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[teenrebellion]

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[teenrebellion]

[ ah. he should back up a little here. ]

INTERLUDE

The Blossoming Ceremony is apparently something they do that turns people into plants. People they say are guilty of some kind of crime. It's a punishment for them, but entertainment and art to the guests.

[ his eyes are firmly on the iris, but shouxue can tell he's furious about this from the way he's scowling. ]

INTERLUDE

They thought torturing people like that was some kind of justice. It's sickening.
Maybe he didn't deserve to be killed, but making something like that into a big show... it's not right.

[ravenry]

[ kazuki... shouxue doesn't know what exactly he's mad about, but she thinks it's reasonable to be mad at that situation. ]

It is sickening. [ for it to be entertainment. ] Criminals should be punished for their crimes but not like that. They didn't need to make a ceremony out of it.

It sounds like... your group stopped it?

[ it is a question as much as a statement. ]

[teenrebellion]

INTERLUDE

They should punished, but they should still have a chance to do better. No one's gone their whole lives without doing something wrong.
I think Owner-san got the heartseed, but it wasn't fast enough to save everyone. A lot of people died there.

[ravenry]

It depends on the severity of the crime. [ she thinks that some people will never be better, but she wasn't there to know what kind of criminals were being tortured.

she closes her eyes. ]

I hope it was at least quick for how senseless and unwarranted those deaths were.

[teenrebellion]

INTERLUDE

They wouldn't tell us what the supposed crimes were. It didn't matter to anyone there.
For some them, I think it might have been.

[ definitely not all of them, but it was bad enough without dwelling on that. ]

[ravenry]

[ she frowns. ]

I do not think I would like it on that planet. I am sorry you had to experience that and even more that you had suffer for it.

[teenrebellion]

INTERLUDE

Then you have better taste then all of those people. Not that I doubted that.

[ he pauses because the instinct is to say it's okay, but it clearly isn't. ]

INTERLUDE

We'll be okay. We made it back well enough.
Just be careful if they take you out on some mission like it, okay?

[ravenry]

I think you're less foolish than some of the others, so I'll trust you'll be better.

[ physically, at least, but he is normie enough that she doesn't know how he's adapting after witnessing that much murder. ]

But it is not easy to witness that much death for anyone.

[teenrebellion]

[ he almost laughs at that. ]

INTERLUDE

That's a great endorsement, thanks.

[ don't be rude kazuki

but no, he takes a second to respond to the latter part. ]

INTERLUDE

No, it wasn't. That's probably going to haunt my nightmares forever.

[teenrebellion]

Yeah, it can be. A lot of that style's kind of on the grunge side, I've seen them come up with some cuter stuff for girls.

[ravenry]

[ that last message makes her expression dim. it's expected, but she will continue not to like what happened.

after some hesitation, she reaches over and touches the edge of one of his sleeves. ]

[ravenry]

[ she has a misconception of what grunge is. ]

I do not know about cute.... but anything that is not considered grunge, I will try.

[teenrebellion]

[ ...it surprises him, but he doesn't pull away. this time, he responds out loud. ]

I'll be okay. It'll just take a while.

[teenrebellion]

Mm, you do have more of an elegant look, don't you...? There are some styles out there that are more... refined, I guess? That still go with the bat details.

Honestly, you could probably just get some nice black clothes and add more accessories yourself, if you wanted to keep the theme going. Like... find a nice dress and add something like this if it has a collar? [ he holds up a collar pin this time! ] It'd match pretty well.

[ravenry]

[ she nods after a moment and takes her hand back. time heals some wounds. ]

Wounds like that take more time than most.

[ravenry]

It is expected of a consort to hold a certain amount of elegance.

[ that is all credit to her station more than anything else. ]

But that is charming in its own way. As if they are ready to fly off your collar at any moment.

[ she will take the collar pin. ]

[teenrebellion]

Maybe back home, but here you don't have to stick to the same rules or expectations, you know? No one's going to judge you for it here.

[ he grins as she accepts the pin. ]

I just think it's worth trying new things while we can. Anguis-san got me some stuff I'd have never picked out for myself earlier, too.

[teenrebellion]

Yeah... but the good thing is that we don't have to handle it alone. We all went through it together.

w1 sunday

[ravenry]

[ that execution was not great. it was not great, but it could have been worse.

she is in rec room, and she is flicking through movie selections with a confused look on her face. ]

Kazuki.

[ she waves away her I.R.I.S when she notices him. ]

[teenrebellion]

Hey, Liu-san. Looking for a distraction, after all that?

[ who would blame her? ]

[ravenry]

I don't know what else I can do after what happened.

[ she is a little restless. ]

[teenrebellion]

It's usually music, for me. I don't know how well I can play yet, but maybe that's an easier thing to look up on the IRIS database?

[ravenry]

[ she's silent for a while as she thinks over what he says. they're sweet words that she agrees with on principle. ]

It's not about being judged. [ not really. ] It's just.... different, but I don't mind wearing different styles of clothes, especially if they're comfortable.

[ravenry]

It was good that you had other people for support. It is good you still have them.

[ravenry]

When your arm is fully healed, can I hear you play?

[ but she gestures for him to look up whatever he wants on the IRIS database, too. ]