pc catchall for souji.

[agleam]

aki give me a shitpost

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[agleam]

That's true... Better safe than sorry, if we don't know exactly what he's capable of.

[their extreme overkill plan won't work twice!! he nods, though.]

Now we just need to think about how to make it up to Virgo.

[illomened]

[It's a miracle their extreme overkill plan even worked once... Good work, team.]

Mm... Unfortunately, I don't know much more about them outside of the fact that they enjoy food, and we don't exactly have a lot of that on hand right now.

[agleam]

[glances at the food he's carrying.]

...Has it been replenishing at all, or are we kind of stuck with what's left?

[illomened]

I've never seen the end of our wares before... [AND HE DOES SO MUCH COOKING.] But it's possible that we simply just had a large reserve and that a normal group of people wouldn't be able to eat through it? We do have enough non-perishables to get through another two weeks, but I very much hope this is something else Vi-san will be able to help with.

[Imagine if they're just stuck eating hardtack for the rest of their stay.]

[agleam]

[looks into the middle distance]

Anything is better than applesauce.

[illomened]

[JUST GIVING RUPERT A LOOK.]

...Is - is that what you were eating, back at the school?

[agleam]

It was one of the only things at daycare...

[weary!!]

[illomened]

Why did they only feed you applesauce...

[HELP. He had been taking the kitchen here for granted and he is truly realizing that in this moment.]

[agleam]

Like I said... This place is way better than daycare!

[qr aside,,,]

[illomened]

[SWEET STINKY QR...]

I'm starting to see that more and more clearly, goodness. Well... Hopefully it won't take us very long to tidy up the place, so it'll be back to its normal levels of comfort.

[agleam]

[he nods.]

And even if not... It should only be a couple more weeks until we're out, right? It'll be nice for you to meet everyone! They'll like you.

[illomened]

[Souji who's out here considering simply not returning from the graveyard like "hm,"]

It should be, I believe... If this place follows the general pattern set by others, anyway. [His smile looks a little nervous, though! Surely because he's worried about meeting so many people!] Hah - do you think so? I would like to be able to talk to everyone face-to-face.

[agleam]

Yeah. The contract said eight weeks and we're getting to the end of the sixth, so... Two weeks. We got this.

[said as much to convince himself as it is to convince souji, but it's fine. he nods.]

Definitely! I can introduce you to all my friends, if you want, once we're there.

[since emet and sylvain are coming here that is

nearly the entire living cast help]

[illomened]

Ah, right - I still need to ask to see that...

[Not that it mATTERS MUCH ANYMORE considering there are only two weeks left and he was dead from the start. It's fine.

He also laughs at the offer, and, teasingly:] Would that not be most of the people here, Rupert-kun?

[HE'S SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE SEND THEIR LETTERS TO HIM.]

[agleam]

[a pause, and then a laugh in turn.]

Are you making fun of me for having friends?

[illomened]

[HELP.]

Has someone done that before? [But he shakes his head, still smiling.] I'm just teasing you for specifying "your friends" when that likely means just about anyone here. It's the same as simply meeting everyone, isn't it?

[agleam]

There's definitely a few people I don't know well!

[joking... he softens after a second, though.]

It's been really nice, though. I mean, getting to know everyone while I was back there. I didn't really have a chance to make a lot of friends while I was growing up, so...

[and then he died very early in the school and went back home to make a lot of friends who would all be eventually killed because season three exists. very funny.]

[illomened]

[He just laughs a little at that, THE SMALL HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT RUPERT DOESN'T KNOW... Though he looks a bit surprised, then.]

Ah? Really? You seem like the sort of person who would make friends with anyone you meet!

[Souji himself didn't have a lot of friends as a kid either, but it was for obvious reasons.]

[agleam]

Ah... Yeah.

[he gets ready to find a convenient excuse before he remembers souji already got this lore.]

Well - the whole thing about the prophecy... I don't think a lot of people wanted to befriend someone they didn't think would last. [but anyways,] And when you're in line to gain a lot of power, it's hard to know whether people want to get to know you for you, or because they think they can benefit from it. It was kind of a mixture of both of those things.

[truly first world problems.........]

[illomened]

[This is so funny HIS SCRAMBLE FOR AN EXCUSE AND THEN BEING LIKE oh yeah.]

Oh... [THAT'S DEPRESSING. The first part. The second part is truly first world problems and Souji once again feels a bit out of his league in terms of the discussion point.] I can see why that would make things difficult for you. It's certainly much easier to make friends in places like this, where no one knows your circumstances or your history.

[agleam]

[he nods.]

I like it better, too. Like - people getting to know you for you, not for who they think you should be. It's nice, right?

[illomened]

[There's a little smile, and a nod of agreement.]

It is, yes. Normally I had to go in disguise to get that sort of connection... [But he's free now, FREE.]

[agleam]

[it takes him a second, but.]

Oh - because of the enemies you mentioned?

[illomened]

Because of the enemies, yes.

[The townspeople also hated them but he simply will not address that.]

I got used to it, but it's much nicer to not have to hide anything.

[agleam]

...I'm sorry it lasted long enough for you to get used to it.

[sounds unpleasant!!]