week eight: mingle

[cyclists]

Week Eight
9 in Competition

As the sun rises on Monday morning, all participants will find themselves awakening with a sense of purpose. Regardless of where they slept the night before, they’ll find themselves compelled to return to the main meeting hall first thing in the morning.

Approaching the hall, however, they will find three large, swirling masses grey in color looming near the sakura tree. These swirls cannot be approached just yet, but seem to be locked and waiting for something more. Later in the day, if those in the village approach the third mass they will find themselves in a version of their home world. This world is completely void of people, but seems to be just as they last remember it. No darkness will be found in this world as well.

As the last member of the village enters the hall, they will find Lune and Sol at the head of the room. They don't speak immediately, but wait for all to settle.



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A THING;

[cyclists]

[As the sun begins to set on the first day of the new week, all will feel compelled to return to the main hall. Lune and Sol, now officially dehooded, stand before the group, patiently waiting for the last participant to join them. Sol glances up at Lune carefully, shifting his weight from one foot to the other before he begins to speak.]

Hi...sorry for the short notice, but Jiji--Lune and I got some news earlier today. We weren't sure how to break it to you though. We've said it before, but the universe talks to us sometimes...and sometimes...we can learn things before they happen.

[He pauses again, stepping back just a hair to let Lune take over.]

Hm... I would advise that now is not the time for panic.

But perhaps it would be a problem best faced head on.

[And so Lune will unfurl a scroll in front of everyone, the writing on it a bit different from all the others in the village:]

.

Sol and Lune
will be corrupted.

.

[Lune speaks again, a small smile curving on his face even if it does not reach his eyes. Perhaps he's stepped a fraction closer to Sol, or it's just your imagination.]

I trust each of you to do what you must - but I would appreciate it if you did not act rashly.

[Even when Lune finishes speaking, Sol doesn't chime in for a few more moments.]

...there's still time to plan. Just remember that.

[papawolf]

[ oh that's not good ]

either!

[nonbelligerent]

[oh, great.]

... This doesn't come as a surprise, I suppose.

Does this mean you'll be the only corrupted, or should we expect others as well?

[unsaid]

[thanks shess, lune doesn't look entirely surprised either]

There may yet be others - while we attempt to determine where the corruption is headed before it hits, we've found that our visions are rather incomplete.

[nonbelligerent]

Understood.

... And what would you prefer the outcome to be?

[unsaid]

... ask the young one, and I shall defer to him.

I am too old to foolishly cling onto matters such as sentiment over practicality -

But perhaps you might understand my feelings on the matter better than any other.

[of what it means to have a charge that you would selfishly protect]

either!

[televised]

[









ah.]

You can't be fucking serious. That's— Why?

[doublebladed]

...we don't know the why yet. This is just all that we've managed to see so far.

[televised]

... This is bullshit.

[she's. so smad. what the fuck.]

First you become vulnerable, and now this? You can't tell me that this is just a series of coincidences. There's no way.

[doublebladed]

Coincidence or not, this is what's happening. [He doesn't sound happy, and actually he seems to be trying to control his temper. He's not even mad at North, he's just frustrated that this is happening at all.] I don't even understand why, and I don't...

["Know what to do."]

[leaberator]

[ HEY THE UNIVERSE WANNA FIGHT? WANNA FUCKING FIGHT? AXEL IS GOING TO FIGHT THE UNIVERSE???? ]

You're joking, right? Roxas.

[ and @ mikazuki because i want both im greedy; ]

Is that it? That's all it said?

[unsaid]

[there's a simple nod]

Yes.

After all, we are the ones who write this scroll.

[why would it say anything else]

[leaberator]

I meant the universe.

[ :T ]

[unsaid]

As much as I enjoy an air of mystery now and again -

[he'll admit it]

I would not allow my play to stand ahead of the young one's safety. If there was more, it would be shared.

[doublebladed]

[. . .

Haha. Guess who can't even look at Axel right now?]

[leaberator]

[ a little more desperate, a little more insisting-- ]

Roxas.

[doublebladed]

...when Miki and Four were working with Lune and I, this is how they got their information. We don't always see a vision into the future, and even when we do, sometimes it's not always the full picture. The universe shows us a vision, and we provide the information on a scroll just like this.

[...] The visions we've had haven't been wrong.

mikazuki

[unfriendliest]

[ well

kara fucking hates this

he's quiet for a while, staring at mikazuki, before asking quietly: ]

Do you need me to break you?

[unsaid]

Do you think you would be able to?

[bitch,

but also there's a moment where lune's gaze drifts elsewhere and then he smiles]

... there is something that I must see to, but perhaps if that matter is taken care of, I might allow it.

[unfriendliest]

If anyone has to, it should be one of us.

[ he's not stronger than mikazuki and he knows it, but he can't just stand by and do nothing here, either. jiji should know that. ]

...If it's something I can help with, tell me. Otherwise, you know where to find me when it's done.

[unsaid]

.... confer with others.

[there is a soft laugh]

We can, at the very least, allow you this much without our interference.

mikazuki

[foodbin]

What? That’s...

[She pauses.]

Are you sure?

[unsaid]

[a nod]

We would not share it if it was not certain.

[ . . . ]

It will be alright, Emma.

[foodbin]

And there isn’t anything we can do...?

[besides, well. the obvious.]

[unsaid]

[ . . . ]

Some chapters are fated to end, Emma.

I suppose that does not mean that it will need to be swift or immediate... but I am not afraid.