onceuponacomm | Afterparty IV: The Isle of Repeaching Mistakes

[Another week, and another series of disasters and deceptions leading to the verdict; this time the web is wider and deeper and darker, as they're all slowly ensnared, as the fine points each of them make up in this cloud of connections is pulled ever tighter. Is it a noose, tightening around their neck, or is it a string wrapped around their finger to pull them forward?

Here on Onigashima under cover of night, no one can perhaps tell, and ever fewer people are asking.

For the first time in a little while Jack's throwing himself wholeheartedly into gathering people -- he's not forcing anyone to be there, but he drops words and written directions and cajoles at the tree slide if he must, mostly to make sure the little get-together is actually staffed. The island itself is a chore to get to, but may be the lake around it can provide respite for those who enjoy the boats and can ignore the possible body (bodies?) floating down there.

Festival food and regular drink is a-plentiful, though so much of it is still so foreign to many of them (Jack is pretty sure most of it is good, but); it'll do, because they've also brought like half the bar with them? Or at least enough to supply the guests and their two bartenders. Marcus and Makoto are here to provide drink and drink with you, whichever comes first, and honestly who can blame them?

Otherwise, there are always the festival games and fashion, so perhaps that too is a good distraction. Just don't fall in the lake, y'all.]

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That's the one whose name we covered up on your profile?

Right Shii-chan

[Now that he's had time to calm down, he isn't quite as paranoid about Shiori somehow finding out about all this when she's not even here.]

[ nods ]

Honestly, I've never been sure how I should feel about having Ix's name on mine either. It's certainly not wrong, but...

[ But he really doesn't deserve to have it there, and this current Ix would probably just feel uncomfortable about it if he knew; and even if he didn't, the fact that it doesn't specify which Ix it is feels like it would probably be a slap in the face, like he's just conflating them again after everything. ]

I don't know. It's complicated.