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Ok... ok, but why now? ... Is this 'cause of what happened to Urashima?

[ since you were. you know, bluescreening hardcore at that. ]

[ She thinks this over a moment. ]

I guess so. Not really sure why, since it's not like we talked a whole lot, or whatever, but it's sort of....

[ another pause. Her voice is still distant and even, but surprisingly calm given how distraught she was earlier. ]

He never really had to be nice to me. I don't blame anyone who isn't, I'm the only visible, touchable link to your kidnapper. But he was, he was nice to everyone, so why...did he have to die like that?

Alisha...was hard, but she wasn't hacked into a million pieces. [ If any of them remember, she did seem angrier than usual during that trial. ] And Gilbert's was awful, of course, it's the same amount of fucked up and disrespectful as this, but I guess this feels more personal, or something. I don't know. Maybe he reminded me of Marta when she wasn't being a shitheaded kid? Maybe it's me not wanting to see anymore chopped up corpses and this was my tipping point? I know it sounds stupid and hypocritical.

Like I said, we're getting down to the wire. This'll make Katerina panic, if I'm legitimately in danger. She'll do what she can to protect me, and she's bound to screw something up if she's distracted.

Edited 2016-04-16 05:39 (UTC)

... He really was a good kid who didn't deserve this.

[ It's true, so true. And Roxy does remember Miata being more on edge for Alisha's, but that wasn't surprising since... #molefamily, really. But yeah, this murder is uh. Especially fucked up. Who. Nails a torso to a tree??? ]

It's not hypocritical, you're only human, Miats. You got feelings and shit like everyone else.

... So, if you step down then will Kitty... IDK, take over your job or?

Sure doesn't feel like it. There's more than thirty people whose lives are hanging in limbo, and I'm the only person who can fix that.

[ Another pause, and a nod. ]

She doesn't have anyone else who could be the "host"....she'll have to do it herself.

You're not completely alone, tho. That's why you got us, right? To help you not be alone and shit.

What, is no one lining up to be hired for your job? I'm shocked, truly.

[ It's easy to see that this explanation doesn't sit well with Break, and it's not hard to guess why. It's incredibly personal for him, and considering that she even brings Gilbert up, his expression immediately goes flat at that point. But whatever he's feeling about it, he doesn't bring it up. It doesn't matter as much, because he still feels like there's a goal to accomplish here, and that's his only priority. ]

Then what does that mean for us? For the dead? We can't accomplish anything without you, so if this is just a random gamble, then I don't approve, to be frank.

It's not random. Like Roxy guessed, she'll have to take over in my place.

[ She figured as much that he wouldn't be pleased, but she's honestly out of fucks to give at this point. ]

That'll leave her vulnerable. She'll have to be out in public as much as I am, especially if she's going to try to protect me. Which I know she will.

Whether she takes over your role or not isn't quite what I care about.

[ Since really, he barely even cares about stopping the game at all. If they let it continue to the terms of completion, that would be fine with him, but Break is also terrible. ]

If she's vulnerable, what then? You're the one that holds the cards here, so I hope you understand why I have reservations about you putting yourself in with us. As much as I'd like to take a gamble of my own and cut off her head myself, I have a feeling I'm going to have some difficulty with an approach that direct.

[ that and this would just be stress relief and wouldn't actually do anything else, he figures, but that's implied ]

Edited 2016-04-16 06:01 (UTC)

No, I get it. But I was planning on doing this from the beginning, you know, this just...prioritized it, I guess.

But I'll explain more clearly: I don't plan on letting it come down to only seven people left. I wouldn't say I'm as skilled as Katerina is in magic at this point, it's just a matter of time and impossibility, but I think I've got the resurrection ritual down pat. I tried it on a few animals, at first, and one of the nights I was gone, I tried it on a soldier near the border. He was fine. So we're solid in that area.

The thing is, though, Katerina's only got the edge on us as long as she has her book. It's a grimoire, a tome of magic spells, and she needs it to cast magic. I've been using an old notebook, so I guess anything similar is good, but it's an old black book with a buckle on it. If she's not carrying it, she'll keep it somewhere on her person. If you can take that book from her she'll be defenseless.

And if I get that book, I can use some of her custom spells. Not a lot, but it's good enough for what's going to eventually happen. Like Leviathan said, the other demons will need to be taken down. I'm hoping we can do the resurrections first, to have extra help against them, but it'll happen anyway. Leviathan giving us her help will come to light eventually.

[ she pauses to take a breath, then continues. She may as well just explain the entire plan while she's at it. ]

You can't kill them, but you can injure them so badly they have to go back to hell. And I doubt any of them are actually loyal to Katerina, so they most likely won't defend her once it's clear she can't finish the ritual. At that point, we need to only worry about them. Leviathan gave me some of their stats, but I can ask her to do a full report, later. Because they won't be fully summoned, they'll be partially weakened, like Satan was when she fought Undyne. Though, Leviathan will have a slight advantage because she has all of you giving her energy.

...and that kind of trailed off, I guess, but you get the gist. Point is, I'm not doing this blindly or without reason.

[ did someone say take, roxy likes to take things let her steal the thing for you sweet miats

i mean, she listens to this whole plan but book stealing gets her roguish attention ]

I suppose just tackling her and grabbing the book would be a no, yeah?

No. She'll probably have her shields up most of the time. Unlike me, she's pretty scrawny and physically weak, so someone like Clover could probably kick her ass in about ten seconds, provided she was sans book.

I'm still thinking up a plan for snatching it from her. I'm hoping it doesn't have to come down to "challenge her to a magic fight and then take it when she's injured or unconscious," but it might.

Oh yeah? Well, at least she ain't no Undyne 2.0.

[ DEAR, SWEET MUSCLED UNDYNE ]

You are the mistress of plans. If you went to Hajime's shitty school, that'd be your talent. Plans. [ ... ] Thanks for existing, Miats. We'd be fucked without you, I think.