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WEEK 0, DAY 0 I CANNOT STAND THIS

[recrowns]

[from here

him not giving his name was just dana being forgetful as they LAUNCHED INTO PHILOSOPHY but]

... mm. That is a rather nice way to say it.

[they continue to walk along]

I hope you'll forgive my interest - within the past year, my country has seen a great deal of political unrest. Wars at the border, internal fighting for the crown. I had a hand in a few skirmishes myself.

I wonder if it would be nice if someone like yourself could step in and tell us - what actions are worth it? What actions are not?

... or even so, if it is worth listening to that voice, because it would then remove the merits of being a person who must stumble and struggle as a byproduct of living.

this is so funny

[discernments]

My country was not so different, once.

[ She keeps her gaze straight ahead as they walk. Reminiscing isn't looking back. ]

Humanity's fight and struggle against agony, against sadness, against ugliness—it is a sign of being alive. There is no doubt about that. I do not argue against that.

But within a war, the people who are fighting it make a choice. The people who are leading it make choices. Blood will always be shed for a country's ambition. That I can't deny. That, I won't stand against.

[ How could she? ]

My voice is only one and that of a foolish girl from the countryside. I can only speak my piece. Others need not listen, but I do not condone or acknowledge every act done for the sake of a wish.

Just because someone must struggle, does that mean they can't be lent a hand?

week 0, sunday

[recrowns]

[soo-won's outside so i hope that jeanne is too - though his gaze is upward, watching gulfan fly in circles up above. when he hears footsteps he glances back down, and offers a tilt of his head and a smile]

Good afternoon, Jeanne.

Ruler?

[he'll pick one eventually]

How are you feeling?

[discernments]

[ She is outside with her standard, the flag rolled closed around the pole. She smiles at him in greeting and follows his earlier gaze up to his hawk. ]

I'm glad to receive some answers even if the answers themselves were troubling. What are your feelings on it?

week 0, wednesday?

[discernments]

[ They had to find poo.

Wild. Of all the things they had to find, it was that, but as she said, it's not like she would balk at it. After they found all their items, with her hand that touched poo, she grabs his hand to lead him somewhere, if he lets her. ]

What do you think mermaids eat?

[ How's that for a non sequitur? ]

[recrowns]

[well

he'll let her and apparently not be bothered by this odd question - ]

It would have to be other sea life, no? They wouldn't precisely have access to land animals for sustenance.

[a beat]

Is that where your scratches are from?

week 0, post-trial

[recrowns]

[soo-won headed outside as well - being stuck inside for a few hours really messes with a person. gulfan sits on his shoulder and he breathes in, and out, and takes a walk.

eventually he'll find jeanne - and raise a brow as he goes to approach her]

Jeanne.

How are you faring?

[discernments]

[ Jeanne is always a little more ease outside where there's fresh air. She's staring up at the moon when Soo-won finds her. ]

I'm fine. I'm saddened, but I'm fine. [ She can still move forward, and isn't that what's more important?

She lowers her gaze from the moon to look at him directly. ]

How are you?

[ She saw his reaction to Yona's name being mentioned. ]

week 1, thursday

[recrowns]

[sometime after

all of that

soo-won is actually going to be resting! he swears! aside from the little ruckus with the second cyoa group, he's disappearing to go into the forest, letting his back rest against a tree and settle for watching gulfan fly in the sky above him

he's honestly just chilling, all cleaned up, looking like nothing happened at all]

[discernments]

[ Honestly, Jeanne looks up in the sky for Gulfan for a hint for where Soo-won is instead of going on some wild goose chase. She's more tired than usual, and whether that's because she's looking for people away from Rufus or not is up in the air.

She has her standard with her since it's not lost on her what tonight could mean, and seeing him come away from the bridge like that has set her a little on edge.

She sits down next to him. ]

What will you tell me?

[ She means of what happened, but she also means of how hurt he actually is, of what he's feeling, and what he's thinking. ]

week 1, friday

[discernments]

[ Death comes at everyone fast! Jeanne goes looking for him because after their talk yesterday, why wouldn't she?

It's not impossible they'd miss something (including a body like everyone and the mods wants). ]

Soo-won? Did you find anything?

[ She's somber, but a little relief slips through. ]

[recrowns]

[A BODY

but soo-won will just turn to her, it seems like he's investigating around the plaza rather intently]

Ah...

Sharon was on the moon.

week 1, post-trial

[recrowns]

[HILARIOUSLY

soo-won will be looking for people!

but when he sees jeanne!

he stiffens up!

and begins... to... walk the other way... casually....]

[discernments]

[ That's not a reaction she expects upon seeing him. She's a little confused but takes it in stride

And by that, she follows him.... just as casually....

Not so casually. ]

Halt.

week 1, post-execution

[recrowns]

[it's within the very moment that he can

he does not walk, he runs - and perhaps that's foolish given his (lup voice) giant stab wound but at this point he only has one while jeanne endured far more than that. he reaches out to support her, one way or another, and her name leaves him in more of a breath than it is actually spoken]

Jeanne.

[she's okay.]

