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Junpei Yoshino, 19

"If there was a button that killed everyone I hated, I probably wouldn't press it ... but if there was a button that killed everyone who hated me, I'd press it without hesitation."

 

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[moondregs]

You can’t have my skeleton to be your free labor forever, no.

[princess_of_ida]

But it's such a waste to not repurpose the dead, and I don't want you to be gone. Would you rather become a bone ward?

[moondregs]

[ In that weird Ianthe way the sentiment is a little touching, but … ]

What is a bone ward?

[princess_of_ida]

Protective ward made by weaving thanergetic theorems into bone. Bone stores thanergy much, much longer than flesh. So a bone ward lasts a very long time.

A full skeleton makes for a lit of wards, but eventually it'd be gone. Are you sure I can't keep you around? Maybe I could make you into a revenant.

No... no... that'd be a torturous existence. Your soul should get to go beyond the River.

[moondregs]

I’m not dying anytime soon and nobody is decorating with or putting my skeleton to work! Seriously, Ianthe, you’re giving me the creeps! What brought this up?

cw: psychosis

[princess_of_ida]

I don't want you to die. I want to keep you! [Like her own purse dog.]

It's just... the Void is everywhere. I never know when I turn down a bend in the caves if it'll be glowing or pitch black. I hear her down there in the darkness, calling for me to come to her. I know she's not there but she is and I want her. I miss her. It took her from me. I won't let it take you. I'm going to keep you.

[moondregs]

[ Oh this is … not good. ]

Her?

[princess_of_ida]

My sister. I always hear her anymore, but she's so close. I can feel her down these dark tunnels that should glow, down into the nothingness of the Void where she's been waiting.

I don't want to go to her, cause she's not there. I know that but she is and I'm so tired of being broken. We're all going to end up in there if we can't find the heart. All broken. All for nothing.

[moondregs]

Are you alone? Please tell me you’re traveling with somebody.

[princess_of_ida]

I'm with the expedition. There's a lot of us. I feel everyone, like we're connected. It's going to consume us all. It's so much, so loud, but not as loud as Coronabeth.

She's right there, Junpei. But I hold to this wall instead of going to her. She's so mad at me.

[moondregs]

It’s … it’s probably not real, Ianthe. Please try to ignore it.

Ugh, I hate this … you all shouldn’t have to risk yourselves like this …

[princess_of_ida]

I know, but she was here. In July. Then she was gone. No trace. Where did she go? Where?

It has her - the Void. I know it as acutely as I know it doesn't. I've been ignoring her months, but I don't know how long I can keep doing it. She's so angry at me for not saving her, not being with her, replacing her.

She's coming for us all, but I'm going to keep you for myself. Even if you die.

[moondregs]

[ It’s really upsetting to hear her talk like this, but at the same time he doesn’t want to just ignore her when she’s clearly stressed out. ]

We’ll be together forever … okay? If that’s what you want. I’m not going anywhere.

[princess_of_ida]

Good. Cause you're mine not hers. She can't have everything that's mine! Not anymore. I'll kill you before I let her have you. Keep your bones and bring you back when I know finally how to do it.

[moondregs]

… I really … kind of prefer you don’t kill me … again.

[princess_of_ida]

I don't want to, but I will to keep her from getting her perfectly manicured claws in you and drag you into the Void.

[moondregs]

Nobody is getting anything on me. It’s going to be okay. It … it has to be.

[princess_of_ida]

It's sentient, you know. I can feel it breathing. Like we're traveling through it's alveoli in search of the pulmonary vein. Find that and we find the heart.

But it's gonna stop us. Making us feel it all and our monsters and each other. Like living inside their skin where you don't know what's you and what's them. We're all one and the Void is coming for us.

[That last sentence was given with a duel voice, like two women speaking in unison. And then it went back to normal.]

I'll keep your bones polished. In excellent condition.

[moondregs]

I’m going to get someone to check on you. Don’t … don’t do anything dangerous. Please.

[princess_of_ida]

I'm fine... I'm fine... I just want to keep you.

[She not fine.]

[moondregs]

I’ll feel better if I know someone in the party has an eye on you.

[princess_of_ida]

They're around here somewhere. Gala's probably not far. She seems to think I need guarding too.

[moondregs]

Gala? Who’s that?

[princess_of_ida]

Gilia's knight from home. She showed up a couple weeks ago. Insists on hovering. I needed a break from her presence before I decided to ear her.

[moondregs]

… I can’t even tell if that statement is part of your current madness or not.