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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[excavated]

Yeah, and there's also apparently males who can make children with other males and females who can make children with other females or even females making children with males... [ he did look things up but also someone might have talked to him ]

[foundfate]

I would not be surprised if there are species out there like that, no.

[It's. Quite the variety.]

Just how many books on the subject did you find?

[excavated]

A lot.

[foundfate]

...

Well I'm glad you had an educational afternoon.

[excavated]

I did. By the way, Watanuki. . . do you think that I'll be doing that with Sakura one day?

[oh no]

[foundfate]

[This is not the direction he was expecting this conversation to go.]

If you want to, I guess? But you two are pretty young, so you don't have to worry about it yet. Not for at least another five- or no, make it ten- ten years.

[excavated]

Why ten years?

[foundfate]

Because you can't get married until then. And you should wait until you're married for 'that kind of thing'.

[excavated]

Really? I heard that people did it just because they're in love with each other... I didn't know marriage was an important aspect for it.

[foundfate]

That's what marriage is: a commitment born out of love and devotion. When you are in love with someone, and you know you want to be with that person forever, you get married.

[excavated]

So you can't do that sort of thing before marriage, even if you love a person?

[foundfate]

Right, you can't. Marriage first.

[excavated]

Okay, got it. I'll remember that.

[foundfate]

Good! And don't get married until you're much older too. At least 20! Only adults can get married.

[excavated]

Really? Is that a rule in all worlds?

[foundfate]

Yes. It's a rule everywhere. Marry the person you love, and only when you're over 20.

[excavated]

I see. . .

[ a pause, almost contemplative ]

If I have to marry the people that I love, we should get married, too, right?

[ ah.

mistakes. ]

[foundfate]

[MISTAKES.

THEY HAVE BEEN MADE.]

...

[The worst part is, he can't say 'no', because he doesn't want to hurt Syaoran's feelings.]

We're the same person, we don't have to get married. We're already connected.

Plus, you're not 20 yet.

[excavated]

[ LOVE HIM, WATANUKI........ although he can't help but blink owlishly ]

So I can ask again once I'm twenty, right?

[ nailed it ]

[foundfate]

...Sure. Ask again when you're 20.

[Maybe by then he'll have learned how to say no.]

[excavated]

I will. Promise.