[pcs] taichi

[ambiography]

shitpost maybe eventually?

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[goalsides]

I think he probably doesn't really mind as much as he pretends to. [...] And I think he's probably just not sure what to do with the attention anyway. It's a good thing he's around people like us.

[even if he forces hugo to talk to him anyway.]

Maybe we'll have something new tomorrow or something. That's when those notes in the lockers have been showing up. But today...guess we can just enjoy the new buildings? [he shrugs.]

[ambiography]

No, he knows what to do with the attention, and it's 'complain about it'. But I have the same feeling.

[a slight pause, before:]

...I'm just hoping to find a way to improve things for him, through all this.

[she cares so goddamn much about trying to help his situation. but she doesn't know how much taichi knows, exactly, so-- she keeps it vague, more or less.]

Until then, I'm going to live in here, I think.

[goalsides]

...I'd like to, too. Even if he keeps saying there's no point. [stupid. cannot believe they are both Aware and unaware they are Aware.

so instead he nods and looks at her portrait again.]

This is a pretty big project. It wouldn't surprise me if it kept you busy for a while, at least.

[ambiography]

I expect it to-- I'm not as fast as I would be, otherwise.

[a little nod to her right arm, which is in a sling made of fancier fabric now. all the burns definitely don't help either, but will that stop her, no.]

[goalsides]

Did you ask Hugo for a price for healing further? [he says, when he hasn't bothered healing himself.]

[ambiography]

-well, no. That might be needed more later-- we're about out of items for it.

[and she is functional, just. in some level of pain a lot of the time. also her voice is still bad yet here she is not typing.

that and the injuries she has bandaged are kind of bleeding through a little again, somehow, despite the previous heals.]

[goalsides]

We might get some new ones soon. So that's a thought. [but he understands, it's primarily why he hasn't healed himself either.]

Try to rest when you can though. I've already gotten on Maya's case about it, too.

[ambiography]

That's not an option as often as it should be.

[there is, somehow, still so much shit to do around here.]

And I do consider this resting.

[this is a project, not resting, but Okay.]

[goalsides]

It's not. It's barely an option on the best of days. [he can admit that much.]

...where are you? [yes he's looking at the art again.]

[ambiography]

Me-?

[she glances at the canvas, there.]

I haven't decided, yet.

[goalsides]

[he tilts his head]

Well...where do you want to be?

[ambiography]

...hard to say.

[she's just. considering.]

It was much smaller, the last time I did something like this, so I just put myself in the middle, but it feels a little different in this sort of group.

[goalsides]

For the bureau I'm guessing? [hmmmm...] Maybe you should just be around the people you would want to still be around when all of this is over.

[only on the canvas he means, life itself is different. ]

[ambiography]

Taichi, I think you're underestimating how many people that's going to be.

[there's a touch of laughter in her tone when she says it, but-- well, it's true.]

[goalsides]

Probably. [haha. he frowns a little thoughtfully, looking at the canvas...] Maybe above everybody? That way you're still surrounded by all of us, but not at the same time. I dunno, placement's harder than I thought.

...but it's good to know that there are people here you care about that much.

[ambiography]

It's not that much of a surprise, is it?

[lightly teasing, as she continues to consider.]

I considered just organizing by dorm, but there are cases where I think it's better to put people elsewhere.

[goalsides]

Maybe not. But you've seen some of the people here. They aren't the easiest to get to know.

[he shakes his head though.]

...you ever think that maybe what we're supposed to be doing is working together instead of competing in a dorm war in the first place?

[ambiography]

... sometimes, yes. I only really cared about trying to find who had killed when we thought we might learn something from that, but after the weekend, I-- don't think I care much about that, either.

[she's been looking respectfully away from whoever the fuck is in fall anyway.]

Besides, the competition still feels like a bit of a flimsy setup to me.

[goalsides]

Same here. Maybe that's just another thing we should be asking Sieghart about. The daycare might know what's going on with the dorm war setting and tell us if we have to rethink our strategy there, too.

[ambiography]

It's on my list.

[she's been inspecting the painting this whole time, idly. still thinking about it.]

Hopefully, they'll know-- anything we don't.

[goalsides]

Yeah. I hope so, too. [...] Even if it's not much, it'll be cool to see Sieghart again, right?

[ambiography]

...it will.

[a fonder smile, at that.]

I've-- well, I've missed having him around, these last couple of weeks.

[goalsides]

[there's a nod of understanding there.]

Yeah...I think I can understand that. You guys got along pretty well, didn't you?

[ambiography]

To be honest with you, I'd sort of written him off a little at first. We still got along, but we weren't particularly close, and I wasn't sure how much he could be trusted to do. But-- that did change, later. He promised he'd work with me, and help look after the others.

[there's maybe something a little more bittersweet to the smile now.]

... we'd just started getting close, when he was killed. The rule about sharing regrets-- we chose each other for that.

[goalsides]

...that kind of thing would make people grow a little closer, I think. Sieghart's always tried to pretend he won't take responsibility but he's also bad are actually leaving stuff alone.

I'm glad you got to have some time with him before then.