Is ♞ even on the network's character map, or: event related, at -5.

[beknightedheroine]

[The video feed is focused on a pretty egg-shaped gem, colored blue and swirling black. It's sitting on the keyboard, and Sayaka's face is level with it, staring at it. She's not blinking. From the angle, you can't see her (normally violet) collar.]

It's right there. But I keep thinking it's over there. [She waves a hand into the camera's view, dismissively at some-direction.] But it's not, but it feels like it.

Maybe this is what happens when one of us uses too much magic.

It's driving me crazy.

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[notagiraffe]

[He wonders what the gem is but his eyes widen as he realise it is Sayaka talking.]

My magic, keeps being strange as well... I can't always sense Gohran and Sanshi... sorry... maybe they've decided to try and control us again...

[beknightedheroine]

_{[She sounds substantially different than what you're used to, Taiki. A bit of a high-strung monotone, that's verges on petulance every now and then.]}

If that's what's happening, they're stupid. You can't control someone by making them go out of control, right...?

[notagiraffe]

[It worries him, and he tries to sound calm, but fails pretty spectacularly] I don't know... they've done it before, they made us all try and kill... Maybe... maybe they want to know what will happen...

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[beknightedheroine]

_{[There's a long silence, before she snatches the gem in the center of the feed up, hands wrapped tight around it so that the delicate bones in her hands stand out.]}

I won't kill any innocents. I'll smash this before I let that happen. _{That's one way of keeping in control, right? I bet like I am now I wouldn't even feel it.}

[notagiraffe]

[Taiki's eyes widened though he didn't know what it was she was holding. But the way she spoke... he guessed it was important.] Sayaka... what... what is that?

[beknightedheroine]

_{[Despite the words she's spouting, Sayaka loosens her hold on the gem. Even feeling like this, she'd gotten an uncomfortable sense of claustrophobia from doing that. Too pressed in.]}

It's a Soul Gem. Kind of obvious name, right?

[notagiraffe]

[A very obvious name, Taiki leaned towards the computer intently.] Don't smash it Sayaka!

[beknightedheroine]

..I'm just saying, if something like that happens, then...

_{[She puts the gem down, seeming a bit calmer now.]}

[notagiraffe]

It won't [Taiki looked relieved when Sayaka put down the gem] You will be OK, don't smash it... Please.

[beknightedheroine]

..I don't really want to, anyway. _{[Admitted a bit begrudgingly.]} So we'll just have to watch out for what they do, I guess.

[notagiraffe]

Good. It will be alright... their games only last a few days...