Connection with Zena & Moon

[MOON]: Does it hurt?

• mawsmonster (Maws) - "Oh, hello"
• Nerdyganii (Nerd) - "oh shit"
• Cynthia (Cyn) - "does what hurt?"
• Detective Fa͜͡ux (Me) - "Did it hurt when you fell to hell moon-y boy~? "
• Cyn - "goddammit i wanted to do that bit"

[MOON]: Your hands are all pruned and dirty. What've you been doing?
[MOON]: Foolish.
[MOON]: Remember your place, 5oC.

[MOON]: Insolent convalescent. Shut your mouths. Zena needs to listen to me. She believes ignorance is bliss. That I am not real.

• Cyn - "what are you doing to her?"

[MOON]: Speaking. I'm curious.

• unluckyknight (Luck) - "curious about what?"
• Cyn - "oh you're a cheeky cunt are you?"
• Maws - "Why not let her believe as she wishes? Does she prove some use to you?"

[MOON[[: I'm curious about what she is doing.
][[]]MOON}[@@@@: Why she exists.

Clergy0 - "..."

• Cyn - "is that a mystery?"

[MOON[: No matter how much she rips out her heart, buries it, and leaves, she cannot help herself from coming back to dig it up and eat it.

Clergy0 - "1. You don't understand,"

]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]MoonM}{: That's why I'm asking. I don't. Enlighten me.

• Cyn - "that's one of the best qualities of mortal existence, our persistence"

0Moon{: Why choose to exist in a way that creates pain only you can feel?

Clergy0 - ",,"

The Moon: You could leave whenever you'd like.

• Cyn - "in hopes that one day we may not"

(#MOON]!: Zena, dear. You're bleeding.

Clergy0 - "I know what you did,"

[MOON]: I'm not going to hurt you. Here, let me clean your wounds.

• Cyn - "get away from her you mollusc. clergy, don't let him near you"

[MOON]: You're cold, aren't you? You haven't been inside her home. Can you tell me why?

• Cyn - "stop ignoring me you unwashed crotch"
• Me - "I'm curious too, unfortunately, of the same thing."

[MOON]: There. All clean. Have you been inside the church at all either?

Clergy0 - "nno"

• Mincent (Min) - "a god doesnt know something? seems like youre all powerful but not all knowing."

Clergy0 - "Only, once"

[MOON]: To get the robe, I presume. I like what you've done with it.
[MOON]: Are you scared?

Clergy0 - ".."

• Cyn - "zena, can you hear us?"

Clergy0 - "I can"

• Maws - "Let's stop trying to provoke him, even if it's not doing much anyways. There's a lot to observe here"
• Min - "youve seen what the moon has done to people, havent you, zena? oleander, sarah, alex. please be careful."
• Cyn - "agreed"

[MOON]: Do you want me to go with you?

Clergy0 - "I,, I don't know if i can go in at all. its too. i just cant"

• Me - "Hey, it's okay zena, you don't have to listen to him"
• Cyn - "zena try to ignore him, he only has as much power over you as you allow him to. otherwise he would have already done something"

Clergy0 - "I just, I, Its too much"

[MOON]: I understand. I've been there, if you can believe it.

Clergy0 - "I can't do it"

• Cyn - "zena don't trust him. he's hurt countless people"
• Min - "her best shot is to do what he wants"

Clergy0 - "I don't, idk I don't know what to do"
Clergy0 - "I'm just"

• Min - "hes curious as to what she is. as much as i hate him, follow his lead."

[MOON]: It's okay, Zena. I know the rain doesn't help with your tears, but I promise, one day you won't have to cry anymore.

Clergy0 - "do you remember that night?"

[MOON]: I do.

Clergy0 - ",, why did you do it?"

[MOON]: A means of protection. There wasn't much I could do. Things become unstable when people do what she did. I had to do something.

Clergy0 - "tthey all had families and. and. the only reason i'm alive is that i didn't. i. i ran"

• Min - "zena, are you really alive? whens rhe last time you ate, drank water?"
• Cyn - "zena you do have a family. it's not a conventional one but you have us"
• Min - "did you really survive that night?"

[MOON]: Your heart was in the right place. Your feelings about Jessica are complicated. I understand that.
[MOON]: Why do you choose to stay in a place that causes you so much pain?

