karen.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Wha... happn...

[Still out of breath. It's a good thing this isn't a real emergency.]

[dereban]

Nothing happened.

[oceanicbutterfly]

You screamed.

[Breath caught at last.]

[romancekiller]

[clarke happens to be around the waterfalls too when she hears inaba scream and it's not long before she approaches her looking concerned] Did something happen? Are you okay?

[dereban]

No...

[Himeko is well - debatably fine?

Physically fine, anyway.]

Nothing happened. I'm okay.

[romancekiller]

So what was that scream about?

[dereban]

Venting.

[To put it lightly.]