Camp: private conversations

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Respond here for a private conversation with Red! All comment threads are screened.

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[He's doing an alright job so far, at least.}

...I think I know what you're getting at.

[She offers a hand out to him, so she can hold his hand.]

[yunolikebugs]

[Gonta... Nods rapidly, gently holding her hand as she offered it...]

... Red no want this either... Gonta know that... Everyone knows that... They trap Red too, didn't they?

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[She'll hold onto his hand and squeeze it gently.]

You have to trust me here: I'm trying my best to get as many of you out of here as I can.

But that voice...it lies, Gonta. It lies to get you to do what it wants. It's not the first time it's appeared here at camp, and you have to be careful with it.

[yunolikebugs]

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[Red can feel the hand shaking.]

But... Why it always want blood?

[He shakes his head.] Gonta heard two voices. One said we gotta kill to get correct powers back. Other voice Talcott... Red know if voice can sound like someone we know?

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I haven't heard of it mimicking others before. But it is out for blood, yes. And if it thinks that mimicking a friend will get that blood, then I could see it doing that.

[yunolikebugs]

... Weird. But Talcott not mention death...

[He thinks for a moment.]

Talcott sounded like he kept getting cut off. That normal?

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I don't know. I don't hear the voices.

[yunolikebugs]

Then how Red know voice is lying...?

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Well...didn't it tell you to kill several times during your stay here already?

[yunolikebugs]

... Well, that not only thing that happening when voice comes...

[He shifts his feet a little, trying to come up with the words...]

First voice made Gonta feel really sick and weird... Then it kept Gonta up with this one question... Then Gonta went blind... And now Gonta can't hear animals anymore only summon personas!

[He just. He had to say something.]

But every time... Things went back to normal after someone died!

Gonta can prove it if Red want to see.

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[Please don't summon Mara in here, Gonta.}

No, it's alright. I already had Lance in here in a dress, I believe you.

I'm just asking you to think critically about what you hear, to make sure that what you trust is the truth. Can you do that for me?

[yunolikebugs]

[Gonta opens his mouth... But he closes it and nods.]

O-Okay... Then... Red promise Gonta to ask herself why she gotta execute? Why you gotta work for those guys?

[He's looking her in the eyes. It's a rather sorrowful look, but still.]

There gotta be better way than killing more people... There gotta!

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If it wasn't me, it would be someone else. And someone else might be more cruel about it.

[yunolikebugs]

[... Well. He knows he shouldn't push too hard.]

... Gonta understand...

[He still doesn't seem very happy about it.]

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I know it's a hard truth to accept, but it's how things are. I will remain here, even after all of you have left camp. As long as this camp exists, this is where I am meant to be.

[yunolikebugs]

... Red sure about that? Camp really bad for everyone, though...

[He means no disrespect, but he's worried for her, too.]