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WEEK THREE
WEEK THREE
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You awaken smothered in wonderfully soft blankets. If you are lucky, there is a warm body next to you, but... those are becoming shorter and shorter in supply, aren't they?
It's Monday at ChΓ’teau Ambregris, and you have just arrived here. Whatever clothes you are wearing, whatever injuries you are sporting... They are once again accurate to how you were before this tale began. Whether this leaves you with any urgent matters to take care of or relieved of ailing you had contracted in the 'last' week, the gong of the numerous clocks chimes out indifferently to the hour. Gone is the urgent summons of the past two weeks, with no Witch to greet you.
Rise and shine, and face your 'first' day in your 'new' home! And though you may now think yourself quite familiar with it, maybe another look around wouldn't hurt?
TIME LOOP:
-Characters wake up with the clothes they had with them at their canon point, like in the intro log.
-The state of their bodies is exactly the same as it was on the intro log (for better or worse).
-Any items they accumulated last week are also reset (sorry you'll need to build up your weapon cache again), except items that were given out as event rewards. Please note that the item uses are not reset.
LOCATIONS UPDATED:
- library, gardens
- mud bath β aquarium
- menagerie β photography studio
- grotto β greenhouse
-The state of their bodies is exactly the same as it was on the intro log (for better or worse).
-Any items they accumulated last week are also reset (sorry you'll need to build up your weapon cache again), except items that were given out as event rewards. Please note that the item uses are not reset.
LOCATIONS UPDATED:
- library, gardens
- mud bath β aquarium
- menagerie β photography studio
- grotto β greenhouse
WEEKLY EFFECT
This week every character will have a spirit animal that follows them around like a familiar. The choice of animal is up to you (natural or supernatural), but it should represent them in some way. The animal is restricted in size to that of a large dog and is incorporeal, though it can interact with other spirit animals. As the animal is a representation of their heart and inner self, it might be better at expressing itself than it's owner.
Yes, this is basically daemons. This palace clearly needs more animals for emotional support!
Yes, this is basically daemons. This palace clearly needs more animals for emotional support!
(OOC: Murder proposals and counter proposals are open! )
cw: suicidal ideation
The surroundings are dark, rife with spider lilies that rise from the darkness. The pictures show Blade with a red sword.
Once drawn inside, Blade cuts mercilessly through a various people - some unaware, some aware, but unable to do anything. It doesn't matter the age. He keeps on slicing through anyone who appears. Maybe quite a number of those faces look familiar to anyone here. But, one of them is definitely Dan Heng.
This Blade turns towards the real Blade, covered in blood. ]
Death suits us both as an end. Nothing will change that.
[ It's a reminder. He's on a time limit.
That Blade is a weapon. A broken one without much discernment in where he might swing next.
He just didn't realize he cared...but, it doesn't matter anymore. He doesn't even want to struggle - it's hard enough justifying living. When he feels he doesn't deserve it. Even if he's been trying to, maybe, do something about it.
Yet, seeing this scene, he is certain of only one thing:
It's fine if he died right here, right now. So, he doesn't fight it. He will even slide down to the floor. ]
...I haven't forgotten...what end I desire.
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Dan Heng is going to stand between the image of Blade covered in blood and Blade who is on the floor. ]
Will you really let this define you? Didn't you want to see what else you can be?
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Because next he's laughing, harsh, loud, and unsightly. Everything about him is ugly as sin, riddled with scars, like some kind of mangy animal than the dignified wolf he has. ]
...What else?
What else is there?!
[ Blade doesn't have faith in himself. He knows what he is. He isn't strong - he's weak-minded. One gentle push and he can very well fracture. Lash out. Destroy.
And then...maybe even forget about it. What point is there? His head is starting to hurt. ]
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Didn't you want to try to see what else is there?
[ Lifting his hand to card it gently through Blade's hair ]
Are you really going to let pictures decide that you can't do this?
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...I did.
[ Blade admits even if it changes nothing, leaning into that touch. Grounding more than he expected. ]
I still do.
[ He doesn't know...if he can grasp it. If he can grasp a hold of anything. But, Blade knows he wants it badly now. Whether he is deserving of it or not. Is it selfish? Or naivety? The pendulum swings back and forth, yet with him not recoiling away, with him not lashing out, it doesn't land somewhere twisted. ]
I see those pictures and they look like inevitability.
...When you look at me, tell me...
What do you see?
[ Blade reaches out as he asks this, for Dan Heng, who is so close already. But even with that hand running through his hair, he knows he wants to feel more. ]
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Blade who decided to drink An Lili's hot chocolate. Blade who was helping Clover out. Blade who walked away instead of lashing out when he was angry. He's been trying to be more than just the fractured weapon he is named for. ]
Show me that you still do.
[ Taking the hand that is reaching out into his own as he laces their fingers together. Leaning in to press their foreheads together. ]
I see someone who is more than just a weapon.
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And then went to chase down this man in front of him incessantly, but now...
The stage is flipped. These fears that he has seen...
Isn't that ironically proof of the fact that what Dan Heng says is true?
Nothing can change immediately so soon. But, he too is the one who spoke those words, when he broke down. What he really wanted.
When he revealed he didn't want to be. Yet, he can't deny it either.
It is who he is now.
It is as if there are two wolves inside of him now.
...But, something else occurs to him too. His fingers curl even tighter around Dan Heng's, squeezing tight.
He will never be Yingxing again. He is Blade. Yet...he is looking into those bright eyes, that are no far distance from his crimson ones.
Weapons can be something more as well. ]
I want to show you.
Even if you should have given up on me.
[ He merely says, as his first response - pained, filled with nothing less than that self-hatred, that part of him who still wishes the worst for himself. ]
...But, you didn't. When I said those things, you believed me.
Even now...you do.
You don't believe you made the wrong choice...do you?
[ And then, Blade's expression of despair seems to slowly ebb away - even if a pang of something in his heart makes him close his eyes. ]
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The knowledge of being a craftsmen should still reside in Blade even now. The way to fix those cracks and breaks is to fill it in with something to bind the pieces together.
Just as Blade can never be Yingxing again, Dan Heng can never be Dan Feng again. However, Dan Heng has broken free of the shackles of his past and made a path for himself among the stars. There isn't anything stopping Blade from doing the same. He can continue on the path of Finality, while also seeking to see what more he can become.
much like his other hunter]I don't believe I've made the wrong choice. There is nothing certain about any path we take, but I do believe it's worth seeing where it'll take us.
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Finally, he feels something...give. A brightness he can't see coming into light.
Nothing is certain, like Dan Heng said.
Everything can come crashing down at a moment's notice. But, he knows one thing for sure - and that he doesn't want to stop trying.
That...feels like enough, for now. Those fears may always remain, but he needs to try to look past them - acknowledge their reality, while doing what he can with this fact. And not sink to the ground in its wake. ]
...I believe it too.
[ As Blade says this with finality, he sees Dan Heng clearly. ]
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They can stay like this until the door is unlocked once again.]
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Until that door unlocks and no longer entrapped in that place of fear.
At least when he leaves this room with him, it will be with the knowledge Dan Heng had been by his side. ]