laurence

[rippled]

tsun baby

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weekend 0, saturday

[rippled]

[ they are at the nice, cute cafe

saber is peering at the options and look at him. ]

They look quite nice, don't you think?

[outdistanced]

[ hmmmmm. ]

Sure. They're cute... I guess. It's not much of a meal if you're hungry, though - they're just snacks.

week 0, monday

[rippled]

[ they can be at the beachy

saber is kneeling down in front of the surf, watching as the tide comes and goes. ]

This is surprisingly peaceful.

[outdistanced]

...Yeah, it is. I never thought I'd want to visit a place like this, but I kind of like it.

week 1, monday

[rippled]

[ holiday market yippee

saber will just gesture for laurence to come to a stall ]

[outdistanced]

[ hm? wanders over ]

What's up?

week 2, tuesday

[rippled]

[ wherever laurence is, this is waddling up to him. ]

[outdistanced]

[ IMMEDIATELY on alert after the cerbergoose last week ]

Don't even think about attacking me.

week 2, thursday

[outdistanced]

[ pspsps sorrowglare pspspspspsps ]

[rippled]

[ hiii.

they are quietly sitting at the gazebo. ]

week 2, saturday

[outdistanced]

[ he's gonna go sit by the koi pond in the garden and just watch them for a while. he'll look up when he hears saber approach, though. ]

Feeling okay? Do you need any more painkillers, or anything?

[ are their injuries okay... he wasn't paying attention to that in trial. ]

[rippled]

[ that's fine saber also wasn't paying attention to their injuries. ]

Don't worry about me. How are you?

week 3, monday

[rippled]

[ good morning. they are together and opening a door and i am just going to yeet us into a memory yippee.

You are on a ship.

It is full of your father's followers, all following along after you under his orders. Your wife, Ototachibana-hime, is also with you, as she refused to be left behind on the mission. It is rather typical behavior for her, and you knew no amount of argument would dissuade her from it.

But the sea is raging. The waves are fall taller than your ship, and they crash relentlessly against its sides, threatening to overturn the entire thing. You are not sure if everyone is still onboard or if some have been lost to the waters, and you likely will not know until things have calmed down. But there is nothing to do right now but try to keep everything moving to get past the storm.

And yet it just persists. It does not take too long for the dread to sink in, that this is more than just a regular storm and that the gods are against you yet again. You start to fear that you will not reach the shore, and that you will fail your father and never see your country again. All you can do is try to keep control of everyone.

You see movement to your left, and you almost don't pay it too much mind—until you realize why it caught your attention in the first place. Ototachibana-hime has walked to the end of the ship, her hands now clutching the railing. There is a serene expression on her face.

You start to walk towards her. "Why are you out here? It's dangerous."

She looks back to face you. "The sea needs a sacrifice, my beloved."

You aren't sure if you heard her right. You start walking even faster, but the harsh rocking of the ship keeps sending you to your knees. You get back up to try again.

"It's just a storm," you say, even though you know it is not just a storm. "It will pass. Please go inside."

"We won't survive this," she says, looking back at the water. "But you must fulfill your duty. I will do this for you."

You run faster. She is right in front of you, and your reach your hand out to grab her just as she pushes herself over the railing into the water below. Your hand encloses on empty air, and you watch your wife fall into the sea with a smile on her face and love in her gaze.

The waters calm down to a point where it's almost as if there never was a storm. All you can do is stare at the spot she once was.

saber just blinks. ]

[outdistanced]

[ my god. he's horrified by the time the memory stops. ]

What... Why did she...?

week 3, saturday

[outdistanced]

[ saber can find him in the convenience store, picking up some light snacks after trial. he looks absolutely miserable. ]

...Hey, Saber.

[rippled]

[ good plan, laurence. ]

This was a rough day, wasn't it?

week 4, monday

[rippled]

[ yippee they are in the candy kingdom. where? well let's just say it's the entrance and we can figure the rest out.

the general emotion mood is just a general curiosity. ]

A kingdom...?

[outdistanced]

[ the vibes from laurence are mostly just. confusion. ]

Is it really all candy?

[ what the fck ]

week 4, wednesday

[outdistanced]

[ taking a breather out on the balcony! he has a little plate of treats he offers to saber and the vibes are just. nice. ]

I guess a ball isn't bad once in a while.

[rippled]

[ they are ignoring all the chaos. ]

Did you dance?

week 4, saturday

[rippled]

[ hi they are coming to check in on him. ]

[outdistanced]

[ they can catch him in the gazebo near the church, all the fight from trial having bled out of him. now there's just a simmering anger at the surface of his emotions, but more than that - overwhelming sadness and grief. ]

Hey, Saber.

[ he sounds as miserable as he feels! yay! ]

week 7, monday

[rippled]

[ ok now that everything has calmed down a bit. ]

So, please tell me how you have been.

[outdistanced]

In the past few weeks? Absolutely awful, thanks.

...It's better now that everyone's back, but getting here just sucked a lot.

w7 saturday

[outdistanced]

[ hello he has flopped on the beach after Everything. he is exhausted. ]

We finally go home tomorrow...

[rippled]

Mmhm.

Strange to think about, right?