[WEEK 4, WEDNESDAY: Raven]

[spinatalltale]

[fffffuck these doors]

[honesty, after the first time, Magilou isn't quite sure why she's opening hers and Laphicet's door again. maybe. . . she's testing herself? maybe the knowledge that this island is fucking with her head the way Melchior used to puts her on edge, and makes her want to prove to this goddamn island that she can take whatever mental abuse it throws at her]

[and so, here she is, standing in front of her door with a blank expression, once again watching Artorius strangle the one woman Magilou admired more than anyone else in the entire world to death. she's sort of standing in front of the doorway, trying to block the images within, but since she's short it isn't so difficult to see what's beyond from behind]

. . . it doesn't get any more riveting after the first time. . .

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[spinatalltale]

[. . . it's similar. . .]

[she keeps her eyes on the illusion, but her expression is empty. when she speaks, her words are as well]

It feels real, doesn't it?

[hydrazine]

[She shakes her head as casually as she can, eyes narrowing slightly at the sight before her.]

I know it's not real. It can't be.

[spinatalltale]

That's what your heart says. That's how you keep it from getting to you.

[lifts a hand to her chest, over said heart]

. . . but your senses say otherwise. For some people, the senses overwhelm the heart.

[hydrazine]

My senses have seen this happen to him before, so no, not really.

[There's a new edge of tension in her expression, even if it's not directed at Magilou.]

[spinatalltale]

[her gaze flickers towards Raven, and she nods]

Replaying an old memory, then? That's almost as bad.

[hydrazine]

I'd say it's worse, myself, but maybe I'm biased.

[She sighs, closing the door, forcing herself to look away.]

[spinatalltale]

No no, that's fair.

[exhales deeply when the door is shut]

They really are trying their hardest to knock us off balance, aren't they?

[hydrazine]

[Somehow, that makes her lips quirk upwards in a humorless smile.]

If they think they can outdo the things I've already been through, they're idiots. This is nothing.

[spinatalltale]

[she grins]

I feel much the same. I've been through far worse illusions than this.

[she doesn't elaborate]

It certainly does make me continue to question the fabric of reality that holds this island together, though.

[hydrazine]

We should make a club.

[girls please]

Newt thought it might be virtual reality. I'm starting to agree with him.

[spinatalltale]

. . . I don't really know what virtual reality is, but I am going with "hallucination" or "illusion." I suppose that's close enough?