Long Game 110? [Sign Ups]: Termina Abandoned (A Majora's Mask Mafia Adventure)

[Myst He/Him]

Just now, coco.pudding said:

Oh my bad I actually fully thought I voted Mistfallen there

(And yes, I know you don’t believe me, and that’s your prerogative, but it was very late and I was tired, so I just forgot to actually make the vote official)

So anyway I’ll do that now Mistfallen

Like I’ve said before, the “connection” between us has been mostly one-sided, with Archer defending me quite a lot and giving a strong village read on me. I’ve been very back and forth about him, kind of struggling to pin down an actually decent read. But I think with him going boom I feel pretty good about him being village now. I don’t think an elim would have done that unless they intended to throw the loop and try to get village cred for him so he’s now pretty firmly in village territory for me.

Curious what the elim team you’re hypothesizing is? Obviously me and Burnt but who are the other two?

Also, why are you so certain about Mistfallen being village?

I doubt they will be, there’s very few that can buy one during the day (less than 4 fs) and someone may decide to go for something else instead. Just out of curiosity which purple are you most interested in? Ik y’all think I’m elim and will probably vote me out today but on the off chance that doesn’t happen I’d like to try to coordinate a little bit since it seems like who gets which purples (and which team they are on) is going to be very important this loop.

I think the most obvious thing to do is to let Ash get Stone. I’m saying this right now. If Ash does not get it, whoever does I will immediately assume is Elim

[Burnt Spaghetti she/her]

8 hours ago, Archer said:

I feel like we both vocally read each other as village when you were alive, but I respect that the cross reads are what counts. I'm tempted to offer that we do Burnt, Coco, (my preference for the remaining elim), but I don't know who the third person is yet. Probably Doc. 

Scanned (blocked) TwinStorm N2 and nothing happened. 

Coco had -5 for Bremen L1, and claimed no mask L2, so they're certainly at 50+. Burnt could be at 50 even minus 20 for Scents. @Burnt Spaghetti what else did Scents tell you L2? 

It told me that I tracked coco and discovered they did nothing. And that i had one charge left

13 hours ago, Mistfallen Soldier said:

How do you feel about Twin?

Ngl idk. I felt pretty unsure about hoid (it was hoid right?) Initially cause of how quiet they were, but now that its twin ive not given them much thought. My feelings are they exist but dont feel like a priority rn.

 

Only popping on briefly. 

I see a lot of talk about my purse. I've been pretty open about my earnings this game, im surprised theres so much uncertainty ive gotten max each round, bought mask of scents, and sent a total of 7 pms ( woulda been a total of 12 pms had wonko been able to deliver last loops). So i have 43 rn. I cannot purchase a purple today. I am in the exact same boat as mist. I could potentially afford one tonight. Which is likely given my role in today's discussion.

Math goes like this:

Start: 10

Loop 1: +30 -7 = 33

Loop 2: +30 -20 = 43

[coco.pudding she/they]

5 minutes ago, Mistfallen Soldier said:

I think the most obvious thing to do is to let Ash get Stone. I’m saying this right now. If Ash does not get it, whoever does I will immediately assume is Elim

Yeah, seems reasonable. I’m absolutely willing to go for a different purple. Or even just go for a red or blue this loop. Or nothing. The elims definitely gave us a very nice little advantage there with a confirmed villager being able to go for stone, since we obviously wouldn’t be able to trust anyone else who ended up getting it.

[|TJ| he/him]

27 minutes ago, coco.pudding said:

Curious what the elim team you’re hypothesizing is? Obviously me and Burnt but who are the other two?

