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what does the party think of loop being a different siffrin. like why theyre here. likee do they think loop is a siffrin who.. succeeded? a siffrin who died?
[context: Dagger Ending AU]
Ooh yes. Here's everyone's theories from the first week or two, and what Loop had to say about them!
They've all discussed their theories together (though with some details omitted when Bonnie's there), and they have varying opinions on each other's, but they mostly stick to arguing their own if just because they have a clandestine bet going on. Maybe a little gauche, but sometimes you need to lighten the mood by acting the same way you do for sillier topics.
Bonnie's theory: Siffrin asked the stars for a friend.
Bonnie's story is inspired by some fairytales they were told when they were younger. Those fairytales were inspired by stories from the forgotten island, so Bonnie's version here actually brings it closer to the originals again! Though of course, with a Vaugardian twist.
Bonnie says: Siffrin was worried about being left alone, so since he really likes the stars for some reason, he asked the stars to be his friend forever. So one of the stars came down to be with him! But obviously a dot of light wouldn't make a very good friend, so they had to Change to be a person — and a dot of light that isn't a person yet wouldn't know how to Change right yet, so they just cheated and copied Siffrin. But it's impossible to Change to be exactly like another person, you can only ever be a new version of yourself, so that's why Loop isn't the exact same as Siffrin.
Bonnie: I know you don't want to explain to us why there's two of you, and why you're not a— you're... more different than people can normally be, but if I tell you my thee-ry, will you at least just say if I'm right? Loop: Hm... Probably not. Loop: But you should tell me anyway! [Bonnie explains their theory.] Loop: Aw! That's a very cute story~ [Loop's smile becomes more forced.] Loop: That is all I am, aren't I? A star friend for pooor little Siffrin, so he doesn't have to be all alone? Bonnie: I knew it!!! Bonnie: Do you miss being a normal star, up in the sky? [Loop takes a deep breath.] Loop: I miss a lot of things. But I asked to be here. Bonnie: Oh! Did you ask for a friend, too? It would make sense for the stars to pick you to send, if you were lonely too. Loop: ... I did! You're very good at this. Bonnie: Of course I am!!! Loop: You know, you should tell your story to stardust. I think they'll like it better than I do. [Bonnie runs off to tell Siffrin about it, and then to tell the other adults that Loop said they were totally right.]
Isabeau's theory: Loop is a sadness made out of Siffrin's self-hatred and loneliness.
There's stories about people finding "their" sadness that mirrors them exactly, including both fiction that uses it as a metaphor for inner battles, and folktales that claim to be true. Isabeau used to not believe the folktales at all, because they vary so wildly, and surely one single person's emotions couldn't be strong enough to make a sadness as sapient as some of the stories claim — no sadnesses are that clever, not even the big powerful ones that are made out of so many people's emotions that they aren't even vaguely human-shaped.
But, now, well... If it is possible, it's hard to find any negative emotions stronger than the reasons someone tried to kill themself. And it's undeniable that Loop seems to be closer to a sadness in physiology than they are to any living creature.
Plus, there could very well be some other factor that pushed Loop into full personhood! Some of the stories include the sadness feeding on its originator until the person wastes away and the sadness takes their place, which is far-fetched, but so is this whole situation. Or, animating a statue kind of involves putting a bit of yourself into it — your craft energy, your intentions — so perhaps Siffrin had put a lot of themself into Loop, in a way that isn't possible with something nonliving. It would explain the craft exhaustion, too, if Siffrin had fueled Loop's becoming in some way or another.
