[D is in the selfie shop tormenting sweet (no) T-chan.
In one of the rooms, he has T-chan lifted up by his chest and face, and he's snuggling the creature in front of his phone. T-chan has a ribbon wrapped around one horn, and he looks more exasperated about all of this than he does about the snuggles.]
[Well, she isn't the only one. D glances around them while T-chan continues to watch Ylfa. When the ears do their thing, he very quickly turns his head around to hide it in D's chest.]
I didn't either at first. I had never seen anything like it. But I believe they are all props for photos.
...Really? I thought he hated me, but what do I know. You know, some girls might take offense to being told you're like something from a pet shop, but not me. Tell me all about it! What pet shop?
[she still doesn't sound offended at being called a pet, though. just pointing out that maybe she should be offended at being called a pet.]
It does make me happy to hear that my presence is reassuring. For some people, it's not, but I want to be reassuring! There's no harm in a monster being around if it isn't planning on eating you at the moment.
[Minus precious T-chan, D is wandering about as if he didn't just walk out of a murder trial? He isn't hunting most people in particular, but he is trying to see who he may run into.]
It doesn't, and apparently death doesn't either. I'm afraid this will get harder and harder to stomach as time goes on. When others are next, when it's the people you care about the most, when it's even possibly yourself.
Yes. It was a new ordeal to many. Then again, I have never participated in any trials of murder. However, I do come from a world where such things happen regularly. Not... quite like this exactly, but similar.
...Before I came here, we went to see the Baba Yaga. We had to make a bargain with her to get her help. I can't remember exactly what happened, but I have to think coming here must have been part of the bargain Gerard and I made.
Uh, there's a cabal of princesses who are trying to erase all of our reality, and we accidentally helped them figure out how to get to the library where all of our stories are stored. So we needed her help to get there in time to stop them.
We made the classic mistake...we thought they were trustworthy just because they were hot...
Then you won't even give me a conversation, or let me ask why. [...] Either way, you were involved, but it matters, to know whether you're the one who watched him struggling to breathe!
[she sighs heavily, letting some of the tension leave her body.]
I know. [...] There are things in the forest. Some of them are monstrous to look at and have big obvious teeth, and some of them are clever, and can wear the skin and clothes of a human, and can pretend for a little while. No matter which one it is, when you wander into the forest, there are things there that might eat you for no reason other than because they're hungry and eating is what hungry creatures do.
I wish someone had warned Rin...maybe it wouldn't matter, but I wish he'd known.
I think you all still have a chance. I think if you work very hard, you can get him back. I know that isn’t much of a comfort when you didn’t want it to happen in the first place.
But now you know. This game has shown you how ugly and unfair things can be, and I hope it makes you fight harder for life than it does to put out your flame.
The Baba Yaga is here too. You will have to choose what you will sacrifice for what you desire most.
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In one of the rooms, he has T-chan lifted up by his chest and face, and he's snuggling the creature in front of his phone. T-chan has a ribbon wrapped around one horn, and he looks more exasperated about all of this than he does about the snuggles.]
Ohhh, you look so cute, T-chan...! Smile!
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[she doesn't know what a selfie is, but she supports D doing this to T-Chan.]
It's perfect!
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AAAAA, T-chan's face gets incredibly red somehow, as red as his fur. D just smiles once the surprise has passed.]
Hello, Miss Ylfa. How are you? Exploring?
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[her ears sort of perk up and then flatten a bit at t-chan's reaction.]
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I didn't either at first. I had never seen anything like it. But I believe they are all props for photos.
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He's shy, but I'm not sure it has anything to do with the camera.
[Hehe. T-CHAN REFUSES TO LOOK ANYWHERE ELSE. D just smiles.]
Would you like to take a picture with us, Miss Ylfa?
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[there's some great options for pet photography in this place, anyway. Ylfa is going to put putting on some big goofy sunglasses.]
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This is cute and she doesn't deserve the messed up textpost. He laughs a bit.]
Those are nice. Can you find T-chan something cool, too?
[T-chan also doesn't deserve this.]
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she will find t-chan some matching sunglasses, but these ones are heart shaped.]
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These sunglasses are perfect. He forces T-chan to turn enough at least so she can put them on him.]
T-chan, you will look so cute.
[HE REALLY LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS TO DIE.]
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I think he rather likes you, Miss Ylfa.
[To which T-chan turns his head away again.]
You remind us of our friends in the pet shop.
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...Really? I thought he hated me, but what do I know. You know, some girls might take offense to being told you're like something from a pet shop, but not me. Tell me all about it! What pet shop?
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We have all kinds, so your presence is reassuring to us after being in a new walk of life... or death, I guess I should say.
[Petpet to T-chan.]
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[she still doesn't sound offended at being called a pet, though. just pointing out that maybe she should be offended at being called a pet.]
It does make me happy to hear that my presence is reassuring. For some people, it's not, but I want to be reassuring! There's no harm in a monster being around if it isn't planning on eating you at the moment.
w0, sat post trial
Hello, Miss Ylfa. How are you doing?
[After all THAT.]
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I'm alright. Her team is so upset, even though they'll be ahead in the points now.
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It is difficult for some people to find it fair to celebrate those kinds of victories at the sacrifice of someone's existence.
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Well, I don't want you thinking I'm different than that. I don't want to sacrifice anyone's existence, either.
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Even if that person sacrificed someone else's?
[rhetorical morality question 4 u]
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It doesn't, and apparently death doesn't either. I'm afraid this will get harder and harder to stomach as time goes on. When others are next, when it's the people you care about the most, when it's even possibly yourself.
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[He smiles wryly.]
Are you speaking from experience?
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[Baba Yaga what have you done... They should have tricked her with a cupcake (no).]
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Uh, there's a cabal of princesses who are trying to erase all of our reality, and we accidentally helped them figure out how to get to the library where all of our stories are stored. So we needed her help to get there in time to stop them.
We made the classic mistake...we thought they were trustworthy just because they were hot...
week 1; saturday
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He isn't hard to find. He's in the park on one of the benches there. T-chan is sitting beside him.]
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Was it you?
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You will have to find out tomorrow which one of us it was. But if you'd like to think it was me, I don't mind.
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Then you won't even give me a conversation, or let me ask why. [...] Either way, you were involved, but it matters, to know whether you're the one who watched him struggling to breathe!
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I don't believe he struggled to breathe like you may think. The water was poisoned and it killed him as he tried to swim across.
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I don't see much difference in that.
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[He's more than used to wild animals, so he just stays sitting as he is.]
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The reasons are their own and are personal. I don't think it was to make him suffer, or because they thought he was weaker.
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I know. [...] There are things in the forest. Some of them are monstrous to look at and have big obvious teeth, and some of them are clever, and can wear the skin and clothes of a human, and can pretend for a little while. No matter which one it is, when you wander into the forest, there are things there that might eat you for no reason other than because they're hungry and eating is what hungry creatures do.
I wish someone had warned Rin...maybe it wouldn't matter, but I wish he'd known.
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I think you all still have a chance. I think if you work very hard, you can get him back. I know that isn’t much of a comfort when you didn’t want it to happen in the first place.
But now you know. This game has shown you how ugly and unfair things can be, and I hope it makes you fight harder for life than it does to put out your flame.
The Baba Yaga is here too. You will have to choose what you will sacrifice for what you desire most.
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I want to live. I know that isn't something you get by waiting and hoping. The woodsman isn't coming.