Sure. You're very distracting. [ that's not what he said, but he'll also nod at sen because what are they gonna do, go back. no. he's here to watch family drama and have potential regrets. ]
As they head to the forest, she'll go over the plan (?).]
Once I reach her, I'm... going to seal her away—have us both return to vase form and fall into a slumber. Ren and I are two halves of the same antique, so my soul can be used to heal hers.
I don't know what the world will look like in hundreds of years—if it'll be a better place, or worse—but... at least we'll reawaken, eventually.
So, um. Once we revert back to our original forms, I'm going to need you two to bury us somewhere safe around here, as well. I don't want to risk the villagers accidentally coming across us and destroying us.
he does not actually have a plan here and just trusts in his ability to be distracting, so he will walk out there into the other spirit's line of sight and pretend to be delayed in noticing her because of his intense interest in one of these trees. ]
O-oh, hi there! Didn't think anyone else would be out here, haha!
[Well. Sen has asked that you not hurt Ren, but that doesn't necessarily mean the opposite is true. Ren immediately shoots them a murderous glare, as one tree gets yanked out of the ground by its roots with psychic energy.]
[ oh my god why did he let sebastian do this. his ankle is clearly bandaged already. he shoots him a Look. if she asks what kind of medicine they are BOTH fucked, and there is a TREE coming for them any time soon, so: ]
We're passing through the village and noticed the hostility. We wanted to talk to you, get to know your side of things. Never seen a village ostracize anyone for a good reason.
[ he says, blatantly ignoring that she is ready and willing to hit them with a fucking tree right now. ... and also just so he is not outright calling sebastian a liar: ]
... But we didn't follow you here or anything. He wanted to look for... medicine.
[ god why did you have to go and make him sound even more suspicious!!!! ]
But... I heard there was this plant that you could grind up that helped with pain and itching and stuff? Um, I think the leaves are supposed to look like...
[ just draws a three-leaf poison ivy thing in the air with his baton... AGAIN, THANK GOD HE CAME EQUIPPED WITH THIS ]
[ if he looks at ren with the air of someone who is long suffering their travel companion will she believe them. because he is not lying with that air. ]
Wait! [ WHY ISN'T HE ALLOWED TO FIGHT HER THIS IS HELL he is going to try to stop her with words... ONCE and he thinks of his backstory real quick ] I know he's an idiot, but he's just nervous and afraid. He's been accompanying me on dangerous stunts ever since I saved his life, but that hasn't made him brave. He's not a threat, I promise. Look at him.
[ GESTURES AT SEBASTIAN, POSSIBLY CRUSHED UNDER A TREE ]
[ COOL HE DEFINITELY NEEDED THIS WHEN HE'S ALREADY AMBIGUOUSLY CONCUSSED. he gets knocked over by this tree and now he's probably got BARK AND TWIG SCRAPES and he just looks offended and sad as he tries to get back on his feet with a little less balance than he had earlier. ]
[ shut up Sebastian he is trying to save your life. he grimaces because that is a fucking BLEAK view of humans. a relatable and understandable one but one that is hard to argue with. ]
... I'm the sole survivor of my village. I was on my own for a long time before he decided to stick around. He helps with handling... other people. I've never been good at them.
[ I mean he wasn't demonstrating amazing people skills right this second so cloud will add, reluctantly; ]
... Humans might like using one another, but they're not meant to be completely isolated. I... prefer his presence to total solitude as I travel.
[ at least he didn't go insane walking around in the void of time since he could complain with someone but also, this is horrible, he hates this, this is the worst thing that's going to happen to him this cyoa. having to say he DOESNT want to be totally on his own? horrid. ]
[ he winces and bites his lip as he tries to come back closer to cloud. is she even going to want to listen to him or is she just going to uproot another tree. ]
I... My parents abandoned me a really long time ago, so... it's not like I don't know that. But I'm still here, because even if a lot of people are kind of terrible, there are ones who are nice too. Like, he didn't have to save me, but he did.
