Somebody asked me to switch a week ago. I told him I wanted to wait, because I wanted to see what would happen and because I didn't want to leave yet when Chad's...himself. And then Sagihara, Sieghart, Claude and the others all came back the way they did yesterday and we were all still forced to go back to the dorms and be put under lockdown. Lan Wangji still died.
...I don't really want to leave because I know what we're doing is important. But I also have another priority. I can't leave him again.
And besides...maybe I'll figure out some other answers when I switch. And it's not like I won't be talking to Chad as much as I have been even if I'm not in the same dorm. I don't think actually competing against each other is the answer here. It feels too much like a cover for something else. Doesn't it?
...I can understand that. If he's that important to you, then-- there are other ways to learn what you need to know, and you'll still have at least one person here to help you. I don't have any reason to think about leaving, after all.
[she's going to continue keeping an eye on chad, to the extent that she can, and it's not like taichi is fully leaving him behind either.]
The entire setup feels strange, obviously, but then again... someone did mention to me that when they spoke to Kaoruko, she stressed playing along with it. I don't know that working against it is necessarily the right course, right now, and we do need to participate to at least some degree.
[if they want to be able to earn anything they'll need, anyway.]
I told him I wasn't leaving here without him. Kind of hard to do if I can't be there when I need to be. [so yeah, yamato's important.] I'm telling you because I think you're one of the least likely to leave, and I still want your help with Chad. There's...a lot that I think is on his mind. He won't talk about it and he'll probably get mad if we try to ask him or help him too much, but he seems to listen to you. I'll help you guys as best as I can from the other dorm.
I heard the same thing. We can play along, fine, but we also don't really know what that means or why we're doing this. But I'm not really here to play along with murder for longer than I have to.
But I do intend to keep trying, with him. I'm waiting for those who actually found them to mention it first before I try to have that conversation, but-- you've seen the document on him that they returned with, haven't you?
Yeah. It's kind of about what I figured from talking to him. He told me what he was studying a while ago but he said he always had to return back to where he came from. I thought it was family stuff after some things he said.
But it's also why I didn't want to leave right away.
[taichi does not like abandoning people. especially people that need an extra hand or people that are maybe difficult. but that's the problem because that applies to yamato, too, and that's why he waited a week to make the decision.]
I haven't ever asked him much on a personal level, to be honest-- it seemed more effective to keep things focused elsewhere for now.
[she has largely just been trying to make sure he's cooperating and trying to establish the sort of relationship he seems to prefer, first-- it isn't as though she's not used to keeping it more professional.]
But given one or two mentions on there, I'm... not terribly surprised he's distant.
That's probably why he listens to you more than me. [haha.] I'm not surprised either though. He...eventually answers questions if you ask enough, but he seems to think that all of that's none of our concern.
Which, sure, he's right. But he's bad at the part where he lets it be our concern.
[persisting is correct. taichi's good at that, excelling in the art of pushing his way forward and getting the answers he wants in spite of everything. he's about to say something to the effect of having to keep trying, but then lucretia points out the purikura booth and he blinks quietly.]
Oh yeah, sure. We have these at home. [he will approach!] ...I don't think it's bad to keep pictures. Especially physical copies. [there's a grin then.] But it's not like I'm leaving permanently. I'll still be on campus and we're still gonna work together.
[but he will gesture for her to come closer.] Do you have a favorite color?
Of course you will, but-- I think it'd be nice to have, anyway.
[this is the gateway to her collecting pics of all her favorites, i feel it.
but when he asks her favorite color, she smiles slightly. she has worn literally nothing but blue since she got here, seeing as she sticks to her own outfit over the school uniforms. she's wearing it right now.]
They're always good...I like the ones you can always see anyway. [let lucretia have pictures!! but he's busy fiddling around with the settings. they're going to have a nice red background even despite the sheer amount of blue.]
Red it is. [a pause.] I'm not sure how serious he was, but Chad said his was brown.
[it's an idle comment, mostly as a way to share with her just what kind of bullshit he does to chad. poor chad. but with the background and settings selected he gestures to the booth.] Come on.
[he asked him a bunch of other stuff too stop. but into the booth! he will let lucretia follow him, and he gestures to the screen ahead.]
See the timer button? You hit it, and then you have a few seconds to pose for your pictures. When the time's out, then you can edit them with the stickers and stuff you've probably seen around.
[so, he will hit the button to start the camera. say cheese!]
I see. Similar to the phone camera, but with a longer timer...
[-oh shit he started the camera. there's probably one of her just looking at it because she was observing, but then she manages a slight, still somewhat reserved smile, like this is an official portrait of some kind.]
[it gets him to laugh a little because whoops, should've warned her better! but it's okay. the camera takes a good amount of photos which gives them time to change poses, smile, and maybe have a few good ones.
once it's done though he will lead her out of the booth to show her all of the options on screen.]
Check it out. Then you can put whatever you want on it. [he will start by putting some star drawings above his own head.] Like that.
