TAKE ME TO THE MOON (End Game Investigation)

[whimsicalism]

[Friday arrives uneventfully. The fog is growing stronger, it's true, but nothing obvious has happened. It's probably a relief not to have Kakuya's presence or a monster breathing down your neck. That doesn't help the sense that something has changed. Not one but two areas have opened up. A large skyscraper now towers over everything in the east, it's large bulk casting shadows over the entire 'city'. In the west, a park surrounding a lake sprawls out; a solemn looking Japanese shrine sits on an island in the middle of the lake.

Two large new areas are open to you... it's a bit disorienting but you probably should spread out.]

((Welcome to the final investigation for the dead! It's entirely optional so don't feel pressured to join in. ICly, this will be happening at the same time as the living's investigation and trial. Something may happen near the end of the investigation not involving these locations so keep an eye out.))

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[holyironmade]

But being born is a part of life. Then picked up, and fed, and washed off.

[She brings her hands up to tidy her hair back. It's obvious at this point that she is losing the battle to trick him into stoning her over the outburst the other day, but she still tries to be stubborn and not throw the phrase "lost cause" back into his face. Edward didn't even say it. Jeanne is really hung up on the incident for no good reason. Maybe she'll give up soon.]

Is there not some part of life that a person must experience to live in normalcy? Or else they will always choose wrong? Choose themselves? Choose sin?

[bellabellabella]

It is, and it is a part that everything living shares in one respect or another. But from that same common point, paths vary greatly. Some of the differences are a product of circumstance, some aren't, but they are all different.

[He had never known her very well, all considered--they had had several friendly overtures and very little else before he murdered an innocent, at which point there had been no chance for anything until she had tortured and murdered another. That part, admittedly, he had a very difficult time understanding, especially given her general demeanor. She seemed altogether less confident in herself than she had been once, asserting that she was righteous and could not possibly be in hell.]

Very well, then. What is normalcy? Two point five children with a white picket fence and a dog? Generally speaking, humans are eager to strive for conformity, to be the most outstandingly mediocre. They want to be noticed, but do not want to be distinct. But despite that, they are all individuals, and have been through individual experiences to reach the point where they are.