...Even though all I've been that good for lately is getting hit by things.
[ feels a little hypocritical to defend people being good inside while helping ren's sister turn her back into a vase. anyway he is just going to casually step in front of Sebastian now that he's close by so he does not get hit with a tree while he is trying to talk her into believing people can be good. ]
... Spend all your life trying to avoid getting hurt by others, you'll just be the one hurting yourself instead. [ he shrugs ] Might as well have some moments that are worth it between all that.
[ man he wonders how pissed Ren is gonna be when she is turned into a vase mid emotional talk ]
[I'm very glad for this moment of emotional honesty, and also save Sebastian who is probably good for more than getting hit by things. But Ren looks like she's thinking about it, before she clutches her head. Monster-like features begin to flicker across her body, as she executes her necessary angry pained rant.]
No—I—that's for humans like you! How could you ever understand spirits like us? In the end, you'll never accept us as one of you. Even you—you just want to smash me into dust for the cure like all the others, don't you!?
[MAYBE THAT WAS THE MEDICINE SEBASTIAN REALLY MEANT!!!!
Anyway, another tree is getting yeeted at Cloud and Sebastian. Unfortunately, they are now both her enemy.]
[ and he had NOTHING against vase spirits until you decided to do THIS!
anyway, cloud is shielding him but this tree is coming at both of them so they both need to move and he rolls a 3 and does a shitty ass job of moving himself regardless.
he truly is the best at getting hit by wooden projectiles this week. ]
[ cloud rolls a 12 to dodge roll out of the way with his busted ankle, and he'd have dragged sebastian with him normally but apparently he was very determined to get hit by a tree
thanks sebastian ]
That's not what we want! What's the point of curing one or two humans by killing spirits? The rest of you will just fall into despair, like you're doing right now! Number of fiends doesn't go down at all! It's stupid!
[ GESTURES ANGRILY HE WANTS TO TAKE OUT HIS SWORD SO BAD AAAA ]
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Sure. You're very distracting. [ that's not what he said, but he'll also nod at sen because what are they gonna do, go back. no. he's here to watch family drama and have potential regrets. ]
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As they head to the forest, she'll go over the plan (?).]
Once I reach her, I'm... going to seal her away—have us both return to vase form and fall into a slumber. Ren and I are two halves of the same antique, so my soul can be used to heal hers.
I don't know what the world will look like in hundreds of years—if it'll be a better place, or worse—but... at least we'll reawaken, eventually.
So, um. Once we revert back to our original forms, I'm going to need you two to bury us somewhere safe around here, as well. I don't want to risk the villagers accidentally coming across us and destroying us.
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trying to process all of this... ]
...Wait, you're a vase?
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We'll handle it.
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[She says that cheerfully.
But in the distance, amidst the trees, the white-haired girl comes into a view. Sen ducks behind a tree.]
There she is! Okay, please distract her while I go around—oh, but please don't hurt her!
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[ well, okay.
he does not actually have a plan here and just trusts in his ability to be distracting, so he will walk out there into the other spirit's line of sight and pretend to be delayed in noticing her because of his intense interest in one of these trees. ]
O-oh, hi there! Didn't think anyone else would be out here, haha!
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cloud isn't quite sure how to be distracting without fighting somewhere so he'll follow sebastian's lead! and sebastian in general!
then he immediately regrets doing that when sebastian opens his mouth ]
... Yeah, hi.
[ this is never going to work. ]
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You're not from the village. What do you want?
[Away Sen goes to sneak.]
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[ crap he's so bad at lying ]
H-he hurt his ankle, so! We came here to, um, get some leaves? For medicine?
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We're passing through the village and noticed the hostility. We wanted to talk to you, get to know your side of things. Never seen a village ostracize anyone for a good reason.
[ he says, blatantly ignoring that she is ready and willing to hit them with a fucking tree right now. ... and also just so he is not outright calling sebastian a liar: ]
... But we didn't follow you here or anything. He wanted to look for... medicine.