Current working theory is Archer. But like I said I need to re-read, which would be tomorrow. I'm not even thinking of the 4th member because in my head, we don't need it, at least not yet. We exe you and Burnt. D3 does not really matter if you both are evil but we do need another suspect but it is slightly less relevant. If we win the cycle, we exe you and Burnt again. I'm sorry, it is a boring choice but we need to win and if it is the PtV, then it is the PtV. We cannot take a risk trying to hunt the 4th elim in that cycle. Then we would win Loop 4 as well. By then I hope to have zeroes in on the 3rd elim at least. There would be some connections between the 3. That is whom we would be voting for in sudden-death. Of course, I will be on the look-out for the 4th team member, but we can win without finding them out. 

27 minutes ago, coco.pudding said:

Also, why are you so certain about Mistfallen being village?

I'll give a detailed explanation when I re-read but in essence, they are playing very very different to the last game in which they were elim, and their efforts to solve the game this time around comes across as very genuine. 

ed1t: @Mistfallen Soldier, did you ever reveal your Scents targets from Loop 1?

Edited March 9 by |TJ|

[coco.pudding she/they]

7 minutes ago, |TJ| said:

There would be some connections between the 3.

I would argue there are connections of some sort between literally every player. But I do get what you mean there. I just don’t think it’s something to base an entire theory off of (but who knows maybe that’s just me being new at this and not fully understanding how that sort of solving works)

8 minutes ago, |TJ| said:

I'll give a detailed explanation when I re-read but in essence, they were playing very very different to the last game in which they were elim, and their efforts to solve the game this time around comes across as very genuine. 

ed1t: @Mistfallen Soldier, did you ever reveal your Scents targets from Loop 1?

Mkay, seems reasonable. I do disagree, but I get where you’re coming from there.

And iirc it was Burnt N2 and Stick N3, but I might have it reversed

[|TJ| he/him]

1 minute ago, coco.pudding said:

I would argue there are connections of some sort between literally every player. But I do get what you mean there. I just don’t think it’s something to base an entire theory off of (but who knows maybe that’s just me being new at this and not fully understanding how that sort of solving works)

Yes but if we get 2, we can only focus on their interactions with others. Analyzing these interactions is how we'd get our suspects. This game being flipless needs bit of a different solve than a regular game I feel. We do not have full information about whom we vote out, so theory and associations are all we have. 

[Myst He/Him]

6 minutes ago, coco.pudding said:

I would argue there are connections of some sort between literally every player. But I do get what you mean there. I just don’t think it’s something to base an entire theory off of (but who knows maybe that’s just me being new at this and not fully understanding how that sort of solving works)

Mkay, seems reasonable. I do disagree, but I get where you’re coming from there.

And iirc it was Burnt N2 and Stick N3, but I might have it reversed

 

15 minutes ago, |TJ| said:

Current working theory is Archer. But like I said I need to re-read, which would be tomorrow. I'm not even thinking of the 4th member because in my head, we don't need it, at least not yet. We exe you and Burnt. D3 does not really matter if you both are evil but we do need another suspect but it is slightly less relevant. If we win the cycle, we exe you and Burnt again. I'm sorry, it is a boring choice but we need to win and if it is the PtV, then it is the PtV. We cannot take a risk trying to hunt the 4th elim in that cycle. Then we would win Loop 4 as well. By then I hope to have zeroes in on the 3rd elim at least. There would be some connections between the 3. That is whom we would be voting for in sudden-death. Of course, I will be on the look-out for the 4th team member, but we can win without finding them out. 

I'll give a detailed explanation when I re-read but in essence, they are playing very very different to the last game in which they were elim, and their efforts to solve the game this time around comes across as very genuine. 

ed1t: @Mistfallen Soldier, did you ever reveal your Scents targets from Loop 1?

Yeah, Burnt N2, Stick N3. I was not lucky enough with who I targeted. 

 

[Doc12]

Okay, so from what I can see, the discussion boils down to a few things.

1. Mist and Burnt have the whole he said/she said thing going on. they're both willing to be exed if it means we get one elim, but we can't exe them both because its wasting an exe. 

2. We're tabling that discussion because we want to focus on Coco who can ostensibly get a purple this cycle, and we're worried that she'll get the stone mask and become unvotable. Fair. 

