[WELL THAT WAS A SUNDAY OF MANY THINGS TO CONSIDER. Lucas is seated by the bonfire, fiddling with a few flowers. Despite the generally horrific circumstances, he seems pretty level, and he'll nod in her direction whenever he spots her.]
Good afternoon. Are you faring well enough...?
[Given everything they're dealing with, from blood sacrifice to stalking to not having any proper bathrooms in half of the places they're sleeping.]
[Seems pretty huh. The fire is very warm and welcoming as always, probably! Which is definitely not concerning after everything they've learned about their soon-to-be sacrifice!]
About the same, I would say. Things could certainly be both better and worse, in a given definition...
[ STOP PRETTY LEVEL........... CRIES ABOUT LOSING WORDS i've done it so much already
do they need forced comfort? who's to say? ]
I won't pretend one way or another. [ that is, she will be real about what she thinks of a situation. ] I won't pretend I care about whatever effects that come with this either.
[His head cants to the side a little, curious. This could mean so many things from their horrible tattoos to the already worsening monster partner effects. Eternal red string week.]
she smiles although it's hard to say her expression is anything more than demure. ]
I have had enough exposed about my life before. I am used to it, in a way. To pretend it isn't an invasion of privacy is absurd, but I won't call attention to it any more than that.
Edited (WHOA KINDNESS FROM AKI........ you're tutorial) 2024-06-12 02:53 (UTC)
Ah, well... That's not a poor way of viewing things. [He would like to take a page from her book...] Though I'm sorry to hear that you've had to deal with such exposure before. It sounds horrible...
[ i will accuse anyone and everyone no one is safe ]
It is all right. I understand where my choices have led me and their consequences. I may not enjoy every consequence, but I do not want to be ungrateful for what I have.... nor do I want to any more blind than I have been.
I won't press for anything anyone does not wish to give freely.
[ it doesn't mean she won't ask questions, but she probably won't ask too many more follow up ones. ]
Also he's curious about several points she brings up here, but too polite to ask even initial questions about it just yet. Instead, he starts with something a little more manageable-feeling to him.]
Most of the others I've spoken to seem to be managing in the same way, at least... Though some are perhaps a bit too curious for their own good. [:BEN:] Still, I'm not very fond of the potential meanings this single change could have.
Do you find that curiosity too intrusive? I do think it opens the door to other changes the longer we're here. If it starts with one thing.... and now there is another.... but it is as possible this could be the last change.
I want to be hopeful, and I like collecting more evidence before firmly believing something. They are already trying to sacrifice us. Why does it need to be worse than that?
[ it's already all so unfair. it doesn't need to be more so. she is going to be wrong when there is a new weekly effect. ]
One could argue that a group of people willing to sacrifice nearly forty lives wouldn't care about making things worse, and would in fact actively wish to make things worse...
[He's not pessimistic by nature but this feels like something natural to blame a cult for.]
[ she is trying to be hopeful. damn. she knows..... she's not that stupid... she's not that naive.... not anymore.... but damn.... (she doesn't think damn.) ]
They would have to care more about us for that, wouldn't they?
They would have to care about any form of life at all, beyond their own and that of their god.
[Maybe he is getting a little overheated by sitting this close to the bonfire, though, because there is a very faint sheen of sweat that begins to form.]
[i hate this tag i laughed IT'S FINE even if she's not super eagle eyed, he has degenerative anime mysteryitis that gets so bad so fast.]
I should hope so...
[Which is to say, within a span of like, seconds, he's going from 0 to 100 in terms of general unwellness. Pale skin, trailing off a little like he's suddenly distracted, and then he's just kind of rapidly popping up from his seat and taking a staggering sideways step away.]
My apologies, I'm-- just feeling a little unwell, so... Please, a moment...
[She's so sweet and he is just smiling with some strain, moving away from the fire and toward the foggy woods. He's not looking to enter it so much as to just be able to lean against a tree.]
[Thank you sweet Robin, he appreciates not being crowded. He doesn't fall by some miracle, but he does just stay... leaned. Very heavy leaning. This tree is saving his life.]
Only a-- Ah, if you wouldn't mind... Water?
[What he really needs is space and a moment to try to gather his scattering focus but he's too polite to be like LEAVE ME TO DIE IN THE WOODS so this is the next best thing.]
[ she clocks the heavy leaning. she isn't going to forget this anytime soon. ]
I will be back soon.
[ she will collect water from the refectory and come right back. (she runs.) assumes there are cups and glasses to go with the super bland food. mods strike me down if i shouldn't assume. ]
[FORGET IT IMMEDIATELY ALSO STOP RUNNING he's not going to flee he isn't sakyou, he's still just hanging out by the tree by the time she runs back. Whatever's going on seems to be calming down already, though - or at the very least, he's managing to focus a little better, even though he still looks unwell.]
