[seasonality] catchall for sakyou

[wtfox]

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w0, monday

[wtfox]

[this is squirrel hunting 101 and i would like to go on the record saying this is aki's fault



anyway, we're starting this off at the athletics field, with the archery equipment. lila is looking from sakyou to the bows with a slightly dubious expression.]

Sorry, did I hear you right? We're going after the squirrels?

[modissty]

[YEAH IT IS!!!! it's britt's fault too though.

Anyway hell yeah squirrel hunting! IE something totally normal to a ye olde. He does not even register why Lila might find this strange in any way.]

They're a bit of a small target to be starting off with, it's true... [THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.] Still, I think the geese are far, far too aggressive.

[wtfox]

I mean, yes they are, but...

[a beat]

I've never used one of these before?

[also they're dangerous so they can only hunt the squirrels in the immediate area of the athletic field]

[modissty]

[The squirrel jocks are going to go extinct, allowing the squirrel nerds to reign...]

Ah. [WELL. THAT'S CERTAINLY A PROBLEM ain't no way in hell a total newcomer to the fine sport of stabbing things with flying objects is gonna skewer a squirrel. Not even a fat, slow one, probably.]

...Well. If you'd like, I could at least teach you the basics.

[wtfox]

You wouldn't mind?

[that seems like a good use of time! one that will not potentially end with the squirrel army staging an uprising and murdering them both.]

w0 sun

[modissty]

[BONFIRE IT IS... Sakyou likes being out here anyway, and it feels better to get fresh air when you're supremely overwhelmed by a WHOLE LOTTA ANGER. It's fine, he punched most of it out earlier.

When he settles by the fireside, his expression is carefully neutral. The last thing he wants is to add more tension to an already tense group, and Lila sure doesn't need to be exposed to further Bad Vibes.]

...Is there anything that I can get for you?

[Snack? Water? A pat on the back?]

[wtfox]

[he's carefully neutral now, but lila has eyes and ears; he'd come to kaoruko's defense during the trial when caleb was asking her questions, and he hadn't seemed well pleased at the execution before she'd headed off to take mabel away.

so.]

I think maybe I should be asking you that. You were there the whole time.

[modissty]

[He's quiet for a second at that, but his head inclines forward a little without much pause.]

Please don't concern yourself with such things. Death is not unfamiliar to me. [He's the last person anyone here should be concerned about.]

I'm glad that you chose to step away, though. If one can afford to be spared such sights, it's best that they take the chance.

[wtfox]

...it was less for that reason and more because... I didn't want Mabel to have to see it.

[girl she's like only one year younger than you.]

I've seen... bad stuff before. It's just, the difference now is I guess... it can't be fixed as easily. Or maybe not at all.

[people die when they are killed, etc]

[modissty]

[SHE'S ONLY ONE YEAR YOUNGER LILA he doesn't say because he's from the 1600s and honestly anyone over like 12 is probably in the "eh yeah sure bring em to the public execution" category. Sakyou just believes people in general should not expose themselves to more of life's little gruesome bits than necessary, regardless of age.]

Mm... Neither of you should witness it. Even if you've seen bad things before, one doesn't need to add more to it. Especially not such a farce of a display.

[Can't even have respectable duels to the death in this house, hot damn.]

...Death is not so easily fixed, certainly. [TO SAY THE LEAST.] I'll see if I can retrieve their bodies later so we can at least give them a dignified send-off.

w1 sat

[modissty]

[HE'S JUST vibin out here by the forest, sitting and seething in his big mad because if he doesn't sit then Beau will come kill him, too. His sword rests across his lap, and his left hand grips the hilt tightly.

Wow!! That trial sure was a shitshow! That said, he does try to wrangle in some of his buttfury when he spots Lila because no one needs to be dealing with THAT. He still looks very strained, exhausted and grim, though.]

...I'm sorry that you had to go through that.

[The difficulty of being on the suspect list. Also getting bitten by geese. Also getting honed in on for her age. Among a myriad of other things.]

[wtfox]

[lila, however, is not containing her buttfury.]

Don't apologize to me unless you're the actual killer, Sakyou.

[she sounds and looks pissed! wow.]

[modissty]

[TRULY WOW. He's perhaps a little surprised by it, but it shows in barely a blip in his expression.

But you know what? She's right, honestly! The only person who should be apologizing is the killer. ...Or the killers, he supposes. His knuckles are white with how tight his grip becomes.]

I am not, but should I find them, I vow to it here - they will not get off lightly.

[wtfox]

No, they won't.

[girl what are you going to do you're like 14 and you didn't even come here with a sword.]

I just - what kind of idiot actually voted for her? Obviously it wasn't her!

[modissty]

[It's fine he supports a thirst for vengeance in anyone, even if they are 14 and don't even have a sword.]

...Those backed into a corner. People who did not wish to come to harm, and would have rather voted for her because she provided an easy target.

[He doesn't look happy about the logic at all.]

w6, sunday

[wtfox]

[whew! so all of that's done with...]

Seems like everything worked out. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop with Denji, but... he's okay.

[now they just have to be worried about that error with the dorm heads!]

[modissty]

[HE SURE FEELS THAT.]

Yes, I admit that I was still quite concerned, myself. I hadn't anticipated it to work that way... [Thank GOD THOUGH.] But it seems that we've been granted a reprieve from our luck.

[wtfox]

I'm, like, morbidly curious what would've happened if they'd voted for someone who wasn't safe, but...

[it's... fine...]

We just have to figure out what to do next.

[modissty]

I wonder, as well... Perhaps we could have stayed over there long enough to ensure they wouldn't end up trapped.

[THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE. Hilarious though. thats me aki saying this not sakyou he's not a maniac]

We should prepare ourselves. It feels as though we're heading toward a "conclusion", whether we like what we see or not.

[wtfox]

...rest and regroup, right?

[she sighs]

Yeah, it's going to come to an end one way or another. We're near the end of the "school year," anyway.

w7, saturday

[wtfox]

[THE VOID IT IS.



probably after sakyou's had sufficient time to take nona out back]

...feeling any better?

[modissty]

[LILA, HIS FELLOW VIOLENT GREMLIN. He just nods, and it looks like he genuinely means it.]

Yes. It wasn't perfect, but it was better than nothing. [...] Would you have wished to join in?

[THEY GATHERED PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED but some probably fell through the cracks unintentionally or otherwise.]

[wtfox]

[she shrugs]

Mmm... well, maybe? But also, it's not as much fun if they don't fight back.

[modissty]

It chose not to, so perhaps it was for the best that you sat it out.

[He personally cared more about the stab than the fight, but he won't begrudge Lila wanting some fun... Terrible.]

[wtfox]

Hitting someone who wants to be hit really doesn't make me feel any better. It's too easy. Also, I don't like giving people what they want?

[she shrugs.]