[Punished? Hold on. Let's start with that, first.]
What do you mean "punished"? For drawing attention away from the city's "main event"?
[Oh, that adds a sense of coercion to the fact that they're here, doesn't it? Subtle and insidious. They might not be told outright to attend any given event, but there's clearly a reason for them existing; reason enough to punish someone who purposeful pulls them away from it.]
It was different, both times. One time he didn't say anything at all, he just did his best to kill me, no matter what I said to him. And the other time, she thought... well, she didn't recognize me. I think she was seeing me as something else, but she could hear what I was saying to her.
I could only snap 'em out of it by knocking them out, unfortunately.
[ And taking on some dents and dings for her trouble. ]
Mm... well, let me know if I can help? I don't really know if there's something dampening people's powers, but maybe it's something we could access one day...
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Take that as you will.]
Hi, Tsuruno. I made it though just fine, though I heard that wasn't the case for everyone.
Guess I was due a break after everything else.
[(He's not sure how to feel about her checking on him in the first place, though.)]
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[ Wow, he should feel happy! Obviously? ]
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What about you? Did you come out of it unscathed? That was the whole point of your party, right, to avoid anything the city might throw at us?
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And then I got... into a few fights in that one haunted house.
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What do you mean "punished"? For drawing attention away from the city's "main event"?
[Oh, that adds a sense of coercion to the fact that they're here, doesn't it? Subtle and insidious. They might not be told outright to attend any given event, but there's clearly a reason for them existing; reason enough to punish someone who purposeful pulls them away from it.]
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A lot of people who tried to avoid it got hit harder with the impulse to go, and that was probably the lightest part of it.
[ Paranoia, weirdly paranormal activity... ]
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So. We are being tested for some purpose.
[A pause.]
What did you experience, exactly, when you fought others in the haunted house? Was it like they couldn't recognize you?
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I could only snap 'em out of it by knocking them out, unfortunately.
[ And taking on some dents and dings for her trouble. ]
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[Which he would greatly admire, were he not also possibly going to be a victim of this further, someday. Hypocrite and all.]
But if it's trying to drive us mad, it's going about it in a strange way.
[He's not sure this is how he'd do it, anyway.]
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[ She doesn't approve. ]
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And yet I get the feeling that we're going to get fewer and fewer breaks as they try to achieve their goal.
[Whatever that is!]
How are you coping?
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[ And that's incredibly frustrating. ]
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As much as I hate to say it, we'll just have to be patient. And wait for an opportunity.
[An opportunity for what, sir.]
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[ Yes, go on. ]
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[As a man as unhinged as Henry Creel does! This is only ever the real option, the final endgame.]
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[ Your nosebleeds, sir!! ]
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Right. My powers aren't where they once were. But there must be a way to get them to return before it comes to that.
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