[ She has to knock a couple of times before he's roused, catching words but not meaning as his mind is slow to wake up and get up to date with it being a new day. ]
What...? [ He squeezes his eyes shut tight for a moment, then opens them, shaking the brain fog out of his head. ] The door is open.
[She'll take that as an invitation, then, opening the door and stepping into the room. She closes the door behind her, hesitantly venturing over to him.]
... I wanted to see how you were feeling. Sorry if I woke you up.
[ He rubs at the back of his head, looking around. The room is empty, no windows to speak of that tells him whether it's night or day. ]
As long as I don't move, it doesn't hurt. Whoever brought me back and bandaged me up did a good job, so it's fine! I've bled before, and I always heal!
[ The sad part is that it was a completely avoidable stabbing; if only he knew her guilt, he'd be able to assure her of this. ]
There's always a risk of that, right...? Especially when people go poking around where they shouldn't've. I was curious, so I couldn't help but go inside. Everybody who went in there had to face some sort of danger.
Some more than others. [Yeti path forever, man. But she sighs.]
I hate this. We were pulled to those paths without our consent. It's not like we chose to face those risks, even if we decided to go inside eventually. Why did we end up there at all?
To kill us, probably. It's a war, right? People are supposed to die, that's why there's all these dangerous things lurking around.
[ Maybe it's ~*fate*~ that he got sucked into the path that he did, receiving the item that he did and letting it save his life in the near future, but he doesn't know all of that yet. What he does know is that it was dangerous. It was scary and dangerous and a really close call.
But, still. ]
...The fire spirit spoke to you, right? Did you hear it?
I guess so. But does it really count as good defeating evil, or evil defeating good if we're killed off by the environment? [This is why they're here, isn't it? Or something. At least Natsuo finding that item worked out for the better, though they don't know that right now.]
... Yeah, I did. It kept telling me to keep the lantern lit no matter what.
Probably not... if we die like that, there's no ink. So it wouldn't work. But that fire- that's what I heard too from mine. And it helped us. I dunno if it's a ghost or spirit or something, but it helped us bring the heat back— not everything in the castle is bad?
It was pretty friendly when we released it. And you're right. Things have started to warm up since last night. [If only two out of three teams hadn't gotten wrecked in the process, alas.]
... Too bad it didn't get rid of that rotten egg smell, though. What is up with that?
Oh! Yeah, I got no clue. Maybe a skunk got inside the castle 'cause it's so cold out?
[ what happened to that rotten egg smell anyways... I feel like we were supposed to have figured that out, but like 99% of the things the mods give us, we weren't smart enough... ]
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What...? [ He squeezes his eyes shut tight for a moment, then opens them, shaking the brain fog out of his head. ] The door is open.
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... I wanted to see how you were feeling. Sorry if I woke you up.
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As long as I don't move, it doesn't hurt. Whoever brought me back and bandaged me up did a good job, so it's fine! I've bled before, and I always heal!
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[It's... still hard not to feel shitty about avoiding the center path, knowing now that it led to this.]
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There's always a risk of that, right...? Especially when people go poking around where they shouldn't've. I was curious, so I couldn't help but go inside. Everybody who went in there had to face some sort of danger.
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I hate this. We were pulled to those paths without our consent. It's not like we chose to face those risks, even if we decided to go inside eventually. Why did we end up there at all?
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[ Maybe it's ~*fate*~ that he got sucked into the path that he did, receiving the item that he did and letting it save his life in the near future, but he doesn't know all of that yet. What he does know is that it was dangerous. It was scary and dangerous and a really close call.
But, still. ]
...The fire spirit spoke to you, right? Did you hear it?
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I guess so. But does it really count as good defeating evil, or evil defeating good if we're killed off by the environment? [This is why they're here, isn't it? Or something. At least Natsuo finding that item worked out for the better, though they don't know that right now.]
... Yeah, I did. It kept telling me to keep the lantern lit no matter what.
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... Too bad it didn't get rid of that rotten egg smell, though. What is up with that?
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[ what happened to that rotten egg smell anyways... I feel like we were supposed to have figured that out, but like 99% of the things the mods give us, we weren't smart enough... ]
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[it is a mystery......... maybe it was our chance to blow up the castle and we missed it. sad.]
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