[ you may have your clothes, shower, and gun. there's also your spare money in a cereal box under the bed near the gun.
there seems to be a mass in progress in the church, though it appears as if it's been placed on pause. the congregation, small though it may be for this time of day, all sit in the pews, and the priest at the front holds the holy book on the podium at the head of the church mid-sermon. ]
well, that can't be good. he rubs at his eyes absently, and then wanders towards the priest to nudge at them. pushes them over. hello??? hellooooooo..... ]
[ Yeah, they don't like it either. It's so eerily and the air feels tensely weird. They welcome that hand with their own, squeezing it gently and following after. ]
That's what I was wondering. And.. when did it start? Was it after...
[ he says dryly. but - okay, sure, they can go wherever. jiaoqiu will pull his cards out to check them out. and then gets a card that's like you should be unconscious (no).
shows sif the card: "Page of Cups is a bringer of messages. The unexpected inspiration that comes to us from the unconscious, perhaps in ways that we may not truly understand." ]
[ Yes yes... Stay awake it is. Not even going to remotely argue against that. But they can take a moment so Jiaoqiu can manage his cards. Not interrupting his focus.
Siffrin is just looking at his phone as they get messages. Before peering up to stare at the card.
Mmmm... that at least seems better than THREE DEATHS... ]
Marcoh says he'll come meet us here with Yves once they're done checking out Blue's house. [ (...) ] Blue is frozen, too.
[ Holds hand out for him to take now that his reading is done. ]
We can at least help out there if there's something for us to still find.
[ Siffrin didn't want to wait around either, even though he would have reluctantly listened to Marcoh and stayed put, BUT Jiaoqiu saying let's go means Siffrin can fold and do exactly that.
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there seems to be a mass in progress in the church, though it appears as if it's been placed on pause. the congregation, small though it may be for this time of day, all sit in the pews, and the priest at the front holds the holy book on the podium at the head of the church mid-sermon. ]
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wait, like, literal pause? as in he's not moving at all? ]
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the world is at a standstill. ]
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well, that can't be good. he rubs at his eyes absently, and then wanders towards the priest to nudge at them. pushes them over. hello??? hellooooooo..... ]
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knocking this whole man over entirely. ]
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he falls over???? and now he's on the ground????
zero reaction though
other than a sudden scream from this man's mouth.
and then nothing. ]
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jiaoqiu does startle, though, because what the fuck!!! a beat. looks up at sif. ]
...
[ gently makes sure the man is like. okay? sorry buddy. ]
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[ right?? he's alive?? blessed be his caked up ass. ]
What's going on?
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...It's the same everywhere else in town. I checked the shop and other places... every where I went, people were just.. unmoving. Frozen.
Marcoh said the clocks aren't moving either. [ Time.. frozen? ]
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I don't like this. [ he's going to leave the poor man on the floor and go to sif, taking their hand absently and leading them out of the church. ]
Why is it that only the four of us are moving?
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That's what I was wondering. And.. when did it start? Was it after...
[ Their encounter with the nightmare beings? ]
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[ back into town they go, and then: ]
I may ask my cards for some sort of guidance.
[ and he'll back it up with this gun ]
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[ Who knows where they are at this point. Tilts their head to peer over, thinking and then nodding. ]
Sounds good. ..I probably shouldn't try dreaming any time soon.
[ the fate of the cards says THIS *PULLS OUT GLOCK ]
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[ he says dryly. but - okay, sure, they can go wherever. jiaoqiu will pull his cards out to check them out. and then gets a card that's like you should be unconscious (no).
shows sif the card: "Page of Cups is a bringer of messages. The unexpected inspiration that comes to us from the unconscious, perhaps in ways that we may not truly understand." ]
Maybe we should meet up with the others...?
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Siffrin is just looking at his phone as they get messages. Before peering up to stare at the card.
Mmmm... that at least seems better than THREE DEATHS... ]
Marcoh says he'll come meet us here with Yves once they're done checking out Blue's house. [ (...) ] Blue is frozen, too.
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We can start walking in that direction, I think. I don't want to wait for them.
[ let's go see the tree man ]
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We can at least help out there if there's something for us to still find.
[ Siffrin didn't want to wait around either, even though he would have reluctantly listened to Marcoh and stayed put, BUT Jiaoqiu saying let's go means Siffrin can fold and do exactly that.
Tree man! Tree man!]