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

[notthebreakman]

Mithos, that's not how it works! If the other person made the decision to help of their own free will and knowing the risks, then they are also responsible for the consequences. Trying to shoulder all of the burden yourself will only result in more pain in the long run!

[That's it. He's not letting Mithos run around unsupervised any more. Maybe Friender would make an effective babysitter...]

[eternaldivide]

Isn't that a bit naive? Isn't it possible that by sharing the burden it could lead to more pain in the long run? There are many burdens in which, in order to share, you have to let the other person into your heart. If it's betrayed then wouldn't it have been better not to have shared the burden to begin with?

[ Y i k e s. ]

[notthebreakman]

[Oh. Suddenly Proto understands how frustrating it is to be having this conversation from the other side. He... really doesn't have any more words right now.

(If he makes it out of here alive, he really needs to sit down and talk some things over with...)]

...Let's just... get that symbol copied down before anything else happens right now.

[eternaldivide]

[ and ... just like that Mithos' expression turns back into a more gentle one. One you'd more likely see on someone his age. ]

Yes, of course. I don't think I'll forget it, but it's best we make sure we put it on paper just in case.

[notthebreakman]

[Yeah, this is doing nothing to make Proto stop worrying about Mithos. He'll just... need to make sure to keep an eye on him in the future.]

We'll be able to show the others that way as well. Maybe they'll have learned something else to go with it by now.

[eternaldivide]

[ Everything is Fine Proto don't worry ]

It's possible. I ... missed the last meeting, so I don't know what information I had missed due to it.

[notthebreakman]

[Everything is Not Fine, Mithos. Friender is going to give you the saddest eyes he can next time he sees you.]

I missed a lot of it, too. [Being busy shoving soup at people...] I imagine Towa would have taken comprehensive notes, though.

[eternaldivide]

[ oh noooo don't let his friend give him the puppy eyes! ]

Oh, It's likely. She's been working really hard keeping all the information we've received here together. It's quite impressive!

[notthebreakman]

[You brought this on yourself, Mithos.]

I just hope she doesn't burn herself out in the process.

[Or anyone else, for that matter. They aren't even halfway through the journey yet and already tensions are getting too high.]

[eternaldivide]

[ Well leave Mithos alone with Friender and maybe he'll just tell Friender some secrets. ]

Yeah ... We should do what we can to help so she doesn't.

[ Way too high ... Mithos is certainly starting to feel the exhaustion from all the tension ]