airshipped | Catch-All: Escha

She went through all of those steps just so she wouldn't be bored... which means she was fine with killing people as long as she got her end goal.

This is exactly the sort of thing the recording was warning us about, but... It's not like anyone else would do the same thing, right?

I'm surprised it even happened once.

I guess... Polly is a ghost. Maybe rituals like that are more normal for her.

I really thought we would all listen to a warning. Do you think anybody here would try that ritual again? It seems to involve at least one murder...

They want us to. Or... The previous group did, and expects us to... But I don't think anyone else would make that mistake.

I'd like to believe in everyone else. But...

If it's already loose then can we really get rid of them with just one ritual? I don't know anything about this kind of demon.

The instructions made it sound like it would go away. Along with...

[ Along with Polly. Which isn't great, but also she did, like, kill 3 people, so the sympathy is a little slimmer than usual. ]

... Yeah.

[He doesn't have that much sympathy for a three time murderess. Escha doesn't seem as upset as she could be, so maybe they're more or less on the same page about Polly.]

I'm not sure how the other three are alive right now.

That part definitely doesn't make sense. I'm glad they're okay, but I wish we knew why or how.

I have some pretty mixed feelings about them coming back to life after everything that happened to them.

[The dead should stay dead!!!]

But it's... probably better than them staying dead? It seems like the only way we could leave the ballroom was with one of them accompanying us.

Don't tell any of them I said this, but it's a little bit creepy...

[ The dead should stay dead!!! But... ]

But if it was someone I was close with, I would be so relieved. So I guess it's fine...?

Yeah, I agree. I won't tell any of them, don't worry.

Junpei seemed like he was close to Carlos, so I guess we can be happy for him? Um... depending on what happens tomorrow.

[Why did they both go to jail?]

They're from the same world. He didn't mention that they were close, but it definitely seemed that way.

And I guess we'll see, tomorrow. I hope nothing happens to him. We caught Polly and the voice said that was right, so doesn't that mean he was innocent?

To be fair, nobody's really asked me how close we are to each other.

[Which doesn't really bother him, so it's fine.]

If he is innocent, then why did he go up with her?

[ Escha freezes for just a second at that first statement and then

just carries on like she didn't. ]

... I don't know. Maybe he was more involved than we thought?

[Hey, wait a minute.]

Has somebody asked you?

... Junpei wanted to know, before we started sharing a bed. And Dick wanted to make sure that everyone calls you Logy.

[ And that it wasn't just... Escha's pet name for him. ]

Huh.

[He guesses he's glad they wanted to be sure? But...]

We're just coworkers. I wonder why they thought we were involved that way.

I don't know, I was surprised by the question, too.

It's probably just because we're from the same world.

Hm... Yeah, that does make sense.

It doesn't seem like most people share one.

Apparently there's a group of four or so from the same world. But most people only have one person they know, if that.

Huh, I wonder what brought so many of them here.

Oh, I also wanted to ask you about something. [He'd be fine with leaving it alone, but if they're having trial again, he'll probably have to take off more of his clothes. He doesn't want to, but he also doesn't want trial to stall out because of it.] You seemed pretty upset I took off my clothes today.

[ A mystery. ]

... I just thought you wouldn't want to, that's all. And I knew you were innocent, so...

Is... that really all it was?

I think so...

I don't know, I just felt uncomfortable. I don't know why.

I don't think it's something I can avoid if we're checking each other for wounds.

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