[7rings] catchall for douman

[shiftingwinds]

i'll make this pretty later

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[shiftingwinds]

Of course I am. I made a promise, after all.

[


but she's definitely pouting a little as she sips at the water, wishing it was wine.]

[commedia]

You have to stay strong, Qingxuan...

[But they let out a light huff as they reach for the water and a glass, too.]

It really would be terrible if they chose you again for the execution.

[shiftingwinds]

I will, I will...

[she thinks it's unlikely that she'd be chosen twice in a row, but - she'd also thought it unlikely that she'd be chosen at all last week, so what does she know?]

We should all be careful. Any of us could be chosen. [...] Although, he said he doesn't really plan to fight it.

[commedia]

He doesn't?

[Hmmmm.]

He said he didn't have a death wish...but he's the type who wanted to desperately help others, in his own twisted ways.

[shiftingwinds]

That's what he said, anyway. When I asked if he was going to fight, he said he didn't have anything to fight with, and that it was probably for the best if he didn't make things harder than they needed to be.

[commedia]

How terrible.

That man has always been passive, ever since coming here.

[shiftingwinds]

I don't think I really have the right to get mad about it, since I voted for him, but... it doesn't sit right with me.

[commedia]

I voted for him as well, but I did so out of anger, I will admit.

[A low huff.]

We just keep doing it again and again, every week...

[shiftingwinds]

He made me so angry, before. I wonder if that's why I was so ready to believe it was him.

[It's an ugly thought! She doesn't much like it.]

But it really felt like we were making progress, this time. Where did we go wrong?

[commedia]

Anger can do that. It blinds the senses, you know.

[And boy, do they know that from experience.]

I'm not sure. It certainly was chaotic enough to throw us off at the last second.

[shiftingwinds]

...

[a little bitterly: ]

Well, at least we didn't assume someone became chocolate again.

[commedia]

[SORRY HE LETS OUT A SNORT AT THAT]

At least we didn't, no!

[shiftingwinds]

[the bar is so fucking low]

Maybe at the rate we're going we'll actually figure something out next week.

[grumpily drinks some water]

[commedia]

Oh, next week...I'm already dreading next week...do we really have to go through it all again?

[shiftingwinds]

Well, we wouldn't have to if certain people could keep their murderous impulses to themselves.

[commedia]

Unfortunately, considering we haven't caught anyone besides HK-47...they'll just be empowered to kill again.

[shiftingwinds]

Aaah, you're probably right about that.

[she hates it, thanks.]

[commedia]

...Do you think its possible to leave this place?

[shiftingwinds]

...we were able to come here, so there must be a way for us to leave.

[if there's a way in, there's a way out... right?]

[commedia]

You say that, but apparently I have heard that Pride feels that they are trapped. This place may be more insidious than it appears.

[shiftingwinds]

[screams in gmail not sending notifs]

Is that so..? [...] Pride doesn't seem to enjoy speaking with me much, so I haven't had many conversations with them.

...that's concerning, though.

[commedia]

Pride doesn't like me either because I'm Envy, but...ah, well.

But anyways...it is, isn't it? The fact that they might be victims, too...

[shiftingwinds]

If that's the case... well, I don't know what it might mean, exactly. But... we should try to help them, too, if they feel trapped here.

[commedia]

...

Do you think we should? Some of them barely care for our plight...

[shiftingwinds]

...when you've been suffering, it's hard, sometimes, to bring yourself to show concern over other people. It's people like that who need help the most, I think.