Digitalis Old English folklore said that foxes wore the flowers on their paws to silence movement and stealthily stalk prey. Healing, pain, insincerity, insecurity
It's almost like it's a "reward" for completing part of their ritual. [which is a crappy feeling given three people died for it.] But at the same time, it's something I think everyone needed right now. It would've been worse if we were still stuck in the village and could only be reminded of what happened over the last few days.
[yeah other people kind of gave her the thought and she's been thinking about it. she doesn't want to. she doesn't want to think negatively about it, but here they are.]
A little bit of hope to hold onto while knowing they could change that for us without giving us a way to stop it. [she shakes her head though.] But Nona said something to me that I agree with. "Even if it's the prelude to something horrible or just some ploy, I'm going to enjoy it while I can." I think she's right. No matter the reason this place was given to us, it's up to us to make the most of it for ourselves.
[all the more reason she's carefully stepping out of the flowers and walking closer to him, offering an arm.]
So. Where should we go first? [exploring time...the thing is she's aware this could be another week of tragedy in the end, but she still wants to spend as much time with people she likes as possible.]
[ Hmm. Well, far be it for him to keep a lady hanging when she's offering him an arm. He takes it very politely in a manner of a guy who knows how to be a gentleman. ]
We're already here, after all. The weather's quite nice...
I heard there's nice islands off the coast, south of Bohemia, some ways east of the Vatican. [ Whatever their version of fake Greece is called. ] Western Europa is also sought after for its beaches. It's very popular to spend summers there.
Or if you're not a fan of heat, upwards in Valland.
[at least someone does. she's a little like :o at him actually taking the arm, but she looks happy with the motion and sets out to lead them onward. she appears to be heading for the beach itself first to begin their little tour.
and she's listening rather attentively in the way she usually does when daan says anything about himself. these are the names of places she doesn't know, but they're concepts she understands. she wonders if these are places he wanted to go with his wife, once. she can kind of imagine it. a little vacation getaway, just the two of them, in a place away from home when they could spend their time focusing on each other and just enjoying each other's company.
she doesn't ask if he'd ever planned such things. what she does ask is a little more broad.]
Which do you think you would prefer if you had to pick one? Some people aren't beach people, but they both sound pretty nice.
Can't really imagine me walking around in short-sleeves.
Suppose if I were already going down to the Vatican anyway, then may as well make the rounds? It tends to be pretty rainy in Rondon... and the front against the Bremen Empire was usually full of pretty dour days.
[ Looking out at this beach. It looks nice. Wow, there is fruit on the beach, he did not know you could just grow peaches this close to the shore (it's right up to the grassy demarcation line). ]
You look like you'd fit pretty well into this picture.
That sounds like a challenge, Daan. [she will drag him clothes shopping, don't test her.] But doesn't sound too bad. Even with the rain.
[she's going to continue being a little pouty that this place has been hiding all sorts of good fruit and vegetables while they've been stuck with bland bullshit. but her sights are on the ocean, even as she tilts her head with that statement.]
You think so? [a few people have said that to her, and she thinks it's a little funny.] Maybe. But...I've never actually seen something like this until really recently.
[ It's not!!! Though do manhandle him into a Hawaiian shirt if it pleases, I think it'd be funny for it to happen just once. He just will never be in the mood to wear one casually. ]
Guess it must be the sun, or the rolling waves. The breeze?
Could be. [she may very well try for her own amusement just the once, but that's for a little later. instead, they have hit the edge of the sand and she's careful as she steps down onto it, stopping shortly just to take in the ocean and the setting sun.]
I think maybe I wouldn't mind living somewhere like this. It's so different from where we were before, but it feels pretty peaceful right now. ["we" sounds like it could be a reference to all of them and the little spooky town, but the tone implies it's a different "we."]
[she seems to be reveling in the fact it's here at all than rushing straight for the water's edge, at least, lingering to take it all in.]
I've missed it. [the warmth. the light. all of that.] We never got this much light and air back in Midgar, and we were only in Costa del Sol for a short time. It's definitely a thought.
That's true. [she doesn't necessarily want to wallow or be in the grim forever even if she's still getting used to being under an open sky.] ...that's a good reminder for all of us, I think. Even if it feels impossible for some.
