[He comes bounding up in a breathless hobble halfway through because... he had... to walk all the way across the island almost. Listen. Why does his friend have to be in Cavern Camp? Terrible.
He's covered all over in sticky, damp beach sand.] Wh-Whoa, I made it...! [Oh no, there's many people here. He frowns thinly, and then startles at Giyuu Camp Dad.]
[ while he's glad that ryuji still has spunk, he isn't thrilled about his reaction to his current state. yeah, he knows. thanks for the reminder. ]
Bad week.
[ aside from being sticky with beach sand, is there anything else wrong with ryuji?? giyuu is curious but mind his manners and his distance. the smoke smell is awful and what's worse is that there's nothing to wash his haori with. ]
[Both because of Giyuu's state and because the state of affairs going on currently.]
What, me? No! [He sounds a bit hurt in a defensive way, like he thinks Giyuu is accusing him.] I don't got nothin'. Helping Yusuke carry his stupid art sand so he could redo it, and then we just, like, passed out!
[ art sand......... quietly flashbacks towards the lobster that was so quickly destroyed by the storm. nature is cruel sometimes. and while he doesn't comment on it, he's glad that ryuji is suffering from not visual ill-effects that he wants to share with him. it's also fair if he's hiding anything, too.
he'd honestly not tell ryuji what happened to him and still doesn't want ryuji to know since, well, he's supposed to be looking after him and not the other way around. still, with the news that just got out— ]
They're side effects from exploring.
[ cave bad. ruins bad.... lighthouse bad??? did giyuu go anywhere that wasn't bad? no. no he did not, well, no, camp has been good to him. it's why he's here, after all. ]
Be careful if you plan on going deep into the caves.
[ HONESTLY HOPEFULLY NO ONE GOES BACK IN THERE??? ]
[Oh. The caves. Sounds terrible, really. Caves bad, yeah. Ruins BAD. All is bad.]
It was weird as hell, right? I'm not the only one, right? Me an' Yusuke tried the lighthouse, but, like, this skeleton hand just popped out of the ground and grabbed me by the leg! We got pulled into a hole, and someone was throwin' dirt on us! And then, like, there was this--I don't know!--zombie-ghost thing!
Oh! And me an' Kanroji tried to get out of the storm in the ruins. We looked around while we were there. I found a thigh bone! We got trapped in some weird hot spring, but the water was black and smelled like death. We passed out.
Do you think that's... what happened to the ones who...? Did someone, like, really kill them?
giyuu will be (trying to) listen and following ryuji as he tells him everything that has been going on and wow can he trust him not to immediately bend over backwards to tell him how he's feeling at any given moment of time. he's still reeling when he hears the question.
there was a question right? ]
Yes. [ unfortunate answer, and what's even more unfortunate is how giyuu is going to ] It's likely that what happened to the people before will be the bulk of what we find here.
[ you know, the thigh bone. black sludge.... all of that wonderful stuff. they're going to be surrounded by the stuff of dead people. ]
[ hello he is listening to all these wild tales, staring at ryuji a bit as he goes through what sounds like a series of increasingly awful adventures. it's more illuminating than giyuu's account, but they both sound pretty terrible!!! ]
I do not know about this 'zombie,' but I saw a ghost as well. I could not sense that it meant me any harm... I suspect that many of the dead are victims to this island's rituals, just as we are.
Finally! [He looks so relieved for a moment that someone else he's talked to has seen one of the damn zombie goasts.] You know what I'm talkin' about then, dude!
I thought she was going to eat my brains, but, like, she never attacked me, so... Has this sick game really been going on that long...? For them to be from before...?
You too, huh? It looked like he'd been stabbed in the back or something, but he couldn't really explain much. Did yours speak in "wakas" too, or was that one just special?
There's probably a lot of them around. If I understood him right, this has happened at least twice before, so we're either the third or fourth round of "sacrifices" in this place.
I wouldn't trust the voice either, but it's nothing we can casually ignore anymore.
[ because if it was lying about the deadline thing, at least one of the people that was mentioned to be dead has been shown to be dead. does this mean they should risk the rest? giyuu isn't too keen on that.
Yeah, man! When I was trying to build the fire, someone came crawling up, and I thought it was one of you guys! But it was this--I dunno, dude...
