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[ultimaverum]

[So… scouring the castle and the grounds and the town and… everywhere hasn’t gotten him any closer to finding where Chiyo’s gone. He’s had his journal open most of the day, but most of what’s going on has faded into a low buzz in his ear compared to the memory of her screaming. He finds himself in the library eventually, knows they need people

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[isthenight]

... Human sacrifice. Does it need the bodies or just the blood, I wonder.

[ultimaverum]

It looks like just the blood... Just enough to fill the tree. Is what it says...

[isthenight]

Get enough people to donate, and we may be able to circumvent the human sacrifice, if that's what people see as the only solution in the end.

[ultimaverum]

[Unless it's feeding off the life in the blood in which case... He won't say that]

Mmm... Maybe. Hopefully...

[isthenight]

[ He pauses and then slaps a filter on this, because it's pretty morbid talk. ]

( question )

... Alternatively, we could see if there's any people with regenerative abilities in the castle.

Batman

[ultimaverum]

[...probably should've done that from the beginning. WOOPS]

[Little pause] I know at least one who'd probably do it... [Because he's a self-destructive idiot..]

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[isthenight]

[ Well. They'll remember next time. ]

It should be a last resort. I don't like the idea of anyone having to sacrifice anything, but if someone is willing and it means no one has to die and we get the children back... [ It's the lesser of a number of evils. ]

Batman

[ultimaverum]

[Bluh can't argue with Batman...]

Of course. I know... [Little pause, and then... because no one's given him a straight answer on this one yet: ] How long are you going to wait before you try it?

Question

[isthenight]

I'm not going to be the one to ask for volunteers. I'm not saying you should, either, but we need to make sure we know every single option available.

[ Thou Shalt Not Kill and all that would keep him from asking. But there is that question of if they're a regen, is it really killing them? It's dangerous territory and somewhere Bruce isn't sure he wants to go. ]