[Week 2] Early morning day 320

[desperate_times_right]

[Chloe’s mental voice sounds weak and disoriented, as if she’s in shock]

Can someone come to the caves? I need help.

I think Hana’s dead.

Comments

[chalicejoker]

I'm heading in that direction now. Is there anything actively hostile in the area?

[Translation: he's looking for things to punch.]

[desperate_times_right]

No. Well, scorpions probably? I don’t know how long I’ve been here but I think he left.

[chalicejoker]

I'll transform before going in, got it. The armor should cover it.

...why didn't you stay in Liminal?

[desperate_times_right]

I don’t know. I didn’t go there. Still not that great at portals, you know?

[lightnovelexperiences]

...if your overlay is dead why haven’t you resurrected, like Jules did?

[there are plenty of potential answers and Deedee likes none of them, thanks!]

[desperate_times_right]

Her body’s still alive, but I think I’m alone in here.

WHAT A WAY TO FIRST SHOW UP ONCE YOU'VE BEEN DEINFILTRATED

[youandyoualone]

[There's a sudden burst of very fluent medieval style swearing, naming any number of d'Angeline gods and their respective body parts.]

Re: WHAT A WAY TO FIRST SHOW UP ONCE YOU'VE BEEN DEINFILTRATED

[desperate_times_right]

Oh my. That doesn’t... sound physically possible.

[lightnovelexperiences]

...there is no possible good explanation for that. None.

I'm sorry.

[desperate_times_right]

Magnators can ... enhance their power through batteries. She couldn’t fight back.

[capital_asset]

What happened? Do you remember?

[desperate_times_right]

Yeah, I think so. My head’s just sort of jumbled around right now. There was a huge battery.

[capital_asset]

Battery?

[desperate_times_right]

Yeah. Like... a vinegar battery. It hollowed her out from the inside.

[failgoyle]

Good.

[Grudge? What grudge?]

[desperate_times_right]

Oh, hi. She’s still here though so don’t scream at me.

[failgoyle]

But I thought you said she was dead!

[He's not screaming...yet.]

[desperate_times_right]

I don’t know, all right? She died but I didn’t.

[acapriciousthing]

I can probably check on the whole dead thing for you.

[desperate_times_right]

I don’t know, I can’t find her.

[acapriciousthing]

Figuring out if someone is dead is a bit of a specialty. It should still work if it's two personalities in one body.

[desperate_times_right]

Can you do it?

[happyhalloween]

No fair, I was gonna stab her!

[Yes, Maria, this is exactly what you should be taking away from this.]

[desperate_times_right]

Well please don’t, if you see her. ‘Cause it’s me.

[happyhalloween]

Uu. I guess not.

[She sounds so disappointed. She really wanted to stab the mean lady who killed Papa Jules!]