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[This is the life you've chosen, Rohan Kishibe. You didn't have to kiss him but you sure did.]

S'just a trick to get me to trust you again and I won't fall for it. I ain't stupid, for God's sake.

[ yes let the betrayal flow through you ]

I was only doing the right thing, Fiddleford. You understand that, right...?

It's what Elias wanted.

Don't you use him as an excuse!

[His coils twist angrily. His fangs have flipped down, and there's a marked hiss on the s-sounds as he speaks. He doesn't close his mouth after he stops speaking; he can't with his fangs extended.

Rohan doesn't know it -- though he's finding out now --but Fiddleford's faith in Elias has been tenuous for a while now.]

[ OH BOY. HE KNOW WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. So much so that he withdraw and flares his wings in a puffing out of his chest.

Snakes know other snakes, y'all.

And Rohan does the same thing when he's pissed too. Let's not get bitten today. ]

Hm...? [ With a blink, he drops character and hopefully the illusion all together. He should look like himself again. He asks the next question in hopes of receiving an answer whether Fiddleford is still impaired or not. ]

... What happened between you and Elias?

[It takes a couple of seconds for Fiddleford to actually shake off the illusion, but once those eyes blink and he can tear his gaze away from that green glow it gets easier. He shakes his head and runs a hand back through his hair, stopping to rub at his temple as though to dispel a headache he doesn't even have yet (but is sure he'll get soon).

Once Rohan swims back into focus and his brain makes the several leaps necessary to realize what just happened, his expression twists. That was... unfortunate. For a lot of reasons.]

What the hell was that?

[He doesn't answer the question. Not yet.]

An accident.

[ YEP. He rolls his eyes to the left and preoccupies himself with setting his fingers on fire. ]

If we're discussing the same thing.

I'm pretty damn sure we are.

[He means all of it, honestly, but particularly that kiss. He is about 99% sure he didn't hallucinate that, mainly because there's a faint aftertaste of the indescribably otherworldly Fog taste on his lips.]

You -- I knew I shouldn't've trusted you. An accident, sure.

[ For him, it's more about how he just kissed the ugliest man alive.

He waves that hand, letting the little embers dance on the air. ]

It didn't do anything for me. Don't get excited.

Nonetheless, I did tap into something and that makes it remotely palatable. What's your baggage with Elias? You only told me what Marco did.

[Before he answers Fiddleford picks up the tequila, mumbling a snippy 'show you excited, you nasty piece of work' under his breath before he takes a long swig. The adam's apple beneath his nonexistent chin bobs. Yeah. Rohan sure did pick a looker to make out with in the name of getting deets.]

Y'know, funny enough I don't think talkin' to you about Elias is goin' to go well? Not like you've got a bias or nothin'.

[ ONE KISS DOES NOT EQUAL MAKING OUT. ]

I really could care less about Elias at this point. He isn't a threat to me. Never really was.

And clearly I'm not here to fight about religious ideals. I might have just opened up a church but I'm not feeling like being off of a neutral spot right now.

But. You do you. I'm just trying to help. There was a "hiccup" in there but no harm done. At least Jotaro had a chin. A chiseled one at that.

[It does when you kiss a man who tends to react in extremes, you dingus.]

No need to be rude. I just... you have to understand why I'm cautious, is all, after...

[You drowned me, he doesn't say.]

Anyway. I just...

[He needs to talk about this. He's been desperate to talk about this for months but he hasn't really found the right person to talk about it with. He can't talk about it with his fellow Fourth followers, can he? He's a priest. He has to be a symbol of the group, an avatar of the ideals, but lately he feels as though he's missed the memo on what those ideals are.

Once he starts talking it all spills out.]

You remember that mess a while back with folks corruptin' places all over the peninsula? You remember how the Fourth God gave that kind of power to Kira, knowin' full-well what kind of person Kira was?

That's when I started... started thinkin' maybe I had a better opinion of Elias than he deserved. But he's just a child, y'know, he's a kid and thinks about things how a kid would but I can't keep usin' that as an excuse, can I? Even a kid would know Kira was a psychotic murderer.

I don't think he cares as much about... about helpin' his friends as he cares about takin' another kid's toys.

