QUASIPLATONICROMANTIC NOT-MESS

[chanteuser]

i'm still wheezing y'all

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week 5, friday

[chanteuser]

[ later on in the evening, alex will come back to her room. it's... empty now, she's realising. with the announcement that fiora was removed, but right now the lack of people there is actually something of a relief.

she props the door open, so that anyone can enter without needing a phs or her to open it for them, and just curls up in the centre of her bed, back t the headboard, with her t-rex padding around on the floor and her cat curled around her shoulders. ]

[robopriest]

[Here Hansa comes, bearing a cat of his own - Treasure, who mews questioningly at the sight of the other cat as he moves to sit near Alex with the cat in his lap. His wolf plods in to let out a sigh, sinking to lay on the floor as he reaches over to gently brush some of the hair out of her face.]

Hey. How are you?

[He knows they're both not fine. Its more rhetorical than anything.]

[chanteuser]

[ alex’s cat hops off her lap to sniff curiously at this other cat that has entered its lair.

which is probably a good thing, because alex untangles herself from her sitting position and all but launches herself at him, arms wrapping around him in something that is very, very much like relief. even with the body announcements, she’d still had a little niggling feeling of dread she hadn’t quite been able to shake off. ]

...! [ the answer is “better” but she doesn’t quite get it out. ]

[robopriest]

H-hey, Alex...

[And he can't continue - he, too, throws his arms around her, pulls her close - Treasure, not liking the intrusion, leaps off of his lap, which is fine, because it allows more room for Alex.]

Hey. It's okay. [His hand moves to stroke over her hair.] I'm here.

[chanteuser]

[ she’ll realise he looks like a disco ball in a moment, it’s fine. but for now she just squeezes her arms tightly, and gives herself a moment before she speaks. ]

Yona’s body... there was a Mosasaurus there. I thought—- [ well. She actually only remembered one person who had one of those. It hadn’t been the best start to this investigation. ]

[robopriest]

There was?

[Oh.]

[No wonder she was like this, if she believed it was his.]

Well, mine is still safe and sound in my room. And I'm here, in the flesh. [Hansa,] It's okay. I'm okay. I'm just glad you are, too.

[chanteuser]

[ she just bumps her forehead against his shoulder, tucking her face against his neck and sighing. it’s very, very relieved. ]

Good. [ good.

...

...

... and then she pulls her face away and to the side to cover up a sneeze.

Um?? ]

Wha—- Hansa, why are you glittery?

[robopriest]

I had to take a baaaaaath ~ 🎵

[And he stops, his expression downturned in a frown. Wow. He hates this effect!]

...Ange and I, we went to the spa, and found that someone had made some bubble baths. We went into them just to see if there was anything in the water.

[chanteuser]

[ ... oh my

god.

that gets a proper smile out of her, the stupid singing. ]

You too, huh?

[ she runs fingers through his hair, looking amused when she’s left with little sparkles on her fingertips. ]

Did you find anything? 🎵

[robopriest]

[At least her voice sounds nice, as it always does.]

Yeah, it must be an effect...

[From the music room, of all places. Of course. He shakes his head lightly, and more glitter can be seen. He's so sparkly.]

Uh...well. I found Jeanne's standard in one of the baths. You know, her big flag?

[chanteuser]

[ Hansward Cervallen.... ]

Seems like it. Alphonse and Chiron were with me and they were singing too.

... in one of the baths? [ that flag isn’t... small or subtle. ] And nothing else?

[robopriest]

[he would hate to be compared to a vampire...but this is his fate...]

Yes. Right in the bath. And there was a little dinosaur running around, but I don't know if it belongs to Jeanne, or not.

[antaressnipe]

-- Jeanne's?

[Ah, turning his head sharply at the news]

[robopriest]

Yes.

[And then his face falls. He looks like he's trying to decide what to say.]

But...she's still here. Jeanne. She hasn't been Removed.

[antaressnipe]

[Once composed, Chiron will come to check in on her, a baby raptor trailing behind as it nips at his hooves for attention. After a pause, he picks it up, allowing it to rest in his arms while his deer and t-rex follow.]

... Alex? Do you need time alone?

[chanteuser]

[ well that’s an easy answer: ]

No. I’d rather not.

... what about you, are you alright being here or do you need some more time alone?

[antaressnipe]

[He almost says he has nowhere else to be, except that is heartless to his ears and not what he means--

Just that he... doesn't know what else to do, or where else to go.]

... I will remain here for a time.

[He settles on that, and places the raptor on the ground... until it starts immediately crying, so... picking it back up again]

[chanteuser]

[ she watches him put the raptor down and pick it up again... and then she shift over a bit. if he can get up here, he’s welcome to sit here. ]

You can remain here as long as you need to. I’m... well. Roommate-less now.

[antaressnipe]

[... Well. He glances down at the raptor, then past it at his... legs... and can't really look at them with any amount of curiosity now, he truly does not care.

Still, he should just remain by the side of the bed, yes? Chiron settles for that with a little nod and approaches, lowering himself on the floor. Thankfully, he's still tall enough that he and Alex can talk comfortably.]

Miss Fiora, yes?

[Another of the... Removed. They had not spoken much, but it is still a loss to shoulder]

[chanteuser]

[ alex reaches out, and automatically curls some of chiron’s hair around her fingers. it’s for confort —- but whether it’s hers or his, she couldn’t say. ]

Yeah. I didn’t talk to her a lot, but she was nice.

I wonder what happened to her.

[antaressnipe]

[He does not mind -- and it helps that his hair is plenty long enough to curl around her fingertips as she wishes, though Chiron's manner remains subdued]

... I do not know.

[He was... preoccupied. As was Alex, most likely]

... There are four dead. I do not doubt trial will be somewhat disorganized as a result.

[chanteuser]

There will be a lot of things to look through. I just... hope that we don’t mess it up again.

[ she smoothes her fingers across the locks of hair she’s playing with almost absently ]

[arkitect]

[emet-selch doesn't have a lot to say, considering he severely dislikes this pain in the ass of an effect-- but instead of sitting on the bed or somewhere else, he takes a seat next to chiron. not touching, but closer than he usually likes to be.

he'll let treasure sit with him too, if hansa is still occupied.]

[antaressnipe]

[... It is probably for the best Emet can't speak. Chiron glances to him for a moment and his gaze is heavy, as if tempted to ask the other if he thinks Chiron is foolish for this reaction.

But he'll say nothing, and his deer simply wanders closer, placing her head on Emet's knee if he lets her get away from it. Chiron's arms are still occupied with the newest dinosaur, after all.]

[arkitect]

[he sets a hand lightly on the deer's head. she can get away with it, for tonight.

that heavy look gets a mostly neutral one in return, though his mouth's pulled into a frown below his mask-- but he remains contemplative, more than upset.]