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See to it that you do.

If you do have the chance, then you are aware of what must be done, yes?

Yes.

and you'll actually do it?

Is there anyone else for me to pick, at this point?

none that we can be certain of, but given that we were attempting to make predictions just this week, i would feel better if you confirmed that you will pick yourself.

Shale isn't even sure if I can cure someone who only started refracting the week I pick them. I'm not foolish enough to prioritize blindly guessing with those odds.

kiyomitsu will never forgive you if you dont pick yourself

[thanks yams that's a useful contribution here]

Nor will I.
Though, I'm a little worried...
Weren't you also told you might not be able to perform your task next week, Yasusada-san?

I dont know for sure
steelsan just said she thought my duties were coming to an end soon but she didnt say when
i can ask her but
the other residents didnt seem to think the refractions were going to just stop happening
so im not sure what it means

Kashuu is quite frightening when angry.

[lmao]

yeah
hes always been like that
a big temper but it usually burns out after a little while

[It's what Clarte deserved!!!]

How are the two of you doing now?

were okay
things like that arent so different from what we do at home
and even though he killed itsuki in a horrible way
its not like we wanted to torture him or anything

[And there's something to be said for action--for any semblance of control you can find, in the most powerless of situations. They're doing better now than they were yesterday, when everything seemed hopeless and horrible.]

Okay. If you need anything, let us know.

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oh... i may have misunderstood
i thought that it would perhaps not take effect soon enough to prevent a murder, but that if you did pick someone the same week they would be fine afterward

That's what I was hoping, but when I asked Shale after painting Vax'ildan, he said we couldn't really know unless it actually happened.
And since Vax'ildan wasn't refracting, we have no confirmation.

i see
then... we'll have to figure that out another week
for now, we need to take care of you

There is not.

If you cannot, ultimately, save yourself, tell us the moment you know. We will find another way.

Okay.
By the way, did anyone else receive letters from the dead today? I didn't think we'd be finding them until next week.

letters?
i didn't get anything...

I received them from Garou and Roxana.

The important part of Roxana's: "I had a dream/memory that implied memory loss happened by putting too much of yourself/color to create in the Prism. Dreamer trespassed into Heliotrope somehow. Ask if anyone has read a journal in there even if it’s no longer there. Stop apologizing and start disrupting the prism like the music room. Think of ways to transform it."

This follows with what Bass told me, as well. Though given that creation in the prism runs that risk, I still believe caution shall be needed in any attempts to transform it.

Nor did I. I contacted Thinker once more as well, after they responded to me before, but they have not answered a second time.

i did
one from buzen and one from roxana

buzen said
'things have to change - the Residents need to be encouraged to face the Prism as a problem. Good job with Steel-san. Dreamer-san suggests destruction, Thinker-san (Momo-san) says transformation might be possible. It just can’t stay the same'

and roxana said
'All the residents I talked to here say disruption is key, so try to cause disruptions and tears like in the music room around the Prism, but don’t go too wild. Try not to directly touch that tear either'

[forgive my copy pasting I am on the couch]

Speaking of the residents- Bass is fully on our side. Riff intended to speak with him as well, after I sent his dream. I've not asked Shale, as I would not say we are close.