[He's busying cleaning up some cushions and snack wrappers and such, but he'll pause to watch Kazu quietly as he picks up a practice sword. The atmosphere is grim and heavy; he can't disagree with that.]
...Yeah. I mean, from the start it's been rough every time.
They're still being killed, and there's no guarantee-- ...There's just not much of a way to guarantee anything, y'know?
[He's optimistic in general, and he does think that with the determined types of people on that side, they'll find some way back... But to act like it's a surefire thing is foolish, and he'd never diminish the impact of a death anyway, even if the dead are still out there.]
Yeah... We still don't know enough about this place, or how it works. As much as I want to believe that we can figure it out, it still feels like they're out of reach. The residents still seem a little freaked out by it, too.
...Yeah. [Frowning, but that's pretty much where he's at. It's all a big question mark and things with question marks around here don't always have Good Stuff lying in wait.]
--Did someone tell the residents that the dead were still out there, then? Or...?
I think so. I mean, I tried asking if there was a way to get a power to contact them easier with the whale thing, but they said it was a bad idea, so...
The texts we saw said it was the violence around here messing things up... but I don't know. I thought it was worth asking about, at least. It'd. be a lot easier for us to worth together if we could talk to them directly.
The one about Dreamer trying to tear the prism apart. It really makes me wonder what he's doing with them... He was the one who asked us to talk more openly, and all.
I was thinking before that some of the letters he wrote sounded kind of villainy - like something right out of a story. I didn't think people like that really existed.
Maybe something's changed since all that happened. But I don't know... I'm a little worried about what that could mean for the others over there, you know?
[Literally, but also for no good reason. Sometimes you're just a little peanut with a lot of opinions...]
...But I'm pretty worried, too. Especially if they don't have anywhere else they can go, and this guy's prooobably a threat. Maybe we should leave some of our knives at the shrine.
[His sweet Lisa Frank blade that he no longer needed after he ditched it for his sword...]
But yeah... Depends on what kinda power the guy actually has. [...] S'kinda funny. Waaay back when things first started going wrong, I figured something else might be out there in the prism, y'know? Something with control over it, like the residents had, but using it to cause trouble instead.
It's starting to look like you were right, huh? Kind of wish you weren't, though. It's kind of scary, especially when you think about the sort of powers Heliotrope gives us even on a weaker level than the residents...
Kinda wish I wasn't, too. It's easier to deal with an enemy that doesn't think or feel like a person.
[But now they might be dealing with this WHOLEASS CORRUPTED BEING OUT THERE...]
...At least the rest of Dreamer's team is over there too, probably. So between the three of 'em, they should be able to fight just one guy off if they need to.
...I'm not sure what you mean by that and I'm not sure I want to?
[ sword lore... damb... ]
Hopefully it doesn't come down to a fight at all. We're supposed to be balancing things and fixing the prism, right? More fights sound like the wrong way to go.
That's true, but it would be easier for him if he got people on his side, you know? It's what he tried to do before. There's no reason he wouldn't try again with us.
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It gets worse every week, doesn't it?
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...Yeah. I mean, from the start it's been rough every time.
[It just kind of maintains a solid level of Bad.]
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...I know they're still out there somewhere, but they're still being killed.
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[He's optimistic in general, and he does think that with the determined types of people on that side, they'll find some way back... But to act like it's a surefire thing is foolish, and he'd never diminish the impact of a death anyway, even if the dead are still out there.]
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--Did someone tell the residents that the dead were still out there, then? Or...?
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Yeah. I could see it being a bad idea, considering how weird the prism's already getting 'cuz of all this stuff happening.
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[He's not surprised that their coordination efforts are being cut into, though.]
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[He is feeling Very Concerned, though.]
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Maybe something's changed since all that happened. But I don't know... I'm a little worried about what that could mean for the others over there, you know?
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[Literally, but also for no good reason. Sometimes you're just a little peanut with a lot of opinions...]
...But I'm pretty worried, too. Especially if they don't have anywhere else they can go, and this guy's prooobably a threat. Maybe we should leave some of our knives at the shrine.
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I don't know how much they'll help if he really is some kind of threat, though.
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[His sweet Lisa Frank blade that he no longer needed after he ditched it for his sword...]
But yeah... Depends on what kinda power the guy actually has. [...] S'kinda funny. Waaay back when things first started going wrong, I figured something else might be out there in the prism, y'know? Something with control over it, like the residents had, but using it to cause trouble instead.
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[But now they might be dealing with this WHOLEASS CORRUPTED BEING OUT THERE...]
...At least the rest of Dreamer's team is over there too, probably. So between the three of 'em, they should be able to fight just one guy off if they need to.
[...He hopes.]
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[ sword lore... damb... ]
Hopefully it doesn't come down to a fight at all. We're supposed to be balancing things and fixing the prism, right? More fights sound like the wrong way to go.
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Hearts are just complicated, is all.
[But yeah he sure hopes it doesn't come down to that, either!! Help!!]
If throwing the balance of this place off is what that guy's after, he may be the one picking fights.
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That's true, but it would be easier for him if he got people on his side, you know? It's what he tried to do before. There's no reason he wouldn't try again with us.