[ Look I genuinely never actually get hurt in these sorts of events so idk what I expected but it actually was not to just get straight up slashed and then roll a 2. Very funny. A rare treat for me I guess. ]
...Won't be my choice if I walk up tomorrow. Sounds like something this place would do.
[ However I did not put my name in for Aqua so not today Satan. ]
... well, I don't think the huge body count each week is what they want. All of you dying before the final ritual being ready would screw everything over, so once they notice the numbers are getting weirdly low, they may panic.
Wasn't it mentioned that if they run low, they'd just pull more folks from more worlds?
I don't understand. Their goal is mass slaughter, but not too much...? Is there a set number they need as living sacrifices standing on top of the bodies on the final day?
...
I heard that you store away the bodies of our deceased.
Basically, once they summoned you guys in, it was locked in to you for this attempt. If they are to bring another group in, they would have to completely start over. Doable, but frustrating to deal with, especially since most of them aren't really patient.
They don't need all of you alive for it, but it's... For example, for an experiment, you don't bring the exact number of materials you need for it. You have to have extra, in case something goes wrong. It's why they don't mind if they lose some of you to the monsters going berserk, since the high number was suppose to make up for any potential losses.
I don't know, is the thing. They didn't want to give us too many details because of how close we would be to you all in proximity. They said in case you guys somehow overpowered and information from us.
[ they hum lightly. ]
... sorry. I don't really trust putting people in the ground here.
He opens his hand and accepts these, turning them over in his hands. He frowns, a little pained. That's right, he'd entrusted the lavender Pestilence gave them to Aerith... ]
Prehevil? God-awful. Nightmare of a city... thought it was like that when I just thought it was the backwaters capital of Bohemia, but I happened on it at... I guess, the only thing I can really say is at an extraordinarily bad time.
Festival of Termina. Three days to kill everyone else there and be crowned champion, or... I don't know what else. A terribly long three days, though...
[ It was in fact somewhat framed as a Battle Royale, although there's a lot of friendship you can make in it. I guess you can kill everyone too though that's fine. ]
...I don't know that I'd say I made it through them...
The moon was rising on the third eve when I was suddenly pulled here. I'd... made it to Prehevil's Moon Tower, but I never found out what was behind those doors. I felt... an oppressing headache, and darkness.
[ it is always one bad situation to the next one. ]
Disorientating. [ and a little worrying, but it doesn't seem like pestilence needs to point that out. daan would know that better than them. ] What did you want to be behind them?
[ No offense. But he means that pretty broadly -- better than the war, better than Prehevil, better than that immediate situation he was in, bloodied and harrowed and none closer to any sort of closure or truth and, or so he's convinced, on the precipice of transforming into something worse. ]
...
Sorry to turn the conversation around so sharply, but...
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A kiss! [ a pause. ] That's a joke. They're free.
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An easier price than I've ever paid for some pain relief. I'd do it.
[ But free is great too. He's taking one immediately. ]
Thank you.
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Just try not to overdo it until this wears off, okay? Enough of you are probably going to be sore for a bit.
[ the amount of people who ran for the chance to get injured. it is truly a mg. ]
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...Won't be my choice if I walk up tomorrow. Sounds like something this place would do.
[ However I did not put my name in for Aqua so not today Satan. ]
But I'll try.
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[ but the execution gods will not be against daan this time, so it's fine. ]
But good. Despite everything, trying can get everyone pretty far.
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Did we actually get them all, today? Is there even a point to it if, come the next week, we're dealing with another four, even five?
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[ they go quiet for a moment. ]
I do think there is a point, though. The people who died deserve that belief.
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There's really no way to reverse this scorch...? Or stop the festival... the ritual at all?
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[ they fold their arms over their chest. ]
Finding an answer just isn't going to go quickly.
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I don't understand. Their goal is mass slaughter, but not too much...? Is there a set number they need as living sacrifices standing on top of the bodies on the final day?
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I heard that you store away the bodies of our deceased.
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They don't need all of you alive for it, but it's... For example, for an experiment, you don't bring the exact number of materials you need for it. You have to have extra, in case something goes wrong. It's why they don't mind if they lose some of you to the monsters going berserk, since the high number was suppose to make up for any potential losses.
[ they tilt their head. ]
We handle them, yeah.
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[ I'm manifesting a Final Girl joke in here 🙏. Please. All girls for the finale. ]
...Why? As opposed to say, a proper burial...
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[ they hum lightly. ]
... sorry. I don't really trust putting people in the ground here.
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[ The tension leaves him temporarily for exhaustion and hollowness, sinking back into the bed or whatever he's resting on. ]
It's just been -- a good while now, and I still feel like I'm not much closer to actually solving anything.
It really is like Prehevil, all over again.
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What was it like?
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He opens his hand and accepts these, turning them over in his hands. He frowns, a little pained. That's right, he'd entrusted the lavender Pestilence gave them to Aerith... ]
Prehevil? God-awful. Nightmare of a city... thought it was like that when I just thought it was the backwaters capital of Bohemia, but I happened on it at... I guess, the only thing I can really say is at an extraordinarily bad time.
Festival of Termina. Three days to kill everyone else there and be crowned champion, or... I don't know what else. A terribly long three days, though...
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[ if they knew what battle royale was, they would make the reference. instead, they try to imagine it. ]
But you made it through the three days?
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...I don't know that I'd say I made it through them...
The moon was rising on the third eve when I was suddenly pulled here. I'd... made it to Prehevil's Moon Tower, but I never found out what was behind those doors. I felt... an oppressing headache, and darkness.
And then I was here.
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Disorientating. [ and a little worrying, but it doesn't seem like pestilence needs to point that out. daan would know that better than them. ] What did you want to be behind them?
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Something better than this.
[ No offense. But he means that pretty broadly -- better than the war, better than Prehevil, better than that immediate situation he was in, bloodied and harrowed and none closer to any sort of closure or truth and, or so he's convinced, on the precipice of transforming into something worse. ]
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Sorry to turn the conversation around so sharply, but...
Are these seeds viable?
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[ they look upwards when they say that, frowning slightly. ]
But they should be able to bloom quite nicely.
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Would you mind teaching me the basics of how to germinate them?
I think the church exterior could do with something like this.
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... any reason why the church in particular?
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WHat ppened here
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