Our Shimmering Lady of Unerring Purpose ([personal profile] shimmershimmer) wrote2014-11-30 08:51 pm
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Lost Souls

[You don't wake up, exactly, but at some point you come to. There's something wrong with you, a numbness and translucency. Should you try to touch something, your hand will pass through it. Why, it's as if you were a ghost. So that's the bad news. Sorry about that. The good news is that mentally, you've woken up entirely. You remember the real truth of who you are, your relationship to your so-called "family," and all the other lies you've been fed by the Shimmering Lady.

You can move freely around what you will soon realize to be the village. The reason why it may take moment of realization is simply because it doesn't look anything like you remember it. The sky is black, the grass is dead, and the cottages are run-down and shoddy concrete buildings. The pond is dirty, and there are no animals whatsoever, anywhere.

And the temple. It's more like a storehouse than a temple. The Shimmering Lady is there, or that mass of flesh and tendrils that calls itself the Shimmering Lady...

She doesn't seem to see or hear you. When the others exit their "homes," neither will they. And there's some strange force keeping you within the walls...]

((Popcorn, mingle, curse the Lady, etc! Also! There will be a special thing for you to do here once Night 01 starts. Watch for it~ :>))
irenicly: (♨ once she's got you in her sight)

[personal profile] irenicly 2014-12-10 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods.]

Kimblee-san told me they're the same species. I don't know if he can know that for sure, but it makes sense, doesn't it?

Even if the Lady is the one in charge here, there's two of them.
lasuaspada: (DISMISS ♞ oh - that was your girl?)

[personal profile] lasuaspada 2014-12-10 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
[...All right, at this point he has to laugh just because what the hell else is he even supposed to do.]

That's lovely. That's absolutely lovely.
irenicly: (♨ she's the blade and you're just paper)

[personal profile] irenicly 2014-12-10 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah...]

Maybe they'll find a way to escape.

[But he doubts it.]
lasuaspada: (LECTURE ♞ yes but unfortunately...me)

[personal profile] lasuaspada 2014-12-10 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Or perhaps they'll be so complacent in their dreams that they won't want to. Really, maybe it would be more merciful to let them sleep by now...

[He's quiet once that's out there, though. Just...give him a moment.]

...I know why you did...as you did, you know. Why you lied to me that last night.
irenicly: (♨ she's the blade and you're just paper)

[personal profile] irenicly 2014-12-11 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
[It's strange talking about it now. That night, he had genuinely thought Tsukiyama to be his brother.

Banjou himself had been brainwashed too, but he had been aware of the truth about the demons.]


I didn't think it would work.

[He's a really bad actor.]
lasuaspada: (DISMISS ♞ oh - that was your girl?)

[personal profile] lasuaspada 2014-12-11 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Had I been in my right mind, it wouldn't have. You're a bit bad at all of that, Banjou-san.
irenicly: (♨ once she's got you in her sight)

[personal profile] irenicly 2014-12-11 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
I know I am.

[But Tsukiyama started crying about losing him and Banjou suddenly didn't know what to do.

So bullshitting a possession it was.]
lasuaspada: (CASUAL ♞ jealous of your cigarette)

[personal profile] lasuaspada 2014-12-11 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[He just shrugs a bit at that, returning his attention to the Major's bonfire.]

Ah, well...I suppose it's fine now, or at least there's no sense in being angry over it.
irenicly: (♨ you can only stagger)

[personal profile] irenicly 2014-12-11 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Unlike Tsukiyama, Banjou is actually dead now so it doesn't make a difference to him.

Even if that wasn't true, Banjou was going to be perfectly content never acknowledging the days they spent brainwashed ever again.]


It isn't something either of us could control.
lasuaspada: (HM? ♞ who invited the rube)

[personal profile] lasuaspada 2014-12-11 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
...Yes, I know.

[Oh, you...actually seem to want to discuss this. That's horribly awkward.]
irenicly: (♨ she's the blade and you're just paper)

[personal profile] irenicly 2014-12-11 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Actually, he doesn't! Not really. He's pretty content leaving it at that and going back to being silent and mopey.

It doesn't suit Banjou, but he's also never been dead until now.]
lasuaspada: (ARROGANCE ♞ mhmm sure she did)

[personal profile] lasuaspada 2014-12-11 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[...good.

While the alternative is...honestly also horribly awkward, Tsukiyama actually doesn't seem inclined to move, either. Though at least he'll have a completely rare moment of self-awareness about it after a second.]


...Would you prefer I go?
irenicly: (♨ don't you make a move tonight)

[personal profile] irenicly 2014-12-11 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe it's because Tsukiyama is the only person he knows here. Maybe it's because of some lingering effect of the brainwashing. Either way, Banjou shakes his head.]

You don't need to.
lasuaspada: (DEADEYE ♞ this doctor needs a hobby)

[personal profile] lasuaspada 2014-12-11 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
...All right. If there's anything...

[He doesn't finish that, however, either because he's not sure how to or he doesn't feel the need to. It's a bit difficult to say.]
irenicly: (♨ now you want it back)

[personal profile] irenicly 2014-12-11 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Give him a moment.

Banjou's expression is really awkward.]


I'll let you know, Tsukiyama-san.