[0] WEEKS WITHOUT MURDER

[maladied]

BONJOUR.

Another morning greets you in [ setting ], and it greets you loudly. A commotion erupts somewhere ahead: voices raised, someone screaming, another shouting for help. If you're unlucky enough to be passing near the infirmary, you have a front-row seat to the chaos.

Fran and Y'shtola are flung from the infirmary like ragdolls, hitting the ground in a tangle of limbs and dust. Something inside is on a rampage— something feral, unbound, and unwilling to be tamed.

The speakers crackle to life, Lobelia's voice far too cheerful for the circumstances.

❝ Bonjour, mes amis. If you happen to be wandering near the infirmary this fine morning, do take care... there appears to be a rather spirited beast expressing its displeasure. Fran and Y'shtola have already demonstrated the consequences of getting too close... quite spectacularly, I might add.

So, unless you wish to go flying before breakfast, I suggest maintaining a respectful distance. C'est simple.

Thank you for your attention, and do enjoy the rest of your morning... preferably from afar. ❞

OOC NOTE: A temporary barrier formed around the battlefield during the fight. Only characters already inside the epicenter were able to participate. Anyone who attempts to cross the boundary will be met with a sharp electric shock and forcibly bounced back several feet.

Comments

[anaxagoreia]

Failure is a stepping stone to success.

[ Anaxagoras does not say this in a flat tone, he means it firmly, and with feeling, despite...you know, everything.

He will be trying everything that he can. ]

...We should not accept it, but we should use it to continue to sharpen ourselves as best as we can to narrow down even further our chances to succeed.

We will make it happen. I refuse to accept any other conclusion.

[sideline]

[ again, this is all before siffrin has their meltdown. ]

I know. [ fran will still be wincing but he'll nod. they both have the right mindset and even though it's so frustrating to be looking at a wall... ] I know it is...

Of course. There's only one acceptable solution for all of this—even after all of this and where we are at now, it doesn't mean there still isn't time for our breakthrough to happen.

[anaxagoreia]

It's exactly the right time for it to happen.

[ They have been fighting for answers all along...pooling together what they know, they must all have something substantial now.

He looks towards everyone else here, quiet, expression unreadable - and of course, noting who is not, even now. ]

...we have enough pieces to put together, after all.

[ Then again is it enough for the cure to be assembled in one to two days in reality? They will see soon enough... ]

[sideline]

We do.

I believe that we definitely have all of the information now, it's just a matter of finding out how to probably combine it all and knowing what to do with the outstanding issues.

[ which is far too numerous to mention here in the meta but fran is absolutely going to confirm that they have all of the information that they needed. the foundation to everything that they need is with them, just, putting it all together. ]