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Not all of it was though...

It wouldn't be fair to the kids that used to go there either, [She adds, finding herself pulling on what appeals most.]

um!

Right, you have to have nymph things...
...Okay. I trust you, so... ...make sure she promises okay.

Yes, it was a combination of their own powers as well, but my point remains valid. The Night God's power was still involved.
So I'm pretty confident in saying that it's not the same thing.

I'll go talk to Her now and let you know what she says.
We also should come up with an attack plan, so to speak. Jataro said he'll help too, but it might not be a bad idea to find a few more trustworthy merpeople (or others with water magic, if there are any?) to help you with irrigation.
Since your nickleharpa has usage limitations, right?

Edited 2017-09-28 16:33 (UTC)

[...She definitely needs to ask Elias about this.]

Ummmmm....I only know two other ones...

One looked like a whale, and the other one is Marco... [A Problem.]

It has limits, but it should be okay for things. I can bring Lusus to chew things up for the ground too, maybe...

Not Marco. He still doesn't know of Jataro and I's alignment, and I intend to keep it that way.
He is not as open-minded as you.

...though I suppose that also rules out Fiora-san. She is another mermaid Jataro and I are acquainted with, but she hates both gods.
Even if neither of us are doing this our gods' names...others may not see it that way.
There are intolerant and close-minded monsters on all three sides of this conflict, after all.

I'll have to give this some more thought and speak with Jataro...

I wasn't saying we should bring Marco, I was saying that the people I know about are all bad ideas.

I guess we have to see if anyone else knows how to move water later..

[It's quite some time before another text comes through. Things did...not quite go as he was hoping while talking to the Fog God. He offended her and he's, predictably, upset that he did that.]

She promises.

Edited 2017-10-03 10:48 (UTC)

[Things were a bit tense with Elias as well-mostly though they both had the same Freak Out reaction to the idea of the Fog being around, so it wasn't really a hard feelings matter.

But it made her wonder-she trusts Nagisa. She doesn't trust the fog. Maybe that was what Elias meant though? That Nagisa could be fooled, or worse, by Her... ....She didn't know. There was no time, and they wanted this forest better..!

Elias promised he'd keep an eye on her to be safe. And she herself didn't want to abandon this effort.]

Okay, [she says. But then, after a while... ....Nagisa's text seems so short.

Too short.

So she sends a voice message.]

...Nagisa..?

...are you ok?

D.... ...did she get mad at you..? [She may not like the fog or trust the fog or-or anything really.

But Nagisa does.

And she doesn't want Nagisa hurt.]

[Another delay before Nagisa's response appears on the screen and in Reira's mind. The Fog God may have accepted his apology and didn't seem to be mad at him anymore, but Nagisa still feels an uncomfortable, dirty feeling inside. Because forgiveness doesn't actually make the error go away. He still messed up, again. And if he keeps doing that, the Fog God will throw him away. Because that's how it always goes.]

[No matter how small it is, a mistake is still a mistake, and he needs to work as hard as he can not to make those.]

Sorry, I was still talking to Her. I'm fine.
You have nothing to worry about, though.
The power she will entrust to me is meant only to enhance and protect, because the task we've undertaken is difficult and dangerous.

Our bigger concern should be the sort of things we'll encounter once we begin.
If both Fog-sama and the Fourth agree on how potentially dangerous this is, then it's not something we can take lightly.

[Because, you know, they never agree on anything. The fact that they're BOTH saying the same thing is sending up all kinds of flags in Nagisa's mind. Unfortunately, not enough flags for him to reconsider undertaking the task in the first place.]

Edited 2017-10-11 16:21 (UTC)

[Well. If he says so..?

Reira takes a moment to read the message, but eventually just nods where she's sitting, sending off another message quickly.] Right!

...I'll bring my instrument, and.... ...I guess if anyone comes to help, then they can still help then. It's dangerous, but more help is better right?

