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Entry tags:
- *event,
- abby anderson: c,
- anakin skywalker: michele,
- ange ushiromiya: jelle,
- anna amarande: celene,
- ariadne: wizera,
- catra: pink,
- childe: bean,
- diluc ragnvindr: samuel,
- faolan: teresa,
- fern: pan,
- flynn fairwind: teresa,
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- izuku "deku" midoriya: tea,
- kaeya alberich: daisy,
- katherine pierce: jade,
- kd6-3.7: moz,
- lance: charley,
- luke skywalker: skyla,
- lumine: trix,
- luna lovegood: cheryl,
- luz noceda: pedro,
- manabu yuuki: elle,
- mebh og mactire: oggy,
- nehan: ray,
- orpheus: qv,
- peter graham: jhey,
- ryan akagi: billie sue,
- savage opress: vette,
- soldier blue: elle,
- stiles stilinski: charley,
- the medicine seller: greenrivers,
- tsume: shade,
- usagi tsukino: jax,
- varian: tf,
- wanda maximoff: jade,
- wei wuxian: tohma,
- willow rosenberg: lucy,
- winter schnee: mesi,
- wu: mads,
- yuri lowell: mads
Because one day, I'll leave you a phantom
OCTOBER 2021 EVENT
IMAGE DESCRIPTORS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Prompt One
[Image One: Band playing on moving float with people in masks walking behind.]
[Image Two: Woman in gas mask and elaborate ballgown.]
Prompt Two
[Image One: Man looking away while creepy corpse-like woman puts hand on window.]
[Image Two: Two contorted girls crawling across floor with blood flowing out.]
Prompt Three
[Image One: Headless horseman with jack-o-lantern rearing on horse.]
[Image Two: Annabelle doll rocking on its own in chair.]
WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE
LONELINESS KILLS: THE CURSE OF CLOVERFIELD
LEGENDS OF TRENCH
CODINGPrompt One
[Image One: Band playing on moving float with people in masks walking behind.]
[Image Two: Woman in gas mask and elaborate ballgown.]
Prompt Two
[Image One: Man looking away while creepy corpse-like woman puts hand on window.]
[Image Two: Two contorted girls crawling across floor with blood flowing out.]
Prompt Three
[Image One: Headless horseman with jack-o-lantern rearing on horse.]
[Image Two: Annabelle doll rocking on its own in chair.]
WHEN: During the daytime every day of October
WHERE: Throughout the streets of Cellar Door and Willful Machine.
CONTENT WARNINGS: N/A
WHERE: Throughout the streets of Cellar Door and Willful Machine.
CONTENT WARNINGS: N/A
The Black Parade has begun in Trench. You will begin to see residents painting skulls and monsters onto their faces, even the ones who abide by practical lifestyles. By the first week of October, you won't see a single resident of Trench without facepaint or a mask of some kind obscuring their face.
"It's for the Black Parade," they say, "It's to keep us safe. You should start painting your face too. You should disguise yourself so they can't find you."
Who, you might ask? Anyone dangerous. It's vague and unsettling, but you think maybe they are onto something. Call it intuition or basic common sense. Stalls pop up all around Trench selling cheap masks and costumes. They aren't exactly Halloween costumes. There's less of a focus on becoming something and more of a focus on looking different than you currently do.
Then the Black Parade really takes off. Black and white confetti seem to fall from the sky and you can hear the distant sound of trumpets and drums. You can feel the earth give small tremors and Trenchies begin to flock to Cellar Door and the Willful Machine. They line the streets and you can see why: a literal parade is coming through. Stages are set with talented musicians rocking out, singing into wireless, floating moonlit mics. Incredible, giant puppets walk through the streets guided by a dozen talented Architects. Other people move about in stilted costumes, elaborate gowns. Some performers set up small, stationary areas to perform for smaller crowds. The sky is filled with massive and unusual kites. Find one among the many stalls or make your own!
Stalls hand out candied applies, foil-wrapped candies, and roasted pumpkin seeds by the bundles. Hot ciders are kept in barrels ready to be served up in tin mugs, with or without alcohol. It's a festive atmosphere that seems to go nonstop 24/7 throughout October but exclusively in these areas. It's a good place to go to avoid some of the haunts of October and to have a good time. Why not get involved? Make your own puppet, float, or costumes, and join in the fun. Chunks of the road are reserved for parades, but others have been sectioned off for people to dance and mingle about. You quickly learn that face-paint and masked/concealed faces seem to be a good way of avoiding the attention of beasts, angry Pthumerians, and other unusual creatures in Trench.
