CHAPTER 5

[faentasy]

CHAPTER 5

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Almost half of the non-fairy population of Aira Niluc is gone.

Some may be feeling the absence of their fellow participants in this story. Others will stay focused on the wish they want to get. What never changes is that the story goes on, bringing you closer to the end -- and to another chapter. What will it bring this time?

Snow!

Snow as far as the eye can see, a cold blanket covering the new area. Some winter amenities are now available, ready for perusal! But that's not all there's to find: everyone also will find reminders of their homes, of people they know, of happier times.

Of their wishes.

Who will try to reach their wish this time?

[[Welcome to Week 5! Feel free to make top levels at your discretion, and remember to note it in your header if you plan on investigating any locations. However, please try to keep investigations to Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday! You can also privately contact Hamelin at your leisure.

In addition, a reminder that any Murder Proposals for this week are due by Tuesday 3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST! However, please note that you have the option of submitting murder proposals for a later week as well.]]

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[gemuinemanagement]

[Suga means to get Alexei's attention, to say hello or ask him what he thinks of the new environment, but then he sees that reaction.

Ah.]

You too?

[ideismo]

[Ah, Suga, this is...]

...I suppose so.

[gemuinemanagement]

It's not them
Seeing them as they are right now, I mean
So they're just illusions

[It's a small comfort, but it's something nonetheless.]

[ideismo]

...I know. They died a few years ago.

[He...very definitely knows.]

That wasn't the brigade I lost in battle. The people I saw just were murdered, as part of an attempt to assassinate me.

[gemuinemanagement]

That's cruel
Using the images of the dead to manipulate people like that
But I shouldn't expect anything better from him

[fuck hamelin actually]

[ideismo]

[fuck hamelin actually.

just...give him a moment to try to force himself back to something more neutral.]

I just wasn't expecting to see them. That's all.

[gemuinemanagement]

[...Hm.]

Mine is Shii-chan
Exactly the way I remember her, 12 years ago

[Better than someone who died because of you, but still not great.]

[ideismo]

...How does she seem, in these illusions of yours?

[gemuinemanagement]

She misses me
She wants to see me again
If I had my wish, she wouldn't have ever had to leave
I'm sure that's why Hamelin's showing me this

[ideismo]

...That makes sense.

[As much as anything is going to, anyway.]

I'm not sure if it was good to see them again or not.

[gemuinemanagement]

If it meant anything
That they were at peace
That she was doing well
I think that would have been nice to know

But it doesn't
So I'm not sure either

[ideismo]

I'm never going to see them again.

[He shakes his head a bit, agitated. Goes back to folding clothes.]

Even if there's any sort of afterlife, I don't... I won't be where they are. I lost any right to ask for that a long time ago.

[gemuinemanagement]

In my experience
Most people go to an afterlife unless something specifically prevents it?

[Con...cern. Did you make a deal with a spirit, Alexei?]

[ideismo]

"An" afterlife, yes.

[WELCOME TO VESPERIA, WHERE WE'RE NOT SURE THERE'S A GOD BUT DAMN DOES EVERYONE BELIEVE IN HELL AND WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE GO THERE.]

[gemuinemanagement]

I really doubt you're going to hell, Alexei
Unless you've actually only been pretending to be someone who cares about people and wants to do the best they can for the world this whole time

[ideismo]

...I haven't.

[That much seems to be entirely true, at least; it's possible that whatever he saw to get that fucking reaction earlier is just doing his head in, it's hard to say. It's doing something to him that isn't...good, though.]

I want to do what I can for those that are still alive. That's... It's always been true.

[gemuinemanagement]

There, you see
Even if you've made mistakes
If everyone who made mistakes went to hell there'd be no one in heaven

[So none of this self-loathing!! That's his job.]

[ideismo]

[He shakes his head again, the gesture tight.]

They didn't resent me. They should have.

That's part of how I know it's Hamelin and nothing real.

[gemuinemanagement]

When you sound too much like me it makes me worry about you.

[Why are other people self-loathing, that's his thing??]

cw: suicidal ideation

[ideismo]

I'll be all right. I live with it, I don't...

[He's quiet for a moment. Gathering thoughts.]

There's nothing to worry about. The dead are gone, and those of us that have been left behind are obligated to continue living at all costs. For those who don't have that option anymore, if not for ourselves.

It stopped being for myself a long time ago; now it's for them. I would have done something about it otherwise. So there's nothing I'm going to do that you could possibly have to worry about.

[gemuinemanagement]

I wasn't worried that you were going to do anything
At least not here
It would make Hamelin too happy

[And they're both agreed on denying that guy as much enjoyment as possible.]

I just want you to be happy is all

[ideismo]

...I will be. Once my work back in Terca Lumireis is completed, I will be.

I think that would be...enough. To offset everything else.

[gemuinemanagement]

OK
Then I hope your work is finished soon

[ideismo]

It will be.

I don't trust Hamelin to grant it for me, however. It would be an insult to try to get it that way.

[gemuinemanagement]

I don't either
Even if he did grant a wish I bet he'd twist it in the worst possible way somehow
Just for kicks