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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-04 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Time to feel the loss, Luke.]

It is.

[Lalli looks up now though, and he sees that Luke's face is starting to look a little watery. And that he's looking upwards.]

...Luke?
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-05 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[He hates it, thanks.]

I'm fine.

[This is a small lie. He isn't fine because the emotions from the memory were like a sucker punch, but! At least he isn't full on sobbing. Who do you think he is, Yamato?

He reaches up to rub under his eye with the bottom of his wrist.]
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-05 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Luke is solidly in friend territory by now, and being a friend means Lalli has no trouble invading his personal space. So when he sees Luke wiping at his face, Lalli pulls up the sleeve of his sweatshirt into his hand and reaches over to try and dry Luke's face too.]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-05 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[This surprises him, but not in a bad way! He blinks, pausing, as Lalli paps his face with the sleeve.]

I'm okay.

[...

But his expression says thanks.]


Who was that...?
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-05 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[When he's done, he pulls his hand back. His expression was already sad, but it seems to really resonate in his eyes just how difficult the memory is for him.]

Tuuri. My cousin.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-05 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hm. No wonder Lalli seemed the way he did when asked about the wish. Luke expression softens a bit in understanding.]

Sorry. Was it... the trolls? [A pause.] Nevermind. You don't have to talk about it.
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-05 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Most people would just get a gruff noise and a refusal to answer, but Luke is different. Lalli is a bit hesitant with his words, but he does explain things.]

She wasn't immune, and she got sick.

[A general explanation, at least. He'll leave out the more gruesome details.]

The rash is a death sentence. Once you catch it, there's no cure.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-05 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Even figuring this was the case, he dislikes hearing it's true.]

I'm sorry she got sick. [He's still not the greatest with the whole comfort thing. What do you even say to someone about something like that?] Do you ever think about going somewhere else?

Like... another place. And taking them with you. The people you have left.
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-05 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't do that. They all have families who would miss them. And I don't think any of them would go if I asked.

I'll find something else to use my wish on.

[He will actually have an idea in week 4, but that is for Later.]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-05 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I get it.

[He understands.]

Take your time. Well, the year is going by quick, but... you have time.
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-05 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
...mmm.

[He goes quiet for a moment, as he usually does when he's thinking about something. But after a bit he speaks up again.]

What's your wish?
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-05 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[He goes thoughtfully quiet for a long moment. Hm.]

I don't know. I guess I'll decide if it happens. If I graduate.
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-05 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"If" you graduate?
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-06 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Well... I failed a class last year. Who knows what can happen this year.
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-06 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
If you fail a class you don't graduate?
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-06 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
If I fail a bunch of them probably. Not that I plan on it... but things happen sometimes.
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-06 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
...

You won't end up like the others if you fail, right?
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-06 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't answer for a long moment, and instead frowns.]

...I don't know. I've never not graduated from failing more than one class before.
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-06 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
...mmm.

[He doesn't seem too satisfied by that answer, but it is what it is.]

Maybe that's what I can save my wish for then.
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-06 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[????? LALLI NO]

What do you mean? You should use your wish for yourself, Lalli. For something you want.
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-06 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
We're all coming out of this alive. You included. And if it takes my wish to get us there, then that's fine.

[He seems pretty set on this.]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-06 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[He frowns, but in that way friends do when they can tell you're fucking resolute about something.]

What about your family? The curse? Don't worry about me. Better me than one of you.
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-06 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
No. There's no more "better me than one of you". Either you get the grades to save yourself, or I'm saving you.

[He! Is serious here!!!]
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[personal profile] darksubverted 2021-07-06 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[LALLI. He opens his mouth, but he can't... really argue, or it'd just be them arguing around and around in a circle.]

Okay. I'll get the grades.
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[personal profile] silentscout 2021-07-06 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Good.

[A war of attrition, that's what this is. But he nods approvingly at Luke finally agreeing.]

Everyone else feels the same way too.

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