charles catchall

[ravenry]

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week 0, monday

[ravenry]

[ shouxue is doing her best to technology. in the simulation room, it is a flower garden, specifically roses.

she looks content to sit and look at them. ]

[riverbeans]

[wanders in uninvited]

Oh... am I interrupting anything?

[ravenry]

No. The garden isn't mine.

[ she doesn't turn to look at him. ]

You can stay or go.

week 0, friday

[riverbeans]

[hi... charles is pacing around, his emotions a rumble of grief and shock and guilt in the background. he does not believe in repression because that's unhealthy, though he does look calmer than he feels, at least.

when he sees shouxue, he manages a weak smile.]

Glad you're okay.

[ravenry]

[ reading this from a jan character is wild. love this for you.

meanwhile, there is a little surprise at what he says but otherwise, shouxue is feeling mostly fine. not great but not terrible. she looks more or less how she feels. ]

You don't have to smile around me. The message was....

[ not great. bad. terrible. it is hard for her to find the words. ]

[riverbeans]

... It was pretty bad. [he shrugs.] I'm pretty upset, but I'll be okay.

[as callous as it might sound. he's grieving, but he's not someone who needs that much time for it.]

Besides, I really am glad to see everyone else okay, so that's worth smiling over.

week 1, monday

[riverbeans]

[at the food court...]

Hey, Shouxue! Interested in a meal? I wanna see what they have here. [a pause] Also, there's something I want to discuss with you.

[ravenry]

[ the weekly effect means she won't even pretend to be tsun. She looks excited immediately. ]

Ye— [ wait. ] What is it?

[riverbeans]

[he smiles at her excitement, but more seriously—]

... Unfortunately we can't do anything about their bodies, but I was wondering if you were still interested in doing any kind of the ritual for the dead.

week 1, saturday

[riverbeans]

[hi...]

... I was hoping we wouldn't have to burn any more feathers, even though I knew it probably wouldn't be the case.

[viktor, and... well, eunhyuk's not dead yet, but charles isn't feeling optimistic about tomorrow.]

[ravenry]

[ she closes her eyes. ]

They provided me with more than one, which was prudent of them. You seem to have the misfortune of standing near people who look like they're about to die.

[ this is horribly rude and blunt, but the last few days have not been great (and she is saying it out of concern). ]

[riverbeans]

[he lets out a little laugh at that, even if in part out of surprise.]

Eunhyuk and I actively made plans to spend lockdown together. [YAYWON DID THIS TO ME] Maybe you're not wrong.

week 1, sunday

[ravenry]

[ prays for your tooth kaiju to get weaker

shouxue seeks charles out. he already knows why. she holds out a silk feather to him. ]

[riverbeans]

[my tooth kaiju :sob:

he takes it, smiling sadly.]

Thanks.

[ravenry]

[ she knows what he means, but she still says: ]

This isn't something to be thankful for.

[ she takes a pen out and starts writing viktor's name on a feather. ]

You can write Eunhyuk's name.

week 2, saturday

[riverbeans]

[hi.

he went and got the senior crew to do their thing and override the system for a bit, so he successfully passes a bottle of water and a plate of bao over to shouxue in her cell...]

... Hey.

[ravenry]

[ no. her flowers wilt seeing this kindness. ]

Charles. Why?

week 4, wednesday

[ravenry]

[ somewhere private in this metaverse, this octopuff crawls towards charles, the knife clattering on the ground. ]

[riverbeans]

[STARES

AT THIS KNIFE]

... All right, I don't think I did anything to any of you that would warrant stabbing me...

week 6, saturday

[ravenry]

[ time to hang out, charles!! she tilts her head to tell him she's going. ]

Let's grab some snack and then I'd like to see Hydroponics. And then I want to see the place you like best that was opened after I left.

[ she didn't phrase it as a question, but she means it as a question. ]

[riverbeans]

[goes with her]

Sounds good to me. What are you in the mood for, for snacks?

week 7, monday

[riverbeans]

[whoo void time 5:04 - 8:00 for three minutes of charles flirting

also irrelevant to that but he's bandage-free now shouxue love him]

[ravenry]

[ yaaaay thank you jan this is what i want

shouxue is happy to see he is bandage free even if she is not happy for the void of memories again. ]

Richard?

[ i hate that she doesn't care about his flirting. ]

week 7, saturday

[riverbeans]

[hewwo...

he holds out a bao to shouxue—and holds up some feathers. one last funerary ritual for the road? for the people who were already lost.]

[ravenry]

[ she takes the bao, and then she hugs him. affection week, i'll never let go. I'LL NEVER LET GO.

you were always one of the best of the living. ]