screwthatnoise

[Oh goody. Climbing the horror tree.]

[Nods and edges around the two of them, touching the tree to try to get a handhold, braced for the hurtyourself feelings at least.]

"Because the seed belonged out here. I provided guidance. That's all."

She's either failing to notice Sion or blatantly ignoring him. It's hard to say when her hopeless eyes are this focused on yours, Naoto.

And Sion, you will get those wonderful hurtyourself feelings, but if you can keep focus you can climb to the very branch with the dangling limb.

Edited 2013-07-30 07:39 (UTC)

... That's dumb. I keep asking you why and the only excuse you can come up with is 'because'? 'Because it has to be'? 'Because it belonged out here'? All that says to me is that you don't have an excuse.

[Pretty good at just stoic-ing through literally anything so. Ignoring that (but wow it's uncomfortable to want to hurt yourself, new feelings he's never wanted to know!!) and gets to the Janta limb.]

As you grab that limb, and as you respond to her excuses, the sadHail disappears.

Just like that, she's gone into thin air, the pained expression she last wore burned into your vision for a few seconds.

All that's left is the screaming of the nonsensical voices, coming from that damned tree. Unless you're Sion, who is touching said tree.

[ ... what

LOOKING UP AT SION you okay up there baby ]

[I have no idea what that was about but I am pretty sure as a Di[e]ce character I can just jump down without injuring myself because I don't want to touch the tree any longer than I have to.]

[How are YOU doing hon?]

[ ... my side hurts :( attempting to stretch to see how bad, and wincing a little before. putting his sword away ]

... Should we burn it? Are we sure it wouldn't have noxious despair-smoke?

How's your wound?

[I really need to finish that quest for Nimue.]

...We can stand upwind. I don't think that tree should stay.

It hurts to stretch it, but it's not deep. I should be okay.

[ eyes it... ]

No, I don't think it should either. Especially not if it's going to keep growing.

Let me bind it.

... Okay.

[It is time to take a break and push Naoto's shirt up to apply first aid yep.]

[ okay, well, holding it up himself because that's easier. It's wider than it is deep because he half-dodged at the last minute! And it's not bleeding too much which is probably a relief ]

[It's a relief but still upsetting that you got hurt!!]

[Just going to bind it though for now, cleaning will come later if the heart doesn't heal it when we leave.]

[ shh shh it's ok. pulling his shirt back down once that's done ]

... We should probably burn it before it grows any more.

I think it's best if you don't touch it.

[Picking up two of the candles.]

... Okay— what did touching it do?

[ I, I MADE YOU CLIMB THAT, DID I DO A BAD THING ]

[No it's okay.]

Just a feeling. [Dismissing it it's fine. Taking fire to the tree though let's burn this baby.]

[ ... hanging back with Janta, then! nts: hug Sion a lot as soon as the tree is gone ]

You successfully set fire to the ~~rain~~ tree—the fire slowly grows, as if attaching itself to the tree, and within moments its immersed in this flame.

And as you anticipated, it gives off a strange black vapor. But instead of floating towards the sky, it sinks. Be careful not to inhale it, otherwise you'll feel that terrifying desire to put yourself in pain by any means possible.

[Tugging Naoto upwind but idk maybe we inhale some who knows.]

[ luckily it hurts a little whenever I move now '^' COVERING HIS NOSE AND MOUTH WITH A HAND but probably getting at least a little whiff of it oooh nooo ]

[Oh no baby :( wrapping his arms around Naoto. We have a limb now what...?]

[ coughing a bit DX and fishing Janta out of his pocket

guide us, Janta-kun ]

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