[hi iwa!! she is at her apartment! cloud is out doing cloud things (probably checking on the baby chocobo or grabbing things for her) but it means that he can knock on the door and find that it's easy to open! welcome. here isthe general view, though the bed is obviously bigger and there are a few more bookshelves filled with crystals and books and plants. there's also what looks like a large cozy sitting chair and a small table.
all of that aside, she's awake! she's curled up on the bed, and her wounds look closed so all of her blood is now inside blood. however she also looks unnaturally pale, and when she looks at him her eyes are glowing a little. she's also keeping her eyes only halfway open. light sensitive...of note, iwatooshi might also notice that she's wearing a new cute black choker! little bit of gold on it...circuit-like detailing. maybe it's like one he's seen before, actually...? there's also a preserved black flower in a small vase on the windowsill by the bed.
anyway it takes her a moment to, like, fully process that he's there so the emotional feedback is a little detached, but when she focuses it's just...full-force grief and a little bit of rage and she just outright starts crying.]
You're okay! [never mind her, she has had an experience and she's extremely glad to see him in one piece actually.]
also yeah sorry to say he's like eyezooming on that choker with a sharp inhale-- but is immediately distracted by that burst of emotion? she's crying?? HELLO?? alarmed, he takes a few steps forward, but the vibes are really just AAAAA DID I UPSET HER WHAT DO I DOOOOOO ]
I- yes, I'm fine. [ just very confused and concerned now, thanks! ] Aerith-dono, what happened?
[extremely sorry to iwa, but she's moving to latch onto his arm as best as she can reach with both hands, gripping it and tugging as if to make sure it's still attached to his body.
she seems to realize that he is, in fact, safe though and she goes quiet.]
...a lot, really. It's very confusing now, except it's not because I understand it and it wasn't confusing then until it was and we stopped understanding.
[aerith what.]
Something similar happened there. All of us together, trying to solve for a string of murders. But the culprits were people we didn't want them to be.
[ help? he's too surprised to pull away, and even if he wasn't, aerith has rights. she can just do that. he's big enough that it doesn't move him at all. ]
That... does sound very confusing.
[ in that he has no idea if he's following. ]
More murders...? [ oof. ] Were they friends, like here, too?
Yeah...the victims were all friends, and the culprits were in the end, too. [before she explains that, she seems to realize she's being a little intense, so she grips his arm firmly. it's not that firm because she doesn't have her full strength right now, but firm enough.]
I don't know what they did with the rest of your body. I only found your arm and your leg, but...it wasn't fair. I don't know why they picked the people they picked. All you wanted to do was bring sunflowers to Imanotsurugi.
[ ...hearing that name sends a shock through him, even more than hearing what happened to himself, or seeing that collar on her neck. but he tries to shake that off, for aerith's sake if not his own. ]
...Sometimes it's as simple as being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I'm alright. [ softly. ] I'm as alive and unbroken as we can be.
[ in this strange purgatory they've found themselves in. ]
But what about you? What happened to you, Aerith-dono?
[yeah she's mostly upset iwatooshi was happy and with ima and then got supermurdered. but she does calm down a little more, pulling her emotions back to try and focus again.]
Stay that way. I don't want anything else happening to you. [she'd love if things didn't happen to anyone ever again, but what can you do. but he asks, and...oof. long story. hard story. she's not even sure what to explain first.]
...I don't even remember how we got there, but it felt like we'd lived there our whole lives. It was a small island, isolated from the rest of the world. Quiet. Simple. But the island had a curse on it...people were going to die when they reached a certain age, unless certain measures were taken. That was just a fact. All of us had our own lives to tend to, but we all knew each other. We were working together to solve a string of murders.
[ he's already done his break-in so there's no reason for him to get injured now... though i guess they have no reason to know that hehe. but this is a promise he'd make regardless.
he remains quiet as aerith explains, internally ticking off boxes. the murder thing is news to him - but maybe there just wasn't time for that, iwa thinks, his eyes wandering once more to the collar. ]
...It sounds like Lucas-dono and Mathis-dono's home.
[she's good at worrying about friends, so she will. but she looks up at him, meeting his eyes with the eerie glow of her own because...well. of course iwatooshi would understand.]
...mostly better now. [because she's not really sure, and there's not even sure she's really here. maybe it doesn't matter.] We didn't remember anything about Scawwy, or here. And we didn't even remember our own lives. Yuffie was with me, but...everything I knew about her there was different than how I actually met her.
She was a self-defense instructor. Youngest on the island, but the best at what she was doing. She worked with Cloud and our friend Tifa sometimes while they were working with the Corps. [at the mention of yuffie's name though there are two emotions that should not belong there: frustration and guilt. that's nice.]
I'm not surprised you'd see your other friends there, too. [ just kind of sad. ] We saw Yuffie-dono and Anisphia-dono return on the other side, earlier... It looked like they'd been through a lot. Whatever happened, I'm sorry that you've all had to suffer.
Yuffie was. [that same pulse of guilt, and a little fear.] I don't know what happened to Anisphia though. We lost track of each other at some point in the night.
