Turboheaven: Euphausia

[smokeandglasses]

No meme rn because Metaphor is sitting on my desktop waiting for me to play it

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Week 3, Monday

[trifocal]

[ What's up. We probably didn't mean to meet here, in the funhouse. ]

... This isn't a restaurant?

[ Nope. Instead, a memory is displayed in the mirrors:


You see villagers gathered before their chief, clamouring for action. There are intruders on the island, they say. Sanctists, come to steal the divine relics. They must be put to death. The chief tries to calm them, explaining that the outsiders have done no harm, but they will not be placated. This is but the latest in a series of disasters.

They are right. It is time to perform the ritual.


( ... also, if you notice little floating particles in the air? You can 100% see them. They are everywhere. ) ]

[smokeandglasses]

[I was going to say something silly to start with, but then I watched that memory and whoo boy]

You...that's not how you died, is it?

[The dragons in his world mostly isolate themselves from humans, only descending to where the humans live to hunt for food in the form of deer, cows, or sheep. Participating in ritualistic sacrifice like that is unthinkable.]

[trifocal]

[ there's a lingering look at her brother, before he vanishes from the mirror's surface.

and after a moment, she shakes her head. ]

Very nearly, but no.

[smokeandglasses]

[He sees! That look!!!]

...did someone else?

[trifocal]

No! [ a little startled at that. ]

I fully intended to complete the ritual, but... it did not go as planned.

[smokeandglasses]

[He's very glad for that, but he has to know.]

If it's not too much to ask, what happened?

[trifocal]

I went to the altar, where the Dragon God Eht awaited...

But there was something else there. Something that was not my god.

[smokeandglasses]

[Oh.]

Was it one of those...humans? Your world's humans, I mean.

[trifocal]

It was.

It had somehow attached itself to our god, like a parasite. It was the human that was consuming sacrifices, and... likely the human that brought calamity to our land.

Week 3, Saturday

[trifocal]

[ well...... that was a trial. eupha can be found back at the mansion, in the common area. ]

I was about to make some tea. Would you like some?

[smokeandglasses]

Yes please, that sounds good.

[He is so tired, but there's still much to be done tonight.]

[trifocal]

[ she'll pour them each a cup of lavender tea and bring it out to the sitting area. ]

It was a difficult outcome, as it usually is. How are you feeling?

[smokeandglasses]

I hope you beat it up. That dragon didn't deserve that.

[smokeandglasses]

Awful. Like I failed Zhongli by not figuring out who killed him.

[Sitting down in the sitting area and letting out a sigh. What an awful day.]

[trifocal]

... I know that he would not blame us, and would only wish for us to continue forward.

But I do understand that frustration. He was very dear to me, too.

[trifocal]

... I did. Not without help, but...

We did succeed in freeing the Dragon God from its grasp, that it might serve as our protector once more.