[well, it's after trial. she can be found out at the canals, giving off the impression of someone who hasn't slept in about seventy two hours. a little wired, like a wild animal that's hit the point of exhaustion but isn't safe yet.]
[ that's a familiar state. simon has collected money from the warehouse at this point and is planning to bring him over to the big park to run around — not like the monkey knows what just happened there, so he won't care — but he pauses and changes course when he sees ylfa. man, her whole team's had a rough couple of days. ]
Yeah, me too. I think it'd kind of feel like we all failed him if we got it wrong... though it still doesn't feel that great that we never figured out what actually happened.
[ tuesday morning, simon will be at the counter at the diner, with the monkey on the stool next to him. they've got a plate of steak and eggs between them, though apparently money's the one eating the steak and simon's just eating the fried eggs.
[she skips into the diner. she looks a little nicer today; she has her hair in fresh braids, and it looks like she's actually washed them and combed out the tangles. someone made this feral child bathe. she's also wearing a jaunty little red bandana.]
you really dont have to thank me i still dont think you did it either at least when you were talking about how no one believed in you and you were worried you were going to hurt your team and they all stood by you i dunno i just dont think things like that are fake
yeah... i have a really good team even though it was kind of scary that they were all so willing to sacrifice themselves your team seems nice like that too, so i hope you don't get stuck having to make a decision like that either
...i feel really bad about hot mess though since that was so close to being us kind of feels like i screwed them over at the last minute somehow
wow sorry that was a horrible thing to say i just meant that i couldnt stand to see you guys suffer like that because you guys really care about each other and about everyone
[she watches this memory. it's very personal, and she should pretend not to have seen it to be polite, but luckily for us she has no such boundaries.]
Oh, Simon...
[she doesn't know quite what to say. it hurts so much. that feeling of wanting someone to save you, not knowing what you did wrong, why it turns out you didn't deserve to be saved.]
[ simon doesn't show much of an outward reaction to his own memory; even if this was a lot more vivid than usual, there's hardly a day that goes by where his mind doesn't drift back to that time at some point or another... especially since the last trial.
he frowns when he hears ylfa's voice, though, a near definite confirmation that she saw the same thing. this place really is just putting his past out there for everyone to look at, huh? ]
...Hey, Ylfa.
[ he looks up from his duckling with an apologetic smile. ]
Yeah. Sorry. [these damn pigs.] It's okay, you don't have to apologize.
[she doesn't know exactly what happened, but she can tell simon must have done something that made all of the adults very angry. it reminds her of a few different things. of all of the stories she knows where children are punished and taught a lesson for the crime of not following the rules made by adults who could never have comprehended the things they'd have to deal with. she's seen a memory a little like this before, and she says what she said then.]
...You were right. You were right to lie, and to run away. They didn't know what they were talking about and they couldn't keep you safe, so you were right.
[ somehow he's a little surprised by how firmly she says that, and it makes him wonder if she had to run away from something like that herself.
there's never been any doubt in his mind that running away was the right choice — almost certainly the only choice that would have let him live to see another year — so he's never needed anyone else's validation for it, but.
[ well he is definitely not here for bras but happens to pass by on his way to the weapon shop, and he briefly wonders as he stops to look at ylfa whether they carry silver bullets there. ]
[ unfortunately no bullets work across planes of reality so he's shit out of luck here regardless
yeah, she can see him. maid hours are over so he's just in a flannel shirt and jeans with his hair down. money's there too if she catches him at the right moment before he wanders out of viewing range. ]
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Date: 2023-06-25 02:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-06-25 02:28 am (UTC)Hey. [ ... ] We did it, I guess.
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Date: 2023-06-25 02:45 am (UTC)Hi, Simon. I'm glad we found them.