Isabeau: Bonnie said you said they were right. That you're a star sent to be Sif's friend. Loop: I'm sure they did. Isabeau: ... But it's not true, right? [Loop looks away.] Loop: ... I didn't actually tell them it was. I didn't lie to them. Just... parts of it. Isabeau: Parts of it were true? Isabeau: Which parts? Loop: ... What do you think? Isabeau: Well, it would depend on exactly how they worded it, wouldn't it? They keep changing their mind on the details. Loop: What do you think, then? Isabeau: About… Loop: Me. Isabeau: Right. [Isabeau makes a face.] Isabeau: I... don't know that it would do any good to tell you. Loop: Wow, that bad, huh? Now I have to hear it. Isabeau: Just, promise you won't take it the wrong way? [Loop squints at him.] Loop: I'll take it whatever way I want. Isabeau: Alright, fair enough. Alright. But, whether or not my theory is true, that doesn't change how I think about you, okay? You're a person, and you're our friend, and I'm glad you're here with us. Loop: Just get on with it, Fighter. Isabeau: Yeah, yeah, alright. Isabeau: It’s... I think you might be a sadness? [Loop gasps dramatically.] Loop: Ooooh, how could you~? Isabeau: There would definitely have to be more to it. You are a person, and you're stable, Sif's moods don't affect you any more than they do the rest of us. But... you're not human. You don't need to sleep, you can't eat, you're just... not made out of living stuff? But you're not artificial either, you're not an inanimate thing that's been crafted to move. You're alive! And there's only one sort of... being... that I know of, that's alive but not living. And, well... Sif...... Loop: ... They were so very, very sad. Isabeau: Yeah. Loop: Well! It does make sense! Loop: Of course you'd go for the depressing, realistic answer! Loop: You're entirely wrong, of course, but... Loop: I... [Loop looks down at their hands.] [They move their hands up, to grip their arms.] Isabeau: Sorry. I knew you wouldn't like it. I swear it really, really doesn't matter, okay? However you... got here... you're here now, and you're you, and we're glad of it. Loop: ... Isabeau: I'll go see if Bonbon needs any help with dinner.
Mirabelle's theory: Siffrin killed himself, and he both got brought back to life and lived on as a ghost.
To be exact, he successfully(-ish?) committed suicide when he said he was going to go take a nap in the meadow. She thinks it's an earlier attempt rather than the one Odile saw because: Siffrin had originally told Isabeau he wanted to talk again with someone he'd spoken to the day before — which could only have happened earlier in the day, because Siffrin was never left alone later — and while that could be a lie it also explains how Siffrin knew that Loop was at the favor tree at all; Odile mentioned how confident and unflinching he was about it, which could be explained by having done it before; and everyone agrees that the recent changes in Siffrin started, though more subtly, after the nap in particular.
Siffrin not dying from his late afternoon attempt isn't necessarily as much of a factor — Vaugardian ghost lore includes stories of people being haunted by earlier versions of themselves that they’d Changed away from, so there’s precedence for living people having ghosts. Of course this means there are other major Changes besides death (or deciding to die) that can create a ghost, but the other ways Siffrin has changed don't seem quite dramatic enough in the right way to have been the catalyst. In fact, it’s strange than Loop seems to be the more Changed of the two! But perhaps pre-Dormont Siffrin actually was more like Loop and just hid it better, or perhaps Siffrin used to be more like Loop at an earlier point in their life, and had somewhat Changed but not enough to be happy with themself. Either way, any of Loop's traits that post-Dormont Siffrin doesn't seem to share much at all would be parts of themself that pre-Dormont Siffrin "killed".
Mirabelle: Loop... You don't have to answer if you don't want to, but... Are you a ghost? Loop: You know, stardust guessed the same thing! And I told them... Well, I don't remember anymore. Something about the Favor Tree being my grave? Loop: Anyway, you could sort of say that! Except, how could I be his ghost when he didn't actually die? You made sure of that. Mirabelle: Well... I thought maybe... Mirabelle: Maybe Siffrin did kill themself? Before that? And you're the parts of Siffrin that they killed, but you stayed because... because you still had things to get done, or Siffrin still needed you, or… or something like that...? Loop: HA! Loop: Yeah, something like that!!! [Loop laughs hysterically for a bit, then suddenly stops.] Loop: ... Go away, Housemaiden. [Mirabelle leaves to fetch Siffrin.] [While she's gone, Loop leaves the camp.] [Siffrin finds them and brings them back several hours later.]
