[Vinea avoids Ann in the immediate aftermath of the trial, distracting herself with some low-intensity stupidity while she sorts out her thoughts. It's gotten fairly late when she finally goes and hunts her down.]
[by this time, Ann has definitely finished working on moving herself back into her own room. She pauses when she hears someone calling her name-- and she looks very surprised to see who it is.]
I almost gave up but-- nope. Not anymore. You won't find me willing to sacrifice myself anymore. The only way to protect everything you love is to not give up, and to fight back.
Have you ever considered that the best way to help someone isn't to just do as they say? And that by just giving them whatever they want, you could be hurting them?
That doesn't make us enemies or anything. We're only in opposition because my lady and Watanuki-san are. That could change in a week, or even right now.
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fullbodied) wrote2019-04-13 06:36 pm
week 3, friday night
Takamaki-san?
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Vinea-san...?
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[This is, in fact, one of the many things that have gone through her mind. She floats on in, not waiting for an invitation.]
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Is it to make sure I'm still miserable? For Nirrti?
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[her guard softens, just a little bit.]
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[Small sigh.]
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[look at your mistress!!! but ann flips her hair over her shoulder, and relaxes a little bit more.]
It's hard not to draw that conclusion.
[though she did learn a hard lesson today about "so you think you know people"]
Well... Honestly, I'm going to do what I did after Shiho. I'm gonna find what makes me happy. Again.
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[Hmm.
She picks a wall to lean against. It's kind of a weird sight, since she's still floating above the ground.]
I hope you have a chance to find it. Whatever form that ends up taking.
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I appreciate it-- but still strange.
[she considers.]
Oh, you know what would make me happy? A cake buffet.
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...and it also just seemed like the right thing to do.
[...and then, she giggles.]
That might take some time to set up, even with all the goats working. I'll see what I can do, though.
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I almost gave up but-- nope. Not anymore. You won't find me willing to sacrifice myself anymore. The only way to protect everything you love is to not give up, and to fight back.
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[...
No, apparently she's not going to elaborate on that.]
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[she debates this before going forward.]
Have you ever considered that the best way to help someone isn't to just do as they say? And that by just giving them whatever they want, you could be hurting them?
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It's certainly a situation that can arise sometimes.
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But I think that might be what's happening here.
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[No comment on forgiveness.]
Of course, you understand I can't act on that without a better reason than "it's possible."
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Why did you decide to check on me? You had to have some idea of how I'd react.
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[She clears her throat and looks away.]
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Of course it is!
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[now she's even more confused.
just ????]
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But also, I'm getting some very mixed signals!
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[She looks back over at Ann as she says this and she sure is blushing.]
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Wait a sec...
You're blushing!
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[Such convincing. Very truth. Wow.]
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Thanks.
[a beat]
Vinea-san, do you have a crush on me?
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[oh no]
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with her most wide-eyed, and innocent look]
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[how did this become her life]
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Then I figured it out!
[she looks so pleased with herself, before realizing]
Ah... Wait. ... That means you don't hate us.
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Why would I hate you?
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Admittedly, I don't understand the whole... relationship circle here very well, but...
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