[open] the cat came back

[limbical]

WHO: Daan (limbical) & YOU!
WHAT: Augustcatch-all. Event, non-event prompts, you know.
WHERE: The clinic for non-event prompts, the mall for event prompts.
WHEN: August
WARNINGS: Typical warnings for Fear & Hunger content, which you can find in Daan's permissions here. I'll ensure to label CW in subject headers in case the subjects come up, but if you need to opt out please hit up my permission's post!

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he's used to it king...

[gradenine]

[ a death game or battle royale... sounds like what junpei keeps alluding to every now and again. now roland's wondering if everyone who has gathered here has had a history in killing more than a couple of people.

he continues to listen regardless, and when daan finishes, the cogs turn in roland's head as he tries to figure this out for his fellow suffering widower. ]

You had to end her yourself. That's... That's rough. It may sound I'm underplaying it, but...

[ encountering angelica here and in his memories is hellish enough on their own, but if he sees a more monstrous form of her... well. he might Lose it lose it for real, too. so he gets it. he really does.

but this ain't about him right now. he shakes his head solemnly. ]

He's kind of like a Distortion, that guy. Whatever your Baron and your wife went through sounded like it too, almost. [ right, he should explain - ] They're phenomena in our City who used to be humans until they transformed into something else 'cause of unstable emotions. I still don't know much about them, but I'm looking into it.

[ looking into it, and will soon kill the source of all those monsters. it's only a matter of time. ]

Anyway, you sure you wanna trust that Pocketcat guy? I get not having much of a choice anymore, but I don't like the vibes coming off of him.

[limbical]

...I only killed her because I didn't know, and I was defending myself. If I had known, I don't think I'd have been strong enough to kill her.

[Distortions. That's not the first time he's heard that brought up, not even by Roland.] Moonscorching sounds similar, based on what little I know. It's a step into the occult that even I don't quite understand...

[The question about Pocketcat earns a wry little noise out of him, but somehow lacks all mirth. Daan shakes his head with a sigh.]

It's not really a matter of trust, but let me put it this way: if the deal was to hurt or kill someone else, I wouldn't agree to anything. But if it's just concerning what he wants with me, specifically, that's a sacrifice I can deal with.

I don't have anything else going for me, anyway.

[gradenine]

[ mm, that makes sense. anyone could've made that mistake, even roland. as far as he knows, he doesn't even know where or what happened to his wife's corpse after the pianist incident. and he doesn't ever want to.

he lets daan's words sink in for a moment, then breathes out a sigh. he could really use a smoke again. ]

But you do. Even if that cat guy is a load of shit, you may as well get to the bottom of it once and for all. Just to put your thoughts to rest.

Unless... you don't want to move on from her.

[limbical]

It's complicated.

[Because nothing in his life has ever been simple. Not that Daan is eager to be even more vulnerable than he already has been with Roland; he's told the truth in as much as he understands it, and even if he shares his theories it doesn't matter because he doesn't really know.

But moving on? How could he? Move onto what?]

Anyway, no. I don't really have anything. No friends or family to speak of back there. Sure I guess I could devote myself entirely to work, but that's kind of a drag, don't you think?