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[Open] A poisonous feast
Characters: Tohru Adachi [The Evil Queen (Snow White)] & everyone / anyone
Campaign: Break
Format: Either
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Summary: Poison plot time.
Prompts are on the comments. Feel free to contact me via the original plotting post or the Discord Server if you have any questions.
The food is being distributed during the festival mentioned on the intro log.
Campaign: Break
Format: Either
Open
Summary: Poison plot time.
Prompts are on the comments. Feel free to contact me via the original plotting post or the Discord Server if you have any questions.
The food is being distributed during the festival mentioned on the intro log.
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He huffed softly and covered his heated face. If his fox ears didnโt have fur, he would have blushed to the tips.]
Thanks.
[A mumble from the blanket. A pause.]
...can you still teach me to cook?
[Yu was teaching him. Why not Ren as well? Was that taking advantage of his kouhais? Probably.]
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Ren makes a sheepish smile and toys with a lock of his hair.]
Sure, if you're up for it. If not, I can take a rain check and we'll figure out another time for cooking lessons.
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Rain check. When I can trust the food again.
Thanks though.
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[Since that cuts out the majority of ingredients. At least they still have bread, dairy, beans, and meat.]
You're welcome.
[Oh right. He should dip the washcloth on Minato back into the bowl to refresh it, since it's likely warmed up now.]
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[He murmured lightly, closing his eyes when the cloth was placed back on his head. The poison may be gone for now, but his body had to recover now. Ugh.]
Mmph... thought I was going to die ag-...
[Hm, let's not be a downer. He only just barely managed to catch himself. Then again, he did wonder... could they die here from things like this? What would happen if they did?]
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[Perhaps Ren was lucky he only got knocked out in his case.
Unfortunately for Minato, Ren caught that and freezes up. Looks like he might have to tell him the news.]
Die again? As in temporary or...?
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No. Not temporary.
[He looked down at his hands, the cloth having slide off his head. He held the damp cloth so as to not let it soak into the bedspread.]
Unlike Yu's Izanami or your Yaldabaoth... Nyx was a being that was unbeatable, but she was also neither good or evil. Her arrival was because of humanity's collective unconscious desire for death. She was simply responding to humanity's wishes. How does one beat the unbeatable?
[He offered a small, kind smile, even if it didn't quite meet his eyes.]
Hint: You can't shoot it in the face. [He shook his head.] I was given a choice. I knew the consequences. I found my Answer and thus was granted exactly one miracle by the power of the Universe itself. I used that miracle to become a seal, if you can't beat the unbeatable, then you simply make sure She can't hear humanity's desire.
[This time, his smile did reach his eyes as it widened.]
It was my life or theirs. I'd do it again. Every time.
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He hopes his glasses can hide that.]
...I see. So that's what Narukami-san meant when he said that Elizabeth was trying to free you. He said to ask you when he realized I didn't know.
Mementos was created because people had become apathetic and wanted to be controlled, not having to think. That's what Yaldabaoth wanted and I'm pretty sure he had counted on me becoming jaded enough to accept the deal. Defeating him was the only way to wake people up, even if it meant the Metaverse would disappear.
Maybe one day, persona users won't be needed when humanity improves.
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He reached out and placed his hand on Ren's head.]
Sounds to me like humanity already is improving, then. If people like my friends, like Yu and his team, and you and your thieves are there to help and live your lives to the fullest. One day, Nyx will no longer hear the call and perhaps that will be the day when Elizabeth finds her way to me.
I'm okay with waiting. I have hope for you guys. And for humanity.
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I hope so.
[Still he can't help but wonder if he's cursed. He either gets betrayed, or he loses people or both. He lost his old friends and any love from his parents, with them having refused to believe him after picking him up from the police station and not calling him at all for the entire year. It was like Sojiro said, they got rid of him for being a "pain in the ass" for them. And Muraki's false reality causing his friends to ignore him and leave him alone.
Not to mention losing Akechi twice.
He tries not to start spiraling into his thoughts and just focus on the hand for now.]
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Please donโt feel sad for me. I know thatโs a tall order, but I really am okay with this.
[He leaned over enough to bring both hands to the sides of those glasses, to gently pull them off if Ren let him. He didnโt want the fake glasses obscuring Renโs emotions like this.]
