pc ❧ tea time is at 3 pm ( woo-woo )

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week 0, night 1

[lecarre]

[So I'm sure they're rather busy saying hello to people and making new friends and running around looking for the way out, but eventually evening comes and it's pretty plain they're not going anywhere for at least tonight and.

Ange finally trudges to check out her room on sore feet.

That said, she does not know... how to use her PHS to open it. This confounded technology is beyond her.

SQUINTS AT THE LOCK... IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HALLWAY.

LOOK, DOOR, SHE JUST WANTS TO SLEEP.]

[recrowns]

[holy shit

they're going to be locked out forever

given that soo-won is going to peer over her shoulder and - ]

Oh, hello again.

[lecarre]

[Locked out FOR THE REST OF TIME.

A beat.

She totally jumps.]

Ah--!

[wheeze. Okay. No. When she whirls around, it's just--]

Oh, it's only you. You frightened me.

week 0, monday

[recrowns]

[the morning is a problem.

the morning is a problem and soo-won is at the table and set of chairs in their room from the moment that ange wakes up - and she's looking over a series of papers. his expression looks puzzled as he tilts his head, tapping on the table a few times in thought.

though once she notices her waking - he'll look a bit sheepish]

Ah, forgive me. Did I wake you?

[lecarre]

[Ange seems to sleep soundly enough? She doesn't move a lot even after he wakes up and starts puttering around their room, and she wakes up around normal schoolgirl hours, slowly stirring and rubbing at her eyes with a yawn.

...???]

Ah, no... [another yawn] Not at all, excuse me.

Is... everything all right? [she looks pretty bleary-eyed, so who knows what she's noticed or not noticed, but he at least is already awake and doing Stuff so she figures she may as well ask.]

[recrowns]

Hmm...

[he hums thoughtfully at that before looking back down at the paper in front of him]

I'm afraid it seems like I've already forgotten something.

week 0, friday

[recrowns]

[well this sucks

soo-won is actually on the first floor of the inn once ange walks by, and he's going to be looking at the PHS device rather closely, as if it'll tell him anything he needs to know.

not too far from him on the table, beside a cup of tea, there sits a plush.

of a certain someone.]

[lecarre]

[Ange's plushie is tucked in her arms. It's quite cute, but she's nnnnot really in the mood to be too pleased by it.

After all...

Everything sucks??

This sucks.

... Soo-won represents stability which represents calm--she steps over to join him, expression and body language downcast. She's more in shock than anything, from appearances.]

... Mister Won?

[... his plushie is also cute, but they have more important things to worry about, don't they?]

[recrowns]

[soo-won looks up when she speaks and - because it's ange - he musters up a somber, tired smile. he stands, but only so he can pull out a chair for her and gesture for her to take it]

Come. Let's take a moment to sit.

week 0, saturday night

[lecarre]

[Well that happened. Ange goes back to the room, and then she waits for Soo-won. He disappeared so quickly after the trial, she assumes he needed some time alone which like.

Valid.

But either way, when he gets back, no matter how late it is, she's still sitting up and waiting, her hands on her lap.

She doesn't have tea prepared, but there is a glass of water for him.]

[recrowns]

[it's

very, very, very late.

and when he comes in, he looks - tired. exhausted. almost like he's sick - and a little pale, actually.

and he looks surprised when he walks in]

Ange? You're still awake?

[lecarre]

[She looks up suddenly when he opens the door.

He... does look awful.]

Mister Won! Um--yes, I did not want to go to sleep without confirming that you were back safely.

[Two people just got m u r d e r e d soo-won]

But--please, come in! Sit down... I have some water here.

week 1, thursday

[recrowns]

[heeeeee's walking along! even after all of That, he sure is just headed for the forest

though when he sees ange, he offers a smile]

Ah - hello, Ange.

[lecarre]

Mister Won!

[!!!]

I... are you sure you are all right? I know you were swarmed immediately, but...!

[recrowns]

Well, most of the attention rightfully went to Ochako and Xie Lian - but I did feel a bit touched.

[he offers up a bit of a smile]

I'm alright. Care to join me for a rest in the forest?

week 2, saturday

[lecarre]

[Hey Soo-won.

It may take a bit because you are undoubtedly busy but.

