[ they can be anywhere you want. lambda is looking at everything in this selfie store with a little bit of disdain behind her sunglasses that she is in fact wearing. ]
A top star has to hide some things from the paparazzi.
as soon as rang sees her he strolls on over, his emotions matching the amused expression on his face, though it's layered over a muted backdrop of boredom and apathy, the sort of emotions edward cullen would have before meeting bella,]
[ let's find rang his bella, then. who are the top contenders, yaywon
lambda is seated and about to get her hair styles for the nth time, perhaps. she turns to see him, her emotions like a still lake, calm and collected. there's a ripple of amusement. ]
[IM LOSING IT DANA REALLY DID THIS IN THE SAME ROOM,
Rang is sitting outside the warehouse. his emotions are... very tightly controlled? but every so often something spools out -- anger, resentment, and the sort of cold amusement that comes when you don't want to do anything but laugh, and something that feels so much like hurt -- like an injured animal trying to hide a wounded paw,]
i was gonna leave it like that but i got shy so ig they can be in one of the new locations... bookstore?? when a pig cutely tumbles on by, grips ur leggy now]
[ he can see what her real leggies are like in this memory, wow....
the pig noise locks their minds in a memory!!! help!!!
1) i only acknowledge the f/go's protag as a girl. so replace all he/hims with she/hers. 2) there's a little static in the memory, as if the memory feels it's yours without actually being yours, disconnected in the way that you know what's happened but you haven't really truly experienced it 3) fortunately or unfortunately, you can pick what format you want to view this memory because meltryllis is so popular, so whatever is easier for you to consume!
it's melancholy hours without being too melancholy. sometimes, you just fall into dumpster and expect to be left to die because it's not the first time it's happened. ]
[rang has changed into new set of clothes, though there is still some dried blood on the back of his neck and on his collarbone, like there were spots he couldn't bring himself to scrub over,
he freezes when lambda strides up, eyes carefully locked onto her expression, then eventually]
We were in one of Matsui and Buzen's memories.
[a beat, then he slides his finger under his collar and pulls out a necklace, a cross hanging at the end]
The one with all those Catholics -- when they all had to die.
[he's not sure if lambda has seen that memshare, but maybe lambda knows enough on her own -- a spirit who knows her history]
[SHAKES YOU IN BEING ON A CYOA AND NO ONE HAVING ANY IDEA!!!!
Rang will take Lambda to her hotel suite unless she has other ideas, brow furrowed all the while. Either way, he'll somehow grab a towel from somewhere -- suite or store, and tuck it around her.]
the hotel probably has no short supply of towels if it's supposed to be nice or bougie. once she's settled on her bed, she hugs herself, so an orb of water surrounds her. she remembers enough to know she can heal her injuries. ]
... I'm trying to sort through what's real and what's not. [ ... ] Would you put a curse on me?
[his face is neutral, though since it's thoughtshare week, she'll catch his thoughts.
I don't understand either of them, but -- there's a little blip when she reaches for him, and he looks down at her hand. there's a beat where he looks at it as if remembering, but he lets her take his hand without pulling away,]
It would have been fine even if they didn't vote for Kyoko.
[ she thinks if the living don't want to keep losing people, that's the fine and pragmatic choice, but at this point, as long it's not the leading teams, it's whatever to her. ]
[ there's no getting around this with this week's effects, but she's immediately going to attach herself to him the moment she sees him, whenever she sees him this week.
(what about her red string?)
unfortunately, her feelings for him are going to trump that 9 times out of 10.
Rang will kiss her back, in an unfortunately chaste way, but the emotions that accompany it are soft and warm, affectionate. hilarious that rang can feel these things and not understand them still? he pulls back to look at her,]
[ at some point during the day or night (who knows what time is anymore when you time travel and are sequestered in some alt dimension or time?), lambda will pull rang aside and lead him away from the rest.
she pushes him down onto a sofa and then tries to settle onto his lap. ]
Rang takes a moment to wonder if he should let this happen, and hilariously even though they've been intimate in different ways -- this embarrasses him, for some reason? He lets her settle and then slips a hand under her knees and another against her back and just
Rang will watch everyone mingle in Monika's catch-all post for however long it takes for ylfa's b-day party to be put together ig, but eventually he'll head over to Lambda.]
week 0, saturday
lambda doesn't need to eat, but that doesn't mean she can't. she's looking over the menu. ]
What? I thought this place had salads. Did they get rid of them?
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What's the point? They'd just be as tasteless as these burgers.
[who eats big macs... damn. he orders one anyway ig]
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week 0, monday
Do you ever take the shades off?
[you're about to tell me that lambda isn't wearing sunglasses]
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A top star has to hide some things from the paparazzi.
[ there are no paparazzi here. ]
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week 0, friday
puts them near the warehouses,]
I thought there'd be more.
[he doesn't elaborate, but the implication is very obvs 'bodies']
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No one knows what these "trials" are like yet, so I don't know how many will take the leap before seing an example.
[ but someone was impatient enough not to care. ]
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week 0, saturday (again)
Are you self-sabotaging on purpose?
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[so yes and no, though he doesn't look like he's worried about how it might have ended for him,]
Did you talk to Guifei yet?
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week 0, sunday
he will hand her the selfie when he sees her,]
Do you take returns, or would you rather be paid?