Zombie! But it couldn't touch anything! So it was like a ghost! A zombie-ghost. I thought it was going to attack me, but it never did. I think it was a girl. All she kept saying was "waka."
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He's covered all over in sticky, damp beach sand.] Wh-Whoa, I made it...! [Oh no, there's many people here. He frowns thinly, and then startles at
GiyuuCamp Dad.]Holy shit, dude, what the eff happened to you?!
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Bad week.
[ aside from being sticky with beach sand, is there anything else wrong with ryuji?? giyuu is curious but mind his manners and his distance. the smoke smell is awful and what's worse is that there's nothing to wash his haori with. ]
... Any injuries?
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[Both because of Giyuu's state and because the state of affairs going on currently.]
What, me? No! [He sounds a bit hurt in a defensive way, like he thinks Giyuu is accusing him.] I don't got nothin'. Helping Yusuke carry his stupid art sand so he could redo it, and then we just, like, passed out!
Look at you! What the heck even happened?
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he'd honestly not tell ryuji what happened to him and still doesn't want ryuji to know since, well, he's supposed to be looking after him and not the other way around. still, with the news that just got out— ]
They're side effects from exploring.
[ cave bad. ruins bad.... lighthouse bad??? did giyuu go anywhere that wasn't bad? no. no he did not, well, no, camp has been good to him. it's why he's here, after all. ]
Be careful if you plan on going deep into the caves.
[ HONESTLY HOPEFULLY NO ONE GOES BACK IN THERE??? ]
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[Oh. The caves. Sounds terrible, really. Caves bad, yeah. Ruins BAD. All is bad.]
It was weird as hell, right? I'm not the only one, right? Me an' Yusuke tried the lighthouse, but, like, this skeleton hand just popped out of the ground and grabbed me by the leg! We got pulled into a hole, and someone was throwin' dirt on us! And then, like, there was this--I don't know!--zombie-ghost thing!
Oh! And me an' Kanroji tried to get out of the storm in the ruins. We looked around while we were there. I found a thigh bone! We got trapped in some weird hot spring, but the water was black and smelled like death. We passed out.
Do you think that's... what happened to the ones who...? Did someone, like, really kill them?
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....
wow anna.
giyuu will be (trying to) listen and following ryuji as he tells him everything that has been going on and wow can he trust him not to immediately bend over backwards to tell him how he's feeling at any given moment of time. he's still reeling when he hears the question.
there was a question right? ]
Yes. [ unfortunate answer, and what's even more unfortunate is how giyuu is going to ] It's likely that what happened to the people before will be the bulk of what we find here.
[ you know, the thigh bone. black sludge.... all of that wonderful stuff. they're going to be surrounded by the stuff of dead people. ]
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[Stop, don't tell him this so casually!! What kind of dad!]
You mean like that zombie-ghost thing I saw. Did it do this or something? Look, man, I don't know if I trust some creepy, disembodied voice!
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I do not know about this 'zombie,' but I saw a ghost as well. I could not sense that it meant me any harm... I suspect that many of the dead are victims to this island's rituals, just as we are.
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I thought she was going to eat my brains, but, like, she never attacked me, so... Has this sick game really been going on that long...? For them to be from before...?
Dammit...
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No, the young man I met was much the same. I believe something was keeping him from saying much else... it was difficult to communicate.
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The one I talked to had a red coat and a black beanie. I think his hair was brown. Wasn't the same guy, was it?
[ just. so they've covered that possibility. ]
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I saw a blonde girl! She was really pretty!
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[ gotta check. ]
There's probably a lot of them around. If I understood him right, this has happened at least twice before, so we're either the third or fourth round of "sacrifices" in this place.
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No, just the waka wakas. And we hung out for a while!
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I wouldn't trust the voice either, but it's nothing we can casually ignore anymore.
[ because if it was lying about the deadline thing, at least one of the people that was mentioned to be dead has been shown to be dead. does this mean they should risk the rest? giyuu isn't too keen on that.
also— ]
...and...."zombie-ghost thing"?
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Zombie! But it couldn't touch anything! So it was like a ghost! A zombie-ghost. I thought it was going to attack me, but it never did. I think it was a girl. All she kept saying was "waka."