[ the npcs can't be found immediately after trial! where did they disappear to oooOOOooOoO spooky. famine's crow will show up about an hour later though, pecking at karma's head before famine themselves starts to approach ]
"The right person." As if it was him making those decisions all by himself. Don't you have a different ritual that can snuff out the real problem inside?
Maybe not now, but in the future. If— no, when, this happens again. Because there's nothing that'd stop another ritual from happening that'll rile up another monster, is there?
Obviously if we're able to create a better option, we would do so.
And no, there isn't. There's a chance they'll complete another monster summoning ritual this Monday, unless we find a way to interrupt it in the next twenty-four hours.
[ regarding tHAT FUCKING HAND-- actually, Karma's not concerned about that as much as he thinks he should be. More concerning to him is- ]
Regarding Death. There's no reason he should've been killed, unless he got in the way of Boothill and Aventurine, but it doesn't make sense to me. The timeline, the locations, the motive.
[ he, like most everybody else, walked away from trial understanding fuck-all ]
[ That's what he thought, and he's not happy about it ]
What good would that do anybody if you're all gone? You know more about what's going on than any of us, so you need to be there to see things through to the end.
You aren't incorrect. We have no plans to die off so easily.
However, if we stop helping you, then more of you will die. They will probably continue their monster summoning ritual, and if we don't catch the affected person, then they will whittle down your number at an unsustainable rate.
We'll have to be the ones to deal with that, then.
[ "It's not like you guys were much help today" he wants to say but ugggggghhh he's trying so hard not to be spiteful, they'll have to feel the spite radiating off him instead ]
Teach one of us how to do the ritual. Laudna, or Gale— they'll be able to pull it off.
[ screams in his head ffffucking useless!!!!!!!! ]
That's one of the first things I want to correct. I don't know anything about magic, but I'll do whatever it takes to give that back to them. [ so just praying to the goat gods or something, idk, there's really nothing he can do but hope ]
Tell me about your magic. And War's, Pestilence's, and Death's.
From what I can grasp, he was more of a doctor than a wizard, though magic apparently did exist in his world. Aside from our shared interests, we didn't delve into backstories too much. Too much work to do than share personal tales.
I have a question for you in turn.
Do you intend to make yourself look suspicious?
[ it's not an accusation or a judgment, just a point of curiosity. karma is so much and ori is always running for death ]
[ magic doctor............ of course he would be the one to die and take our potential resurrection spell with him ]
Are you asking if I wanted people to vote for me? Haha, I'm not that self-sacrificial. It's more of the opposite: people need to be able to think critically about what's in front of them, and not jump at any possible clue they can get their hands on. I know my innocence. I want to know that I can trust them to realize it too.
[ but apparently he cannot!! it would have been so funny if people took the bait, but I believed in Nat getting to die ]
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What were you following us for?
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[ waves the crow away, shoo, ]
Thought you would've stuck around, instead of leaving Boothill behind like that.
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We had our own information to go over.
The ritual did what it should, in finding the right person and containing him temporarily.
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"The right person." As if it was him making those decisions all by himself. Don't you have a different ritual that can snuff out the real problem inside?
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[ Is there? he would love it if they'd say yes ]
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And no, there isn't. There's a chance they'll complete another monster summoning ritual this Monday, unless we find a way to interrupt it in the next twenty-four hours.
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[ "If we knew how, we'd be doing it," yeah, yeah, he doesn't expect an answer this time either. ]
...are you able to talk about it, now? What really happened Thursday night?
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[ karma is right
they tilt their head at the second question ]
Regarding...? Clearly, a lot happened on Thursday night.
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Regarding Death. There's no reason he should've been killed, unless he got in the way of Boothill and Aventurine, but it doesn't make sense to me. The timeline, the locations, the motive.
[ he, like most everybody else, walked away from trial understanding fuck-all ]
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[ and karma does get to know what they discovered now because he asked yayyyy ]
He was attacked by the larger cult under suspicion of being a traitor. The three of us are also under greater scrutiny now too, of course.
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They came here? To attack him directly, instead of manipulating one of us? [ that's great! cool! there's enemies everywhere, he should know this. ]
You need to stop helping us, if that's the case.
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though the last sentiment prompts famine to tilt their head ]
We won't. Though I am curious as to your reasoning.
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You won't help us, or you won't stop?
[ they can have his reasoning after ]
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We won't stop.
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What good would that do anybody if you're all gone? You know more about what's going on than any of us, so you need to be there to see things through to the end.
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However, if we stop helping you, then more of you will die. They will probably continue their monster summoning ritual, and if we don't catch the affected person, then they will whittle down your number at an unsustainable rate.
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[ "It's not like you guys were much help today" he wants to say but ugggggghhh he's trying so hard not to be spiteful, they'll have to feel the spite radiating off him instead ]
Teach one of us how to do the ritual. Laudna, or Gale— they'll be able to pull it off.
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They don't have access to their magic because they are sacrifices.
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That's one of the first things I want to correct. I don't know anything about magic, but I'll do whatever it takes to give that back to them. [ so just praying to the goat gods or something, idk, there's really nothing he can do but hope ]
Tell me about your magic. And War's, Pestilence's, and Death's.
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I have no magic and Death's was also minimal. Send crows to War and Pesto's if you seek to interrogate them about it.
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You guys sure don't like talking about each other, huh? [ frowns as he contemplates more pcs... later... ]
Death isn't here anymore, so will you at least tell me about his? "Minimal" isn't nothing.
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I have a question for you in turn.
Do you intend to make yourself look suspicious?
[ it's not an accusation or a judgment, just a point of curiosity. karma is so much and ori is always running for death ]
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Are you asking if I wanted people to vote for me? Haha, I'm not that self-sacrificial. It's more of the opposite: people need to be able to think critically about what's in front of them, and not jump at any possible clue they can get their hands on. I know my innocence. I want to know that I can trust them to realize it too.
[ but apparently he cannot!! it would have been so funny if people took the bait, but I believed in Nat getting to die ]
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[ they didn't think it was some grand gesture of heroism ]
And what would you have done if they did not fulfill your trust, and been condemned to die?
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