homophonic ❆ lambda

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lambda

Thank you for being my friend.

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W0, MONDAY

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[good morning, we are outside the ikea. shenhe is sitting on the curb, looking down at her phone. she seems to have gotten past the This Has A Demon In It phase, and is very slowly pecking out a message with an expression of great concentration.

when she senses someone approaching, she looks up.]

You have several names. [great opener, this is how we talk to people]

[diluvian]

[ shenhe is doing amazing. ]

Everyone from where I am does. It's long on the app because that's my stage name.

[ as if that makes it any better. ]

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Your stage name? [...] Are you also an idol?

[diluvian]

You know what an idol is?

[ that's a little surprising. ]

I'm a figure skater.

w4, MONDAY

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[shenhe is out exploring and thankfully she's no longer in the horrendous hawaiian shirt, she's in this because it's much cuter. imagine the heels are lower and also, there are no red ropes wow.

she's in AMX - she's flicking through the music, like she's trying to find something she likes. right now she's listening to something that might be taylor swift, and frowning, like she's not sure what to think.]

[diluvian]

[ oh, that's such a cute outfit for shenhe. lambda likes it more than the hawaiian shirt even though i thought it was cute.

meanwhile, lambda is in the classical section, looking for ballet soundtracks. ]

Is that not what you wanted, Shenhe?

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[she gets to be fashionable for free......]

Not exactly, no. [she says, squinting.] I think I liked the music in the diner more.

w4, saturday

[diluvian]

[ lambda will eventually walk around to find where shenhe is in shibuya after trial.

she will try to gauge shenhe's leave me alone vibes before saying anything, though. ]

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[they were worse earlier! and then she and rang beat the shit out of each other and now she feels better, so at least there's that. she's standing out in the middle of the city somewhere, just staring up at the sky.

she doesn't mind if lambda comes to talk to her, it seems.]

[diluvian]

[ i hope shenhe came out of the fight looking pristine.

if that's the case, lambda will come up to her side but give her personal space. ]

What part frustrated you? Or which parts?

w5, thursday

[diluvian]

[ after a while, long enough for the dead come back, she will go looking for shenhe. shenhe booked it out of there, so lambda took it as she needed some alone time for a bit. ]

Shenhe?

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[she's kind of just curled up holding her toy axe and staring into the middle distance. she is still absolutely covered in blood, she has not bothered cleaning up because nobody is home!!! but - yeah, in the park, just knees to chest, one around around her knees, the other white-knuckling her axe, sitting on a bench.

she doesn't look up, just yet. she's probably also still sluggishly bleeding.]

[diluvian]

[ lambda is not good with delicacy, even if she can be sensitive once she comes to know and understand someone. she's not sure she's there with shenhe yet even if among all the humans, lambda thinks she's one of the better ones.

she doesn't sit next to her on the bench just yet. she doesn't want to startle. bleeding sluggishly is better than bleeding profusely. ]

... You aren't there anymore, wherever you were.

w5, SATURDAY

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[idk where we are... let's say bookstore.

she's stopped crying the blood tears, at least, so that's good. she's just sitting here looking down at a book and not really reading it. she looks up when lambda comes in, though.]

... What do you think? [lambda is really good at being objective, shenhe thinks, so maybe that will help.]

[diluvian]

[ lambda will hover by the fairytale section where homestuck is. ]

It was not the worst result. [ a beat. ] If the bullet was the killing blow, your friends may not meet us here tomorrow.

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[she nods, looking down at her hands.]

I can't decide if that's better or worse.

w6, FRIDAY

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[she's here, sitting on the ground somewhere, staring down at her phone.

she doesn't seem... horribly upset, just exhausted. maybe hungover. she looks up at lambda when she sees her, expression flat. maybe she is holding her phone a little tightly. she doesn't say anything, but. hi.]

[diluvian]

[ lambda will sit down near to her, not too close but not far either. it's space enough to say she wants to be here but also space enough to say shenhe can be alone if she wants. ]

There's no one right way in how to feel about this, but how do you feel about it?

[ she will get to see him again sooner, but is it worth it? ]

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[she doesn't seem to mind so much - there's a little distant thought of not alone as she shifts.]

Like I ate too much qingxin. [nauseated. uncomfortable. maybe a little of it is from drinking, but most of it is from knowing that she has to watch vash and nahri tomorrow, and knowing that wolfwood was killed, probably in a brutal way.] ... I don't know how to explain. I think I feel selfish.

[it's just bad.]

w7, frinesday

[diluvian]

[ shenhe has attained one (1) pig and one (1) feather with luo wenzhou. that probably means things are going the right way. ]

What do you think is going to happen? Ruby wasn't there...

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[here's hoping...

she has the feather right now, looking it over.]

I don't know. I wonder how much we changed. [she looks up at lambda.] I don't know where she could have gone.

[diluvian]

That was change enough, that everyone didn't get erased again. So that's a start.

[ she looks at the feather. ]

I wonder how helpful that will be.

w7, FINAL SATURDAY

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[one party and a Little Buzzed later, she comes to find lambda. the party got a little too rambunctious for her and she needs a quiet place to settle.

she smiles when she sees her, though, and then:]

Do you think I will see you again? [she figures lambda will be very honest about this.]

[diluvian]

[ what a mood. lambda kept to herself because she needs her own space when it's not all the people she likes (which is 75% the graveyard).

shenhe's question is as touching as it is saddening. ]

I don't think so. [ her words are quiet. ] Not like this.

[ she holds up her phone. ]

Take a selfie with me?

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[this tag made me so sad

shenhe pauses, and then exhales slow and comes close, nodding.]

Of course, if you'll take one with me, too. [she... hopes they get to keep their phones.]