[discernments]

[ She will be okay. She thought she'd be okay at the end, but what Kano did at the very last moment shook her more than she thought anything could during the execution. She had been prepared to have his blood on her hands.

She did not expect there was another way she could not save someone today.

It's because it's Soo-won that she doesn't let everything completely shutter right away. It's gone in a moment, but for a second, she lets him see how shaken she is.

She breathes out. The adrenaline begins to fade, and she stumbles into his support. ]

He took it into his own hands.

[ She does not begrudge Kano for anything. ]

week 2, monday

[discernments]

[ Jeanne has been a GOOD GIRL recuperating in her new room for most of the day, but even GOOD GIRLS who don't want to be complete hypocrites get cabin fever and want to explore the new area.

It's night time maybe. Evening, at least.

Does she know about emotionshare yet? Does she know about zapping penalties yet? No.

But at least she can read the rules.

She's taking a walk at the port, and in the distance, she hears a dolphin. She's about to jump in to go after it unless Soo-won catches sight of her in time to do something about it.

JEANNE your INJURIES ]

[recrowns]

[this is going to be such a disaster given the fact that he's taking a walk himself, as if to see whether or not the area does any shifts when the sun sets

but then he

hears the dolphin, notices jeanne, and

the way he rushes to catch her sleeve without actually touching her hand directly - and the rush of emotion that is a combination of unsurprised of course she would do this and concerned she absolutely cannot do this.]

Jeanne.

week 2, wednesday i just really wanted dailys

[recrowns]

[anyway soo-won is

going to be in the first aid room! yeah. he honestly doesn't seem all that badly off? and when he looks up to see jeanne enter, he's immediately going to scan her for injuries]

Anything hurting particularly bad?

one full week!

[discernments]

[ Jeanne seems mostly fine, too. She's more mentally exhausted by Izumo continually ignoring her hints to be effective

but she's not unused to that, so!

There are no new wounds, just old reopened ones. ]

Nothing hurts more than a few days ago.

[ She gives him a once over for anything new. ]

week 2, friday

[discernments]

[ ignores feelings

IT'S FRIDAY THINGS ARE HAPPENING Jeanne got told something and debated withholding it because she doesn't know if it means something or nothing

But hello, Soo-won. ]

Have Izumo or Sora spoken to you today?

[recrowns]

[hello.

soo-won is still in the blanket fort but:]

Is it about how Izumo can't say anything but nice things even though she wants to be rude?

week 2, post-execution

[recrowns]

[soo-won is going to eventually go to find her and he has two cups of tea! it's very smelly and floral, but you know that's his usual brew.

he offers her one and then takes a sip of his own]

I haven't killed anyone.

But a memory was returned to me.

[discernments]

[ Jeanne stills for the briefest moment when she sees him but takes the cup without hesitation. It's a testament of her character that her surprise doesn't make the tea in her cup splash although there is a small ripple.

She takes a sip. ]

The Realm does not seem well today. What did you remember?

week 3, friday

[discernments]

[ Hey, Soo-won, why is there blood running down your arm?

Jeanne comes to his announcement and waits until he's done discussing things and just stares at it.

That's it. That's your starter. Maybe I'll tag that top level for fun, too. ]

[recrowns]

Ah, Jeanne.

[he looks glad to see her!

but then he's going to look down at his arm, notice the blood, and go:]

Ah.

[again.]

week 3, post-trial

[recrowns]

[he doesn't look well - but he's not exactly hiding away either. he's pretty sure he wouldn't be surprised if people have words for him, so he will take all of them as they come. rather, he seems to have composed himself in the inn lobby for now, and is settled on sipping tea.

when jeanne approaches, he offers a tired smile]

... hello.

[discernments]

[ She seats herself across from him, and well, she can't really hide her concern for him. It's unfortunate.

But honestly, she's just steeled herself after everything that's gone on this night, so she sounds more business-like than anything right now. ]

Hello. What kind of answer will I hear from you, if I ask how you are?

week 3, post-exec i changed my mind

[discernments]

[ because I forgot she said she would follow up

Whether or not Soo-won hears the door to the book shop opens, Jeanne appears in front of his book fort not soon after. ]

Your conclusion from last week was correct. One of my memories returned.

[recrowns]

[oh. he blinks at that - ]

Ah, congratulations. I hope it's a fortunate one....

.... and would you mind telling me if your PHS icon is blinking today?

week 4, monday

[recrowns]

[honestly? there are horses and if you don't think soo-won is going to borrow one that's very silly. he smiles brightly upon noticing jeanne though, and even as he guides the horse over to her, he offers up a smile]

Care to take a ride with me, Jeanne? There seems to be quite a bit to explore here.

[discernments]

[ Jeanne lights up when she sees the horse. ]

If there's more than one horse around here, shall we race later?

[ But she seems fine with riding with him together on the one or separately. ]

week 4, friday

[discernments]

[ She is bringing him some tea?

Yeah, she is bringing him tea. Who knows where he is. ]

If you haven't already found out, your earlier theory on the blinking PHS icon may need some more work.

