[ There's not an exact response, per se, but the temperature in the room fluctuates a little at his counsel, before settling back to the temperature it was before.
Scattered across the floor, you see the following items: an iron book, a water color paint set, a large vat, a sprig of pink flowers, a lace doilie, a silver menorah, a bag of English tea, Legos, a pen, and a blue fez hat. You feel a compulsion to put them all away, seeing as they're under-foot.
[ As you touch the lace doilie, you experience a memory. As it ends the thought, This is the last time I saw her, crosses your mind. I miss her. You feel heavier holding it.
As you touch the sprig of pink flowers, you experience a memory.
Cecilia comes to you all. She tells you she's dying; considering the way she continues to flicker in and out of existence and the weakness of her voice, you don't doubt that she's telling the truth. You're very scared. She has a solution: she wants you all to find a co-patron. So she asks you all to pick one, because she knows how important the choice will be to all of you.
But three of you [Magpie, Hawk, Nightingale ] are distrustful of all echoes… even, apparently, Cecilia. They will not be swayed so easily. And Togetic is missing—even Sparrow and Gull, who seem more inclined to make a move, don't want to make a decision without her. To your inner dismay, it's decided you'll all have to wait to have an official team meeting until she gets back.
You feel you are the odd-man-out, too inexperienced to know what else might be done instead, but also the only one too scared not to want to make a decision to save her life, right now, even just a fail-stop to prolong her existence. And make no mistake, you're terrified: for Cecilia's future, your team's, your own…. If a bad game happens again (and one does) who knows if she'll be able to hold on.
You resolve to do… something. Over the coming days, you devise a plan: you'll live in a tent in the forest so that Cecilia can be free of your burden. Other people point out there's no way even this will be enough, but you're desperate. If the others feel differently, it's okay: you tell yourself you're not scared to do it alone (you are scared, and feel utterly alone).
This is the last time I saw her awake, crosses your mind. I knew what had to be done and I… still didn't do it. This is my fault. You feel an incredible weight bearing you down, and you want to cry. ]
( but ultimately, these are not his. he has to remember that. he can't do anything to help her if he confuses the two. they are hers. this is how she feels. about lace. about cecilia. and about her team? is it really like that there? does she feel alone with them?
what is he supposed to do here? the doilie should be put up, maybe on the table, so he does so. . but the flowers. . . )
[ that's got to taste nasty as fuq bro!! as you start trying to eat the flower, there's a temperature spike in the room, flaring uncomfortably warm, as well as a feeling of panic ]
[ from the doorway you came through suddenly a bird runs in. it makes a beeline for the closet and drags out a large, nearly empty cardboard box. On the front of it there is a note. It reads "Please put away odds and ends." Inside the box, you find a small stuffed wolf.
( HE NEVER EXPECTED IT TO TASTE GOOD, but he's determined. crazily determined. he chews up and swallows the flower despite how bad it may taste because he's not about to let hiyori hold onto something like that. )
Hiyori! Listen to me! Fuck that! You are not supposed to carry the weight of your team alone and you better not ever think that! What happened should have never ever happened! That's not how teams are supposed to be! None of that was!
Your team let you down. They let themselves down. I don't think your idea to go camping was a good one, not when you could have easily come to stay with us or the Caretaker or basically anyone else, but—
[ for a moment the bird looks back and forth between him and the stuffed wolf on the bed and the box, it opens its beak as thought to squawk something --
but then the box and wolf disappear with a small pop --
and the heart shivers--and with a shine of light, in an unoccupied part of the room, a glass curio cabinet appears, wolf inside. the room feels warmer, more comfortable, and the bird scampers over to open the door, pointing toward the items littered about--and then to the open space waiting for them. ]
[ As you touch the book, you experience a memory. As it ends the thought, This is the last time I saw her. I owe her so much, crosses your mind. You're filled with a great deal of gratitude--but you also feel a bit heavier. ]
( shaking his head before. . . hugging the book tightly. )
Magpie. . . I hadn't spoken to her in a while myself, but she was important to me. She helped me catch Salt and Pepper. We built their pen together and she taught me all about them.
[ As you touch the vat, you experience a memory. As it ends the thought, This is the last time I saw her. I should have been a better senpai, crosses your mind. You feel a little heavier holding it.
He will receive the slightest whisper of--a feeling of warning, the tiniest spike of adrenaline, as he reaches out to touch the paints. will he still pick them up? ]
This is all the people you lost then, huh. . .? I think you're too hard on yourself about this kind of stuff. There's no telling when people are going to up and leave and. . . It's okay. Sometimes they come back.
( nonetheless, he still touches the paints. he's ready. )
[ There's a small whisper in the room as he guesses--just a sort of feeling that he got it right, at least in part--but....
