audience: shess

[cyclists]

Comments

[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?

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[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]

[nonbelligerent]

Are you expecting something to kill you?

[cyclists]

I always am. I am a rather old man, after all.

[#justimmortalthings]

Though I cannot name an immediate threat, before I worry you.

[nonbelligerent]

Well, I can understand that.

[...]

That's good to know... though there's still the matter of what Tsurumaru means, in that case.

[cyclists]

... well, the information is rather incomplete.

Perhaps when they are able to accomplish their goals this week, they will be able to decipher more.

[lune will just offer up a smile]

... I assume I do not have to say - but you will refrain from mentioning the possibility of my demise to the young one, correct?

[nonbelligerent]

[he smiles back, grimly.]

You're as cruel as I am, in that regard.

[so that's a yes.]

[cyclists]

I entrust him with a great number of things - and admire him for his own traits and tenacity.

Yet similarly, I do not intend to tell Ookurikara about the possibility if I can help it.

Even so, I shall continue to hope that it does not become relevant.

[but well, lune had hopes before that they'd have ways to end the corruption outside of this - he won't bother to really express that sort of optimism again, this late in the game]