PCs with Lux

[silentscout]

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Week 0, Friday

[silentscout]

[Hey Lux! Do you want to see Lalli? Hope you do, because he's jumping down from the roof of the classroom building and landing nearby!

He does it without making any sound too, beyond the sound of his feet hitting the ground.]

[illuminance]

[ lux visibly startles, letting out a quiet, bitten-back gasp. also her hands come up to her chest, where she holds them as if she has something to hide between her palms?

which, when she lowers her hands... she doesn't. okay. ]

Oh - Lalli. You scared me.

Week 0, Sunday

[silentscout]

[Lalli kept his promise: he is now showered and clean and wearing his school uniform instead of his stinky forest clothes. It's weird showing this much skin (literally only his neck and arms are showing when they usually don't, the rest is still covered by clothes) but whatever. He said he would.

But his dirty clothes are in a pile on the common room floor and he's considering them thoughtfully. Someone doesn't know how to do laundry.

That's when he sees Lux.]

Where do I put these to get washed?

[illuminance]

[ she's very proud of him and offers a smile, despite the day they have had.

except it kind of slips away because... she also... doesn't know how to do laundry with the machines... ]

Ah... I'm not sure?

Week 1: Saturday

[illuminance]

[ lux comes up to lalli and. pats him on the shoulder. ]

I know that the outcome was not satisfactory, but - you did well, today. We all tried.

[silentscout]

[I'm going to say at this point the initial shock has worn off, but he's still pretty emotionally fragile.]

I made a mistake. I don't know where, but I did something wrong. And someone innocent is going to die because of it.

Week 1, Sunday

[silentscout]

Do you like Beau?

[illuminance]

She seems nice. She has interesting stories.

Why?

Week 2, Thursday

[silentscout]

[Lux gets no personal space.

Which means that, after lunchtime-ish, Lalli will be looking for her. He's starting in the fall dorm, because they can get a bit of privacy there eyyy.]

Lux?

[No hangover, right?]

[illuminance]

[ she's lounging in the fall dorm, probably just reading or something. she looks fine, no hangover here! she only drinks in moderation! ]

Good afternoon.

Week 2: Saturday

[illuminance]

[ lux is sitting on the Bradley Memorial Couch, as it is apparently named, and just gives lalli. a weak smile. ]

This is... Barely better than last week.

[silentscout]

It's not better at all.

[He's sitting on the couch now too.]

Different pain, but no smaller.

Week 3, Monday

[silentscout]

[Hi dormmate! Odds are they're coming across each other in the morning. Let's say Lalli is actually brushing his teeth and being hygienic.

He glances to Lux, and boom, memory. It's just that page and the one right after it. Lalli does not understand the language being spoken in panels 2 and 3 on the first of those two pages too.

When the memory is done, he's stopped his hand mid-brush and just looks confused. The fuck?]

[illuminance]

[ oh, proud of him for his hygiene. unironically. lux is here, probably just to brush her hair or something right now, and then... memory time.

that seemed - sweet, to her? but also confusing, because this is her first memory share. ]

That was... Yours?

[ probably a stupid question, but still. ]

Week 3, post-trial

[silentscout]

[He'll wait at least an hour or so after the trial before texting her.]

When are you coming back?

[illuminance]

I don't know. Later.

Week 5, Friday

[illuminance]

[ lux is just sitting on the couch being a sad bitch about everything, but she looks up when she sees movement. ]

... So what happened, last night? I misplaced my phone.

[silentscout]

Taichi turned into a dog, and Ichinose had a mockup of a graduation certificate.

[It's all true but not nearly the full story.

He's also sitting down next to Lux, hi.]

Week 5, post-trial

[silentscout]

[Just like last week, it's much later by the time Lalli finally comes back to the dorm. The mood he's in couldn't be any more different, though.

He closes the door behind himself quietly, and he lingers there fora moment. Eyes red, body slouched, looking absolutely terrible.

But he's going to keep going, right over to wherever Lux is. Because he needs to find her.]

[illuminance]

[ she's just sitting on the couch. looking ALSO very miserable, but... she squints up at him. ]

Lalli...?

[ hard to say if she's asking out of concern or just checking it's him. she can't see shit. ]

Week 6, Thursday

[silentscout]

[Lalli's mind is a buzz of anxiety because of everyone who was hurt and it's Thursday night and Lux is hurt this is the worst.

But after taking care of a couple other things, he's coming back to Fall dorm and he's looking for Lux. Where is she?]

[illuminance]

[ she's sitting on the couch! she's been healed up... to an extent. the cuts on her arms are scarred over and the bruises are faded. but she's still got a hand on her side like the worst of it wasn't healed. also she showered and washed off the blood and dead-people-smell.

even though she's already done this, she just stares at lalli like she's deeply relieved to be looking at him. ]

Week 6, post-trial

[silentscout]

[Lux gets her own special PC as a tweat, since she's probably the one walking back with him anyway. We'll say by now he's cried it out and his face is just a little red and puffy.]

I don't regret it. Not one bit.

[illuminance]

[ ... lux is a horrible mix between grateful and sad and furious, so she's quiet for a long moment. when she speaks, her voice trembles a bit. ]

I didn't tell you to do that. I didn't want you to.

Week 7, Saturday

[illuminance]

... I am still finding it hard to believe that this is over, and that I can speak freely again.

[silentscout]

Mmm. But it feels better, doesn't it?