Odile's theory: Siffrin wished for a companion.
The final loop through the house didn't include either of the forgotten language books on wish craft, but it did include discussion of the impossibility of time craft, and the diary where a lonely person wished for a copy of themself. Odile initially dismissed the diary as creative fiction, but it was still fresh on her mind when she met Loop later that day!
During the next couple days in Dormont, she asked Euphrasie about how she crafted Mirabelle's blessing, because she loves cutting-edge craft. The conversation turned to the King's impossible time craft, and Euphrasie said she thinks he probably used wish craft. She explained that she doesn't know much because it's hard to find anything more than brief mentions of it, but she's confident it's real. She's pretty sure you need to do very particular things in order to use it, though — not any old wish will do — and she doesn't know what those things are. But it's probably the only way the King could have gotten the power to stop time, and there's a chance that the people of Vaugarde’s wishes for salvation contributed to his defeat (but she's not sure because who knows if anyone actually wished the right away).
Now, knowing that wish craft could be real… it’s strange to think that Siffrin might know about something basically unheard of. But they did know about the orrery in the house, and caring about stars is basically unheard of, too! And… Loop says they’re a star… and the King has stars on his armor….. And it’s risky to use one guess as evidence for another, but that could be three instances where the shape or knowledge of stars appeared alongside the use or knowledge of wish craft. And Siffrin spoke to Loop at the Favor Tree, and supposedly that’s where they spoke the day before too, and a Favor Tree is a place where you ask for something you want.
Siffrin’s craft exhaustion could be a point for or against; on one hand, making a copy of yourself must be powerful craft, but on the other hand, wish craft was what allowed the King to perform craft so strenuous that it should’ve instantly killed him. Plus, Siffrin’s exhaustion didn’t hit till at least a full day after they went to the Favor Tree alone the first time. So Odile doesn’t know enough to call that factor either way.
And why would Siffrin try to kill themself shortly after their wish came true? Was it just not everything they hoped it would be? Siffrin and Loop fight a lot, but they obviously care for each other a lot, too… But maybe even getting something they really wanted could make a depressed person feel worse, if it doesn't help as much as they hoped it would, and they decide that means they’re hopeless.
Odile decided on this theory by day three. There are other mysteries that aren’t as neatly explained by it, like the ease with which Siffrin navigated the house, but perhaps they’d made a second wish? Or perhaps that was the influence of the Vaugardian wishes that Euphrasie talked about? And over the following weeks, Siffrin’s behavior has only gotten stranger, in worrying, unexplainable ways. Odile is finding many different pieces to an unknown number of puzzles… but she’s fairly certain she’s got a good start on the Loop corner.
