yves

[rippled]

Comments

weekend 0, saturday

[rippled]

[ hi. they can be at the fucking mansion i guess.

saber is looking around. they definitely have the vibe of a tourist right now. ]

Wow...

[noirges]

[ laughs nostalgically ]

Yeah, that's how I felt when I first visited a mansion too... I was scared I'd break anything if I touched it.

[rippled]

It at least fits us all comfortably...

[ which is good. they were really concerned about how so many of them would continue to fit in the cafe ]

Who did they put you with?

[noirges]

Laurence! He's a good kid.

[ happy, pleased ]

You?

[rippled]

Someone by the name of Yoji Uruha.

[ barely introducing themselves to people has come to bite them in the ass ]

[noirges]

Oh! I know Uruha!

[ immediately flashes a peace sign like that explains everything ]

[rippled]

I see!

[ ... ]

Who are they?

[noirges]

[ . . . . ?

holds up a second peace sign to go with the first peace sign? ]

Mm... Nice guy, had a little green plush that he was holding onto, made himself dizzy because he walked into the fog a bunch of times?

[rippled]

...

[ that's not helping at all. ]

Sure.

[noirges]

[ help ]

Maybe I should just introduce you...

[rippled]

Oh, yes, that would be very appreciated!

But that can be done later. Have you been keeping well?

[noirges]

[ laughs faintly ]

As well as anyone can be, Saber. Thanks for asking.

You? You seem to be adapting to everything a bit better than some folks...

[rippled]

Of course I am. If you do not adapt to a situation then you die.

[ it's said to simply.

a pause. ]

Although I suppose we already died.

[noirges]

Yeah, that's true. On both accounts.

[ agreeing ]

Did you have a situation you had trouble adapting to then? Before you got here... well, only if you want to talk about it, I suppose.

[rippled]

... I do not have problems with it.

[ they poke at one of the sofas, before experimentally sitting on it. ]

If anything, it is adjusting to the lack of information that others may have that I don't. But in those cases, all you need to do is learn them.

[noirges]

[ also goes to sit with them! ]

Wow, comfy.

[ it's a nice sofa ]

But mm, I think so too. What type of thing did you do before we got here, Saber? Lots of thinking on the fly?

[rippled]

Hmm, I guess you can say I was in a sort of competition with others, aiming for a prize. Last one standing wins.

[ they gesture around them. ]

So, dying is not too much of a surprise, when it was already a fight to the death.

[noirges]

Oh! Whoa... I've only heard of that kind of thing in stories...

[ battle royales... ]

Ah, I'm sorry though - you must've wanted that prize.

[ among other things? there's plenty of other reasons to live but they're still figuring out their friendship so yves isn't sure what saber's reasons are ]

[rippled]

[ they bounce on the sofa, feeling it out. whee. ]

Well, there's no point in worrying about it now. What's done is done.

[ stops bouncing... ]

And you?

[noirges]

[ smiles at the bouncing ]

What did I do before coming here?

Or what were the circumstances of my death?

I don't mind answering either, I just want to make sure I understand your question.

[rippled]

Whichever one you feel like answering.

[ it just happened that saber's answer was more or less the same for each question. ]

[noirges]

I was the owner of a handyman's guild, Courrune. But I also served in our Corps some of the time, which I guess you'd call a people's militia to protect the commoners on the island.

[ looks thoughtful ]

... but I think at the end of my life, I was just forced to make a decision and fight a friend. But I knew that I was going to die - that we both were.

[rippled]

[ there's a pause, and they glance over at him, their expression partly sympathetic, but mixed with something that's a little sad. ]

... I'm sorry. Having to go against a friend is something that is much harder to deal with than some may think.

[noirges]

[ ah.

his expression softens, touched. ]

... thank you. I think... often, for people, once someone is a villain, they have always been a villain.

But I appreciate getting to talk about their humanity instead, even if it ended up bloody.

[rippled]

Mm. You can never predict where someone's road will lead them, and sometimes it is not in a direction you can walk alongside them towards.

[ it would be much easier if things were as black and white as some believed. ]

I hope you can find peace with it.