06 - week six

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WEEK SIX

Sunday starts with more aches and pains than you might be used to. Florence patched people up after Saturday’s lesson, sure, but it’s not a complete cure - not to mention it doesn’t ease the sting of betrayal. Some classmates that you thought would cooperate wound up breaking your trust in the end, and this week will be interesting with the fallout.

It’s hard to say what this week will have in store otherwise. Things are changing, and it’s not clear what this means for all of you. On the bright side, however, the creatures and places you once knew from home have suddenly disappeared, so that's less that you need to worry about. There are new areas for you to look at as well.

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FLORENCE / LORELEI

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[affligere]

[🔪🔪🔪]

It seemed overdue, and like you were looking for answers I may be able to provide anyways. Otherwise, why enter Camellia’s campus?

[That’s all!!!]

[vivens]

[ bless.... and now ace and sabo will never be. ]

Logical enough and thank you for taking it upon yourself to deal with all of these questions.

[ of he says this just before he realizes there is probably something he should have checked with? ]

...there isn't any kind of danger or concern for handing off the tablet that was given to us upon arrival to someone other than us, is there?

[affligere]

[no…!! i take it back!!]

…

[They’re not disappointed, clearly, but if they could be…

Or maybe they are disappointed. Maybe this is it. This is the moment.]

Do you trust the person you gave it to?

[vivens]

[ i can't believe lav killed ace and sabo..... but you know it's fair. if they want to be disappointed with him then it's only fitting. now as for the matter of trust...

hmm.

it honestly be the best thing ever if kyle pulled a super fast one on sabo but he still doesn't think that kyle could tell a believable lie. so either he's the world's best actor or just what everyone has learned. ]

As much as I can trust anyone here.

[affligere]

[:worry:

Also, wow! What an incredible non-answer, Sabo.]

That could mean anything, Mr. Sabo. If you believe they may use the tablet for nefarious means, I could access it remotely…

[vivens]

[ he is, unfortunately, very good at them.... ]

I don't think he would use it for nefarious purposes; he didn't come off as that sort of person. However, the others here did mistreat him after I spoke with him.

[ so now sabo has no idea. :') ]

icon accurate in spirit but inaccurate otherwise

[affligere]

So you gave your tablet to a Camellia employee, then.

[There are probably dumber things he could have done. Probably.]

...It is hard to know what will come of this, but I will do what I can to remove anything you do not want Camellia to be aware of.

[vivens]

[ me: sabo is smart until he decides to not be.

but even if the icon is inaccurate outside of the spirit, he can sense it. ]

Truthfully, I haven't made much use of the tablet. I mainly used it to help better understand the native language here.

[ but if florence wants to wipe it clean of data then they are more than welcomed to?? ]

[affligere]

You still shouldn't be throwing away university property...

[Those weren't free, y'know?]

[vivens]

I wouldn't call it being thrown away; I suspect he would give it back if I asked.

[ probably??? also look. sabo may or may not routinely steal things for various reasons. ]

[affligere]

[Stealing is fine. Probably. It's illegal but are there cops here? No.

There is a detective, but. Herlock doesn't count.]

Do you want to ask for it back?

[vivens]

[ you say this as though it would stop him. (it would not.)

but, uh. ]

Should I ask for it back?

[affligere]

I cannot force you to decide what to do, and if this employee is trustworthy it will not be an issue, but... it may be a good way to test if you can trust them.

[Wow, what a complete non-answer!]

[vivens]

After this past Saturday, we could benefit from a few less volatile trust exercises.

[ because sabo is fine with rolling non-answers; he's a pro at handing them out so it's only natural. though— ]

Knowing that Lorelei might not have the best intentions for us, was there anything that she said that might not have been grounded in truth? [ ... ] Do the people who have died here really go back to their homes alive?

[ he's of course then there's the timeline bullshit but he's just going to take one step at a time here. ]

[affligere]

We are not intending for there to be a repeat of Saturday’s lesson.

[So, y’know. There’s that.

But also looks directly at Sabo…]

Lorelei would not intentionally mislead you over such a thing - though is this brought on by worry over your partner? I noticed something that stated he was deceased.

