WEEK THREE

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WEEK THREE

19 Villagers

They say nothing is healthier for the mind and body than physical labor - especially if you can hold the fruits of it in your hands and store it in your kitchen. Whatever cruelties you have witnessed or endured in the past week, your fields need tending to and they reward you with as quick as harvest as always.

If drowning your grief in work is not enough for you, there are new spots to explore in Puffin Town. Allow the novelty to distract you from your dwindling numbers!

Always remember, the value of a community is not measured by it's size.

(( OOC: Murder proposals are due by Tuesday at 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST for this final week! Get your bloodthirst in or forever hold your peace! Gift submission is still open as well!

If your character has been planting Astera, here's a reminder to report it at the Astera tracker - this does not need to have been threaded, we're just taking stock on an OOC level.))

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[liberazoth]

[ listen, he has his reasons. ]

[faildeus]

[ he raises his hands up high between his head in a sign of non-aggression, a playful smile on his lips in response to her clear threat. ]

Haha, sorry, sorry! Let's try to get along for a little while longer, no? All we can determine from this is that you won't be the one getting married. I see nothing wrong with that.

[ he'll lower his arms to his side, his mannerisms still extremely affable. ]

But if you'd like to try and find a third way that doesn't involve murder or marriage, you should go ahead, if only to prove us all wrong.

[liberazoth]

[ He meets Kurapika's gaze briefly, but also doesn't maintain it for long. They've sure talked about it. ]

[theotherww]

Because who's behind those women didn't want them to leave. Not because of some fairy-tale karma bullshit.

[driftingknight]

Kurapika-san...

[...]

Thank you. I promise you that I will do everything in my power to help everyone return home.

[driftingknight]

Mio-san...

[Does his life really have any meaning at all? He's still not sure about that, but if his existence brings others even the smallest bit of joy, then perhaps it's all right not to worry about it for now.]

This will be a last resort, then. Only if nothing else works.

[duckinghell]

[ It nods yes and bounces on its webbed feet. ] Quack!

[driftingknight]

[There's more to it than that. Much, much more, but... perhaps for now, he doesn't need to think about that part.]

... thank you. But if it comes to that, thanks to all of you I will have no regrets.

[duckinghell]

Quack! ♪

[ Got it in one! The duck nods enthusiastically, twirling to match them. ]

[truthdefiler]

I don't care about escaping. Even if I die, my master will just bring me back. Even if I'm stuck here for a thousand years, it's only because my master decided to leave me here as a joke. If I get out of here, there's absolutely nowhere for me to go without my master's express permission.

I just hope I get to see you die horribly first.

[moonblades]

[Hm.

She doesn't know what's on his mind, though she knows he's hurt by something her hands can't reach to heal. Hopefully, the things they've shared up until this point will still be able to get through to him. Mio leans forward, hands braced on her dog plushie.]

And mine. I meant it. But what is the cost? If it's as simple as they say - if we'll just be linked together - we already have all that, don't we? It's what we have right now.

[liberazoth]

... Why are you so certain it's 'those two women' who are responsible for everything?

[ that- doesn't really add up with the narrative the journal entries are telling, to vayne. ]

I mean... as opposed to them also just... waking up here like we did. Only, they wanted to try to take advantage of it instead.

[moonblades]

[Of course he wouldn't. It gets a tiny smile on Mio's lips as she plays anyway, until her eyes flick to him. Her expression neutralizes, though she doesn't speak again until she's finished her song and lowered the flute once more.]

Something on your mind, Nine?

[moonblades]

[Mio glances at the assembled group, their conversation splitting off into so many fractures that it feels they might never get closer to answers but everyone will still hear everything said.

Vayne doesn't have to say more than that. She just nods.]

Whatever you're comfortable doing.

[faildeus]

[ yikes girl ]

I'm a public servant, not a therapist.

[truthdefiler]

There you go again with the assumptions.

[Everyone keeps giving her those.]

I'm leaving. This meeting has absolutely nothing for me anymore.

[She's going to just... turn around and leave.]

[linearcrash]

[ ... ]

[moonblades]

[She laughs at the thought of the knifeduck chasing after him for vengeance. He's so tall, it could probably barely reach his ankles.]

Thank you, but I definitely don't. Look like I came out the wrong end of an Ardun.

[She doesn't know when she really started thinking about appearances or what others would think of them. It might have been even before Ouroboros. She's a little embarrassed to be out here in a cute outfit looking like her entire face has been ground to stew meat.]

[linearcrash]

[ It takes him a moment longer before he just waves his hand as if brushing something off. ]

It's no big deal or anything. Just hearing a flute reminds me of Deuce and the rest of Class Zero.

[theotherww]

Did I ever say they were? They're hostages who got promoted to the face of the operation. Would you think for a second?!

[moonblades]

I don't think it would be like that for us...

[Noah wouldn't ever claim to own her; they've worked to hard to fight for their mutual freedom, after all.]

But even if there's something bad about it, it makes sense for me to volunteer. Otherwise, I may not have another chance to even know what it's like.

[liberazoth]

So... Um, have you found anything about this underground, shady organization...?

[ he feels like he's talking to anna, to some extent... but actually, he's getting distracted. ]

What... what does fairy tale karma have to do with anything, though? Even if you don't think the wish thing is real... even if you think this whole thing is stupid, it doesn't mean other people won't try to chase it. [ dongrang literally happened the other day and you were crowing about it, mister white. ] Even if— you don't think the Jumino are real, it doesn't mean other people wouldn't, and it doesn't mean they can't all have ended up dying because some people decided that a wish might be worth trying for, no matter how far fetched of an idea...

[moonblades]

[Is that the best she can ask for? It might have to be. When it comes to the ultimate choice - what meaning someone will make out of their life - Mio's starting to realize that forcing their answer to be one thing or the other only runs the risk of spoiling it with resentment.]

I won't let it get to that point.

[But even she can't guarantee that.]

[moonblades]

They know things they can barely share with us, and they're stuck watching us instead.

[This is actually making her mad at popcorn duck all over again. If she sees it again, she'll have some choice words for it...]

Does it feel to you at all that there's just one piece we're missing, like if we find it out most everything else will fall into place?

[enkiboo]

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