Is this what the play was? To make us focus on Burnt and Mist, who can't get Stone, so Coco could? I can buy that. The Burnt/Mist accusation seemed too obvious too early in the cycle, that they were trying to cover for a team member who was already under heavy suspicion last cycle makes sense. 

Why did the elims essentially give the village a free purple? There wouldn't have been a confirmed villager able to grab a purple if they hadn't killed Ash last cycle, so the whole 'anyone other than Ash getting Stone is instantly sus' wouldn't have been a thing. 

Edited March 9 by Doc12

[Ashbringer he/him]

This is a whole lot of discussion and a whole lot of not RPing

[Doc12]

Slowly, the sobs ran out. 

Ragged gasps turned into heavy breathing, evening out into an exhausted sigh.

Thistle got up, slowly, feeling the weight of their blankets, the softness of their pillow, the feel of a body that hadn't spent three (six) days running away from things. 

Zymni had stopped knocking, but was still outside (I presume. @Wonko the Sane)

They crossed the floorboards of their bedroom and opened the door. Before Zymni could say anything, they wrapped her in a big hug again. Zymni might have been talking to them, but Thistle could not hear. Not letting go, not saying a word, Thistle took Zymni into their shop, where they found a sturdy piece of gardening twine. One loop knotted around Thistle's wrist, one around Zymni's, with about two or three lengths of give. Zymni looked indignant, but Thistle stared her down with steely grey eyes. 

"You're not getting separated from me again, do you hear? We're staying together, and I'm never going to lose sight of you again."

...Cindra. Amora. Kieran. Wahi. Coliver. 

Thistle did not get the shop ready this morning. They pulled out the biggest satchel they had, and emotionlessly began shoving herbs into it. Their entire stock of bomb flowers, especially. It was tricky with one hand essentially tied, but Zymni helped. Zymni wasn't saying anything else, perhaps sensing Thistle was unable to process anything. 

Then, they walked to the front of their shop and threw open the door. 

@Burnt Spaghetti @Wahrheitswächter @Ashbringer @coco.pudding

Edited March 9 by Doc12

[|TJ| he/him]

11 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

Why did the elims essentially give the village a free purple? There wouldn't have been a confirmed villager able to grab a purple if they hadn't killed Ash last cycle, so the whole 'anyone other than Ash getting Stone is instantly sus' wouldn't have been a thing. 

I think it was either they kill Ash or they clear yet another villager by killing them, but it is evident that they needed to kill someone to frame Mistfallen. So cost/benefit thing. They kill Ash, he gets 50 rupees. They kill someone else, they get cleared. They went with the former. The fact that they needed to kill someone shows much they were banking on the frame. 

[coco.pudding she/they]

2 minutes ago, Ashbringer said:

This is a whole lot of discussion and a whole lot of not RPing

Oh so true let me fix that

Amora bolts upright in her bed once again, the events of the last few days rushing into her head once again. They had failed. Again. She knows she should try to warn Vicsen again, get the evacuation going. But that can happen later. Right now, she needs to find Thistle. Needs to make sure they’re okay.

She rushes to Thistle’s shop, bursting through the door the second it opens.

“Thistle! Oh, thank goodness you made it back too! Oh and-“ she sees Zymni now as well. “Zymni is back too. I’m so glad. Here, let me help you pack, I brought an extra bag this time.”

[Doc12]

So, assuming a Burnt/Coco team, there's at least one more alive elim. Obviously Archer makes sense, they've strongly v!read Coco multiple times, and explicitly said they were voting on Burnt over Coco. 

I do think from this cycle that TJ is strong village - they were the one that pointed out that Burnt/Mist could be a distraction and was the first to vote on Coco, which makes no sense if that is the actual elim play. Additionally, i remember Coco and TJ being in a close tie and Coco saving herself by voting TJ. So that helps. As for Mist, if we're assuming e!Burnt, then mist should be v. 

