37

[perfectsymmetry]

[Well, let's try to ignore traumatic date night, shall we? Crowe has other news to report to you all.

Call filtered from Rue:]

Um. I said I would let people know if I found out anything about what happened to those of us who were... victimized last week. Those of us who were infected with whatever it was. Mr. Hughes and I spoke with Rue, but it, ah, predictably didn't go very well. But, what we could gather from it was that it was due to something she slipped into drinks, that the town gave back to her. I think she knew it would do something strange to us, but not specifically what. And that once it started she had no way of stopping it. I figure that mostly from the fact that she herself was not affected by it.

But... I encourage you all to not do anything drastic. Please. She... I think she realizes how bad this all was, and is guilty enough about it. I don't think it'll happen again.

[A pause, and a quite sigh.] At least I hope not.

Anyway, I hope everyone is alright after, ah... a-all these recent events.

---

[Later, Crowe can be found back at the park per usual, with trees and ropes and the whatnot. Today he's got a rope tied in a high tree branch straight up vertically, trying his best to climb up it using only his arms. Woo upper body strength training! It's pretty tough, but he's going at a slow but steady pace. Surely there's no ulterior motives behind all this training lately...]

_{[[OOC: Chrona-mun, feel free to keep backtagging the date if you want~]]}

Comments

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Maybe. I would suggest that someone who's friends with her talk not her instead. Maybe they can get through to her better than I could.

[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

Possible.

And you do not know what the substance she used was?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

She just said she got some tea back from the town from her home, but she didn't know what it did. But, it's hard to believe the town would give you something back that you didn't know what it was. I've never heard it of it happening, but a lot of things are possible in this town...

[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

I see. Quite peculiar, indeed.

And you hold no ill will towards her, despite her changing your nature?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I... I don't know. I'm mad but... what can I do? There's really no way to stop her from doing this, if you think about it.

[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

Certainly there is.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

N-not without stooping to a level as low as what she pulled! The best I can do is warn people to be careful around her.

[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

There are ways to make her realize that the benefit of doing what she is doing are outweighed by the costs. And that there are far better things she could be putting her talents towards.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping she's come to that conclusion on her own. No one here will trust her after this.

[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

Do you feel bad for her then? It was by her own decision that she caused this to come about.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I-I don't know. I guess it was. All I'm going to do is avoid her from now on.

[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

So you chose retreat then?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I can call it that. But I wasn't about to beat up on a small girl who's younger than me. I pretty much learned all I needed, except as to what precisely it was that caused that beyond "tea".

[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

Who said anything about using physical force?

Although, if you believe someone to be doing something morally wrong, it becomes your prerogative to confront them and stop it when given the chance.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

That's what I tried. But she really has no cause to listen to anything I said. Or anyone for that matter.

[repeatsalvation.livejournal.com]

Her loss then.