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deercountry2023-03-13 08:29 pm
entreats) wrote in deercountry2023-03-13 08:29 pm
(open) you're looking at me like you don't know who i am
Who: Ange, Ruby, Break, and anyone who knows any of them.
What: Corruption turned Ange into a true Umineko witch who decided the best way to keep the people she loves safe from this town is to drag them into a pocket dimension.
When: For a while in March.
Where: Ange and Ruby's house-turned-small-pocket-dimension.
Content Warnings: Potential violence if anyone acts particularly antagonistic. Potential talk of violence or gore. Other warnings will be added when things pop up.
Perhaps you have seen Ruby's odd network post and decided to check things out. Or maybe you're just wandering around Trench and notice that Ange and Ruby's house suddenly looks.. different.
The house has been completely overgrown by way oversized roses, big thorns growing out of all the stems, completely obscuring the structure that's supposed to be underneath it. If you get close enough to the cluster of roses, you may feel your connection to any of the three people inside suddenly pull you in. (Please note: only people who know either Ange, Ruby or Break will be able to enter the pocket dimension because of this!)
If you give in to the sensation, everything around you might go black, and when the light returns, you seem to find yourself in.. a hedge maze. A rather odd one, though. As you stumble through it, you may suddenly find yourself in random rooms, and then back out of them into the hedge maze once more. The Moss King's wild plants seem to have even invaded corners of this place, so you might want to watch out you avoid having those snap at you. Retracing your steps through the labyrinth feels impossible, like the way is changing up behind you with every step. Some rooms make perfect sense - like a neat and elaborate kitchen, or a library - and others seem to consist of nonsense with stairs leading upside down or to nowhere, or gravity not working in a specific room at all.
Flying throughout the entire maze are golden butterflies. They seem to fly with direction, and if you follow them, you might find them leading you to one of the people you were looking for..
What: Corruption turned Ange into a true Umineko witch who decided the best way to keep the people she loves safe from this town is to drag them into a pocket dimension.
When: For a while in March.
Where: Ange and Ruby's house-turned-small-pocket-dimension.
Content Warnings: Potential violence if anyone acts particularly antagonistic. Potential talk of violence or gore. Other warnings will be added when things pop up.
Perhaps you have seen Ruby's odd network post and decided to check things out. Or maybe you're just wandering around Trench and notice that Ange and Ruby's house suddenly looks.. different.
The house has been completely overgrown by way oversized roses, big thorns growing out of all the stems, completely obscuring the structure that's supposed to be underneath it. If you get close enough to the cluster of roses, you may feel your connection to any of the three people inside suddenly pull you in. (Please note: only people who know either Ange, Ruby or Break will be able to enter the pocket dimension because of this!)
If you give in to the sensation, everything around you might go black, and when the light returns, you seem to find yourself in.. a hedge maze. A rather odd one, though. As you stumble through it, you may suddenly find yourself in random rooms, and then back out of them into the hedge maze once more. The Moss King's wild plants seem to have even invaded corners of this place, so you might want to watch out you avoid having those snap at you. Retracing your steps through the labyrinth feels impossible, like the way is changing up behind you with every step. Some rooms make perfect sense - like a neat and elaborate kitchen, or a library - and others seem to consist of nonsense with stairs leading upside down or to nowhere, or gravity not working in a specific room at all.
Flying throughout the entire maze are golden butterflies. They seem to fly with direction, and if you follow them, you might find them leading you to one of the people you were looking for..
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[ Okay, maybe not entirely. But there's some implication in those words, and the corruption in Ange's brain is more than happy to run away with it. It's so easy for that little voice to escalate what Shiro is saying into this. ]
There's no part of this place that's like that. It's just-- an alternative place. A safe place. Why are you trying so hard to make it sound like a bad thing?
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[It's very hard to keep a neutral tone. Not because he's upset with her. He's worried about her. And Ruby both.]
It's not that. You've just never talked about this before. It's - really sudden. And I'm worried.
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Even though she's completely incapable of understanding just why Shiro would be worried about her right now. ]
Then what could I do to show you there is no reason to worry?
[ That seems like a sound compromise, right? After all, it might also help her convince Shiro that this really is the right option. That this place is safe, and that she would love for him to be here too once she expands it to have enough space for everyone. ]
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[She could let this all go. Or let someone pulled here go. Not necessarily Ruby - but that's the ideal. He just knows, though, convincing Ange to agree to it most likely won't work.]
I don't know, Ange.