Twin and Hael are also sort of here, Hael more than Twin. @TwinStorm, buddy, you signed up to pinch hit the latest, and I'm sorry for you  let us know you're alive and here, maybe? I am considering that Hael or Twin might be people who were hoping to contribute a little but otherwise be able to stay under the radar. 

We know we have at least one elim. That's really good. And I think Coco is a safe exe. I think before Hael or Twin, Archer would be my D3 exe.

[Amanuensis he/him]

36 minutes ago, Ashbringer said:

This is a whole lot of discussion and a whole lot of not RPing

Hear hear! I'll have a post up soon. Trying to plot out this Loop now

[Doc12]

  

30 minutes ago, coco.pudding said:

Amora bolts upright in her bed once again, the events of the last few days rushing into her head once again. They had failed. Again. She knows she should try to warn Vicsen again, get the evacuation going. But that can happen later. Right now, she needs to find Thistle. Needs to make sure they’re okay.

She rushes to Thistle’s shop, bursting through the door the second it opens.

“Thistle! Oh, thank goodness you made it back too! Oh and-“ she sees Zymni now as well. “Zymni is back too. I’m so glad. Here, let me help you pack, I brought an extra bag this time.”

Their heart somehow still skipped a beat when they saw Amora. 

Images of Amora diving into a fight, sword flashing bright; of her slowing down her run in the tunnels to make sure no one was lagging behind; of her face, grim, determined, holding onto a flower that Thistle had given her. Images of Amora smiling at them as they walked, touching their shoulder and offering words of encouragement, of their strong arms holding them back when they'd almost pitched themselves into a gorge. 

Goddess...

Zymni tugged pointedly on the rope connecting them, bringing Thistle back to reality.

They were staring. 

Flushing red as a tomato, Thistle realized that they hadn't heard a thing Amora had said. Amora was also staring at the rope between Thistle and Zymni. Idly, Thistle wondered if Amora would consent to also tying herself to Thistle this loop. No... they would be holding her back, especially if Amora needed to run and fight. 

...Because that's the weirdest thing about asking to tie someone to you with gardening rope. Thistle flushed an even deeper red, let out a little wail and ran back upstairs, yanking Zymni like a kite behind them. 

...was it possible to get Ap to rewind time right now?

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(Ah yes the one thing that overrides existential despair - a disaster crush)

(also sorry @Wonko the Sane I'm literally going to pull Zymni around the entire loop if I have to) 

Edited March 9 by Doc12

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

Zymni swam through chaos, stewing. Dead, but not dead. Potential futures still lay before her. Futures she owed to the mysterious Piper, who she had AGAIN failed to identify. So now she waited, waited for the song to play to seize her next chance at freedom.

Days passed in boredom before the song pierced the whirling void of shadow and  --

PAIN. Zymni's essence, unprotected by corporeal flesh, roiled wildly as the song threatened to rip her apart. She strained to... to hear... the...

---

 The Beast awakens in the primordial void, and roars. It lashes out, waves of violent force bursting from it, shredding the void with ear-splitting shrieks. It howls Its fury, blazing with sinister power: the power of the Demon King, made manifest by the Fused Shadow. It needs to kill, to destroy, to consume the Light. It needs...

---

Zymni awoke with a shudder, once again back in Thistle's cottage. She took a moment to let out a shrieking string of invectives in every language she knew, then gathered herself. The Piper. She had to find the Piper.

She didn't bother with knocking this time. She gathered Twilight between her palms, straining against the force, then directed it forward, blowing the door to Thistle's bedroom to splinters with a deafening thunderclap. "Thistle! We're going out. Now. No chores today. Get up..." She trailed off, seeing Thistle's curled up form, weeping. Oh, Sols, how did she handle something like this?

