PCs with Watanuki!

[foundfate]

For anything from the 2nd trial onwards!

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MOVED TO THE RIGHT WEEK, Sat evening

[fullbodied]

[she knocks lightly]

Kimihiro...?

[foundfate]

[There isn't an immediate answer, because Watanuki has been Resting. But she will be able to hear the sounds of movement in his room before he eventually opens the door.]

Hi, Ann-san.

[He looks exhausted, but he's in one piece and he's not screaming anymore. So maybe it's an improvement?]

[fullbodied]

[it is an improvement, honestly.]

Thank goodness... I'm really glad you're alright-- or... as alright as you can be.

[foundfate]

I'll be fine. Just had some bad memories this time around, that's all.

[He's forcing a smile for her sake at this point.]

[fullbodied]

You don't have to tell me everything, but you don't have to force yourself to smile either, you know.

Especially when it's obvious that isn't just bad memories.

[foundfate]

...

[Well okay, he lets the smile drop.]

Wheatley is an AI, and the way an AI dies is...very different from what a human experiences.

I've experienced a lot of pain and death in my lifetime, which makes it easier to take everyone else's pain. But that kind of pain, it was new. And I wasn't prepared for it.

[fullbodied]

[she reaches out to touch him-- and then hesitates for a brief moment. and then she lets her hand rest on his arm, lightly, enough to shrug off if he wants.]

Then the way Wheatley dies... brought up the bad memories.

[a soft exhale]

I'm so sorry.

[foundfate]

[He doesn't shrug it off, so there's that at least?]

It's alright. It's the price I chose to pay.

[fullbodied]

Yeah... But we can both acknowledge it's a shitty situation, right?

[she's a little relieved at that, especially after the hug.]

And it's not fair.

[foundfate]

[Yeah, that is very true. He'll warm up gradually as well, he's just had a taxing day.]

...it really isn't, but it falls in line with the rules of the world of spirits, which aren't really fair to begin with. So I really shouldn't be expecting fairness.

[fullbodied]

[she hates this...]

And you have to go through this as long as the game is going. So until we're either all dead, or someone's won-- or resigned.

You're not gonna play this game again, are you?

[foundfate]

Definitely not, this game is the worst.

[fullbodied]

Promise?

[she holds up her pinky.]

[foundfate]

[He blinks at the pinky for a moment, looking confused. And possibly a touch flustered.]

Er...what? I'm not really asking that?

[fullbodied]

Just promise that you're not going to do another game again.

[she's insisting, sorry, watanuki]

[foundfate]

Fine, fine, I won't do another game like this one.

[He's a little flustered now though.]

[fullbodied]

[she's still holding up her pinky.

sorry, he's not getting out of this.]

You're not more prickly than Ryuji, c'mooooon.

[foundfate]

That gesture has a different connotation in my world, you know. It's basically you asking to be my girlfriend.

[fullbodied]

What?

It's a pinky promise!

[foundfate]

Well that doesn't change the fact that gestures mean different things in different places!

[fullbodied]

I have to re-evaluate my priors here.

Alright, guess we'll do this the American way.

[she holds out a hand to shake.]

[foundfate]

[...WELL OK

A handshake it is.]

[fullbodied]

[GOOD, THIS IS HIS WORD TO HER.

she looks a little relieved.

and then winks at him]

But I bet you wish I was serious about that girlfriend thing.

[foundfate]

Not at all!

[His face says otherwise.]

[fullbodied]

Weeeeeell, to even get me to consider it, no more -san.

I think it's only fair, y'know.

[said with the most charming of smiles]