You said that you might be able to hand deliver something to him from Ruby. Perhaps... he might be able to deliver something to Meteion for you? ...she'll probably be - herself, again, on that side. I'm sure she'd appreciate it.
...Iunno how much I can do. I still haven't even tested it out. But... maybe I'll try.
[ he gives jiuqing a little more of a smile, still sort of half hidden in his hood. behind him, his wings are starting to drip again, the noise slow and steady. ]
... She brought me some of this on Thursday. [ gesturing gently with the cup in his hands. ] When I was so fucking - I was out of my head, after everyone disappeared like that. Sang me a song. To try and make me feel better.
[she glances at the hot chocolate and smiles faintly.]
...she brought me some, too, when I was in the medical bay that day after they returned. [aka when she was working herself into an early grave] She said it was like an... emotional bandage.
[maybe meteion would have succeeded in killing crow. what would the trial have looked like, then? would anyone have been able to bring themselves to vote for her? woudl they have even caught her at all?
...if they still caught roxana, and meteion flew under the radar, and transformed like malik did--
or if they caught her, and voted for her, and she was locked up somewhere to face execution or combat the next day...
the thought of either is painful.]
It's still hard to accept, that it happened at all.
[ acceptance, death - the prism really does seem to make a mockery of them both. he's quiet for a while after that, gaze turning outwards to look at the view beyond, the colors splashed every now and then across the sky. ]
...We really figured out all of it, today. Guess that's a little victory.
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[she returns the smile with one of her own which is - pretty dang tired too. what a day.
anyway, she goes to lean against the railing.]
...I wanted to see how you were feeling.
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he's quiet, for a long moment, and then looks down at the mug in his hands. ]
.... She was refracting. [ so. ] ... Iunno, how I'm feeling exactly. Not really better. Not really worse.
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You said that you might be able to hand deliver something to him from Ruby. Perhaps... he might be able to deliver something to Meteion for you? ...she'll probably be - herself, again, on that side. I'm sure she'd appreciate it.
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...Iunno how much I can do. I still haven't even tested it out. But... maybe I'll try.
[ he gives jiuqing a little more of a smile, still sort of half hidden in his hood. behind him, his wings are starting to drip again, the noise slow and steady. ]
... She brought me some of this on Thursday. [ gesturing gently with the cup in his hands. ] When I was so fucking - I was out of my head, after everyone disappeared like that. Sang me a song. To try and make me feel better.
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[she glances at the hot chocolate and smiles faintly.]
...she brought me some, too, when I was in the medical bay that day after they returned. [aka when she was working herself into an early grave] She said it was like an... emotional bandage.
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[ his wings ruffle, softly, as if a breeze blew through them - some of the feathers chance colors, melting from black to bright blue. ] Me too.
I don't hold it against Yasu. But - fuck, if it's not hard to think about.
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...it could have gone very differently.
[maybe meteion would have succeeded in killing crow. what would the trial have looked like, then? would anyone have been able to bring themselves to vote for her? woudl they have even caught her at all?
...if they still caught roxana, and meteion flew under the radar, and transformed like malik did--
or if they caught her, and voted for her, and she was locked up somewhere to face execution or combat the next day...
the thought of either is painful.]
It's still hard to accept, that it happened at all.
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[ acceptance, death - the prism really does seem to make a mockery of them both. he's quiet for a while after that, gaze turning outwards to look at the view beyond, the colors splashed every now and then across the sky. ]
...We really figured out all of it, today. Guess that's a little victory.
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...we did. For a little while, I was afraid we wouldn't.