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week 0; sunday

[undread]

[after the npc reveal, laudna can be found sitting out near the pyre on her own, with pâté fluttering nearby. she has her long hair hanging down over her face and she's clearly talking to herself out loud.]

...Still nothing from you? How long are you going to give me the silent treatment? You're useless!

[drymonster]

[ looks for the other party in this conversation...


does not see them ]

Um...

[ waves...? ]

[undread]

[...oh. she stops, and shrinks back just a little, but then waves as well.]

Hello.

[drymonster]

Everything okay here? [ ... ] Aside from the cult stuff, I guess.

[ though also he kind of thought that stuff was her aesthetic... ]

[undread]

[she tugs a bit at her hair, uncomfortable.]

The cult stuff is rather ugly, isn't it. Aren't you frightened of being ritually sacrificed?

[drymonster]

Well, yeah. I guess it's just far enough away and we have so few details that it doesn't feel like an imminent threat yet.

[ so dark haunted houses that he's in RIGHT NOW are scarier. ]

[undread]

Ah. Denial.

[drymonster]

I mean— not exactly.

[ that's just a problem for future totty that someone else will have hopefully solved before then. ]

[undread]

Be careful with that. If you avoid it too much, you might just become a victim.

[drymonster]

I'm going to be careful. I just don't think being totally on edge for two straight months would help anything, so I'm keeping it at a distance for my own emotional well being.

[undread]

I suppose that's reasonable. You can't fixate on the danger every moment, or you'll lose your mind.

[drymonster]

Yeah, exactly. And that kiiiind of seems like an important thing to hold onto here.

[undread]

It's an important thing to hold onto anywhere! Just don't hold onto it so hard that you forget to hold onto your head, too.

week 1; thursday

[undread]

[voids you voids you voids you.

wherever totty is, she sees him and turns and starts walking away.]

[drymonster]

Wha— hey??

[ he has no right to be offended because he would absolutely turn around and walk the hell away from some messy shit he didn't want to deal with, but he is anyway!! you don't get to just joke about us being bad murderers and then do this!!!! ]

[undread]

[it wasn't a joke it was a sincere question.]

...Oh. I didn't see you there. How are you feeling?

[she clearly did see him.]

[drymonster]

Uh huh...

[ sigh. ]

I mean, not great, but obviously it could be worse.

[ since, gestures at geto and alfyn... but also he's still looking pretty undead-ish at the moment, so. DEFINITELY NOT GREAT. ]

[undread]

I'm sorry if my words offended you.

[she genuinely wasn't trying to mock them.]

[drymonster]

[ he doesn't know how he's supposed to tell... ]

It's... whatever. It's fine.

[ not snappy, just tired. too tired to be annoyed about it. ]

[undread]

...Are you alright?

[she will give him sort of a nervous, hesitant smile, not sure what to say.]

[drymonster]

[ ...huh. i don't think he saw what was going on with her on soup night, so aside from that first weekend when he heard her talking to herself, he hasn't really seen her looking this uncomfortable and off her game, and he's not sure what to make of that. ]

...Um, still not great, still could be worse...

[ kind of a confused head tilt like, are YOU okay? ]

[undread]

Do you think you could tell me about the place you went?

[she does not respond to questions communicated in the form of a head tilt.]

[drymonster]

Yeah... uh, it was this city with a castle up on a hill, and a big creepy tree in the middle of town...

[undread]

[her expression goes very dark at that in the eyes, but she continues to frown, looking at him otherwise calm.]

I don't understand what brought you there, or why.

[drymonster]

...Huh? You know that place?