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[AH]
I'm sorry!
[Withdrawing spindle at once! It's nothing dangerous, just a high school serial killer. Also I do very much enjoy his and kaworu's brand of cryptid gay that supposes women exist, i guess. I hope they are bonding over it.]
I'm so sorry, I've been expecting something to jump out at me for the past twenty minutes! I wouldn't have tried to stab you, I promise!
I'm sorry!
[Withdrawing spindle at once! It's nothing dangerous, just a high school serial killer. Also I do very much enjoy his and kaworu's brand of cryptid gay that supposes women exist, i guess. I hope they are bonding over it.]
I'm so sorry, I've been expecting something to jump out at me for the past twenty minutes! I wouldn't have tried to stab you, I promise!
[ he is less bubbly by far, but he'll give her paw a tentative shake. ]
...Nanase Haruka.
[ "haru" is fine and expected. there is a long pause though, contemplative. it's kind of a long-shot, but he's not one to hold back on a strange question anyway. ]
Are you from the "Neverafter?"
...Nanase Haruka.
[ "haru" is fine and expected. there is a long pause though, contemplative. it's kind of a long-shot, but he's not one to hold back on a strange question anyway. ]
Are you from the "Neverafter?"
[they are now introduced! wonderful
she is about to speak again but the next question from his mouth stuns her. Rosamund blinks wide a moment. Then deflates, eyes downcast with a soft smile. She tucks a hair behind her ear.]
I see. You've also met Gerard and Ylfa, have you? Don't tell me any of the others have been along, too...
[SURELY NOT PIB. jk he would win murdergame and kill a god.]
she is about to speak again but the next question from his mouth stuns her. Rosamund blinks wide a moment. Then deflates, eyes downcast with a soft smile. She tucks a hair behind her ear.]
I see. You've also met Gerard and Ylfa, have you? Don't tell me any of the others have been along, too...
[SURELY NOT PIB. jk he would win murdergame and kill a god.]
[ his experience is a little different from rin's, since he was alive... much longer. so he's more aware of who these others are. but still, he shakes his head. ]
Just those two. ...We were teammates.
[ his beloved froggystyle. ]
Ylfa talked about you, but I wasn't sure from just your name.
Just those two. ...We were teammates.
[ his beloved froggystyle. ]
Ylfa talked about you, but I wasn't sure from just your name.
It's about the same for me. But I do know there were people from his last experience that will miss him. Like Kate.
[Gingerly takes up some wall real estate too, folding her hands tidily in front.]
It just...I don't know. It feels wrong, almost, how casual we can be about it. Everyone just expected someone to die, and now someone did, and it's like we're only thinking about how hard we'll have to work tomorrow, and not how hard it must have been for him.
I don't expect hysterics or anything. It just makes me feel sad, is all. Death is still death.
[Gingerly takes up some wall real estate too, folding her hands tidily in front.]
It just...I don't know. It feels wrong, almost, how casual we can be about it. Everyone just expected someone to die, and now someone did, and it's like we're only thinking about how hard we'll have to work tomorrow, and not how hard it must have been for him.
I don't expect hysterics or anything. It just makes me feel sad, is all. Death is still death.
Then you were very lucky. They're the best. [Sure sure, they had their failings and would keep having their failings. But Rosamund wouldn't trade either for the world, and she's certain they would have proved their worth to anyone they worked with, in the Neverafter and beyond.]
Well, that's me! Princess Rosamund du Prix of Reverie. [she makes a fussy little gesture, some mannerism employed only at court.] I don't know that I can make up for them, just by myself. But if they were good partners to you, I hope that we can be someday, too.
Well, that's me! Princess Rosamund du Prix of Reverie. [she makes a fussy little gesture, some mannerism employed only at court.] I don't know that I can make up for them, just by myself. But if they were good partners to you, I hope that we can be someday, too.
...I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
[ it's true that the situation isn't as desperate or unknown. they know death isn't permanent, and that it is scheduled, and the reasons behind it. but there is still room for individual feeling, he thinks. ]
I'm used to putting everything into trial, because we had to. People told me last time to still think about the victims, too. It's still true now.
