❀ yoo joonghyuk

[cranelike]

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[malewife]

Maybe. I never know when something useful will show itself.

[ He looks up and sees that Tsurumaru is... Out of reach??? ]

Are you scared?

1/2

[cranelike]

... I don't want you to grab me again!

(He can forgive being grabbed by the neck but not being thrown, okay.)

[cranelike]

(And Kiku slaps him in the face with her wing? Like, hey?)

Fine, fine.

(He still isn't getting close!!)

Hmm... it looks like the cities we end up in are full of clues waiting to be found.

[malewife]

I have no reason to throw you right now.

[ Stupid. STupid bird. Niah's tail only flicks back and forth. ]

Yes... A great calamity happened here. We can look forward to another gathering to talk about our findings.

[cranelike]

You didn't have a reason last time...!

(He crosses his arms, tucking them into his sleeves and is quiet for a moment, thinking,)

A meeting would be good.

If things repeat, we don't have much time left here. There might not be much more left to find...

You're familiar with what the other groups have found?

[malewife]

I did. It would have worked out fine if you stuck to the plan.

[ THE PLAN THAT THEY ALL DECIDED IN 2 SECONDS. ]

I'm only aware of the sunken ship investigation earlier, the trip that you and your group went on, then the group that arrived on Friday. If there were more, then I wasn't informed or it wasn't made public.

[cranelike]

So you threw me--

(CLOSING HIS EYES. no, now isn't the time to lose his cool and he grumbles a bit more under his breath before calming himself.

He unfolds his arms! And from one sleeve he pulls out... a folded sheet of paper.)

I found this. (He offers it to him to read. The paper is old, yellow, with portions made unreadable from water and smudges.) I didn't know what to make of it at first and tried to find more... but then more things began to happen.

[malewife]

[ Good job, Tsurumaru. Unfortunately, since Joonghyuk wants to see See it, he comes closer to look. Niah also pads over with big eyes of curiosity. ]

… You’ve heard from the group that arrived on Friday?

[cranelike]

(He will allow it. This time.)

Not everything but enough. (Only what he saw and heard on Friday!) I was going to speak to Dokja later.

[malewife]

What they saw would support this note you found.

[ Dokja is good choice maybe. ]

I gave the fish head to Rameel, so I cannot show you the proof.

[cranelike]

(Honestly it's because he figured the two lovers would talk so he might as well???)

I can speak to them myself then.

(Easily said. Whether or not he'll be able to see is another matter,)

Something transformed the people; twisted them into the creatures they saw and the one they brought back. (The fish head.) But you know, this note doesn't mention the spectres like the other notes we've found.

(Like the ones they found in the last city and the one he showed earlier this week.)

It seems like something else.

[malewife]

They do not, but they describe these things are punishment for grave sins.

[ Hmm. ]

The statues in the courtyard match the angels at the tower and opera house. However, the statues here are defaced.

[cranelike]

(Hmm...)

These are spiritual symbols. To deface them means there's usually a certain reason...

(He's thinking of past instances he's familiar with and,)

Perhaps someone didn't want them to be worshipped anymore.

[malewife]

Hubris lets people forsake their old comforts and havens.

[ It’s a familiar tale. ]

But not usually so violently…

[cranelike]

There are families that have been deified and enshrined back home. When a new family takes power, it's not uncommon for them to erase everything of the old one to establish their power.

(But there's one problem with this theory:)

I don't see any signs of a new hope here.

(The page Tsurumaru found and the fish zombies makes it sound like hope was lost instead.)

[malewife]

That is true. I see that as a competition of egos.

[ Which is think is stupid? But people are just that way. ]

… None whatsoever. It’s desolate here. At the bottom of the sea.

[cranelike]

Where they had some, it was lost.

(They'd believed in thier bubble and techonology until it failed them. )

There wasn't even hope for death.

[malewife]

The mood will only get worse tomorrow.

[ Execution in this underwater wasteland. ]

[cranelike]

A change of environment might be nice after.

(H e h.)

[malewife]

… I wasn’t keen on them moving us before, but I don’t want to stay here.

[ So he’d be okay with a location change if that comes with a new week. ]

[cranelike]

Then let's see what surprises await us.

[malewife]

Did you have any ideal destinations you want to see? Most people like a place by the sea, but I think we've seen enough.

[ NO MORE BEACH EPISODE. ]

[cranelike]

No, anywhere will do. There's still much of the world I've yet to see.

(He's pretty much along for the ride.)

... A place with a beautiful garden would be nice, though.

[malewife]

... Is that what you want?

[ Remember happiness. ]

To see many things?

[cranelike]

I'm sure there are many things that could surprise me.

(This is neither a yes nor no.)