PC: Wis'adel

[sootprints]

Comments

Week 1, Monday

[sootprints]

[ hi weesh! you can find kate in the village of scawwy, looking out at the pyre ahead, and the worn-down buildings that surround it. ]

... It's all still here...?

w1 friday

[sarkazm]

[fuck how did i miss your starter

weesh comes to find her, after the announcement, taking a careful seat next to her.]

...figures, huh.

[sootprints]

[ to be fair i knew you were busy with cyoa...

but yeah kate can be found in the relaxation area. there's a thin trail of smoke rising from her head. she's wearing a hoodie and a skirt, and while her injuries aren't visible, there is a bandage on one leg. ]

...

I know it could be any of us at any time, but...

[ this kind of stings. ]

[sarkazm]

... but it sure feels a little targeted! She just got back.

[an annoyed huff. like, sure, people here were going to die. whatever!

what they went through, though-- what they did there took the kind of teamwork she usually only has with her squadmates, so maybe it kind of hits.]

Bet they thought they couldn't take her if she wasn't hurt.

[sootprints]

Maybe. I'm sure it slowed her down. Whether that was a reason to target her, or just an unexpected convenience...

... I suppose we'll find out.

[sarkazm]

Yeah, I don't think there's gonna be any shortage of people who wanna know what the hell happened to her. Either of 'em, probably.

[sootprints]

Right...

... I wonder if it really will be different every time. As in, some echo of a past "game" was involved...

Week 1, Saturday

[sootprints]

[ kate changed into a different outfit after trial but it's no use, this one's already getting sooty too. but she makes her way to the security office to visit the holding cell. ]

... This feels like a bad joke.

[ her voice wavers a little. how's weesh looking... ]

[sarkazm]

...sorry, Kate. Pretty shitty timing.

[she's looking fine! weesh is just hanging out here, pretty calm overall.]

[sootprints]

It couldn't be much worse.

... Was it really you?

[sarkazm]

Yeah. It was me. My own decision and everything.

[sootprints]

[ ...! ]

Your own...

[ she takes a moment to process that. ]

... For one of the rewards?

[sarkazm]

There was one I couldn't risk missing out on.

[so-- yeah, that's exactly why.]

Week 7, Monday

[sootprints]

[ greeting w warmly when she sees her again. ]

I'm so glad you're back... I'd love to hear about what it was like over there. I imagine you already know much of what happened here.

[sarkazm]

[hello we're affection weeking this so she's settling in somewhere, gesturing for kate to join her.]

Honestly, it was mostly the same...? A bunch of weird locations, a bunch of curses flying around, that kinda thing. Oh, and I guess we're travel agents now.

[...]

Sorry I didn't come over earlier. I did wanna see you, but I'd been over there long enough already, you know?

[sootprints]

[ she'll sit with her. ]

It's all right. I'm sure it's not an easy choice to make.

I was really happy to get your gift, though. [ she's wearing the beaded bracelet now. ]

[sarkazm]

Good. It's not my usual thing, but I figured you might like it, at least.

[since wiš'adel couldn't be here, herself.]

I know a decent amount of what happened over here, but only what came up in public, so-- what's been happening with you?

[sootprints]

Me? Hm...

I thought up a lot of fun pranks with my team... and I practiced my drawing skills some more... and Susato taught me some martial arts.

[sarkazm]

They were pretty good pranks! I was almost sad I wasn't around for all of that, you know?

Week 7, Saturday

[sootprints]

[ she's at the flight deck, gazing out at the runway... ]

I suppose all that's left is for us to finally go home...

[ there's a little anxiety at that. ]

[sarkazm]

...you going back to some kind of complicated mess?

[kate, your anxiety.]

[sootprints]

Yes, you could say that...

[sarkazm]

We really didn't get much of a chance to talk about stuff like this before, huh....

What's going on back home?

[sootprints]

To put it simply... a cult. Everyone in the manor is brainwashed to follow the rules of the house... and the leader who stands above all of us.

I'm the only one the brainwashing doesn't work on. So I have to stop him.

[sarkazm]

Well... you already heard what I said before, right? You've been totally reliable here, so if you can hold up in the middle of all this murder shit, I think you can handle this cultist.