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[Fine time they're having here. Camille lets the gruel drip off the end of her spoon and plop back into the bowl. She looks across the refectory table to the only other soul in the building: a built blond boy with a model jawline and blond hair jutting out like tectonic aftermath, all sharp points and rigid shapes. He must pay a fortune on hair gel.]
I never used to mind oatmeal, but this is testing my limits.
I never used to mind oatmeal, but this is testing my limits.
[ the absolute tragedy that his hair is, unfortunately, all natural may push camille over the brink
he's not grabbing a ton of food and he does look uninterested in it, though after a beat where he is clearly taking a second to make sure he is being addressed (there is no one else here) he kind of shrugs ]
... I've had worse, but that says more about the rations than it does this slop.
he's not grabbing a ton of food and he does look uninterested in it, though after a beat where he is clearly taking a second to make sure he is being addressed (there is no one else here) he kind of shrugs ]
... I've had worse, but that says more about the rations than it does this slop.
[it really would :')]
I think it's to help break our spirits, probably. Or just practical economics. [She flips a lock of hair over her shoulder and puts her elbows on the table, mouth quirked in half a smile.] Give the prisoners the worst cuts and the leftovers. Pity — in some places sacrifices get primped and pampered before they're offed.
I think it's to help break our spirits, probably. Or just practical economics. [She flips a lock of hair over her shoulder and puts her elbows on the table, mouth quirked in half a smile.] Give the prisoners the worst cuts and the leftovers. Pity — in some places sacrifices get primped and pampered before they're offed.
Dunno. Nothing about this place screams practical.
[ he is voting for breaking spirits. speaking of which: ]
Maybe their... whatever doesn't like its victims getting the special treatment. [ shrugs a shoulder ] Least it gave us a head start in expecting the worst.
[ he is voting for breaking spirits. speaking of which: ]
Maybe their... whatever doesn't like its victims getting the special treatment. [ shrugs a shoulder ] Least it gave us a head start in expecting the worst.
I know Death implied they were hoping to delay the whole mess. It could be they're looking for a way out too, but I'm not putting my faith in it.
What's your name?
What's your name?
We don't have much choice but to listen to those guys, but I wouldn't trust them either.
Cloud. [ she can think this is a stupid name. she'd be right ] You're Camille, right?
[ rude. ]
Cloud. [ she can think this is a stupid name. she'd be right ] You're Camille, right?
[ rude. ]
[It is a stupid name, but she has a decent poker face. Her expression remains politely curious.]
'Fraid I am. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to hear you talk about rations, considering some of the stuff on your profile. [She smiles.] You've got quite a list of accomplishments to your name.
'Fraid I am. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to hear you talk about rations, considering some of the stuff on your profile. [She smiles.] You've got quite a list of accomplishments to your name.
Don't know that I'd call all of 'em accomplishments... [ he's thinking about them and hating. it's fine. he shakes his head ] Military rations. They were pretty bad.
You swam with dolphins. Most people need a deep vacation pocket or be under fifteen with a deadly illness to get that privilege.
Why were you in the military? Drafted? Needed money for college?
Why were you in the military? Drafted? Needed money for college?
A dolphin. And it was more like he was giving me a boost.
[ he says it like it's a normal thing to say. anyway not me staring at my hand wondering if ff7 has a draft or college and going i dont want to think about this anymore, the answer is stupider: ]
More like to start a new life. Most guys from the country back home leave town to get a job in the city. Military's one of the options.
[ please ask him how old he was ]
[ he says it like it's a normal thing to say. anyway not me staring at my hand wondering if ff7 has a draft or college and going i dont want to think about this anymore, the answer is stupider: ]
More like to start a new life. Most guys from the country back home leave town to get a job in the city. Military's one of the options.
[ please ask him how old he was ]
[ GUESS WHO HAS A HAND!! it's us. we got one. ]
You alright? [ checking in on her after their. mess. they can be at the noticeboard to know the lore too idk ]
You alright? [ checking in on her after their. mess. they can be at the noticeboard to know the lore too idk ]
[post mess is fine everyone else is notice board.]
I'm good, I'm just... [Trails off, staring into the distance.] It really was a hand? You're positive?
[also she's sopping wet and leech-bitten everywhere.]
I'm good, I'm just... [Trails off, staring into the distance.] It really was a hand? You're positive?
[also she's sopping wet and leech-bitten everywhere.]
[I THOUGHT OUR EVIDENCE POOFED AWAY
Whatever Camille just full body flinches, looking away. She coughs to a point where she thinks she may throw up. Or has an urge to throw up that turns into a cough. Hard to say which at this point.]
