Seasonality PCs | Kaine

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Week 0: Friday

[illuminance]

[ kaine will probably hear lux's approach from - really, wherever she is, outside. lux is calling out 'bloody mary' intermittently as she wanders the campus grounds, searching.

when she spots kaine, she approaches! ]

... You shouldn't be alone out here. Will you consider returning to your dorm for the evening?

[overshaded]

Huh?

[ Being told she shouldn't be alone is new. ]

You're alone right now.

[illuminance]

Don't change the subject.

[ lux sounds weary, but a bit playful, too. ]

[overshaded]

I can take care of myself.

[ If that's what Lux is worried about for some strange reason. ]

week 0: sunday

[overshaded]

[ The cafeteria is as good a place as any. Kainé's appetite doesn't go down even with rage-inducing or traumatic events, and she has to eat to be able to be a sword, so here she is. ]

You're gonna let them win if you don't eat.

[ since you mentioned her failing to eat on plurk. ]

[illuminance]

[ lux, meanwhile, is just kind of... poking at her food with her fork... ]

What do you suppose that victory looks like? If they haven't already achieved it.

[overshaded]

What victory?

[ She's going to stab her food with her fork with gusto. ]

For whatever fucks are behind this execution?

[illuminance]

Whoever it is that we don't want to "win."

week 1: sunday

[overshaded]

[ Wow, that execution really sucked, didn't it?

Kainé also lingers around the Athletic Fields, looking something in between impassive and pensive, perhaps almost brooding.

When she sees Lux: ]

... Hey.

[illuminance]

[ lux gives her a nod of greeting. then returns to what she was doing which apparently was just staring up at the sky. ]

... I truly hope we can burn this place to the ground when we leave it.

[overshaded]

[ That's valid. That's a mood. ]

If schools weren't supposed to be goddamn miserable places before, there's no changing it now.

[illuminance]

... I liked school. I've - mentioned it to a couple of people that I'd never been, because I always had tutors.

In truth, I used to attend school, and had to be withdrawn.

This is really not making up for it.

Week 3: Monday

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[ okay, it's evening by now, so lux has generally got this memory sharing thing figured out. she's doing a quick run for a snack, partially to avoid the evening rush of people returning back to her dorm, and then sees kaine.

and immediately forgets that she was avoiding people because she likes kaine, so she waves and approaches.

and immediately hits kaine with a memory. it's a brief one. just a moment with a friend. ]

[overshaded]

[ Memshare is the worst! Avoiding people is valid! Being perceived is terrible!

It's sweet that Lux is so willing to greet Kainé, and she is as wary for the weekly effect as she is surprised that Lux is just greeting her like this.

The memory hits, and Kainé's fingers curl into fists. ]

Tell me you beat the shit out of that bastard after.

[illuminance]

[ lux hates to let kainé down, but... she shakes her head.

and you know, for as much as she's churned over every other angle of this whole situation, she never really grappled with this part. saying it out loud makes her realize that it's true: ]

I let him leave. I just - watched.

[overshaded]

[ lux.... why you gotta be like this.

Kainé doesn't think everyone has to be violent, but violence is a good answer. ]

Why? He betrayed you.

Week 4, monday

[illuminance]

[ lux is staring at the rock wall with a vague sense of frustration emanating from her... but also some amusement?

also hello kaine. lux gives a nod towards the wall. ]

Another form of torture, perhaps?

[overshaded]

You think?

[ They're both injured from the CYOA, but Kainé looks ike she's ready to try to climb it.

There's some vague curiosity from her as well as lowkey anger, which is her default surface emotion. ]

I'd give it a shot.

[illuminance]

[ you know honestly, lux doesn't feel like kaine can be stopped enough to even discourage her from trying. ]

I would, were I not injured. It's always nice to sit in high-up places and look down on things.

Week 5: Friday

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[ nothing better after finding out people are dead than getting a snack, i suppose? except lux is just squinting at the food options... ]

... I'm not hungry, after all.

[ it's hard to eat in such a melancholy mood. ]

[overshaded]

[ Kainé is a little of the opposite. She wants to keep occupied and doesn't really want to run on empty. ]

Sit down. As long as you don't starve yourself, whatever.

[illuminance]

Ah, Kainé.

I'm not in the habit of skipping meals, so not to worry.

[ but she does, very slowly and carefully, make her way over to a table to sit down. ]

Week 6: Sunday

[illuminance]

[ hello lux is standing around outside because she wants to be available for anyone who wants to ask her questions or insult her

or murder her. when she looks at kaine, she is pretty sure she is about to be murdered. but, well, she accepts her fate. ]

[overshaded]

[ one stab was enough. it is endgame week, but a punch probably isn't out of the picture.

She stares at Lux. It's obvious she isn't happy, and she knows enough that being maf has probably worn Lux down. She honestly does like Lux, but she has tiers where people are involved. ]

Why did you pick Sakyou?

[illuminance]

[ ... it's okay. she's prepared for it. ]

Because the other choices were children. And he had the best chance of being able to defend himself.