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stagemanagers) wrote in itscurtains2021-06-20 01:01 am
Week Four
[Last week, Gershwin High School Academy University saw its very first intentional murder! What a milestone! And right after Spongebob's No Murder party, too - that doesn't seem like it bodes very well for anybody's future.
You all wake up this morning with yet another new memory returned to you. You'll also find that the school's external doors have now unlocked. Congratulations! You're free! Unfortunately, you also seem to be entirely in the middle of nowhere. So maybe it's more of a symbolic victory.
Still, you should look around and do some investigation! Maybe you'll find a fun surprise.]
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(( Be sure to submit your memory regains and your AC for this week! Hester's office hours and the merch booth also remain available! ))
You all wake up this morning with yet another new memory returned to you. You'll also find that the school's external doors have now unlocked. Congratulations! You're free! Unfortunately, you also seem to be entirely in the middle of nowhere. So maybe it's more of a symbolic victory.
Still, you should look around and do some investigation! Maybe you'll find a fun surprise.]
(( Be sure to submit your memory regains and your AC for this week! Hester's office hours and the merch booth also remain available! ))
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[ She casts her eyes down at the Sonic head, her gaze becoming softer and fonder. ]
I was... in the School Idol Club and I... actually got to put on a real concert for a ton of people. And I had so many friends from the club supporting and helping me...
[ She closes her eyes. ]
It felt... better than anything I could have ever dreamed of.
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[And as shitty as he feels, he does mean that. Genuinely. He knows it's Rina's dream...and with how shy she can be, she probably worried if it would ever even be possible for her.
The fact she was able to, and had the support of friends along with it...]
It had to have happened, then. You just...just now remembered, you know?
[It's like Farrah said.
They're not just dreams...huh.]
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[ Reopening her eyes she looks right at him. ]
What about you?
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[How is he supposed to tell her what HE saw after something that nice? He doesn't want to lie- not to Rina, she'd probably be able to tell anyway- but...he's not sure how much of this he really wants to divulge to her.
So...half of it will just have to do.]
Not...great? I mean, maybe- I don't know.
[He turns over onto his back, looking up at the ceiling. His papers and diagrams look down at him, tacked all over haphazardly.]
My village...is dying. I think there's a way to save it though, but...my dad, he's...
We went to the kingdom together. To ask the royal family for help about what to do. Dad told my village we'd go get help.
But when he got up in front of the king...
[He screws his eyes shut before bringing both hands up to cover his face, pressing his palms hard into his eyes.]
He lied. He...he didn't tell him. Told him...everything was fine.
[...]
How can I trust anything when my own father...lied to the King's face?
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That sure is the opposite of what her dream was like, huh?
She suddenly feels... bad? Here she was all happy and excited, talking about her nice, wonderful memory... and he'd gotten something like this? He'd been laying here tormented by something like this while she'd been dreaming so peacefully? ]
...I'm sorry. [ It comes out of her before she can even think of anything else or say. ] That's...
...Why would he do something like that?
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He drops his hands back down after a moment, looking over at Rina out of the corner of his eye.]
I don't know. I confronted him, but...he told me he was going to take care of it. He asked the King for more land, telling him it was for our bountiful crops this year, but...it was really just to buy time.
[Things had gotten worse. Much worse. Every time he closes his eyes he can see it- the horrible rows of black spikes piercing the ground and everything in their path.]
He's our leader. I just...I really don't understand it.
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After a moment of thinking she carefully sets the Sonic plushie aside and reaches out to take one of Varian's hands in hers. ]
Maybe... maybe everything ended up okay? Everyone says we only have... bits and pieces of our memories still. The one I had last night DEFINITELY came before the one I had last week.
There could still be memories from afterwards. Ones you don't remember yet... where everything works out all right.
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He allows Rina to take his hand, tightening his grip just barely. He can feel Ruddiger pat his hair with a paw, who seems to have woken up with their soft talking.]
...I really hope you're right.
[He sighs, looking down.]
Cassandra...she's from my home. And she can remember things I don't. I don't know how much she knows, but...I feel like if the threat was gone, she would have told me.
[Right?]
Maybe I should just ask her, but...I'm scared.
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...Would you like to ask her together? I could go with you.
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[...
Varian's heart beats faster. Harder.
For a second, it feels like it may burst. If what he thinks- what he knows, what he saw is the truth- then he can't-]
I'm...I don't think I'm ready. Not yet.
[His head sinks against the pillow a little more. Elsa had offered him the same kindness...and he'd turned it down then, too.]
I'm sorry, but...if I do ask her, I'd really appreciate it if you could be there. If it's not too much.
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Of course. And take all the time you need. I'll be right here at your side when you need me.
[ She hesitates for a few seconds... before starting to sing to him. ]
When the light is running low
And the shadows start to grow
And the places that you know
Seem like fantasy
There's a light inside your soul
That's still shining in the cold
With the truth
The promise in our hearts
[ Her hug tightens. ]
Don't forget,
I'm with you in the dark
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Varian doesn't say anything. He just lets Rina hold him, looking across the room over her shoulder as she sings softly into his ear. From where he's positioned, he can see the offrenda he built from here, staring back at him with mementos of everyone who had died so far.
He closes his eyes, hoping Rina won't feel the tears he's going to definitely be quietly crying into her shoulder. Probably until exhaustion overtakes him and he falls asleep once more.]
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She's here and she's got you. Like Ai-san and the others had her. ]