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This is a violation of my rights. [ did she ever have rights to begin with? ] You can pay me.
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week 1, tuesday
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week 1, friday
when he sees lambda, he doesn't shift to his feet, though his gaze is fixed on her]
What's the worst injury you've healed so far?
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[ easy peasy lemon breezy. ]
I haven't healed anyone other than myself yet.
[ she walks over to him. ]
What happened?
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Rang!
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there's a flicker of surprise, as if he hadn't expected to see lambda of all people nyooming for him?]
...Lambda.
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week 1, sunday
first, has he healed himself? ]
How many of them went and talked to you again?
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at her question, he takes a moment to think,]
Not as many as yesterday. [which he'd find funny, if he wasn't also feeling relieved about it,]
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week 2, tuesday
as soon as rang sees her he strolls on over, his emotions matching the amused expression on his face, though it's layered over a muted backdrop of boredom and apathy, the sort of emotions edward cullen would have before meeting bella,]
Lambda. Have you been charging for each bite?
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lambda is seated and about to get her hair styles for the nth time, perhaps. she turns to see him, her emotions like a still lake, calm and collected. there's a ripple of amusement. ]
Why do you think anyone would bite me?
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week 2, friday
she's watching for his reaction and his emotions. ]
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Rang is sitting outside the warehouse. his emotions are... very tightly controlled? but every so often something spools out -- anger, resentment, and the sort of cold amusement that comes when you don't want to do anything but laugh, and something that feels so much like hurt -- like an injured animal trying to hide a wounded paw,]
I think I almost admire them.
[if 'admire' meant 'murder']
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week 2, saturday
I hate leaving debts unpaid.
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You can't pay it tonight.
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i was gonna leave it like that but i got shy so ig they can be in one of the new locations... bookstore?? when a pig cutely tumbles on by, grips ur leggy now]
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the pig noise locks their minds in a memory!!! help!!!
1) i only acknowledge the f/go's protag as a girl. so replace all he/hims with she/hers.
2) there's a little static in the memory, as if the memory feels it's yours without actually being yours, disconnected in the way that you know what's happened but you haven't really truly experienced it
3) fortunately or unfortunately, you can pick what format you want to view this memory because meltryllis is so popular, so whatever is easier for you to consume!
-video lp (3:49:06-3:49:36), then skip to (3:53:18 to 3:57:00)
-text lp (here and here, up to "miracles don't happen twice.")
-manga adaptation (this was split between 2 chapters)
it's melancholy hours without being too melancholy. sometimes, you just fall into dumpster and expect to be left to die because it's not the first time it's happened. ]
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voids them.... there are probably injuries on him in various states of healing im not sure yet,]
I guess we won't have to do that hangman after all.
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she shrugs. ]
We can send something else threatening. They can get another reminder.
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w5, thursday
hope he's changed and cleaned. sorry she stole his death from him, but she isn't, not really. ]
What happened?
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he freezes when lambda strides up, eyes carefully locked onto her expression, then eventually]
We were in one of Matsui and Buzen's memories.
[a beat, then he slides his finger under his collar and pulls out a necklace, a cross hanging at the end]
The one with all those Catholics -- when they all had to die.
[he's not sure if lambda has seen that memshare, but maybe lambda knows enough on her own -- a spirit who knows her history]
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We somehow avoided the worst scenario tonight.
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she nods. ]
For now. At least Nahida will go along with how things operate here.
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week 5, sunday
Rang will take Lambda to her hotel suite unless she has other ideas, brow furrowed all the while. Either way, he'll somehow grab a towel from somewhere -- suite or store, and tuck it around her.]
How do you feel?
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the hotel probably has no short supply of towels if it's supposed to be nice or bougie. once she's settled on her bed, she hugs herself, so an orb of water surrounds her. she remembers enough to know she can heal her injuries. ]
... I'm trying to sort through what's real and what's not. [ ... ] Would you put a curse on me?
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week 6, thursday
she won't say anything, but she'll reach for his hand, testing. ]
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week 6, saturday
So, what do you think of our last trial?
[I want to know your thoughts.]
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[ she thinks if the living don't want to keep losing people, that's the fine and pragmatic choice, but at this point, as long it's not the leading teams, it's whatever to her. ]
They tiptoed around too much.
[ unless he meant what happened on this side. ]
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(what about her red string?)
unfortunately, her feelings for him are going to trump that 9 times out of 10.
she greets him with a kiss. ]
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Rang will kiss her back, in an unfortunately chaste way, but the emotions that accompany it are soft and warm, affectionate. hilarious that rang can feel these things and not understand them still? he pulls back to look at her,]
Does kissing me make you happy?
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she pushes him down onto a sofa and then tries to settle onto his lap. ]
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Rang takes a moment to wonder if he should let this happen, and hilariously even though they've been intimate in different ways -- this embarrasses him, for some reason? He lets her settle and then slips a hand under her knees and another against her back and just
picks her up, so he's carrying her,]
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week 7 saturday
Rang will watch everyone mingle in Monika's catch-all post for however long it takes for ylfa's b-day party to be put together ig, but eventually he'll head over to Lambda.]
I'm hungry.
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she automatically reaches for her hand. this is more buzen's fault than anything even if she naturally becomes more affectionate as times goes on. ]
For?
[ she never knows for sure with him. ]
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