[He's on the couch and leaning against the opposite arm, looking at the blank space in front of him before reaching for one of the bottles.]
If we think about it in terms of the hydra, I'd say it's possible it has something to do with last week. You capture one, more sprout in its place. This thing, whatever it is, is spreading and making itself more quiet.
You didn't hear anything about the visions this time, did you?
[Just reaching for the other and toasting vaguely in Junpei's direction GODSPEED...]
—I was wondering about that. I was hoping we had some good dodges with those curses this week, but you didn't hear anything, either?
[Also like. Three bodies, one Big Bad Demon and two curses... Hm.]
Maybe it's adjusting to better fit how we responded? If the name of the game is to not get caught and it hasn't been caught yet - multiple timelines of this nonsense assumed - then I'm sure they're all more than just good at changing things up as needed.
Nope. Higekiri confirmed he hadn't heard anything so far when I talked to him, too, which means something changed. If it's getting better at hiding in plain sight, we have to start working faster to find it.
Tonbokiri suggested the idea that the demons have their own rules and guidelines to follow for this sort of thing. What's the likelihood of that being the case?
[EXHAUSTIN. He takes an overly-healthy swig of his drink.]
—I'd say that's pretty likely, based on what we know. First of all, we already know that it can be suppressed. Presumably it can be properly destroyed, too, given how eager it was to escape that containment circle - even if we don't know whether that's a good thing or not just yet. [Just in case it is some hydra...] Next, it waits until Thursday night consistently so far. It could very well be playing to our rules for the sake of its own amusement, but would that really be enough to keep a fickle creature to such a strict schedule? Not sure I buy that.
I guess I never thought about it that way with it following to match us. But you're right. If it's taking possession early in the week, why wait? I thought it was about gaining more power but if it can't move, that's interesting.
I'd like to see if there's any more we can learn with whoever may be possessed this week. If it's about rules, maybe the demon will be more inclined to answer if we ask a certain way.
Box it into answering by asking the right questions, hm? It's entirely possible that if there are rules binding it to the schedule, there are things that can get it to talk, too... Come to think of it - we already know there's at least once force at work that it can't deny, right? Whatever makes people walk themselves to the panthouse at the end of trials.
[But he's categorizing that as a Mysterious Boat Force and he's still not sure whether that's a friend or foe...]
We also know that somehow that panthouse contains them without allowing the demon to jump hosts during the time they're in there. Which brings a whole list of questions such as "why was this hotel built with that room in mind" and "why denim" but I doubt we'll get an answer for either of those.
I can't help but wonder if the denim itself is actually important...
[Like, why else would it be there? Because some cursed all-powerful entities watching their suffering from afar thinks a jeans room is funny?? Ridiculous.]
But that's true, very true. It does feel as if the ship itself is an entity of its own sometimes, you know?
[He tugs on the leg of his own jeans thoughtfully. Can he trap a demon with these? Hm. What sort of fucked-up overseers would find a panthouse amusing?]
It's not exactly out of the realm of possibilities here. For all we know, the ship itself is the main source of demonic energy and we have to unlock all of its secrets before we get anywhere.
[Cue a yakkety sax chase next trial where they all just throw their pants at the demon.]
Mm, might be the case. If not the same source of demonic energy our friends have come from, a source of some sort of energy that obviously has sway over everything else aboard. Who knows? Maybe the demons themselves are just as stuck here as we are, in a sense.
So...what, maybe we have to exorcise them to actually rescue them? That sounds like a bit of a stretch. I thought they weren't even on the ship until Polly summoned them.
...then again, Polly found the ritual book in the panthouse, so it could've been a clue. Now I don't know.
Haha, well, I don't know about rescue. [Waves a hand!!] More like they're just contained here - that they can't leave and go elsewhere, that this boat is the only place they can be. Obviously we wouldn't be able to test that theory unless we got off the boat and tried summoning them again on land, but maybe the book was put here for a reason and attempting that would be a very poor idea, assuming we ever could.
[But he just shrugs a little after that since damn, beats him.]
...yeah no offense but the last idea I'd ever try is summoning them again just as soon as we got away from them. [Just saying.] But the boat as its own entity isn't a bad idea to keep in mind. Everything is possible until proven otherwise. Or something.
[Even Wei Wuxian might! Maybe! Depending on how badly he wanted to figure things out...!
Anyway.]
I'll try to ask around a bit later, see if anyone's noticed anything that might indicate the boat is an entity. But for now, I have a few other things to get to before we dive back into trial.
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If we think about it in terms of the hydra, I'd say it's possible it has something to do with last week. You capture one, more sprout in its place. This thing, whatever it is, is spreading and making itself more quiet.
You didn't hear anything about the visions this time, did you?
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—I was wondering about that. I was hoping we had some good dodges with those curses this week, but you didn't hear anything, either?
[Also like. Three bodies, one Big Bad Demon and two curses... Hm.]
Maybe it's adjusting to better fit how we responded? If the name of the game is to not get caught and it hasn't been caught yet - multiple timelines of this nonsense assumed - then I'm sure they're all more than just good at changing things up as needed.
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Tonbokiri suggested the idea that the demons have their own rules and guidelines to follow for this sort of thing. What's the likelihood of that being the case?
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[EXHAUSTIN. He takes an overly-healthy swig of his drink.]
—I'd say that's pretty likely, based on what we know. First of all, we already know that it can be suppressed. Presumably it can be properly destroyed, too, given how eager it was to escape that containment circle - even if we don't know whether that's a good thing or not just yet. [Just in case it is some hydra...] Next, it waits until Thursday night consistently so far. It could very well be playing to our rules for the sake of its own amusement, but would that really be enough to keep a fickle creature to such a strict schedule? Not sure I buy that.
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I'd like to see if there's any more we can learn with whoever may be possessed this week. If it's about rules, maybe the demon will be more inclined to answer if we ask a certain way.
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[But he's categorizing that as a Mysterious Boat Force and he's still not sure whether that's a friend or foe...]
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But it's worth considering.
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[Like, why else would it be there? Because some cursed all-powerful entities watching their suffering from afar thinks a jeans room is funny?? Ridiculous.]
But that's true, very true. It does feel as if the ship itself is an entity of its own sometimes, you know?
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It's not exactly out of the realm of possibilities here. For all we know, the ship itself is the main source of demonic energy and we have to unlock all of its secrets before we get anywhere.
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Mm, might be the case. If not the same source of demonic energy our friends have come from, a source of some sort of energy that obviously has sway over everything else aboard. Who knows? Maybe the demons themselves are just as stuck here as we are, in a sense.
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So...what, maybe we have to exorcise them to actually rescue them? That sounds like a bit of a stretch. I thought they weren't even on the ship until Polly summoned them.
...then again, Polly found the ritual book in the panthouse, so it could've been a clue. Now I don't know.
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Haha, well, I don't know about rescue. [Waves a hand!!] More like they're just contained here - that they can't leave and go elsewhere, that this boat is the only place they can be. Obviously we wouldn't be able to test that theory unless we got off the boat and tried summoning them again on land, but maybe the book was put here for a reason and attempting that would be a very poor idea, assuming we ever could.
[But he just shrugs a little after that since damn, beats him.]
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[Even Wei Wuxian might! Maybe! Depending on how badly he wanted to figure things out...!
Anyway.]
I'll try to ask around a bit later, see if anyone's noticed anything that might indicate the boat is an entity. But for now, I have a few other things to get to before we dive back into trial.
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[But he's taking one of the bottles.] Tomorrow then.
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Mm. Take care until then, hm?
[He worries for Junpei sometimes...]
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