As he touches the paint set, he experiences a memory of someone who can't come back. As it ends the thought, This is the last time I saw her, crosses your mind. There's a feeling of mixed worry and hope attached to it, but overall you still feel a little heavier holding it. ]
( somehow he figured that it would be her and he took her loss the hardest. he couldn't even speak about it because it was just one after another and the thought made him sick on how he didn't even really enjoy his last day with her. he just let her leave like he did and—
he presses a hand to his eye as he fights back the tears. )
Between us, you gave her a better send off than I did. I failed her as a teammate. I told her we were family but I couldn't get past my own bitterness to say goodbye properly.
But. It's good. It's good she went home. There was so much more for her than here. She deserves to be happy and to be with Takumi where she found peace.
( rubbing his hands over the paintset before putting both items away with the rest. )
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Scattered across the floor, you see the following items: an iron book, a water color paint set, a large vat, a sprig of pink flowers, a lace doilie, a silver menorah, a bag of English tea, Legos, a pen, and a blue fez hat. You feel a compulsion to put them all away, seeing as they're under-foot.
Where do you want to start? ]
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As you touch the sprig of pink flowers, you experience a memory.
Cecilia comes to you all. She tells you she's dying; considering the way she continues to flicker in and out of existence and the weakness of her voice, you don't doubt that she's telling the truth. You're very scared. She has a solution: she wants you all to find a co-patron. So she asks you all to pick one, because she knows how important the choice will be to all of you.
But three of you [Magpie, Hawk, Nightingale ] are distrustful of all echoes… even, apparently, Cecilia. They will not be swayed so easily. And Togetic is missing—even Sparrow and Gull, who seem more inclined to make a move, don't want to make a decision without her. To your inner dismay, it's decided you'll all have to wait to have an official team meeting until she gets back.
You feel you are the odd-man-out, too inexperienced to know what else might be done instead, but also the only one too scared not to want to make a decision to save her life, right now, even just a fail-stop to prolong her existence. And make no mistake, you're terrified: for Cecilia's future, your team's, your own…. If a bad game happens again (and one does) who knows if she'll be able to hold on.
You resolve to do… something. Over the coming days, you devise a plan: you'll live in a tent in the forest so that Cecilia can be free of your burden. Other people point out there's no way even this will be enough, but you're desperate. If the others feel differently, it's okay: you tell yourself you're not scared to do it alone (you are scared, and feel utterly alone).
This is the last time I saw her awake, crosses your mind. I knew what had to be done and I… still didn't do it. This is my fault. You feel an incredible weight bearing you down, and you want to cry. ]
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kneeling down as he holds the items. it hurts. these feeling hurt. )
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what is he supposed to do here? the doilie should be put up, maybe on the table, so he does so. . but the flowers. . . )
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it'd probably be better if she forgot this happened. . .
he holds it for a little longer before putting the flowers in his mouth!! he'll destroy it!! he'd rather eat it than leave it here!! )
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The 'mon gestures fairly frantically at it. ]
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Hiyori! Listen to me! Fuck that! You are not supposed to carry the weight of your team alone and you better not ever think that! What happened should have never ever happened! That's not how teams are supposed to be! None of that was!
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It's not your fault.
Fuck them for letting you think that.
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and of course he's looking at the wolf and then back at the pokemon. )
Should I put some stuff in here? Or?
( hmm. picking up the wolf anyway. )
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the room, also, feels much more tolerable after his talk]
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( holding onto the wolf and putting it on her bed. )
Keep her in your memories and wish her luck!
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but then the box and wolf disappear with a small pop --
and the heart shivers--and with a shine of light, in an unoccupied part of the room, a glass curio cabinet appears, wolf inside. the room feels warmer, more comfortable, and the bird scampers over to open the door, pointing toward the items littered about--and then to the open space waiting for them. ]
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Oh, good! I think this is better. These should be treasured memories.
( opening the door and placing the doilie inside of it. )
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Magpie. . . I hadn't spoken to her in a while myself, but she was important to me. She helped me catch Salt and Pepper. We built their pen together and she taught me all about them.
( putting the book in the case too. )
Magpie was strong. I admired her.
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He will receive the slightest whisper of--a feeling of warning, the tiniest spike of adrenaline, as he reaches out to touch the paints. will he still pick them up? ]
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( nonetheless, he still touches the paints. he's ready. )
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As he touches the paint set, he experiences a memory of someone who can't come back. As it ends the thought, This is the last time I saw her, crosses your mind. There's a feeling of mixed worry and hope attached to it, but overall you still feel a little heavier holding it. ]
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( somehow he figured that it would be her and he took her loss the hardest. he couldn't even speak about it because it was just one after another and the thought made him sick on how he didn't even really enjoy his last day with her. he just let her leave like he did and—
he presses a hand to his eye as he fights back the tears. )
Between us, you gave her a better send off than I did. I failed her as a teammate. I told her we were family but I couldn't get past my own bitterness to say goodbye properly.
But. It's good. It's good she went home. There was so much more for her than here. She deserves to be happy and to be with Takumi where she found peace.
( rubbing his hands over the paintset before putting both items away with the rest. )
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