[ She isn't looking that emotional, for everything she just had to go through, for the entire week she suffered. She's radiating something cold, something sharp, her every nerve thrumming with her anger that only shows in her eyes.
She wishes she could be poison right now. ]
No, I do not want to be seen.
[ It's hard to say if that no is his first or second question or both. ]
[me shaking for two hours thinking roxana was burned and injured jiuqing style,
Itsuki closes his eyes for a moment, then]
...If you don't want to be seen, then at least accept this.
[then he carefully sheds his outer jacket, with the intention of draping it over Roxana, probably made awkward with her hand on his throat, but he's going to try anyway.
he doesn't think anyone will be fooled, but. it's that or leaving her alone. and he's not ready to choose that option.]
[ She already murdered one person today. What's another. It's too bad this is memshare week and not emotionshare this thread. There'd be some wildin' emotions here for someone who doesn't actually choose murder as her first option when possible. ]
Are you saying you think the Prism has control of us even if we die?
[ on the whole, she hates memshare week more than emotionshare, but in the hour after killing malik, she would have hated emotionshare the most. she'd have stabbed anyone who tried to touch her in an emotionshare post malik's goatening.
When I give a person a dream they like, they give a piece of their soul to me.
[he smiles, though it doesn't reach his eyes.]
It gives them power in the dream, so they can interact with it however they like. In exchange I can keep them there for however long -- maybe even forever. Their soul's still mine, and they can keep dreaming even if they end up dying in the real world.
[he knows this isn't the same situation, but.... he's had his thoughts.]
...I always put in a safeguard. A trigger, so that the dreamer can wake up on their own.
[but sometimes they don't want to, and he has to fulfill their wishes yan-adjacent style]
As long as there's a definite end, then the dreamer will be set free. The situation's different here, but... I still feel like there's some kind of finale waiting for us.
You think all this murder is building up to something. [ ... ] It has to be doing something with all that color.
[ If Itsuki thinks the Prism is keeping the dead somehow and it's all about color, it would make sense it'd be using the dead's out of control color somehow.
The place was black and white before we arrived. And like the residents said, using color helps this place. If it's a source of strength, then it stands to reason that it'll want more from everyone here.
[he's pretty much in the 'prism is the villain' camp. it's hard not to be, after what they just saw]
Itsuki like 'I notice the future tense here', but what is a moment on a Sunday after a traumatic experience if it's not spent allowing others to keep their grief to themselves, or their feelings.]
...I believe you. You'll get up again, sooner or later.
[without his assistance, even. he'll let her keep the coat though,]
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...Will you give it to me if I ask? Or are you planning on staying here?
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She wishes she could be poison right now. ]
No, I do not want to be seen.
[ It's hard to say if that no is his first or second question or both. ]
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well, the difference is pretty clear to him now.
he looks down at her, is she burned... he knows she doesn't want to be seen, but he can't help but look anyway.]
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No, she's not burned. I gave her that mercy. She just can't stand without help.
She just dares him to be even more audacious. ]
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Itsuki closes his eyes for a moment, then]
...If you don't want to be seen, then at least accept this.
[then he carefully sheds his outer jacket, with the intention of draping it over Roxana, probably made awkward with her hand on his throat, but he's going to try anyway.
he doesn't think anyone will be fooled, but. it's that or leaving her alone. and he's not ready to choose that option.]
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she doesn't shrug it off. she lowers her hand. she does nothing else. ]
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he'll adjust it maybe once or twice so that she's more or less covered, then sit next to her.]
Let me know when you think you can stand.
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well, she can't stand. she's way too tired to. she refuses to admit this, so they're going to sit here for a while. ]
You can go.
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I won't make you do anything you don't want to do. [he spreads his legs out a little, wincing a little] So let me do what I want to do.
Are you thirsty or hungry? I can make a little something with my crystalline color.
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She doesn't looked pleased at his staying. ]
I don't care much for what you want to do. I don't need anything.
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He doesn't say anything for a moment, as if trying to make a decision, then]
It's just as well. I don't really know what I can do right now... Funny, I can finally move now, but I feel just as frozen as I did a moment ago.
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Laugh like Malik, then. Become a pile of molten color and join Buzen in hell.
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I won't lie and say that doesn't sound tempting.
[a little dryly, but also like, sometimes you're so obsessed about someone that you consider it once or twice]
...But I don't think either of them are in hell. The prism wants us too badly to just let us go like that.
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[ She already murdered one person today. What's another. It's too bad this is memshare week and not emotionshare this thread. There'd be some wildin' emotions here for someone who doesn't actually choose murder as her first option when possible. ]
Are you saying you think the Prism has control of us even if we die?
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...he shrugs]
Just a feeling. I know a little bit about keeping people in one place, whether they die or not.
I don't actually want to find out for myself though. ...At least not yet.
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She looks over at him sharply. ]
What do you mean by that?
[ the keeping people in one place bit. ]
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[he smiles, though it doesn't reach his eyes.]
It gives them power in the dream, so they can interact with it however they like. In exchange I can keep them there for however long -- maybe even forever. Their soul's still mine, and they can keep dreaming even if they end up dying in the real world.
[he knows this isn't the same situation, but.... he's had his thoughts.]
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That is powerful. The ways you could use that....
[ itsuki, your childhood with your sister. ]
It's dangerous in the wrong hands.
[ and in the right hands. ]
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[but sometimes they don't want to, and he has to fulfill their wishes yan-adjacent style]
As long as there's a definite end, then the dreamer will be set free. The situation's different here, but... I still feel like there's some kind of finale waiting for us.
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[ If Itsuki thinks the Prism is keeping the dead somehow and it's all about color, it would make sense it'd be using the dead's out of control color somehow.
Especially for how Malik ended in molten color. ]
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The place was black and white before we arrived. And like the residents said, using color helps this place. If it's a source of strength, then it stands to reason that it'll want more from everyone here.
[he's pretty much in the 'prism is the villain' camp. it's hard not to be, after what they just saw]
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For what exactly, we still have to find out, but there's no denying it's using our color for something.
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[he says, a bit wearily, but he's encouraged by Roxana's words. especially after witnessing something like that,]
How are you feeling?
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HE
idk he can't feel her feelings today. She doesn't shrug. But maybe he can get that sense. ]
I will be fine.
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Itsuki like 'I notice the future tense here', but what is a moment on a Sunday after a traumatic experience if it's not spent allowing others to keep their grief to themselves, or their feelings.]
...I believe you. You'll get up again, sooner or later.
[without his assistance, even. he'll let her keep the coat though,]
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