verminous | mizuki [spacecoast]

our zooky...

[unsurprisingly, he is out here somewhere smoking like a damn chimney.]

...think that's the best we could've hoped for, there.

... Yeah. Seems like most of us knew what to expect.

And at least he ended up with somebody who could do it.

[it could have been. a lot worse!]

[ she groans ]

God, tell me about it. Who's deciding who can go in there, anyway?

I'd really like to know. We were already there.

Oh, yeah... A whole bunch of you, right?

A few, yeah. He-- was talkin' about how to take him down, if it came to it.

Guess this place hates planning.

Mm... Yeah, he told me too, but I didn't think about keeping guard.

Not that it mattered. It's like our efforts are for nothing.

Almost enough to make you wonder if things like that are on purpose.

Nah, it's definitely feeling deliberate at this point.

So the question's why. Just messin' with us?

For their sakes, they better have a reason that isn't "just screwing around." Not that any reason's a good one.