[ this is believable ]
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What kind of medicine? There's nothing like that growing in the forest.
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But... I heard there was this plant that you could grind up that helped with pain and itching and stuff? Um, I think the leaves are supposed to look like...
[ just draws a three-leaf poison ivy thing in the air with his baton... AGAIN, THANK GOD HE CAME EQUIPPED WITH THIS ]
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... He hit his head recently.
[ will this help ]
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Cloud seems like he might be trustworthy, but Sebastian is CLEARLY not, so. The tree is getting yeeted at him. Sorry, Sebastian.]
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THOSE AREN'T THE RIGHT LEAVES!!!
[ he is going DOWN with this LEAF STORY
anyway he makes an attempt to dodge the flying tree and rolls an 11. he's not impressing anyone with either his lying or tree dodging today. ]
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Wait! [ WHY ISN'T HE ALLOWED TO FIGHT HER THIS IS HELL he is going to try to stop her with words... ONCE and he thinks of his backstory real quick ] I know he's an idiot, but he's just nervous and afraid. He's been accompanying me on dangerous stunts ever since I saved his life, but that hasn't made him brave. He's not a threat, I promise. Look at him.
[ GESTURES AT SEBASTIAN, POSSIBLY CRUSHED UNDER A TREE ]
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Unfortunately, the tree probably slams somewhat into Sebastian's side. Ow. Ren gives Cloud a dubious look.]
... Humans are being who only keep the company of those who are useful to them. If he's not a threat, then why are you with him?
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Hey...!!
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... I'm the sole survivor of my village. I was on my own for a long time before he decided to stick around. He helps with handling... other people. I've never been good at them.
[ I mean he wasn't demonstrating amazing people skills right this second so cloud will add, reluctantly; ]
... Humans might like using one another, but they're not meant to be completely isolated. I... prefer his presence to total solitude as I travel.
[ at least he didn't go insane walking around in the void of time since he could complain with someone but also, this is horrible, he hates this, this is the worst thing that's going to happen to him this cyoa. having to say he DOESNT want to be totally on his own? horrid. ]
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This mod is so proud of Cloud admitting that that Ren stands there, stunned. From behind, Sen is slowly trying to sneak up on her...
But Ren continues to speak, even if she looks more hesitant now.]
... Other people will hurt you. Is their company worth that pain?
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[ he winces and bites his lip as he tries to come back closer to cloud. is she even going to want to listen to him or is she just going to uproot another tree. ]
I... My parents abandoned me a really long time ago, so... it's not like I don't know that. But I'm still here, because even if a lot of people are kind of terrible, there are ones who are nice too. Like, he didn't have to save me, but he did.
...Even though all I've been that good for lately is getting hit by things.
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... Spend all your life trying to avoid getting hurt by others, you'll just be the one hurting yourself instead. [ he shrugs ] Might as well have some moments that are worth it between all that.
[ man he wonders how pissed Ren is gonna be when she is turned into a vase mid emotional talk ]
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No—I—that's for humans like you! How could you ever understand spirits like us? In the end, you'll never accept us as one of you. Even you—you just want to smash me into dust for the cure like all the others, don't you!?
[MAYBE THAT WAS THE MEDICINE SEBASTIAN REALLY MEANT!!!!
Anyway, another tree is getting yeeted at Cloud and Sebastian. Unfortunately, they are now both her enemy.]
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[ and he had NOTHING against vase spirits until you decided to do THIS!
anyway, cloud is shielding him but this tree is coming at both of them so they both need to move and he rolls a 3 and does a shitty ass job of moving himself regardless.
he truly is the best at getting hit by wooden projectiles this week. ]
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thanks sebastian ]
That's not what we want! What's the point of curing one or two humans by killing spirits? The rest of you will just fall into despair, like you're doing right now! Number of fiends doesn't go down at all! It's stupid!
[ GESTURES ANGRILY HE WANTS TO TAKE OUT HIS SWORD SO BAD AAAA ]
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