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TopicWifebolo plays House in Fata Morgana [progressive spoilers]
Llarian
03/12/21 11:45:07 PM
#27:


Giselle stumbles out into the rain, has an extreme trauma response, and then lays down to die, as if giving up. We come back to the Maid and realize she is Giselle and we are Michel. But it's still too soon, they say. We must go through all of it in order to reclaim it.

A man saves her from the forest and gives her a place to sleep and some warm milk. She thanks him after resting there for the day, and tries to bid him farewell, but he invites her to stay in the village. His name is Amedee. He claims that the village will be welcoming of her. He studied with a priest, you say. Reminds me of Mell.

I'm concerned, because as they say, when it's free, the product is YOU.

Amedee explains the history of the now-ruined town to Giselle, explaining that tablets left over from that time explained that they had been cursed by the witch. He warns her about the mansion where Morgana, the witch, lives - little does he know, she's already been there. The villagers are nomads who have settled down in the area, and with no lord to exact taxes from them, they enjoy a peaceful, pastoral life.

Amedee proposes a life together, but says, 'no pressure'. Classic tactic. >_> He keeps bringing it up and all Giselle can do is apologize since she can't commit to it.

Then, a lord finds out about the people living there, and decides he will collect taxes, and 5 years' back taxes for the unauthorized time that they've been living there. I suspect it's Michel's daddio. Even if I'm wrong, this won't go well.

The tension between the villagers rises as they become increasingly aware of each other's business and personal property. Amedee sides with the villagers when Giselle is accused of stealing. They take her to Amedee's house and repeatedly dunk her head under gross mop water. Eugh. This is turning worse, they've decided she's 'village property'. That does not bode well.

In a last-ditch effort to save herself, Giselle sells out Michel by telling the villagers about the furniture and hand-copied books that are within the mansion's walls, that are worth a pretty penny and could be exchanged for the lord's exorbitant tax levy. Amedee insists that Giselle lead the way so she doesn't think of trying to escape.

They encounter Michel after breaking down the door, and he insists he has the witch's power and will curse anyone who enters. The villagers quickly surrender Giselle per Michel's request, and flee.
Michel completely misunderstands Giselle's situation and yells at her, saying she sickens him, etc. He tells her to flee.

Giselle calls his bluff by challenging him to kill her, if he wants her gone so terribly.

She explains that she was r*ped by Michel's father repeatedly. Michel falls silent. Giselle begs him to kill her, she doesn't want to live anymore if she can't make a difference at all through believing things will sort themselves out and keeping a smile on her face.

We learn through the retelling of Giselle's trauma and her subsequent conversation with Michel, that Michel has two brothers, Didier and Georges. Michel's father thinks Michel to be dead. Didier must have organized this. Michel wishes he would have heard the truth earlier, but Giselle explains that she would not have been able to explain the situation with Michel holding that knife. Ever since her traumatic abuse at the hands of his father, any time she sees a knife, she freezes and can't really think or talk.

Giselle expresses surprise at Michel's willingness to hear and absorb the trauma of her stories. She makes him apologize repeatedly, louder and louder, for his part in all of it. That, at least, makes her laugh.

See you Monday!


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