It's not a foolproof method, but October largely celebrates the safety of ambiguity and is one of the few times the practical and pleasure factions get along. Get your face painted up or pick out a costume - it's both aesthetic and life-saving! The Black Parade is held annually every October all October long and is considered a significant Trench holiday. Many people refer to the costumes specifically as "Black Parade" costumes and sentiments commonly exchanged at this time include: Have a blessed and safe Blood Moon; May your Seasons pass unseen; Bless the many faces of cleverness; May you go unseen by the blood; Blessed Black Parade.
QUICK FACTS
1. Halloween costumes you can buy at the store won't be available unless a character intentionally makes one. Most of the costumes in Trench are more or less eccentric make-up looks and unusual masks. They look a lot more like Cirque du Soleil costumes than Halloween costumes.
2. Characters can have multiple costume/face-paint/mask changes throughout the month. No one will be forced into these - but it is strongly, culturally encouraged for everyone's safety to dress up!
"It's for the Black Parade," they say, "It's to keep us safe. You should start painting your face too. You should disguise yourself so they can't find you."
Who, you might ask? Anyone dangerous. It's vague and unsettling, but you think maybe they are onto something. Call it intuition or basic common sense. Stalls pop up all around Trench selling cheap masks and costumes. They aren't exactly Halloween costumes. There's less of a focus on becoming something and more of a focus on looking different than you currently do.
Then the Black Parade really takes off. Black and white confetti seem to fall from the sky and you can hear the distant sound of trumpets and drums. You can feel the earth give small tremors and Trenchies begin to flock to Cellar Door and the Willful Machine. They line the streets and you can see why: a literal parade is coming through. Stages are set with talented musicians rocking out, singing into wireless, floating moonlit mics. Incredible, giant puppets walk through the streets guided by a dozen talented Architects. Other people move about in stilted costumes, elaborate gowns. Some performers set up small, stationary areas to perform for smaller crowds. The sky is filled with massive and unusual kites. Find one among the many stalls or make your own!
Stalls hand out candied applies, foil-wrapped candies, and roasted pumpkin seeds by the bundles. Hot ciders are kept in barrels ready to be served up in tin mugs, with or without alcohol. It's a festive atmosphere that seems to go nonstop 24/7 throughout October but exclusively in these areas. It's a good place to go to avoid some of the haunts of October and to have a good time. Why not get involved? Make your own puppet, float, or costumes, and join in the fun. Chunks of the road are reserved for parades, but others have been sectioned off for people to dance and mingle about. You quickly learn that face-paint and masked/concealed faces seem to be a good way of avoiding the attention of beasts, angry Pthumerians, and other unusual creatures in Trench.
It's not a foolproof method, but October largely celebrates the safety of ambiguity and is one of the few times the practical and pleasure factions get along. Get your face painted up or pick out a costume - it's both aesthetic and life-saving! The Black Parade is held annually every October all October long and is considered a significant Trench holiday. Many people refer to the costumes specifically as "Black Parade" costumes and sentiments commonly exchanged at this time include: Have a blessed and safe Blood Moon; May your Seasons pass unseen; Bless the many faces of cleverness; May you go unseen by the blood; Blessed Black Parade.
QUICK FACTS
1. Halloween costumes you can buy at the store won't be available unless a character intentionally makes one. Most of the costumes in Trench are more or less eccentric make-up looks and unusual masks. They look a lot more like Cirque du Soleil costumes than Halloween costumes.
2. Characters can have multiple costume/face-paint/mask changes throughout the month. No one will be forced into these - but it is strongly, culturally encouraged for everyone's safety to dress up!
WHEN: October
WHERE: Everywhere
CONTENT WARNINGS: Psychological-based curse, feelings of intense loneliness, mental health.
WHERE: Everywhere
CONTENT WARNINGS: Psychological-based curse, feelings of intense loneliness, mental health.
It is said that the Blood Moon reminds Cloverfield of those he has lost over the decades. They say that the howling wind is actually the sound of Cloverfield's cries and there seems to be some truth to that. He can be seen wandering the Farther Shores and watching the moon. If you seek out Cloverfield and offer him comfort and companionship, he will bless you with a worn picture of a loved one or someone you miss desperately or even just a place you miss...Even if it's impossible for such a picture to exist.
