momquest: a quest for moms

[farfromgrace]

[ It's another day in Tokyo-D, and the relentless cycle of content generation for the masses goes on; how long have you been filming this drama, exactly? And it's not that it's a bad show, per se, but the fact that it's really dedicated to showing the gritty realities of combat and using practical effects for it is... kind of a lot.

Also it can't decide if it wants to be a show about frenemies or about enemies-to-lovers-to-enemies. Cowards.

And besides, it's not home, is it?

It occurs to you on break at the really honestly lackluster buffet table set up for the actors and any surviving extras that... there's really not that much security on this show, all things considered, unless there's something you're not seeing... ]

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Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[softlyfalling]

[ on one hand shrike is relatively used to hearing voices in her head on the other hand they're not usually like... this. but she's at least used to it such that she doesn't drop her glass of water.

glancing around— ]

Did someone...?

[ "did somewhat what" yeah good question she has no idea how to fill in that blank ]

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Confused, Nero wanders out of his room. Someone must've just popped into his room and left. Spots Shrike, the #1 suspect for saying 'I love' around him.]

Hey, did you just say something?

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[softlyfalling]

I... no, although, I thought I just...

...did you hear something? I thought for sure someone must have been... right here.

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[gigadevilbreaker]

Weird... I had that too.

Is hearing voices contagious?

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[softlyfalling]

I hope not! That'd be really bad, but I—wait, is that...

[ she squeezes her eyes shut for a moment. ]

...it sounds like Amaranth?

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[gigadevilbreaker]

[He tries to listen harder with his ears?]

...Yeah, it does kinda sound like her.

Do we get ghosts around here now?

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[softlyfalling]

I'm pretty sure she's not dead! I mean—

[ she's alarmed, though. ]

I mean, wasn't she on transfer...?

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[gigadevilbreaker]

She died while she was transferred?!

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[softlyfalling]

What?!

[ how could this happen!!!! ]

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[gigadevilbreaker]

[HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN????]

That's insane, who could take out someone like Amaranth??

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[softlyfalling]

Ah, but—if something happened to her to the extent that she's a ghost here, that's really bad!

Amaranth, are you a ghost.

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[gigadevilbreaker]

Amaranth, did you die facing an army of demons single handedly?!!

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[farfromgrace]

[ sometimes you can still hear her voice ]

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[deicider]

Don't just jump to ridiculous conclusions!

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Flusters indignantly, then clams up.]

I mean, it could've happened...

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[deicider]

Obviously Amaranth wouldn't screw off to Heaven by herself and die!

[or Cardinal would KILL her.]

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[gigadevilbreaker]

I mean, she's in Heaven somehow... How d'you get to Heaven?

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[softlyfalling]

I think there was a time before, where... wasn't it Nem who was one of the people who got into a place that was apparently heaven...?

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[farfromgrace]

[ yeah obviously. ]

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[unbr8kable]

[speaking of,]

--Hey, did you know your girlfriend's trying to call you?

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[deicider]

I noticed; something weird is going on. Amaranth is supposed to be on a temporary transfer.

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[unbr8kable]

Yeah, like, to Heaven, apparently? I didn't even know there was any Heaven left?

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[farfromgrace]

[ this time you hear amaranth's voice, like she's standing next to you—very clearly. ]

Cardinal—?
How many of you can hear me?

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[softlyfalling]

[ hey.

hey what ]

Amaranth—? I think Nero and I... but how is this—happening.

Re: ALSO MEANWHILE IN AVANTE

[farfromgrace]

[ you realize you can hear a lot of avante-shaped background chatter, like you got stuck on some kind of mental group chat, but specifically, very clearly you hear in Amaranth's voice, like she's responding to someone: ]

I'm not sure yet. I'm—
I know this will sound very strange, but I'm fairly sure I'm in Yu-Shan—that is, probably what most here call "Heaven." It's incredible, but there isn't a clear way back.