AUDIENCE: IZUMO

[retellers]

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[truthisms]

... Mm. I don't know if everyone will be able to, so I can't say one way or another...

But it's true that saying goodbye is one of the hardest parts of life—though having people you hate parting with is, in its own way, something to be grateful for.

[sacredchants]

It doesn't feel like something to be grateful for. Not without thinking about it, anyway.

...but I know I wouldn't take back any of the time I've spent with him or anyone else.

[truthisms]

... Then, I'm glad to hear that.

[ fox has wanted izumo to find, like, one thing to appreciate all game because she's had such a fuckin bad time. ]

Though I suppose I'm getting a bit off track from the topic of memories.

[sacredchants]

[ fox ;w; and well. she found a single good thing...which happens to be a person who is also still very much alive. ]

A, ah, right! So? What is it that you remember?

[truthisms]

[ ...

as if without realizing it, his hand goes to his throat, but anyway. ]

I don't know if it's useful at this point, but... it's of a past cycle. Swan had Tiger killed, using Ichinose Hajime. [ a pause. ] I wouldn't read too much into why, though. Being a past cycle, her reasons may be isolated to just that one.

[ he's pretty sure swan has no murderous feelings towards tiger this time around, at least? ]

I can make some guesses as to why I regained this memory, of all things... but it might not be relevant now.

That aside, I know a few of the other Leaders remember something else. The issue with the Realm and the nova—it's some kind of virus?

[sacredchants]

[ hm.

that's nice. also sounds like something she heard in passing as well. ]

I've heard about that being thrown around as well. [ by like two people so she wasn't going to hold her breath. ] Well, at least about the virus, but the thing with the virus—is it something within the nova itself?

[ no one told her full deets about if there were any solid ones. ]

Or is that something you aren't sure of...or something I should ask someone else?

[truthisms]

The other Leaders and I have discussed it, so... I don't think anyone knows more than that, at the moment.

[sacredchants]

We're so close, right? To fixing this once and for all? Is it the monster or the virus that we should be spending time worrying about?

[ or both. unfortunate both. ]

[truthisms]

Well, if it exists, they're the same thing, it sounds like.

[sacredchants]

[ oh? ]

The same thing? I hadn't heard of that before.

[truthisms]

Looks like it. Don't know much more than that, though.

[sacredchants]

Well, I guess we'll find out one way or another. I just hope it won't end up finding us with our pants down.

Hey, can you tell me if the role of the chest pieces have changed any since your mask has broken off? I mean—I wasn't even sure what they were supposed to do in the first place.

[ AND EVEN IF SHE WANTED TO ASK EVERYONE KEPT TELLING HER NO. ]

[truthisms]

I can't say much without Blanca-san's permission, I feel like... but no, nothing has changed.

[sacredchants]

And of course Blanca has been so cagey about the whole thing in the first place.

[truthisms]

[ a helpless look ]

It does make things tricky, although I do understand that he just wants to be careful.

[sacredchants]

I get it, too, but it doesn't make it any easier.

Say, you said you got one of your memories back, right? What did you remember? Did you remember your name yet?