rippled | lucas

[ saber was never a suspect so they did not see the point.

so they nod. ]

It was usually always a specific height group... somehow...

[Lucas also wasn't until he very abruptly was, so he understands.]

...Come to think of it, most people who were killed and who were afflicted or acted otherwise were rather tall, weren't they?

Yes... it is why I never understood why they wanted me to remove my clothing.

[ they are so short. ]

[THEY ARE SO SHORT... He just nods, though. This is also part of why he did not pester people who chose not to participate.]

For thoroughness' sake, I suppose, but... well. At least they didn't pester you overly-so.

Haha, well, they would have had to force me to.

[ saber would have fought them all they don't give a fuck. ]

[FUCKING HELP ME.]

—Even if you had ended up on a list of people under suspicion someday?

[ give them a minute they

genuinely have to consider this ]

... if they have good reason to suspect me...

[THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER IT.

Lucas thinks this is fine, though. He just nods.]

I think that's fair enough, then, really.

[Don't just basically say fighting is okay in any other instance.]

[ this is why they are luber <3 ]

Well, only Wis'adel and Mizu are the only ones who really decline that are left now, anyway. And the former can give in if you pressure her enough.

[OUR LUBER... SLIDES INTO W6 ON THE KISS COUNTER.]

I suppose we'll see whether or not that will happen tomorrow, then. If anyone's left shoes or gloves lying around, there are only so many groups of people they'll be able to fit.

There is a weird amount of abandoned shoes, isn't there?

[ why... ]

[WHY.]

I don't really understand it, myself. I've never lost a shoe like that...

[Chasing people down to supermurder them, which he has a lot of practice with.]

Are they not tying the laces well enough? Are they just changing after and leaving their shoes out there?

Wouldn't it be smarter to just hide it under your bed or something? We have never done room checks.

[ they have so many questions. ]

[Thinking about the cage under his bed.]

I suppose Firefly did place a pair of incriminating shoes back into her room that time that Yves went with her to fetch them, but she was shedding so many other parts of her outfit that it ultimately didn't make much of a difference...

People should be more careful about these things.

[ criticizes people's murder techniques in the graveyard. ]

It's probably better for us all that they aren't, though... Even the little bit of outfit that I ended up losing became the most incriminating piece.

[HIS EARRING. He's still sad about it. But he's also more aware now of the fact that he did in fact kill two innocent people insanely, so he looks toward Saber after that.]

...I've already given you an apology, but I'd like to give another, in a clearer state of mind. I was trying to consider ways of expressing that, and I thought - perhaps you might like a rematch, now that you're healed? [BE LESS INSANE.] Or I can cook something for you, though I'm not very skilled... Or both, I suppose.

Oh! I would love a rematch.

[ they can get food from people so easily, but fighting? fighting is forever. and their usual spar partner is–well, he's dead now actually, but he hasn't landed on this side yet. ]

If that is fine with you.

[IT'S TRUE AND HE CAN JUST GET OTHER FOOD THAT HE DIDN'T COOK WHICH WILL TASTE BETTER. Uruha is so fucking dead but it's fine, Lucas will just smile and nod like this is a normal conversation.]

Oh, of course it is. Really, I shouldn't let myself get rusty... Come find me any time you might like, won't you? I'd be happy to indulge with you until you're satisfied, so please don't hold back.

[kya]

[ GO TO BED

but you do not need thoughtshare to be able to tell that they are pleased by this. it really is the simple things in life that keep you sane in a murdergame, even if those simple things are what other people might consider insane. ]

Thank you. I definitely will. You really are a good friend, Lucas.

[trundles off into the mists

THEY ARE BOTH SO INSANE this is so funny, but if they are genuinely pleased, then Lucas is also genuinely pleased, because unfortunately all he wants is to do right by the people he comes to care for. Even if it's little, simple things that are so insane that keep a person sane regardless.]

Please do. [There is something a little stilted in his smile because he's thinking somewhere in the back of his mind that good friends do not kill their friends probably, but that thought is smothered very fastly by the many mental guards keeping his fragile brain from becoming liquid.]

I'd like to be, to you. If I can. You've been a good and kind friend to me as well, so it's surely the least that I can do.

[ saber has killed their friends outside of a murdergame environment so, like. they genuinely have no room to judge here! sometimes you are simply a murderer and you must learn to live with that burden, one way or another. ]

... I think all we can really do is try to be.

[SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA CARRY THAT WEIGHT (MURDERHANDS)... Maybe someday he will enter his catholic guilt era about it, or maybe he will simply die in the explosion he'll cause by going back home and trying to kill Scien.]

It's heartening to see so many who still think so, even after everything.

I agree. I'm a little surprised.

[ they would have expected so many more to give up.

thinks about marcoh and smiles weakly. ]

[MARCOH CAN'T HURT US HERE IN THE PAST WHERE WE CAN'T SEE HIM BREAKING DOWN IN PCS.]

I think it speaks to the resilience of those here.

Mm.

I don't want to say people grow accustomed to this easily, but... it is amazing how quickly it fits into your daily routine.

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