"Well, getting you up off the ground right now," Aldo says. He will help her up, mostly because she still only has one arm! Why did it transfer... It's fine.
It is Cloud! He is looking as grouchy as usual, but it doesn't seem to be directed at Nona so much as it is the situation in general. The other girl is... Ashlyn actually! She doesn't get in the way of Aldo helping, but she does look over her a little worriedly.
[she'll get up, but she's still very ??? though there's a pang in her heart, seeing aldo again, and seeing ashlyn as well when she misses her. not to go fuck you to cloud but she sees him regularly so...........]
HELP. Cloud really cast aside into the dirt as he is every single time. Rest in pieces.
"Something stupid probably," Cloud grumps.
Ashlyn sort of just makes a face. The way Aldo is absolutely unbothered by anything, especially Cloud. "We have to let go of the things that used to be important to us," he says. "In order to move on."
Aldo's brows furrow. He's not irritated, but he has an expression like he's confused why Nona would ask such a silly question. "Each other, of course," he says with the utmost kind of casualness.
Ashlyn and Cloud are just looking at her in turn. Ashlyn nods. Cloud nods, too.
"Us first," Ashlyn says. "Don't think about it too hard."
"One and done," Cloud says. He offers her something in the palm of his hand. It's a long, curved dagger.
Surely she is going to stab her friends to be able to move forward. They watch her carefully, waiting, looks expectant.
And then everything freezes. Aldo, Ashlyn, Cloud. They freeze, not moving, not blinking. In fact, everything else is frozen, too. Movement around them, leaves, dirt, even the air.
Suddenly, everything stretches, pulled. It resembles smeared paint. Their bodies are plucked by one point and stretched. Like a rubberband, the time between when they are frozen speeds up, too fast, rushing. They are pushed through time by 25 minutes.
The three of them are on the ground, lying together. Blood blossoms through their clothes over the center of their chests. The long, curved dagger is in Nona's hand, the blade covered in blood.
she thinks having to stab her loved ones is a needlessly extreme way to do this and wow sure hope lucas isn't going through something similar—aaaaaaaaaa?
at the new sight, nona lets out a brief scream, startled as she jumps back.]
Her very good friends lie there while she holds the murder weapon, and then all at once, everything freezes like before. And begins to stretch, and stretch, and stretch. Nona can feel herself stretching, too. It feels like her body becomes spaghetti. Instead of speeding ahead forward, everything begins to speed backward. Ashlyn, Cloud, Aldo. Nona goes with them.
Once more, the three of them are standing over her. Aldo is helping her up.
[good news! as an expert on time loops, nona is extremely used to going through the same events over and over again. it's still disorienting the first time it happens.
normally she would try and act natural but since none of this is real maybe and she is still MISSING AN ARM she decides to say whatever she wants.]
I'm... Yeah, I'm good. Are you about to tell me I need to let go and stab you or something?
Jan, why do all of your characters experience some form of time play? Is she also alright with sacrificing herself for the greater good of saving her friends and everyone else........?
Cloud, Ashlyn, and Aldo all exchange a somewhat bewildered glance. Nona is assigning them murder-suicide. Surely that would never happen...
"No..." says Ashlyn hesitantly.
They all look at her again. Nothing happens with the time. Everything proceeds as it had before.
Cloud continues: "We were going to ask if you wanted to help us kill Muelsyse."
[taking a cautious step back and doing her best not to have emotions about this]
Okay, okay, time out! Can you at least explain the logic of "oh, don't trust the overseers, we have to kill them" to "you're turning into a monster, Nona!"
"You believe them," Ashlyn says, like it should be obvious why that is a problem.
"If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't be in this mess," Cloud says. "They're just as guilty. Look, I'm only trying to protect Aerith."
"Sorry," Aldo says. He brandishes the dagger at his side. "It's better for you if we do it this way."
All three of them slowly draw in toward her. Behind them, Nona can make out something happening in the far distance. It looks sort of like a scuffle perhaps. Someone is really giving others the business.
It surprises them enough they don't get a chance to grab her initially. All three of them sort of panic and turn to race after her, Aldo in the front with the dagger still brandished.
Ahead, she runs into someone very familiar, but also a lot is fucking happening at the moment. It looks like Lucas may have killed some people, but he's holding a girl in his arms who looks a lot like him.
Nona may join his party, though....... if she is able.
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anyway she blinks a few times, confused.]
Aldo...? Yeah, I'm good, but... what are you doing here?
[glances at cloud and aerith too like ??? when did you guys get here]
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"Well, getting you up off the ground right now," Aldo says. He will help her up, mostly because she still only has one arm! Why did it transfer... It's fine.
It is Cloud! He is looking as grouchy as usual, but it doesn't seem to be directed at Nona so much as it is the situation in general. The other girl is... Ashlyn actually! She doesn't get in the way of Aldo helping, but she does look over her a little worriedly.
