theairlock | Week 5

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!round 2,
!week 5

Week 5

[As with the weeks before, life in the Fantasy Sweet returns to something resembling normalcy with shocking efficiency. The second floor rest area and ~~Adventure Zone~~ Death Orb Room are spotless again, the demon glitter has been vacuumed, the deflated orbs have been replaced. It's like none of it ever happened, like three more friends aren't dead and stored away in the guest house morgue.

There's a new floor to explore, their "reward" for a job well done.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your activity for week 4, submit your memory regains and put in your threads for the Benefactors!]

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[Someone has been looking for Nurse Rii-san to make sure the girl was taking care of herself. Which she seems not to be.

Nari goes to an apple tree, then a lemon, coming over to Yuuri and sitting down beside her. Using her ice powers, she makes a thin blade and starts cutting the apple up before moving on to the lemon. As soon as Yuuri sits up, she puts the lemon wedge in her hand.]

Eat this.

[The lemon will surely shock the girl into being more awake so she can eat properly at least.]

[ She starts badly when Nari settles in next to her. She'd barely been paying attention to the rest of the garden (as was probably evident) and she's sure she's about to be... scolded or somehow reprimanded for finally letting herself crumble like that. She's in such a state that she does as Nari says right away without thinking -- she takes a bite of the lemon.

Then, of course, she chokes, splutters and spits it back out, wheezing and coughing as she covers her mouth. ]

What-- what was that?! Did you just give me a lemon?!

[ Ah, well if she's got the energy to yell that's probably an improvement. ]

Welcome to the world of the aware. Yes. I just gave you a lemon.

[She'll hand Yuuri some apple pieces next.]

So what now? Want me to tend to the memorials?

[She turns to Roland's and gently touches the happy looking orange-yellow flowers.] Thanks... for not removing these. I planted them for him. Coltsfoot. Aren't they pretty?

[ Forgive her if she's hesitant to take a bite of those apple slices, Nari. She nibbles the end of one with a frown on her face, like she's expecting another mouthful of sourness but relaxes a bit when no, it's just apple. ]

I... I wasn't here just to tend to them. I wanted...

[ A pause. A swallow. Then: ]

I wanted to make something for Kip-san. But then I got here and when I saw how many there were already I just... I couldn't make another one.

...... Kip loved the roses... so as long as we keep tending to those, they can be his memorial. Let's not let PAL turn them into a negative symbol.

[She walks over to where she knows seeds are, digging through them.]

I was thinking of planting a sunflower for him, too. Sunflowers can mean 'appreciation'.

[ She nods, slowly. ]

... I was thinking, um... white anemones. For 'sincerity'.

[ Because what had Kip been from the first minute they'd met him if not sincere? ]

Everyone else has three flowers. I'd like to plant three for him, too.

[Yuuri might laugh as Nari tries to say the word anemones under her breath and it comes out sounding like enenenomies.]

.... Those flowers. Got it. Yeah, they got those here. So that makes three, right? You planted the same one for him like the others who aren't Lee?

No, um... everyone else got something a little different. Asters for "remembrance". Edelweiss for "courage". Sweet peas for "fond goodbye".

[ The way she says it makes it sound recited. It's clear she's been going over those flowers in her head for a while. ]

And if I know what their favourites are... I plant those, too.

I was gonna add some, but you seem to have them covered. By the way, if I die, my favorite flowers are day lilies.

[You need a new hobby, Yuuri.]

[ She actually splutters. ]

You're not-- don't say 'if I die' so casually like that!

[

]

.... I said die, not "if I get killed or executed"...

[Like that's any better.]

You're not going to die in here! You'd better not!

[ IT SERIOUSLY ISN'T ANY BETTER!!! ]

I don't plan on it!

[But shit happens.]

Well-- good! Because, quite frankly, I'm sick of losing friends! If you die then I-- we'll-- we'll be having some very strong words!

[ She sounds so mad. So mad. ]

You can't argue with dead-[She stops and stares.]...... we're friends?

... yes?!

[ She says so in the most incredulous "no shit, captain obvious" voice imaginable ]

What else would we be?

[Well...]

I... can never tell when someone is friends with me... until they tell me.

Well, then. I'll just have to say it again to drill the message in.

[ She looks Nari square in the eyes. ]

We're friends. You're a very, very dear friend of mine.

[INTERNAL SCREAM OF HAPPINESS

Sorry, Yuuri, she's trying not to cry right now.]

....... Y-You're dear to me, too.

[ She gives a shaky little laugh and reaches out her hands. ]

I'm-- I'm sorry. Was that a bit much? Please don't cry.

[ says the girl who was throwing a goddamn fit just a little while ago ]

[She shakes her head. taking Yuuri's hands and squeezing them.]

No! I just... am still not used to that word being used with me... so many people are calling me that now.

You'd better get used to it good and quick, then. We're not going to stop saying it.

[ until y'know they die, but ]

[Can she die from happy feelings?]

I'm glad. I've only ever had three actual friends before this place, not including my cat.

Well, if you count the rest of us, that's more than doubled the number, hasn't it?

[ nari you're too cute to have such a sad life. what are you, a school-live character. ]

[No, but her story is about on par with school-live sad.]

Almost triple. It's... kinda wild.

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