Try to bus: get revived; Try to hide: get mcmurdered

[bondsofsuffering]

Who: sensitIV + Visitors??
Where: sensitIV dorms
When: Night of 365/366

[We tried so hard and got so far but in the end half of us still got murdered.]

Comments

[lionhurt]

[ Distracted by his meticulous work, it takes a bit for him to notice the water and react— it obviously couldn't have been one of the others, still injured and largely immobile. Of the people left... yeah, not either of the two drunks, probably?

He makes his decision and cracks open Persephone's door to see if he's in ]

[forgottenmercy]

[he's greeted by a wisteria maze.

he can hear singing somewhere within it, clear and beautiful and perfect.]

[lionhurt]

[ Pretty... For all that they're "idols" here, there isn't much musicality to it. He's missed getting to hear singing, the music that had threaded through so many of his days. Ballads and pop songs, putting lyrics to melodies to make that sweetness accessible. . . It's nostalgic, even though this voice is new, and it's certainly not the kind of song he's used to on stage.

Not that new, though. He knows whose voice that is.

Carefully picking his way through the maze, he attempts to follow the singing to Persephone. ]

[forgottenmercy]

[the style of song has a lot in common with sacred shrine music. and he's not hard to find: he's tending the wisteria.

or rather, singing to it.]

[lionhurt]

[ He comes into the same area as Persephone, but he's staying quiet so as to not interrupt until he reaches a natural stopping point. He'll just watch and listen until then. ]

[forgottenmercy]

[it'll be a bit, but he'll come to a natural stopping point eventually.

he'll begin turning to the next clump of wisteria, but there's a chance to interrupt him before he starts-]

[lionhurt]

[ He takes the opportunity. ]

Perse-kun. [ why was he here, he forgot while listening to the singing... oh, right. ] You're alright?

[forgottenmercy]

Ah, Veles...

[nods] I'm, ah, alright...

Just, ah, a little tired.

[Persephone never admits to weariness of any kind, usually.]

[lionhurt]

Hearing you say that straight is like, super rare.

[ Though, under the circumstances, it's completely explicable.

He comes to his side, to be able to view him better as he works ]

I'm playing nursemaid to the rest, but. . . Is there anything you need? That guy was the worst and you saw it coming, so it's not like you have it easy right now either.

[forgottenmercy]

I need to speak with Taisho, but I don't know them very well...

[lionhurt]

[ a moment's thought, contemplating if it's a good idea before saying: ]

Mmh. Well, our King is erratic and totally unreliable, but he's a Taisho? I could introduce you.

[forgottenmercy]

Do you think he would be willing to write a contract?

[lionhurt]

I wouldn't trust him with the wording, but he'll do whatever I tell him to.

[forgottenmercy]

I'm getting help with the wording...just the person I'm getting help from isn't on Taisho.

[lionhurt]

Then yeah, there's no problem.

[forgottenmercy]

...thank you.

...and I'm sorry.

[lionhurt]

. . . You totally shouldn't be apologizing to me. I'm not even hurt. All I did was run away, and I didn't listen to anyone about him, either. I saw your memories, but I assumed he wouldn't do anything in public, or that my disguise was enough. And like, it was? But just for me.

[forgottenmercy]

Being helpless in, ah, a situation like that is it's own hell...

...I don't think I, ah, managed to get across to everyone just how implacable he is. Even with, ah, my memories...

[lionhurt]

And how's that your fault? It's his for being like that. No one's going to guess someone's just that much of a lunatic.

[forgottenmercy]

I could simply have gone back to him. [and none of this would have happened.]