I lived my life apathetic and tired of the world, my parents died ten years ago and none of my relatives wanted me. Iโm partially the reason the Fall was triggered in the first place. And yet in my last year I found a world worth living in and worth dying for.
[He cupped Renโs cheeks.]
And Iโm so glad my actions allowed for people like you to rise up and challenge the wrongs in the world. So please, donโt be sad for me and instead, just keep living your life to fullest. Thatโs really all I ask for these days. Especially here, where I got to meet you and Yu, I got to see my best friend and even my other self.
[He let go. He wasnโt normally a touchy person but this seemed to warrant it. Maybe Yu was rubbing off on him.]
Iโm happy. I really am.
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He's been told that he has sharp eyes, and although Ren doesn't see it, he knows the glasses is supposed to make him like more docile. Not that it mattered once Kamoshida leaked his criminal record.
When he was forced to look at Minato, his face turns red again and his heart fluttering, and feeling like he has butterflies in his stomach. He can't but be in awe at Minato's speech.
He does smile though, even when Minato let go.]
I'm glad. I think I was about 9 or 10 in your time, so if you hadn't made that sacrifice, I would have never been able to grow up.
Thank you.
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[He handed Ren his glasses back.]
You shouldnโt wear these. You have nothing to hide here.
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You could tell, huh? Well I've been that my eyes are sharp looking and the glasses is supposed to make me look more docile. Not that it ended up mattering in the long run.
[He slips them back on and makes a Joker-like grin.] And well, you wouldn't punch a guy in glasses, would you?
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Yes, I would.
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Real laughter.
It takes him a minute or two before he can calm down from the laughing.]
You really are full of surprises, Minato-san.
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Just Minato is fine. You have a nice laugh, Ren.
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T-Thanks, Minato.
[Now that's settled, there's the matter of Minato's health.] So are you feeling better or do you still need to cool down with the washcloth?
[Since at this point, he would have to dip it back into the bowl of cold water.]
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[He was actually also really tired still, but he didn't want to boot Ren out so quickly after arriving either.]
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[A light soup. Granted there's no instant stuff but it shouldn't be an issue.]
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[He might have some stock in the cupboard, but he couldn't really remember (he does). He does know that he has plenty of noodles though, different kinds too.]
I'll be back.
[He slowly made his way out of bed and to the bathroom, he took the waste bin with him. May as well clean that up too.]
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[It'll be a challenge without vegetables, but he'll make it work. It's not like he can make it fancy since it's supposed to be light.
He waits for him to reach the bathroom before heading towards the kitchen. It takes some time not only to reach there but to figure out where everything is.
Thankfully he finds everything he needs for chicken broth. He'll have to skip the carrots. Thankfully it seems the kitchen is modern enough for Ren to not have too much trouble. It makes him wish his own place was this modern. He's lucky that Yu helped get running water going so he's not just stuck with a chamber pot.
By the time Minato's done, the broth should be ready and he pours some into a bowl for him, as well as get him a spoon.]
Here you go. Hopefully it'll still taste okay.
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How embarrassing. Minato finished up and with still damp hair, stepped out into the kitchen dressed in a clean pair of pajamas and socked feet.]
Smells good.
[It wasn't strong, but enough that Minato's stomach grumbled a little. He took a hesitant sip, it was seasoned a little too so it didn't taste too bland. Chicken isn't exactly the tastiest thing unless seasoned, after all, and Minato nodded.]
Tastes fine. I think my stomach can handle it. Thank you, Ren.
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He made sure to be careful with how much seasoning it went into the broth. If there wasn't enough, it would be bland. Too much would have been bad for his stomach.
Ren makes a relieved smile. Glad he managed to make it work fine even with the limitations put on him.]
No problem. You have a nice kitchen.
[He only has what the medieval ages had for one.]
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[Minato would feel bad if he just sat there eating while Ren didnโt.]
You can make something else for yourself.
[He was glad Ren liked the kitchen. He supposed he could consider himself lucky compared to the other, magic also helped.]
Yu and I made a Japanese breakfast the other day, I think I still have the leftover ingredients for an omelette or miso?
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Fin?