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expiationlogs2023-09-22 10:53 pm
nullificates) wrote in expiationlogs2023-09-22 10:53 pm
(after event chill out lil mingle) let's understand it
(cw depression)
(he hasn't exactly been doing great - much to the opposite. he spent the week in bed, he hasn't taken care of himself whatsoever, and he's exhausted. either way, it hardly matters how he feels, does it ever?
so. let's go. a text message arrives to everyone's charms and tablets, and it reads:)
this is, you guessed it, osamu dazai. it's been a week since that stupid maze, so here is what we have:
1. i need copious amounts of alcohol and food. i'll bring some to the beach in 30, i suggest we all do the same.
2. i'd like to hear what your experiences were. it's important for data building - we have a few detectives in this place, some smartpants, and some go-getters. we need to take advantage of our only resource, which is ourselves. meet me at the beach, or send me anonymously. i don't care about your shit per se.
see you, or don't see you.
many words that mean absolutely nothing here,
dazai.
(to those that come to the beach, they'll see several cocktail possibilities laid in front of dazai, as well as a good number of the food they serve in lupin - mixed nuts, pistachio, cheese tables, chocolate, dried figs, potato chips, chicken snacks, boiled sausage, asparagus with sauces, and dried fruit. a bonfire warms his hands in the chilly breeze of the night - this feels awfully needed.)
(he hasn't exactly been doing great - much to the opposite. he spent the week in bed, he hasn't taken care of himself whatsoever, and he's exhausted. either way, it hardly matters how he feels, does it ever?
so. let's go. a text message arrives to everyone's charms and tablets, and it reads:)
this is, you guessed it, osamu dazai. it's been a week since that stupid maze, so here is what we have:
1. i need copious amounts of alcohol and food. i'll bring some to the beach in 30, i suggest we all do the same.
2. i'd like to hear what your experiences were. it's important for data building - we have a few detectives in this place, some smartpants, and some go-getters. we need to take advantage of our only resource, which is ourselves. meet me at the beach, or send me anonymously. i don't care about your shit per se.
see you, or don't see you.
many words that mean absolutely nothing here,
dazai.
(to those that come to the beach, they'll see several cocktail possibilities laid in front of dazai, as well as a good number of the food they serve in lupin - mixed nuts, pistachio, cheese tables, chocolate, dried figs, potato chips, chicken snacks, boiled sausage, asparagus with sauces, and dried fruit. a bonfire warms his hands in the chilly breeze of the night - this feels awfully needed.)
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[A faint smile. Maybe she relates to that, too, in a way. And isn't that how it works in stories, anyway? Discovering a new power or a new destiny or something...
He exhales softly at her observation, nodding.]
Sounds about right. [Setting aside all the weird Izanami stuff, at least. Just to keep the story from getting too wild.]
It's surprising, isn't it? Getting a peek behind the curtain, so to speak.
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It wasn't that strange. [ .. though that might honestly just be Ange being weird, because things did get really, really strange back there. Objectively so.
But maybe she just didn't really care about that part a whole lot. ]
Instead it felt more like everything started making sense. It makes you realise that everything is happening for a reason, even if it's not always a great reason.
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As curious as he is about that, he focuses more on what she says next. There's something about it that hits home, in a way he can't really put into words. The way the pieces fall into place, figuring out the reasonings behind reasonings, peering through the fog...]
I think I understand. [A little, at least.] Even if it's not a great reason, knowing why something is happening...it helps.
[Maybe that's part of why this place is so frustrating.]
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[ It's almost as if she's reading his thoughts. Except-- of course she's not, Ange doesn't have any sort of power.
It's more just a fact that's really obvious about their existence here, right? Something that's constantly hanging over their heads, especially when you think about it as much as Ange herself does. ]
.. instead we're going through weird mind torture mazes and then eat watermelon on the beach.
[ Their current situation summed up. ]
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It's discouraging. Frustrating. Something he doesn't want to linger on too much.
--that last part gets a laugh, though.]
Never a dull moment, I guess. [Not that he ever found small-town life particularly dull, either. ... Maybe it would have been, if not for the constant near-death experiences.] ... Although at this point, a little bit of dull might be a nice change.