[at some point on wednesday, taichi enters the dorm and fixes himself a cup of coffee because everything's exhausting. school sucks? school is terrible, truth be told, and it's for that reason he moves on auto-pilot for a bit.
as he exits the spring dorm's special room though, he steps out and notices someone entering the common room and he lifts the cup up in greeting.]
Hey. Should I keep calling you the Director, or something else?
school isn't that bad to her, but the lingering frustration of not having anywhere to direct her energy that feels productive is what's exhausting her. she hasn't really had free time in the last several years, so taking it at this pace is Not Ideal.
she sighs at the reminder, though, shaking her head.]
No, you can call me by my name, if you'd prefer that. I suppose there's not much point to insisting; none of you are my employees here, after all.
[library time again... she's going to be spending a lot of time here, she's sure, and she's carrying a smaller stack of books over to sit down when she spots someone sitting against a wall. there's a quick spark of concern before she realizes it's not a slumped figure, exhaling slowly and setting her books on a table nearby.]
[he is not a slumped figure, thank you! instead he is a figure seated on the floor and he looks up from the book he's thumbing through, giving her a slight smile.]
I'm in chairs all day for class. Sometimes it's nice to be able to stretch out.
[taichi is used to being active, or at least moving around. he will behave in school but after hours he will do whatever he wants.]
[she's at the student union building! hi taichi. she turns to him when he speaks up, giving him a little nod.]
Taichi. I'm-- well, I'm hoping that now that we know what we should expect, it'll go a little more smoothly. Provided nothing changes too much, but... so far, it looks similar to last week.
[lucretia's hanging around spring dorm in the later hours, largely-- she spent a while in her room, but now she's in the common area with a book and some tea, reading casually. her right arm has the sleeve rolled up and a damp cloth wrapped around her arm.]
Taichi.
[she gives him a little nod, on noticing him, and immediately looks him over to get a read on how he's doing.]
[he's entering the common room and he's currently much less of a vibrating ball of anger, at least. he has mellowed out enough that he's just a little prickly and unsettled. upon hearing lucretia though, he turns his head and offers her a light smile that isn't entirely calm. it's more of an instinct than anything.]
I'd be better if we had any clue what the hell just happened. But we still have tomorrow, too. [he blinks though.]
What happened to your arm? [did he miss something. he missed something.]
it's kind of shitty it's all about bribery to get something that'll help us for something we didn't ask for but if it's our only option, i'm considering it
[we are outside, and cold, and tired! because this is murder academy where the rules don't make sense and the points don't matter!
that is to say that he seems to be wandering around more for the act of wandering than to go somewhere, staring off into space before he hears lucretia.]
No. That's the good thing. We were more thorough this week and we even had time left to try and solve the other case. That's better than usual. I think.
[it's entirely possible that lucretia comes across taichi wandering around with his tongue stuck out trying to catch snowflakes, but it's fine. he immediately straightens up when he sees her, offering a grin and crossing the grass to join her.]
[after things have calmed down a little, taichi will be seeking out lucretia!! and he will approach slowly and lift his hand in a wave as he reaches her.]
...are you responsible for Caleb turning into a dinosaur, or did you protect him some other way?
[probably she Could polymorph, she's a wizard, but no.]
The shield-- that was mine. That's what I've been working on since we arrived. It isn't supposed to break like that unless it takes a fatal blow, but... I suppose the rules in which those creatures break barriers took some precedence.
[the thing about it is, taichi does like spring. it's why he can be found taking a leisurely walk around campus even though he should maybe stop moving for a while when he's still healing. but whatever. if he waits around to be totally healed he won't go anywhere.
but when he spies lucretia across the grass, he picks up his pace a little and bounds over to her side. there's a flicker of fondness in his emotions, and an underlying undetermined emotion with it.]
[taichi that's cute... he gets some fondness back, but she also just feels stressed and tired, with something kind of undetermined of her own mixed in there.
she smiles, though, not really showing it externally.]
So they did. I didn't doubt them, but-- it's a relief to know.
[hewwo. lucretia is vibing in the infirmary for now; she'll have to return to spring later, but fortunately her legs work fine! so she's just resting here til that happens. ichiro's gotten her bandaged up and she's been healed to some extent, but the bandages around her throat and left hand have a little red coming through still. there's bandaging visible where her outfit's been damaged, and her right arm is still in a makeshift sling.
she has her phone next to her, but she's not using it; if taichi texted her, she didn't answer.
when he enters, though, he'll feel her relief at seeing him, on top of the following bad vibes: lingering anxiety, fear, a low thrum of something more like panic. confusion, along with all of it. a lonelier feeling (which eases now that he's present, along with a bit of the anxiety) and then something weirdly-- empty-feeling.]
[oh. emotional blast bad...but when he enters the infirmary he'll approach with some degree of caution until he's sort of hovering next to her. there's anxiety of his own at seeing her like this, along with low-degrees of anger that this happened and a constant kind of worry.
but he still gives her a light grin.]
Thumbs up if I can join you, and thumbs down if you want me to take off until later.
[hello, what's up, happy new week! if taichi pokes around the new areas, he'll find that lucretia more or less immediately took to the art room.
she's working on what looks like a group portrait, at the moment. the underlying sketch is already there, so it's clear what it is-- it's a pretty big project because it's literally everyone at the school, living or dead, dorm heads included. and she's fairly absorbed in it, but not enough so that she completely doesn't notice him, so-]
-oh, Taichi. Good morning.
[her voice is still rough, but she gives him a little smile.]
[art. he wanders, and he sees lucretia which means he's entering the room and wandering up behind her to get a look at the sketch. there's a sound that's almost like awe as he looks, tilting his head and then startling a little when she speaks.]