Okay, okay put it away.
Whatever Camille just full body flinches, looking away. She coughs to a point where she thinks she may throw up. Or has an urge to throw up that turns into a cough. Hard to say which at this point.]
Okay, okay put it away.
[ no they said the hand. was still there. i asked. i, unfortunately, asked,
he does put it away. if he finds a bucket it is going in there. he also looks a little alarmed at her reaction ]
Sorry.
he does put it away. if he finds a bucket it is going in there. he also looks a little alarmed at her reaction ]
Sorry.
[WHY MUST WE STILL HOLD THIS HAND.
She takes a deep breath.]
It's fine. It's fine, I just didn't...fuck, it smells. I never realized how awful it would smell.
[Burnt flesh. Sure, she investigates a lot of crime stories, but that's as a reporter. Not the forensics unit.]
Are you all right?
She takes a deep breath.]
It's fine. It's fine, I just didn't...fuck, it smells. I never realized how awful it would smell.
[Burnt flesh. Sure, she investigates a lot of crime stories, but that's as a reporter. Not the forensics unit.]
Are you all right?
Yeah. I've... seen worse.
[ he maybe sounds a little far off when he says that, and he shakes his head after it ]
Just gonna have to... find some place to store it for now. Don't want people to stumble into it.
[ he maybe sounds a little far off when he says that, and he shakes his head after it ]
Just gonna have to... find some place to store it for now. Don't want people to stumble into it.
Military. [She huffs under her breath.] I have to write about a lot of grisly murders. Doesn't mean I'm up in the crime scene messing with things.
[She has the theory, but not the practice. At least not a great deal of it.]
...You should hide it. Make sure it's somewhere secure. Whoever did this might try to fuck with it.
[She has the theory, but not the practice. At least not a great deal of it.]
...You should hide it. Make sure it's somewhere secure. Whoever did this might try to fuck with it.
[ well, sure, he was in the military when he saw some of those things. so he doesn't correct her. ]
Writing's a lot different than seeing.
[ a little apologetic in tone again. sorry. about showing off the hand. ]
Yeah, that was the plan. [ ... ] You think they'd come back for that? [ he doesn't think it is one of them currently because they are in a death cult sacrificial thing, and so he simply assumes sure the cult did this ]
Writing's a lot different than seeing.
[ a little apologetic in tone again. sorry. about showing off the hand. ]
Yeah, that was the plan. [ ... ] You think they'd come back for that? [ he doesn't think it is one of them currently because they are in a death cult sacrificial thing, and so he simply assumes sure the cult did this ]
Maybe. I'm not sure. But at the same time...
[She frowns, looking at something distant.]
I just get this feeling. It's off somehow. Even if it was part of their plan, something has to be off. Wouldn't a ritual killing go a lot more smoothly?
[She frowns, looking at something distant.]
I just get this feeling. It's off somehow. Even if it was part of their plan, something has to be off. Wouldn't a ritual killing go a lot more smoothly?
Depends on whether there being a mess is part of the ritual or not, I guess.
[ he does not know rituals like that to say for sure... ]
The whole place still feels... off.
[ he does not know rituals like that to say for sure... ]
The whole place still feels... off.
I don't think it would. Not this kind of mess.
[She draws a shaky breath.]
Maybe this all went haywire for them. Could be why the sky's fucked up. God's mad.
[She draws a shaky breath.]
Maybe this all went haywire for them. Could be why the sky's fucked up. God's mad.
[ that makes him look up at the sky again and he kind of just. stares there. for a bit. this is normal. ]
Maybe. Think things going to shit for the cult sounds too good for our track record.
Maybe. Think things going to shit for the cult sounds too good for our track record.
[ well someone has said they were not used to seeing Things like, idk, people losing their fingers, so when he spots camille in Wherever We Are cloud hesitates for a second before: ]
You holding up alright?
You holding up alright?
[Me shaking seeing your above starter HOW DID I LOSE THAT??? ZIA I'M SORRY]
She's just a kid. [Camille is at the pyre, bent in half with elbows on her knees, hands crooked into her scalp.] They sent her in there with a fucking shovel. And Erin...
[God. At least she had more faculties left to her than Boothill did.]
She's just a kid. [Camille is at the pyre, bent in half with elbows on her knees, hands crooked into her scalp.] They sent her in there with a fucking shovel. And Erin...
[God. At least she had more faculties left to her than Boothill did.]
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