[ No reason to know right now... after Dokja came back from a CYOA and there's apparently someone dead that he is only vaguely aware of even though no one has mentioned anything out loud /stares at the returning thread.
stupid bitch, fine. Dokja will go out into the city whenever he decides to sleep. ]
You more or less know what happened at the end with the fishmen horde. The thing is before we escaped them there was a familiar blue light the group of us saw before. The cave looked the same but it also didn't.
[ STOP. YOU WILL NOT. Also, who are we kidding it is week 1 and both of them would be more wrapped up on the lore than the murder (even though i love pan and nine and i'm sad they are gone). ]
... Are you saying what you saw was an alternate reality of the past?
[ hello, explain? Joonghyuk is familiar with this, but out of context it's hard to visualize when you just know fish people tried to chase your companion. ]
[ kdj will go off on his own again, it's fine. keep your batcave!!!! also sorry pan and nine, i never got the opportunity. ]
It seems that way. [ He would cross his arm if one wasn't in a sling... Sigh. Fortunate Jin is still in her snake form resting on his shoulders, otherwise she'd be limping badly everywhere as a fox. ]
Let me start from the beginning. When we first came to our senses, we found ourselves on a boat and seem to be caught up in the middle of a storm. I had Suigetsu and Power help the deckmen in working on the sails and anything needed to prepare for it. Alphinaud and I went below deck after a group of kids.
One of them was... distorted. Like a glitch. Anytime they spoke, we couldn't understand a word. They affected those around them too. Like a hiccup in the system. [ His eyes lower. He's thinking about something specific at that moment. Whatever it is, Jin reacts in that she coils up tighter. ]
But another child was affected differently. [ He pulls out a paper, fortunately dry, and he takes a moment to write in it and immediately rubs his thumb over it. Effectively smudging the writing. He tilts his head at that before looking at Yoo Joonghyuk while passing the paper over as if to have him look at it. Once he does, ] Hard to read, isn't it?
[ He is following. It is gracious that he understands situations like this. Scenarios aren't too different... Just stuffing you in random situations and sometimes the system just (blep). ]
... It is unreadable, but you purposely smudged it.
[ This is why it's easy to explain to Yoo Joonghyuk. Anyone else would be like what the fuck are you saying. ]
That's the point. The girl was, in a sense, smudged. It was hard to remember the details of her, I would remember some things about her appearance and then forget them. It was like a blur.
[ You know what that sounds like? When Kim Dokja's face was a blur to everyone. ]
..She was self-aware of what was going on and unaffected by the glitch. [ But still smudged. ] We had been talking to her aunt, but when we were mentioned about her parents the girl told us she "needed to find them before they're gone." [ His free hand raises to settle over Jin, the snake shifting to gently touch his fingers. ] It was around then that Power came down and mentioned that there was a big sea dragon in the waters approaching at the same time we were nearing land.
We were cut on time and had to hurry. [ He looks off to the side. ] So, I promised the girl we would find them.
[ Is Yoo Joonghyuk surprised? Probably not. ] When we tried to get her name, it was distorted- but unlike the earlier glitches where nobody noticed but us, she was aware of it. Knew she couldn't, even if she did not know why. Mentioned it was fuzzy and not suppose to be this way. [ Strange, isn't it? ] ..Anyways, once we reached the cargo hold, Alphinaud took a quick peek at the crates and found the very same items he came back with the group that explored the ship wreckage a few days ago.
[ oh, god. Joonghyuk has already understood that it was most likely that sunknen ship, so really he's just listening to a story. Yes. Also, of course he frowns when Dokja is like... Teehee. Kids.
Not surprised by the sea dragon. ]
How strange that there was an anomaly in the scenario... One that recognizes and interacts with you.
[ anyway. ]
It is to be played without any changes, you all should have sank with the ship.
Strange, yes. When we found the girl's parents, and she thanked us for helping her get to say her goodbyes since she wasn't able to "last time."
[ That's what stood out to him. The happiness she expressed, despite features so smudge, he could tell she was smiling so widely at them in the arms of her parents. In that moment, he was genuinely glad to have helped her get her goodbyes. ]
Remember when I mentioned a familiar blue light in the cave? I saw it once before, on the ship. It was probably the moment the sea dragon [ le-vi-a-than ] attacked.
[ And then, Dokja goes strangely quiet. Thinking, pondering for a moment as if there was something he was about to say but stopped himself. Until he more or less continues. ] ..When I woke up again, I found myself in the cave, choking on seawater. It really felt like we recovered from drowning.