[ How could he forget? He lost the park and now he can't take certain people to the woods. Ugh.

Kira's name makes his lips curl and a big of smoke curl out from past them like a bull in the cold. ]

I do. I don't understand that pick and I never will. I won't even try to understand what that was all about... Because I did a lot of things I wish I hadn't.

[ He closes his eyes for a moment. ]

I will be honest. I do not know the inner workings of Elias or anything his followers do. I will always think that all of you are sinners who place too much trust in a child and a computer. However, I will let you formulate your own opinions on that incident.

Mine sounds biased but I will give it to you now that I know what that did to you too: I agree. Elias misplaces his abilities for the sake of fucking the rest of us [ Gesturing to where his key is over his shirt. ] over. I don't believe that he is capable of making and understanding decisions. His promises to everyone look pretty on the outside...

On the inside, not so much.

[ but who am I, girl. who am I. ]

He asked me to die for him. And I did it, over n' over, because I thought whatever he was doin' it was -- it was to help people.

That's what I've been wantin' to do from the start of things. Help everyone else stuck here with me or -- or at least the ones that want to undo what's been done to them. I know for some folks this is better.

[And he can't judge, even though he does, privately, a lot. It's still not his business, really.]

And I don't think that's wrong. But I don't think that's what Elias wants, really. I think he says that's what he wants, and I think maybe he thinks helpin's what he's doin', but...

[He waves a hand. This is hard to articulate and it would be even if he wasn't tipsy and upset.]

Y'see where I'm goin' with this?

[ Nod... ]

I understand. That sucks.

It isn't challenging your beliefs, is it?

[Well. Isn't that the million dollar question?]

... Yes. And no. It's -- it's all sorts of complicated, ain't it? I still believe we need to help the people who wind up here, and get them resources they need to deal with what's happenin' to them, and ... and find a way to change back and send home the people that want that.

[This doesn't include him, not anymore, but it hasn't for a very long while.]

But I don't think that's what Elias cares about. Everythin' he's done lately -- how did ruinin' half the peninsula help anyone? How does takin' people's memories help? How does gettin' into folks' heads and showin' everyone all the stuff they meant to keep private help?

And he keeps sayin' that's what he's doin' and it's all to help us and it's for a good reason, really, he had to, and I'm just... I'm just less and less sure we're ever goin' to see the payoff. I don't think it's comin'.

[His voice is so, so heavy. It hurts to say this aloud after spending so much time keeping it in, but it's true, isn't it?]

hi Dr. McGucket!
it's me
Anna

Lorna's girlfriend

anyway um! i wanted to let you know that well
my sister is back! Elsa!
i know you mentioned before that you knew her last time she was here so i thought i'd give you a heads up that um
well she doesn't remember anything.
so. you know!

[Fiddleford looks at his computer screen for a long several minutes before he can actually muster up an answer.]

Oh. Thank you for letting me know, Anna.

I suppose that's better to an extent. That she doesn't remember, I mean.

[She won't know how far he's fallen since she last saw him. That's good.]

oh no problem whatsoever!

wait what?

why? you said you and her were friends! wouldn't you want her to remember you?

Oh I meant Ryslig in general, not just me in particular.

[Him in particular, a little.]

This place isn't always fun. A fresh start might be better.

oh! oh, right. phew!

but i know what you mean
when i came...it was confusing, but i'm glad i got to start over.
but i hope you and her can be friends again!

Afternoon, Fiddleford. Not to pry but as it's been a time I confess myself somewhat curious.

Your query, regarding what to do for that upcoming anniversary of yours. Whatever became of it?

[ It's hard for Rohan not to sound TOO excited over this revelation.

They're both right here. ]

Then what's the point...?

[ actually

he doesn't sound happy at all. ]

it

it went well. your advice worked out just great. thank you

but more recently we ah

we had an argument.

Well, I... he told me, a while back, when I first started feelin' a little uncomfortable with all this, that I needed to use the power I had for good. And I think that still holds true, doesn't it? He's given me power and a platform and it's -- it's my duty to use it to do good by people even if he won't.

Terribly sorry to hear that. May I ask what about?

[Don't be too gleeful, don't be too gleeful...]

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