week 6, saturday w/ kyouka

[alchemenace]

[ he's in the jail cell! with his raccoon. just kind of. hanging out.

there's really nothing to say he's stopped crying now and just seems blandly accepting. have... fun ]

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[nivation]

[ Usually, Kyouka doesn't care enough to visit most people who are sentenced to death, but something he said made her want to ask.

She knows they haven't talked too much, but— ]

... Who were you trying to help?

[alchemenace]

[ ... What does it matter if he says it? ]

My dad.

[ he doesn't expand on it yet ]

[nivation]

What happened to him?

[ She's not going to be shy about asking him to expand. ]

[alchemenace]

[ again, he hesitates, but: what does it matter. ]

... He's been encased by these rocks. I asked, I begged for help, but no one... no one cared. Even people who swore they'd help me if I needed it. The entire kingdom just ... turned its back on me.

[ he's getting madder saying it, so he stops. shrugs. ]

I've tried everything. It's been months. Getting a wish... That was my last shot at saving my dad. At making things right.

[nivation]

The kingdom should have helped you. No child who loves their parent like that should be separated from them.

[ She's fine with his anger. Honestly, she supports it in her own way. ]

I hope your wish comes true.

[ She cares enough that that's true. She's not sure how things are going to shake out after tomorrow's execution, but Kyouka's not one for empty platitudes. ]

[alchemenace]

That's what I thought, too.

[ there's almost a smile on his face at what she says. almost. ]

... Thanks. I think it did. I had a dream about it.

[ he's not one for prophetic dreams but hes also desperate ]

[nivation]

It was wrong of them.

[ Kyouka doesn't have strong feelings about dreams like that, but Varian's backstory invokes a kind of mood in her. ]

We're in a magical place that thrives on dreams. Some dreams we've been shown have been true.

[ So it's not a 100 percent chance it can't come true. ]

[alchemenace]

... Thanks.

[ why is everyone being so nice to him in jail it's killing him. actually-- ]

Why are you being nice to me?

[nivation]

I cannot get my parents back. If you can, you should.

[ If Varian loves his dad that much and he's done all he could to get him back, why wouldn't she support those motivations? She's lost years of her life to her grief over her parents.

She'd have done the same, if her circumstance were more similar. ]

[alchemenace]

[ oh. ]

... Sorry. [ but thanks? he doesn't know how to express that particular sentiment ] About, about your parents. My mom's... [ well. ] It's just me and my dad.

[nivation]

[ did varian's mom get the disney mom treatment?

She shakes her head. He doesn't need to be sorry. ]

It should continue to be you and him. [ Even if he's being executed. ] That happy ending....

[ She doesn't know if they'll get it, but she wants it, at least a little, for him. ]