27th Invasion

[moemoetentacles]

[Anyone wandering around... well, what used to be some portion of the town, since it's hard to tell now, will find Squid Girl collapsed on the ground having a horrible nervous breakdown.  Her tentacles are limp and lifeless, and she's clutching them desperately in her hands, rubbing at them and shaking them and talking to them.]

H-hey... wake up!

[She jiggles one around.  It flops about unresponsively.]

C'mon, I said wake up!  Move already!

[Nothing.  Her eyes start to well up with tears.]

Why won't they move?  Am... am I dying?

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[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

[Here. Have a wandering Oichi. She doesn't seem entirely aware of what's going on, but will stop to answer Squidgirl anyway.]

Yes...

Everything is....dying....

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Is it because I've been on land for too long?

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

It's because.....

Everyone in this world must disappear.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

What? No! That's not what needs to happen at all!

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

Oh, no.... We must.

It is our fate.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

But... not yet! I haven't conquered the humans yet! They're not allowed to all just die!

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

They cannot be conquered. They will all die....

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

But that's not fair! I was just getting to like some of them.

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

Is it wise to develop a fondness for one's enemies?

It can be difficult for you. And for them.

[She sounds like she actually isn't sure. She had been sent to Nagamasa as a spy, but had fallen in love with him. But that had brought nothing but pain for both of them.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Well... they're not all bad people. I used to think so, but... a lot of them were really nice to me!

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

There are.... a few kind souls. But they always seem to leave.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I guess some of them do...

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

Why can they not stay? I don't want to be alone anymore.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Some of them stay! My friend Taiwan's been here since I first got here.

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

You are fortunate. Perhaps I shall be as fortunate one day.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's some people around that aren't total jerks.

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

.........

Little Oni is kind. And very wise. And Lord Steve is most generous....

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Little Oni? Lord Steve? What kinds of names are those?

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

Noble ones....

[She thinks so, anyway...]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I dunno, 'Lord Steve' kinda sounds like a bad afternoon cartoon character or something.

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

[She doesn't know the word 'cartoon' but she does know the word 'bad.']

Lord Steve is most noble and kind.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

What's he the lord of, anyway?

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

...... Nelson street, I think.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Whaaaaat? How come nobody ever told me about that? How did he manage to conquer a whole street already?

[lonelyremnant.livejournal.com]

I could not say....


But fear not, he is a kind lord. he would wait for the bird, i am sure of it.