brandishes a knife

[sageguidance]

aki hiding in the gy like

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[sageguidance]

... Aye.

[ He sips at his tea, contemplative. ]

I have heard much of what occurs during such ventures, but experiencing it for yourself is... [ He exhales, gently. ] Would that I could put it in the back of my mind.

[illomened]

[He needs to get better at dissociating, like Souji! Who has already boxed that up and tucked it far away so he doesn't have to look at it...]

...There didn't even seem to be any point to it, this time. Normally, people will receive-- tokens or items, things of use, yes? At least, that's the way it was in the castle.

[But they really just got chewed up and spit out and for WHAT.]

[sageguidance]

[ yeah he'll get right on that ]

Indeed, it was similar in Wiwaldi. And yet... ... I wonder if it is the result of our memories being used as they are this week.

[illomened]

[Hm... He hadn't thought of that, but honestly, makes enough sense to him. There's a slow, thoughtful nod.]

...That might be the case. It did seem to borrow from Si-san's memories, after all... And from all of our own, I assume.

[He didn't recognize the other two figures attacking their group, but he guesses they were each something painful for Alphinaud and Clementine.]

[sageguidance]

That it did. Truly, it angers me to see loved ones used in this manner.

[illomened]

[Hmmm yes he also doesn't like thinking about it so he simply won't, lest he snap.]

It's a grotesque display, though that would be in line with what we all generally expect from this place already.

[sageguidance]

I am not surprised by any of it, but it makes none of it any easier. I did not wish to experience anything of the like again.

[ One horrible death was enough thanks! ]

[illomened]

[Yeah at least he's got amnesia so he only remembers one death! Now with all of these other deaths added to it but they're not permanent so it's all gucci,,,]

Mm... At least now the others will know to be on the watch for such things. [That's the one good part! No one has to be launched fully unexpectedly into this nonsense!] --Is there anything that I can do, though?

[To help in any way, now that it's all said and done.]

[sageguidance]

[ Another sip. ]

Nay—you have done plenty already, and besides, you need your rest more than I.

But I shall be penning a letter on the morrow—that the living should not take any more tickets from the deceased.

[ >:( ]

[illomened]

[THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY WERE HIS TICKETS STOLEN BUT THEY WERE STOLEN BY A MURDERER. Souji smiles, but it seems like a nearly reflexive sort of expression.]

...Yes, that's-- I wish that I could do more to help with that, especially given the fact that this will almost surely happen again to others.

[Unfortunately, he never had the chance to earn tickets to get them stolen in the first place.]

[sageguidance]

[ fucking rip ]

As do I. [ SIGH. ] Mayhap I should have pressed further about the possibility of regaining my healing magicks... Tickets are going to be a finite source for us here.

[illomened]

[They're going to be an even more finite source if people keep mugging the dead.]

Mm... Even if we don't have access to anything so useful as that, perhaps we could at least ask for a medical kit? Something with proper antiseptic, bandages, sutures and the like.

[Souji already feels tired thinking about what they might have to be dealing with later down the line. They are dead... and yet..... they simply cannot rest???]

[sageguidance]

Yes, that would be more reasonable. 'Tis better than naught, even if I worry for the more grievous injuries that someone could possibly sustain...

[ like yours, homie ]

[illomened]

[Do not perceive him.]

Mm... I do, as well. Though at the very least, I think enough of us have seen dire combat that we could fashion some extreme medical care if we needed to.

[sageguidance]

Yes, I hope so.

... Or, at the very least, 'tis not as if we could... you know... go a second time. Maybe.

[illomened]

[WELL ABOUT THAT........ He pauses for a second, somewhat awkwardly.]

...I had intended on asking Vi-san if that is a possibility we should worry about, actually.

[sageguidance]

Oh.

[ ... ]

Well. To speak more grimly, I think it a possibility. Our circumstances in death are... highly unusual—unheard of, even.

[illomened]

It's certainly not anything I would have expected before the castle...

[He's not a stranger to the weird idea of "you can get a body again after your first one is killed", either.]

If it's a possibility, we'll want to prepare all the better, then.