Audience: Lili

[gatonina]

Comments

[coastal]

I wouldn't.

[ . . . ]

But what do you know about me?

[gatonina]

Probably more than you'd like me to know, Lili An of the water tribe. [they prop their head up with a hand.] And I know that you tried hard to actually help others in your game, including drinking your own poison to prove a point.

[1/2]

[coastal]

[IT'S JUST THIS FACE FOR A SECOND]

[coastal]

It was a good idea at the time.

[it was not]

Fine. Then you know I hate secrets. Do I have to keep them?

[gatonina]

No. You don't have to, but it's something worth considering. I assume you wish to tell Ookurikara and Tsurumaru?

[coastal]

[a beat]

I already did the former and I'm just waiting to find the latter.

[though she really hates that she's! being! read like this!]

So - can you explain why Ookurikara's power is poison?

[gatonina]

[there's a pleasant little laugh under their breath.]

Fair enough. As for Ookurikara's power...I suppose because we also acknowledged he likely wouldn't use it. The powers we were able to impart are a variety of things. After all, there are multiple sides to people.

[coastal]

Don't laugh at me.

[no, she deserves to be laughed at]

... you're right. He would never. So - how many of those types of powers did you give out? Dangerous ones, as opposed to ones like mine that aren't immediately lethal.

[gatonina]

Me personally? To be honest, most of mine are what you may consider morally gray. They can be used for good or for evil depending on the person in possession of them.

[coastal]

[she thinks about it before sighing, seeming to accept that answer]

I guess that makes sense.

And the other two?

[gatonina]

That should be a question you ask them themselves. I'm sure they would be fine answering any questions you have. [a pause.] Regardless, our intention is to keep you safe.

[coastal]

Fine. I will.

[she can understand that, at least. guess she's kicking down more npc doors tomorrow]

That's what I was promised in the last setting I was in, too. Then Tsurumaru was dead on Friday. Do you have any way to promise that it won't happen? Whether by possession or corruption?

[she can weirdly understand if there's just like. a psychopath. she won't pin that on them but that's her job to sleuth those people,,]

[gatonina]

You only have my word. Though I suppose I can put it in writing if that would help? [likewise, they can understand where she's coming from. the rabbit in their hands kicks a little but they simply adjust their grip to hold it more comfortably.]

This place should be perfectly free of corruption or possession. Everyone should be safe. We don't plan to encourage anyone to kill, nor do we want that to happen. All that we ask is that you follow our rules while you're here and make yourselves as comfortable as you can.

[coastal]

[rabbit..... she is distracted for like .02 seconds because it's so cute, god]

Some people didn't follow your scrunchie rule and they ended up getting beat up on the bus shortly afterward. Am I going to get jumped when I walk out of this office?

[she'd deserve it]

[gatonina]

[...they?? hold the rabbit out again?? please take.]

Probably not, though I wouldn't advise trying that either. We did warn you to keep them on for your own safety.

[coastal]

[ . . . . . . quietly

takes rabbit and holds gently in her hands, even though she's pouting about it because she's a moron]

Is there a reason why some rules are enforced more strongly than others?

And why is it for our safety?

[gatonina]

[the rabbit is happy.]

It's like I explained to Wei Wuxian earlier. After what happened with the portals, we aren't entirely sure that things won't follow you all here from your original trials. These scrunchies are designed to help protect you from any major harm. As for the rules...I suppose you could say some are enforced more strongly than others in the hopes that maybe people will actually listen.

[coastal]

[stop lili is also happy

it means that she's not immediately chomping at the bit at what purple is saying]

Is it just harm? Or are they the reason I no longer have access to my ice powers as well? [on which note:] Is there any way that I can get those back?

[she misses it]

[gatonina]

No, no that's...probably something to do with the camp itself, actually. They may have been lost with the portal itself, but I imagine you'll get them back once we get you home. I can try to look into a way to get them for you sooner, but I can't promise anything more than what I'm capable of.

[coastal]

[hmmmmmm. she certainly hopes so]

If you'd look into it, it'd make me more comfortable to be here.

Oh - and speaking of the camp, why the jail?

You prepared all of these lodgings for us, right? So you must've created that yourself.

[gatonina]

I'll do my best, Lili. [right. gay baby jail.] Haven't you ever met someone who needed to be put into time-out? Or just a place to cool their head? The isolation cabin is meant to place people who may become a danger to others if they get too unruly.

[coastal]

Oh, so Hisoka would go there.

[there's a real comment coming after this but she has to fucking say it]

[gatonina]

[no I'm answering this.]

The weird horny fight clown?

[coastal]

That's the one.

[terrible]

[gatonina]

Who even invited him? [is this bonding.]