No kidding. Guess we'll call that a silver lining. [sigh.] Got some information for you if you haven't heard it already. Has anybody shown you the list of monsters?
With everything happening, I guess it was only a matter of time. Especially since we don't know if anyone's found their partners yet. But good! That makes things easy. Then does that mean you saw the scroll about the god, too?
Yeah...and with a lot of us gone now, who knows how many sets just broke up. [but she nods quickly, reaching into her pocket for a piece of paper.]
Yuffie told us about a scroll someone showed her, so...I made a copy of what it said.
[and it says:]
... caution, for the ritual is not without its troubles. The god we seek to bring into our realm might still be a fledgling. A newborn. It needs to be protected and the steps to bring it into the realm completed perfectly, else it just become just as mortal as those who brought it into the world.
Sounds like it. And it sounds like if they don't do the ritual right it won't work anyway. Could be why they keep summoning monsters and those monsters keep affecting us.
... It'd be nice if we could find their ritual instructions, then we can better interfere with the process. In Pesto's cooking example, changing out the ingredients.
Oh, they gave you that example, too? [yay. it's an example she understood at least.] I've been wondering the same, actually. They must have a formula of some sort they're following if they're repeating it every time. Maybe the different monsters are because they themselves are changing ingredients.
The monsters were said to be a side effect of the summoning, but... It does sound like they're improvising if they're actively using it now. The chimera bit is new. [ Crosses arms. ] Good news is that there seems like there could be a couple of ways to cause trouble for them?
That's what I mean, a side effect because they're trying different things. The chimera's new, and...sounds like something we should keep anticipating in the future. Which I can't say I'm a huge fan of, but better to prepare ourselves. Who knows what's coming this week? But you're right. There's a couple of ways to intervene, so we just have to keep pressing back. If we derail them enough that this god is born as a mortal...we might be able to turn this around for ourselves.
And since we got this information now, you have to wonder what else we might find little by little. Famine said it may not look like it, but they've made some progress.
I'm not even a fan of one monster without our usual powers. A chimera in the mix is a chimera too much. [ YOU SLUT KNEW ] Maybe at the end of this week, we'll have a clearer picture. For now we can only do our weekend rituals to get by.
I heard that from Famine, too! It's something, which we'll just have to trust. [ Not in the cheerful way, he just means they really have Nothing else to bank on. ] Oh, yeah, have you heard anything on the items people picked up from their dangerous Thursday trips in the fog?
Just to not disappoint you, I haven't. I only know that they have them.
Yeah...that's still the other thing that worries me the not having our usual means to defend ourselves. And there's no way to get them back yet either. But you're right. We can always meet up again after the rituals are over and compare notes. See if anybody managed to find something else.
But no I haven't. Maybe I'll have to ask when they're less...you know. Emotionally scarred about it? It hasn't even been a full week yet. I guess I could follow up there, too. [except she could not because we had another cyoa group and also she died, but it's okay]
It hasn't even been a full week. [repeating because hei this is wednesday but she'd say the same anyway.] But I can always check in. I've been meaning to ask after them anyway. I didn't even know because none of them mentioned something like that.
[anyway that doesn't matter because there is a memory? you writing kfc slip really confused the hell out of me at first because i had no idea what that meant but clip makes more sense. anyway, she's sitting here and kind of going "did i just witness a friendship break-up" but by the time the memory ends she's quiet and looking him over.]
...Gojo, does he remember this? [that's. that's her first question.]
[ this is what i get for not checking the date when the other one is thursday
he will pout from the double chiding because he's a brat, anyway. ]
I think it's because there's not much they can tell immediately aside from they took it from a room and it stayed with them coming here. Suguru would have told me if they had any power.
[ It is a slip clip, stop. my whole tag is a failure. Speaking of Surugu, we love friend breakups where one answer can be kill. ]
she just grins a little at the pouting because this doesn't bother her.]
Might be one of those things that it takes time for the knowledge to unfold. Can't hurt to look again, or at least see if someone else can find something new.
[but we are ignoring that! we are focusing on friend breakups and she's just. frowning.]
...so a lot really can change in a month. [god.] And how are we feeling about this now?
[we being gojo, because she knows he's a little creature who doesn't seem to bother with the feelings of it all very often, but this seems...messy. and kind of sad.]
