[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?!
[ 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?
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.
[ 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.
[ 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.
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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