Of course, not everyone will visit Cloverfield. Cloverfield's loneliness begins to curse the city of Trench. Sleepers will be impacted the most heavily as their blood will directly react to this curse. Sleepers who have a good sense of relationship may be able to avoid the curse, but those who often feel lonely or homesick will start to feel worse and worse as the days go by.
Eventually, their loneliness begins to manifest as a corpse-like version of themselves or the person they care about most. This corpse follows them around everywhere like a shadow. You won't notice your own Loneliness, but other people might, especially palebloods, Night Walkers, and Disciples. These corpses don't seem to care about anything or anyone and at first don't seem violent...But eventually, this Loneliness becomes consuming.
Once it does, you too will contort, and you and your Loneliness will soon be crawling about on all fours, blood floating out of you in thin streams. You'll be lost to your feelings of loneliness, stalking the streets with your Loneliness, looking for companionship. Of course, you're completely corrupt at this point, so your version of finding companionship most likely involves accidentally suffocating someone or other violent actions. Some people may never become violent once they are in the Final Stage, but the blood constantly flowing from them will create heavy blood pollution and may draw in far more dangerous creatures. You really don't want Lonely People walking around!
Better start some conversations - even if these Lonely People are creepy as hell. But, then again, they are just lonely. Hopefully, you will find peace of mind and find your people. Hopefully, you will banish loneliness...For the time being.
QUICK FACTS
1. This curse will impact people who are more isolated than others. Interaction with other people or animals will alleviate the curse and may completely stop it for some.
2. You can stop the curse at the corpse stage by confronting a Sleeper and opening up an emotional conversation about their loneliness. This may not always work, but the more the conversation works for the Sleeper, the more effective. The corpse will fleck away once the curse has been reversed.
3. Curses can continue to come back throughout October, but once you've experienced it once, it's less likely to occur again.
4. The Final Stage of the curse is the hardest to stop and most of the time, it's easiest to just kill the Cursed. It's easier to kill them than talk them out of their loneliness, but it is not impossible to talk them out of it. It requires dedication, patience, and some serious cleverness on how to survive a monster trying to kill you at the same time.
5. Loneliness can be widely interpreted once in the Final Stage. People should generally still look like themselves. How people act in this stage can vary from character to character and should be centric to how characters deal with their loneliness in general. If they're prone to shutting people out, then maybe their Loneliness is aloof and distant. If they're prone to clinging to toxic people, then maybe their Loneliness is accidentally violent. It's open to interpretation.
Of course, not everyone will visit Cloverfield. Cloverfield's loneliness begins to curse the city of Trench. Sleepers will be impacted the most heavily as their blood will directly react to this curse. Sleepers who have a good sense of relationship may be able to avoid the curse, but those who often feel lonely or homesick will start to feel worse and worse as the days go by.
Eventually, their loneliness begins to manifest as a corpse-like version of themselves or the person they care about most. This corpse follows them around everywhere like a shadow. You won't notice your own Loneliness, but other people might, especially palebloods, Night Walkers, and Disciples. These corpses don't seem to care about anything or anyone and at first don't seem violent...But eventually, this Loneliness becomes consuming.
Once it does, you too will contort, and you and your Loneliness will soon be crawling about on all fours, blood floating out of you in thin streams. You'll be lost to your feelings of loneliness, stalking the streets with your Loneliness, looking for companionship. Of course, you're completely corrupt at this point, so your version of finding companionship most likely involves accidentally suffocating someone or other violent actions. Some people may never become violent once they are in the Final Stage, but the blood constantly flowing from them will create heavy blood pollution and may draw in far more dangerous creatures. You really don't want Lonely People walking around!
Better start some conversations - even if these Lonely People are creepy as hell. But, then again, they are just lonely. Hopefully, you will find peace of mind and find your people. Hopefully, you will banish loneliness...For the time being.
QUICK FACTS
1. This curse will impact people who are more isolated than others. Interaction with other people or animals will alleviate the curse and may completely stop it for some.
2. You can stop the curse at the corpse stage by confronting a Sleeper and opening up an emotional conversation about their loneliness. This may not always work, but the more the conversation works for the Sleeper, the more effective. The corpse will fleck away once the curse has been reversed.
3. Curses can continue to come back throughout October, but once you've experienced it once, it's less likely to occur again.
4. The Final Stage of the curse is the hardest to stop and most of the time, it's easiest to just kill the Cursed. It's easier to kill them than talk them out of their loneliness, but it is not impossible to talk them out of it. It requires dedication, patience, and some serious cleverness on how to survive a monster trying to kill you at the same time.