"Ready?" Cloud asks.
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Um... ready for what? What are we doing?
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"Something stupid probably," Cloud grumps.
Ashlyn sort of just makes a face. The way Aldo is absolutely unbothered by anything, especially Cloud. "We have to let go of the things that used to be important to us," he says. "In order to move on."
Why is this so cryptic for?
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Well, yes. I know that. [...] But what exactly are we letting go of here...?
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Ashlyn and Cloud are just looking at her in turn. Ashlyn nods. Cloud nods, too.
"Us first," Ashlyn says. "Don't think about it too hard."
"One and done," Cloud says. He offers her something in the palm of his hand. It's a long, curved dagger.
They wait.
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... You're not saying to stab you, are you?
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Surely she is going to stab her friends to be able to move forward. They watch her carefully, waiting, looks expectant.
And then everything freezes. Aldo, Ashlyn, Cloud. They freeze, not moving, not blinking. In fact, everything else is frozen, too. Movement around them, leaves, dirt, even the air.
Suddenly, everything stretches, pulled. It resembles smeared paint. Their bodies are plucked by one point and stretched. Like a rubberband, the time between when they are frozen speeds up, too fast, rushing. They are pushed through time by 25 minutes.
The three of them are on the ground, lying together. Blood blossoms through their clothes over the center of their chests. The long, curved dagger is in Nona's hand, the blade covered in blood.
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she thinks having to stab her loved ones is a needlessly extreme way to do this and wow sure hope lucas isn't going through something similar—aaaaaaaaaa?
at the new sight, nona lets out a brief scream, startled as she jumps back.]
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Her very good friends lie there while she holds the murder weapon, and then all at once, everything freezes like before. And begins to stretch, and stretch, and stretch. Nona can feel herself stretching, too. It feels like her body becomes spaghetti. Instead of speeding ahead forward, everything begins to speed backward. Ashlyn, Cloud, Aldo. Nona goes with them.
Once more, the three of them are standing over her. Aldo is helping her up.
"You good?" Cloud asks.
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normally she would try and act natural but since none of this is real maybe and she is still MISSING AN ARM she decides to say whatever she wants.]
I'm... Yeah, I'm good. Are you about to tell me I need to let go and stab you or something?
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Cloud, Ashlyn, and Aldo all exchange a somewhat bewildered glance. Nona is assigning them murder-suicide. Surely that would never happen...
"No..." says Ashlyn hesitantly.
They all look at her again. Nothing happens with the time. Everything proceeds as it had before.
Cloud continues: "We were going to ask if you wanted to help us kill Muelsyse."
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she blinks a few times.]
Oh, okay. Um, ignore what I just said. ... Who's Muelsyse and why do you want to kill them?
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Ashlyn's brows furrow, though Cloud and Aldo don't seem very bothered by the question really.
"You know," says Aldo. "Muelsyse. Pestilence? One of the overseers. We're going to try to take them out, one by one."
"Yeah," Cloud agrees. "If we get rid of them, we'll be able to end this whole thing once and for all."
"You're going to help, right?" Ashlyn asks her. Her gaze is somewhat scrutinizing. "You do want to go home?"
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"You haven't been feeling weird lately, have you?" Ashlyn asks her.
Just curious.
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Define "weird".
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"Off," Aldo adds helpfully which isn't helpful at all.
Ashlyn sighs, directed at the two guys. "They mean do you feel strange like you sort of trust the overseers more and more, little by little?"
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I mean, that's part of getting to know someone. Trusting them more and more, as you talk to them.
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"I don't really want to do this," Aldo says, but he pulls a long, curved dagger, the one she remembers. He isn't offering it to her this time, though.
"But I don't have a lot of choice once you're a monster."
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Okay, okay, time out! Can you at least explain the logic of "oh, don't trust the overseers, we have to kill them" to "you're turning into a monster, Nona!"
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"If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't be in this mess," Cloud says. "They're just as guilty. Look, I'm only trying to protect Aerith."
"Sorry," Aldo says. He brandishes the dagger at his side. "It's better for you if we do it this way."
All three of them slowly draw in toward her. Behind them, Nona can make out something happening in the far distance. It looks sort of like a scuffle perhaps. Someone is really giving others the business.
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nona decides she really doesn't like this illusion or whatever the fuck is happening to her right now.]
Well, I'm sorry you feel this way, but I think I'm going to be leaving now.
[she is going to try and flee the scene/around them to see what's going on in the distance??]
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It surprises them enough they don't get a chance to grab her initially. All three of them sort of panic and turn to race after her, Aldo in the front with the dagger still brandished.
Ahead, she runs into someone very familiar, but also a lot is fucking happening at the moment. It looks like Lucas may have killed some people, but he's holding a girl in his arms who looks a lot like him.
Nona may join his party, though....... if she is able.