05 - week five

[afflictionmods]

WEEK FIVE

Come Sunday morning, the portals around Estelline fade away, but not all of the oddities hanging around disappear so quickly. The recreations of your dreams and memories are still around, ever changing and shifting. Whatever it is that brought these things here hasn’t ended, not yet.

You don’t have time to worry about all of that, though, even if you know you should exercise caution once two of you found yourselves on the bad end of a monster’s claws. The course still isn’t over, though, even if the portals changed lesson plans. Everything continues on, with new places to explore as the fog pushes back once again. This week still feels a little more like what you’re familiar with, though, after Saturday’s lack of lessons.

...For now.


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SAGE / FLORENCE / LORELEI

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Comments

[unsinksyourship]

I'm not really seeing much ruthlessness here...

[Kind of doubtfully observing the hogtying and the completely one-sided kidnapping all going on here; that said, he's got his hands tucked behind his back and looks for all the world like a guy at a street performance or something.]

If they're that shady, maybe they're the type who can just throw away their employees? Or-- [evaluating the noodliness of their target] --he's a paperwork pusher. I could see it.

[Trust him, he's an expert at paper pushing.]

[herlocksholmes]

It's the tragedy of middle management!

[unsinksyourship]

Is that what it is?? I've never dealt with middle management-- [because he's a consummate mooch] --so I wouldn't know.

But I'll put that down on my list of jobs to never try for.

[Don't ask how many jobs he's actually had.]

[herlocksholmes]

A good life decision, Mr. Mizumori.

[Spare yourself the horror of middle management!]

[imitationsoul]

If that is the case, then we will at least have learned not to bother with hostages in the future and shoot straight for the top instead.

If that opportunity ever arises - but if this were a classically structured story, it would.

[ IF THIS WERE A MOVIE LIKE AND/OR UNLIKE JIM SHROK... ]

[unsinksyourship]

All of this would be easier if we could just drag Lorelei out of wherever she's hiding.

[By himself, Tamamori is not much of a threat unless you really push him -- and he's been pushed a very, very decent amount this week, but still -- but in a mob? With muscle on his side and a clearly-defined enemy(ish)? It becomes a matter of where he'll stop.]

The classic structure would mean we'd need to wait for the course to go wrong somehow, or for those running it to make a mistake. But, isn't this just the latter choice? [he tilts his head at the man getting cornered] If there's a shortcut, take it! No one ever got anywhere in life taking the long way.

[imitationsoul]

[ That makes her laugh a little. ]

They did use to say that without risk there would be no reward. I'm with you on this, certainly.

The more we upset their plans, the more we force them to adjust and the more they adjust, the likelier they are to slip up further. We are quite fortunate to have such a clear opponent, a real overlord with a headquarters. That is easy to blow up, when the time comes.