She stared awkwardly for several minutes, then tentatively inched forward through the air and gently put her hand on Thistle's shoulder. Thistle threw themself violently around Zymni's small form, enwrapping her in the heaving sobs. "Let me go, you sappy buffoon! We don't have time for this!" Zymni beat ineffectually against their friend, before sullenly settling down to wait out the emotional tirade. She very definitely did NOT enjoy it whatsoever.

Finally Amora's arrival drew Thistle out of their heaving despair. It wasn't clear why. Something about Amora seemed to put Thistle at ease. Whatever. Zymni didn't have time for it. At least Thistle was acting human again.

"Thistle!" the Twili hissed as she was drawn indecorously up the stairs like a balloon on a string. "Listen, there's no time. We need to go out, NOW. Somewhere in this city there's a musician, and I NEED to find them. Understand?"

---

@Doc12 Sorry, I'm slow at this. I've done a mild retcon to your story so far, to better represent Zymni's emotional state; I hope it's all okay?

Edited March 10 by Wonko the Sane

[coco.pudding she/they]

9 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

  

Their heart somehow still skipped a beat when they saw Amora. 

Images of Amora diving into a fight, sword flashing bright; of her slowing down her run in the tunnels to make sure no one was lagging behind; of her face, grim, determined, holding onto a flower that Thistle had given her. Images of Amora smiling at them as they walked, touching their shoulder and offering words of encouragement, of their strong arms holding them back when they'd almost pitched themselves into a gorge. 

Goddess...

Zymni tugged pointedly on the rope connecting them, bringing Thistle back to reality.

They were staring. 

Flushing red as a tomato, Thistle realized that they hadn't heard a thing Amora had said. Amora was also staring at the rope between Thistle and Zymni. Idly, Thistle wondered if Amora would consent to also tying herself to Thistle this loop. No... they would be holding her back, especially if Amora needed to run and fight. 

...Because that's the weirdest thing about asking to tie someone to you with gardening rope. Thistle flushed an even deeper red, let out a little wail and ran back upstairs, yanking Zymni like a kite behind them. 

...was it possible to get Ap to rewind time right now?

--------

(Ah yes the one thing that overrides existential despair - a disaster crush)

(also sorry @Wonko the Sane I'm literally going to pull Zymni around the entire loop if I have to) 

Aww that’s adorable

Amora smirks at Thistle’s panicked run, letting herself inside to start sorting through what they had already begun packing. She searches for things she recognizes, taking them out of their storage spaces and trying to organize them in the bags. She doesn’t know a lot, but she remembers a few things Thistle had brought out before.

She isn’t fully invested in this, of course. She’s truly just waiting for Thistle to return downstairs. The last several days…twice…have been too unpredictable. They might not get another do-over. So she needs to make this one count.

[Myst He/Him]

Absolutely love the Thistle/Amora thing. That said, if you both turn out to be Elims…. That would remind me of last game

—————

Kieran found himself back in clockwork town. He instinctively went to his sword- he paused, breathing deeply. It didn’t get easier the second time. “Hopefully it goes better this time” they couldn’t have any more mess-ups, they had to get the mask this time.

”Time to find the others, the sooner we get this done, the better”

Kieran headed towards the mask shop, Ap would probably be there. And if not, maybe they’d all gone to Thistle’s place. 

[Doc12]

22 minutes ago, Wonko the Sane said:

Finally Amora's arrival drew Thistle out of their heaving despair. It wasn't clear why. Something about Amora seemed to put Thistle at ease. Whatever. Zymni didn't have time for it. At least Thistle was acting human again.

"Thistle!" the Twili hissed as she was drawn indecorously up the stairs like a balloon on a string. "Listen, there's no time. We need to go out, NOW. Somewhere in this city there's a musician, and I NEED to find them. Understand?"

Zymni's story is so cool 

---

"Right. The musician." Thistle mumbled. "Wasn't Cindra, you weren't interested in her at all."

"Do you have any description of this...musician?"

Realization came slowly. 

"The musician...who plays a song...to control time? That's Ap, obviously? She was with us when we left the city last time! She has the magic ocarina that she plays each time we almost all die?"

