[Video] [Backdated to the 18th] In which a sudden freakout announces the Phantom Thieves' success!

[have_hat_will_travel]

Does anyone else feel extremely on-edge right now? Like something's going to happen, but no clue what? We were planning to head out tomorrow, but is it possible something's coming to Keystone instead?

Unless someone's got an idea of what's going on, I think I'll, uh, try scouting or something? I mean, my Perception check is good and all, so...

Hopefully that will-

[This would be about the exact second that the cognitive form of Pidonus' Queen, representing her Queen's mental hold on her, is destroyed over in her Palace.

Pidonus freezes in mid-word, her eyes losing focus for a second before her pupils visibly shrank, terror beginning to form on her features...]

What... I... I...

[And then, audible both in the log and in the hallway near Apartment 22 in Keystone Station, Pidonus screams incoherently and faints. The video is still running when she's first discovered. And she'll probably be freaking out a lot when she's woken up.]

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[fistsofchange]

It's fine, we've handled all kinds of messed up stuff. It's not...like...

[She trailed off as Pidonus started looking weird, and then flinched when she screamed.]

Holy crap what happened!?

Re: video

[have_hat_will_travel]

[If Pidonus even heard Lin before fainting, she shows no sign of it as she collapses. If Lin bothers to listen instead of, say, going to check on her, she might hear some mumbles, but nothing clear.]

[fistsofchange]

Pidonus? Hello? Are you alright!?

[Thanks to the miracle of technology, she can do both! She's listening in on the phone while finding her way to Pidonus' room.]

[have_hat_will_travel]

... Who...

[Pidonus' door is shut, but not locked. Inside, she is rather... Unceremoniously collapsed on the floor, almost completely unconscious.]

[fistsofchange]

Hang on. I'm coming.

[It took her a while to get there, as she lived in Keystone Rise, but it still wasn't long before Lin was knocking on Pidonus' door, and then when no answer came opening it up herself.]

[have_hat_will_travel]

[Pidonus is, by now, still on the ground, but... Quietly sobbing.]

Why...

I totally forgot this thread whups

[fistsofchange]

[Lin is there beside her on the floor in a flash, checking her pulse and also generally doing her best to be a comforting presence.]

I don't know what happened but it's okay now. We'll get it fixed.

Re: I totally forgot this thread whups

[have_hat_will_travel]

N... No...

I'm... Was I really...

[fistsofchange]

[She'll just sit there and make generally encouraging noises until Pidonus feels up to getting a complete thought out.]

[have_hat_will_travel]

...I'm sorry.

[fistsofchange]

It's okay.

[Not sure what she's sorry for, but there were few sins so heinous that you couldn't move past them. In Lin's mind, anyways.]

[have_hat_will_travel]

... But. Why am I free now?

What happened...

[Lin might know about Goro's plan to invade her Palace, or might not.]

[fistsofchange]

You're really gonna have to give me some more info here. What are you free from now?

[have_hat_will_travel]

[Only by now does Pidonus seem to recognize Lin's presence more fully.]

... L. Lin?

I... Something happened. I'm... Not sure I wanted it, but.

Her influence. It's gone. It... Should it be?

[fistsofchange]

Who, that queen you were always talking about? I dunno, but I bet it's a good thing in the long run.

[have_hat_will_travel]

It's... Not that simple.

I'm not sure if I'm powerful enough to face her if she chooses to hunt me down. Meaning I may never be able to head home.

[fistsofchange]

Now you have a choice, though. That's the best part about being alive! No matter how much you've messed up. No matter what kind of weight you have on your soul, you can always choose to make things right.

[Lin stood up and offered a hand to pull Pidonus up too.]

If you can't go home, you can come with one of us! Or we can help you deal with this queen of yours! There's so many powerful people here that if we work together we can take on anything!

[have_hat_will_travel]

I... Hope you're right, Lin. I just... That's all I can do, now, I guess.

[fistsofchange]

You'll figure it out. Don't worry.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Y... Yeah. Can I be... Alone for a bit?

And all this right before we head out...

[fistsofchange]

Yeah, sure.

[She patted Pidonus on the shoulder.]

Take as long as you need. I don't know what happened, but I think you'll come out of this okay.

[have_hat_will_travel]

... Yeah. I just. Gotta figure out what I want.

... Which is. Awkward.