[He can't meet her eyes as he admits that. As he admits there's nothing he can think of to help. The floor is fantastically interesting.]
If I knew, I'd tell you.
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It's not a great answer.
Though not in the sense that it makes her angry. Even though Ange's expression shifts, that's not what seems to happen. Instead the girl looks more.. disappointed, maybe. Sad, almost. It's hard to tell with the way her eyes are, but it's there all the same. ]
Then.. if there is nothing I can do, and if you truly don't want to stay, then I suppose there's nothing to be done but to say goodbye.
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If I think of something - can I contact you?
[It's almost a desperate question. Had she felt this way, when faced with the version of him lost to corruption?]
[But he just can't say goodbye. Not like this.]
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Which seems like a positive answer. And it partially is, since Ange doesn't mind the idea, even in this form. But there's something else that might complicate it, which she points out when she speaks up again. ]
I'm not sure if that will work though. Once this world is closed off, communication might not reach anymore.
[ Not that Ange would purposefully cut it off, mind you. But she imagines the Pthumerians might somehow stop it on their end, petty at a girl cut off from them. ]
But if it does reach, you can talk to me whenever.
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[Because that's what it sounds like to him, from his perspective. The Pthumerians haven't really factored in. His attention, focus - it's all on Ange.]
Not to be able to talk to any of us?
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That's why I want you here. [ It's that simple to her, really. There may be a whole lot more factoring in with this for Shiro, or for any normal person hearing this, but corruption made it this simple to Ange. Making a separate safer world, and then ensuring everyone can live there, rather than in a cruel and dangerous place. ]
I don't want to lose any of you. But if I don't close off this world, the Pthumerians will still be able to reach in. It will be no good.
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[But all this means is they're at a stalemate. He can't stay. She won't leave. Not without breaking her free of the corruption. And that seems like an impossible task.]
Maybe we can ask them - ask Cynthia - to leave you alone. Leave your world alone.
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It's not necessarily one of consideration, though. Not because Ange doesn't want to consider Shiro's plan, but more just because she already knows what the end result would be without really having to think about it. ]
And what do you think they'd say? [ A small pause, and then she adds: ] Not Cynthia. The others. The Moss King is supposed to be my patron, but do you think he'd even do as much as think about it?
[ Ange doesn't think so, judging by the very tone she says it with as she looks at Shiro. ]
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To ask Cynthia for help?
[It's an avenue. It's something, and he is a desperate man, clawing at straws. What if this corruption fades, and she's trapped here? What if Ruby is trapped here? What if it breaks and they're all lost?]
[He doesn't care if the desperation is plain on his face. He can't. He just has to try. Maybe he can give up on himself, at times, in certain ways. But he just can't give up on others.]
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[ She'll at least give him that. Ange doesn't think it'll help any, but she doesn't think it'll hurt anything either.
It just feels like it'd be useless in the end. But if Shiro seems so desperate - then would she really deny him it? The worst thing that could happen is that he wouldn't be able to get back to her with any new information before this world is shut off, but even that doesn't feel like the end of the world.
Not while Ange is like this. ]
If you want to do anything, I am not going to stop you regardless. I'm only looking out for this world. That is all I am doing.
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All right?
[He is desperate. And her apparent apathy is alarming, the more they talk. Ange's always been a bit reserved. Which is fine, that's just her way. But this is beyond that. It's beyond really anything Shiro knows how to handle.]
[Should he have prepared more? Should he have brought incense? What's left of the Moon Presence's essence?]
I can't leave you doing this on your own.
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She still trusts him. Shiro wouldn't lie to her, surely. What reason would he have to do so? He said they're-- like family. Ange never doubted whether or not he truly meant that before. So if he says he'll do it as soon as possible, surely he'll do just that. ]
.. thank you.
[ The words come slowly. Not quite with that softer edge that Ange usually has when she gets more emotional, when she allows it to break through her pokerface.
It makes her indeed seem a little more apathic about it now, even though it doesn't sound like she's lying either. ]
I'm glad I can count on you, Shiro. I can always count on you, right?
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[If Ange sounds apathetic, it's fine. He'll sound confident for the both of them. He'll believe this will work. He has to. The only other option is to assume someone he cares about is doomed.]
[And Shiro can never assume that, ever, of anyone he's close to. He'd do anything for them. Throw himself into the sea? Fight a giant monster? Sacrifice himself? Jot that all down, because he'd do it.]
I'm here for you, Ange. I don't let my family down.