she's still mostly calm! but also she's still got that calming hairpin in her hair, so. that probably has something to do with it. there's definitely melancholy creeping in at the edges of that calm, though.
...You look nice. Did you get that as a present from someone?
[he's thinking of the ambers and well... one's dead, and the other's awaiting execution... maybe vin or kumon could have made it though, or someone with a complementary power]
[there's a brief flicker of loneliness - she misses buzen :c - and then concern when itsuki says his name. loss still isn't easy, but... at least he can remember him now. that's an improvement over last week.]
It's important to carry the things that remind us of the people we care about with us, I think. ...I'm glad he was able to give that to you.
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nightchild) wrote2022-02-14 10:21 pm
week four saturday
he'd say something, but his emotions are probably answer enough... just a mixture of exhaustion, with touch of pain. how's jiuqing doing,]
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she's still mostly calm! but also she's still got that calming hairpin in her hair, so. that probably has something to do with it. there's definitely melancholy creeping in at the edges of that calm, though.
she looks up.]
...Itsuki.
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...You look nice. Did you get that as a present from someone?
[he's thinking of the ambers and well... one's dead, and the other's awaiting execution... maybe vin or kumon could have made it though, or someone with a complementary power]
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Percy made it for me in the workshop. ...well, he dropped it off anonymously, but I'm still pretty sure it was him.
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[it's very cute, and it fits her,]
Buzen made one for me too, the week he died. It held me together during most of the trial.
[until it didn't but that's fine]
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It's important to carry the things that remind us of the people we care about with us, I think. ...I'm glad he was able to give that to you.
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[the hairpin has its uses, but... Itsuki can't say he's not glad to feel her emotions now, even if it's loneliness.]
I wear mine to remember him, but... are you wearing yours because of this week?
[the emotions...]
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I won't deny that it's been helpful this week, but...
[she taps one of the forget-me-nots on the hairpin.]
I'd be wearing this even if it didn't have a calming stone in it. I don't want to forget him again.
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...This place takes a lot from us, huh? It's one thing to take something we choose to give up, but... It's really not balanced at all.
[maybe that's the problem]
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[maybe it is the problem. it could be!]
...but anything it takes from me, I won't let it keep. I'm going to take it right back.
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[and he finds that he does]
I know better than to bet against you anyway.
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And I certainly wouldn't bet against you. So this prism is in trouble, since we're working together.