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wk 0; friday

[sacredchants]

( continued from here )
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[ are....they....

she gives him a long look taking in his demeanor and thinks back to what they've discussed thus far. for a moment, she looks away from him wordlessly with a blank expression before turning back to him. her voice flat when she finally speaks. nothing to indicate if she's being malicious about her words or not. ]

Guys like you are the worst.

[riegan]

I've been called worse.

(He owns it.)

Given the context though? I'll take it as a compliment.

[sacredchants]

And that's why guys like you are the worst.

[ she's still being frank about it all. she's just saying what's on her mind and not actively trying to be malicious about it. ]

I bet you don't give too much thought in what others think about you as long as it suits what you want them to believe.

[riegan]

When you say it like that, it sounds like I'm hiding something.

(Which he absolutely isn't, by the way.)

[sacredchants]

Aren't you?

[ they all are hiding something. ]

Only idiots are straight-forward and completely forthcoming.

[riegan]

Everyone has their own stories. You have one and I'm no different.

Of course, we've only just met so I'd be cautious about reading too much into it. Are we really keeping secrets if we just don't know each other?

[sacredchants]

[ ...he has a valid point there and her only immediate response is to go: hmp. ]

Is that were you'd follow up with how we should get to know one another better?

[riegan]

Hey, thanks for saving me the trouble.

(Yup, that's exactly where he'd follow up with how they should get to know each other.)

But if you really want to cut to the chase, you'll tell me the story behind that robe.

[sacredchants]

[ but will she offer any new information to him? ]

It's a kimono not a robe! [ at least get the terminology right!!! ] —and won't you let it go already? It's already floating away in the river.

[ hopefully no one else will grab it. ]

[riegan]

Right, right.

(Holding his hands up. Sorry!)

The story behind the kimono. (He'll correct himself. Its easy!) And maybe I will, maybe I won't. It might out sight but it'll be on my mind for a while longer~

[sacredchants]

Then keep obsessing over it.

[ rip the story behind the kimono... but she'll at least sit down on the ground near the river. if they should continue then maybe sitting is more reasonable. ]

Ask me something else; I'll ask you something as well. We'll take turns.

[ will she answer all of the questions he might have for her? absolutely not, but he can see what she can and won't answer. ]

[riegan]

(Oh, well, this is a change.)

What's this? This isn't some elaborate scheme to get to know me, is it? Really, you could have just asked!

(Never mind the fact that she's BEEN ASKING and he's been DODGING)

What happened to you before you got here?

[sacredchants]

[ they've both been dodging the questions and answers and it's quite funny to experience. she won't give him the satisfaction of knowing that, though, and instead will...

avoid.

the question. ]

What do you think? You saw me when I woke up.

[ this is a great start. ]

[riegan]

Well, you said you were dying so I guess that would my answer. As for how? Well, I'd rather not think about it to be honest. It's not very pleasant.

(DEATH IS GRIM???)

That was your question. My turn again.

(It definitely counts,)

Now that you've gotten rid of your kimono... feeling better?

[sacredchants]

[ well, the fact that he doesn't dive deeper into wanting to know the whys of her claim of "dying" lets him have another question. ]

A little. ...just because it's gone physically doesn't mean I won't forget it exists.

[ sound familiar? but not having it around all of the time will do her a great service. ]

Now you—what were you doing before you woke up here?

[riegan]

Going to school and having a very important conversation about the future with my teacher.

(It's the truth!)

[sacredchants]

[ what an...answer. ]

I guess even nobles and lords need to go to school.

[riegan]

If there's one thing nobles love, it's power and you know what they say, education is power.

(See what he did there.)

[sacredchants]

[ she sure did and she's unsure if she should be impressed or not. ]

It's not just nobles who love power. [ ... ] Or not all noble people who seek out power use it for noble things.

[ an attempt at word play...? ]

[riegan]

(He'll roll with it.)

Ah, there's a question for the ages. "What is a noble?"

(Crossing his arms, tapping his chin thoughtfully,)

Is it determined by birth? Special merit? Or by character? And who gets to decide whether an intention is noble or not?

We may never know.

[sacredchants]

[ WELL. even though izumo can tell these aren't all real questions he's asking, she's going to answer them anyway. it seems like something that's on his mind. ]

Wasn't it defined by people who had the most influence on the other people around them? If there's one person that can provide for everyone else around them, there are bound to be people who elevate them to a higher standard.

...after that, people just continue because the name and the expectation that the lineage will continue to be like that.

[ she draws up knees up to her chest. ]

Being a noble still doesn't make you a good person. I wouldn't make them interchangeable.

[riegan]

Hah, looks like I got ahead of myself a bit there, huh? Yeah, something like that.

(No need to get into the specifics now.)

I agree. Being of noble birth doesn't make one a good person. In fact, it has nothing to do with it.

(SIGH, but also,)

Sorry, I guess I skipped my turn there.

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[sacredchants]

Some would even go as far as to say that who you're birthed from doesn't matter. Only who you are as a person.

[ which...will be all she'll say on that matter because it's a matter of turns and questions. he sure did ask plenty and if he got a bonus question before, it's fair game for her, right? so she'll wave him off about skipping her turn with a bit of a smile of her own. ]

It just means I get five questions in return.

[ now what to ask.... ]

[sacredchants]

[ she'll raise one of her hands in the air and start counting them down with her fingers. ]

Question one, what is the big deal about nobility and lineage with you?

Question two, if I had allowed you to retrieve my kimono, what would you have really done with it?

Question three, your profile says you're talented but talented in what?

Question four, what is your opinion on demons or ghosts?

[ look. she had to throw in a stupid question besides this gives her a moment to consider what to make her final question. it's not as though that they'll run out of questions (probably), but she doesn't waste things. ]

And the final question—how badly do you want to escape this place?

[ they've just arrived, sure, but some people are bound to have an automatic level of desperation than others, right? izumo is fully aware of what she'd do... ]

1/2

[riegan]

Isn't that a little excessive...

(Wait a minute...)