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[ hello everyone.... surprisingly, all of you are. okay...?? or okay, enough. well, except the one. anyway, here is giyuu here to quietly check on everyone while also smelling like smoke while also having red irritated skin and scratches to his face and hands.
...but that's fine. how are you? are you fairing well, you know. ]
...but that's fine. how are you? are you fairing well, you know. ]
[ hello dimitri why are you bloody...slightly bloody.
also for the sake of things, giyuu will allow dimitri to hold onto what looks to be a bit of hope about certain people still being alive which he honestly doubts. the disembodied voice seems to be all-knowing despite it not coming from anywhere in particular. ]
Exactly. [ and now to address your blood. ] Did you get hurt?
also for the sake of things, giyuu will allow dimitri to hold onto what looks to be a bit of hope about certain people still being alive which he honestly doubts. the disembodied voice seems to be all-knowing despite it not coming from anywhere in particular. ]
Exactly. [ and now to address your blood. ] Did you get hurt?
[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 atGiyuu Camp Dad.]
Holy shit, dude, what the eff happened to you?!
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
Holy shit, dude, what the eff happened to you?!
[ 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. ]
... Any injuries?
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?
[ hello camp dad good luck wrangling all these kids
Dimitri is grateful that Giyuu doesn't shut him down immediately, even if there's basically no way any of those people are alive. He's still curt, though. ]
No. [ His edge wears off slightly as he spots the small bloodstain on his cape, thumbing it briefly. ] This isn't mine.
Dimitri is grateful that Giyuu doesn't shut him down immediately, even if there's basically no way any of those people are alive. He's still curt, though. ]
No. [ His edge wears off slightly as he spots the small bloodstain on his cape, thumbing it briefly. ] This isn't mine.
No kidding!
[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?
[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?
[ he's...going to do his best, but wrangling unruly teens is not something giyuu has been trained to deal with. not that giyuu is trained to do more than to survive and to slay demons but that's neither here nor there. though what's likely to be shocking is how attentive(?) he is being.
attentive without being overbearing or invasive. ]
Who then?
[ animal? human? he isn't accusing dimitri, but he's curious what he found. ]
attentive without being overbearing or invasive. ]
Who then?
[ animal? human? he isn't accusing dimitri, but he's curious what he found. ]
[ 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??? ]
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??? ]
Exploring...? Oh, dude! You went exploring, too?!
[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?
[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's questioning does not chafe, not coming across as an accusation, but it takes him a moment to respond anyway. ]
...Anaido. [ His anger flickers to grief in the span of one word; for a moment, his hurt lays open across his expression before he collects himself again. ] Did you know him? The three of us—we discovered him by the lighthouse. By then... there was nothing we could do for him.
...Anaido. [ His anger flickers to grief in the span of one word; for a moment, his hurt lays open across his expression before he collects himself again. ] Did you know him? The three of us—we discovered him by the lighthouse. By then... there was nothing we could do for him.
[ ....
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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. ]
....
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. ]
[ confirmed to be dead...giyuu lowers his head slightly. ]
He called me "senpai"...
[ which now makes him feel all that more weird. he remembers their first meeting and about what he said to him. hm. that's not going to sit right with him for a while. the discomfort of it all slowly creeping at the edges of his face, but he'll push them back down as there are more important things— ]
Who else were you with?
[ please let there be an adult??? ]
He called me "senpai"...
[ which now makes him feel all that more weird. he remembers their first meeting and about what he said to him. hm. that's not going to sit right with him for a while. the discomfort of it all slowly creeping at the edges of his face, but he'll push them back down as there are more important things— ]
Who else were you with?
[ please let there be an adult??? ]
[ 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.
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.
[ no kid gloves in this household!!! ]
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"?
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"?
[ oh, right. that's actually reason for concern for his well-being; it obviously hadn't even crossed his mind. ]
I had escorted one of my comrades back to her camp, a girl named Flayn. But we were unconscious in much the same way. [ A deep, unmitigated slumber. ] I had attributed it to exhaustion, but...
[ if they all experienced it, then that's only More Mystery!! he lets out an aggrieved huff. ] It seems that may have been orchestrated too.
I had escorted one of my comrades back to her camp, a girl named Flayn. But we were unconscious in much the same way. [ A deep, unmitigated slumber. ] I had attributed it to exhaustion, but...
[ if they all experienced it, then that's only More Mystery!! he lets out an aggrieved huff. ] It seems that may have been orchestrated too.
[ There was no brushing off the announcement, not with a confirmed death on their hands. Maybe that's precisely why they were allowed to find the body.
But to think of him as dead felt wrong; both of their memories of him were yet young, barely formed. He bites the thoughts back, chinning over to one of their fellow Jungle Buddies. ]
Rachel was there, she can attest to what I say. Miss Kocho was present as well.
But to think of him as dead felt wrong; both of their memories of him were yet young, barely formed. He bites the thoughts back, chinning over to one of their fellow Jungle Buddies. ]
Rachel was there, she can attest to what I say. Miss Kocho was present as well.
[ not a single adult with them....
not that matters to giyuu since hearing shinobu's name is enough for him. he trusts her, however he also believes in what dimitri and the others here have told him thus far. ]
We'll have a lot of work ahead of us then. [ the idea of going to go hunt for bodies and only have the day to do it. what would happen if they don't catch who did any of them? ugh. that's too much thinking for one giyuu.
speaking of things that are too much for a single giyuu—he considers something for a moment. he doesn't raise a hand or anything but— ]
Don't overexert yourself.
[ a single concern. ]
not that matters to giyuu since hearing shinobu's name is enough for him. he trusts her, however he also believes in what dimitri and the others here have told him thus far. ]
We'll have a lot of work ahead of us then. [ the idea of going to go hunt for bodies and only have the day to do it. what would happen if they don't catch who did any of them? ugh. that's too much thinking for one giyuu.
speaking of things that are too much for a single giyuu—he considers something for a moment. he doesn't raise a hand or anything but— ]
Don't overexert yourself.
[ a single concern. ]
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...?
Dammit...
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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