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[residentmerc]

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[residentmerc]

I don't know. They weren't there when those guys fell asleep.

[ so... ?? walkies??? ]

[segnale]

Were they anywhere in the area before we fell asleep...? I don't remember seeing them or any of the others around.

[residentmerc]

Not that I saw, but I hadn't been looking either.

[ :T ]

[segnale]

A lot of questions but no answers, then... Well, right now, all we can do is focus on one thing at a time.

[and right now that thing is cloud's poor fuckin throat]

[residentmerc]

Sure.

[ he kind of trails off there, rubbing at his temple and looking wobbly for a second before he shakes his head ]

... You don't have to worry so much.

[segnale]

I get the feeling you're bad at worrying about yourself, so I'm not so sure about that...

[CASE IN POINT SIR WHY ARE YOU LOOKING WOBBLY]

[residentmerc]

[ he's fiiiiiine don't worry about it ]

I can take care of myself. [ that Wasn't Her Issue. ]

[segnale]

That's what they all say, mister.

[residentmerc]

Who's "all"?

[segnale]

People who don't worry enough about themselves.

[residentmerc]

You know that many people like that?

[segnale]

I've met a few.

[residentmerc]

A few.

[segnale]

Enough to know these things!

[residentmerc]

There's nothing to know. [ sighing but LETTING IT HAPPEN ]

[segnale]

[YEAH THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN'T STOP HER

but she will go get a glass of water or whatever for cloud before handing it out to him.]

[residentmerc]

[ fine he takes the glass of water!! and drinks!!!!

and despite his :T it does seem to help with his voice. theres nothing to do for the soup ]

... Thanks. [ sighs ] Hey, is the atmosphere... weird for you?

[segnale]

[that's right drink your water sir

but at the question, she pauses.]

Well... two people did just die, so it's going to be weird by default... but yeah, it kind of feels like—hm, I don't know how to put it. Everything feels restless?

[residentmerc]

Yeah. That. [ staring down at his hands ] It already felt like that when we woke up. Might be because of whatever went down last night.

[segnale]

... Like the entire village itself and everything in it is reacting to it, huh. Do you think it's a bad sign, or...?

[residentmerc]

It's not a good one. [ so. yes. ] Might have something to do with the ritual.

[segnale]

[she rubs her face.]

... It was supposed to take a while to prepare. I mean, it'd have been silly to assume the cultists were going to stick to a convenient schedule, but...

[residentmerc]

It could just be step one out of ... a lot. [ 40??? haha. ] Those guys did tell us they didn't know the details of how it worked, just when it'd be completed.

[segnale]

That's true. It might have been a wrong assumption to think that we'd all be sacrificed in one bunch, rather than one by one...

[residentmerc]

It made the most sense, since they brought us all in at the same time, but... Not a lot of things about this place makes sense in the first place.