Hey. You sound better. [he's happy about that.] Feeling ambitious today?
[hello, she is absolutely coming to seek taichi out after manwol doxxed where they were... that increased her worry by about ten times, honestly. so here she is around fall, and after the way he didn't seem to quite be focusing earlier, she makes sure to call out before she gets closer.]
[after all the excitement has settled down, taichi will wander closer to spring dorm. he seems to be searching for someone in particular, and upon seeing lucretia he immediately wanders over to her.]
[after everything...he goes off to track certain people down. this includes lucretia, which means when he does find her she gets a somewhat tired grin in greeting.]
Well...we made it. And with minor damage. Pretty good, right?
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w0, saturday
-you said you've experienced this before, Taichi?
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Not this exact place, but I've been to a different world before. I was just there not long before going home and then waking up here.
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w0 wednesday
as he exits the spring dorm's special room though, he steps out and notices someone entering the common room and he lifts the cup up in greeting.]
Hey. Should I keep calling you the Director, or something else?
[ids have doxxed you, lucretia. it happened.]
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school isn't that bad to her, but the lingering frustration of not having anywhere to direct her energy that feels productive is what's exhausting her. she hasn't really had free time in the last several years, so taking it at this pace is Not Ideal.
she sighs at the reminder, though, shaking her head.]
No, you can call me by my name, if you'd prefer that. I suppose there's not much point to insisting; none of you are my employees here, after all.
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w1, monday
Not much of a fan of chairs, are you.
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I'm in chairs all day for class. Sometimes it's nice to be able to stretch out.
[taichi is used to being active, or at least moving around. he will behave in school but after hours he will do whatever he wants.]
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w1 friday
...so. Any bets on how crazy tomorrow's going to get?
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Taichi. I'm-- well, I'm hoping that now that we know what we should expect, it'll go a little more smoothly. Provided nothing changes too much, but... so far, it looks similar to last week.
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w1, saturday, later after trial
Taichi.
[she gives him a little nod, on noticing him, and immediately looks him over to get a read on how he's doing.]
...are you all right, after all of that?
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I'd be better if we had any clue what the hell just happened. But we still have tomorrow, too. [he blinks though.]
What happened to your arm? [did he miss something. he missed something.]
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W2, tuesday
[both would definitely help. just being up alone isn't enough, but it'd be a step toward it, for sure.]
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it's all about bribery to get something that'll help us for something we didn't ask for
but if it's our only option, i'm considering it
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w2 friday
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w2, saturday
...Taichi.
[a binch is tired, she's been focusing on all of this for nine hours.]
At least we didn't repeat last week, I suppose.
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that is to say that he seems to be wandering around more for the act of wandering than to go somewhere, staring off into space before he hears lucretia.]
No. That's the good thing. We were more thorough this week and we even had time left to try and solve the other case. That's better than usual. I think.
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w2 sunday
better or worse than we expected?
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w3 monday
You've seen snow before, right?
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[he gets a warm little smile from her-- she's dressed for the weather, so it seems like she might have intended to be out here for a bit.]
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w3 thursday i am wheezing
Taichi, I don't think you should be alone right now.
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w3 sunday
...are you responsible for Caleb turning into a dinosaur, or did you protect him some other way?
[he will just come out and say it.]
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[probably she Could polymorph, she's a wizard, but no.]
The shield-- that was mine. That's what I've been working on since we arrived. It isn't supposed to break like that unless it takes a fatal blow, but... I suppose the rules in which those creatures break barriers took some precedence.
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w4 monday
but when he spies lucretia across the grass, he picks up his pace a little and bounds over to her side. there's a flicker of fondness in his emotions, and an underlying undetermined emotion with it.]
Morning. Looks like your informant came through.
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she smiles, though, not really showing it externally.]
So they did. I didn't doubt them, but-- it's a relief to know.
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w4, thursday
she has her phone next to her, but she's not using it; if taichi texted her, she didn't answer.
when he enters, though, he'll feel her relief at seeing him, on top of the following bad vibes: lingering anxiety, fear, a low thrum of something more like panic. confusion, along with all of it. a lonelier feeling (which eases now that he's present, along with a bit of the anxiety) and then something weirdly-- empty-feeling.]
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but he still gives her a light grin.]
Thumbs up if I can join you, and thumbs down if you want me to take off until later.
[he's not sure she can speak, basically.]
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w5, monday
she's working on what looks like a group portrait, at the moment. the underlying sketch is already there, so it's clear what it is-- it's a pretty big project because it's literally everyone at the school, living or dead, dorm heads included. and she's fairly absorbed in it, but not enough so that she completely doesn't notice him, so-]
-oh, Taichi. Good morning.
[her voice is still rough, but she gives him a little smile.]
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Hey. You sound better. [he's happy about that.] Feeling ambitious today?
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w5 saturday
you ok?
spring's probably not the happiest place to be tonight huh?
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We're losing Mollymauk after the weekend, as well. Maybe we should ally with Summer at this point.
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w6 thursday
Taichi. Do you have a few minutes?
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Sure...what's up?
[he says this like he doesn't know exactly why she's here, but he's pretending.]
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w6 saturday
...what the fuck even happened in there? [he's trying to sound neutral, but he's kinda pissed about several things, in addition to being worried.]
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[Why someone else young, he never did anything-]
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w6 sunday
...what a day, huh?
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[she exhales a sigh, there.]
Even those of us who were in on things, here and there, didn't have the full picture.
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w7 saturday
Well...we made it. And with minor damage. Pretty good, right?
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[he gets a smile in turn, but yeah, it's also a little tired.]
How are you feeling after all of that?
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