post-dungeon regroup

[discutio]

[Obviously, they had to pull back and recover; Phoenix thought it would be best to head to the pseudo-headquarters in Invidia and settle back into the mansion to recover as well as consolidate what they all knew. There was a lot to get through, and a lot of recovery to be done by some of them. He'd need to talk to Etoile, thank Ariel, thank Medic again--]

[...But for now, he just about immediately collapsed on a couch and decided he would exist there for a while. You're on your own for food this time, kids.]

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[ourtomorrow]

I see.

[ All from - what? A strike from her sword...Then...

that must have been her intention....and whether the intention stopped at "taking some memories" or the emotional fallout it's clearly had among the Executors.... ]

That's difficult. I'm sorry.

[schardynfreude]

[He glances away, running a hand idly through his wild red-purple hair which does nothing at all to tame it.] It's just one more thing to deal with. I'm sorry you caught us at a rather difficult time; it can't be easy for you to acclimate.

[ourtomorrow]

Thanks. I'm managing.

[ He isn't about to deny that it's a challenge! ]

It's sort of a puzzle, in a serious way. I may have been the kind of person to like those.

[ Fitting the pieces together. Looking for the bigger picture. Knowing that the end result will help people - both his fellow Executors and everyone stuck in Purgatory.

Prehnite knows nothing about himself and he already has a hunch he was a boring young man. ]

[schardynfreude]

That's just the kind of person we could use, actually. We're frequently trying to put the pieces of a bigger puzzle together to figure out an answer, usually how to get to the next layer. I think you'll fit in just fine.

[ourtomorrow]

I'll do my best.

[ Usually how to get to the next Layer...He frowns. ]

There's - something more at work, here, isn't there.

[schardynfreude]

I believe that depends on what it is you know, so far.

[ourtomorrow]

Not much, but...

May I speak about the girl who hurt you?

[ If it's a sore subject he wants to be tactful. ]

[schardynfreude]

That's fine; go right ahead. Though I'm not certain girl is entirely the right word for...whatever is inside of her. Whatever she really is.

[ourtomorrow]

So she felt like - something else, to you.

[ He'll get to his original point, but this is useful. Don't Authorities have something lurking within them, too...? So is this "girl" an...Authority over the Authorities? A similar yet distinct entity...? ]

[schardynfreude]

She looked like something else, by the end. Sounded as well. There is something...very, very wrong about her and the power she has.

[ourtomorrow]

Wrong....

[ "Wrong". Something that isn't supposed to be the way it is. The Cogs aren't working the way they're supposed to, either.

He doesn't want to draw connections where there aren't any. But. SUSPICION. ]

Did she state her goal?