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15strangers2020-01-27 10:38 am
strangerpeople) wrote in 15strangers2020-01-27 10:38 am
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There was no sugarcoating it anymore. This was a critical time. Saving all of the vines is paramount, but what does one do when the blight hits? It keeps encroaching on the grapes, day by day. Entire clusters, entire bunches, dead and rotting, while allowing the blight to spread, and the leading botanists and viticulturists cannot identify the origin or the cause. They can't even successfully isolate the culprit in their labs; it seems to disappear like air no matter the precautions taken.
It is a catastrophe that seems to be beyond science, and it will result in the complete collapse of the entire country's wine industry. Already, embargoes on this year's crop have forced other grape-growers to close shop for the year after they'd sold their previous stock; it is all too possible that no grapes might ever be grown here again if a cure cannot be found. The tourists have stopped coming. The towns have grown silent.
You, meanwhile, are devastated. With the way your business is going, it will be on the brink of bankruptcy within the year. You will soon have no choice but to close shop and let every grapevine die, let the land go fallow. There must be a cure for this, there must be. Yet everything that can go wrong is.
Then, as you watch the news, it happens. Breaking news. The blight has been found in another country.
It is a pandemic-and it is only getting worse.
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Well. This is...what else can can anyone say? You all know the deal. You all know what situation you're in. All that is left is to figure out what you can do about it. If there's anything that can be done.
You still feel that compulsion to distrust. To know you cannot win. To know that only the hosts have your best interests in mind. It would be easy to just do all that. But would it be the right thing to do? You can't be completely sure. Indeed, nothing is certain here, except for that damned ticking sound. If only you could stop it.
But you can't stop it. It is inevitable.
There are 15 strangers in this place.]
cw: trigger hit with hammer??
The reaction is panicked, instinctive, and visceral at the feel of something in his mind without permission. September 9, 2017, 1:45 am. The feeling it will happen again. Overwhelming negative emotion. His mind is supposed to be his own now but it's happening all over again.
That feeling of peace both soothes the panic and instigates it, a struggle of cause vs effect. Kurama tries to turn off both the Scan and the TV.]
Re: cw: trigger hit with hammer??
Does it already know?
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But the price is himself and Kurama is too much a thief who never surrenders what is his.
He's going to look to see if he can unplug the TV.]
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Unfortunately, he is old and has seen a lot and so he's also paranoid. So while in theory an unplugged TV won't come on, he tries to turn it back on for a split second just to check.]
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Click.
Static.]
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Okay. This is not good but maybe there are options. Is the TV moveable?]
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How big is the TV? Could he shove it in the closet?]
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Just no.
If he concentrates, any chance he can force that lingering temptation out of his brain?]
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How are you feeling right now, Kurama?]
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Beneath that, an undercurrent of fear.]
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He can still easily resist the temptation, though, at least for now.]