Audience: White

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Comments

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[they seem very, very tired.]

You can say that again. You holding up okay?

[enfangs]

... Kind of pissed at everything, but— [he shrugs] —what else is new?

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[a little laugh.]

Yeah, that's uh. That's fair. [...] What pissed you off this time?

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[he leans against a wall, crossing his arms.]

I dunno... Mahito, if he killed Aoi and hurt Endorsi. Childe, for talking shit to Mineo.

[he's been somewhat on edge all week, really. things like his anger having to fizzle out when he found out it was yuel who cursed him, forgetting his real name, seeing his friends so injured. and truth be told, he's getting a little tired of being the butt of jokes—though it just feeds his frustration towards himself, since he knows they're not wrong.

because he's pissed off at himself, too.]

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[they nod slowly, shifting so they can sit sideways in their chair, watching him.]

I'd be pissed too. [they say, after a moment.] I am, a lot. Angry, I mean? Comes with the territory, sure, but uh.

Childe's a bastard anyway. [sniff.]

[enfangs]

... Oh yeah. You two had some kind of bad blood, huh? I remember him saying something about that...

[from thursday night.]

I can't judge too much for killing or whatever, but he didn't have to talk to Mineo like that for being right.

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It's not bad blood so much as I just think he's a smug butthole. Not enough that he deserves to die, but like, he killed someone so I'm a little less forgiving!

[a pause.] I don't think he needed to talk that way to Mineo either, for what it's worth. Mineo's trying to do what he thinks is right.

[enfangs]

Mineo fucking works harder than most people here. No one's allowed to start shit about his efforts.

[is white biased because he has a giant crush? maybe. but still.]

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Mineo works hard, for sure.

[white your crush i'm crying]

I think you do too.

[enfangs]

[unfortunately this is what happens white likes a person, he will bully them but then immediately try to fight anyone who disrespects them

he reaches up to scratch the back of his neck.]

... You and Mineo are probably the only ones who'd say that, but thanks. [a beat.] Anyway, speaking of Childe—I heard stuff about there being reasons to kill besides indulgence? ... Though I also heard we gotta figure that out ourselves, so is that your answer too?

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[aw buddy...]

I'm curious if you have any ideas on what the other reasons might be.

[enfangs]

I don't know, I'm used to sociopaths or people with delusions of grandeur, not this shit!

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[they laugh.]

Oh - trust me, me too! Me too. You're gonna be mad, but yeah, it is something you have to figure out. [...] Explore this place a little better, White, you might find what you're looking for that way.

[enfangs]

Exploring just got me dragged underwater by ghost arms and everyone calling me stupid.

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Well, you're not stupid.

[huff!!!] I heard you get something from the jailcell, right?

[enfangs]

[wrath is the best]

... Right, that. Uh, I still don't know what to make of it?

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[their opinion is the only correct one, tbh]

... I still uh, don't know exactly what you saw? Something with a dude and a car?

[enfangs]

Um... I was in jail and feeling hopeless, like nothing mattered because some girl was gone? Just stared out a window and waited.

[which, thinking about it now, is... very familiar to him in ways that are probably pure coincidence.]

Then there was an alarm and I was going to some town square, and then yeah. The car and stuff.

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What do you think it was? A memory, an illusion, something else?

[enfangs]

Wraaaath, why am I being given a multiple-choice pop quiz?

[...]

A memory, maybe...? Weirdly detailed for just a made-up illusion.

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[they laugh a little at that.] Because! You're smart, I know you can get there on your own.

Okay, so it's a memory - why do you think you saw it? What do you think prompted it? What would be the point? Don't just say you don't know, really try for me, babe.

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[DESPERATELY FRIES HIS BRAIN]

...

?

???????

[he's trying]

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[WHITE DKJFSKKF

wrath just. rubs their face. they're amused, though.]

It didn't seem like anything you've seen here, right?

[enfangs]

Nope. So, uh, it's someone's memory? Someone... significant to this place, or something?

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Sort of? It was a lot different than what usually happens here, though.