flayn - catchall

[okitactless]

I'LL SHITPOST LATER

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[fishingforcompliments]

Of course.

[She's surprised by, but not opposed to, the offer to accompany her.]

...did you get to know her, then?

[okitactless]

Yes, a little.

[He has to be extremely careful, sheathing his sword--it takes him much longer than he'd rather, but he manages to do it without harming the blade or the sheathe (or, less importantly, his body).]

I saw a memory of hers, and she saw one of mine. She's very patient. [Early on, she'd let him express his confusion and frustrations freely and without judgment. It's something he appreciates, when he knows he's prone to saying the wrong thing.]

[fishingforcompliments]

She is.

[Or is "was" the better word? ...no, is. She may be dead, but she isn't gone. Some part of her still lives on, on the other side, and she has to believe this isn't the end.]

...I wish this had not happened to her.

[Seriously. Why wolves.]

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[For better or for worse, Yasusada's also going to use present tense. He's not idealistic, exactly--it's just the strength of his denial. But his lips press together at her words, unhappy.]

Me too. [Out of all of their dead, she's probably the one he was closest to. He'd hoped, for her sake, that she'd had an honorable death.

He's quiet for a minute, staring at the flower. Then, he looks tentatively at Flayn.]

Flayn-kun? Can I ask what team you're on? [Though he lifts his good hand, adding--] It's okay, if you can't tell me. I just wondered if it was the same as Kocho-kun's.

[fishingforcompliments]

[Ah.

Flayn freezes, and she looks up at his face for a moment or two - and then, slowly, she looks away.]

I am sorry... I cannot say. [A beat -] It is not that I do not want to tell you, but... I have admitted to a few things already, this week, and I do not wish to toe the line.

[okitactless]

Ah, it's alright. [He waves his hand, shaking his head as well.] Don't hurt yourself because of me. [That would be bad, actually.]

[fishingforcompliments]

...I dislike keeping secrets, but I suppose it is better to be safe rather than sorry.

[ :( ]

[okitactless]

It's okay, really. [Really! His energy is too frazzled to be eager, like it usually is, but he looks sincere.]

How about, instead... can you tell me about her? Something nice you did together, maybe?

[fishingforcompliments]

[flayn starts to answer him. but it's memshare week, so!




instead of hearing about it, he can just see it.]

[okitactless]

[Another Flayn memory! IT'S HIS LUCKY DAY.

No, but really--the memory is enough to take his attention off of how upsetting the execution had been, at least for the moment. When it ends, he smiles at her.]

Oh, I see. You were together before.

[That makes sense. But if Shinobu is kind and encouraging with everyone, then perhaps it's no surprise that they were close.]

[fishingforcompliments]

[Can't wait for Sunday when everyone gets to watch the final island execution and see Shinobu claim she was the one who poisoned Flayn.]

Yes. She was... she is very kind.

[And she's still out there, somewhere. The dead can communicate with them, still.]

[okitactless]

[SHINOBU IS STILL VALID OKAY what's a little poisoning between friends (no).]

We'll have to keep working hard, for her.

[fishingforcompliments]

[Flayn nods.]

Yes. We must. [...] ...it does not feel real, yet. I keep expecting to come across her in the camp.

[okitactless]

At the castle, when we died, we were taken to a place that looked the same, but everything was mirrored. Maybe her spirit is walking around backwards, but we just can't see her?

[He's. Helping.]

[fishingforcompliments]

...on the island, we were able to interact with the living as ghosts. We simply could not speak.

So... perhaps. That would not be so strange.

[She doesn't know why Shinobu would be walking backwards though.]