[she's definitely the type where if you don't get her to laugh during this, the portrait smile is what you get-- she cracks a little more of a grin at some of the posing he does though, for sure.
and once they check out the options, she spends some time going through the options herself, curious.]
I really should have looked at these before, I think.
[this is pretty baller, actually. she puts a couple little moons on her side.]
Art's still a big thing on Earth, too. There's all kinds of galleries and stuff where people put drawings and paintings and sculptures. Some cameras are faster than others, too. We have digital ones and cameras in our phones, but some cameras still use film and you have to develop it.
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Somebody asked me to switch a week ago. I told him I wanted to wait, because I wanted to see what would happen and because I didn't want to leave yet when Chad's...himself. And then Sagihara, Sieghart, Claude and the others all came back the way they did yesterday and we were all still forced to go back to the dorms and be put under lockdown. Lan Wangji still died.
...I don't really want to leave because I know what we're doing is important. But I also have another priority. I can't leave him again.
And besides...maybe I'll figure out some other answers when I switch. And it's not like I won't be talking to Chad as much as I have been even if I'm not in the same dorm. I don't think actually competing against each other is the answer here. It feels too much like a cover for something else. Doesn't it?
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[she's going to continue keeping an eye on chad, to the extent that she can, and it's not like taichi is fully leaving him behind either.]
The entire setup feels strange, obviously, but then again... someone did mention to me that when they spoke to Kaoruko, she stressed playing along with it. I don't know that working against it is necessarily the right course, right now, and we do need to participate to at least some degree.
[if they want to be able to earn anything they'll need, anyway.]
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I heard the same thing. We can play along, fine, but we also don't really know what that means or why we're doing this. But I'm not really here to play along with murder for longer than I have to.
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[absolutely fuck this murder business.]
But I do intend to keep trying, with him. I'm waiting for those who actually found them to mention it first before I try to have that conversation, but-- you've seen the document on him that they returned with, haven't you?
[he's a popular boy, she assumes so.]
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Yeah. It's kind of about what I figured from talking to him. He told me what he was studying a while ago but he said he always had to return back to where he came from. I thought it was family stuff after some things he said.
But it's also why I didn't want to leave right away.
[taichi does not like abandoning people. especially people that need an extra hand or people that are maybe difficult. but that's the problem because that applies to yamato, too, and that's why he waited a week to make the decision.]
What do you think of it?
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[she has largely just been trying to make sure he's cooperating and trying to establish the sort of relationship he seems to prefer, first-- it isn't as though she's not used to keeping it more professional.]
But given one or two mentions on there, I'm... not terribly surprised he's distant.
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Which, sure, he's right. But he's bad at the part where he lets it be our concern.
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[comfort with others is not built quickly, so the only thing to do is just-- persist.]
Speaking of time, though, I suppose we only have so much of it before you'll be spending more of yours elsewhere.
[losing out on one of the reasonable springles... and, with a nod to the purikura booth:]
If you'd show me how this works, then... it might be a nice reminder, at the least. I've been thinking about keeping some of them. Just in case.
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Oh yeah, sure. We have these at home. [he will approach!] ...I don't think it's bad to keep pictures. Especially physical copies. [there's a grin then.] But it's not like I'm leaving permanently. I'll still be on campus and we're still gonna work together.
[but he will gesture for her to come closer.] Do you have a favorite color?
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[this is the gateway to her collecting pics of all her favorites, i feel it.
but when he asks her favorite color, she smiles slightly. she has worn literally nothing but blue since she got here, seeing as she sticks to her own outfit over the school uniforms. she's wearing it right now.]
It's red.
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Red it is. [a pause.] I'm not sure how serious he was, but Chad said his was brown.
[it's an idle comment, mostly as a way to share with her just what kind of bullshit he does to chad. poor chad. but with the background and settings selected he gestures to the booth.] Come on.
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[asking chad's favorite color i am crying. taichi you're doing your best to learn about him.
but she'll come along, keeping a close eye on what he's doing. she's going to want to take more of these later, with others.]
Go ahead, then, let's see what this thing can do.
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See the timer button? You hit it, and then you have a few seconds to pose for your pictures. When the time's out, then you can edit them with the stickers and stuff you've probably seen around.
[so, he will hit the button to start the camera. say cheese!]
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[-oh shit he started the camera. there's probably one of her just looking at it because she was observing, but then she manages a slight, still somewhat reserved smile, like this is an official portrait of some kind.]
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once it's done though he will lead her out of the booth to show her all of the options on screen.]
Check it out. Then you can put whatever you want on it. [he will start by putting some star drawings above his own head.] Like that.
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and once they check out the options, she spends some time going through the options herself, curious.]
I really should have looked at these before, I think.
[this is pretty baller, actually. she puts a couple little moons on her side.]
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[there are also some purple flowers...just because Spring.]
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They are. I doubt they would put portraiture out completely, but they're a much faster alternative. More-- spontaneous, I suppose.
[cameras really aren't bad, but they're not going to make her put art aside, either.]
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Depends on what you want, I think. [shrug!]
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