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April Catch-All
Who: Vira-Lorr, Equius Zahhak, Neopolitan & You!
What: Event Log Open and General Open OPtions for the Month
When: April, out and about
Where: Various Locations around Trench
Content Warnings:
Vira-Lorr - Xenomorph/Alien Horror, Acidic Blood, Possible attempted abduction, blood, potential transformations and temporary insanity, character death is possible
Neopolitan - Severe Hopelessness, Corruption Issues, Reckless Behavior
Equius - General, Mind-Boggling Stupidity, being rescued by a big sweaty idiot, towels.
So many towels.
Too many towels.
Burning orbs of light depositing towels everywhere.
Individual character prompts will be put inside with options
What: Event Log Open and General Open OPtions for the Month
When: April, out and about
Where: Various Locations around Trench
Content Warnings:
Vira-Lorr - Xenomorph/Alien Horror, Acidic Blood, Possible attempted abduction, blood, potential transformations and temporary insanity, character death is possible
Neopolitan - Severe Hopelessness, Corruption Issues, Reckless Behavior
Equius - General, Mind-Boggling Stupidity, being rescued by a big sweaty idiot, towels.
So many towels.
Too many towels.
Burning orbs of light depositing towels everywhere.
Individual character prompts will be put inside with options
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"No bad time to drink it this month," Ange adds.
She guesses that means there's at least one upside to the fact that none of them have seen the sun for weeks now.
"Is it because of the particular kind of moon we have here?" Even though she doesn't say it with as many words, it should be obvious what she means here, right? The moon in Trench isn't just a moon, due to their actions and decisions in that other place.
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"Ngh... still have a terrible headache. Do you know what those butterflies were doing to me?"
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After all, this is the first time she's seen the effect these butterflies have on a person, so she can only infer things about this situation by looking at what happened to Vira-Lorr. She can make a few guesses at least, though.
"It seems that they speed up the process of corruption." That's what Vira-Lorr seemed like, after all, somewhere between her altered appearance and the rampant paranoia on the other's part. A combination of physical and mental changes is usually corruption, or so Ange has found.
It's.. worrisome though, that these creatures could have such an effect on people. It means there will be a lot to watch out for this month.
"I'll have to read up on them to make sure though. Or ask around about other people's experiences. But that is what it looked like to me."
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"It was hope. It was like I couldn't see a way that things could end positively somehow." Because, deep down? Her sense of hope was always rooted in the idea of winning through horrible odds. 'There has to be a way to get through this.' But if that was taken away, and replaced only with the sense that nobody believed her. She shivered.
"I think I understood for a second what Mother Superior was thinking..."
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As someone who has truly not seen hope for years and years of her life, Ange understands that feeling very well. On a personal level.
It makes her take a step closer to Vira-Lorr, almost as if she wants to reach out to make sure the other is really getting better now..
.. but then she feels a little awkward about it, blushing and looking away, her gaze a tad shy.
"Is that feeling returning now? Did the hope just.. come back?"
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"I think ... mostly yes. Not really come back, but I can see through the fog anyway. Hope never really dies. It just gets clouded sometimes very easily." Which was what they'd done. "I'm concerned about the nature of what they're taking away, though. It can do irreparable harm to some."
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"Well, I imagine people will be looking out for each other." So no one will have to suffer the effects of those things without having someone nearby to help.
Or so Ange hopes, anyway.
"It's one thing we've got going for us here."
After all, Ange figures, if even a not-too-great-with-social-stuff kind of girl like her can have an extended support network, then surely most people have got to have that here. Most people in Trench are kind, bothering to look out for others.
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The problem was, and she hadn't realized it, that the nature of the situation with the butterflies was such that she was uniquely rather vulnerable to their depredations. She had way too much hope, and at the same time too much paranoia. Still, eventually she'd be back at her home, avoiding them entirely.
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Ange can only imagine how much worse that could have got.
(Sorry, Ange, that's also still happening at another point when you're not around..)
It's only after those long moments, spent in some silence after the last thing Vira-Lorr says, that Ange finally pulls back and looks at the other.
"Do I need to stay here with you a little longer?" To make sure she's okay. "I don't mind."
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"It's fine. I can stay." Especially since the nature of her bond with Ruby means that she doesn't even have to grab her Omen to be able to tell the other girl that she'll be out for a little bit longer - she can just think it hard enough for Ruby to receive the message. Not that Ange thinks the other would usually be worried about her staying out a little later, but after Ange spent weeks and weeks inside of the house.. well, maybe Ruby might be a tad more worried about her.
"I mean, you spent time with me as well last month when I was feeling bad. It's only fair to do this in return. We could just have some tea and talk."
Not that Ange realises the extra motive Vira-Lorr has for asking her to stay for a bit, but.. well, she doesn't mind either way. This is just what friends do, and she's worried enough about Vira-Lorr's state and recovery anyway.
