KATE

[situationship]

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W0 : MONDAY

[situationship]

[ Where is Kate... Satoru will be there, looming over her! Mostly studying... Squinting. ]

Are you—just a silhouette?

[sootprints]

[ she can be found outside! idk. she sure does look like a cryptid. thanks to the weekly effect, the word FALSE appears on one of her shins in white lettering.

and as he looms and studies her, a bit of black smoke starts to rise from her head. ]

No, I...

... Must you stare?

[situationship]

[ She is so cute and precious.... He doesn't think that because he doesn't like taking care of kids (yet), but I do. ]

That's what eyes do.

[ But, fine, he stares...

At the sky. ]

[sootprints]

I don't think that's necessarily true.

[ ... he looks upward, and the smoke starts to thin out. ]

I believe we haven't met yet... My name is Kate.

[situationship]

We haven't! Though I saw your profile and got curious.

[ Looks back down. This time not staring, just looking. ]

Gojo Satoru.

[sootprints]

Would you prefer to be called Gojo, then? Or is Satoru more appropriate?

[situationship]

Gojo is polite, but whichever's cool.

[ He shrugs. ]

You feeling at home here or is this out of your wheelhouse?

[sootprints]

I don't think "at home" is the right way to put it...

But I suppose there are enough things I would call familiar. In both this place and this situation.

What about you, Gojo?

[situationship]

I'd say similar, though I think things at home are scarier than here.

[ A shrug. ]

It'd be an upgrade in some aspects if it weren't for the ritual sacrifice part.

[sootprints]

Scarier...? What kind of things?

[situationship]

So! Think ghosts... But instead of dead people, it's energy created by everyday people or corpses left behind. They form into these monsters not everyone can see.

They're everywhere, too.

[sootprints]

That does sound scary. Are they dangerous?

[situationship]

Hm... Some are more dangerous than others, but even the smallest curse is detrimental. They can latch onto a person and over time cause their host problems ranging from lethargy to terminal illness. They wouldn't even know curses are the cause.

The more dangerous ones are the ones who can make immediate impact on people's life! Killing is the most obvious.

Got anything like that?

[sootprints]

Hmm...

I wonder. There are creatures that can latch on to people and cause lethargy, but they're very much visible to all...

[situationship]

Eh, similar enough, but the visibility part is important.

[ Waves a hand. ]

Anyway, for now, this place is less scary. You said it's similar in situation for you?

[sootprints]

Yes.

[ ........ just yes ]

[situationship]

[ Gives her a moment to explain if she wants, but oof. ]

The cult part? Or the sacrifice part... Both?

[sootprints]

[ ... that smoke starts pouring out of her head again. ]

... It's all a bit similar.

[situationship]

[ He sees that again and he thinks to himself that HE SUCKS WITH KIDS ]

Hey, you're doing that thing again. Is that like you're crying?

[sootprints]

No. [ quickly. ]

-- Nothing that serious. It just... comes out whenever I feel certain emotions. Any anxiety or apprehension...

[situationship]

You're telling the truth, right? I don't want people accusing me of making a kid cry.

[ can he say this in a nicer way that he just wants to make sure she's okay. ]

[sootprints]

... Yes. If I was crying, it would come from my eyes, like anyone else.

[ ... ]

Tears. Not smoke.

[ realizing that may need clarifying. ]

[situationship]

Okay, good.

[ They have reached an understanding. ]

Sucks that you're back in a similar position.

[sootprints]

I just wish I understood more about this organization that's abducted us...

It's always so difficult to gather information from a disadvantaged position.

[situationship]

No one has found anything in the current locations we have, huh... And our only connection to the actual group is the four goats, who were chosen by them. Not good odds!

[ He crosses his arms... ]

Worst of all, there's not a lot to do.