[not today, but - not many people can say they're absolutely fine after watching a teenage girl get malleted in the face and then carry her head with her as she takes a bow.]
Cool! Cool. Okay, um, it's kind of a long story, but I... [a tiny pause, expression tightening.] I kind of got forced into trying to kill the other three...?
...I don't know exactly how it worked. I think someone there used some kind of magic? And I started getting really paranoid, and thinking things about all of them that I ordinarily wouldn't have, until those thoughts and feelings got more and more violent.
... That wouldn't be enough to trigger something like that, necessarily, [ a pause. ] Though, that is an awful thing to experience. Was there... anything else?
It wasn't just thoughts and feelings, it was... actions, too. I hurt Lup and Cloud, and I forced Kaeya into getting hurt even if I didn't injure him directly.
We had to put on different clothes in the beginning, and I found this brooch in my pocket. I had the sense if I gave it to someone, they'd have to do whatever I told them, no matter what it was.
Nothing. Just... that is almost certainly the reason why. [ a pause. ] ... Those sorts of objects can produce very powerful urges that are hard for almost anyone to overcome.
The mark is likely a reminder, not anything meant to cause physical pain. [ ... ] One that I doubt that you will need, after what you went through.
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[ sometimes someone gets cartoonishly decapitated. ] What about you?
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[not today, but - not many people can say they're absolutely fine after watching a teenage girl get malleted in the face and then carry her head with her as she takes a bow.]
I did have a question for you, though.
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they tilt their head. ] Oh? What is it?
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but he pushes up his shirt sleeve to show the weird scar on his wrist from his cyoa.]
Do you recognize what this might be, at all...?
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look at it for a long moment, placing both of their hands on the edge of the desk to lean over and check it out. ]
.... When did you receive that?
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[ they are quiet, for a long moment. examining it, maybe? ] It... I suppose it could be the remains of some sort of curse.
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they shake their head, slowly. ]
It's... no. If it is anything like what I have seen before, it means the action was more worth the mark - so - what... happened?
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[he'll wait for that explanation before answering.]
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So... It's there because of what I did, but - you don't think I need to worry about it or anything?
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How were you forced?
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... That wouldn't be enough to trigger something like that, necessarily, [ a pause. ] Though, that is an awful thing to experience. Was there... anything else?
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if rupert is paying attention, he will hear orion suck in a short, sharp breath. ]
.... I see. A cursed object, then. It - something like that could... it was likely that.
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...What's wrong?
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Nothing. Just... that is almost certainly the reason why. [ a pause. ] ... Those sorts of objects can produce very powerful urges that are hard for almost anyone to overcome.
The mark is likely a reminder, not anything meant to cause physical pain. [ ... ] One that I doubt that you will need, after what you went through.
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