WEEK 2

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 2

[It is again early morning when the train docks next. This time, however, the dock is not as busy. There are few trains to be seen, and even fewer people. Only a man stands at the dock, teeth sharp in his smile, scelera a deep gold as he stares beneath his fedora.

"Unexpected," he said with a smile. A two-dimensional dog with the head of a scribbled black cloud hops by, ignoring him. "But not unwanted. Do make yourselves comfortable."

This new place is known as Victoria's Chasm, named after an Empress. No, not that one. Her Thrice-Renewed Majesty is quite comfortable on her Throne, and rulled for much longer than 99 days, thank you very much.

In the distance, black begins to erupt like tendrils. Lightning flashes through the clouds. This is the land of monsters; tread carefully. And do not despair, whatever you do.


There are fifteen strangers left in this place.]

Comments

[strangerpeople]

[It won't take long to find it. There is a Grief Seed on the ground nearby.]

[eternaldivide]

[ O-Oh ... a high five. He'll give her a high-five, though definitely not with as much as energy ]

A Grief Seed?

[ Mithos takes a glance around the ground before noticing the seed. ]

Ah. Is that it?

[ He'll point for Eliza to notice. She seems to know more than him so he'll leave the seed itself to her. ]

[telecosmetic]

[She nods, picking it up and tucking it away.]

They can be used to cleanse soul gems...if their gems aren't cleansed, magical girls like these-[She gestures at the bodies]-can end up turning into Witches as well. And...there's no way for them to turn back.

[eternaldivide]

Is that so ... [ That's ... certainly not a good fate for anyone to have ] Are the Witches the ones who drop the Grief Seed? If so that's ... a bit ironic.

[telecosmetic]

Yeah...it's a pretty horrible cycle. [A pause] The last I saw...it was supposed to have changed, somehow, so that Witches would no longer happen and there would be other ways to cleanse gems. Maybe these are from before that.

[She glances around.] ...there might be more Witches out here, as well. At least there would have been one for each of these girls...

[eternaldivide]

Ah ... really?

[ ... ]

It's possible that they were brought here somehow. But ... maybe... only that one Witch was brought here despite there being so many corpses. Still, we should be cautious while we're out here since I may be wrong.

[telecosmetic]

[Eliza nods.] Or...someone else might have gotten rid of them. Or maybe even...Witches seem to be drawn to places with more people, so this might just be too empty for them...

[eternaldivide]

It's ... possible. Other than us there isn't anything else that's ...alive out here.

[ And ... with that said ... ]

We should head back. If there is a possibility of a witch then we shouldn't linger.

[telecosmetic]

[A slow nod.] Yeah...and probably warn everyone else, as well.