Ah— Thank you...
[Reaching out for the water with a polite nod! He will take some shaky sips before turning his head a little and squeezing his eyes shut like he's trying to clear his vision.]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
w0 mon
Good afternoon. Are you faring well enough...?
[Given everything they're dealing with, from blood sacrifice to stalking to not having any proper bathrooms in half of the places they're sleeping.]
no subject
Good afternoon, Mr. Lucas. Our situation is not ideal, but I believe it could be worse. How are you faring?
no subject
About the same, I would say. Things could certainly be both better and worse, in a given definition...
no subject
do they need forced comfort? who's to say? ]
I won't pretend one way or another. [ that is, she will be real about what she thinks of a situation. ] I won't pretend I care about whatever effects that come with this either.
no subject
Whatever effects?
[His head cants to the side a little, curious. This could mean so many things from their horrible tattoos to the already worsening monster partner effects. Eternal red string week.]
no subject
she taps her arm where he can see the word brother. ]
The monster affinity as well.
[ all of it. she meant all of it. ]
no subject
So you're unbothered by it?
[She's an outlier among the people here with their ten million secrets.]
no subject
she smiles although it's hard to say her expression is anything more than demure. ]
I have had enough exposed about my life before. I am used to it, in a way. To pretend it isn't an invasion of privacy is absurd, but I won't call attention to it any more than that.
no subject
Ah, well... That's not a poor way of viewing things. [He would like to take a page from her book...] Though I'm sorry to hear that you've had to deal with such exposure before. It sounds horrible...
no subject
It is all right. I understand where my choices have led me and their consequences. I may not enjoy every consequence, but I do not want to be ungrateful for what I have.... nor do I want to any more blind than I have been.
I won't press for anything anyone does not wish to give freely.
[ it doesn't mean she won't ask questions, but she probably won't ask too many more follow up ones. ]
no subject
Also he's curious about several points she brings up here, but too polite to ask even initial questions about it just yet. Instead, he starts with something a little more manageable-feeling to him.]
Most of the others I've spoken to seem to be managing in the same way, at least... Though some are perhaps a bit too curious for their own good. [:BEN:] Still, I'm not very fond of the potential meanings this single change could have.
no subject
Do you find that curiosity too intrusive? I do think it opens the door to other changes the longer we're here. If it starts with one thing.... and now there is another.... but it is as possible this could be the last change.
no subject
Only in some cases... I've been fortunate, largely.
[LARGELY. Sometimes, people will just say whatever the fuck and it's truly wild to experience.]
What do you think? That it's more likely to be a first step, or a single occurrence?
no subject
I want to be hopeful, and I like collecting more evidence before firmly believing something. They are already trying to sacrifice us. Why does it need to be worse than that?
[ it's already all so unfair. it doesn't need to be more so. she is going to be wrong when there is a new weekly effect. ]
no subject
One could argue that a group of people willing to sacrifice nearly forty lives wouldn't care about making things worse, and would in fact actively wish to make things worse...
[He's not pessimistic by nature but this feels like something natural to blame a cult for.]
no subject
They would have to care more about us for that, wouldn't they?
no subject
[Maybe he is getting a little overheated by sitting this close to the bonfire, though, because there is a very faint sheen of sweat that begins to form.]
no subject
she does think he has strong feelings about it, which is understandable because who wouldn't in this scenario? ]
They are much too self-serving, but perhaps in that can be a weakness.
no subject
I should hope so...
[Which is to say, within a span of like, seconds, he's going from 0 to 100 in terms of general unwellness. Pale skin, trailing off a little like he's suddenly distracted, and then he's just kind of rapidly popping up from his seat and taking a staggering sideways step away.]
no subject
Mr. Lucas? What's wrong?
[ she doesn't want to touch him without warning or consent but he is looking so unwell. ]
no subject
My apologies, I'm-- just feeling a little unwell, so... Please, a moment...
[She's so sweet and he is just smiling with some strain, moving away from the fire and toward the foggy woods. He's not looking to enter it so much as to just be able to lean against a tree.]
no subject
Do you need anything?
no subject
Only a-- Ah, if you wouldn't mind... Water?
[What he really needs is space and a moment to try to gather his scattering focus but he's too polite to be like LEAVE ME TO DIE IN THE WOODS so this is the next best thing.]
no subject
I will be back soon.
[ she will collect water from the refectory and come right back. (she runs.) assumes there are cups and glasses to go with the super bland food. mods strike me down if i shouldn't assume. ]
Here.
no subject
Ah— Thank you...
[Reaching out for the water with a polite nod! He will take some shaky sips before turning his head a little and squeezing his eyes shut like he's trying to clear his vision.]
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)