[ The bruises, as Joonghyuk saw, looked as if he was thrown around too. So, technically, they may have been sinking in the ship for a moment before reappearing in the caves. ] Once we regrouped, that's when the "fishmen" appeared.
How would you describe the cave when you all first woke up there? You said it was different... Does this mean that when you all escaped, you saw another blue light?
Hmmm... Stone and bioluminescence plantlife. I never explored the caves, so it was new to me. But Power knew it was the cave, said it reminded her of it but it also look kind of different. I assumed it was a different part of the same cave. Except, she said when she explored with someone she didn't see any other paths in that previous cave.
[ So it's a little hmm? ] ..Ah, the blue light. We saw it the first time at the ship, and the second time in the cave. The one in the cave, though everything looked more or less the same, showed an opening which is where we came out north of Krankaz.
[ ..Oh. ]
One more thing.
[ He moves his good hand towards the inner part of his jacket pocket, pulling out a feather made of golden Dust. ]
It's the kind of power that comes with a high cost. So, it makes sense that it has nothing to do with the Watchers. Their higher-ups then?
[ Jin uncoils from around Dokja's neck, shifting carefully on his arm and onto his fingers as if drawn to it. Which is not too surprising, since the feather is quite warm. ]
In the caves, I woke up with it in my hand after heaving up seawater. Just like our coin, it has a particular power with it. Each of us woke up with one.
.. I can't follow their train of thought. [ Dokja like: Who wrote these higher-ups. They're all over the place!! ] But it'd confirm that it is them that did this.
[ And without letting the Watchers know. Of course. As per usual with most information, it seems. ]
[ Joonghyuk wants to know, anyway. Niah, too, with his big amber eyes looking at Dokja like he wants to eat food from the table but more like… He wants more information. ]
As for other loot, Alphinaud does have a doll and book with him. The doll felt light like the feathers and very warm, it was given to him by the smudged girl. The book is what we found in one of the crates with the other items... I do want to get a better look at it. See what it has written in it, but it'll have to wait a bit.
[ He sighs, he is a bit disappointed he can't look at it right away but he can be patient. His gaze drops and he feels more tired than he did before. When was the last time he's properly slept? ]
It's fine. I want to walk around a bit more before I rest.
[ To which, he waves the idea off. Of course his idea of walking around is leaving the castle and head into the city, so. kdj voice: what is relaxing and rest. ]
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[ Stingy. Why are you so secretive about your spots, share them with him?? (yjh voice: share yours then. kdj voice: no that's okay. )
..That soup though. Kim Dokja squints at it with a flat look. Is this a joke? He literally just dealt with fish people. ]
..Of course I do. I remember everything.
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What do you know?
[ TELL HIM ALL. He sits across. ]
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stupid bitch, fine. Dokja will go out into the city whenever he decides to sleep. ]
You more or less know what happened at the end with the fishmen horde. The thing is before we escaped them there was a familiar blue light the group of us saw before. The cave looked the same but it also didn't.
[ Stares at the food. ] We jumped timelines.
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... Are you saying what you saw was an alternate reality of the past?
[ hello, explain? Joonghyuk is familiar with this, but out of context it's hard to visualize when you just know fish people tried to chase your companion. ]
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It seems that way. [ He would cross his arm if one wasn't in a sling... Sigh. Fortunate Jin is still in her snake form resting on his shoulders, otherwise she'd be limping badly everywhere as a fox. ]
Let me start from the beginning. When we first came to our senses, we found ourselves on a boat and seem to be caught up in the middle of a storm. I had Suigetsu and Power help the deckmen in working on the sails and anything needed to prepare for it. Alphinaud and I went below deck after a group of kids.
One of them was... distorted. Like a glitch. Anytime they spoke, we couldn't understand a word. They affected those around them too. Like a hiccup in the system. [ His eyes lower. He's thinking about something specific at that moment. Whatever it is, Jin reacts in that she coils up tighter. ]
But another child was affected differently. [ He pulls out a paper, fortunately dry, and he takes a moment to write in it and immediately rubs his thumb over it. Effectively smudging the writing. He tilts his head at that before looking at Yoo Joonghyuk while passing the paper over as if to have him look at it. Once he does, ] Hard to read, isn't it?
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... It is unreadable, but you purposely smudged it.
[ WHAT IS THE POINT. ]
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That's the point. The girl was, in a sense, smudged. It was hard to remember the details of her, I would remember some things about her appearance and then forget them. It was like a blur.
