pc catchall for lup.

[agleam]

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[evocationary]

[this one always fucks her up a little, and she bites her lip, taking a deep breath and holding it. when she exhales, she smiles at him.]

I'm very hard to kill.

[agleam]

[he's still focused on her despite that smile, despite the casual way she's trying to speak. the concern doesn't leave as he continues.]

I can see that, but - I'm so sorry.

[that she had to go through something like that.]

[evocationary]

[she has to look away, because genuine apologies make something hot press against the back of her eyes.]

I'm out now, if it helps. [she says, softer.] But - thanks. It wasn't, uh, what I'd call a fun experience.

[agleam]

I mean, I'm really glad you made it out, but... It never should have happened in the first place.

[he might not know what to say to remedy those lonely, helpless feelings she went through - but he can at least let her know he cares.]

[evocationary]

Ah, yeah. [she sighs.] It shouldn't have. I made a dumb move! I should've told them where I was going, but... well, you know. Hindsight is twenty-twenty, and all that.

[a pause, and she looks back at him, brushing his hair out of his face to kiss his forehead.]

I'm okay. And you're a sweetheart.

[agleam]

No, that's - that's not what I meant. This wasn't your fault. Sometimes... Things happen, and they're horrible and they shouldn't, but - that doesn't mean it's on you.

[that's sincere and concerned at the same time, though he does give her a small, grateful smile at the forehead kiss.]

[evocationary]

[BIG SIGH, but she smiles, at least.]

I know. People are really uh, kicking my butt with that one, so if I didn't believe it, I'd be kind of a brat.

[agleam]

[he snorts.]

Yes, well, consider your butt even more kicked now.

[evocationary]

Considered! [she says, and this time she pinches his nose.] Come on, let's at least look at one of the rooms before we get glitterbombed again.

[agleam]

[he wrinkles his nose again with a smile, before he nods, reaching to take her arm. joking, in that same accent he used for her dare at the party:]

Where to, milady?

[evocationary]

[pffffft, she laughs at the accent, hooking her arm through his.]

Man, I don't know. Someone was going on about uh, a weed room? So admittedly, I am curious, but also, like, the spa seems fun.

[agleam]

[looks into the middle distance]

Weed...

[his enemy

anyways!]

Maybe we could start with the spa?

[evocationary]

[I'M CRYING]

Oh, that's right. Aikawa mentioned the weed debacle. Spa works for me, come on.

[agleam]

Spa it is!

[off they goooo]

[evocationary]

[off they gooooo

but like, as she's leading him through the spa - she makes some joke, ruffling his hair, and the stardust explodes over them again. i'm sorry you have to read this whole thing it's important]

[agleam]

[ah... hm. there are a few things to focus on here, a few things he notices - but the most pressing one is this.]

Wait... When he talked about being angry and mentioned people not seeing how they're important and volunteering to die, why it did seem like he was talking about you? Weren't you kind of one of the people in charge? And - Clementine wasn't from the space station...

[evocationary]

[a

long pause]

What the fuck. [she's ignoring the first part but] I was... in charge, but uh, this doesn't look like anywhere from the station? It. That wasn't my...

Wait. No, it was my memory. [she sounds SO confused.]

[agleam]

[he looks just as confused, pausing for a moment in turn.]

...I don't get it.

[evocationary]

No - shut up, wait. [a beat.] Sorry, don't shut up.

I think - that was the other one. The other me. The one that Cloud and Clementine know.

[agleam]

—Oh, that's right! He mentioned that during the thing a couple of Thursdays ago.

[but he was unfortunately too brainwashed to register it at the time. it's fine.]

I wonder what that means, though...

[evocationary]

[poor rupert being the one with the most brainwashing that cyoa is still very funny]

I don't... have any idea. But I know that kid. Sora, I think. [she says, after a moment.] Like, it feels like... like it did actually happen to me? Not like I was just watching it.

[agleam]

[twink crimes......]

Huh. Like... He seemed familiar just in the memory, or he still seems familiar now?

[evocationary]

Still seems familiar now. Like that's just uh, part of my brain now. [cool beans, it's like the reverse of redacted]

[agleam]

...I wonder if the staff would know anything about why.

[evocationary]

[her ear flicks.]

Maybe. [she just makes the :nyeh: face]