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bellelurette2025-03-24 01:01 am
lesmodsalouette) wrote in bellelurette2025-03-24 01:01 am
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 Château 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 → aquarium
- menagerie → photography studio
- grotto → 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 → aquarium
- menagerie → photography studio
- grotto → 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! )
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He's not.
His demeanor doesn't change, even with the cool. ]
...Yeah. I'll be okay.
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Talk if you need to.
[ he leans his head on cain’s shoulder as if to say there’s a volunteer right here. and, after a moment’s hesitation, he sticks out his hand and wiggles his fingers. ]
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Not sure what there is to say.
[ He looks at the wiggling fingers for a moment before grabbing them, wrapping his hand around them. Yes, his fingers. ]
I just want you to be safe. Both of you. Knowing we could wake up from curfew and either of us could be dead...scares me.
cw: mentions of a past suicide attempt
[ there’s an attempt to wiggle his caught fingers. ]
But this is a problem.
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He looks at their hands, and slowly starts to let go.
...? ]
What do you mean?
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Oh, that's what you wanted? You could have just asked.
[ And he'll neatly lace his fingers with Yoru's and give his hand a squeeze. There. ]
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There you go. That’s a nice laugh.
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For some reason, this surprises him. It isn't what he's expecting. He'd been fine, genuinely—his fears weren't something he hadn't faced before, though it had never been this visceral. He still was okay, just grateful Yoru came to check on him in the first place. ]
You're worried about me.
[ Like, actually worried?
He gives a soft little chuckle and lightly nudges him in the shoulder. Probably jostling his head in the process.
Quietly and earnestly— ]
Thank you.
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but earnest gratitude always catches him off guard. he never expects it.
he flushes a little, turning his head away. (something that he caught from jin, probably. a human disease of nerves.) ]
You worry about me all the time.
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Of course I do. [ He grins. ] I care about you.
[ Obviously. As evidenced in the way Yoru's corpse appeared among Cain's fears. That's not something he wants to happen. ]
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I know.
[ he’d known before the polaroid. but it’s also easy to guess why yoru’s worried. ]
Well, then, obviously…
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Well, then, that makes me happy.
[ He mirrors what he says in his tease.
He holds his breath for a second, like he's debating if he should say, or do something. His eyes briefly flick downward, but don't stay there.
Instead, he taps a finger on Yoru's lips. That'll have to do for now. ]
Thank you.
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Thank me when there’s a reason to, Cain.
[ making cain laugh isn’t something he needs to be thanked for. but, suddenly, he remembers the last conversation he had with siffrin.
‘I started telling jokes because I liked the way someone laughed at them, how he smiled at me and would play along.’
he… really doesn't want to think about that right now. his eyes travel from cain to the polaroids. ]
That boy has your eyes.
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You noticed.
[ It's not hard to notice. But without his mirror, his odd eyes exist in a vacuum.
Cain's gaze flicks to a polaroid—he is there, inevitably—and he then hikes up his bangs. ]
This eye isn't mine. [ The red one. ] He gouged out my original eye and put his in there instead.
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[ with his free hand, he covers the red eye. cain, without the red, is a golden knight. but that’s not all of cain.
his hand slides down to cup his cheek instead. ]
Why did he do that?
[ but yoru knows. the answer burns jealously in his stomach. belatedly: ]
Did it hurt?
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But Yoru's right. If they weren't deprived of their magic here, Cain would cover his other eye in the night, knowing it's an open connection between them.
He won't talk about that yet. ]
...I wish I knew. [ His expression grows serious in Yoru's palm. ] A whim, maybe.
[ He isn't so oblivious at this point, but some whys he won't see the answer to yet. ]
Of course it did. It was...extremely painful. [ ... ] He ruined my life.
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[ something to covet, even when you don’t know why you want it.
but it’s such a sadistic play that yoru feels he completely understands. ]
How did he ruin your life? I’m jealous, though, that even torn across worlds, he’s still with you and he still has you.
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He'd had a feeling. He knows Owen well enough that now he sees him in other people, apparently. The thought is unfair to Yoru. But that he has answers and is jealous tells him he isn't wrong. ]
I had no choice but to use my magic when he attacked me and my men. And when they found out I was a wizard, I was stripped of my title and kicked out of the knights.
[ Everything he'd worked for, gone. ]
I don't know if I'd describe it that way.
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he’s missing pieces about cain’s world: wizards, humans, magic. so the only thing he can say with certainty is: ]
But you would have. Let’s not pretend that you and your knights would have not gotten yourself into a situation where you would have needed magic to save them eventually. You would, do it, wouldn’t you? My brave Cain…
[ he pauses. ]
I’m sorry it happened when you weren’t ready.
[ if this mysterious man hadn’t done it, yoru thinks cain would have spent years and years trying to anticipate such a disaster. ]
Is the title what makes you a knight or is it your virtues?
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My brave Cain. His shoulders rise and drop with his breath.
He's right, though. He would have always resorted to his magic to save lives, even if he shouldn't use it. The real stories in his first two polaroids end that way. ]
My virtues.
[ His answer comes quickly, without hesitation. It was Owen, too, who taught him this answer. ]
No societal construct that forbids me from using magic is more important than the lives I can save by using it.
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[ then nothing has been ruined. but there are sides of this that he can’t possibly guess at. maybe his words will give cain something to think about. ]
… Cain?
[ he doesn’t like this shift in cain. this is… this feels like… tao staring through him to find jin.
like yoru’s the danger. ]
Who are you thinking of right now?
[ and it’s a cycle. if yoru is perceived as a danger, his defenses will go up, wild animal that he is. he lets go of cain completely, drawing his hands away from hand and cheek.]
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He looks at Yoru—Yoru—and the silver shadow over him vanishes.
The empty space where his hands were feel cold now, and he sees the look on his face and he feels disappointed in himself.
That's not fair to him. ]
—Sorry. I was just tense—reflex.
[ ... ]
Yoru.
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[ ‘I’m jealous, though, that even torn across worlds, he’s still with you and he still has you.’
it’s true, then. more so than yoru expected. not just cain’s eye. he imagines a tangle of arms wrapped around cain, a claim from a distant world.
he sees that now. ]
I think… you might need a break from this room.
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He sighs a bit, the last of his tension leaving him. It's a good thing his back is already to the polaroids. No reminders, just Yoru. ]
...Yeah. I think you're right.
[ When he takes a step forward, out of the imaginary arms ensnaring him, his grin comes back to him. He claps a hand on his shoulder, encouraging him to leave the dark room. ]
Let's get out of here.
[ And he won't notice the way each polaroid behind him flickers with an image of Owen's face, grinning in their direction. ]
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