5. Loneliness can be widely interpreted once in the Final Stage. People should generally still look like themselves. How people act in this stage can vary from character to character and should be centric to how characters deal with their loneliness in general. If they're prone to shutting people out, then maybe their Loneliness is aloof and distant. If they're prone to clinging to toxic people, then maybe their Loneliness is accidentally violent. It's open to interpretation.
WHEN: All October
WHERE: Everywhere
CONTENT WARNINGS: Ghosts, Themes of death.
WHERE: Everywhere
CONTENT WARNINGS: Ghosts, Themes of death.
Unfortunately, not everyone can gain control of their loneliness. As blood is spilled throughout Trench over loneliness, this blood pollution festers and begins to claim poor souls. Corruption leads way to beasthood and people lost to this find themselves transforming into familiar, legendary ghost stories of old-world lore. These Legendary Ghosts come out primarily at night. As the Black Parade established, anyone who keeps their faces disguised with make-up or masks will be completely safe from the Legendary Ghosts. Though if you go after a Legendary Ghost in a costume, you'll only be safe until you attack them. It's not a bad move for a sneak attack though!
...But those who forgot to dress up or felt like such superstitions wouldn't work...
Congratulations, you might come across the path of a Dullahan: a headless horseman carrying a whip made from a spinal cord, ready to throw basins of blood on you and draw in other beasts. Or maybe you encounter a far more subtle Legendary Ghost. Maybe you see a hitchhiker on the side of the road and decide to give them a ride, but when you look in your rearview mirror, they are no longer in your backseat. While most of these Legendary Ghosts are intending to harm you and spread more blood pollution, some just seem to be genuinely lost souls, lost to corruption, lost to their own failures and loneliness. In some cases, freeing them is protecting yourself and others, but in other cases, freeing them is just simple kindness.
You may meet a ghost bride who is waiting eternally for her wedding by one of the shrines in Cassandra. Maybe you meet a ghostly scholar at the Archives in Gaze. The spirits range widely and seem to haunt every corner of Trench - including your own homes. The only real way to deter a Legendary Ghost from your home is by heavily decorating your home with things like jack-o-lanterns, fake blood splatters, fake gravestones, and various other death-centric decor. This seems to repel Legendary Ghosts as they see it as a reminder of their own fate. Some are angered by the decorations while others are terrified by them and seem incapable of telling the difference between real blood and fake blood.
QUICK FACTS
1. These corrupt souls can be saved through blood rituals/magic/ghost banishings relying on blood artifacts. This will usually put the soul to rest - it will not bring people "back to life."
2. While it is mostly Trenchies turning into these beings, Sleepers can also be transformed into Legendary Ghosts. We provide a general outline, but the idea is that people are turning into legendary ghost stories so you can play with your own ideas/canons.
While Trenchies cannot be saved, we leave it up to you if a Sleeper could be brought back to themselves or if they will have to "die" to be cured of their Legendary Ghost status.
3. You can use famous Legendary Ghosts from around the world. We gave a few examples, but have fun with this! The Legendary Ghost-like creature you go with should generally be "ghost-like" / have to do with death specifically. They do not need to be exclusively evil/violent spirits, but many are.
...But those who forgot to dress up or felt like such superstitions wouldn't work...
Congratulations, you might come across the path of a Dullahan: a headless horseman carrying a whip made from a spinal cord, ready to throw basins of blood on you and draw in other beasts. Or maybe you encounter a far more subtle Legendary Ghost. Maybe you see a hitchhiker on the side of the road and decide to give them a ride, but when you look in your rearview mirror, they are no longer in your backseat. While most of these Legendary Ghosts are intending to harm you and spread more blood pollution, some just seem to be genuinely lost souls, lost to corruption, lost to their own failures and loneliness. In some cases, freeing them is protecting yourself and others, but in other cases, freeing them is just simple kindness.
You may meet a ghost bride who is waiting eternally for her wedding by one of the shrines in Cassandra. Maybe you meet a ghostly scholar at the Archives in Gaze. The spirits range widely and seem to haunt every corner of Trench - including your own homes. The only real way to deter a Legendary Ghost from your home is by heavily decorating your home with things like jack-o-lanterns, fake blood splatters, fake gravestones, and various other death-centric decor. This seems to repel Legendary Ghosts as they see it as a reminder of their own fate. Some are angered by the decorations while others are terrified by them and seem incapable of telling the difference between real blood and fake blood.
