feytality: This is too cute for stupid jokes (Facesquish!)
Maya "worlds MOST tragic orphan" Fey ([personal profile] feytality) wrote2021-06-05 02:43 am
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Week 1: Monday

[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
[That evening, he sits in the mini coffeehouse. He's not there to drink first and foremost, though he nurses a cup of non-caffeinated tea for the sake of keeping his hands busy. When the suites are shared between ten individuals, even a small room like this is better for gathering one's thoughts. His expression is muted, but not gloomy.

The Hello Kitty bandaid still sits innocently under his right eye.
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, Maya.

[His smile widens as he greets her.]

I'm just thinking about what class I should attend tomorrow.
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
It's a serious subject. I don't want to attend more classes than I have to, so I need to choose carefully.

[He sips the tea. It's pretty dark in the coffeehouse, simply because he didn't bother to light anything. And it just so happens to hit that threshold of darkness now where the words faintly glow through the pink bandaid.

For Maya, who's looking carefully, the words are clear enough to be perceived once Sieghart sets the cup down: DEATH BEFORE REVENGE.
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Crafty! He opens his mouth to quip at the comment when his eyes widen. He brings a hand up to his face.

The bandaid is still there.
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What did you say?
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[What a waste of vouchers, Maya.]

My fear?

[He gapes. Is that what this is?]
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He falls quiet, closing off his expression.]

If I don't . . . I'll never be able to . . .
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
. . . I don't want to talk about it.
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[After another pause, he grimaces.]

Sorry. I know it sounds eerie.

[That's why he covered it up in the first place. He didn't want the kids to see and feel frightened.]

But how did you know?
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[He lays the tips of his fingers over the cursed spot on his cheek, blocking out their glow.

But there's no point in hiding the words anymore. Maya's looking at them right now through no fault of her own. Sieghart leans back with a frown.
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Tsk. How troublesome.
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[It's there. And it's not her doing, so he doesn't tell her to stop staring.]

. . . Does that mean you also have one?
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[It may be longer than that. He doesn't squint—just glances before respectfully focusing on her face.]

I won't look if you don't want to show me.
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-17 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
[He stares at the words for a while.

It's not a sentiment he understands very well. From birth, he's been hailed as a genius—the most promising scion of a family of gladiators who achieved legendary status at a young age. He's never had to worry about being anything less.

So he can't understand such a fear. But he can understand how he feels about someone like Maya being held in its vice grip.
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Do you believe that?
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[personal profile] ercnerd 2021-06-18 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
[So her sister is dead, is she?

He doesn't keep his gaze on her for long. For her sake, he breaks it by taking another sip of tea before he answers her.
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. . . You're downplaying your achievements. If you only think about what went or could go wrong, you'll never stop worrying.

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