[ Ignoring the fact that this does not stop Trigun Universe from having any kind of food possible. Stampede really tried their best to actually make it more realistic by being like they eat worms and bugs but IRRELEVANT, TRIMAX HAS TABASCO SAUCE AND CEYLON TEA. However we are loosely drawing the line at fish proper. ]
I do. [there's that little bit of happy on her face again - sharing things with people has become one of her little obsessions lately, and it's even better right now because she's love arrowed to him and that makes her feel all fluttery in a way she has felt like... maybe once, ever.]
Let's try the specialty, then. You don't have to like it. But at least you will have tried it.
[tugs him off to the restaurant!! she'll order two bowls.]
I can taste the stuff? This is just a simulation thing isn't it?
[ He hasn't gone that far where simulations are concerned. It does feel real though, it's just that Wolfwood is a lot more cognitive of his surroundings than the average layman so he's a little extra wired about all of this. ]
[she is fine with this - for as much as she goes for handholds, she'd probably bolt up a tree with anything else. subtle thigh press is good for sitting.]
Yes. [a headtilt.] You told me to do that. So I have.
I want to. I aim to. For you, and Nahri, and for Vash. [she says, glancing out over liyue.] ... And a little for myself now, too. I only mean that - well, after this last weekend, Rang did not have a choice.
[... that makes her a little sad, but it's alright.]
You can't afford to? [she's curious, but she's very ready to back off if he gets angry - she knows better than to push.]
That is why I will do my best to make sure that we do. [...] The reason I wanted us to be a team is because I think that we have a very good chance at winning.
...It's kinda funny, in a way. 'Cause I don't think -- the other two are pretty peaceful, aren't they. But I'm not.
When it comes down to it, I'll do it. The only way to get points is to erase somebody else. Just survivin' isn't enough. The only reason I haven't yet is 'cause the risk is bigger if I pull the trigger.
[ Aka the survivor pull is big enough, but it's not going to last. Unfortunately for Rang, he was the easiest scapegoat with half the game likely to blame him, but now he's gone. ]
[she'll admit it. she's a little more still, now. statuelike.]
We are not in last place. Not yet. But you're right. Just surviving isn't enough, and if we want to win, we will need to eliminate other teams. [it's just...]
I don't know that I could bring myself to erase certain people, though. Like Jonas. Or Ylfa. And if we are caught, I imagine it negates the advantage in the first place.
Gettin' erased doesn't make your team lose points, at least.
And you get more if you get away with it.
[ He agrees with Shenhe in regards to thinking that some people, he draws the line. Not Ylfa. And he likes more of TBD than not. He can't kill anyone in Justice!!!!! either, for, well. Obvious reasons.
As cowardly as he is, that's also another reason why he's staying his hand -- with more people, maybe somebody else will first. He has to take that gamble if he doesn't want to bet his humanity on this game first. ]
You don't need to. [she tells him, tilting her head.] I have thought extensively about doing it. I would be willing to, if it meant that the three of you are alright.
[ He looks and sounds like he's struggling, an open hesitation allowed because of his ridiculous love-arrowing and it's kind of like having a wound on display that's normally invisible to all else.
It's like something about what Shenhe says both somehow comforts and hurts him at the same time and not even he knows why or how to deal with it. ]
...Okay.
That's -- okay.
Okay.
[ It feels like grasping at a slippery marble, him trying to grasp onto her words. ]
[ It's more a matter of he didn't expect to feel the way he did when she said something as simple as I want to exist -- not verbatim, sure, but a similar enough gist. ]
[ He sits there quiet, ruminating over those simple words. Is there anything more powerful than hearing another person say 'hey, I want to live after all'?
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...Never had fish though.
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You've never had fish? [???] Do you want to try it?
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[ Ignoring the fact that this does not stop Trigun Universe from having any kind of food possible. Stampede really tried their best to actually make it more realistic by being like they eat worms and bugs but IRRELEVANT, TRIMAX HAS TABASCO SAUCE AND CEYLON TEA. However we are loosely drawing the line at fish proper. ]
Yeah, if you like it, I wanna try it.