[but she will go ahead and take a few little steps toward the water.]
And who knows when we'll get another chance like this again anyway? [if something else happens this week...well. that'll make it harder to shake off the grim.]
[there she go. but she's just increasing the volume of her tone a little so they can still talk. perhaps she will simply walk into the ocean and never come back.]
It would be. [...] ...we have to remember that they want something from us. So they won't purposefully hurt us or keep our living conditions too bad in case it messes up what they can use us for. But that doesn't mean they won't be trying other things on their own that could affect us anyway.
[like summoning monsters that'll make one of them go crazy without warning. it's a little more negative than what she usually says, but it's more factual than anything. both of those things can be true. they can have something nice, but still be in a bad situation.]
[ She would be so fucking valid for that. Goodbye forever. ]
...Based on what it looks like, that's probably true. Wouldn't be much of a blood sacrifice if we die of starvation. Or if we kill ourselves, although maybe that'd still count towards it.
[ Not that that's a suggestion in any way. If it'll be a loss for them and a 50/50 win for the cultists, then he sees no point in doing that. ]
Pretty complicated emotional equation we're dealing with, huh? Deserve a break... but it might only make it hurt more later. Only natural that we want to avoid getting hurt.
I didn't think about that. [...she kind of wonders if somebody should actually ask if suicide would count toward the sacrifice. not that she would suggest it as an answer, but she's worried some people might be pushed to the point of doing it to get out of here anyway.]
But that's exactly it. We have something nice and we have opportunities to have some fun and relax with each other, but it's an easy way to hurt each other later. Look at what happened last week. [nat and yuul really said "you will care about our hsrs" and obliterated everybody.] Those bonds will only get stronger and stronger the longer we're here making good memories and trying to enjoy what we're given. It makes sense some people will want to resist that, but...is it wrong to say we can't let them?
...But it's undeniable they might appeal to some people. It sounds too good to be true, but I feel it's true -- and I can't seem to fully shake off my attempts at forcing disbelief, either.
...I asked about the wish we can get if we find our partners. Famine said it was absolutely true, so it would make sense that those kinds of items would also be able to work the way they're meant to.
It's also a good way to ensure you can get what you want that you'd ask for from a wish without tying yourself to another person. If you thought you could get away with hurting someone else.
Edited (that was so clunky.) 2024-06-20 06:50 (UTC)
Keeping our options open, huh? Just in case. Maybe even something that's easier to justify -- get a wish and take out a possessed person yourself, do everyone a favour.
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...Yeah, it is. More than I'd expect after the week we spent in that dreary camp.
Feels kind of weird, honestly. It's a big jump.
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It's almost like it's a "reward" for completing part of their ritual. [which is a crappy feeling given three people died for it.] But at the same time, it's something I think everyone needed right now. It would've been worse if we were still stuck in the village and could only be reminded of what happened over the last few days.
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[ He hadn't considered it that way, but how cruel if true. ]
Hard to tell what this cult is planning, huh? Crank up the cruelty, give us a reprieve...
It's exhausting in its own way.
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A little bit of hope to hold onto while knowing they could change that for us without giving us a way to stop it. [she shakes her head though.] But Nona said something to me that I agree with. "Even if it's the prelude to something horrible or just some ploy, I'm going to enjoy it while I can." I think she's right. No matter the reason this place was given to us, it's up to us to make the most of it for ourselves.
[all the more reason she's carefully stepping out of the flowers and walking closer to him, offering an arm.]
So. Where should we go first? [exploring time...the thing is she's aware this could be another week of tragedy in the end, but she still wants to spend as much time with people she likes as possible.]
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We're already here, after all. The weather's quite nice...
I heard there's nice islands off the coast, south of Bohemia, some ways east of the Vatican. [ Whatever their version of fake Greece is called. ] Western Europa is also sought after for its beaches. It's very popular to spend summers there.
Or if you're not a fan of heat, upwards in Valland.
Either way, I've never been.
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and she's listening rather attentively in the way she usually does when daan says anything about himself. these are the names of places she doesn't know, but they're concepts she understands. she wonders if these are places he wanted to go with his wife, once. she can kind of imagine it. a little vacation getaway, just the two of them, in a place away from home when they could spend their time focusing on each other and just enjoying each other's company.
she doesn't ask if he'd ever planned such things. what she does ask is a little more broad.]