QUICK FACTS
1. These corrupt souls can be saved through blood rituals/magic/ghost banishings relying on blood artifacts. This will usually put the soul to rest - it will not bring people "back to life."
2. While it is mostly Trenchies turning into these beings, Sleepers can also be transformed into Legendary Ghosts. We provide a general outline, but the idea is that people are turning into legendary ghost stories so you can play with your own ideas/canons.
While Trenchies cannot be saved, we leave it up to you if a Sleeper could be brought back to themselves or if they will have to "die" to be cured of their Legendary Ghost status.
3. You can use famous Legendary Ghosts from around the world. We gave a few examples, but have fun with this! The Legendary Ghost-like creature you go with should generally be "ghost-like" / have to do with death specifically. They do not need to be exclusively evil/violent spirits, but many are.
Oz Vessalius | Pandora Hearts
[The whispers of the parade are nostalgic for Oz. Odd, since he's only attended one other festival in his whole life. But that memory echoes painfully in his heart and it's the sort of ache he's come to treasure.
He finds himself pausing at the stalls and inspecting their wares, distracting his heart with bright smiles. His act is nearly flawless by now and he seems genuinely bubbly when he notices another shopper. Oz steps aside to make room, but not before selecting two masks and holding them up for the stranger to see.]
Have you picked out a mask yet? This one would look nice with your hair, I think~!
(b) festivities | loneliness of echo
[A festival is best spent with others, Oz assures himself. He tries not to linger on that memory, so warm that it hurts, and instead shoves himself into the affairs of others. If he spots anyone on their lonesome, Oz will approach with a big grin. He doesn't notice that the form of a pale haired girl wearing a blue, feathery dress stands behind him.]
Heh~loo! Fancy party, isn't it? I don't know where to look first! [With a blink, the loneliness disappears. For now, anyway, while Oz is trying to fill the void she created.]
(c) a lonely shadow | loneliness of gilbert
[Despite his cheery façade, Oz has been plagued by a now familiar curse. He tries to alleviate it by seeking the company of others, but it still finds him. When returning from the festivities one night, Oz takes a detour along the shores.
It's selfish. He knows that.
Alice is here. Both of them. How can he ask for more? Oz knows that as well. He's being greedy and selfish. He's taken off his shoes, leaving by the boardwalk, and walked far enough away that the lights don't reach him anymore. He doesn't realize it, but a figure is trailing behind him. His loneliness takes the form of a tall man with wavy hair, wearing a trenchcoat. One arm of the coat waves in the wind, as if the man's arm itself does not fill the sleeve.
Oz himself isn't contorted yet, nor does he notice the shadow of Gilbert behind him. But he does watch the waves, contemplating...]
If you're lost, should I come get you? Alice was out there too, so maybe...
the black parade
Then the other boy speaks to him, holding out a mask, and he takes it, vaguely pleased at being on the receiving end of attention.]
Does it? Is that the point? To make the mask match your hair?
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[Oz smiles at the exchange,] Is this your first masquerade event?
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[He takes the mask and flips it over. It's blue. Like the plugsuit he used to wear. Yes. that will do.]
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My name is Oz, by the way~.
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[He thinks that's what that means. When Oz offers his name, he grins. He enjoys introducing himself by the human name he was given. He's grown rather attached to it.]
Kaworu. Kaworu Nagisa.
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[And even then, they were short lived events for him. Usually cut short by chaos and tragedy.]
Nice to meet you. May I call you Kaworu, or do you have a title? [Always checking, though he's become used to people not having titles here.]
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[Having someone call him by his given name, even if it's not real, is enough to make him happy. He moves closer to Oz, looking him over as if to make sure he can be trusted, and then nods.]
So. What should we do for an "actually fun and not stuffy" event?
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I think we're supposed to dress up and eat food. Maybe picking out a good costume to start? Have you noticed anything else?
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[He looks around and then nods at Oz.]
I've been listening to music.
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Gut feeling, I guess? Whatever looks comfortable, too. [The mention of music reminds Oz that the atmosphere has been incredibly different.] It feels very different from last month, doesn't it? Kind of reassuring to see that the people here still have the heart to party.
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In the distance, he spots a familiar figure. He recognizes Oz but the other... His mouth stiffens into a firm line when he spots the ghostly apparition keeping him company. ]
Oz?
[ Todoroki calls out as he approaches him from the left, his eyes trained on the ghostly figure before sliding to the young boy. ]
Are you alright?
