Aftergathering 6

[clearasmud]

Rule 17 hits like a gutpunch. The plan she'd talked about, as improbable as it already was, had just become much harder.

But something - someone - digs its heels in inside her, the same way it did prior to their most recent trial. The presence of their latest, insurmountable hurdle, has the odd effect of only making Youko more determined.

They're going to win.

There's hot soup, rice, and tea in the kitchen. We're holding a meeting tomorrow morning in the conference room. I want you to be there.

- Youko

Comments

[announcemyvictory]

I wonder if all that talk of revival is still true.

[icysemblance]

I wonder if that's why we suddenly have all these rules about contacting the dead.

[announcemyvictory]

I think it's just because it was only in the trial that he found out the seances were actually working.

[icysemblance]

That makes sense, in terms of limiting our communication. First, from the outside world, now from the 'inside' world...

[announcemyvictory]

I don't know what he thinks, but it's got to be something like that. I wish I did know.

[icysemblance]

You and me both, Elise.