If this place is like a limbo and we return with our memories here, then this may not happen. It depends if the summoning ritual follows the rules of quantum physics and how compatible our dimensions and worlds are...
[ And he trails off on more theories of parallel universe or a convergence using this cult place as a single hub. Eventually, it ends. ]
It can be fixed.
[ Solutions are better than feelings, but he does think this answers her question. ]
[this is a lot. she's listening to all of this because you're not gonna believe there, there are timeline shenanigans in ff7r that aerith may or may not fully know so the idea of parallel universes is a little like "hm." but she lets him talk until he decides he's done, and she chooses to roll both topics into her response.]
...we should maybe ask the likelihood of returning with our memories. [idly, but also kind of related.] But if you think it can be fixed, then I believe you. I've...never really experienced something like that with a friend, and it seemed kind of final. Not to mention what he said about your strength.
[ It really is all theory... Small actions that could change the course of events. He doesn't seem to notice her interest in it since he's so hyperfocused. ]
Yeah.. I had asked if it might be a memory issue before, but... [ Just in general the idea that things could change was something he wasn't sure he was ready to broach yet. ] You said there were other people in a similar predicament with time shenanigans, right? This could change things for them, too.
Yeah, there are a few. I've wondered about that, how much further their timelines will shift with these new memories and having to slate into the old and maybe feeling disjointed. [she won't necessarily have to worry about that part, but the thing she hasn't quite said to anyone at all (and will not) is that she worries about these memories going back into the lifestream. they're not exactly the most pleasant.
but anyway, she kind of grins at him. teenagers.]
Tell you what. Why don't you tell me what you think he was talking about, and I can give you my own interpretation to see what might makes sense. Would that help?
It's not something that can be easily predicted. It depends on the person.
[ Aerith your reincarnation lifestream... corrupted by murdergame memories. He really is a teenager, though.
Satoru will try. It's difficult... He doesn't care about philosophy. ]
It just seemed like to me he was throwing a tantrum. [ He doesn't mean it like that, but as a teenager you're petty especially when inconvenienced (astonished). ] Defining... Identity?
[luckily for everyone involved, she does have patience for kids, teenagers included. she rolls her eyes a little when he says suguru's throwing a tantrum, but she lets him continue.]
Maybe. [she says this in a way that seems to suggest she doesn't entirely agree it's just that.] How long have the two of you been friends? Fighting probably comes a little easier to you than it does to him, doesn't it? To me, it sorta sounded like he thinks you have an easy time telling people they can't accomplish something but that you believe you can do it easily. So the question becomes "are you a strong person because you were born that way, or have you built your entire identity around the fact you're more capable than some other people?"
Do you have idea what he actually wanted to do that you didn't agree with?
We've known each other for a couple of years? [ Somewhere between 2-3. He goes quiet as she elaborates on her interpretation. In the end, he isn't sure what he can do with this, but he is listening, anyway. ] Back at home, my life was anchored on what I was born with.
[ It's difficult to disentangle someone's birth and their value from their identity in jujutsu society, so it is hard for him to imagine it in a different perspective. It has been all his life. It's not on the forefront of his mind despite the topic, instead he murmurs "even then, to be capable of what he wants to accomplish..."
How to cope with something extreme is to make it feel like it isn't so big of a deal, but it's hard to when she asks that last question. His expression instantly hardens with any boyish tinge left on his features disappearing in a second. He knows. ]
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Whoever's doing this is going to get beat up when we all find out, but at least there hasn't been murder.
[ but yeah, they can start over. ]
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Haven't seen a scroll, no.
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Yuffie told us about a scroll someone showed her, so...I made a copy of what it said.
[and it says:]
... caution, for the ritual is not without its troubles. The god we seek to bring into our realm might still be a fledgling. A newborn. It needs to be protected and the steps to bring it into the realm completed perfectly, else it just become just as mortal as those who brought it into the world.
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They might be summoning a baby?
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[ And it's an easy one. ]
The monsters were said to be a side effect of the summoning, but... It does sound like they're improvising if they're actively using it now. The chimera bit is new. [ Crosses arms. ] Good news is that there seems like there could be a couple of ways to cause trouble for them?
[ thank you scroll ]
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And since we got this information now, you have to wonder what else we might find little by little. Famine said it may not look like it, but they've made some progress.
