AKIRA

[voidbreaker]

awww shit here they go again

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[survivaltricks]

Winter did describe the "residuals" as "mud we tracked in when we forgot to take off our shoes," so-- I don't know, Ash.

[his shoulders stiffen]

But if that's what it is. . . malice, a formless entity, bad vibes or whatever, then how the hell are we supposed to stop it?

[voidbreaker]

Maybe there's some kind of purifying crap we're meant to do?

...

Shit, if we had a library we could look something up but... [ none library ]

[survivaltricks]

[NONE LIBRARY. . .]

Purifying crap? [he just. makes a face] When you put it like that, it almost sounds like the corruptions the people from the center of the universe dealt with.

[voidbreaker]

[ HE WANTS BOOKS ]

Who knows what the hell it is. The directors swear up and down no one's possessed, or being controlled, or anything -- but there's weird shit at play, for sure.

Knives flying out of nowhere the second the scrunchies are off isn't normal.

[survivaltricks]

And no matter how many times they insist everything is caused by "residuals" and "bad vibes," I have a hard time believing it.

[but. . . part of that might just be because Akira doesn't like not having something concrete to fight]

[voidbreaker]

Wonder if they aren’t aware of it. Or maybe the less they acknowledge this stuff the better.

[survivaltricks]

Hell if I know. It might just be something they're not allowed to talk about without consequences.

[. . .]

Did you see the guy in the jade mask?

[voidbreaker]

Like everything else that’s important.

[ s a l t ]

The one running around the other day? Yeah. Do the others know who they are?

[survivaltricks]

If they do, they're not saying. Or they can't say.

But I was encouraged to talk to them.

[voidbreaker]

Think there’s some specific wording loophole? If you ask the right thing in the vaguest way they can share some details?

[survivaltricks]

Probably.

[he would not at all be surprised, but he seems annoyed by it]

But that's just annoying.

[voidbreaker]

Like 80% of this place is. Why would that be any different?

[survivaltricks]

[snort]

Touche.

[voidbreaker]

[ anyway, mystery mask person: ]

The fourth mask person. They kinda seemed scared of us, or at least wary of us.

[survivaltricks]

Yeah.

. . . I wonder why?

[voidbreaker]

...

We are a bunch of unknown randoms, some of whom have killed, showing up out of nowhere.

[survivaltricks]

Yyyyep.

[stifling his laugh]

I tried asking them where they came from before they wound up here, but they wouldn't answer. I didn't even get a hint.

[voidbreaker]

It didn't seem like they could talk. Kinda throws a spanner in the works if you're trying to get them to share info before they get skittish and run.

[ they seemed constantly skittish, honestly. ]