[ rufus the protag of tox2 ]

[recrowns]

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[soulus]

It's possible. Even the Leaders seemed surprised.

[recrowns]

They did - and similarly they didn't seem to know anything about what affected Izumo, myself, Hua Cheng, or Claude in week's past...

[but once he has all the supplies, he'll approach rufus again]

I wouldn't suppose you've noticed anyone else behaving oddly this week?

[soulus]

No. Have you?

[He's just about finished pulling on the outer layers of the dressing.]

[recrowns]

[ah - soo-won will then reach out to try to help him with that.]

No... Which is odd - because up to three or four powers were used on people last week.

But it would seem that this week.... any odd behavior was linked more to memory loss.

[soulus]

[Two hands are more efficient than one for this task. Rufus allows Soo-won to take over.]

Is that odd? Today's power was the first time it's been observed.

[recrowns]

[they sure are!! thanks for letting soo-won help]

Hmm.... I suppose I only wonder why.

I'd heard that Shima was the one who cursed Hua Cheng and Claude - but only because he suddenly had choices to make on Monday, and he didn't know what the results would be.

So why didn't that oddity seem to occur again this week? Are the powers rotating...?

[soulus]

There's no way to be certain at this time.

Who gave him those choices?

[recrowns]

He doesn't know - it just suddenly appeared on his PHS.

So... the Realm?

[soulus]

Yes. If it came through the PHS, it must be the Realm.

[recrowns]

[a nod. and once rufus' WRIST is uncovered, soo-won will assess the damage before going to clean the injury - ]

If it's too painful, say something.

[but also

rufus didn't fucking say anything before this so he'll assume he won't...]

And so... is all of this just whims of the Realm? It's hard to say.

Did your PHS blink again, by any chance?

[soulus]

[He will not. His tolerance for pain is very high, and the cauterized portion can no longer feel anything. He won't so much as flinch during Soo-won's ministrations.]

No.

[recrowns]

[ . . . huh. he looks thoughtful at that.]

... then it must be either Swan, Fox, or both.

Or someone's lying.

[soulus]

How many participants did you ask?

[recrowns]

At present, I know at least one member on each team.

Unfortunately, for Fox and Swan, my options for reports are slimmer - I just haven't checked in with them yet.

[soulus]

If you have doubts, I can cross-check those reports.

[recrowns]

Then I'd appreciate it. I wouldn't suppose you'd have heard anything about Fox and Swan's icons blinking?

[those are the ones that he just needs confirmation on but

it's been a weird sunday]

[soulus]

Not today. I can get the answers to you next week.

[recrowns]

Then when we meet tomorrow, maybe.

[DAILY PCS WITH JAE]

I'm not sure if I possess any other information that's worthwhile... Have you heard of other people receiving messages from the removed?

[soulus]

I've heard of it. Did you receive a message?

[recrowns]

I did.

But I was wondering if you could disclose to me who else also received one - there's a portion in my message that I'm having trouble understanding... so my hope is that others might have messages that contain similar information.

[soulus]

She didn't mention anything indecipherable about the message . . . but it's someone you know.

[recrowns]

[ . . . . ]

Rufus, that isn't very helpful to me.

[soo-won knows

so many people]

[soulus]

It's Yona.

[recrowns]

Thank you.

[that's simpler

but he's just going to keep working on rewrapping rufus' injury]

Did she mention who it was from?

[soulus]

She received a message from Cater.