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"It was my pleasure to do that, you know. I don't always have a chance to be there for you quite so much, so... it's good to spend time with you. I just wish I was more myself today." She did manage one of her roguish smiles as she said it though. "I've been meaning to ask. How are you these days? Besides... all of this. Have things been ok for you and Ruby?"
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Besides a lot of things, that is. Besides her worry about Vira-Lorr in this moment. Besides.. everything that's been going around with Sayo and her confession.
Maybe that's a lot of things she has to shove aside to say that things are okay, but if she didn't do her best to ignore all of those things, she wouldn't even be able to have left the house and be here in the first place.
"Even with everything else going on.. things with Ruby have been okay for sure. She's been there for me the entire time. I think I would've been much worse off if she hadn't been there.."
For one, if she didn't have the bond with the other girl, Ange is fairly sure she would have succumbed to corruption. It's Ruby's influence on her mind that's kept her sane.
It's a fact that feels so objective to her that Ange doesn't mind bringing it up out loud, even though it gets really close to some dangerous sappy territory.
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She managed a wan smile, leaning back against the counter while the two talked. Perhaps 'chatted' wasn't the word for it, but it was good to talk. "Minako's been... very good for me too. I get so focused sometimes. For all that you'd think I'm free wheeling, I've gotten tired and old, and it feels like she gives me life and energy. I just try not to be draining in turn."
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"I don't think you have to worry about that." Sure, Ange's own interactions with that Minako girl have been limited.. but that's exactly because she has found them to be very draining. Minako is just way too social and bubbly of a girl for Ange to bear, and that's saying a lot, considering who Ange is dating.
If anything, she thinks Vira-Lorr is way less draining than that girl, but spelling that out too explicitly might be rude, so..
"You two fit each other too. And besides.. what's most important in the end is just that you're happy with each other, right? As long as you make sure to communicate, that can't go wrong."
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"Communication is the key. It's helped us a lot, at times when you might least expect it." If they hadn't communicated, they might never have actually braved dating, because of Minako's worries that she really 'couldn't' with her duties. Vira-Lorr had needed to embrace a lot of things that only happened with good communication. "And she makes me very happy."
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This is definitely one of those cases.
"Well, I guess I'm glad then that I'm the one who ran into you, rather than her. You wouldn't want to worry your girlfriend too much."
(Thankfully Ange doesn't realise the sheer irony of that, considering what will happen.)
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She sighed and controlled herself a little, forcing the smile to stick, closing her eyes. "I trust her. I won't worry right now. That'll just make things worse won't it?" Yup.
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Ange shrugs lightly.
"It probably can't hurt to talk with her about the general situation going on right now. It's not even like you have to mention what happened to you." Because it's all under control now. If there were still big after effects, then Ange might be less likely to encourage keeping it silent, but.. well, it's not like there's any use in Vira-Lorr worrying Minako when there no longer is a reason to do so.
"Even if she's the type to be brave and jump in to protect others, I'm sure she'd understand if you explained why you're concerned for her as well."
Look, Ange is dating Ruby.
She's got experience with this sort of thing.
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"Tell me. How often do you have to warn Ruby to be careful?"
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Especially before they started dating, Ange thinks. In their early days of Deerington, where the most Ange knew about the other girl was that Ruby was both entirely too social and entirely too reckless - though she's at least learned where all of that came from by now.
Something in the way she says it sounds so knowing too. Like she can entirely recall it, even now.
"But lately.. it's actually going a lot better. Ruby will be Ruby, but.. I think she understands that her own life is important as well now." If not just because they've sat down and discussed that stuff. Or just because Ange, too, had to reach a point where she had to decide that she had to be a little bit more careful with her own life in turn too - because she actually had people who would worry about her now if something happened.
She shakes her head. "We try to tackle those situations together now because of that. Sometimes I'm a little worried about dragging her down, since I feel like she's way more talented than I am, but.. in the end, it still feels better than letting her run off by herself and having to sit back and worry about her."
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"And you're perfectly capable and powerful. Don't feel like you're dragging her or anyone down. I know that you worry at times, but I feel safer having you around myself. I'm sure she feels the same." Admittedly, with the monsters they faced at times? Yeah, she could understand the fears.
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"Come on, now you're just flattering me."
Apparently there are some compliments Ange might take - even if it's with some hemming and hawing - but there seems to be a line being drawn here as she shakes her head.
"I know I come nowhere near most people in this place when it comes to fighting abilities. I'm not going to have any delusions about that."
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Then a wink followed and she managed a tired, impish grin. "If you want practice? I do offer fencing lessons, you know."
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Weapon combat, that is, since magic is obviously something Ange is instead practicing by herself. But while she can't deny that she is getting a lot better at the latter, especially compared to Deerington, the former is..
Well.
"It doesn't really feel like I ever get much better though." Is it because she's comparing herself to Ruby, who started off on an entirely different level than Ange? Maybe. Who knows. But either way, practicing weapon combat never feels too encouraging to Ange. "Especially compared to everyone else. Maybe I just started too late."
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