[ Her voice is pitched a little louder than usual maybe. ]

[recrowns]

[he raises a brow at her voice but it really is nothing in comparison to:]

On the contrary, ma'am, I have been made awares since Monday. However the theory on the opposin' side is that perhaps it may have something to do with Emet-Selch's team not being revealed given that he did not come to meet the reaper this past Sunday. [is that a cowboy term? now it is]

Rather, I've been requesting some kindly folk to talk to their Leaders and see what they may have recalled and determine information the good old fashioned way.

[holding his hand out for the tea!]

Thank you kindly.

week 4, sunday

[discernments]

[ Because bookends to a week are neat, Jeanne has commandeered a horse for one final ride, and when she sees Soo-won, she has the half-second thought to trot away from him.

Unfortunately, she doesn't and instead stops by his side. ]

What is that they was said— Howdy? We never did race.

[recrowns]

[ah - he looks up at her and smiles at that, laughing gently]

Give me a moment to seek a horse of my own? And then perhaps we can have our race.

[wherever it may take them]

week 5, thursday pre-curfew

[recrowns]

[oh how i hate you.

but tell me what jeanne's injuries are because you can assume that soo-won is going to see to literally all of them once they make it to the first aid station. apparently he's been studying for a reason!

soo-won himself looks - just a bit tired, but well, it's thursday. so that's probably why. there's not much that can break his focus though, based on how intensely he wants to help patch her up after what she's been through.

(but what the hell has she been through?)]

[discernments]

[ Well. She is very bruised! Super duper bruised. All over. Almost like she was thrown against something a few times and fell or that some large things have been thrown at her. Or both. (It's both.)

I was kind and didn't break anything.

Her arms and legs are all cut up, as if branches have cut her and thorns have pricked her.

She got stabbed straight through the back to her front, and her breathing is pretty unsteady because of that, among everything else that comes with that kind of physical trauma. Haha.

Meanwhile, Jeanne is looking very calm, so her pain doesn't seep through too much. ]

I am just... in a little bit of pain.

[ She's in a lot of pain. ]

week 5, friday

[discernments]

[ As soon as Jeanne sees the Friday PHS message, she immediately takes off to look for Soo-won, wherever he is. She'll look for however long it takes and probably take a little while longer to do it, considering her Thursday, but.

She won't stop until she finds him.

Where are you, Soo-won. ]

[recrowns]

[he makes himself scarce.

it's when there's a combination of a gust of wind - and jeanne being rather close to the planetarium. a cry of a falcon, and the softest 'ah' from above.

a photograph flutters down and down and down.

until it lands in her hand to reveal the image.]

week 5, post-trial i hate you

[recrowns]

[it takes him a little bit of time - and he thinks it's a little selfish that it does. but he has to gather himself enough that he doesn't appear intensely sickly because... if these are their last moments together, he does not think he wants it to be terrible or ugly.

if they get to choose so little here - can't they at least choose that?

so he'll arrive. with medicine and water in case no one's brought her any.]

Might you make some time for me?

[discernments]

[ please love me

She has been brought tea, at the very least, but she will appreciate the medicine and water whenever she can take it.

When he arrives, she looks up from where she's kneeling on the floor, her hands folded together as if in prayer, and she smiles. In her last moments, she also does not want to seem weak or frail, illness or otherwise. ]

When have I refused something you asked of me?

week 5, post-execution

[recrowns]

[if you don't think that he's going to her immediately after execution, that's very funny. he's running for her the second that the barrier goes down, and he'll hold out his hands to help steady her no matter how sick they both are.

softly, and a little bit in awe:]

... hello again.

[discernments]

[ It's a little unreal still. She doesn't know how she's feeling. She doesn't what she should be doing. All she expected was to feel how she did all those years ago (but less, much less because at least this time, she chose this and it wasn't chosen for her).

Something hits her at the sight of him, of him reaching out his hands to her, and she takes his hands for a second before letting them go—

And surging forward to wrap her arms around him instead. ]

Hello. I did not have to leave.

[ She just wants to feel if this real. ]

week 6, tuesday

[recrowns]

[sometime tuesday, soo-won will be inside the inn lobby, and he will be looking at the kamidana. he stares at it rather intensely, as well as holding two photographs and his PHS in one hand, as if he's.... trying to understand something.

it seems like he's focusing especially on one red-haired puppet that was placed from last week

he looks up when he notices someone approaching - and offers a smile]

Jeanne. Hello, taking a break from the sun?

[discernments]

[ Jeanne does look like she's coming back from the beach where she may or may not have been looking forlornly at the dolphins out there.

It doesn't escape her how intensely he's looking at the kamidana, and she is trying not to let the feeling of dread creeping on her appear on her features. She returns his smile. ]

I am. I'm more or less done with the beach for the day. Is something the matter?

week 7, saturday

[discernments]

[ Well! Those were some fun thought exercises on their last trial day, and the fighting wasn't terrible. The doxxing was interesting to see, too.

Jeanne is honestly a little tired from everything, but she smiles once she sees Soo-won. ]

Is this what you expected?

[recrowns]

[he's a bit tired? surprisingly not that much though. he runs a hand through his hair before glancing over at jeanne and offering up a smile]

Some parts of it yes, others no.

But it was interesting, to say the least. I will only hope that it is the end.