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.

[silentscout]

[He sees that and wonders what it could be. A habit of the past?]

I had to get down.

[Not really an apology, just an explanation.]

[illuminance]

[ lux nods. she accepts him and his quirks. after all, she has her own? ]

Was there anything up there?

[silentscout]

Dimitri was. But he was in the school first, and I followed him up there.

[illuminance]

Ah. I - well done.

[ she's not quite sure what to make of that, but the praise is still sincere. ]

... How was he?

[silentscout]

Angry. Something happened, but he wouldn't talk about it. But I could tell he was angry.

[illuminance]

I think that's understandable, given the state others were found in. Probably best to give him some space, for now.

[silentscout]

The others?

[What happen]

[illuminance]

Ah, has no one...?

[ lux tries to stand up straight and not sound too affected by this. ]

Hiyori Tomoe was found dead, by the bleachers. There was disarray in the nearby archery building as well.

Ercnard Sieghart was also found in the water, dazed and confused, but alive.

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?

[silentscout]

[he's quiet for a moment, as he realizes she doesn't know either. Then he lets his g aze fall back to the dirty clothes.]

...Tuuri or Mikkel always washed the laundry. I don't know what to do.

[illuminance]

There are machines for it. I understand this much.

A convenience, truly, but one that I do not know how to make use of... I can only show you where they are.

[silentscout]

Okay.

[He will scoop up his laundry to be led to the machines. Odds are he won't trust said machines but he is willing to Try.

Also Lux is going to find it increasingly easy to get Lalli to do stuff, since he just. Listens and does what she says, so long as it doesn't offend him.]

[illuminance]

[ dreamwidth my NOTIFS. lux leads him to them. wherever they are.

then she's just squinting at the machines... ]

Maybe we can figure them out together?

[silentscout]

Mmm.

[He's going up to a random washing machine and hitting buttons on it. Nothing happens. because the lid is open.]

[illuminance]

[ hmmm. okay lux, you can do this. these machines say washer and those say dryer, so that's obvious enough. but why is that one not doing anything... ]

... Maybe that one is broken?

[silentscout]

Maybe...

[He closes the lid on it so he can try the next one, but then the lid locks shut to start the cycle. Lalli isn't expecting that loud clang either so he jumps in surprise and now looks all ruffled like a spooked cat.]

[illuminance]

[ lux also startles, because the sound is unfamiliar and practically out of nowhere! ]

Oh! You did it. Somehow?

[silentscout]

But I don't even know what I did. It just started on its own.

[He looks at the settings on the washing machine to see what they say, as if that will clarify this mystery any.]

[illuminance]

[ lux does the same...

well, some of these make sense? hot and cold is self explanatory. small medium and large... in theory are self explanatory. whites? huh?? it's like she knows all these words but isn't sure what. impact choosing them would have? ]

That's true... It didn't start just from pressing the buttons.

[ just in case, she tries pressing the buttons on another washer, which. also has its lid open, so it does not start. ]

... Hmmm...

[silentscout]

[Whites, at least, makes sense to Lalli. Part of his previous uniform had been white and that part had to be washed separately. Different cycles for types of fabric...

Lalli will reach over and shut the lid to the washer, and that one also starts up.]

Huh. Press buttons, then close it to start it?

[illuminance]

Well, that's progress!

Then the next step is to put our laundry in. [ and hope they have all the settings right... ]

[silentscout]

...I still don't trust it.

[He fishes his socks out of the pile of stinky clothes and tosses those in.]

We can test it with those.