Which do you think you would prefer if you had to pick one? Some people aren't beach people, but they both sound pretty nice.
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Suppose if I were already going down to the Vatican anyway, then may as well make the rounds? It tends to be pretty rainy in Rondon... and the front against the Bremen Empire was usually full of pretty dour days.
[ Looking out at this beach. It looks nice. Wow, there is fruit on the beach, he did not know you could just grow peaches this close to the shore (it's right up to the grassy demarcation line). ]
You look like you'd fit pretty well into this picture.
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[she's going to continue being a little pouty that this place has been hiding all sorts of good fruit and vegetables while they've been stuck with bland bullshit. but her sights are on the ocean, even as she tilts her head with that statement.]
You think so? [a few people have said that to her, and she thinks it's a little funny.] Maybe. But...I've never actually seen something like this until really recently.
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[ It's not!!! Though do manhandle him into a Hawaiian shirt if it pleases, I think it'd be funny for it to happen just once. He just will never be in the mood to wear one casually. ]
Guess it must be the sun, or the rolling waves. The breeze?
Something about it.
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I think maybe I wouldn't mind living somewhere like this. It's so different from where we were before, but it feels pretty peaceful right now. ["we" sounds like it could be a reference to all of them and the little spooky town, but the tone implies it's a different "we."]
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Sounds like a pretty good idea, if you ask me.
The sun's bright and warm.
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I've missed it. [the warmth. the light. all of that.] We never got this much light and air back in Midgar, and we were only in Costa del Sol for a short time. It's definitely a thought.
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Think you deserve a break.
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You mean here? Or when we get back?
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It's hard, but it doesn't necessarily mean you have to wallow in the grim forever.
Everyone's allowed a bit of sun.
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[but she will go ahead and take a few little steps toward the water.]
And who knows when we'll get another chance like this again anyway? [if something else happens this week...well. that'll make it harder to shake off the grim.]
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[ Go on and have a bit of fun, Aerith. ]
Pretty rude of this place if it were to give us something nice and then just take it away.
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It would be. [...] ...we have to remember that they want something from us. So they won't purposefully hurt us or keep our living conditions too bad in case it messes up what they can use us for. But that doesn't mean they won't be trying other things on their own that could affect us anyway.
[like summoning monsters that'll make one of them go crazy without warning. it's a little more negative than what she usually says, but it's more factual than anything. both of those things can be true. they can have something nice, but still be in a bad situation.]
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...Based on what it looks like, that's probably true. Wouldn't be much of a blood sacrifice if we die of starvation. Or if we kill ourselves, although maybe that'd still count towards it.
[ Not that that's a suggestion in any way. If it'll be a loss for them and a 50/50 win for the cultists, then he sees no point in doing that. ]
Pretty complicated emotional equation we're dealing with, huh? Deserve a break... but it might only make it hurt more later. Only natural that we want to avoid getting hurt.
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But that's exactly it. We have something nice and we have opportunities to have some fun and relax with each other, but it's an easy way to hurt each other later. Look at what happened last week. [nat and yuul really said "you will care about our hsrs" and obliterated everybody.] Those bonds will only get stronger and stronger the longer we're here making good memories and trying to enjoy what we're given. It makes sense some people will want to resist that, but...is it wrong to say we can't let them?
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...It would be wrong to say you can't, yeah.
And on the other hand, it'd probably at least dissuade the... other options we've been given. If you've seen them.
[ How nice of this place to give them motivation to willingly kill someone on top of everything else. What the fuck. ]
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[and it's scary to think some of those could work given some of the circumstances of people's worlds.]
What do you think of them so far?
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[ Let's just get that out of the way first. ]
...But it's undeniable they might appeal to some people. It sounds too good to be true, but I feel it's true -- and I can't seem to fully shake off my attempts at forcing disbelief, either.
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It's also a good way to ensure you can get what you want that you'd ask for from a wish without tying yourself to another person. If you thought you could get away with hurting someone else.
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[ He doesn't look like he likes that very much. ]
Keeping our options open, huh? Just in case. Maybe even something that's easier to justify -- get a wish and take out a possessed person yourself, do everyone a favour.
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