recrowns | [ queen of the kitchen lup and bougie boy won ]

Oh, sure. [ she says, glancing at him. ] Do whatever.

[well]

Okay.

[then he's going to move to gently rearrange her, picking her up and then moving to sit on the couch with her still in his arms, so they're automatically curled up together]

[ SOO-WON

she makes a startled sound - and then a sort of pained sound, because ow her wounds, and then she's just curled up with him. she doesn't protest! ]

Uh. Hi. [ she's a little squirmy, though. ]

Ah - sorry, I won't drop you.

[but he will try to be careful with her so that she's not in an uncomfortable position that would manage to pull at any of her injuries]

But... hi.

Are you okay? You look like you have something on your mind.

[ she finds her place to curl up that's comfortable enough. ]

Today was a lot. [ she says, finally. she seems uncomfortable - not with soo-won necessarily, but in general. ] A lot happened, and then nothing happened at all, and everybody was watching.

[ she showed her emotional hand to everybody, and she doesn't like it. she's feeling distinctly vulnerable. ]

Ah....

[he lets his arms settle around her in a loose hold, one hand already moving to play with her hair.]

... I feel the same.

It was a bit embarrassing... that everyone thought that I might need comfort. Even Taako stepped a bit closer for a moment.

Mm. [ it's actually nice to - have someone get that, she thinks. ]

I don't, uh. I don't like feeling put on display like that. [ fidget. ] That's the first time I - uh, I actually cared. I think.

[ . . . ]

For Hansa? Emet-Selch? Chiron?

[they all uh

really had a fucking time, didn't they]

If I may... what were you and Sora talking about? While we were all watching...

All three of them, actually! So three times as bad.

[ and as for that, she wrinkles her nose. ] What do you mean?

Ah, just at the beginning, I thought that I'd heard the two of you discussing the odd message.... so I was wondering if there might be any lead on it.

[he tilts his head]

But... you're right. It was a difficult day for all three of them, even though Hansa seemed to give us all quite a scare at the same time.

No, just. I've seen it on other people's screens before, you know? And usually it says, um. They'll be removing whoever is supposed to die. It didn't that time.

I don't want to pretend like I know anything, because I don't. I just thought it was weird.

Ah - no, you're correct.

[he nods at that]

It is a bit strange but.... well, it turns out that there wasn't a removal today.

Just another mystery to investigate.

[

for once he sounds a little tired]

[ shit, cheers to that bro ]

I'm getting tired of mysteries. Every time something seems like it's solved, four new mysteries appear. I'm sick of it. I'm done!

[he nods along with that]

You're not wrong. It's getting harder to decipher what answers we have and where they come from - and even then, whether or not they can be trusted.

It makes you wonder how close we truly are to restabilizing the Realm.

Probably not very.

Can we have a day where we don't talk about the Realm? I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin and I hate it.

[ . . . .

hmmmmm, he looks thoughtful for a second before offering up a smile.]

Would you like to trade some more memories? Talk about the weird things that I've read in books?

I can taste again - so I can make you something to eat, if you'd like.

[ she seems relieved at that, at least. ]

I still can't taste. [ GROUCH ] We can trade memories, I guess.

Fufu, okay. Is there one you'd like to hear from me?

[ she shifts. ]

Did you get a photograph? You could tell me about that one. [ she reaches for the one that she'd had on her stomach earlier - it got tossed to the couch. ]

Ah... No, I didn't.

[he looks surprised at that]

... but if you tell me what kind of memory it should be, I can try to describe it.

[ a beat, and then she laughs. ] Fuck, I keep forgetting you're not a Swan. Sorry.

It's, uh. Well, let me show you mine. [ and she gives him the photograph. ]

Fufu, I must come off as truly Swan-like....

[but he looks amused at that and also

TOTALLY LIGHTS UP WHEN HE SEES THE PHOTOGRAPH]

Oh! This is so sweet...!! Look at the two of you!

[ uwu ]

That's - I think I told you about when me and Taako lived with our aunt? This is during that time.

Mm, I understand now! That's her as well? How sweet....

[he looks so happy at this, soft and fond as he looks over the photograph]

Hmm... I suppose I do have a few stories of my childhood, though I don't know if I have anything quite so sweet.... I grew up with Yona and Hak, so we would play together often whenever we got the chance.

[ she's sort of bolstered by how pleased he seems to see them as babies. her mood at least seems to be improving. ]

Tell me about a game the three of you played.

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