[somewhere that's not the conservatory... it's the kitchen! where nie huaisang is sort of feeling along the counters before realizing where he is by opening a drawer and feeling the silverware, then immediately drooping.]
This isn't where I meant to look at all... young master Jin! Are you here!? Where could he have run off to...
[sometimes you can't see and neither can the person you want to find and therefore you're doomed to fail at locating each other.]
[zenitsu can see and hear just fine; the latter, however, isn't at its peak, so he only catches the tail end of nie huaisang's self-talk as he enters the kitchen. between his sensory loss and the death of a person, he really doesn't feel like eating, but he shouldn't neglect his bodily needs, either. he pauses at the doorway.
he's tuckered out from his initial crying spell, so he isn't as loud as he could be.]
Jin Ling! I can't find him anywhere... young master Kenzaki, either. I don't know whether to think he's just lost again, or-- or whether something may have happened to him too.
[he's been tired of having little sight since day 1 of it, but by now he is extra tired. things are going wrong, he couldn't do anything about it even if he could see, and the teen he really should be babysitting is NOWHERE. if jiang cheng were to show up, he feels sure he would have one less functioning leg.]
[well, they're . . . not in the drawers, for sure. they never formally introduced themselves, but he recognizes jin ling and subete's names from the placards.]
We can look for them together. But did you want to eat first? Is that why you're in the kitchen?
[this time, they meet at the conservatory as zenitsu enters, only to start when he notices that someone is already here. thankfully, it's a person and not a monster.]
[this man is definitely not the person to talk to for a pick-me-up.]
I don't want to turn into a nasty-looking monster. Hey, hasn't this gone on long enough? When do we get to leave?
For that matter, everyone's friends and family should've noticed their disappearances by now. They should arriving any minute now to ask the Master to release us, right? Once they do, we won't have to worry about transforming into monsters anymore. We can leave the mansion and go back to our worlds.
I'd like to know that, too-! Shouldn't we at least know how long we're going to have to suffer this? The staff may be nice enough, but really, it's no way to host at all...
[letting people kill each other and still never showing up, who is this master of the house and why are they so awful at this!!]
If Sect Leader Jiang isn't here for Jin Ling yet, though, then I doubt anyone else would have made it.
[at some point in the evening, zenitsu goes to the cobalt room and raps his knuckles on the door. it was his idea to visit, but the moment his eyes land on nie huaisang, whether it's inside the room or out in the hall, he starts with a scared squeak.]
[how must that feel, he wonders. it wasn't too pleasant throughout the week, for the most part, but realizing that people are still tethered even now leaves zenitsu feeling a little lonelier than usual.]
If you don't know, shouldn't you be doing something about it?
[it's an earnest suggestion. nie huaisang did end up killing a man in self-defense, after all. he's going to have to redeem himself in the eyes of many of their fellow guests if he wants to regain a modicum of security.]
There has to be something you can do to show the others that today was just a mistake.
[his eyes flit to the fan, then back up to nie huaisang's face.]
Not everyone was angry. Maybe you can ask them what they think.
[or maybe nie huaisang should be asking the people who were most outraged. zenitsu doesn't know what the wisest course of action to take is here. all he knows is that cowering will only lead to abandonment and, in a place like this, possibly death.]
I do, but I- wasn't aware of anything else. It must have all happened at different times... and young master Kim and I must not have been linked at the time, either, or I'm sure I'd have noticed when he was hurt. I'll count myself lucky for that.
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w0, friday
This isn't where I meant to look at all... young master Jin! Are you here!? Where could he have run off to...
[sometimes you can't see and neither can the person you want to find and therefore you're doomed to fail at locating each other.]
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he's tuckered out from his initial crying spell, so he isn't as loud as he could be.]
Um, it's just us here. Who are you looking for?
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[he's been tired of having little sight since day 1 of it, but by now he is extra tired. things are going wrong, he couldn't do anything about it even if he could see, and the teen he really should be babysitting is NOWHERE. if jiang cheng were to show up, he feels sure he would have one less functioning leg.]
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We can look for them together. But did you want to eat first? Is that why you're in the kitchen?
w1, post-execution
Is that you, Mr. Nie?
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[he's getting better at learning names! he looks relieved to see zenitsu, though; at least this means he probably won't be yelled at.]
I hope you're doing well enough, after... after everything.
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[as fine as he can be, anyway. he's not the one who got swiped at by a monster.]
How about you, Mr. Nie?
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[someone out there is a killer scalie and they have no idea, he doesn't want to die, oh god.]
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Since we didn't find out who did it, d-does that mean the killer will be the same next week?
[is someone else going to be missing a head? he hopes to all the higher powers out there that it won't be his.]
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[so they'll probably... do it again...]
Maybe... maybe it'll be easier if it's the same? Since we have what we found out this time...
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I don't get it. Why is everyone transforming into monsters? Asch didn't kill anyone. Does that mean we're all going to change?
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[sometimes i wish he'd shut the fuck up, but alas.]
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Don't say that, Mr. Nie. If something like that were to really happen, I don't think I could take it.
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[you know, the tiniest of mercies, maybe.]
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I don't want to turn into a nasty-looking monster. Hey, hasn't this gone on long enough? When do we get to leave?
For that matter, everyone's friends and family should've noticed their disappearances by now. They should arriving any minute now to ask the Master to release us, right? Once they do, we won't have to worry about transforming into monsters anymore. We can leave the mansion and go back to our worlds.
[whatever that means.]
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[letting people kill each other and still never showing up, who is this master of the house and why are they so awful at this!!]
If Sect Leader Jiang isn't here for Jin Ling yet, though, then I doubt anyone else would have made it.
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Who's that? Is that his uncle?
w2, post-trial
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-young master Agatsuma...
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H-how are you doing, Mr. Nie?
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[he's the one who's scared of people!
but he shakes his head.]
I really don't know. The others who I'm tied to-- it's hard to say.
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[how must that feel, he wonders. it wasn't too pleasant throughout the week, for the most part, but realizing that people are still tethered even now leaves zenitsu feeling a little lonelier than usual.]
How does it feel?
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[his shoulder slump a little, there. people are super not okay!!]
I really do hope it goes away soon...
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[either at the beginning or the end of said week. he swallows.]
Is that what you're hoping for with what happened, too?
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[much as he wishes it would! he still looks kind of scared, honestly, because now that people know he's afraid of what happens next.]
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[it's an earnest suggestion. nie huaisang did end up killing a man in self-defense, after all. he's going to have to redeem himself in the eyes of many of their fellow guests if he wants to regain a modicum of security.]
There has to be something you can do to show the others that today was just a mistake.
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[his grip on his fan tightens, brow furrowed.]
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Not everyone was angry. Maybe you can ask them what they think.
[or maybe nie huaisang should be asking the people who were most outraged. zenitsu doesn't know what the wisest course of action to take is here. all he knows is that cowering will only lead to abandonment and, in a place like this, possibly death.]
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[like, he's fairly positive he wants to talk to brilith as much as she wants to talk to him, which is not at all.]
But some of the others might be a better place to start.
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Um, what was it like? Being awake at night. Do you remember everything that happened?
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Did he say anything? Mr. Valentini, I mean.