pc catchall for tsurumaru.

[agleam]

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[preowned]

[ he nods... ]

How is it going now?

[agleam]

[he just kind of pauses for a long moment.]

Um. Badly? Badly. But, I'm gonna figure it out.

[preowned]

... you will. You are very smart and resourceful.

[agleam]

[his smile is a little bit uncertain, but he does nod along.]

...Thanks. I'll definitely do everything I can.

[preowned]

And if not, Percy can save the day.

[agleam]

Thaaaaat is not going to happen for several reasons, but it would have been nice!

[preowned]

[ his expression is clearly "what is going on" ]

[agleam]

[awkwardly, after a second:]

I can tell you what's been happening if you want to know, but it's kind of a long story.

[preowned]

You can summarize it, if possible.

[agleam]

[he thinks about several ways to describe what happened, before:]

...A monster made of pure darkness that feeds off people's fear and pain destroyed the kingdom.

[ok

he does get a little more somber, though, as he says:]

Percy's, um - Percy's gone? Everyone's gone. So.

[preowned]

[ rupert what is your life

... ]

As in... are you the only one left?

[agleam]

[sometimes... the lore is wild

after another moment, he nods.]

[preowned]

How long has this been going on...?

[agleam]

Um... Well, it started a long time ago, but I only found about it a few hours before we all came here.

[preowned]

Oh...

Then we really need to make sure you get back soon.

[agleam]

The staff already told me that things are - paused, for right now. But that's still true, I really need to make it back.

[preowned]

Time being stopped doesn't really make it feel any less urgent...

[agleam]

I know, but... The important part is that it can't kill anyone else while I'm here. I can still stop it before that happens.

[preowned]

Would you like help?

[agleam]

About that...

[an awkward pause]

I don't think it's a good idea. Um, for anyone to come at all. Once we get a little further, I'm going to ask the staff, but... If we get something like what most people are familiar with, where we get to visit each other after this, I think it's a better idea if my world is left out of that arrangement.

[preowned]

[ ... ]

Is there a particular reason why?

[agleam]

Yes.

[he takes a second to find the best way to explain it.]

The threat that we're facing... There's a person that it's tied to, it follows him wherever he goes. He's a coward who's been running from it for years, so if he found a way to try to escape to another world, he'd do it even if he put the people there at risk. And if it made it to other worlds, it'd do the same thing it did to mine. It took my entire kingdom in less than two days. I'm going to do my best to stop it, but if something happens, I don't want it to have the opportunity to spread out to the rest of you.

[preowned]

[ ... ]

... if you are sure.

But please know that the option is still there.

[agleam]

...I know.

[and he does smile, grateful.]

I appreciate it. But I think it's safer for everyone else like this.

[preowned]

... well.

When it's over, we can see each other then? When you fix it.