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[thecrossingmods]

[The Crossing is coming again.

There is no advance warning from The Ferryman this time. There is nothing to draw your attention towards the message that appears on your device, whatever it may be, except perhaps the expectation that it should be appearing soon.

Whether you think to check for it or you simply stumble upon it, the words are there just as before:]

A toll to be levied for safe passage
from the desert to ǝɹǝɥʍǝsʅǝ

envision a place of comfort and safety
a haven from the wants and ills of life
be it for a moment or for a lifetime

offer it to The Ferryman
and let go

Comments

[blindluck]

I think that's still the safest route, unless anyone has new ideas about getting through the other way!

[Though Nagito is having a bit of trouble coming up with a memory for this as well.]

[solitarynote]

Yeah. I don’t know otherwise… the Wraiths get cranky during the Crossing, right?

[He thinks back to Kel, worry knotting his stomach. He didn’t want others to face that, and Sunny himself certainly couldn’t.]

It’s safer… to stay with the Ferryman.

[blindluck]

Yes, unless we can find wraithproof armor! [Which probably doesn't exist. But maybe.]

[solitarynote]

Armor…

[That would be nice, wouldn’t it? But considering they were having a hard time finding anything other than essentials and the rare item from the homes…]

No key items around here… Maybe the Desert…?

[He was hesitant to suggest it, considering Nagito had gotten lost last time.]

[blindluck]

Possibly. Or somewhere unusual, like the bottom of the lake.

[Nagito isn't sure if anyone has searched there yet.]

[solitarynote]

[Outwardly, Sunny was stuck somewhere between a pout and a shiver.]

I hope not. That would be really deep water.

[Another of his fears. Was there really no end to them here? Whatever part of his mind that had thought death would be a release had been sorely mistaken.]

[blindluck]

That shouldn't actually be a problem, though! We don't have to breathe, so theoretically, you could just let yourself sink to the bottom and explore that way.

[Nagito is making that sound a lot easier than it would probably be to mentally prepare for that in practice.]

[solitarynote]

[See, it wasn’t just the mental preparedness that would be needed for a regular person to put off breathing underwater - even if it wasn’t necessary anymore. Sunny himself had too many bad experiences.

And even if he had been able to convince himself to jump in the deep pond back home, to put a friend before himself, the way the light slowly left the water and was replaced by dark strands that could drag him down…]

I can’t. You can.

[Wait, he should probably erase that, right? He didn’t want Nagito to think Sunny was using him or something! Except for the fact that he couldn’t take the words back.]

Water is scary. [As if that explained the whole story.]

[blindluck]

[Huh, so Sunny is afraid of water? That's worth making note of.] I suppose if nobody else is going to try it I can. There's less for me to worry about now that I'm dead.

[solitarynote]

[Wait, but wasn’t that sort of thinking how Nagito had gotten lost in the desert in the first place? Then Makoto would get upset again… Sunny really couldn’t stop him though.]

OK. Bring someone with you. Just in case.

[Sorry Nagito, Sunny wouldn’t be volunteering to be a spotter on this little quest.]

[blindluck]

[Nagito doesn't reply to this, because if he stops the conversation here, that means he isn't technically lying when he absolutely does this by himself.]

Wrapped! (Not here but…)

[solitarynote]

[There may or may not be no small amount of panic on Sunny’s part over not receiving a reply…]