[ liminal space ] text since jack has zero LS skills [ open ]

[fixated]

I wouldn't recommend drowning; it's really quite unsettling.

[ Yes, Jack drowned in the sea after being cast away from the Coelestis Maria and ended up washed back into the train station thanks to the Thalassia route. And now, water logged and half coughing up sea water, he's staring in bemusement at the center of the train platform. Because, unlike his previous experience with portals, this one just seems to be waiting for something. Which means... ]

Do all portals stay open once we move to a new place? I was under the impression they disappeared as soon as one was used.

[ which means, of course, that someone needs dungeon rescuing. Volunteers? ]


((ooc: In particular, Glen Baskerville needs rescuing and I thought this would be an interesting way to help the mun out (all volunteers welcomed)! However, I do know some others have idled out/need rescuing so if you want to jump on this as well and get them out too, I say let's roll with it. If you want Jack to help with that or form your own group, just let me know. ))

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[fixated]

And no one else has met that fate before? You did say you've been here for quite some time.

[ sorry, not sorry, he just wants to know all the facts. ]

[hakodate]

Not that I can remember hearing. But it's possible it's happened before Moebius, and it's just that nobody can remember.

[fixated]

Ah...

That's right.

[ He glances over Hijikata, gaze a bit sharper then usual. ]

What exactly did happen at Moebius? I'm afraid I've not heard of that place before.

[ or so very little. Not too many veterans enjoy discussing it... ]

[hakodate]

Nobody remembers what exactly happened.

[Or if they do, nobody's admitting it.]

Nobody remembers much of anything from before it, though.

[fixated]

... So you forgot everything before then?

Almost?

... What do you remember?

[ you can't stop there Glen—er, Hijikata, can you? That's just mean :( ]

[hakodate]

Blood. People flipping their shit.

[...that being what he remembers of Moebius specifically, though he realizes that question could also be looking for anything from before that jaunt, as well. So he adds -]

Before Moebius, most of what I remember isn't so much distinct memories as I see something and it feels really fucking familiar sometimes.

[fixated]

[ sounds like a typical day in the life of a shinsengumi, do carry on... ]

So... déjà vu? That must be a bit disturbing if it happens quite often.

[ he paused a moment, looking exceedingly grave before he shrugged. ]

Ah well, I'll just hope that we, uh... don't end up with another Moebius then. Do you know what it was about the place that made everyone forget things?

[ was it Jack when he tried to destroy the world? ]

[hakodate]

Not really. I know that when we first woke up there, we couldn't remember anything. Not sure if maybe it just...wasn't supposed to stick.

Or maybe it was.

[And if that's the case, then fuck you trumps he ain't got time for this shit.]

[fixated]

[ yes, let's fuck them all! It's a lucrative pasttime after all and the number of secrets that have been spilled across the bedsheets and into the pillows...

Ahem ]

Hmmm... that seems a bit peculiar. I wonder why you wouldn't remember a thing.

[ he paused ]

Unless someone's been rewinding time for you.

[ he's heard of such things happening before with only the man doing the asking remembering what it was like before. How strange, how strange... this place was sounding more and more like the Abyss by the minute. Perhaps this place was truly at the center of that once golden land. ]

[hakodate]

I wouldn't put it past them.

[These are the trumps who dragged a ten year old girl into a group that routinely gets dropped into places where many of them get killed, after all. What's a little mindfuckery with all that?]

[fixated]

[ so he's familiar with the term ]

That seems a bit unfair of them isn't it?

[ even though Jack doesn't care much either way, so long as he continues to get what he wants. ]

[hakodate]

Do you think they give a shit?