Yes, more help is better.
As long as the group stays reasonably sized, I'll be able to protect everyone from anything that comes our way.
We just need to be sure to tell them what they're getting into. You need full disclosure with something this dangerous.

Ummmm

what's reasonable

Robbie's still getting used to knowing Reira again, and knowing her well. He's also busy, but he's still managed to get gifts for the important people in the life he's suddenly been able to return to.

So a few days before the wedding he'll deliver a package to Reira, around the same time he gives Tsuki his knife. It's a purple and black striped hoodie, just the right amount of goth.

[It's a several hours after Tsukikage's post goes up that Nagisa sees it. He doesn't know exactly how close Ron and Tsukikage are, since he was never particularly close to either of them. Plus what are decent parental relationships, Nagisa sure doesn't know. So rather than respond to the post, he switches over to Reira's private channel to check on her instead.]

Reira-chan?
I just heard about Ron...are you okay?

[Reira for her part is..............Clinging to the stuffed animal she found in Ron's place. It's a rabbit of some sort. Smells like him, and...and....

It's good that the network is in her mind now, or she'd not be talking to anyone for quite a while. As it is, she feels the words as though Nagisa were there, and she curls up in the weird 'recupercoon' Vriska had built and stuffed with pillow at her bed.]

sfh

fng

sf gon e

lft a thing n hs gone

i dn t evn say bi

dnt

[Brain internet makes honest cry-typing quite literal, it appears.]

[...yup, that's about what he expected, with Reira's network telepathy and all.]

Do you want to be left alone right now?
I'm sorry. I know it's not my fault but I'm sorry you didn't get a chance to say goodbye.
And that he left at all...it's not fair.

[That was the only part of the cry-typing he could really make sense of. Something is gone and he left something but Nagisa isn't really sure what that's supposed to mean so...yeah, let's focus on the other part.]

[Does she want to be left alone? Well. That's... ...hmm.]

....

no

[She only said 'no', unfortunately, so it's...not especially clear what she's 'no'-ing at, but it's Probably the first part. Probably.]

jst 'm 'lone

[Definitely.

She just sort of is alone, right now, so.]

Do you want me to come over then?
If you want to talk about it, I think it'll be easier in person than over the network.
But if you don't, that's fine too.

[Definitely far easier, so. Well.]

ok

[That's a 'yes' on coming over.]

There once was a boy who was a Halloween fanatic. He loved dressing up for Halloween, he loved pulling pranks and watching horror movies, and above everything else... he loved candy. One fateful year, while he went trick-or-treating, he visited a house. This house was creepy as hell! It was big, it was old, it smelled like a grandmother and it was owned by a happy, old rich couple. The boy came here thinking that he would be handed out big chocolate bars, because it was a rich person's house but when he knocked on their door... he was handed a bag of that shitty candy that nobody likes! Tootsie rolls, shitty flavoured dum-dums, those weird... peanut things... needless to say, the boy was heartbroken. He was so heartbroken that he died, right there on their porch and now, every Halloween he goes out and finds people to curse. He wants everyone to suffer the same way he did!

Everybody is already suffering from his curse!! Send this to ten people to break the curse, or to avoid getting cursed, or you'll be stuck looking freakier than usual for the rest of your life!!!!!!!!!!

[If Reira's priest powers let her hear the poster's tone of voice, Zack's will sound very much like someone who was dragged to a kiddie show against his will.]

[Five minutes later...]

Sorry kid the guy who sent this to me wouldn't shut up until I spread it around.

It's probably junk anyway.

[Hey it's Reira, knocking on your door-]

...................I don't get it.

[Oh, hey. You caught him sending off the last message. Let him just put the laptop to the side of his bed and answer the-]

...

Get what?

[Reira frowns.] ...The thing you sent.

What was it.

... Oh.

[Whelp, time to give her the same explanation he gave everyone else.]

Some weird guy with a heart for a username sent that to me and then wouldn't stop whining until I sent it to a bunch of people. Just ignore it or something.

...A heart?

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