Loop: Well, Researcher? Everyone else has told me their theories on what and how and why I am. What's yours? Odile: I was wondering when you’d ask. My best theory is that Siffrin made a wish — for a friend who wouldn’t leave him, or someone who understood what he felt, or something along those lines — and your existence was the answer. Loop: … Loop: Same story as the Kid, huh? Odile: You did say that they got parts of it right. Loop: It just seems a bit unrealistic for you, Researcher~ Stardust wished for a friend and one just fell out of the sky? Odile: Your entire existence is unrealistic, Loop. But if a craft has the power to freeze an entire country in time, surely it also has the power to create life. Or split it, perhaps. Loop: … But the king used time craft. What does that have to do with wish craft? Odile: The Head Housemaiden of Dormont believes wish craft is what gave him the power to stop time. Loop. W- How does she know about wish craft?? Odile: How do you, Loop? Loop: The— It’s— [Odile waits patiently.] Loop: The book! The, the diary, in that room, with the— the thing for the stars. It talked about wish craft. Odile: Ah, of course. The diary of a person who felt lonely and misunderstood, so they used wish craft to make a copy of themself. The diary you’ve never seen, because you… branched off, let’s say, the day before we fought through the House. Loop: Stardust told me about it! Odile: Of course. You know, they remember a surprising amount about the House? It's been several weeks, and you'd think between the traumatic injury the day before and the fevers afterwards, even the average person would consider it all a bit of a blur. But they still remember details that the others have forgotten, about conversations it seemed they were barely paying attention to. Even one or two things that I don't remember at all. [Loop breathes shallowly.] Loop: W— What are you implying? Odile: Nothing in particular. However shaky the wish craft theory seems, I'm even less sure about everything else. Loop: Well, you should be! Because there is nothing else! [Odile sighs.] Odile: I'm sorry, I know you don't want us knowing about these things. You and Siffrin both. But he's... not doing well. [Loop looks away.] Odile: And frankly, I don't think you are, either. But we can't help if we don't know what the problem is! It's your choice not to tell us, but I'm not going to stop trying to figure it out. Loop: It doesn't matter! The other things. He has you now, all four of you. You're helping. They'll be okay. Odile: What about you, Loop? Loop: ... I'm helping too. I'm trying. I'm here to help them. Odile: Loop... [Odile is about to say something, but stops. She takes a deep breath before continuing.] Odile: It would help a great deal if you and he could be more open with us. Loop: ... Odile: Can I take this as confirmation of my theory, at least? Loop: ... Not quite. Odile: But I'm close. [Loop doesn't claim otherwise.]
#mirabelle's theory is so funny. imagine trying to kill yourself and you split like a hydra instead of dying#even funnier bc she's so right. she's got the emotional beats DOWN.#and even the details#yes siffrin killed themself after the morning and before the afternoon#just um. there happened to be multiple years in between those times.#and the instance of 'taking desperate action in an attempt to leave this world' was separate from all the times they slit their throat#or otherwise died on purpose.#anyway the other three guesses are fairly correct too ^^#in different sorts of ways <3#isat#isat au#dagger ending au#isat loop#loop#bonnie#isabeau#mirabelle#odile#it's weird putting them in a different order than normal.. but it had to be chronological by loop convo....#suicide mention#suicide#posts that take 48 hours and three script tabs and one wiki tab to write
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im a teenager with seasonal depression and a shitty fatigue causing disability and adhd currently still in highschool and: the way you talk abt minors right to autonomy, and How School Sucks, and everything related to that is. The Most Soothing Shit i hear all day. like. reading some of your posts abt how Good graduating early and being a Problem Child was for you was So Damn Calming.
most ppl immediately go to sooth me with the "but you Are smart, and you just need to try harder!! your life isnt entirely ruined today :) just go to school tomorrow and be Good and Learn and you'll be fineee. you aren't one of the bad ones, Dont Worry :))" and that makes me. invent new types of panic attacks and neuroses on the spot.
but having an Actual Adult whos like "no. school can infact be the fucking Torture pit for some people and it is So Utterly Fucked Up how Anyone can make you do Anything, actually. you arent a bad or damaged person this is Normal and your value isnt dependant on Schooliness. do whatever makes you least likely to kill yourself. you dont owe them shit, especially not being Good. be a problem, take up space."
is. genuinely the nicest thing Ever. to me. like. Makes me Kinda Want To Cry nicest thing ever. anyway yea. thanks for that.
ahh, this is lovely to hear. but i'm so sorry you're going through this.
i remember being in high school in 2011 when the gay teen suicides were national headlines, and everyone had Opinions on it, and the "it gets better" trend was everywhere, and -- while those videos did do a lot of good!! -- they just kind of made me more furious?? because i was so mad at all these adults basically saying, "yeah, high school is an institutional pit of death and horror, but eventually you'll be 18!!" i was like hey. Help Us Now.