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Ah! Shouto! Funny seeing you here~ Are you watching the waves as well?
[Perhaps the contrast between Oz's faked smile and the ghastly form makes the scene more unsettling. 'Gilbert' has ducked out of Oz's view for the moment and he doesn't seem to sense the looming presence.]
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I'm not here for the waves.
[ Maybe if he was paying closer attention to Oz or if he had a better understanding of the truth behind that smile, he might have recognized it for what it was, but with his focus on the corpse there's no chance of him spotting the truth behind that smile. ]
Oz. There's someone behind you. Can you see them?
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[With that, Oz does at least feel a chill. Todoroki looks sincere as he says that and has yet to strike Oz as the trickster type. But Oz had not heard anything behind him. He hasn't even sensed it or seen it out of the corner of his eye.
He tenses. He's won't turn just yet. Todoroki doesn't sound scared, after all, so Oz will not let himself act impulsively.]
Whatever do you mean? What sort of someone?
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...Now, the old Alice without so many memories might have withdrawn and let them have a nice reunion together and sulked about not being included. The current Alice isn't going to do that because that sounds like she'd hate it, why would she do something she doesn't want to? That's nonsense.
Also, that looks like Gilbert, but now that she's downwind, it doesn't really smell like Gilbert, does it? Doesn't smell like anything. And you know what, if this is the real thing, he's late! She launches through the air, spinning as she goes at the shadow for a nice hard kick in the back. ]
Hup!
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And absolutely dazzling kick. Oz barely notices as the phantom of Gilbert shatters like the illusion it was. Wide eyes focus on Alice, knowing she was kicking something. A threat? But she'd have given him a warning in that case... A friend, then?
He turns around in a circle, but sees nothing.]
Alice? Wha- What are you doing?
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...
[ Oz, she wanted to see YOU... The thought does not take long to stagnate in Alice's head before it translates into swift action. She's not trying terribly hard on this, but she absolutely is going to have a go at pushing Oz into the ocean. It's fine, it's not deep at the shoreline. ]
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[Before Oz can finish his sentence, or even gnaw on that lonely feeling too long, Alice has him in the ocean. He yelps in surprise before landing in the water. The combination of a harsh fall and the cold tide shakes him out of his lonely stupor and his focus turns to Alice. As much out of concern for her as he is distracting himself.
Gilbert was here? A fake Gilbert? What does that mean? This place can make fake versions of people?
He tries to brush those thoughts to the side, instead sitting himself up in the water and favoring a look at Alice.]
Are you okay, Alice..?
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[ She stomps her foot, then wades out to meet him, stompily, jabbing her pointer finger in accusation. ]
You probably miss him heaps more than even I do, and you're not whining one little bit!
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Oz doesn't even notice his old mask creep back into place.]
You too, huh..? I- We don't need to miss him, though. Gil is probably living his own life now. Leo and Ada will look after him...
[*Vincent, you can barely talk care of yourself so Oz isn't counting on you atm.]
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[ There are big shiny tears gathering in the corners of her eyes as she rants on. ]
[ Leo and Ada aren't Alice and Oz, either but she's focusing on one thing here - well, multiple things here, all of those things being things that Gil could be doing if he was here but he is not and she's unhappy about it! ]
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["I'll miss who I want to miss."
Alice so easily says the words that Oz has been denying. He's hid them under layers of excuses, telling himself that he isn't allowed to think or feel those things. But when Alice says it, it doesn't sound wrong. She reminds him of how foolish and weak he is. And how wrong he is to deny his own feelings.
Gil would be so worried if he saw the state Oz was in.]
I know. But... We promised, right? We'll see him again in another hundred years.
[And Oz hates it. It's beginning to dawn on him that one hundred years is a horribly long time. How can he wait that long? How can Gil wait that long?]
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I made fun of him for crying about it, but I never promised I wouldn't cry, and neither did you! I don't want to wait that long, just because I have to do it doesn't mean I like it!
[ This is something that's occurring to her as she's saying it, because she is now thinking about it and also about Gil rather than simply barging through life as is her custom. ]
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I don't like it either. But you're here. And Alice is here. I'm happy about that, so...
[Why does he want to cry? He should be grateful!
... Oz knows the reason. He wants Gilbert to be there too. Alice is wonderful and Oz adores her immensely, but Alice and Gilbert hold pieces of Oz's heart. The trio is incomplete without him and that feels strange.]
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