[ it's true that the situation isn't as desperate or unknown. they know death isn't permanent, and that it is scheduled, and the reasons behind it. but there is still room for individual feeling, he thinks. ]
I'm used to putting everything into trial, because we had to. People told me last time to still think about the victims, too. It's still true now.
[ they are the best. ]
...I'm sure you can. She found you very dependable.
[ does not mention that she came up in part because they had to talk about how their team completely lacked in women who could help ylfa buy a training bra ]
It wasn't easy. [ he says, as though to preempt rosamund's concerns, or address them anyway. ] But we got through it. We can do it again here.
...I'm sure you can. She found you very dependable.
[ does not mention that she came up in part because they had to talk about how their team completely lacked in women who could help ylfa buy a training bra ]
It wasn't easy. [ he says, as though to preempt rosamund's concerns, or address them anyway. ] But we got through it. We can do it again here.
Hmm. [She huffs, looking down at her feet.] I suppose so. It's the only place we can put our energy. And it's the only place we get a little bit of justice done, if we're clever about it.
Still. I guess I'm sort of shaming myself, in a way. For feeling bad, but not nearly bad enough. I just didn't get the time to know Essek, so I can't quite feel like I'm...representing him? I guess? I'm sad for him, but not exactly because of him. And I don't like it.
I want very much to find out what happened to him and bring this whole thing to a close, I just know I would hate to die and have everyone just shrug and carry on.
[She pauses.]
Gosh, I'm so rude. Now I'm just laying a bunch of stuff on your shoulders without asking. I'm sorry, Nanase. Please ignore me.
Still. I guess I'm sort of shaming myself, in a way. For feeling bad, but not nearly bad enough. I just didn't get the time to know Essek, so I can't quite feel like I'm...representing him? I guess? I'm sad for him, but not exactly because of him. And I don't like it.
I want very much to find out what happened to him and bring this whole thing to a close, I just know I would hate to die and have everyone just shrug and carry on.
[She pauses.]
Gosh, I'm so rude. Now I'm just laying a bunch of stuff on your shoulders without asking. I'm sorry, Nanase. Please ignore me.
[this is exactly how she wants to be remembered actually]
I'm only sorry I couldn't have been there with her too. We would have cleaned up.
[Ignorant of their serial killing crimes]
Absolutely, we can. [Hands on hips! Chin up!] I don't care what kind of ultra-super-murderdome death game the auditors have set up for us here. We're going to crush it, and then we'll crush them. Deal?
I'm only sorry I couldn't have been there with her too. We would have cleaned up.
[Ignorant of their serial killing crimes]
Absolutely, we can. [Hands on hips! Chin up!] I don't care what kind of ultra-super-murderdome death game the auditors have set up for us here. We're going to crush it, and then we'll crush them. Deal?
[ haru isn't much of a talker anyway, so this is genuinely fine. he listens patiently, waiting until she apologizes and he's sure she's done to respond. ]
...It's okay.
[ he doesn't mind. ]
You're practically my teammate. [ teammate... in law. ] You can talk as much as you want. [ ... ] You're still sad. It's not a problem that you aren't the most sad.
I think... he'd appreciate being thought of.
...It's okay.
[ he doesn't mind. ]
You're practically my teammate. [ teammate... in law. ] You can talk as much as you want. [ ... ] You're still sad. It's not a problem that you aren't the most sad.
I think... he'd appreciate being thought of.
[time is a construct why must we adhere to it]
Not quite in this way? Not with a physical phone. [she plucks at a little charm with a cartoon bird on it] We had these things called nanites put inside of us. So we could actually summon a magical mirage over our wrists to do all the same things that these phones do.
They haven't worked since I've come here, of course. But I think they're still in there! Swimming around in my blood or something.
[sending her to the sci fi game was a choice but it is a choice i must live with]
Not quite in this way? Not with a physical phone. [she plucks at a little charm with a cartoon bird on it] We had these things called nanites put inside of us. So we could actually summon a magical mirage over our wrists to do all the same things that these phones do.
