[HELP SWEET VASH... Kaveh will go get cleaned up and changed into his IKEA outfit before he comes back out. He's still wearing his new necklace and he winces a little as he walks, but he's up and moving despite the exhaustion on his face. He greets Vash with a small smile.]
Did Alex and Eiden make it back to their warehouses?
[Kaveh's gaze turns searching for a moment, like it takes him a while to remember--but eventually he nods slowly.]
That's right... the maze, wasn't it? [God. He closes his eyes for a moment, lifting a hand to rub at his face. ] Sorry, there were just... so many loops.
Mm. In a way. [He sighs softly.] There were so many abnormalities... we had to take care of them. But if things went wrong, we had the button. To start over.
[He--looks a little sad, then. He misses the button.]
[It does help, honestly. He smiles slightly--though he closes his eyes shortly after, his expression growing a little pinched, like he's got a headache or something.]
[Which is probably the only reason he's been able to fight it off, rather than just like. Knocking himself out with alcohol even though it's murder night.]
[EVERYONE REALLY SAID "HEI MUST SUFFER AND VASH GETS TO BE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE"
That makes the corner of his mouth lift, though; he doesn't really have the energy to smile, but it's something.]
Don't fight Wolfwood. [But it's not really a scolding. Really, it's more like--latching onto the thought of something tangibly connected to this place. Something to focus on before he thinks back to his first CYOA.] ...We went back to Teyvat. Nahida, Setsu, Matsui, and I.
[He's quiet for a moment, because it's sad, realizing that only he and Nahida are left.]
[Vashwood can stay divorced because it's keeping them alive!!!!]
Mm. It seems like it was drawn from her experiences. [Sad... their bird...] After I got back... I'm not sure how to describe it. I said a lot of things without any hesitation at all--things I normally never would have. [Which really fucking sucked WEEK 1!!!] And I couldn't feel pain for a little while.
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W5 : THURSDAY
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Did Alex and Eiden make it back to their warehouses?
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From what I saw, yeah. They're resting with their friends, safe and sound.
[ for now ]
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[If he's allowed he will move over to lean on him, since even though he's healed enough to not be dying on the floor, he's still tired.]
Vash? [...] What's... the last thing that happened? Before we left?
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Uhm... Wednesday treasure hunting which was yesterday? Is that what you mean?
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That's right... the maze, wasn't it? [God. He closes his eyes for a moment, lifting a hand to rub at his face. ] Sorry, there were just... so many loops.
[They were there for so fucking long.]
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[ Because he passed out, but. Oh. He doesn't like the sound of this. ]
Loops? Like you guys would repeat the same sequence of events?
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[He--looks a little sad, then. He misses the button.]
...Death wasn't real, there. It didn't last.
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Good thing you had that button, but that also means never-ending suffering.
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Mm. [...] They got hurt so many times. I can't--I lost track. I don't know how long we were there.
[Sometimes you're just a little guy and you watch your friends and coworkers get murdered a bajillion times.]
I don't even know how we broke through, in the end. It was the birds, and the portal, but... I don't know if anything we did made a difference.
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[ like what the fuck does this mean. ]
You guys made it out. That's something.
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[He actually doesn't know exactly what happened he was so dead inside by that point.]
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[ HEL:P??? ]
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We couldn't do anything to it directly. We had to destroy its eggs... but then we went through the portal, and we... made it back here.
[Kind of. He thinks.]
...I keep waiting for it to start over again.
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[ Gives Kaveh's shoulder a light squeeze, hoping this will ground him. ]
You're here.
[ Whether that's a good thing or not, Vash doesn't say. ]
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Right. No more.
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[ He watches Kaveh's expression, tilting his head over the shift. ]
Something up?
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I keep hearing...
[He shakes his head.]
It's... from the facility, I think.
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I hope they're not too distracting. Whatever I was going through lasted until the end of trial, I think.
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[Which is probably the only reason he's been able to fight it off, rather than just like. Knocking himself out with alcohol even though it's murder night.]
It's not as bad as the first time.
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[ i had the worst couple of weeks in this game i tell you ]
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That makes the corner of his mouth lift, though; he doesn't really have the energy to smile, but it's something.]
Don't fight Wolfwood. [But it's not really a scolding. Really, it's more like--latching onto the thought of something tangibly connected to this place. Something to focus on before he thinks back to his first CYOA.] ...We went back to Teyvat. Nahida, Setsu, Matsui, and I.
[He's quiet for a moment, because it's sad, realizing that only he and Nahida are left.]
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[ bro. Anyway... Damn. He's listless because it really is half of that cyoa group wiped, then also the holder of that memory. A nod. ]
Shenhe told me a bit about it.
[ Sad. ]
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Mm. It seems like it was drawn from her experiences. [Sad... their bird...] After I got back... I'm not sure how to describe it. I said a lot of things without any hesitation at all--things I normally never would have. [Which really fucking sucked WEEK 1!!!] And I couldn't feel pain for a little while.
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[ The homicidal bondage. ]
It must have sucked pretty bad. Shenhe maneuvered social interaction pretty well, but that comes with practice with her predicament.
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