it was actually the song "make it stop" by rise against that gave me any peace or sense of belonging, because. here was a band i loved full of straight dudes (as far as i know, anyway) who were just fucking MAD. they were righteously angry!! they gave a fuck what was happening!! and lyrics like "the gatherings hold candles but not their tongues" rang SO true to me, as someone who was dealing with endless "oh, so sad he died, but there was something wrong with his brain" discourse.
the memory of that has made it REALLY easy to hold onto my anger in adulthood. because sometimes kids don't need "it'll be fine, just hang on :)" they need "you're gonna be okay, but FUCK ALL THIS."
it's truly fucking Unconscionable to do what we do even to neurotypical, able-bodied teens with good home lives. i want to say i can't imagine being a teen with chronic fatigue and ADHD going to classes eight hours a day.... but i can!! i did that!! and almost died!!
i honestly think the lack of autonomy in the US school system is traumatic For Everybody. different levels of trauma, for sure! but i think that's part of why adults seem so disconnected from our teen years and can't remember the realities of being an adolescent. we overwrite the horrors.
the good news is: it Does get better after school. astonishingly so.
in the meantime: you don't owe anyone Anything. literally your only job right now is to survive. do whatever you need to do to not kill yourself or end up in jail. don't worry about anything else. i promise it Does Not Matter As Much As People Say It Does.
#replies#the jail caveat because some school districts (particularly Black ones) have a pipeline system for truancy#and i do think staying out of juvie needs to be as important a priority as staying alive. for your health#but beyond avoiding jail: fuck 'em. obviously do what you can but if you can't then you can't.#you know your limits better than the adults around you. it's okay to say actually. no. i'm not gonna be a good student anymore.#suicide#trauma#c ptsd tag#tangentially
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INTERVENTION
If you follow me on IG, you will know that this week I said goodbye to the second of my Japanese rescue cats, Moses. She was 18. Her sister Mudsie died a few years earlier. My cats Moses and Mudsie saved my life, over and over, for 18 years. That is true, in broad metaphorical ways. They kept me alive, because they needed me and loved me. There was also this small moment. This is an old comic, drawn the day after it happened (some time around 2012). Moses intervened in a moment that could have gone very differently. I am continuing to sit with my feelings today. Grief, loneliness. But mostly thankfulness. Thank you Moses, for this moment and all the ones that came after.
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I'm gonna kms on Instagram Live too
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I think Drake has to kill himself on Instagram Live at this point
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this could work both ways tbf
#i was gonna have him go to stab himself with a kunai but i couldnt for the life of me draw it#(mostly on account of ms paint not have a proper rotate feature in its transform tool)#art#tw suicide#suicide#cw suicide#espilver#espio the chameleon#silver the hedgehog#ms paint#comic ^^#doodles
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if ur gonna send me transphobic anon hate at least get the suicide rate dogwhistle right, ur right wing besties aren't gonna care about "43%"
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omg i have pluto conjunct sun, 1h saturn, lilith conjunct ascendant and 7h neptune. my bf has 8h mars, 12h moon and pluto square venus 😭
The Astrology of Power & Control: How Your Chart Reveals Your Inner Dominance
Some people are born to follow. Others are born to take.
Astrology doesn’t just tell you who you are—it tells you who holds the power and who gets consumed by it. It reveals who dominates, who manipulates, who bends the world to their will.
And if you don’t know which one you are, someone else is already in control..
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🔥 The Mark of the Dominant: The Chart Placements That Control the Game
These are the placements that don’t ask for power—they take it.
🖤 Pluto Conjunct the Sun or Midheaven – The Walking Shadow Kings & Queens
These people don’t seek control—they are control.
You feel them before they speak. You fear them before they touch you. They own the room just by existing.
People either worship them or want to destroy them. There’s no in-between.
🖤 Mars in the 8th House – Sex, Strategy, Survival
They know how to weaponize desire. Their presence is felt, craved, and feared.
They don’t chase, they don’t beg. They make you come to them, and when you do, you won’t leave unscathed.
They understand power is psychological. They control through silence, dominance, and the art of the unseen.