[ You know what that sounds like? When Kim Dokja's face was a blur to everyone. ]
..She was self-aware of what was going on and unaffected by the glitch. [ But still smudged. ] We had been talking to her aunt, but when we were mentioned about her parents the girl told us she "needed to find them before they're gone." [ His free hand raises to settle over Jin, the snake shifting to gently touch his fingers. ] It was around then that Power came down and mentioned that there was a big sea dragon in the waters approaching at the same time we were nearing land.
We were cut on time and had to hurry. [ He looks off to the side. ] So, I promised the girl we would find them.
[ Is Yoo Joonghyuk surprised? Probably not. ] When we tried to get her name, it was distorted- but unlike the earlier glitches where nobody noticed but us, she was aware of it. Knew she couldn't, even if she did not know why. Mentioned it was fuzzy and not suppose to be this way. [ Strange, isn't it? ] ..Anyways, once we reached the cargo hold, Alphinaud took a quick peek at the crates and found the very same items he came back with the group that explored the ship wreckage a few days ago.
[ And there's your connection. ]
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Not surprised by the sea dragon. ]
How strange that there was an anomaly in the scenario... One that recognizes and interacts with you.
[ anyway. ]
It is to be played without any changes, you all should have sank with the ship.
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[ That's what stood out to him. The happiness she expressed, despite features so smudge, he could tell she was smiling so widely at them in the arms of her parents. In that moment, he was genuinely glad to have helped her get her goodbyes. ]
Remember when I mentioned a familiar blue light in the cave? I saw it once before, on the ship. It was probably the moment the sea dragon [ le-vi-a-than ] attacked.
[ And then, Dokja goes strangely quiet. Thinking, pondering for a moment as if there was something he was about to say but stopped himself. Until he more or less continues. ] ..When I woke up again, I found myself in the cave, choking on seawater. It really felt like we recovered from drowning.
[ The bruises, as Joonghyuk saw, looked as if he was thrown around too. So, technically, they may have been sinking in the ship for a moment before reappearing in the caves. ] Once we regrouped, that's when the "fishmen" appeared.
[ And, well, Joonghyuk knows the rest. ]
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[ But there is this common piece here. ]
How would you describe the cave when you all first woke up there? You said it was different... Does this mean that when you all escaped, you saw another blue light?
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[ He chuckles. It's funny. ]
Hmmm... Stone and bioluminescence plantlife. I never explored the caves, so it was new to me. But Power knew it was the cave, said it reminded her of it but it also look kind of different. I assumed it was a different part of the same cave. Except, she said when she explored with someone she didn't see any other paths in that previous cave.
[ So it's a little hmm? ] ..Ah, the blue light. We saw it the first time at the ship, and the second time in the cave. The one in the cave, though everything looked more or less the same, showed an opening which is where we came out north of Krankaz.
[ ..Oh. ]
One more thing.
[ He moves his good hand towards the inner part of his jacket pocket, pulling out a feather made of golden Dust. ]
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[ So, yes, Joonghyuk doesn't like it?? ]
What is that?
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[ Jin uncoils from around Dokja's neck, shifting carefully on his arm and onto his fingers as if drawn to it. Which is not too surprising, since the feather is quite warm. ]
In the caves, I woke up with it in my hand after heaving up seawater. Just like our coin, it has a particular power with it. Each of us woke up with one.
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... I was told that the higher-ups look like the Watchers, but with a lot more dust. It coincides with the book excerpt.
[ So. Maybe? This feather? Is theirs? And this whole trip really is orchestrated by them??? ]
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.. I can't follow their train of thought. [ Dokja like: Who wrote these higher-ups. They're all over the place!! ] But it'd confirm that it is them that did this.
[ And without letting the Watchers know. Of course. As per usual with most information, it seems. ]
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[ He frowns deeply cause he will fight these entities. ]
What does the feather do?
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At the moment, it's just very warm. Would have probably frozen over were it not for it and the doll Alphinaud had.
[ This is his trump card, not yours. ]
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Gratuitous heat packs.
[ Eh. Useful, I guess, but. Eh. ]
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As for other loot, Alphinaud does have a doll and book with him. The doll felt light like the feathers and very warm, it was given to him by the smudged girl. The book is what we found in one of the crates with the other items... I do want to get a better look at it. See what it has written in it, but it'll have to wait a bit.
[ He sighs, he is a bit disappointed he can't look at it right away but he can be patient. His gaze drops and he feels more tired than he did before. When was the last time he's properly slept? ]
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You should get some proper rest now.
[ He will help Dokja back to the anti-sholmes room. Can slep there. ]
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[ To which, he waves the idea off. Of course his idea of walking around is leaving the castle and head into the city, so. kdj voice: what is relaxing and rest. ]
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