izumo catchall

[bisouled]

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week 3, monday

[bisouled]

[ what a beautiful day to wake up... in the woods?? Fiora's expecting the sudden change of scenery this time, at least, so she's not as shocked as she could be when she opens her eyes to greenery and birds chirping, but this more than a little bit beyond what she'd anticipated. ]

Um... Good morning? Yona? [ she sits up in the dirt, going from sleepy to wide awake in an instant. ] Is anyone there?

[ the brush is so thick she can't even tell if she has a roommate or not... ]

[sacredchants]

[ look, she was expecting (forgot) that there would be a change of scenery when they woke up today but, uh, this is a lot of change. especially given the fact the change is probably the most dramatic of them so far. ...and the most upsetting as well given the circumstances of where she fell asleep.

but also fine? fine. she doesn't recognize the voice. ]

I'm...here.

[ somewhere under the leaves and brush, which she's pushing away. ]

I'm not Yona, though.

[bisouled]

Right, I should have figured that one.

[ apparently, they're rotating roommates every single week. No normalcy for anyone... Oh well. Fiora heads towards the sound of rustling leaves, although her own approach is nearly louder. ]

It's Fiora, here, [ she informs, before adding: ] Is this really still the hotel...? This place is losing it.

[sacredchants]

Izumo Kamiki.

[ introductions are still strange given how the profiles exist, but she'll accept it. she understands the idea of a personal touch by now.

...then again, after yesterday, she figures everyone should know her name. ]

It's just a scenery change. [ she says as she's finally free from the brush and is standing in a clearing. how nice. ] I'm not particularly fond of this one, though. I feel like they're getting worse and worse.

[bisouled]

[ it would be super rude to just snoop on everyone in the PHS and then consider herself introduced! At least, that's how Fiora feels. ]

Oh. You're...

[ the girl from the execution. yes. unsurprisingly, she remembers her for that much more than for laughing at her when she dumped water on her face. Moving right along from that! ]

No kidding. I suppose a change of pace isn't all bad, though. [ soon enough, Fiora stumbles into the clearing, too, picking some leaves out of her hair. there are also some sticking out of various cracks and joints on her back that she hasn't noticed yet, but it's fine. She offers a little wave. ] Oh, there you are! Hi there.

[sacredchants]

[ the duality of man, given how that's how izumo's gotten to know most people by name. still—the way that fiora doesn't finish that statement is enough for her. hard to ignore isn't it?

That Girl, so to speak, but it's fine for izumo. it's nothing she isn't used to. ]

Hello. [ she won't wave back but she will give a short nod. ] I'm all up for changes of pace when it comes to some things, but I'd prefer it to be something less...

[ and a pull on one of the vines that causes a piece of random leaves to fall on her head. hmm. ]

This.

[bisouled]

[ now it's Fiora's turn to try not to laugh when Izumo douses herself with leaves... ]

Right... this is a bit extreme. Maybe we're in the jungle this week?

[ it's been part of the theme every week, after all. ]

Anyway... I'd say I was looking forward to being roommates, but I'm not sure this counts as a room anymore.

[sacredchants]

[ sorry, she totally had commentary for multiple other things but this? yeah so there are some leaves stuck in her hair but that's fine because she has...questions?

this takes her completely off guard. ]

You were..?

[bisouled]

What's with that reaction? Of course I am!

[ a little surprised, but amused. ]

We haven't really talked to each other much, right? It's a perfect chance to get to know you! I've been spending too much time with boys, anyway.

[sacredchants]

You're weird.

[ bluntly. ]

I'm not really here to get to know too many people.

[ a revised statement since she has, in fact, gotten to know people here. some of them very well, in fact. ]

[bisouled]

[ at that, she just looks amused. ]

You couldn't tell by looking at me?

[ she's embraced being weird. ]

Anyway, don't be like that. The more people you know here, the better. You've got to have friends in your corner.

[sacredchants]

[ she didn't even consider the fact that fiora is all robo, honestly, she was talking about her personality but now it seems too sincere to bring that up. ]

I don't have to have anyone in my corner.

[ she's not arguing how knowing people here does make things..."better". ]

[bisouled]

Hmm. [ she folds her arms, tilting her head at Izumo. ] Now that doesn't sound right, and you know it.

[ being alone is no bueno for anyone. maybe she's another rufus type. ]

week 3, saturday

[bisouled]

[ Fiora's decided to actually sleep in the room tonight, but she's certainly not sleeping on the ground again. She was trying to make a little nest of leaves; however, it looks like she's given up, and she's sitting on the ground tiredly, sipping water from a thermos. ]

... I wonder when this is going to end.

[ a glum comment... ]

[sacredchants]

[ have they really been sleeping in this room? heaven knows, but izumo has a stuffed fox in her arms as she watches fiora try to make sense of the "bedding" that they were given. honestly seeing he tiredly sipping on her water is a huge fuckin mood. ]

Do you want the answer that you want to hear or the answer that is likely the truth?

[bisouled]

[ i double-checked the locations page and apparently the leaves have blankets on them, so they've got that going for them, anyway... ]

You have an answer you think is the truth?

[ Fiora glances up, brows raised. She was mostly just grousing - disheartened by how poorly things had turned out tonight. ]

[sacredchants]

[ THIS IS SUCH A LOW BAR.

but honestly, she can understand. they caught a killer but they didn't catch the killer. the person that should have been caught. the crazy person who did what they did... ]

I doubt it'll end before more people die, that's for certain. How many more people will die from all of this? That one I don't know, but at least two more.

[bisouled]

[ she sighs out through her nose. ]

That's what I'm afraid of. [ a beat. ] Why two? Emet-selch, and...?

[sacredchants]

I'm not talking about tomorrow; I'm talking about the coming week.

[ because honestly? she just expects for a single person to be dead tomorrow (AND SURPRISE) so that's been written off. ]

We've been losing people in pairs every week. Two sets of killers. Two sets of murders...

[bisouled]

More like three, then.

[ which is even worse. ]

You're not wrong, though. You think there are two different factions out for blood?

[sacredchants]

It could be it.

If you didn't know already, but leaders have been asking one of us to kill the one with the splintering nova. So, it could two teams being asked and why we've been getting consistently two bodies.

[bisouled]

I did know that... but I didn't consider there might be two of them. That would be awful.

[ things would be twice as hard. Fiora lets out a second sigh, tired. ]

[sacredchants]

Apparently not that hard for the people who end up committing the killing. Admittedly we've only caught one person who was truly guilty.

[ and that one person was certainly living for it. kind of. she can't understand what he was thinking until the end. ]

[bisouled]

... Yeah. You knew him, right? From before.

[ she glances up, looking apologetic. ]

[sacredchants]

Unfortunately. I can't say we were on the best of terms before I came here.

[ as made very clear about the way she reacted to him in front of the whole world of this realm. ]