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Date: 2023-06-27 01:16 pm (UTC)the jukebox plays a classic in the background. ]
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Date: 2023-06-28 12:21 am (UTC)[she skips into the diner. she looks a little nicer today; she has her hair in fresh braids, and it looks like she's actually washed them and combed out the tangles. someone made this feral child bathe. she's also wearing a jaunty little red bandana.]
Gettin' breakfast?
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Date: 2023-06-28 12:54 am (UTC)Morning.
[ though even though he's smiling the emotional vibe here is just kind of flat and grey. that's fine. ]
Yeah, this place isn't bad, actually. The menu's kinda like McDonalds but better.
[ he takes a sip of coffee. ]
That's a nice little bandana.
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Date: 2023-06-28 01:25 am (UTC)[she does look especially clean...]
Yeah, I'm a big fan of breakfast items. That sweet and savory combination.
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Date: 2023-06-28 11:05 am (UTC)[ what do you say to that
but he nods. ]
I don't really like sweet stuff, but I don't mind it so much when you've got the savory part to balance it out.
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Date: 2023-07-09 02:17 am (UTC)it meant a lot
and i'm really sorry we still got it wrong
i really thought they were the best guess
i don't know what to think now
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Date: 2023-07-09 02:22 am (UTC)i still dont think you did it either
at least
when you were talking about how no one believed in you and
you were worried you were going to hurt your team
and they all stood by you
i dunno
i just dont think things like that are fake
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Date: 2023-07-09 05:00 am (UTC)even though it was kind of scary that they were all so willing to sacrifice themselves
your team seems nice like that too, so i hope you don't get stuck having to make a decision like that either
...i feel really bad about hot mess though
since that was so close to being us
kind of feels like i screwed them over at the last minute somehow
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Date: 2023-07-09 12:00 pm (UTC)maybe now theyll remember the erased
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Date: 2023-07-09 12:01 pm (UTC)wow sorry
that was a horrible thing to say
i just meant that i couldnt stand to see you guys suffer like that because
you guys really care about each other and about everyone
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Date: 2023-07-09 01:53 pm (UTC)anyway
i'm glad you could see that
you're a nice person, ylfa
uh even despite what you said there
i don't know if anyone would be mean enough to try to frame your team like this
but if they do we'll definitely support you too, ok?
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Date: 2023-07-10 11:34 pm (UTC)this would be a very cute scene if it wasn't getting interrupted by a pretty shitty memory. ]
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Date: 2023-07-11 11:34 am (UTC)Oh, Simon...
[she doesn't know quite what to say. it hurts so much. that feeling of wanting someone to save you, not knowing what you did wrong, why it turns out you didn't deserve to be saved.]
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Date: 2023-07-11 12:16 pm (UTC)he frowns when he hears ylfa's voice, though, a near definite confirmation that she saw the same thing. this place really is just putting his past out there for everyone to look at, huh? ]
...Hey, Ylfa.
[ he looks up from his duckling with an apologetic smile. ]
I guess you saw that too, huh? Sorry.
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Date: 2023-07-11 01:09 pm (UTC)[she doesn't know exactly what happened, but she can tell simon must have done something that made all of the adults very angry. it reminds her of a few different things. of all of the stories she knows where children are punished and taught a lesson for the crime of not following the rules made by adults who could never have comprehended the things they'd have to deal with. she's seen a memory a little like this before, and she says what she said then.]
...You were right. You were right to lie, and to run away. They didn't know what they were talking about and they couldn't keep you safe, so you were right.
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Date: 2023-07-12 04:04 pm (UTC)there's never been any doubt in his mind that running away was the right choice — almost certainly the only choice that would have let him live to see another year — so he's never needed anyone else's validation for it, but.
he doesn't mind hearing it, either. ]
I... um.
[ she gets a sort of half-smile from him. ]
Thanks. I think so too.
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Date: 2023-08-01 01:54 pm (UTC)yeah, she can see him. maid hours are over so he's just in a flannel shirt and jeans with his hair down. money's there too if she catches him at the right moment before he wanders out of viewing range. ]
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