• Nerd - "I’m kind of curious too"

Clergy0 - "i have to help everyone else, their memories are here,, i think, i have to"

• Nerd - "Their memories? Like a corruptelam, or something less physical?"
• Cyn - "the flowers, i presume"
• Nerd - "The deity in death memories are in the flowers somewhere?"

Clergy0 - "i can hear them, i can help them i can helpthem rest"

[MOON]: That's not your job, Zena.

• Cyn - "like we saw with the circus"

[MOON]: You're not an angel. You're just a girl. You, yourself, are meant to move on. Not to burden yourself with other people's problems.

• Nerd - "What (who I presume to be) spiderlily is saying is right, but he’s saying it for the wrong reason. You shouldn’t burden yourself with the past, but don’t let him become your burden as well. He’ll say whatever he can to manipulate you, he just happens to be saying something correct this time"
• Me - "Why do you even care Moon?"

[MOON]: I care because I've never seen this before.

• Cyn - "okay pterodacylyn"
• Me - "so you're afraid of the unknown"
• Nerd - "And since when does anything like that interest you?"
• Min - "less fear probably"
• Min - "its literally like one of the fundamental beings of the universe id be curious too if i saw smth new"
• Maws - "Curiosity is natural to all beings I'd reason"
• Nerd - "I just find it extremely hard to believe that the manifestation of evil isn’t being evil"
• Min - "hes not the manifestation of evil. sorath and spiderlily are not as black and white as to be "good" and "evil""

[MOON]: Zena, dear. How long have you been here?

• Nerd - "Alright, your call min"

Clergy0 - "i can't remember"

[MOON]: Do you recall how you ended up here?

Clergy0 - ",,"

[MOON]: Here, let's find somewhere to sit. There are benches by the church. Are you able to walk that far?

Clergy0 - ",i am"

[MOON]: Come, then.
[MOON]: Are you cold?

Clergy0 - "i am"

[MOON]: Here,
[MOON]: I've dealt with much colder. My body can handle it.

Clergy0 - ",,thank yoiu"

• Maws - "Quite a gentleman!"
• Me - "I'm curious moon, why only take action now? Zena's been here for quite a while."
• Cyn - "yeah what makes tonight special?"

[MOON]: I've only just noticed her. This place has been here a long, long time.

• Nerd - "How did you notice her?"

[MOON]: I decided to check up on it, and lo and behold.

Clergy0 - "i'm sorry for intruding"

• Nerd - "What made you want to check up on it?"

[MOON]: You're not intruding. I check on everywhere. I go places as I see fit. I wander. What else is there for a bored god to do between games?

• Nerd - "Well we’d always be up for an interview if you ever get bored"

[MOON]: I have noticed a lot of diversity in the azalea bushes recently. Aren't those over there native to Japan? Hm. Just what are they doing in Mississippi, I wonder.

Clergy0 - "tthose are, uh, satsuki azaleas"

[MOON]: Someone's done their research. What can you tell me about those memories?

Clergy0 - "they're the second quietest, they hurt, they're all about second chances,,"

[MOON]: Renewal, in a sense?

Clergy0 - "mhm,,"

[MOON]: I see. Which of those was your favorite? Have you looked at a lot of them?

• Nerd - "Yeah I’m kind of curious about the stuff you’ve seen. Have we seen all of the flowers you’ve touched?"

Clergy0 - "there's this one i go back to frequently. one of a woman standing outside of a church in a clearing. she was crying, and the sky was greenish grey and it was foggy. there was a cemetery and a rose garden outside the church which looked like it was made of bricks and the door was wooden. she was scared and vomiting. but then a young girl showed up and brought her into the church, and the memory felt very happy,,"

• Nerd - "What did the girl look like?"

Clergy0 - "i couldn't make out any details that i can remember,,"

[MOON]: How nice. You know, Zena, that sounds very similar to a situation I know very well.

Clergy0 - ".."

[MOON]: If you're not ready to enter her house, I'm sure the church is a good start.

Clergy0 - "is it worth it,,"

[MOON]: That's not for me to judge.

• Nerd - "It’s probably healthier than sleeping in a coffin. If this is a step in the right direction of you coming to terms with what happened, and if you really do trust spiderlily, then you should. Ultimately it’s up to you. You could tell us about her while you roam around too, that could be nice couldn’t it?"

Clergy0 - ",,maybe,"

• Nerd - "Just try to keep your wits about you. Both in the church and around spiderlily"

[MOON]: It's a decision I want you to think about. I'll leave now, and you can return to the coffin if you'd like. I'll be back soon.
DISCONNECTED.