[all my characters have the exact same stress response and it's to make tea
soo-won is in the middle of letting a teapot boil, though his gaze is focused on the PHS, as if that will give him additional answers to what he's trying to decipher. when he hears someone come inside to join him, he looks over and offers a smile, tired as it might be]
[She tries to smile back, but it's... pretty wobbly at the edges. Color still hasn't fully returned to her face, and she's cradling a plushie in her hands.]
[how is she going to forget her love interest like this, kyuu
that said soo-won is just going to offer her a nod - and will actually cross over to the dining table to pull a chair out for her, holding out a hand in her direction]
It'll be ready in a moment - come have a seat while the water heats.
[Look. Listen. This isn't my fault? Sometimes, plushies just happen.
She lingers for a moment, though, before she nods.]
Thank you, again. [Quietly, as she takes the seat. And then she plops her emotional support plushie on her lap.] Do you know what could have happened last night...?
[She sighs, pressing the doll closer to her torso.]
I hope you're right. It seems the leaders are consulting with the realm so, perhaps, we'll have more answers tomorrow. [A pause, and then she makes a small noise. Almost frustrated.] But, that song... What was that?
he'll bring their cups over then, and move to take a seat opposite her]
Someone had to have uttered it - unless there's going to be some excuse about how it just popped into existence in the exact moment that one of our own lost their life.
[Uttering a low, polite thank you as she takes her cup. She won't take a sup just yet, holding it in her hands as if to warm them.]
Honestly, I really don't know what to think. [She wants to believe the leaders have their best interest at heart, really, but.] They said something was endangering our worlds, and that nova could take the shape of something dangerous. That doesn't explain what happened to Ichinose-san, or why that song played at all.
Mm... To their credit - it seems that they themselves aren't entirely clear on what happened. When I spoke with one of them a few days ago, they'd stated that something was going to happen with the nova - I'd thought that referred to the scavenger hunt. Now I'm less clear if that's the case.
And so it seems as though they're still trying to seek out answers too, and tomorrow might be able to give us more to work with.
[a beat, and he looks down at his own cup]
I think - it's alright, to have your reservations. It may be uncomfortable... but we may need to sit in that uncertainty before we make our decisions about how to move forward.
... That was my impression, too. Wolf-san said they world protect us if something dangerous were to show up. So, I suppose, I don't understand why Ichinose-san had to die if it was because of the nova manifesting.
[And now they know, it was because a 13-year-old lost their ship. Oops.]
I only hope things will become clearer tomorrow. We need to press forward if we want to save our worlds.
[VR room time! Idk if they walked here together or what. You decide, Dana. But Yoshizawa is looking over the panel with a look of pure wonder on her face, though she hasn't done anything with it just yet.]
[soo-won will honestly be looking very confused as he goes through the rooms, and he automatically brightens when he enters the VR room and he sees yoshizawa
and then
pauses. softly, to himself:]
.... could it be....
[before he speaks up, raising his voice to announce himself]
... Not quite. [Slowly, like she's figuring out her response as she speaks.] The urge feels similar to last week, but at the same time, it feels different. I'm not sure how to describe it.
[Sometimes, you ignore your battery being drained because you just think that's the depression.]
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