🖤 Saturn in the 1st House – The Silent Authority
Their energy is heavy, commanding, impossible to ignore.
They don’t have to prove themselves—they are proof. Their existence is the final word.
People respect them, even when they don’t want to. They demand compliance without ever raising their voice.
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🖤 Lilith Conjunct the Ascendant – The Untouchable Seductress
They don’t ask for attention. They demand it.
Others become obsessed with them, but never fully understand them.
They know how to use fear, seduction, and mystery to their advantage.
💀 The Mark of the Controlled: The Chart Placements That Get Consumed
These placements often fall into the hands of the powerful—sometimes willingly, sometimes against their will.
💔 Neptune in the 7th House – Blinded by Love, Betrayed by Fantasy
These people see what they want to see in others and ignore the truth until it’s too late.
They attract manipulative lovers who use them for their softness, their idealism, their willingness to sacrifice.
If they don’t wake up, they become pawns in someone else’s game.
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💔 Moon in the 12th House – Haunted by Hidden Enemies
These people feel everything too deeply but struggle to see who is truly on their side.
They are drawn to karmic connections that drain them, abuse them, or keep them trapped.
They need to learn how to stop surrendering to emotional vampires.
💔 Venus Square Pluto – Loving Their Own Destruction
These people crave intensity but don’t realize it’s slowly destroying them.
They attract obsessive, possessive lovers who suffocate them, control them, and make them believe it’s love.
If they don’t reclaim their power, they’ll keep repeating the same painful love stories over and over again.
Final Question: Are You the Master or the Pawn?
Your chart reveals if you rule your destiny or if you’re playing someone else’s game.
If you see yourself in both sides, don’t worry. The question isn’t if you have power.
The question is… will you learn how to use it before someone else does?
DM FOR READINGS
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#actually borderline#bpd feels#bpd mood#bpd problems#bpd thoughts#bpd vent#actually bpd#borderline personality disorder#depressing shit#living with ptsd#tw bpd vent#tw self destructive behavior#tw depressing thoughts#tw depressing stuff#tw depression#actually ptsd#childhood trauma#trauma#borderline things#borderline thoughts#sad thoughts#suicide
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nobody talks about the fact that you can have all this crazy shit in your head, and want to open up and talk about your feelings but no matter what, you just can't make out the right words and properly put your thoughts and emotions into words
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don’t kill yourselves theres too few freaks in the world as it is
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It’s so crazy how much landlords bitch about their job like I swear to God they act like they’re martyrs. Veterinarians don’t complain about their job in nearly the same way and they have one of the highest suicide rates and have to put down pets for a living. If you don’t like dealing with those filthy nasty poors living in YOUR property, you don’t have to be a landlord. It’s not one of those jobs where there’s a huge educational investment that makes finding a new job difficult, you didn’t spent 8 years in landlord school, you can sell your properties at any fucking time to another greedy rich fuck. You don’t have to log on to bitch about an ‘ungrateful’ single mom paying $2k a month to rent your shitty roach infested hovel having a 5 year old that draws on the wall. You could, you know, get a different job. Or kill yourself.
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So there is a lot of bad stuff going on right now, and I'm sure there are lots of people feeling hopeless and thinking of suicide. Well, I've been suicidal for 21 years and I have a few practical pieces of advice for surviving that I rarely see in other places but I think have done more to keep me off the ledge than almost anything.
1. Don't feel guilty for wanting to kill yourself. Life can be extremely painful, and you are not weak, a coward, or irrational for considering the obvious way to alleviate that pain. Guilt on top of the rest of your pain will not help, and you are not a bad person. You are going to have to tell yourself this a lot.
2. If you think you might do it, find an excuse to live. This is different from a reason to live in that it is short term and shallow. For years my excuse was that I still had enough money to buy a pizza and I'd be damned if I didn't get my last pizza before I died, and if i still wanted to kill myself after the pizza then I had lost nothing. I swear this kept me alive through some of the hardest years of my life.
