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Hi Siffrin! I know it seems like you've reached the end of your journey, but don't trip and fall flat on the last bit of the race. Hang in there, ok?
"No need to worry! We might still be on the first floor, but I'm sure we'll beat the King in no time at all!"
My dearest protostar how are you holding up is the timeloop fun are you having a grand old time in the building?~ Do you remember what the sun looks like?~
"Why would I care about the silly old sun anyway~? An actor's place is on the stage!"
Ask Siffrin
Asks: Open
This is a blog centered on Siffrin. Expect Siffrin-typical behavior and ISAT/SASASAP-typical subject matter. This includes (temporary) suicide.
Important posts linked under the cut.
(Has the housemaiden ever told you about The Cursing of Château Castle? You're not sure. Best to play it safe.)
(You hold the book to your chest and think. You'll have to use her name to get her attention, won't you? You don't like doing that much anymore... it's easier to watch your actors die when you focus on their roles instead. But you still remember it, of course. What kind of friend would you be if you didn't?)
Traveler: "Hey, Mirabelle!"
Housemaiden: "Huh? What is it?"
(She turns to look at you, and you try to ignore the nagging feeling that you've forgotten something as you hold out the book to her.)
Traveler: "This is the kind of book you like, isn't it?"
Housemaiden: "The Cursing of Château Castle?"
Housemaiden: "Oh, yes! I must have read it a hundred times! Lord Joséphandre's story is so moving, and the ending! The first time I finished it I didn't know what to make of it, but it's amazing that the whole time, the man who did such heroic things was–"
Housemaiden: "WAIT THAT'S SPOILERS"
Housemaiden: "Anyway, yes! I love this book! I have a copy in my room, actually!"
(She takes the book and looks at it more closely.)
Housemaiden: "..."
Housemaiden: "Wait, issue #87? But... The Cursing of Château Castle is just one book? Where did you find this, Siffrin?"
(Oh no.)
Traveler: "Um, it was just on one of the shelves?"
Housemaiden: "It shouldn't have been... this book shouldn't exist. How is it...?"
(You feel the researcher's gaze on you. Oh no.)
Researcher: "What shouldn't exist?"
Housemaiden: "This book Siffrin found! It says it's issue 87 of a series, but the series doesn't exist! It's just one book!"
Researcher: "Let me see that."
(The researcher takes the book from the housemaiden. She looks at it for a long moment, then at you. You swallow.)
Researcher: "...Where did you find this, Siffrin?"
(Same excuse. Use the same excuse.)
Traveler: "It was... on the shelf?"
(She looks at you skeptically.)
Researcher: "I find that hard to believe. People don't generally leave Crafted books from series that don't exist just lying around."
Housemaiden: "Crafted?"
Fighter: "Crafted books?"
Kid: "Why would you Craft a book?"
(...)
(They're all looking at you. You can see the suspicion in the researcher's gaze, and the confusion in everyone else's.)
(Better come up with something quick before they–
What happened Siffrin? Is everything alright?
"I knew the Tears were up ahead I should've been paying more attention I usually stop him in time and this time I didn't and now he's ACTUALLY STOPPED IN TIME! AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT!"
"...We have to leave him behind until we beat the King. And it's my fault."
opinions on bananas?
(!!!)
(There it is!)
(You pick up one of the pieces of wood and put your dagger against it to start carving, paying close attention to the others to see if they say anything. Sure enough, the Fighter speaks up.)
(...You usually mumble things under your breath when you're doing things like this? Something like "please be good"... or for sharpening something, maybe "please be sharp?")
(...)
(This is actual progress, isn't it? You'd forgotten what that felt like.)
Siffrin, what do you and the other saviours have planned after beating the king?
"The Housemaiden, Mirabelle, has been talking a bit about going on a pilgrimage."
"I think the Fighter, Isabeau, was a Defender before, so he'll probably go back to his job."
"I'm not sure what the Researcher, Odile, has planned. Maybe she'll teach a class on whatever it is she's studying? Maybe she'll keep studying it? Or maybe she'll just go home to Ka Bue."
"The Kid, Bonnie, has a sister back home, so they'll probably want to go see her."
"And as for me, the Traveler... maybe I'll take a nap!"
