Saint James Infirmary #1428: “Rue Barée”

[Daphne]

Script: Daphne • Line Art: Plutonian Knight • Colors and Lettering: Octavia Moon

[Sharque]

It seems obvious that Adrian has to be the reason that Miriam has been pulled into Jacqui's area. However, I can't tell yet whether this is a gambit or not.

Is Adrian using the very fantasy that Miriam constructed to capture her and subdue her, playing into the fantasy because it allows him to put an end to the whole thing? Or is Adrian himself being affected by the fantasy and using this as an opportunity to do to Miriam what he did to Dani as soon as they got inside?

I don't see how taking away Dani's mind would benefit a long-game type plan like this, so I'm cautiously leaning towards the latter for the time being. Also, because seeing Miriam get turned into a sex-zombie after what she did to Jacqui both in the real world and in this fantasy would be the most delicious and sexy case of dramatic irony I've ever seen.

EDIT: also, interestingly enough, I just noticed that Miriam is the only person in the character list for this one. Either A., that's a meta mistake; B., that means that Dani and Erin here are hallucinations or some other mental fuckery... or C., it indicates that those might be Erin and Dani's bodies, but those aren't Erin and Dani.

[lancehunter]

The question of who is in whose mind right now (along with who is controlling and who is being controlled) feels very complicated right now.

[Sharque]

I'm fairly sure they're all inside Miriam; Elegua said as much to Mallory when he said Adrian and Dani had to "get them out of her." The thing is, it seems that once you're in, even if you were the creator like Miriam, you're susceptible to whoever is running your fantasy. Adrian has been subbed in for the buyer and the husband, I'd wager he's also the wizard in that fantasy as well.

[Sharque]

No title today?

[mns_95125]

Day isn't over.