[ It might depend on how closely Shinobu is looking. At a passing glance, they look all right. Slightly closer, and things like- lack of actual scabbing, or blood, for the lighter abrasions. The texture of the scratched and damaged skin, not looking quite right. ]
Straight to the point, hm? ♪ A woman after my own heart... not that everyone's convinced I have one.
I care in that it's an appearance I need to maintain with some. Otherwise, it's hardly my concern.
[ people can think what they want of her.
the flat affect (apathy?) is something she notes, but doesn't much comment on. she's done similar without being cursed. far be it for her to mention it if shinobu won't. ]
Scenarios tailored individually for the three of us, less to do with whatever games it was that each of us was from, and more based on our personal experiences and old wounds.
I won't speak much about the others, but the very, very short of mine was that I was made to kill my sister.
[ blandly, like delivering a situation report. if it's clinical and is based only on the actual events, then it doesn't mean anything. ]
[ She notes that, and she can understand that 45 is likely distancing herself in a way. It is and is not how she would handle it in different circumstances, but she will respect it tonight.
That 45 she wants to be removed. She doesn't care enough to probe too much right now, but it makes her feel enough that she visibly reacts, her eyes widening. ]
Even if you do not wish to hear it, I am sorry. No one should have been put through that.
[ And as clinical as 45 sounds, she knows it was something significant. ]
It happened. We handle it, move past it, and deal with what's responsible for it as appropriate when we find it.
[ she has ... such feelings, for these remnants. residuals. whatever they're all calling them.
she's quiet for a moment, before continuing. ]
... Moreover, it wasn't real, anyway. But for our trouble I think I am more annoyed that we didn't find anything worth reporting to the camp at large, given that some will likely end up asking about it.
[ leaving them stuck with either having to settle for looking shifty by not talking, or having to unpack and overshare whatever issues the remnants decided to dredge up. ]
We did, and yes, it was the storage room. [ unpacked baggage, haha! ] None that will likely be useful for tomorrow, though, unless the culprit tries to flee or if we absolutely need to fix something.
[ ... ]
I need to see what the definition of 'fix' means, anyway.
Is it just inorganic items, can it be used on injuries...
[ hmmm. anyway, talking business is easy. unpacking feelings is not, especially when emotions are simply something that arise from conflicts in a doll's programming anyway. ]
Right, though. The paper from before ... were there other things that you found?
[ that's what it is to a person, maybe, but she's a doll. their emotions aren't real in the first place. ]
It was asking about details and edge cases that allowed several monsters to be purified in the mansion when we thought them lost. I don't expect anything of the same scale, but it's worth asking.
[ worst thing that can happen is that it's just "no, it only repairs things." ]
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Date: 2020-06-27 04:30 am (UTC)Was it taxing on your mind or on your heart?
[ It sounds more like a question asked for science than for concern. ]
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Date: 2020-06-27 06:51 am (UTC)Straight to the point, hm? ♪ A woman after my own heart... not that everyone's convinced I have one.
But you are correct. It was the latter.
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Date: 2020-06-27 03:43 pm (UTC)Her usual smile isn't present, but it's not like she looks unhappy either. ]
Do you care if others think you have one? [ It's a mild curiosity. ] What did you have to endure?
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Date: 2020-06-28 05:01 am (UTC)[ people can think what they want of her.
the flat affect (apathy?) is something she notes, but doesn't much comment on. she's done similar without being cursed. far be it for her to mention it if shinobu won't. ]
Scenarios tailored individually for the three of us, less to do with whatever games it was that each of us was from, and more based on our personal experiences and old wounds.
I won't speak much about the others, but the very, very short of mine was that I was made to kill my sister.
[ blandly, like delivering a situation report. if it's clinical and is based only on the actual events, then it doesn't mean anything. ]
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Date: 2020-06-29 12:31 am (UTC)That 45 she wants to be removed. She doesn't care enough to probe too much right now, but it makes her feel enough that she visibly reacts, her eyes widening. ]
Even if you do not wish to hear it, I am sorry. No one should have been put through that.
[ And as clinical as 45 sounds, she knows it was something significant. ]
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Date: 2020-06-29 01:42 am (UTC)[ she has ... such feelings, for these remnants. residuals. whatever they're all calling them.
she's quiet for a moment, before continuing. ]
... Moreover, it wasn't real, anyway. But for our trouble I think I am more annoyed that we didn't find anything worth reporting to the camp at large, given that some will likely end up asking about it.
[ leaving them stuck with either having to settle for looking shifty by not talking, or having to unpack and overshare whatever issues the remnants decided to dredge up. ]
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Date: 2020-06-29 03:05 am (UTC)[ But Shinobu will drop it after this. ]
I take it, you were in the new storage room? Letting us clean on our own is more than nothing. Did you end up with any items?
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Date: 2020-06-30 11:45 pm (UTC)[ ... ]
I need to see what the definition of 'fix' means, anyway.
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Date: 2020-07-01 06:26 am (UTC)[ But 45 has a good point. What does "fix" mean in this scenario? ]
That's much more helpful than what we found, in terms of items.
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Date: 2020-07-01 03:01 pm (UTC)[ hmmm. anyway, talking business is easy. unpacking feelings is not, especially when emotions are simply something that arise from conflicts in a doll's programming anyway. ]
Right, though. The paper from before ... were there other things that you found?
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Date: 2020-07-02 06:42 am (UTC)[ Those emotions aren't going to go anywhere, if they aren't unpacked. ]
I found a syringe full of poison.
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Date: 2020-07-02 04:29 pm (UTC)[ emotions can be dismissed until they vanish out of active memory. but hmmm. ]
Ah. There always seems to be something like that, huh. Were they all like that?
[ decidedly offensive in use. ]
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Date: 2020-07-03 04:54 am (UTC)[ That's called repression, 45. ]
It was the only one.
[ That Shinobu retrieved anyway. ]
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Date: 2020-07-03 07:17 pm (UTC)It was asking about details and edge cases that allowed several monsters to be purified in the mansion when we thought them lost. I don't expect anything of the same scale, but it's worth asking.
[ worst thing that can happen is that it's just "no, it only repairs things." ]
In any case. Is it a poison you recognize?