trustfell | It's like I'm carrying the weight of the world

It's like I'm carrying the weight of the world

[ So, Yuri's going to be going around, putting up slips of paper for everyone to see, because even with everything that was that trial, he is sure it could help. He doesn't know--it's worked from time to time before anyway and someone should do it. ]

[ Yuri, for once, is going to be making some food for the afterparty that isn't desserts. On his side of things, his food is generally going to be geared towards something more western-style and hearty. In essence, there is some things of curry with beef, chicken, and vegetables in them, take your pick. Sayaka and Kyrie also will be assisting with food, providing stuff that is likely to be geared towards something asian.

This whole set up, of course, is going to be done in the dining hall, since that's where it usually is. ]

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[...]

I knew they were using her for something. They built that bunker around treating her as a resource. [And then she was freed, just to end up in a place like this. Rin sighs.] If we'd gotten out of this place, she'd have been able to do anything she liked.

She... I don't wanna tell her secrets, but... It was sick. Just...horrible. If we'd gotten out of this place, I'd...wanna go punch her dad in the face myself.

[...Frowning, Rin etches a little more into the candle in careful, precise strokes. She knew some secrets, but maybe not the depth of them.]

...Don't tell me things like that. [Her voice is quiet, and wavers some on the don't.] It'll make me angrier than I already am.

[Eyebrows tugged down unhappily, she doesn't look or sound particularly angry. But angry and sad, sometimes they mean the same thing.]

...

[ Alex places a hand on Rin's shoulder, gently. ]

Sorry. ...I'm sorry, Rin.

[ For all of this.

[Mouth tight, she puts the candle down now, unable to keep concentrating on it.

...]

How about you? How are you managing tonight?

Uh... I...don't know, really. Usually, after these things, there'd be Susan to talk to, but...

[ ... ]

I...guess I feel kind of lost.

[Oh...]

Someone was passing out letters from her before. Did you get yours?

...N-no, she...left me something?

Probably. I know I got one.

[And she knows Alex got one too, she was the one who slipped it under there. Rin brushes back a lock of hair over her shoulder.]

I'm sure you did too. [Rin smiles, gently.] She liked you.

Oh... [ A sad sort of smile plays on her lips. ] I liked her, too. We danced around things for awhile, but...we have- ...had, some of the same hangups.

Where, um...did you get yours? Did someone give it to you?

[Hangups...? Rin tilts her head a bit, then straightens up in her seat.]

No, it wasn't anything like that. I found it slipped under my door.

[Really she found it on a desk after breaking into Susan's room, but yes.]

Huh... I haven't been back to my room in a bit. I'll have to watch for something, so I don't...you know, just, step all over it at the end of the night.

[ ...Going back to her room means being alone, see. She's not into that. ]

Turning on a light switch might help?

...This is why you're the smart one.

[Rin snickers lightly at that, but her smile is kind.]

Do you want some company, before you head back for the night?

[ She rolls her eyes a little. ]

I'll be fine getting to my room. Sometimes a girl wants privacy.

[ There's a light tone of teasing, but...part of it is she's going to fall apart if she reads that letter, she knows, and she'd probably like to be alone for that one. ]

No, no, I wouldn't intrude on that, of course.

[She gets that... Honestly, she does. When she's upset, Rin never feels like she can truly act like herself unless she's alone. There's a need for that privacy.]

I meant until then. You seemed a little reluctant to go back.

[And Alex has been there for her so many times, in ways both big and small. If she can, Rin would like to support her in turn.]

[ ...Ah. Well... An almost awkward smile crosses her face. It's halfway to grateful, honestly. ]

...I just...wanna stay out as long as possible. I wanna...check on Sayaka and...until then... I don't really like the silence.

[ So, therefore: ] Yeah. I'd...like some company.

I can come back to this later. [Rin picks Angel's candle back up, to set it in place on the candle stand.] Let's go somewhere else. This atmosphere is too stifling. We can do anything you'd like.

...Sure wish we had video games about now.

[ She casts a bit of a sad half-smile and starts heading in the direction of the stairs. Follow? ]

[Rin gets up from her seat and pushes her chair back in. Following!]

Right. You were hoping something like that would show up by now.

Against all odds... [ She sighs with a hopeless little shrug. ] "There's a church here, maybe we'll get video games too!" So thought me.

If it's any consolation, the church was tacky.

...Touche, at least I got that going for me.

[Well, if video games are off the table...]

How about a board game? Or if that's too vanilla, we could play any other game you know from home.

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