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dawnblushed) wrote2020-10-04 04:59 pm
dawnblushed) wrote2020-10-04 04:59 pm
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[i should have asked where clem would be,
anyway. wherever clem happens to be, yona is there. she's ... reading a book? yep. she's reading a book. even if wherever clem happens to be is not a good place to be reading a book.]
anyway. wherever clem happens to be, yona is there. she's ... reading a book? yep. she's reading a book. even if wherever clem happens to be is not a good place to be reading a book.]
[ why are you reading in the forest instead of somewhere comfortable like the lobby! see, now i get to make character decisions for you and then make fun of them.
... anyway. clem knows how to move quietly, but she's kind of trying to make some noise as she approaches so that she doesn't startle yona. ]
... Whatcha reading?
... anyway. clem knows how to move quietly, but she's kind of trying to make some noise as she approaches so that she doesn't startle yona. ]
... Whatcha reading?
[look when you spend a good chunk of time traveling around in forests, reading while sitting against the trunk of a tree can feel more natural than doing it indoors!
anyway, she holds up the book - it's titled "a little princess," by frances hodgson burnett.]
This. Someone gave it to me. [...] It's pretty good so far.
anyway, she holds up the book - it's titled "a little princess," by frances hodgson burnett.]
This. Someone gave it to me. [...] It's pretty good so far.
Never heard of it.
[ there aren't many books she would have recognized, so why ask? ... mainly just to put off asking what she really wants to, because she doesn't think she'll be any good at offering comfort and isn't even sure yona will want to talk to her. ]
How are you doing? After today?
[ there aren't many books she would have recognized, so why ask? ... mainly just to put off asking what she really wants to, because she doesn't think she'll be any good at offering comfort and isn't even sure yona will want to talk to her. ]
How are you doing? After today?
I'd never heard of it before, either.
[the wonders of jamjars! you really can learn about a whole bunch of new things when you're around people from other worlds.
at clem's question, she takes note of her page and shuts the book.]
...I'm angry that it had to happen that way. But I don't know what to do with that anger.
[so. here she is!]
[the wonders of jamjars! you really can learn about a whole bunch of new things when you're around people from other worlds.
at clem's question, she takes note of her page and shuts the book.]
...I'm angry that it had to happen that way. But I don't know what to do with that anger.
[so. here she is!]
[it really, really doesn't.]
...I think what bothers me the most about it is... it didn't seem like it would have been any different if we'd gotten it wrong. So, it wasn't justice. It was just a spectacle.
...I think what bothers me the most about it is... it didn't seem like it would have been any different if we'd gotten it wrong. So, it wasn't justice. It was just a spectacle.
Right. So, it doesn't feel like the goal was for us to actually figure out who did it... it was just to spill more blood.
[they. were actually really, really close to getting it wrong before, and yona hasn't forgotten that. it's why it bothers her so much, actually.]
Maybe I'm thinking about it wrong. But... the fact that everyone was forced to watch it doesn't feel right to me, either.
[they. were actually really, really close to getting it wrong before, and yona hasn't forgotten that. it's why it bothers her so much, actually.]
Maybe I'm thinking about it wrong. But... the fact that everyone was forced to watch it doesn't feel right to me, either.
[ she doesn't disagree that the set up is awful. that it's clearly just blood for blood's sake. but also... ]
If we don't take out the person doing it, they'll just do it again, right? Blood to prevent blood. In theory.
[ but as for that second part - yeah. clem nods. ]
It means they want us used to it. You do get used to it.
If we don't take out the person doing it, they'll just do it again, right? Blood to prevent blood. In theory.
[ but as for that second part - yeah. clem nods. ]
It means they want us used to it. You do get used to it.
Right... but if it's blood to prevent blood, you'd think the Realm would just want us to keep searching until we found the right person, and not just cut us off and make us vote even if we don't know.
[oocly, of course the time limit makes sense - and maybe icly it does, too, if the realm is unstable from the disturbances, but. still.]
...people are resilient. They'll get used to anything, if they have to experience it often enough. But I don't think they should have to.
["they," she says, because she's used to it, already.]
[oocly, of course the time limit makes sense - and maybe icly it does, too, if the realm is unstable from the disturbances, but. still.]
...people are resilient. They'll get used to anything, if they have to experience it often enough. But I don't think they should have to.
["they," she says, because she's used to it, already.]
There's no rhyme or reason to anything The Realm does.
[ by which she means she personally does not understand. and - hm, clem looks at her for a moment. ]
It depends on how common it's going to be. If this is how it's going to be and we can't stop it, people do need to face it.
[ by which she means she personally does not understand. and - hm, clem looks at her for a moment. ]
It depends on how common it's going to be. If this is how it's going to be and we can't stop it, people do need to face it.
If that's true, then they do - it would just be better if this wasn't how it was going to be, or if there was a way to stop it.
[yona frowns.]
...I guess we don't really know enough yet. I'm sure we'll find out more in time, but...
[it seems like however they find out is probably going to suck, so.]
[yona frowns.]
...I guess we don't really know enough yet. I'm sure we'll find out more in time, but...
[it seems like however they find out is probably going to suck, so.]
[GRUMPILY:]
I hate waiting. I'd rather do something.
I hate waiting. I'd rather do something.
Right. We will.
[...]
Thanks for looking out for me, Clementine. I appreciate it.
[...]
Thanks for looking out for me, Clementine. I appreciate it.
You came to see how I was doing. That's something.
[yona's making tea in the kitchen!! what's up, clem.]
...oh... um, thank you. I'm glad it helped.
...oh... um, thank you. I'm glad it helped.
...well... it was what Hua Cheng and I got for gathering nova, so maybe someone else will get something similar to it, in the future?
[like... hm.]
I got a bracelet, this week, but it won't be as useful as the stone, I think.
[like... hm.]
I got a bracelet, this week, but it won't be as useful as the stone, I think.
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