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I do. [there's that little bit of happy on her face again - sharing things with people has become one of her little obsessions lately, and it's even better right now because she's love arrowed to him and that makes her feel all fluttery in a way she has felt like... maybe once, ever.]
Let's try the specialty, then. You don't have to like it. But at least you will have tried it.
[tugs him off to the restaurant!! she'll order two bowls.]
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[ He hasn't gone that far where simulations are concerned. It does feel real though, it's just that Wolfwood is a lot more cognitive of his surroundings than the average layman so he's a little extra wired about all of this. ]
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[she settles next to him.] I'm not entirely sure how it works. This is... very far from the technology we have in Teyvat.
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[ He settles like this, subtly pressing his thigh against hers. Like you know, just sitting next to each other wise, we are not going that fast. ]
You can try all the food you'd want, at least to try, huh...
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Yes. [a headtilt.] You told me to do that. So I have.
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[ Yeah, okay. He didn't expect her to have taken his advice but he thinks this place is as good of a place as any to do so. ]
Would be nice if you could have this lost tech at the mountain.
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It would. [she agrees.] I don't know that I'll see the mountains again, but you're right.
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I can't afford to.
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I want to. I aim to. For you, and Nahri, and for Vash. [she says, glancing out over liyue.] ... And a little for myself now, too. I only mean that - well, after this last weekend, Rang did not have a choice.
[... that makes her a little sad, but it's alright.]
You can't afford to? [she's curious, but she's very ready to back off if he gets angry - she knows better than to push.]
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[ He's quiet while the sounds of Liyue roam about around them, the comfortable sound of a bustling town that goes distant to him for a second. ]
I can't. [ Affirming. ] For the sake of the kids, I can't play around with the idea of givin' up or not returning.
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That is why I will do my best to make sure that we do. [...] The reason I wanted us to be a team is because I think that we have a very good chance at winning.
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When it comes down to it, I'll do it. The only way to get points is to erase somebody else. Just survivin' isn't enough. The only reason I haven't yet is 'cause the risk is bigger if I pull the trigger.
[ Aka the survivor pull is big enough, but it's not going to last. Unfortunately for Rang, he was the easiest scapegoat with half the game likely to blame him, but now he's gone. ]
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[she'll admit it. she's a little more still, now. statuelike.]
We are not in last place. Not yet. But you're right. Just surviving isn't enough, and if we want to win, we will need to eliminate other teams. [it's just...]
I don't know that I could bring myself to erase certain people, though. Like Jonas. Or Ylfa. And if we are caught, I imagine it negates the advantage in the first place.
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And you get more if you get away with it.
[ He agrees with Shenhe in regards to thinking that some people, he draws the line. Not Ylfa. And he likes more of TBD than not. He can't kill anyone in Justice!!!!! either, for, well. Obvious reasons.
As cowardly as he is, that's also another reason why he's staying his hand -- with more people, maybe somebody else will first. He has to take that gamble if he doesn't want to bet his humanity on this game first. ]
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she's just going to take his hand again.]
You don't need to. [she tells him, tilting her head.] I have thought extensively about doing it. I would be willing to, if it meant that the three of you are alright.
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I don't wanna hear more self-sacrificial bullshit.
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[but. she understands.] I like existing. I'd prefer to stay here as long as I'm able, which is why I haven't given it more thought.
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It's like something about what Shenhe says both somehow comforts and hurts him at the same time and not even he knows why or how to deal with it. ]
...Okay.
That's -- okay.
Okay.
[ It feels like grasping at a slippery marble, him trying to grasp onto her words. ]
...Good.
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... Hm. [she says, first, and then:] Is it okay?
[just, gently pushing again, to see if he wants to talk. wondering.]
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[ It's more a matter of he didn't expect to feel the way he did when she said something as simple as I want to exist -- not verbatim, sure, but a similar enough gist. ]
I'm... it's good that you feel that way.
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I didn't, for a while. I didn't care. But I do now.
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Lets their food arrive, show me the cookin'. ]
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