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I heard that from Famine, too! It's something, which we'll just have to trust. [ Not in the cheerful way, he just means they really have Nothing else to bank on. ] Oh, yeah, have you heard anything on the items people picked up from their dangerous Thursday trips in the fog?
Just to not disappoint you, I haven't. I only know that they have them.
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Yeah...that's still the other thing that worries me the not having our usual means to defend ourselves. And there's no way to get them back yet either. But you're right. We can always meet up again after the rituals are over and compare notes. See if anybody managed to find something else.
But no I haven't. Maybe I'll have to ask when they're less...you know. Emotionally scarred about it? It hasn't even been a full week yet. I guess I could follow up there, too. [except she could not because we had another cyoa group and also she died, but it's okay]
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He nods on the comparing notes... in which i have no notes ]
I didn't mean the ones that came out today! [ He isn't that bad. ] Maybe the previous week's are doing better, I don't know.
[ It is memshare... She may have the infamous KFC slip. ]
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[anyway that doesn't matter because there is a memory? you writing kfc slip really confused the hell out of me at first because i had no idea what that meant but clip makes more sense. anyway, she's sitting here and kind of going "did i just witness a friendship break-up" but by the time the memory ends she's quiet and looking him over.]
...Gojo, does he remember this? [that's. that's her first question.]
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he will pout from the double chiding because he's a brat, anyway. ]
I think it's because there's not much they can tell immediately aside from they took it from a room and it stayed with them coming here. Suguru would have told me if they had any power.
[ It is a slip clip, stop. my whole tag is a failure. Speaking of Surugu, we love friend breakups where one answer can be kill. ]
... No. This hasn't happened to him yet.
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she just grins a little at the pouting because this doesn't bother her.]
Might be one of those things that it takes time for the knowledge to unfold. Can't hurt to look again, or at least see if someone else can find something new.
[but we are ignoring that! we are focusing on friend breakups and she's just. frowning.]
...so a lot really can change in a month. [god.] And how are we feeling about this now?
[we being gojo, because she knows he's a little creature who doesn't seem to bother with the feelings of it all very often, but this seems...messy. and kind of sad.]
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[ And he trails off on more theories of parallel universe or a convergence using this cult place as a single hub. Eventually, it ends. ]
It can be fixed.
[ Solutions are better than feelings, but he does think this answers her question. ]
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...we should maybe ask the likelihood of returning with our memories. [idly, but also kind of related.] But if you think it can be fixed, then I believe you. I've...never really experienced something like that with a friend, and it seemed kind of final. Not to mention what he said about your strength.
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Yeah.. I had asked if it might be a memory issue before, but... [ Just in general the idea that things could change was something he wasn't sure he was ready to broach yet. ] You said there were other people in a similar predicament with time shenanigans, right? This could change things for them, too.
[ ... The question about strength, though. ]
What was he even talking about?
[ He hates philosophy. ]
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but anyway, she kind of grins at him. teenagers.]
Tell you what. Why don't you tell me what you think he was talking about, and I can give you my own interpretation to see what might makes sense. Would that help?
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[ Aerith your reincarnation lifestream... corrupted by murdergame memories. He really is a teenager, though.
Satoru will try. It's difficult... He doesn't care about philosophy. ]
It just seemed like to me he was throwing a tantrum. [ He doesn't mean it like that, but as a teenager you're petty especially when inconvenienced (astonished). ] Defining... Identity?
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Maybe. [she says this in a way that seems to suggest she doesn't entirely agree it's just that.] How long have the two of you been friends? Fighting probably comes a little easier to you than it does to him, doesn't it? To me, it sorta sounded like he thinks you have an easy time telling people they can't accomplish something but that you believe you can do it easily. So the question becomes "are you a strong person because you were born that way, or have you built your entire identity around the fact you're more capable than some other people?"
Do you have idea what he actually wanted to do that you didn't agree with?
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[ It's difficult to disentangle someone's birth and their value from their identity in jujutsu society, so it is hard for him to imagine it in a different perspective. It has been all his life. It's not on the forefront of his mind despite the topic, instead he murmurs "even then, to be capable of what he wants to accomplish..."
How to cope with something extreme is to make it feel like it isn't so big of a deal, but it's hard to when she asks that last question. His expression instantly hardens with any boyish tinge left on his features disappearing in a second. He knows. ]
... I don't want you to treat him differently.
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