Eventually when you return to your room, Ange is definitely leaning against the wall outside of it as if waiting for him.

Is she dozing, we just do not know.]

[recrowns]

[sweet

sweet ange

soo-won looks a little tired admittedly, and a little pale but. he's immediately going to kneel down in front of her anyway]

Ange....?

week 4, Tuesday

[lecarre]

[casually forward dates this and prays nothing happens between tonight and tomorrow.

Anyway!! Soo-won is probably used to the whole... memory sharing thing happening by now.

Ange, however, is not. Either through luck or chance or sheer dumbassery, she has yet to have a memshare happen by this point. I will probably be made a liar later when other PCs happen but don't look at me.

Point is, she sees one of those bubbles, tilts her head a little, aaaand reaches out to pop it.

Dumb.]

[recrowns]

[GIRL PLEASE.

Soo-won is really about to say something but tHEN.

“If the Thunder Beast is there, there is no way that you could lose.”

Those are the words you’d spoken just hours ago – because the Thunder Beast is the strongest warrior in all of Kouka in generations. He defeated generals since he was a fraction of their age, swept martial arts competitions, and you know it all well – because you cheered from the sidelines as you watched him climb the ranks.

The Thunder Beast’s name is Hak.

He’s your best friend in all the world.

Or perhaps, he was.

Your guards are attacked with a ferocity that you had never seen from one man before – trained soldiers falling to him like flies. He is relentless and—

He means to kill you.

So why is it that you cannot move?

Even against his own comrades, he resists. He fights against them motivated by nothing but the purest rage.

…. But you know him. You know him by the way that he used to point out your openings and dropped guard by giving you gentle, nudging smacks. You know him by the way that he would give a lop-sided grin that betrayed his amusement. You know him by the way that he told you that your goal was too small but –

It was just after you told him, “You are my goal, Hak.”

How could the greatest person you’ve ever known be considered a small goal?

His hand reaches out to you, and you have not stepped back. There is a sword at your side, you have not used it. In this moment, he is the attacker and—

You wonder if you deserve it.

For making your friend into this broken man in front of you, you wonder if – should death come for you at any point in your life, shouldn’t it come from this hand? If there is any who can truly make a judgment on your soul…

Isn’t it him?

You’re ushered away, and you know he is still reaching for you.

You ignore the way that, despite everything, you want to reach back.

and with that, the memory ends so you said you didn't have a preference so i'm giving you the one that i knew would hurt the most in a thread]

week 4, post-exec

[recrowns]

[let's shake things up!

sometime today, soo-won will go to find ange - and he will be on horseback. sure, why not, right?

and when he sees her, he offers a gentle smile]

... Ange. Care for a ride?

[lecarre]

[Ange looks pretty tired when he finds her, but... he shows up on horseback and she tilts her head back to look up at him, eyes a little wide.]

... Oh. [!!] I have never ridden a horse before... but, um, if that is all right... I think I would like to, yes.

week 5, post-execution

[recrowns]

[ange is so, so sweet. and soo-won is pretty sure he needs to work five times as hard in order to repay her for all her support. so sometime after (gestures toward execution) that,,,,

he'll go to find her. instead of tea, this time he's just bringing a tray with water and painkillers but.

regardless - ]

How are you feeling?

[lecarre]

Won...

[Ange looks a little surprised to see him, before she smiles a little. Her expression is tired, but... she seems a little happy, too.]

... Um, I am all right.

[She rubs the back of her head a little. Actually they all feel like crap and her everything hurts, but.]

I mean... I am alive. I--I must not lose sight of that, right...?

week 7, friday

[lecarre]

[Well!!

Obediently, she shows up for tea, taking a seat by the window.

She looks very uncertain of where to start, but.... also she's here, and that means something.

It means she's ready to have a genuine talk of some sorts with him.]

[recrowns]

[that is something!

soo-won is going to go ahead and bring tea - it's very floral, very fragrant. the usual. he'll move to pour two cups for them, and she's free to add milk and sugar if she wants?

regardless:]

If I may ask....

Did you think I would judge you harshly, if you revealed that you were lying to me?

[just out of curiosity - he doesn't seem offended. just wondering if he ever gave off the impression that he like.

cared.]