[catchall] Kate

[sixillusions]

An introvert and a shadow walk into a haunted house

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[sixillusions]

Yes, but I have something else to take care of first.

[Now that his MEMORIES ARE FIXED damn he's pissed all over again remembering he's spent two months with brain soup. But actually--]

Hold on. [And he leaves!!!

...But eventually he comes back with a pen and a piece of paper torn off of. Something. On the back is a sketch of the 1890s equivalent of a world map!! It's like, not incredible? But it's probably more accurate than you'd expect from him.]

Does any of this look familiar?

[He knows by now that he might not be able to help look into things for her... but he'd promised himself he would try, and her killing him never negated that.]

[sootprints]

[ she studies the map...


but in the end, she shakes her head. ]

This is your world? I'm sorry... I don't recognize anything here.

[ but she is really happy that he remembered to come back to this. ]

[sixillusions]

[It's not surprising, but he sighs anyway.]

...I'm sorry. [He's not a savior, and this was never truly his responsibility, but--still.]

[sootprints]

... I'm really glad you remembered.

[ warmly. ]

... Don't worry. I used my wish to eliminate the Lord Grandfather's power... the one to control minds.

[sixillusions]

[Ignores the first part like a rude tsuntsun]

...Right, you partnered. [Lavi told him.] Good. That's a start.

[sootprints]

[ nods... her comically horrendous partnering timing. ]

The hard part is what comes next... Taking back the house.

But I think we'll win.

[sixillusions]

Will it be all of you?

[Against him? Or will she have to fight people she knows and cares about?]

[sootprints]

I think so. Most of us.

There might be some who choose to run instead, but right now... I think most of the children would be willing to stand with me.

The bigger question is whether the adults would continue to stand with a powerless leader.