[have they seen the gacha……… perhaps]

[vivens]

I doubt anyone wants to have a repeat of Saturday.

[ he'll say with a bit of a chuckle while rubbing the back of his neck at florence mentioning the gacha. he has not missed it. neither of them have, thank you. ]

You could say that. He arrived here just after dying which was two years ago for me.

[ aaand this is where sabo stalls in knowing what he wants to say here. it seems to be a bit much to overshare about some parts. ]

[affligere]

That is a significant gap. Has he been informed of his passing?

[looks into the future…

But more importantly- ]</small So this concern is because you… are worried he may have to die again?

[vivens]

He knows. [ a small laugh. ] He was hoping to "meet me" after dying.

[ of course not under these circumstances but that's another thing to unpack at another time, probably. but florence's question is somewhat correct and even if he doesn't quite want to talk about it, he isn't shying away from it. ]

In a sense. If he can return to his time alive, then neither our little brother or "me" that exists in his timeline wouldn't have to despair as we have.

[ welcome to the conundrum that sabo has worked himself into. romance? for me? unsure if that should be morally allowed. ]

[affligere]

[......]

But what about you, Mr. Sabo? Are you not concerned with losing him again? Or the possibility of him returning home with you?

[Hm.]

Would you want to bring him back to your version of your world, should it be possible to alter things like that?

[vivens]

I'm not worried about myself as long as Ace lives. I've already lost Ace once; so, as long as I can know he's alive somewhere, I'll be fine.

[ all sabo can want from ace is for him to live and keep living. ]

...and to that point, Ace is thinking that he'll return with me and not the version that he left.

[ now whether sabo has given ace the green-light to actually do that or not is still up in the air because of previously mentioned thoughts. he can't rob a timeline of that altered version of events; he has already mourned so it was fine to keep things as they are for him.

but. ]

I suppose if he returns with me means that in his version of our world he also survives then I'd be more open to it.

[affligere]

[...

Hm.]

I cannot say for certain if that would be what happens, were you and Mr. Ace to return to the same point in time for your home world - if there would truly be another timeline with another version of the both of your or not. It is something that will be impossible to know for certain, I think, until the two of you return.

[...]

I am not sure if saying this would be out of line, Mr. Sabo, but I think that if Mr. Ace wishes to return to your time in your world it would be best to accept that and find a new place for him to fit into that world, without worrying about alternate possibilities. The Mr. Sabo and Mr. Aces that are the ones you can see in the here and now are more important than unknown variations of yourselves.

[Nodnods.]

[vivens]

[ he didn't mean to get advice from a robot that is going through the pinocchio character arc (maybe) but that's exactly what is happening and he doesn't know what to feel about it. well, aside from chuckling softly. there's logic in their words because of course there is. florence thinks and acts logically.

it is humans that are the most illogical when dealing with supposed complicated matters like this. but sabo also has the ability to overthink things while also not thinking about them enough. depends on what it is. ]

That would be the logical thing to do. [ he says with a weak smile on his face. ] It is also what Ace would like the most.

[ ... ]

I just don't like the idea of the possibility of robbing myself of getting what they want.

[affligere]

Do you not want to be with Mr. Ace?

[They're trying very hard to understand, Sabo, but this is above their paygrade and character arc.]

Or are you saying you are willing to rob yourself of what you want for another, theoretical version of you that may not truly exist in any capacity?

[............................]

That seems incredibly foolish and bizarre and has no purpose besides ensuring you will be unhappy when you return home as you have to suffer the loss of Mr. Ace again.

[vivens]

[ look.

he's not going to answer that question because even if the answer exists (which it does), it doesn't mean that he has to put words to them. sometimes you don't have to turn in your assignments!! ]

I would be suggesting the second scenario that you brought up, and I wouldn't be entirely unhappy. [ a weak counter to what they say. ] I got to spend all of this time with Ace that I never had before nor would I have imagined being able to have.

[ and he has nothing to comment on about florence sees it as having no purpose other than just making him unhappy. because, you know, despite him saying that he wouldn't be entirely unhappy that still means that he's going to be unhappy about it. ]

Still not very logical, is it?