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[teenrebellion]

remind me to find an image sometime

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[teenrebellion]

[ nods in agreement. ]

INTERLUDE

I don't think Adrastea-san expected things to go that badly, but they helped a lot. I don't know if we'd have made it back without them.

[ pause. ]

INTERLUDE

We're lucky to have those pods in the medbay. They sped up the healing some.

[ravenry]

Was it some kind task with Adrastea? What happened?

[ what led to such injuries for so many? ]

... If one thing works on this ship, at least it is something that heals.

[ she will begrudgingly give it to the medbay for that. ]

[teenrebellion]

[ just smiles wryly at that last part because if that ain't a mood, ]

INTERLUDE

A mission to some other planet. They mentioned it to me earlier this week, but I told them I didn't want to go. I thought that was it, but we got dragged along anyway and even Adrastea-san wasn't sure why.
We were supposed to find something called a heartseed, but they didn't have much information except that there was this whole ceremony about it. So they sent us in.

[ravenry]

A heartseed?

[ her brows furrow. she has no idea what that is either. ]

It sounds like the mission went awry from the beginning if you refused and were taken anyway. [ ... ] How long before things became worse?

[teenrebellion]

INTERLUDE

No kidding.
It wasn't until the ceremony started, but then Owner-san stabbed the announcer in front of everyone and all of the guests started to panic.

[ravenry]

He what?

[ hello? owner? shouxue is alarmed. ]

Was the announcer suspicious in any way?

[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.

[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. ]

[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.

[ravenry]

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

Wounds like that take more time than most.

[teenrebellion]

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

[ravenry]

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