[ closes his eyes and radiates sorrow for a girl who definitely doesn't deserve to be killed, even in some kind of illusion. as much as she wants to be treated like the adults, she is still a child. ]
I'm sorry, Aerith-dono. It must have been difficult, even without your memories from home.
[ perhaps some of the others, too, then. terrible. iwatooshi sighs. ]
...I won’t make you keep talking about it, Aerith-dono. Everyone involved is safe now, and healing.
[ except maybe karlach, running off to die again immediately in break-in. ]
I’m more worried about how you’re feeling now. If it’s anything like what I’ve been told, it must be… disorienting, at times. But we’ll only be able to help you with what we know about.
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I heard that you were taken on one of those excursions through the fog. Are you alright?
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all of that aside, she's awake! she's curled up on the bed, and her wounds look closed so all of her blood is now inside blood. however she also looks unnaturally pale, and when she looks at him her eyes are glowing a little. she's also keeping her eyes only halfway open. light sensitive...of note, iwatooshi might also notice that she's wearing a new cute black choker! little bit of gold on it...circuit-like detailing. maybe it's like one he's seen before, actually...? there's also a preserved black flower in a small vase on the windowsill by the bed.
anyway it takes her a moment to, like, fully process that he's there so the emotional feedback is a little detached, but when she focuses it's just...full-force grief and a little bit of rage and she just outright starts crying.]
You're okay! [never mind her, she has had an experience and she's extremely glad to see him in one piece actually.]
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also yeah sorry to say he's like eyezooming on that choker with a sharp inhale-- but is immediately distracted by that burst of emotion? she's crying?? HELLO?? alarmed, he takes a few steps forward, but the vibes are really just AAAAA DID I UPSET HER WHAT DO I DOOOOOO ]
I- yes, I'm fine. [ just very confused and concerned now, thanks! ] Aerith-dono, what happened?
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she seems to realize that he is, in fact, safe though and she goes quiet.]
...a lot, really. It's very confusing now, except it's not because I understand it and it wasn't confusing then until it was and we stopped understanding.
[aerith what.]
Something similar happened there. All of us together, trying to solve for a string of murders. But the culprits were people we didn't want them to be.
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That... does sound very confusing.
[ in that he has no idea if he's following. ]
More murders...? [ oof. ] Were they friends, like here, too?
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I don't know what they did with the rest of your body. I only found your arm and your leg, but...it wasn't fair. I don't know why they picked the people they picked. All you wanted to do was bring sunflowers to Imanotsurugi.
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...Sometimes it's as simple as being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I'm alright. [ softly. ] I'm as alive and unbroken as we can be.
[ in this strange purgatory they've found themselves in. ]
But what about you? What happened to you, Aerith-dono?
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Stay that way. I don't want anything else happening to you. [she'd love if things didn't happen to anyone ever again, but what can you do. but he asks, and...oof. long story. hard story. she's not even sure what to explain first.]
...I don't even remember how we got there, but it felt like we'd lived there our whole lives. It was a small island, isolated from the rest of the world. Quiet. Simple. But the island had a curse on it...people were going to die when they reached a certain age, unless certain measures were taken. That was just a fact. All of us had our own lives to tend to, but we all knew each other. We were working together to solve a string of murders.
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[ he's already done his break-in so there's no reason for him to get injured now... though i guess they have no reason to know that hehe. but this is a promise he'd make regardless.
he remains quiet as aerith explains, internally ticking off boxes. the murder thing is news to him - but maybe there just wasn't time for that, iwa thinks, his eyes wandering once more to the collar. ]
...It sounds like Lucas-dono and Mathis-dono's home.
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It was. We were in Arpéchéle. It was just like they described it.
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[ the player cyoa lore.
softly, becuase he has to ask, ] And your memories?
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[ given what he knows, that's still a little concerning. ]
That sounds like what they've told us before. [ ... ] What was Yuffie-dono's role in this?
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I'm not surprised you'd see your other friends there, too. [ just kind of sad. ] We saw Yuffie-dono and Anisphia-dono return on the other side, earlier... It looked like they'd been through a lot. Whatever happened, I'm sorry that you've all had to suffer.
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And they seemed like themselves...? All in one piece? Nothing too unusual?
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Why? Were they killed, too?
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I'm sorry, Aerith-dono. It must have been difficult, even without your memories from home.
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Considering I'm the one who killed her, I think difficult may be the best word for it right now.
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there's a brief spike of alarm before he pulls that all back in, settling back into worry and frowning like he's trying to recall something. ]
Was it because of your memories? Or because of memories that you were given? Did something trigger it?
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It was because of the memories we were given, and then memories that were altered. And then...wanting to stop the killers in their tracks.
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...Was Yuffie-dono responsible?
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...I won’t make you keep talking about it, Aerith-dono. Everyone involved is safe now, and healing.
[ except maybe karlach, running off to die again immediately in break-in. ]
I’m more worried about how you’re feeling now. If it’s anything like what I’ve been told, it must be… disorienting, at times. But we’ll only be able to help you with what we know about.
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