catchall kate

[residentmerc]

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week 0, monday

[residentmerc]

[ is she still wearing a hood. mysteries abound. anyway they can be in front of the haunted house because he's looking over the plaque of names there: ]

... I know Yuffie from home. She's not... the worst roommate you could get.

[ this is not a high compliment, cloud ]

[sootprints]

[ oh hey. she's in her regular clothes, unlike when they first met. no more trying to obscure her non-face! in white lettering, the word FALSE can be seen on one of her shins. ]

Oh... yes. She's a very energetic girl.

[ with no facial expression and no real emotion in her words, it may be hard to tell if that's sincere. ]

I hope your accommodations are also... not the worst.

[residentmerc]

[ well! that is interesting.

it is interesting and a little freaky but it is rude to stare so he glances down and sees the FALSE thing. that's fine. he has sephiroth on his bicep, he cannot fucking talk. ]

It's... fine. Far as this place goes, I don't think there's any winning.

[sootprints]

[ is. is it the word sephiroth or is it just a picture of the guy ]

True... I've heard that we can request things from those masked people, but it's a lot to acclimate to...

[residentmerc]

[ JUST THE WORD I AM NOT GIVING HIM A SEPHIROTH FULL BODY TATTOO ]

Yeah. Not sure how much I want to rely on those guys for anything, either.

week 1, monday

[residentmerc]

[ plops them down on the island... cloud is on the ranch looking puzzled and a little wary (??) at the horse. he actually raises a hand in greeting when he spots kate though ]

Hey. Exploring the new place?

[sootprints]

[ yay ranch! kate's here in a new dress with a sunny vibe, despite her otherwise shadowy visage. ]

Yes. Do you think we can pet the animals?

[residentmerc]

[ NO SHE'S SO CUTE... I LOVE HER YOUR HONOR... cloud uh. smiles at her a little, ignoring Horse ]

Yeah. Cattle seems to really like it. You wanna try?

[sootprints]

Yes!

[ wait... she dials the enthusiasm down a notch. ]

... Let's.

[residentmerc]

[ her enthusiasm makes him huff out a laugh but he'll leave the horse with another mildly bewildered look and lead the way to the cows and sheep ]

C'mon, they've got brushes too if you want to try it.

Week 1, Sunday

[sootprints]

[ somewhere outdoors after the execution ritual, just reflecting on what they just watched. ]

She was able to hold on to some part of herself...

... and yet, it still ended that way...

[residentmerc]

... Yeah. The same happened with Boothill.

[ looking up at the sky with a bit of a weird expression on his face ]

And Nona. None of them are fully gone. They're just... trapped.

[sootprints]

If they're still there, there should be a way to bring them back... It shouldn't have to be this way.

[residentmerc]

Yeah. I want to find a way, too. Or even figure out how to identify them before they take someone's life. But right now... If we let them go, they'll keep killing. We don't have much of a choice.

[sootprints]

I understand...

[ she says, but her head is smoking. ]

Then we must hurry and learn more.

Week 2, Monday

[sootprints]

[ hello cloud, it's a lovely day to be unceremoniously yanked into a memory-void!

they see a memory.

(note: the fan translation is not great. "emilyko" should be "emilico." however, if it looks like certain characters are speaking in the third person... that is correct. they are doing that. it is weird.) ]

[residentmerc]

[ what the fuck is happening in this memory

this is both me and cloud saying it, and while he's got a lot of questions following that entire... thing, he settles for one; ]

...What was the drink they gave you?

[ he can ask about kate's... face? person? later, she seemed worried about the drink, so. so. ]

[sootprints]

Coffee.

Laced with a mind-altering substance.

[residentmerc]

Mind-altering... Why? So they'd see more than a hand?

[sootprints]

In their state of mind, they might as well have been looking up at a god.

The coffee ensures that everyone stays loyal and complacent, no matter what happens around them.

week 6, monday

[residentmerc]

[ deposits this here without you asking. wherever kate is. cloud is seeking her out ]

Hey.

[ hi! that's it thats all he says ]

[sootprints]

[ oh. she stiffens. then she whirls around and immediately bows. ]

Cloud. I, um...

... I want to apologize.

[residentmerc]

[ there's a sigh and a wry, if a little awkward, look ]

I'm gonna tell you the same shit I told Camille. If you want forgiveness, you've got it, but I never blamed you.

[sootprints]

[ she stays like that for a few more moments... then lifts her head. not quite all the way up. ]

... It's true that I wasn't in control of my actions that night.

But after that, I continued to hide and deceive everyone, instead of taking responsibility. I think that part was me.

[residentmerc]

[ hm. he crosses his arms ]

You don't think the monster had anything to do with that? Pretty sure they don't just let you confess.