diluc [spacecoast]

[verminous]

shitposts later or never! GRABBING MY OMO

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W3 SATURDAY

[pyromance]

[ back in their room again... diluc's at his desk, staring off into nothing. waddap! ]

[verminous]

[hi. he takes a seat on the bed-- well, more like his legs finally give out by the time he gets to the bed. fuck.]

...sorry, Diluc.

[pyromance]

[ he's quiet for a long time. ]

...I'm fine.

[ lol ]

This... We should expect this by now.

[verminous]

You're not. Arthur makes me fight him on this every time, I don't have it in me to do this with both of you, Diluc.

[pyromance]

[ he smiles ruefully, at that, but it's forced. ]

What would you rather have me say...?

[ there's not bite to that reply, at least ]

[verminous]

...well, whatever you want.

Were you close?

[pyromance]

...I'm not sure.

But... I feel we share much in common.

[verminous]

...I can see it, yeah. He seems like that type of guy.

Don't think tomorrow's going to be easy, but it's always been like that.

[pyromance]

...No, it won't be.

[ me wishing he could be the kind of person who just skipped. ]

I worry for the outcome.

[verminous]

[hm. thinking for a second, there.]

You think he's gonna be a threat if someone else has to deal with him?

[pyromance]

...Normally, I wouldn't. But with these effects...

[ aggression. [canon things.] ]

He's a trained soldier.

[verminous]

He's not the only one, Diluc.

[but, well.]

...though that doesn't mean one of us is gonna end up handling anything.

[pyromance]

[ he nods ]

Exactly. The summons aren't up to us.

[verminous]

...well, let's just hope it's not...

[nodd who tried to bus himself once already]

[pyromance]

...

[ he nods. ]

I doubt he would be in the best condition for it.

[ for a number of reasons. ]

[verminous]

It'd just turn into a big mess, and we might have to kill Dion at the end of it all anyway, so here's hoping we avoid that outcome.

[pyromance]

I doubt it'll be straightforward either way, but I agree.

As for Sora's killer... I wonder what happens to them.

[verminous]

...wouldn't worry about them. I feel like that one's probably fine.

[pyromance]

...What do you know?

[ hello? ]

[verminous]

I've got no idea who did it, so don't ask me, all right, I can't help you there-- but I'm pretty positive Sora's the one who was messed up. Apparently she was acting weird all week.

[pyromance]

—Ah.

...In that case, the results were the best outcome after all.

[ GRITTING MY TEETH. ]

[verminous]

Seems like they probably were, yeah.

...sorry.

[pyromance]

[ he shakes his head ]

I... have reason to believe this is what he would want as well. [ that the truth be revealed. that there is justice. (though, there's hardly anything just about their circumstances.) ]

...And, there was that one message from HER-MES. We have to prioritize the safety of the crew.

[verminous]

...gotta keep as many of us safe as we can.

[because it's been clear since they started dying that there's no saving them all. it's already too late.]

[pyromance]

...Yes.

[ he trails off here. ]

...Thank you, Gregor. For checking in on me.