i'm a 1997 girl (reze)

[malewife]

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w0, monday

[malewife]

[ Joonghyuk is pacing around as usual, but then he sees... Reze is stuck in a pitfall.

He doesn't say anything. He hovers over here and raises his eyebrows. ]

[quiz]

[ It was in the middle of Grigory's hiccupping -- nestled on her shoulder, it took only a few seconds before he had twisted himself into his lynx form and she came tumbling down.

Now she's stuck in a pitfall and Grigory keeps hiccupping. Mouse, iguana, lynx; nothing that will help her out.

Reze glances up, sees Joonghyuk looking down at her, and without so much as saying a word she lifts her arms up. Help. ]

[malewife]

[ i used all of today to watch midnight mass instead of being good with my tags i'm ]

It was only the matter of time before you would find trouble.

[ He crosses his arms. ]

w0 friday

[malewife]

Did you end up meeting the rest of them?

[ Joonghyuk is done being fussy because in the end he couldn’t find anything off, but he’s still paranoid. ]

[quiz]

Yeah.

[ She's just glad that he's done being a teen girl. ]

I wanted to see if everyone was effected by... whatever was going on. And turns out they were doing a count of everyone who popped up.

w1 monday

[malewife]

[ WHEREVER REZE IS IN THIS NEW CITY!! ]

Did you lie about being an orphan?

[quiz]

[ LET'S GO WITH... DINING HALL. Trying to have a normal meal after she's been Fed. ]

No. But I did lie to someone about having parents -- I think. Maybe.

[ She takes a sip of her drink. ]

Why?

w1 saturday, post-trial

[malewife]

[ Wherever Reze is!! Joonghyuk will be there. ]

You made a scene over your choker.

[quiz]

[ hi she's just getting a glass of water since she's a lil dehydrated baby ]

Well, to be fair, it was a much more mild blow up than it could have been.

w2 thursday

[malewife]

[ We are going to pretend they are snooping around shops because they are gremlins that like look, but Niah unfortunately again bumps into some glass as he's sniffing around. We are here...

This is the 1863rd regression... Your 1864th life and you've accepted the proposal from your leader to become the villain of this story, the enemy of the world. You betrayed everyone that loved you to kindle the flames of hatred. You kill off your emotions so you can attack anyone and everyone in your path. You do this because she promised you that she will find you a grave.

She said if she could gather everyone under one banner, then she will be able to find a way to end your regressions. She's reliable. She's resourceful. Cunning... You trust her.

You play your role.

You stand at one of the tallest peaks of Seoul where the apocalypse dragon is sealed. All you need to do is use the sword in your hand to "unseal" it, though you know better. Your leader's plan is to use a different sword than what was prophesized. Instead of releasing the dragon, it would instead expand the seal to engulf the whole world.

... The scenarios would stop. Everything would stop. You would stop. Finally, this world can be untouched by the scenarios, lulled into a deep sleep.

You're stuck in your misery, following orders like the minion you are, but as you approach the seal, a clear thought comes to mind. It's a name in the haze. One of the people who fights in the backdrop against your leader and your former companions. That's right, there's a battle here. It's hard for you to tell when your senses are so muddled. All you know how to do is destroy and kill. You have no target here, only a mission.

While your leader and former companions only have animosity for you, this man doesn't. He looks at you like you're a person, like you're human.

「 Kim Dokja. 」

You turn to look at Kim Dokja, this anamoly of a man that showed up out of nowhere and showed you a world you've never seen... You grip your Heaven Shaking Sword as you recollect what you saw that night when you threatened this entity that lived inside the other man. The Fourth Wall told you of a beautiful story when you interrogated it. It was a world where no one you loved needed to be sacrificed... A world where you didn't need to be a villain. For this moment, you forget about the scenario and the apocalypse dragon that dares to wake.

You break out of your sea of despair and your senses sharpen. The world doesn't seem so much like a blur and you can see the other man's face properly. The monotone colors are washed away as color starts to fill everything in. You don't say anything. Instead, you only piece together words in your mind—for some reason, you're sure Kim Dokja can hear you.

「 The world that you showed, does it really exist? 」

Kim Dokja doesn't answer you, but his mouth is agape as he tries to find the words. Your leader shouts why are you hesitating. Use the sword to expand the seal. Didn't you ask her to put an end to this all? Didn't you want to die?

You turn to her.

“I want to die.”

They're such familiar words... They haunt your mind almost every single day for the past tens of thousands of years. But this time, there's something else. Something familiar, though it shines so much brighter than you've ever experienced.

「 I want to live. 」

“I want to finish it here.”

「 If there is a chance, like the world I saw… 」

A part of you can't help but hope... And that part of you is the one who wins. You no longer want to be a character in a story. You want to write your own ending. A happy one. Just like the world Kim Dokja came from—the 3rd regression round where Kim Dokja exists.

Of course, Joonghyuk frowns but says nothing. ]

[quiz]

[ Stepping out of that memory was like coming out of a whirlwind; she's disheveled, a bit out of place, and even Grigory in his lynx form is curled around her feet in an attempt to feel settled back into place.

A minion.

I want to die.

I want to live. ]

Dokja is a very important person to you, isn't he?

w3, friday

[quiz]

[ wherever the fuck he’s at, she’s approaching with a deep frown. bag slung around her shoulder, she’s gonna pretend like she didn’t bring first aid in case he needed anything. she’s not concerned or anything. ]

You’re insane.

[malewife]

[ He was?? Restocking? Medical supplies? ]

I know that isn't how you greet people.

[ DON'T BE RUDE, DAUGHTER. ]

w4 thursday pre-curfew

[malewife]

[ Wherever Reze goes before curfew. Joonghyuk's wolf ears are pinned back, much like Niah who's also in wolf form. ]

You took the jewel.

[quiz]

[ She’s tired. She wanted to go outside, but ended up stopping at the lounge and simply staying there.

Grigory is in his mouse form, curled in her hands. She doesn’t even need to look up to know who is speaking to her. ]

It was all part of my “fate”.

w5 ( wednesday )

[quiz]

[ Hi dad, wherever he is. ]

I need to talk to you.

[malewife]

[ Ice garden cause he was carving sculptures. ]

What is it?

w5 ( friday )

[quiz]

[ Is he eating food he made here in this fine dining hall... share... ]

You doing okay, ahjussi?

[malewife]

[ Ah... Well, Joonghyuk is definitely eating his food as he's bleeding profusely because he's back and the weekly effect is taking him.

No share. ]

I see you finally chose to use the title.

w5 wednesday, post-event

[malewife]

[ Joonghyuk is...

At the arcade. Reze can be here, too. ]

[quiz]

[ Snaps a picture of him. There’s an obvious shutter sound. ]

w6 ( friday )

[quiz]

[ Hello father she's been searching for you forever where are you in this here PARK. ]

[malewife]

[ Just sitting on the bench!!

Niah lifts up his head when he notices her, still in his wolf form. Joonghyuk speaks. ]

Did Kim Dokja tell you anything about his death?

w6 ( saturday )

[quiz]

[ Here she is, ice cream in hand and eyes a little less bloodshot. It's butterscotch ice cream, by the way.

Everyone in this ice cream parlor is probably concerned but whatever. ]

My head hurts.

[malewife]

Just eat your ice cream.

[ They are here and only one of them is eating ice cream. Niah is just lounging under the table. ]