Zymni shrieked in several languages, throwing up their little arms. 

"Oh, that's right... you weren't there both times she played the song." Thistle smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, Amora and I are probably going to find Ap anyways, come on."

They made their way downstairs, trying desperately not to notice Amora running her fingers through their plants. "We're going to find Ap.", Thistle declares to the space beside Amora. "And Cindra. And Wahi, and Coliver, and Kieran, and... all the others. I don't know where everyone is, but I'm going to assume we all will have the same idea and head to Ap."

(I know @Burnt Spaghetti and @Wahrheitswächter were heading to Thistle's, going to assume we meet up on the way whenever you guys come back)

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"Zymni...?" They ask of their shadow, quietly, as they walked. "You... last loop, did you... were you..." A deep breath. "You know... Coliver said she was... I was afraid you were..."

"... did it hurt? are you alright? I wouldn't be alright... I don't know how I'm walking."

They sigh. "Just... stay close to me, alright? I can't handle losing you again."

10 minutes ago, Mistfallen Soldier said:

Absolutely love the Thistle/Amora thing. That said, if you both turn out to be Elims…. That would remind me of last game

—————

Kieran found himself back in clockwork town. He instinctively went to his sword- he paused, breathing deeply. It didn’t get easier the second time. “Hopefully it goes better this time” they couldn’t have any more mess-ups, they had to get the mask this time.

”Time to find the others, the sooner we get this done, the better”

Kieran headed towards the mask shop, Ap would probably be there. And if not, maybe they’d all gone to Thistle’s place. 

Next game I'll romance you  

Edited March 10 by Doc12

[|TJ| he/him]

Cosmetica looked back at the group of people he had just spoken to. He knew this was only the beginning, and that they had a long way to go, but it was a start, and a decent start at that. It would be enough for now. He looked at all the other people still talking to each other. He'd be back and join them again, but his work for the day was over. He'd rest for now, for the morrow was a longer day still and his work was nowhere close to the finish line. 

***

Night guys!

smh sorry, final edit: before i forget, @Stick., what were the two masks you had when you died in Loop 2?

[coco.pudding she/they]

9 minutes ago, Doc12 said:

Zymni's story is so cool 

---

"Right. The musician." Thistle mumbled. "Wasn't Cindra, you weren't interested in her at all."

"Do you have any description of this...musician?"

Realization came slowly. 

"The musician...who plays a song...to control time? That's Ap, obviously? She was with us when we left the city last time! She has the magic ocarina that she plays each time we almost all die?"

Zymni shrieked in several languages, throwing up their little arms. 

"Oh, that's right... you weren't there both times she played the song." Thistle smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, Amora and I are probably going to find Ap anyways, come on."

They made their way downstairs, trying desperately not to notice Amora running her fingers through their plants. "We're going to find Ap.", Thistle declares to the space beside Amora. "And Cindra. And Wahi, and Coliver, and Kieran, and... all the others. I don't know where everyone is, but I'm going to assume we all will have the same idea and head to Ap."

(I know @Burnt Spaghetti and @Wahrheitswächter were heading to Thistle's, going to assume we meet up on the way whenever you guys come back)

---

"Zymni...?" They ask of their shadow, quietly, as they walked. "You... last loop, did you... were you..." A deep breath. "You know... Coliver said she was... I was afraid you were..."

"... did it hurt? are you alright? I wouldn't be alright... I don't know how I'm walking."

They sigh. "Just... stay close to me, alright? I can't handle losing you again."

Next game I'll romance you  

“Er, yes, okay. Sounds reasonable. Oh, and we should make sure we talk to Vicsen again at some point. Get that evacuation going. And…make sure everyone makes it out this time.”

Amora shoulders her bag, now full of plants, and follows Thistle and Zymni out the door.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 hour ago, Doc12 said:

So, assuming a Burnt/Coco team, there's at least one more alive elim. Obviously Archer makes sense, they've strongly v!read Coco multiple times, and explicitly said they were voting on Burnt over Coco. 

