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Who: BARiTONES and... ??? visitors???
Where: BARiTONES
When: Day 130, post-game

[two cats drag home a bird--that is to say, Crown Royal and Kohime help Eichi get home and into bed.

what's everyone doing after that horror show?]

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Yeah? Lilis isn't "despised", either.

Mm. It is about clout. Somebody has to lose, and we all want to protect ourselves and our own. You are not wrong.

[. . .pushing herself up.]

Whatever. I'm never gonna be anyone's choice to protect, and I don't need to be.

You'll be mine.

[Unsure...]

Uh, what?

Why?

Do you really not want to be?

Just answer. Why?

I care about you.

. . .

Your teammate’s not gonna agree with that.

I really don't care what he thinks about that.

How’s that supposed to work in games?

I have gotten us to protect you before. And there's another on my team that seems to have an affinity for you. I can't promise much if I'm not in the game, though.

. . .Another on your team? Who?

Abel. That's what he said, at least.

[Nnnnno clue who that is, it must be some other BiT that he likes. . .

Frowns, thoughtful, then tips her head and watches Sekhmet closely, reading her reactions.]

. . .You know, our unit's got an ability. We can read who you're close to. You've heard of it?

Yes, I remember reading about it.

[Just. Holds up her hand, a gesture for Sekhmet to take it. She's not gonna force her CR check power on this particular person, but she wants to use it, and just waits for what the response is going to be. . .]

[She hesitates for just a moment, before nodding. She wants to show Kohime she cares, after all. Perhaps even that she can be trusted.]

Mm, that's fine.

[Taking her hand.]

[Taking it, and this might be a Bad Idea, but––

Activating It don't mean a thing.]

[Kohime will a good bit of information since Sekhmet has gotten to know quite a lot of people! But here is what she will find relevant.

For all of the people, there’s a certain amount of distance. Affection but not unreserved trust. Hesitant to place people as friends or lovers, but something vaguely defined that is shaped like those roles. Less distance for sensitIV, Kohime, Shrike.

For all Baritone’s there’s a slight sense of knowing that they’re willing to do some pretty heavy stuff in order to protect themselves, and a bit of trepedition and ambivalence there, but it isn’t heavy.

Absinthe, somewhat negative, shady, guilt.

Ruby, somewhat positive. Probably hiding things.

Yvette, somewhat positive. Probably hiding things.

Kaguya, gratitude, positive, a bit of a crush.

Marnie, slightly positive. Attractive.

Primrose, fairly positive, slight crush, a bit of distance she doesn’t know how to deal with.

Wednesday, fairly positive, cute friend shaped thing.

D.va, positive, slight crush.

Amaranth, positive, respect, attracted but not quite a crush.

Shrike, very positive, romantic feelings. A vague undefined but dating relationship. Guilt for some reason??? A kindred spirit.

Lucifel, extremely positive, sibling relationship that is also almost a crush but she’s not sure. Protective. Frustrating. Secretive.

Leviathan, very positive but also frustrated. Protective, sibling-like. Too impulsive and emotional.

Kohime, extremely positive, romantic feelings, will protect, fight for. A vague undefined but dating relationship. Slight aggravation, but in a fond tsundere way. A kindred spirit. Wants to know more about. Wants her to be happy.]

[Whoops, that's a lot of information to grapple with. She's trying to focus on all the ~romantic~ and ~crush~ ones, breaking off the contact rather abruptly as she does.]

Ah, Kohime?

[Shakes her head once, sharply, ugh all those stupid crush people––

Then fixes Sekhmet with a sharp, narrow gaze.]

. . .That girl on Avante. What if it came down to me or her? How do I know you'd pick me?

Um, b-both of us know that we already have a lot of people our teams need to protect. We, ah, agreed that- if it came to that, we would not hold it against each other.

[Thus, the guilt.]

I would pick you.

So, what? You've talked about it?

. . .You're not the first person who's promised to stick with me, you know. And no one but Eichi's ever kept that promise.