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[stoppedhiding]

Comments

[labarbebleue]

Errgh... What a fool I was to have been deceived by this town's meddlesome magic. To come to me in the guise of my Holy Maiden and deceive me... such is unforgivable.

If words won't convince others, then there is one course of action only...

[stoppedhiding]

[ Him? Golbez hadn't taken note of Caster's name when they'd spoken before, so is a bit surprised to hear his voice, after that earlier rant about "reveling in his sins". ]

Naturally. The obvious course of action is to wait for things to return to normal. [ There's a bit of a threatening tone in his voice. ]

[labarbebleue]

What?

[Wait it out? Unbelievable! He clearly felt anger or at least aggravation for what had happened to him and he suggests that they should wait? Caster's voice turns cold.]

But if we have been wronged, is it not right to correct that? And if words have little effect...

[stoppedhiding]

...then violence will likely have no effect, either. In fact, it would only reinforce our fellow prisoners' perception of us as impostors placed here by Mayfield.

They aren't the ones at fault. The one behind all of this is currently beyond our reach.

[busy_fists]

Pretty dirty trick they played on us.

[stoppedhiding]

Yes. But effective, it seems.

[busy_fists]

So now what?

[stoppedhiding]

From what I hear, the things this town does never last for very long. Meaning, there's the possibility we'll "re-appear" before long.

[fatefullfriend]

We made our choice. Now we have to live with it. Everyone howling about how they're still here is forgetting that fact.

And forgetting why we made our choice.

[stoppedhiding]

... That's true. Although it turned out to be a lie, it was still our decision.

[fatefullfriend]

I'm still not convinced it was a lie. At least not yet, but my dream and motivations for making my choice are certainly different than everyone else's.

Crying will not change what we decided in that moment in our hearts.

[stoppedhiding]

Hm. It's true that it won't change anything. But I have no reason to believe that my dream, at least, was entirely true.

[ Well, of course things would have been better if he had never existed. That's not in question. But as for Mayfield... ] Consider that we were told our sacrifice would provide the power needed for this town. Whatever power source this city uses is, indeed, more functional now than it was yesterday -- despite the fact that we haven't actually gone anywhere.

[phone]

[bittybrows]

This is utterly ridiculous.

[stoppedhiding]

I agree.

[bittybrows]

Assuming you showed up on the list, too?

[stoppedhiding]

That's right. [ Sounding rather irritated -- at himself, that is. ]

[Phone]

[godisachild]

Welcome to Mayfield. Get ready for this about every month.

[stoppedhiding]

So I gather. [ Wonderful. ]

[godisachild]

This is either a tame or moderate "event" for them, from what we've seen so far.

There's way, way worse.

[stoppedhiding]

I know. I was here for Thanksgiving, and I've heard about others in the past. So long as this follows the established pattern, we have nothing to worry about.