[ 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.
[she's gonna find out about karlach later and be so mad.]
Sorry. [she says, because she knows it's a difficult thing to process and to talk about.] I'm glad everyone's safe and healing. If things ended the way it did for me and for Yuffie, I can't imagine that the others didn't experience something similar.
[perhaps we all tpk'd...hard to say.]
...it was very disorienting, yes. [...] Iwatooshi, how much do you know about Mathis's circumstances on his island? [did she ask this already? hell if she knows. she's trying to reconnect dots.]
It's very possible they did. These things seem to seek out the best ways to hurt us, somehow.
[ ough. this question. he looks conflicted - feels it, too, his concern for aerith warring with the responsibility he has to his partner, even if the connection is long broken. ]
...It isn't really my story to share. [ he says softly. ] But... you have his choker. You must know by now, don't you? The one called "Camille Claude," his brother, called Mathis-dono a homunculus.
...I remember the things from his memories. That week before we came here, when everyone was seeing everyone else's experiences. I knew back then. I just wasn't sure how much you learned before we had to leave. But you're right. I do know he's a homunculus, and how he came to be that way.
Makes sense. I know it's something he only recently learned himself. [but...she's nodding.] That's exactly it though, yes. Everything from not being the real versions of ourselves to having our memories manipulated. All of it.
...not really? [she sounds kind of confused because she's not sure what to feel right now other than "bad."] But it's temporary. All of it is temporary, and then the real Aerith can go back and I'll...
[hm. no. give her a second.]
...if I'm still dead, then maybe there is a different Aerith somewhere. But they might not find her for a while. [this is absolutely cyoa brain, but also aerith's own issues about being unsure if she's alive or dead at this point.]
[ "the real aerith." he doesn't like that at all, but he thinks he can understand where it's coming from, miserable as it is. the one consolation is that if this is an effect, it'll wear off in a few days, but how awful to know she'll be living with it for even that long.
the extra unfortunate thing is that he's not entirely certain how to respond in a way that won't make it worse for aerith. ]
...Perhaps. You seem very alive to me, though, and very real.
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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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Sorry. [she says, because she knows it's a difficult thing to process and to talk about.] I'm glad everyone's safe and healing. If things ended the way it did for me and for Yuffie, I can't imagine that the others didn't experience something similar.
[perhaps we all tpk'd...hard to say.]
...it was very disorienting, yes. [...] Iwatooshi, how much do you know about Mathis's circumstances on his island? [did she ask this already? hell if she knows. she's trying to reconnect dots.]
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[ ough. this question. he looks conflicted - feels it, too, his concern for aerith warring with the responsibility he has to his partner, even if the connection is long broken. ]
...It isn't really my story to share. [ he says softly. ] But... you have his choker. You must know by now, don't you? The one called "Camille Claude," his brother, called Mathis-dono a homunculus.
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You're wearing the same choker that he does. Did you experience the same things?
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Then I'm sorry. It was hard enough on Mathis-dono - it must be difficult for you, too, right? Are you sure you're alright?
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[hm. no. give her a second.]
...if I'm still dead, then maybe there is a different Aerith somewhere. But they might not find her for a while. [this is absolutely cyoa brain, but also aerith's own issues about being unsure if she's alive or dead at this point.]
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the extra unfortunate thing is that he's not entirely certain how to respond in a way that won't make it worse for aerith. ]
...Perhaps. You seem very alive to me, though, and very real.
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