Yes, it does. If you're alive, it can take years and years to get to the point where it starts affecting you like that. But as soon as you die, it takes over and grows rapidly.
"As far as you know"? So... there could still be something.
[His composure's breaking, but he can't help it. It's a chance of salvation that he can't help reaching for. If there's any possibility, no matter how small, that they might still be saved...]
There could be a, a cure, or a spell, or something that you just don't know about.
Then...! Then it's okay even if we don't manage to stop it here! All I have to do is make it out alive, and...!
[Tohsaka can help. She's a genius, and she's got contacts in the Clock Tower, so there's no way they won't find some way to fix it! And Illya knows all kinds of weird magic stuff, maybe she can help too! From there, all he has to do is bring the cure back to everyone and they'll all be fine. They'll all be alive and well and themselves. He won't fail, not this time. Everyone will be saved.
(He's grasping at straws. If there was a cure, surely it would have been found by now. It's hopeless. But those straws are the last thing keeping him from breaking apart right now.)]
That is a good way to look at it. Survive eight weeks, make it out alive, and see what you can do from there.
[Red isn't fond of giving false hope, but it sounds like Shirou really needs to hear it. In reality, she doesn't know how fast any of the kids will be consumed, so she can't make any promises to them.]
That thing about an idea two people had. I know you want me to figure it out myself, but I really haven't made any progress. So... I was wondering if you could give some kind of a hint.
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Date: 2018-06-20 06:23 pm (UTC)[Red frowns.]
If I have to go clean up another body right now I'm not going to be happy.
[aka WHO DID YOU KILL TO FIND THIS OUT???]
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Date: 2018-06-20 06:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-06-20 06:32 pm (UTC)[OH WELL]
But yes, there is something like that inside of all of you.
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Date: 2018-06-20 06:35 pm (UTC)[And here's the scariest question that he's not even sure he wants answered.]
Are we going to end up like that priest?
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Date: 2018-06-20 06:43 pm (UTC)[Red does look a little guilty at that.]
Possibly. It depends on how fast it grows inside of you, and if you die or not. It's not the same for each person.
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Date: 2018-06-20 06:48 pm (UTC)[Deep breaths. He's determined not to lose his cool this time. Blowing up at Red won't help anyone.]
Does dying make it grow faster? Is that why the people who've died are... like they are?
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Date: 2018-06-20 06:50 pm (UTC)['zombies' is not an inaccurate term here.]
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Date: 2018-06-20 06:53 pm (UTC)[Again. Deep breaths. Stay calm. You can do this, Emiya.]
So... is that the voice we've been hearing? It's trying to get us to kill each other so it can take us over faster?
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Date: 2018-06-20 06:58 pm (UTC)[She sighs.]
I asked my superiors about that possibility, and they said 'it's classified.'
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Date: 2018-06-20 07:02 pm (UTC)So you have to put up with that too, huh...
Is there any way to reverse it?
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Date: 2018-06-20 07:04 pm (UTC)And as far as I know, no. There is no way to reverse it.
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Date: 2018-06-20 07:16 pm (UTC)[His composure's breaking, but he can't help it. It's a chance of salvation that he can't help reaching for. If there's any possibility, no matter how small, that they might still be saved...]
There could be a, a cure, or a spell, or something that you just don't know about.
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Date: 2018-06-20 07:18 pm (UTC)I...suppose it's possible, yes. But if they know something, then it's above my clearance level to know.
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Date: 2018-06-20 07:32 pm (UTC)[Tohsaka can help. She's a genius, and she's got contacts in the Clock Tower, so there's no way they won't find some way to fix it! And Illya knows all kinds of weird magic stuff, maybe she can help too! From there, all he has to do is bring the cure back to everyone and they'll all be fine. They'll all be alive and well and themselves. He won't fail, not this time. Everyone will be saved.
(He's grasping at straws. If there was a cure, surely it would have been found by now. It's hopeless. But those straws are the last thing keeping him from breaking apart right now.)]
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Date: 2018-06-20 07:35 pm (UTC)[Red isn't fond of giving false hope, but it sounds like Shirou really needs to hear it. In reality, she doesn't know how fast any of the kids will be consumed, so she can't make any promises to them.]
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Date: 2018-06-20 07:40 pm (UTC)[False hope is what he's built his entire life on. This is fine.]
Oh, uh, I had a different question too. About what you told me last week.
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Date: 2018-06-20 07:48 pm (UTC)Yes? About what?
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Date: 2018-06-20 08:10 pm (UTC)Red sighs.]
Well that avenue may be closed off now, since a certain someone made some bad choices last week.
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Date: 2018-06-20 08:12 pm (UTC)[THANKS LENKA]
Well, I guess I won't have to worry about that anymore, at least.
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Date: 2018-06-20 08:54 pm (UTC)You just had to point that out, didn't you...!
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