[ the spirit of filial piety is strong in this hospital chilis... she hopes the eyes are just cosmetic, aventurine really has enough else to deal with. ]
...Thank you. I am curious, though it seems no matter how much we know, the outcome is the same. [ varying degrees of Bad. ]
[ but even so... ] ...Who else did you see in there?
[ i want you to know i had to go copy paste this list it was so long ]
Well, there was Aerith, Yuffie, Lavi, Laudna, Pickles, two women I didn't recognize, a man I didn't recognize, a coworker of mine, Nehan, and... my sister.
[ He looks especially troubled by that last one. ]
[ she's glad he knew the difference, but she isn't glad for anything else. ]
...That's still so cruel.
[ not a week can go by where she doesn't hold his (uninjured) hand for one reason or another, and she's now taking a moment to do exactly that. just a brief squeeze before she lets go. ]
[ Every time he thinks he's grown numb from the constant experience of losing people, he's reminded that he's still very capable of still feeling the emptiness and grief that follows. ]
Thank you. She was designed to hurt me, as were the others to the rest of our team.
[ It gets a little easier to tell the story each time. Because that's all it is, a story. No part of it had been real except for the physical and mental injuries. The people... none of them were real. ]
We fought in that tournament for two rounds. I was killed in the second, and I'm not sure how the others managed to fare, but it looks like we were all able to return.
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[ are they related to the tomes we've retrieved? she doesn't want to think their suffering has been for nothing, either. ]
...We haven't found anything on our side this week, but hopefully we'll have better luck the next.
...Kanda and Daan... Were you and Cloud able to communicate with them at all...?
[ i'm worried about them, too. ]
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[ Oh, don't mind the random eye suddenly appearing on Aventurine's hand. It blinks open, then shuts itself back closed. ]
We spoke to them, but mostly about the tournament. While we were there, it's like we couldn't think about anything else.
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[ but nevermind that. ]
—Your hand.
[ ???? definitely some obvious alarm here THAT'S NOT RIGHT. WTF IS GOING ON YUUL. ]
A curse...?
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Ah. [ Zero alarm. ] They started appearing on my body. I think they have to do with the healing pool.
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...I see. I was hoping there wouldn't be any troublesome effects this time...
...Does it hurt at all?
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[ He is going to start picking at the fruit Asian mom Aqua brought him. ]
... It's okay to ask me more about what happened, if you'd like to know. If you... want to be prepared, should it happen to you.
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...Thank you. I am curious, though it seems no matter how much we know, the outcome is the same. [ varying degrees of Bad. ]
[ but even so... ] ...Who else did you see in there?
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Well, there was Aerith, Yuffie, Lavi, Laudna, Pickles, two women I didn't recognize, a man I didn't recognize, a coworker of mine, Nehan, and... my sister.
[ He looks especially troubled by that last one. ]
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Your sister. [ she looks stricken to hear it. SHE JUST GOT HIS BACKSTORY 3 DAYS AGO. ] So they made you...
[ ...he'd called it a tournament. and given the grievous injuries his group had emerged with... ]
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It wasn't her. They tried to make me believe it was her, but I knew it wasn't.
[ It didn't make it any easier when I had to kill her. ]
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...That's still so cruel.
[ not a week can go by where she doesn't hold his (uninjured) hand for one reason or another, and she's now taking a moment to do exactly that. just a brief squeeze before she lets go. ]
I'm sorry. I know she meant the world to you.
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Thank you. She was designed to hurt me, as were the others to the rest of our team.
[ It gets a little easier to tell the story each time. Because that's all it is, a story. No part of it had been real except for the physical and mental injuries. The people... none of them were real. ]
We fought in that tournament for two rounds. I was killed in the second, and I'm not sure how the others managed to fare, but it looks like we were all able to return.
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...Nehan as well. He's important to you, isn't he.
[ also sorry still laughing that this cyoa is presumably gonna tpk after daan's execution. just so funny. ]
I wish you could've been spared the pain. But I'm thankful to have you back. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
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... Yes. He and I have been here the longest, so we've gotten to know each other in that time.
[ MY COMPLETELY DEAD CYOA ]
Thank you, Aqua. As kind as ever, and I'm glad to be back.
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also drops the f-bomb before we end this thread. ]
No need to thank me. You're my friend.
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... Hm. I suppose I am.
[ He'll have to get used to that. ]