Interaction Booth
A featureless, almost unnerving room of red, with a slight elevation in the middle. Although it seems to just be something bizarre...it's possible there is more to this place. The left wall has been destroyed, leaving a spreading abyss.
Rue: The first sound anyone can hear when he enters the room is the crunching of his chip bag.
"I'm back again. This is important."
☆ : "I'm here!"
⚇ : "...chips?"
Rue: "Chips, correct. Is there a problem? They're barbecue flavored."
☆ : "A wise choice...."
⚇ : "i prefer sour cream and onion, personally."
Rue: "I don't really care," he replies, "I just want to see if you know something. Considering you are deities and such, you would have some knowledge of a possible afterlife, yes?"
⚇ : "...yes, actually!"
☆ : "ooooo hey something we know!"
⚇ : "for once, we do know something."
☆ : "high five, other deity here"
Rue: "...I see."
He pauses. It's hard to tell if he's thinking about what to say, or if he's thinking about if he should speak at all.
But eventually, he asks something else.
"Then, could you tell me...where they all are? Jasper, Gust, Lotus..."
Another pause. A glint appears in his eye.
"...Tarnish?"
⚇ : "...good news first or bad news first?"
Rue: "Hm. Whatever you think is most important."
☆ : "good news first then, i say."
⚇ : "...well. ill say things in the order that makes most sense, then."
☆ : "I'll let you explain this one."
⚇ : "...there is a 'traditional' afterlife. life in it is not permanent either, but it lasts until your name is said for the last time, one could say. however, something about this ripworld... the souls of those who die in it are going somewhere else."
⚇ : "there, they are still experiencing the pain of their deaths. ...except for one."
⚇ : "lotus. someone stole him away. ...we dont know where he is now."
⚇ : "he seems to be doing well, though."
Rue: "..."
Something about his expression changes. For a second, a glimmer of hope....only to be replaced with a dullness in his eyes as he responds.
"So...victim or killer...all of them are suffering, except for Lotus?"
☆ : "Actually, I should clarify, we have only seen Bryan and Lotus. We simply think the others are suffering based on what we know."
☆ : "But from what we know, that is in fact the case."
⚇ : "regardless, well... the fact that lotus was able to escape shows that there is a way out of wherever they are being held."
☆ : "True..."
⚇ : "i believe there is still hope for the others to be able to pass on peacefully."
⚇ : "however, there is little i can do to sway that outcome. little we can do."
⚇ : "...look for 'wren'. we think she is the one holding them there. maybe if you find enough answers, you could find a way to save them."
Rue: "...Wren?"
He blinks, staring up at the ceiling again...or at least, what's left of it.
"Who is this person?"
☆ : "The Destroyer knows a LOT about her. She was basically its mother. If you can squeeze information out of it, you might get something valuable. That is a massive if though."
⚇ : "i can relay what the others have found, but i know no more than your friends have determined."
Rue: "...Understood."
He turns to leave, but...stops.
"...Which people also have information? You imply that more than just myself have determined something."
⚇ : "mx-z0 should be able to fill you in."
☆ : "MX-Z0 and Don found a book, but Paradi took it not long after they began reading it."
⚇ : "oh, and rue?"
Rue: "...I knew it would be her." He mumbles to himself, continuing to stare back as he waits for the deity's next words.
⚇ : "tell hitori that theres no point in coming here to apologize. the deity they wished to apologize to... will not be there to hear them."
☆ : "That, and there's no way any of us could have known what would happen anyways..."
Rue: He nods. And then, is gone without a sound.