how we doin, Taisho

[rollplayinghouse]

Who: Taisho (and anyone who wants to check on them)
Where: Taisho dorms
When: Day 66, late morning

[Maki ultimately spent the night at Future is Now, but in the morning she finally takes everyone's advice and returns to Taisho. She is fully grayscale at this point, and also looks... a bit darker, maybe? Like she's standing in a shadow, or someone moved the brightness slider down slightly.

She changes back into a Taisho outfit before coming back to the common area.]

So... does anyone have thoughts on doing better at unit unity.

Comments

[bluerosestyle]

[COMMAS!
AND QUESTION MARKS!!
life is grand]

Sol: Okami, how are you feeling?
I'm going down for breakfast, do you want me to bring back your rations?

[furrytailprince]

okami: strange. it's hard to describe.
okami: i also do not feel particularly hungry.

[ which should set off some real alarm bells, given how ravenous he usually is ]

okami: thank you for the offer.

[bluerosestyle]

Sol: We don't know what set this off, but it's still important that you eat at some point.
If you're not hungry yet, would you like some company?

[furrytailprince]

Okami: I do not want you to catch what I have.

[bluerosestyle]

Sol: I won't catch it.

[a moment, and then]

Sol: If you don't say no, I'll go in.

[furrytailprince]

Okami is typing...
Okami is typing...
Okami: You are certain you cannot catch it?

[bluerosestyle]

[he is, in fact, not. but he doesn't have a lot of fucks left atttttt thisss point]

Sol: Yes.

[furrytailprince]

[ There is a very long pause... ]

Okami: All right.
Okami: I'm going to wrap myself up in every blanket I have.

[ Because that seems logically sound. ]

[bluerosestyle]

[that gets him to sort of smile. anyway, he's coming in already so i hope you had them at hand!

btw he's absolutely not slamming the door shut when he comes in, that must be your imagination, he's an adult]

[furrytailprince]

Sol!

[ Jumps his partially assembled blanket cocoon, as he grapples to cover himself up more as quickly as he can ]

[bluerosestyle]

[





he's. hiding isn't he]

Is it that bad...?

[furrytailprince]

[ Piling on enough blankets that only his very, very white ears peek out. Also probably clutching his tail ]

It has gotten worse.

[bluerosestyle]

[:(

well, it seems like today really isn't a day for hesitation. sitting down on the bed, because HE IS NOT AFRAID OF THIS OK. not too close tho, he doesn't want okami to feel crowded or uncomfortable or etc etc]

How do you feel?

[furrytailprince]

... distant. Like everything is far away. Especially my thoughts. They do not feel like mine at times.

[bluerosestyle]

... What kind of thoughts are you having?

[furrytailprince]

[ Clutching tighter at the blankets ]

... what happens next.

[bluerosestyle]

. . . I knew it. You shouldn't be alone at a time like this.

[sits more comfortably]

Do you want to talk about it?

[furrytailprince]

I do not think we can fix it for Maki and I... we're too broken...

[bluerosestyle]

I've been reading what other people have to say and no one's given up yet, so we shouldn't either. How to go about it is... not very clear yet, though.

[furrytailprince]

I do not know how we can work together at this rate. Nobody is sincere about it beyond saving their own skin.

[bluerosestyle]

...

To be honest... I doubt that's it. So I'm not losing hope.

[furrytailprince]

... I am trying not to. It is hard to feel much of... anything right now. At least anger is something...

[bluerosestyle]

...Yeah. I wish you could feel something else right now, but... it's not like I don't understand.

[does he ever!!! although at this point catching this from okami and disappearing would be a relief for sol. anyway]

As for what we can do... This is probably more about image than about actual unity. [look at him not explaining his logic to avoid throwing shade on people for okami's sake, he can try when he wants to] I still think unity would help avoid this sort of problem in the future, both for you and for Maki, because it'd mean you'd both feel more comfortable here... because there is a future. I'm sure we can do something, hopefully something that doesn't feel like a joke.

I'll go out to see what I can find out later.

[right now he Can't]

[furrytailprince]

... since when have we been anything but our image?

[bluerosestyle]

...

I know your experience has been different. And I don't think that's right, or fair, to you, in any wya. But many people on Taisho have been kind to me in a lot of ways. So... I care, and I believe things could-- no. Things should be better.