They haven't worked since I've come here, of course. But I think they're still in there! Swimming around in my blood or something.
[sending her to the sci fi game was a choice but it is a choice i must live with]
[ woah ]
Sounds like a sci-fi movie...
[ he'll walk them over to the phone cases then. ]
Our game did have some weird places. But overall, it was just a city in Japan. ...The country I'm from, already.
[ in case she needs clarifying, since most people are from totally different universes? even though there are always a disproportionate amount of japanese people in these games? wow weird ]
Sounds like a sci-fi movie...
[ he'll walk them over to the phone cases then. ]
Our game did have some weird places. But overall, it was just a city in Japan. ...The country I'm from, already.
[ in case she needs clarifying, since most people are from totally different universes? even though there are always a disproportionate amount of japanese people in these games? wow weird ]
I'll have to take your word for it.
[the way she skipped regular modern day bullshit entirely. However yeah how about that demographic?]
You too? [Blinks in surprise as she joins him in hunting through the new cases.] Totty, Ichiban, and Mizuki all said they were from the same place too. And I think Kazuki as well? I don't quite remember, he told me a while ago. The other Kazuki, the one with us.
[She cants her head at him, smiling wryly.]
Is it a very wet country? You were soaking on arrival.
[the way she skipped regular modern day bullshit entirely. However yeah how about that demographic?]
You too? [Blinks in surprise as she joins him in hunting through the new cases.] Totty, Ichiban, and Mizuki all said they were from the same place too. And I think Kazuki as well? I don't quite remember, he told me a while ago. The other Kazuki, the one with us.
[She cants her head at him, smiling wryly.]
Is it a very wet country? You were soaking on arrival.
Edited 2025-06-11 14:07 (UTC)
[ we have too many posts because people kept dying but they can be over at the team warehouses. they are like shittier, self-decorated lounges. theirs has a pool, a grandma couch, and a little makeshift kitchen, along with other bizarre decorations like balloons and selfie wall stuff.
anyway... what a week. i missed trial but wow. ]
We can take a rest here.
anyway... what a week. i missed trial but wow. ]
We can take a rest here.
[and I missed most of this week. You can throw this tag in the trash nu time has moved so fast and i was so horizontal]
Sure! This is really homey, actually. I like your pool!
[And all of the bullets? Why do you have ALL of the bullets?
But Rosamund will gravitate to the tales of Mother Goose of course. And, as she files through the pages, gets a little misty-eyed. She takes a breath to steady herself, smiling through the steady, longing ache.]
...You were all very good to each other, I see. [Her hand rests a moment on the extended tale of the frog prince. Easy, girl. But there's another tale in here that catches her eye.]
You wanted to write a story for Matsuoka?
Sure! This is really homey, actually. I like your pool!
[And all of the bullets? Why do you have ALL of the bullets?
But Rosamund will gravitate to the tales of Mother Goose of course. And, as she files through the pages, gets a little misty-eyed. She takes a breath to steady herself, smiling through the steady, longing ache.]
...You were all very good to each other, I see. [Her hand rests a moment on the extended tale of the frog prince. Easy, girl. But there's another tale in here that catches her eye.]
You wanted to write a story for Matsuoka?
[ it's okay you came back as i died to trial and these matters will continue
sometimes you buy so many bullets so other people can't purchase them. it's sound logic (murder happens regardless). he'll let her observe the book though, just dusting some of their stuff off to give her a moment to collect herself. ]
Ah. Well. He died early. [ said a little mechanically ] It was just me and Ylfa for a while, so we wrote a lot of stories. I think they meant a lot to her.
[ so they also meant a lot to him, obviously. ]
sometimes you buy so many bullets so other people can't purchase them. it's sound logic (murder happens regardless). he'll let her observe the book though, just dusting some of their stuff off to give her a moment to collect herself. ]
Ah. Well. He died early. [ said a little mechanically ] It was just me and Ylfa for a while, so we wrote a lot of stories. I think they meant a lot to her.
[ so they also meant a lot to him, obviously. ]
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