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[HELLO, KARA... Should the local sword population wander into the gateway, he'll eventually stumble across North while she's exploring the red light district. Specifically, she seems to have sequestered herself up in the room that's equipped with fortune telling items, sitting on the table and making her way through a book on onmyodo.
She'll offer him a nod as a way of greeting, curt, while flipping to another page in the book.]
She'll offer him a nod as a way of greeting, curt, while flipping to another page in the book.]
[ Just like last time, Ookurikara is exploring each part of the gateway, trying to gauge what they're dealing with and if there's anything useful here they can take back. The difference is, he recognizes this - at least as Sengoku-era Japan, if not any of these specific locations. He's been taken to a courtesan house once or twice as a sword, but it's strange to see it so... empty, even if the voices try to fill the silence. He's almost bored by the whole place, until he finds a different room.
North is here, but he doesn't acknowledge her greeting or speak as he slowly walks in, taking in the items left out. Why fortune telling in a place like this? It's an odd choice, and makes him wonder what was going on, exactly. But he doesn't stop walking until he reaches the ouija board, which... doesn't fit in here, as far as he's concerned. Everything else makes sense, but - what is this? ]
North is here, but he doesn't acknowledge her greeting or speak as he slowly walks in, taking in the items left out. Why fortune telling in a place like this? It's an odd choice, and makes him wonder what was going on, exactly. But he doesn't stop walking until he reaches the ouija board, which... doesn't fit in here, as far as he's concerned. Everything else makes sense, but - what is this? ]
[If he's fine with ignoring her greeting, then she's fine continuing her book without bothering with niceties. That doesn't stop her from glancing up every now and then as he moves around the room, careful to stay attentive of his position so she can't be startled later. When she notices he's stopped by the ouija board, though? She outright stares at him, slowly raising an eyebrow after a moment as if wondering what the heckie he's going to do.
Que c'est un weegie board, indeed.]
Que c'est un weegie board, indeed.]
[ Well. Since the ouija board doesn't seem to be forthcoming about what it is, he eventually turns to keep checking out the items here - but he stops when he notices North staring. Wasn't she busy reading? ]
...What?
...What?
If it bothers you that much, read somewhere else.
[ he can't possibly be the only one who's come through here. ]
[ he can't possibly be the only one who's come through here. ]
[ bold of north to assume that he cares about her point. ]
I'm not the only one looking around.
I'm not the only one looking around.
[ he gives her a flat look and turns to look at the books near the ouija board instead. ]
I don't care.
[ this is going well ]
I don't care.
[ this is going well ]
[ well, at least we don't have to waste time. ]
Yeah - about when you encountered the darkness. Can you tell me what happened?
Yeah - about when you encountered the darkness. Can you tell me what happened?
That you woke up somewhere else, the darkness appeared when you played... something. [ he doesn't know what a cassette is supposed to be. ] There were puzzles you had to do to get back.
There was a native of that world who was corrupted by the darkness, and you found a way to cure him.
And... a recording.
There was a native of that world who was corrupted by the darkness, and you found a way to cure him.
And... a recording.
What the recording said exactly, if there are any details I'm missing, how the darkness manifested...
[ he shrugs. ]
Anything more you can tell me.
[ he shrugs. ]
Anything more you can tell me.
[giving him a look that basically screams "one question at a time???"
but—]
"Revenge isn't the only purpose of darkness. There's another reason…to save someone. To save someone, you must save yourselves. Return to where you once came, and find a clear path." [very... verbatim.] That's what the recording said. As for how the darkness manifested...
[a brief pause, as if she's trying to find the right words.]
It screwed with our vision, for starters. I couldn't see shit through my own eyes, but from what we did get to see as a group? Hands. Lots of them. Missing a finger on the right ones.
[she wiggles her right pinky to illustrate what she means...??]
but—]
"Revenge isn't the only purpose of darkness. There's another reason…to save someone. To save someone, you must save yourselves. Return to where you once came, and find a clear path." [very... verbatim.] That's what the recording said. As for how the darkness manifested...
[a brief pause, as if she's trying to find the right words.]
It screwed with our vision, for starters. I couldn't see shit through my own eyes, but from what we did get to see as a group? Hands. Lots of them. Missing a finger on the right ones.
[she wiggles her right pinky to illustrate what she means...??]
[ okay. weird. he has questions about all of this, but since north apparently only wants one question at a time... ]
Hands - like the ones that stop Lune and Sol from speaking?
Hands - like the ones that stop Lune and Sol from speaking?
Did it just cover your eyes? Or did it blind you, somehow?
[ that's probably possible with this magic stuff, right? ]
[ that's probably possible with this magic stuff, right? ]
You couldn't feel anything? Or hear anything?
[ there are other senses you could have used!! ]
[ there are other senses you could have used!! ]
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