Thirty Eighth Summons: Emotions are horrible

[miss_enma_ai]

 [She has to admit she had been a little excited for Christmas. She had friends, family here. And then her gifts Mayfield have a small grief stricken voice.]

...They were not happier without me....

[But in her mind. What if she wasn't there, they wouldn't have to work for her, they wouldn't have to see horrors every day.

But she'd asked them to come

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[strike_you_out]

[Those sobs. Can it really be...?]

Ai?

...
[She probably won't hear him at first, but he'll keep asking.]

...Ai?

[miss_enma_ai]

[After a moment she'll realize where the voice is coming from and slowly pick the phone up.]

Hello?

[Her voice actually has some emotion in it for once, it's grief.]

[strike_you_out]

[It definitely isn't the voice Slugger is used to hearing. After a pause--]

The town tricked you, too... [He just knows.]

[miss_enma_ai]

Yes...

It sent me their bodies....

[strike_you_out]

[Silent. He knows what she's talking about but he doesn't know what to tell her.

Eventually, he speaks again.]

I got something I asked for, too. But every time I use them, I-- my head hurts.

[miss_enma_ai]

[She tries to pull her eyes away from Ren, laying against the wall and pull her thoughts away from the blind sorrow that just grates at her mind.]

Your head?

[strike_you_out]

I have memories -- good memories. But when I have them, it hurts...

[miss_enma_ai]

They are painful now?

[strike_you_out]

The people in the memories... It hurts the same way I hurt them.

[miss_enma_ai]

The town did that.

[strike_you_out]

Every "gift" was a punishment. It wants us to fear and hate the things we like.

[miss_enma_ai]

They wanted to make me think my companions were happy I was gone.

[strike_you_out]

[His voice is angry but still quiet.]

It's trying to weaken our minds. Break us.

[miss_enma_ai]

....

We can't let them win.

[And her own voice has some anger in it as well. Her sadness is slowly twisting into hatred for the people in charge of this place.]

[strike_you_out]

I've heard Grady is losing his mind.

I want to take a bat to his head...

[He doesn't give two shits if anyone overhears this.]

[miss_enma_ai]

He deserves to burn in Hell for his actions.