Opinions without 3.1415 are just Onions (Week1 post trial)

[ghostricked]

After everything, the house seems almost too still and too mundane. At least as long as the doors to that room remain closed. One by one those covered in what was once their teammate are lead to the showers or change in silence. There is no warm meal waiting for them. No words of encouragement.

Life goes on, regardless.

Comments

[cw_suicide]

[... hold up.




is Mister Magic Isn't Real saying something as off-putting as "I was stabbed to death but I got better"?????

this incredulous, blank stare is for you, Battler.]

[golden_dream]

Because the top bunk is up there, and I don't trust myself enough not to get dizzy, roll over, and crash on to the floor.

[cw_suicide]

Optimally the one you least want me to~

[he wouldn't really, but like. you gotta admit that'd be funny]

[tsunderine]

You better not talk to him about it!

[uh

oh]

[boardreversal]

[Technically, he's been blown up once, eaten alive by goats (representing an explosion), repeatedly turned into a pile of meat by 7 demonic stakes that are also anime girls, and shot in the face by a very upset aunt (not rosa).

For as much as battler claims Magic Doesn't Real, he sure has been the subject of a lot of it.

He blinks, tilting his head.]

...Did I say something weird? I mean, all I said was -

[He pauses, suddenly realizing what his big mouth did.

...........fuck.]

[cw_suicide]

................ you are never allowed to give me shit about being flippant about my injuries again.

[the fuck, indeed!]

[boardreversal]

Ah - yeah, I get it. All healers - doctors and others - are like that, aren't they? ...It just means you're serious about your work, which is really impressive..!

[Since, you know, she looks so young and all.

After a moment, he clambers down from his bunk onto where she's at, gathering his cards into the deck.]

Yeah, solitaire tends to be one person only...But I know a few other games we can play together, if you want. It's been a while since I've played a card game against someone, ihihihi.

[boardreversal]

[Siiiiigh...he really screwed up, didn't he? He at least looks sheepish as he nods.]

Fine, I guess...But it wasn't like I had to wait to heal up from all of that.

[UNLIKE A CERTAIN SOMEONE ELSE...]

[eyeforai]

[Ah. Well, that works out alright then. He gives a small smile in response, giving as subtle as a once over he can without looking... well, creepy. It probably helps that without his usual trench coat, he also looks less sketchy than he normally does.]

Hey. You look like you're doing a little better now. I'm glad.

[cw_suicide]

[the look of the cat who caught the canary]

[cw_suicide]

Maybe you wouldn't be so flippant about it if you had any consequences from it.

[the barest hint of a snap because like... he might be desensitized from it but he actually had to not only experience the pain but all the long agonizing days and weeks that followed???

part of him knows that's probably not fair--psychology doesn't work like, but emotions bad. suddenly wishing no emotions again. why can't he even do this right?]

[tsunderine]

. . .

[fuck]

[cw_suicide]

[puts a hand on her shoulder]

Do you best, Rin-chan!

[at resisting a persistent dog that will not let go]

[tsunderine]

Don't be an idiot, I'm not planning on confessing to anyone while we're in here.

[cw_suicide]

Mm, that makes sense.

[tsunderine]

Obviously.

I'm not dealing with the song and dance of 'oh, I confessed!' and then they just wind up dead.

[boardreversal]

[Instead of snapping back, Battler just...wilts, a little, nodding.]

...You're probably right. Sorry, Dazai-san.

[There's a lot he could say - just that even if there were no consequences, he still had to experience every moment of the pain, both mental and physical. The knowledge that there wasn't anything he could do against the Stakes, or the deaths his 'piece' self faced on the board....Who's memories he also had, along with the 'him' who was above the board.

....But, Dazai-san probably did suffer more than he had, so...he's right.]

[cw_suicide]

I don't know how that feels at all.

Ah, but I do know how it feels to have that person die before anything is said at all.

[yeah like an afterthought... that's exactly how he says it]

[impyroverished]

...ah. [Wow, when you put it like that you almost sound so hesitant, Saphir. Emil crosses his arms, a little bit disappointed, but...better Saphir's knowledge than none, he figures] That should be fine. I doubt we're going to get any more Olympia-level bombs -- anything else we find is likely to be of the same level than this world's technology.

[He hopes, at least]

[tsunderine]

You can't say that like it's unimportant, Dazai-san.

[cw_suicide]

I can because I just did.

[so nya]

[tsunderine]

So did you care about them so little that you're already over it?

[tsunderine]

... Of course pretending is a bad thing.

But I'm not allowed to be sad about it, either. And even if this does wind up continuing, even if more people wind up dead, I can't.

Because people like you and some of the others... well. Some of us have to hold it together.

[...]

Maybe I should go.

[cw_suicide]

[no.

the answer is very much no.]

I suppose if you want to take stock in "time heals all wounds"... I would say that's a bad investment.

[accrowed]

Makes sense. After a long day, the last thing anyone wants to do is worry about tumbling off of their bed in the middle of the night. [ Briefly rubbing the back of his head before he heads to the doorway. ]

Just try and be careful in the morning, 'kay? Swapping won't do much good if you forget where you are in the morning and topple off anyway.

[ He gives her a brief wave and heads out of the room. Later, Rosa. ]