chanteuser | HANSA

Maybe, but I won't chance it. Even if I could see, I don't think baking a cake could work out for me. I'm not exactly an expert cook.

[FLASHBACKS TO HIM AND CHIRON FRYING FISH WITH CAYENNE PEPPER]

Haha, okay. [A long pause, before he just presses his thumbnail into her hand.] And now? Do you feel that?

You cannot be worse than Xie Lian is.

[ seriously. nothing can phase her now. she has looked into the unerring gaze of xie lian’s cooking and survived with her sanity intact.

she is powerful now. she has ascended. ]

I can feel more pressure? But that’s all really.

Is he really that bad?

[Yikes.]

[And he guesses that's confirmation enough.]

You have to be careful, okay? If you can't feel pain, you could get yourself hurt and not even know it.

Yes.

[ just. the words will have barely left hansa’s mouth before she responds. like a reflex. ]

He was trying to make meatballs. They were white? And... somehow dehydrated, despite being in a pot with sauce? [ someone help xie lian ]

... [ haha. well. ] Yes, I know.

[ it’s fine. ]

Oh. He mentioned that before...white meatballs...

[Yikes?]

[And he notices that pause.]

Alex. Tell the truth. Did you already hurt yourself? You had to to find out you had no pain, right?

... well, he wasn’t joking. They’re really weird looking.

[ ...

h-hm. ]

I... cut my hand cooking? I only realised when Won intervened to treat the cut.

[He turns in the direction he thinks she is. Notice that disappointed frown! ALEX!!]

And you gave me the hand that's uninjured? [>8I] Alex, come on, you have to be careful-!

Why wouldn't I?? The other one's injured! I know you're not going to hurt me, but the wound's still sore!

[ don't!!! she knows what she's doing!! ]

...

[Opens mouth. Closes mouth.]

Well, I guess I wouldn't be able to see it...you at least have it bandaged, right?

[ please don't test her lack of pain threshold on her wounded hand hansa, thank you. ]

Yeah, it's all bandaged up. Won helped.

I don't want to disturb it too much, because I can't really feel if it's healing well or not. [ and not because it's sore, like i said in the last tag, immediately forgetting she can't feel if it's sore or not. jesus. ]

[HE WASN'T HE JUST WANTS TO KNOW THIS STUFF]

That's great. Well...I guess I don't have to tell you twice to be careful.

[ it's fine! she's fine! probably. ]

I know my track record's been bad, but I'm really not trying to get myself injured every week.

[ after that she just kinda... rounds the bench so she can actually sit down, and then nudges him in the side. ]

Top three or bottom three this week?

Hey, good to know. I was worried you were going to make it a hobby.

[He blinks at the nudging, but relaxes, comfortable with knowing there's someone nearby. He reaches forward, hand brushing against her knee.]

Ah, bottom three. You?

I'd rather take up a non-violent hobby, thanks.

[ hmm. well, she doesn't flinch away from that. rather, she leans into it a bit, almost subconsciously. ]

Top three. Narrows it down a bit, huh?

Haha, your team's doing well, huh? Did you get anything this week? I heard people get prizes.

[Just going to rest his hand against her knee, just to ground himself. Its nice.]

I know what counts for gathering nova, but I'm still not sure I know what we're doing that means we haven't moved ranks since we got here.

[ it's a mystery. across the board.

after a moment she leans a little more sideways, bumping the side of her head against his shoulder. ]

I got a memory back. [ ... if she sounds surprised by that, it's because she absolutely is. ] The previous week it was an item.

I think there's a lot of factors involved. Trials and murders generate nova.

[He smiles at the feeling of touch, turning slightly to lean her head against hers.]

I only got an item this week. Though...a memory? Lucky you.

Less than we think though. The murders, at least. Or that's what I've been told.

[ it's always week 2 in this pc, apparently. still, alex doesn't move. she's fine where she is. ]

Hm. Maybe. I'm not sure I'm that excited to have it back. [ ... ] An item? Did your PHS say it was for nova gathering?

I heard that too. That means we need to discourage it as much as possible, no matter what. I don't know what Shima was told...

[He shifts, slightly, letting out a sigh. Alex may or may not notice he doesn't have his cross necklace on.]

Well, it said it was a reward for nova gathering. Its just my cell phone.

[ crystal, taking pity on me and dropping an entire hint right there. i gotchu. ]

Whatever it was it motivated him to kill. [ which is concerning enough in and of itself. ]

... a cell phone? [ she turns her head slightly to look at him. ] Too much to hope it works here, I'm guessing?

It works, but it can't connect. So sadly, I can't call 911 on the Realm.

[why can't we just arrest the realm]

You'd probably have as much luck of getting the police here as you would a taxi, even with the phone.

[ he can't see, but she's still pulling out the dogtags she's got on under shirt, and turning them over thoughtfully. ]

Mine was the dogtags I had on during the trial. [ it makes sense... she doesn't have a lot of things that are specifically hers, not really. so the things that matter are more linked to the people around her. ]

... [ although, come of think of it. ] Didn't you have a necklace? You're not wearing it.

Dogtags? Huh. I didn't take you as the military type.

[He purses his lips, thoughtful, but then shakes his head at the question.]

Oh, that? Its in my room. You're not the first one to ask, actually.

I'm not. But they belong to someone I know. I figured I should keep them safe.

[ hm. she lets the dogtags go, and reaches out to tap the centre of his chest -- where the necklace would normally be. ]

You always had it on. It's just... surprising to see you without it.

That's good. I'm sure they would appreciate it.

[Oh, the tap - he naturally looks down though he can't see anything.]

I just felt like I didn't need to wear it. Pretty necklace, though.

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