flameguard | mygod | pc catchall

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...for as much as I would like to be optimistic, it... it's just going to have to happen, one way or another. [ he can't say he's surprised. ] Miss Camille will have a big target on her back.

It's better if it happens before Thursday. But...

[she frowns.]

I need to get more information on this matter, but - I was told that there's a reason she wasn't killed this weekend. If the cultists realize that the monsters they summon each week are killed quickly, and start looking into how and why they're being weakened. I don't know yet when it'll be safe to act.

[ he looks thoughtful. ]

... I can ask War about it, and see what I can learn, and we can talk about it tomorrow, too.

[ i will stop bonding with war and actually ask about plot. tch ]

I got - there was a piece of information going around a little earlier in the week, about how if they summon the false god incorrectly, then it would be weakened. So... I guess that makes sense. There's - a balance to these things, I guess.

I wonder if that means we'll see more summoned tomorrow, even though... even though we managed to catch them all.

Alright. I'll wait to hear what you learn. It might be a good idea to spread around the idea that we should wait until we know for sure that it's safe to do anything to her.

[she frowns, after a moment of thought.]

Well... Last week, it was Iwatooshi, Nona and Erin. This week it was Aqua, Lucas and Camille. So it's hard to imagine there's going to be less, but I'm not sure about more. They need some of us to live to the end, after all.

And Sir Iwatooshi turned up dead, after he survived the first time.

[ his brow crinkles, there - heartbreak, briefly, but he shakes it off. ]

Is that what will happen to Miss Camille...?

[...]

If it were you, you would want someone to stop you before you had an opportunity to harm anyone else, wouldn't you?

Yes.

[ zero hesitation. ]

[that's about what she thought - she's using it to make a point, because she can't linger on that thought for too long without getting frightened.]

I think she would want the same, if we're able.

[ imagine i get rolled to be a killer tomorrow

he nods, though. yeah. yeah... he thinks so, too. ]

... Maybe... I wonder if it wouldn't be a bad idea to talk with her about it. Now that she's feeling more like herself.

...I don't like it.

[she's not as generous or kind as he is - she can't see that ending well.]

I'm sure she already knows what's coming. But if she's told outright, wouldn't that mean the monster would know as well? What if that spurs it into acting sooner?

Maybe. We'll... have to see what the overseers say. I'm curious about what War's opinion will be.

[ rondo trusts war's judgement beyond just about anything, so whatever they say is bound to be helpful. if he's more generous, then he's more generous, but... maybe they temper each other that way.

anyway i think now's a fun time for a nice memory!

i just can't kill someone i care about., after all. ]

[it's a little heartbreaking in this context, and she takes a moment to move past the excruciating physical pain, but in the end, the first thing she says is:]

...That's not a surprise.

[that he succeeded.]

[ bittersweet is the right word, yeah. as it ends, rondo has his hand to his heart, and he's quiet, letting the shadows and the pain fade away as he shakes it off. he turns his head to vin... and the comment makes him laugh, light, as he ducks his head. ]

Is it...? It was a surprise to me.

That's not surprising, either. But I think you could stand to believe in yourself a bit more.

[ okay that makes him fluster, sheepish. ]

Haha... [ sounds fake but okay ] I just have a long way to go, is all.

[tilting her head.]

Until what?

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