I do think from this cycle that TJ is strong village - they were the one that pointed out that Burnt/Mist could be a distraction and was the first to vote on Coco, which makes no sense if that is the actual elim play. Additionally, i remember Coco and TJ being in a close tie and Coco saving herself by voting TJ. So that helps. As for Mist, if we're assuming e!Burnt, then mist should be v. 

Twin and Hael are also sort of here, Hael more than Twin. @TwinStorm, buddy, you signed up to pinch hit the latest, and I'm sorry for you  let us know you're alive and here, maybe? I am considering that Hael or Twin might be people who were hoping to contribute a little but otherwise be able to stay under the radar. 

We know we have at least one elim. That's really good. And I think Coco is a safe exe. I think before Hael or Twin, Archer would be my D3 exe.

I live, just battling a bad sickness

[Burnt Spaghetti she/her]

Cindra ran. Then paused. Then detoured slightly. She arrived into the market area, and she proceeded to start purchasing a variety of less perishable foods. Some fruit, a lot of nuts, some sweets. She worked quickly, just wanting to make sure they had some more stuff for the road alongside what she had already packed. Food check. Blankets check. Something to fight with check. And then she continued her rush to Thistles shop, looking like she was packed for a vacation with all the gear she had brought. As she neared, she saw that they were already exiting. "Hey! Phew you guys are ready, good. I brought extra bags but it looks like you have everything sorted. What's the plan?"

[Ashbringer he/him]

Makazi remembered this time. She knew. She’d seen Coliver die… that had shaken her. But she seemed more relieved that Coliver was alright, and that she wasn’t crazy about the whole time-repeating thing. And fortunately, she was still ready to go.

”We can walk to Thistle’s while we talk,” Makazi said, side-eye-ing the spirit.

”Works for me!” it said, far too cheery.

It became quickly apparent that Coliver had zero idea where they were going. Makazi, fortunately, did. It also became apparent that the Spirit was not one to lead a conversation, though it did seem like…

“What did you do to Marton?” Makazi asked, in a tone of voice Coliver didn’t think she’d ever heard from her.

The spirit was unfazed. “Nothing. He was dead by the time I arrived. You can call me Rashe, by the way. Since you asked.”

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

2 hours ago, Doc12 said:

"Zymni...?" They ask of their shadow, quietly, as they walked. "You... last loop, did you... were you..." A deep breath. "You know... Coliver said she was... I was afraid you were..."

"... did it hurt? are you alright? I wouldn't be alright... I don't know how I'm walking."

They sigh. "Just... stay close to me, alright? I can't handle losing you again."

Zymni scowled as she dove into Thistle's shadow. The little apprentice girl. Of COURSE it would be her. Zymni had literally been face to face with her and not known a thing. Well at least she had another chance now. There was plenty of time left in the day. All she had to do was find the girl and force her to do her thing with the song, and Zymni would be free of this Realm and its cursed Sun, able to return home to her people and free them from Zant and the Demon King.

Why didn't that fill her with elation, the way it had before?

Unbidden, her eyes were drawn to Thistle, face haggard with grim determination and frantic hope. The florist kept throwing furtive looks over their shoulder toward Amora. Discomfited, Zymni looked away to the side, where she found joyous humans celebrating their festival, oblivious of the coming threat. By nightfall, many of them would be dead. In four days, they would ALL be dead.

When Thistle spoke to her, she welcomed the distraction from her troubling line of thought.

"No, it didn't hurt. It was just annoying, mostly. The afterlife in your Realm is apparently quite boring, for Twili. At least, as long as Time is being twisted. Mostly I just waited and hoped for the musician to play the Song again." She shivered. "That part hurts quite a bit. The touch of the Goddesses is apparently still not very pleasant for my people."

Edited March 10 by Wonko the Sane