audience: shess

[cyclists]

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week 5, wednesday

[cyclists]

[lune is by the flower garden today, looking gently amused as he looks over the flower that's been offered to him

and he'll be the one to start the conversation with a curious - ]

Have you spoken to Ookurikara since the weekend?

[nonbelligerent]

I have.

[technically? on the mingle?]

I wanted to talk to you about the dead, actually.

[but right now we're in a schrodinger's timeline where i don't know if the pc with kara will come before or after this because ray hasn't tagged yet]

[cyclists]

[timelines are hard, backlogs are hard]

They seem to be doing... as well as they can.

[considering

uh

who's there]

[nonbelligerent]

They do, although that apparently didn't stop them from messing up the purification last week...?

[cyclists]

They are not without another opportunity.

[so lune doesn't seem that worried

back to sipping tea]

[nonbelligerent]

So it doesn't have any ill effects besides a missed week of info? Namine and I were concerned about that.

[cyclists]

[lune seems thoughtful at that]

If you were to gaze upon your reflection, and skipping pebble distorted the reflection, would you feel the effect of it?

[there's your answer in a metaphor]

[nonbelligerent]

... Ah. So they have a... copy of sorts of the corruption? Why?

[cyclists]

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If a thread is left unfinished, will it not unravel unless something is done to seal it?

<small>[whAT IF HE JUST

KEEPS TRYING DIFFERENT METAPHORS TO GET AROUND THE MUZZLE

he still sounds like he's having fun i'm sorry]</small>

[nonbelligerent]

[as punishment i'm immortalizing that

shess just gives him a flat look.]

[cyclists]

[lune takes another sip of tea]

We do explain ourselves as much as we can each Monday.

[just saying]

[nonbelligerent]

The finishing touches you mention every week, or...?

[cyclists]

[he sips more of his tea -

but he does pause to give shess a wink

he's learning communication from the worst sources]

[nonbelligerent]

[please get better sources

but shess just sighs and moves on.]

Can I ask about the messages I received today?

[cyclists]

[he found out he's an ikemen type

so that means he can do whatever he wants right]

You can - though I do not know how much clarity I can provide. It appears as though we're entering a stage in which you are expected to rely on each other even more than before.

[nonbelligerent]

[who the fuck is educating lune]

Well, that's a concern, since we seem to understand nothing this week.

Can I at least ask if the shark is relevant to anything at all, or is Futaba just asking me random questions?

[cyclists]

[oh

that makes him laugh]

There are those in the living realm who might be able to clarify that for you.

[nonbelligerent]

I know North was planning to move it. Is this relevant to the corruption or can I move on from it?

[cyclists]

It is no more relevant than what you already know.

[and lune will gently hold up the lily he was given, admiring it for a moment before his gaze flicks back up to shess]

Some may just be having their fun in other ways.

[nonbelligerent]

[...]

All right.

What's happening on Thursday?

[cyclists]

The usual, presumably.

[if lune had to take a guess]

The young one and I will be kept in the other realm, make our attempt to visit you here, and be lost in darkness until everything is over.

Though we will try regardless, and I shall hope for a surprise.

[nonbelligerent]

Is there a reason Tsurumaru thinks something might be clear on Thursday?

Also, "Signs and death"...?

[cyclists]

It may have something to do with the information they have received.

[not that lune can say any more than that

though]

I wonder if my end is coming along with the corruption... Do take care of the young one if I am to depart, will you?

[nonbelligerent]

... Why would you disappear but not Sol?

[cyclists]

Optimism, perhaps.

[though his smile grows sharp]

Or that I will not allow anything to happen to him, as long as I am to take breath.

[could be that too]