[ It's morning, and Oria doesn't really feel refreshed despite everything. He grumbles when he wakes at a normal morning time, does his morning routine and give Sinclair a quick cheek kiss before he leaves. When he returns, he seems tired again, borderline cranky. He eats, talks to Sinclair about Sinclair's day and then he sleeps.
This cycle happens for the next several days until a smaller technology convention is in the area that Limbus Company was also invited to attend for whatever reason. There are a lot of neat little gadgets and stuff to look at. Bots and stuff. Fascinating. If anything, it looks like a prototype museum. Oria was chosen to conduct a speech regarding today's technological advances, Timetrack's proposal, and all those things.
There are rumors Sinclair can hear. Despite Arvel dying, none of his things were passed down to Oria. Curious minds want to know, but the reason has always been the same: Oria had to earn it by displaying competency in the business world and overcome the competition. Not like everyone knew that though. Oria would usually dismiss the words, but when someone raises their hand and asks him exactly that, Oria smiles and answers candidly. It's only noticeable to people who know Oria well or people who are incredibly perceptive, but from that question, it looked as if his head was about to explode from the stress and sheer audacity of that question.
Thankfully, he kept it in. He has to.
The rumors only get even more malicious when they say that Oria tried to inherit by killing Arvel directly. For anyone who doesn't know what's going on behind the scenes, of course it would sound feasible and believable.
It's not the first time he's been subjected to things like this. Lenore's case was similar, but sometimes he feels something tighten around his neck. Maybe a phantom shock or two occurs. It becomes harder to breathe and harder to maintain the facade that he's completely fine.
To get the rumors away from being focused on him, Oria redirected the flow by letting the rumor mongering people get attached to one of the head of tech companies having an affair. Viciously. In front of everyone. As revenge for asking Oria such a question that he really didn't want to answer. Something so personal stemmed from an impersonal motive.
Breathe out.
Breathe in.
And scream—
Oria isn't found anywhere in his home after the convention. After a while, he is found but he skips dinner and becomes dead to the world while face down on the bed. ]
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This cycle happens for the next several days until a smaller technology convention is in the area that Limbus Company was also invited to attend for whatever reason. There are a lot of neat little gadgets and stuff to look at. Bots and stuff. Fascinating. If anything, it looks like a prototype museum. Oria was chosen to conduct a speech regarding today's technological advances, Timetrack's proposal, and all those things.
There are rumors Sinclair can hear. Despite Arvel dying, none of his things were passed down to Oria. Curious minds want to know, but the reason has always been the same: Oria had to earn it by displaying competency in the business world and overcome the competition. Not like everyone knew that though. Oria would usually dismiss the words, but when someone raises their hand and asks him exactly that, Oria smiles and answers candidly. It's only noticeable to people who know Oria well or people who are incredibly perceptive, but from that question, it looked as if his head was about to explode from the stress and sheer audacity of that question.
Thankfully, he kept it in. He has to.
The rumors only get even more malicious when they say that Oria tried to inherit by killing Arvel directly. For anyone who doesn't know what's going on behind the scenes, of course it would sound feasible and believable.
It's not the first time he's been subjected to things like this. Lenore's case was similar, but sometimes he feels something tighten around his neck. Maybe a phantom shock or two occurs. It becomes harder to breathe and harder to maintain the facade that he's completely fine.
To get the rumors away from being focused on him, Oria redirected the flow by letting the rumor mongering people get attached to one of the head of tech companies having an affair. Viciously. In front of everyone. As revenge for asking Oria such a question that he really didn't want to answer. Something so personal stemmed from an impersonal motive.
Breathe out.
Breathe in.
And scream—
Oria isn't found anywhere in his home after the convention. After a while, he is found but he skips dinner and becomes dead to the world while face down on the bed. ]