WEEK 2 MINGLE - ARTEMISIA

[foundationmods]

Things had changed so rapidly in the past few days.

The loss of two of them hung over like a shroud, made even worse by the fact that an innocent person had been executed.

Was this....how the rest of the game was going to go...?🗈

....Even if it was, there wasn't much they could do now. Yuuko herself hasn't shown up in public since the trial, and while some have talked to her, she's been...subdued.

Did the trial hurt her just as much as them?

Regardless, the island is still beautiful, if deadly. Summer continues, beaming down on all of them, the waves of the sea warm and inviting.

But even if things look bleak...

They have something in their hands that will soon lead to the Truth, and the heart of this matter.

And in the air...lies a heavy sense that everything is about to change.

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Comments

[foundfate]

I could, but anything I would actually want is either unobtainable or I could get it for myself.

[fullbodied]

Even if it's unobtainable, it must still be nice to think of sometimes. right?

[foundfate]

...not really.

[There is a distinct sadness to his tone as he says that. He's also looking away, like he's trying to see something in the distance that isn't there.]

It's hard to think of people you can't even remember anyway.

[fullbodied]

Oh...

Then-- what brings you joy, Watanuki-kun?

[foundfate]

[Watanuki opens his mouth like he's about to start speaking, but nothing comes out. Instead he pauses, and he slowly closes his mouth. Then he opens it again, ready to speak once more, only to close it without saying a thing.

He finds himself staring down at his hands, unable to come up with any kind of response at all.

So instead of answering her question, he speaks of other things entirely.]

My life isn't bad. I'm alive, I'm working a job that keeps me busy, and people don't dislike me. That's enough for anyone, I think.

[But it still doesn't answer her question.

Because he doesn't have an answer for that.]

[fullbodied]

...

[she nudges him.]

You don't have to overthink "joy," you know. It could be something really simple. Like sharing a birthday with Syaoran-kun, or having us all wish you well.

[foundfate]

[...It's probably best that he doesn't give that statement a real answer.]

I do like sharing a birthday like this.

[fullbodied]

[i mean, it would not be the first time someone has not given her statements an honest answer so.]

Mmhm. I'm gonna hope you have more feelings like this, then.

[foundfate]

I think Syaoran could use some of that hope of yours. He's in a pretty rough situation back home.

[Deflect deflect deflect.]

[fullbodied]

Y'know, it's not zero sum, right? I can hope for lots of things.

[she's not taking the deflect.]

Watanuki-kun, are you alright?

[foundfate]

Yes, I'm fine.

[Not at all.]