zombies don't like tea and are not valid

[happydreamed]

Who: Heart Soldier and guests
Where: Heart Soldier dorm
When: Day 486 afternoon, after the game

[we deal with trauma the same way we deal with everything else: by drinking tea until we calm down]

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[sangreine]

...Are you? I've never known you to hide things. Or maybe I'm just not perceptive enough.

[happydreamed]

Perhaps I don't hide it well, but when I'm trying not to worry others...

[sangreine]

Oh. I don't think that's quite the same thing. We all do that a little bit.

[happydreamed]

Especially people like us who tend to focus on those around us more than ourselves.

[sangreine]

You're far more selfless than I am. But we think alike on a lot of those matters.

[happydreamed]

You have less regard for your own well-being... though part of that might be the healing factor you're used to, I can't fault you for that.

[sangreine]

Something like that. [ Also the fact that until very recently she didn't give a damn whether she lived or died ]

[happydreamed]

[we're not talking about that because it's depressing!]

This is a competition that neither of us will enjoy winning.

[sangreine]

I can compete in something more fun if you like.

[happydreamed]

Oh ho? I'm all ears.

[sangreine]

Give me a second to think of something I can say in public... [ Not that anyone's in the mood for that, but she owes him one (1) public blush ]

Cuddling, then. And sleep, I'm exhausted.

[happydreamed]

Cuddling up for a nap sounds wonderful. I'm quite tired myself, after all that.

[sangreine]

Yeah, I could sleep for five --

[ hm ]

...I guess with me that joke isn't so funny. So pretend I came up with a better one, if you please.

[happydreamed]

As you wish. Shall we drag Venti in to nap with us?

[sangreine]

[ She has to think about this for a second, actually. She and Venti and Lupine usually fall into Venti's bed together after games like this. It doesn't seem fair to leave Lupine out and he won't be all that comfortable with Doctor in the mix -- he's just like this, it takes something extraordinary for him to be okay with that sort of casual intimacy; he has that comfort with Venti and Aliza, but she thinks they might be the only ones? Or some of the very few, anyway. ]

[ On the other hand, she desperately wants to be with Doctor right now, and bringing Venti along sounds wonderful, presuming Venti won't be with Zhongli. ]

[ On the other other hand, we're bending space time here so both things can happen! ]

If he won't be with Zhongli, that would be perfect.

[happydreamed]

Fair enough. Zhongli isn't much of a cuddler, I fear.

[That's clearly the issue with Venti being with Zhongli and not that Aliza is too nervous around him to snuggle, obviously.]

[sangreine]

[ lmao she would nope out of that situation so fast ]

It's an interesting mental picture to say the least.

[happydreamed]

'Tis an arena you are soundly superior to him in.

[Aliza is the best at cuddling.]

[sangreine]

[ Her secret is shamelessness ]

I have my moments.

[happydreamed]

The majority of moments, I would say.

[sangreine]

[ Mrr, she puts her tea down and steps close so she can rest her head against him. ]

Not today.

[ It's going to take a while to get over Lupine, and Pentium, and Causality, and Lumine and Aradia. She should have done more, she should have been there for them. She was built for that kind of game and she still failed. (Her own deaths do not even register.) ]

[happydreamed]

Not today. Understood.

[He wraps an arm around her, holding her close.]

I love you. I'm here for whatever you might need of me.

[sangreine]

I know. Thank you. [ And he's helping, insomuch as anything can help. ]

I shouldn't react like this, it's what they want. [ But being Made Of Feelings means she can't help it, and she can't hide it very well. ]

I want to go to bed, but you asked all these people here. I can't just steal you away.

[happydreamed]

Knowing that they intend to hurt you doesn't make it hurt less. [So no worrying about how she should or shouldn't react.]

Hmm... I could ask someone to wake me when we have another guest arrive?

[sangreine]

[ A bit of hesitation, she hates sleeping alone at the best of times, if she woke up and he was gone she'd probably freak. ]

It wouldn't bother you to be awakened like that?