AUDIENCE FOR: yamatonokami yasusada

[saturations]

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[saturations]

[...they can't help it. they laugh a little.]

Can't say I've found a clock. Those kinda showed up on their own.

[aitou]

You missed one outside, you know.

[He's

talking about the central node clock]

[saturations]

[this is my favorite head empty icon.]

I...don't think I can take that one. But thanks for trying to look out for me.

[aitou]

[The artist who did that has a locked account and it makes me SO sad.

Yams looks a little sad too, then--not too much, thankfully, but the sort of sadness that comes from knowing your own helplessness.]

...I wish there was more we could do. But I don't want anyone going to the sort of place we went, either. I don't know how to do both.

[laughs in pre-cyoa returns]

[saturations]

[noooo stop being sad!!]

I think you're probably doing more than you think you are. You've done a lot for the others here. [a pause.] I don't want you guys going back either, but we still don't know how you even got there. That's the worst part.

[aitou]

[LISTEN... sometimes you just want to help your NPCs :(]

Mm. I'm a little worried that someone's going to get trapped.

[or DIE FOR REAL, LIKE SOME PEOPLE DO, DANA]

[saturations]

...do you think that's likely to happen? All of you have made it out so far, right?

[this is wednesday, they know not of what they speak of.]

[aitou]

[HIS PEANUT!!!!]

Yes, but... there's nothing stopping that from changing, is there? No one died the first week we were here, either.

[saturations]

Right, I know, but...that doesn't mean it'll happen either. It can't. That wouldn't make any sense.

[aitou]

Why not?

[saturations]

We don't know if these are reactions to you guys or an imbalance, but...why wouldn't returning be the priority?

[they're. grasping at straws, don't listen to them. they are really trying to make sense of this and it's not working.]

[aitou]

[...Well,]

Why would it be?

[The residents are the ones who've stressed that the prism doesn't really have a conscious will, after all.]

[saturations]

[...sigh.]

I don't really know, Yasusada. I don't have answers anymore. [they can just admit that...]

[aitou]

[They're valid.]

It's okay. I didn't think you did. [Which is--a compliment, even if it doesn't seem like much of one.] We'll keep trying to figure it out, though.

[saturations]

I'm not sure if that makes me feel better or worse actually. [but they aren't really offended either.] ...how long do you think we can keep trying?

[aitou]

[It's a difficult question, but...]

I think most people will keep trying until they die.

[saturations]

And if I don't want more people to die? What do we do then?

[aitou]

[If Riff will them, he'll reach out and give their hand a little squeeze.]

You're already helping us a lot, right? I think as long as you keep doing that, that's the best choice.

[saturations]

[they will allow it, but they still don't seem happy.]

It's not enough. At least it doesn't always feel like it now. But...that's what I can do.

[aitou]

[That makes him smile, though again, it's a little sad.]

I know. But you're right, it's all we can do for now.

[saturations]

[there's a slow nod. it's not really the best answer, but it'll have to do.]

...I hope you're able to get your body back soon. It's important to you guys, right?

[aitou]

[He nods.]

I hope so too. I don't think this place will let us be connected to them, like we're supposed to be, but I'll feel a lot better having it back anyway.

[And then he doesn't get it because he's gay but that's fine]

[saturations]

Maybe it will. It's hard to say what'll happen when you have it back but...I'm glad it'll still help you.

[yasu...]

Isn't it sort of scary to be connected to something like that?

[aitou]

Scary? Why?

[saturations]

Because if something happens to the blade...[then something happens to them. their way of thinking is different than a sword, so they think a human body is a little easier to at least save if damaged.]