3. If you have an online friend you can trust, ask if they would be willing to do check in duty occasionally on your worst nights. It's very simple, on bad days where hurting yourself is a real possibility, ask your friend if they can send you a message at regular intervals, say 15 or 20 minutes, confirming that you are safe. It can be as simple as "check?", with you responding "I'm ok". Being immediately held accountable makes not doing it so much easier. I asked a friend to help me like this about two weeks ago to deal with a really bad self harm day and the difference between trying to do it on your own and simple check ins is astounding. It hurts so much less.
4. You die with nothing left on the table. This is for when it's over and you are going to kill yourself. You have a plan, you are ready, and you want to. At this point you are effectively dead. Which means there are no consequences. You can finally do the thing that you were always too scared to do. Maybe it's quitting your job, or confessing to your crush. For me it was coming out as trans. This is your last ditch effort, so if it blows up in your face and ruins everything it is no loss because your plan will still work tomorrow. You were already dead anyway, who cares if you left behind a bit more chaos.
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dagger ending question: how did the villagers within earshot react, and do they also check in on siffrin? thinking like, tutorial kid and running one
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hmm, let’s see, who’s nearby, where is he.. somewhere that siffrin would assume is adequately out of the way for a minute of privacy, but if he’d actually thought about it he woulda realized there’s way too high a chance of someone walking through…
i think the best option here is the path to the clocktower, across the broken bridge and right around the corner. the villagers never go to the clocktower, the party has it all to themselves — but siffrin you silly goose, that means everyone in the party walks that path at least once a loop. and since siffrin is usually the last one still running around town and did the friendquests the last several times they looped to dormont, they forgot when exactly odile finishes her shopping and brings everything back to the clock tower, if not interrupted.
unfortunately. this means the closest villagers are the kids. but if they start hollering “what’s wrong??” as they run over, odile can go ah fuck and yell back for them to turn around and go get mirabelle right now because someone’s hurt. and if they don’t all go, or when they bring mirabelle back, the kids can be told to guard the bridge and make sure no one bothers them while mirabelle is working! sometimes the best way to stop a kid from doing something is to task them with making sure no one else does it.
hmm.. bonnie is nearby too… perhaps far enough to be out of earshot of the initial shouting, but they’d probably see the kids rush by with mirabelle and run over to see what’s going on. so maybe actually mirabelle sends bonnie to get isabeau! again, distracting them with a genuinely useful job. and when they get back, the kids say nuh-uh you’re not allowed past the bridge, and before bonnie can clobber them for it odile comes over and swaps out with isabeau and talks to bonnie. says siffrin got hurt, but mirabelle is healing them, and the best thing odile and bonnie can do now is stay out of the way and plan a really good dinner.
ofc bonnie asks what happened, but odile is not about to explain what she actually saw, and does not have a cover story ready either, and would rather not come up with something on the spot before she has more information, including.. siffrin’s status once mirabelle has done all she can. so she just says they’ll have to wait until siffrin is healed to get the full story. bonnie is very upset, esp bc odile won’t tell them how bad it is other than “mirabelle got to them quick, so hopefully they’ll be just fine.” which is not very reassuring but odile doesn’t want to say more and then be wrong about it. bonnie probably ends up deciding they’re even more mad at siffrin now so they don’t care ANYWAY but like they’re saying this with tears on their face.
and then yeah the villagers who saw mirabelle run by would have been talking worriedly, maybe starting to congregate by the bridge. running one, tutorial kid, smug one, maybe even fishing one and daydreaming one. odile just tells them one of the other saviors got hurt but mirabelle is taking care of it, if we need any help we’ll ask, otherwise go away, stay out of it. she’s being a lil snippy but who could blame her. and though the villagers are very curious they know when to back off… and go gossip w the other villagers instead, lol. they’re probably worried about what this means for the whole defeating the king thing. 😔
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