Okay so Sayaka's been steeling herself for this because it's about all she CAN do to not. Freak out at this, but like. In the flattest tone she can muster.]
To be honest, I'm in shock from everything I've seen so far. Dismembered squid [ monsters ], abandoned buildings, and the algae keeps coming towards us too.
[ this is actually, all a little too much for soujuurou. the only reason he hasn't fainted from the shock is because he's simply too good at taking everything at face value. monsters being eaten is no different from seeing a wild dog eating a rabbit, houses are abandoned even in the mountains, and poisonous plants are everywhere in the mountains too.
all of this, he can accept within a rather wide margin of error. ]
[ he can feel the effects of the rakukaja coursing through him. he looks down at his hand, balling them up into fists and unclenching them. as he moves from the algae, there's something that is obviously troubling him. ]
Will...we have to fight him? Jordi, I mean.
[ fighting monsters in the nekiya is one thing. but this person, as fish-shaped as he was, was still one of their companions. to say that it bothered him to have to fight would be an understatement of the century. ]
[ soujuurou's eyes widen slightly when she says that, as if that hadn't been something that had even crossed his mind in the first place. as someone that was raised to fend for himself at all times, the idea of working with others is almost completely foreign to him. even in the mansion, where he and the girls lived together as three, there still was a sense of isolation that none of them could really shake off.
but here it's...different. and, just like soujuurou has realized over the past few months, that's not always such a bad thing. ]
Heh, I guess I needed the reminder. [ he offers sayaka a small, wry smile, nodding. ] We're all in the same fight, after all. Let's all do our best...together.
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Okay so Sayaka's been steeling herself for this because it's about all she CAN do to not. Freak out at this, but like. In the flattest tone she can muster.]
That's what you're surprised about...?
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[ this is actually, all a little too much for soujuurou. the only reason he hasn't fainted from the shock is because he's simply too good at taking everything at face value. monsters being eaten is no different from seeing a wild dog eating a rabbit, houses are abandoned even in the mountains, and poisonous plants are everywhere in the mountains too.
all of this, he can accept within a rather wide margin of error. ]
But I've never seen someone be part fish before.
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That's...fair, that's fair actually. You're really good at hiding it. I don't think any of this is like anything I've seen, but...
[Not that Sayaka's seen anything like this either, honestly, but--]
...We should get ready. For what's next. Here.
[Give Sayaka one second--she'll give Soujuurou a Rakukaja for his trouble, at least.]
We should probably get away from this Algae.
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[ he can feel the effects of the rakukaja coursing through him. he looks down at his hand, balling them up into fists and unclenching them. as he moves from the algae, there's something that is obviously troubling him. ]
Will...we have to fight him? Jordi, I mean.
[ fighting monsters in the nekiya is one thing. but this person, as fish-shaped as he was, was still one of their companions. to say that it bothered him to have to fight would be an understatement of the century. ]
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[Sayaka doesn't know him well enough to gauge it. She regrets not talking to him sooner, she's bad at this, but--]
We should hope for the best, and expect the worst. I-I think.
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[ ..... ]
I'll do my best to help keep you guys safe.
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...Thank you. We'll do our best for you, too. Don't go forgetting that, okay?
[And despite the situation, Sayaka manages a shaky smile. No shouldering these burdens alone in this house, sir!!!]
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[ soujuurou's eyes widen slightly when she says that, as if that hadn't been something that had even crossed his mind in the first place. as someone that was raised to fend for himself at all times, the idea of working with others is almost completely foreign to him. even in the mansion, where he and the girls lived together as three, there still was a sense of isolation that none of them could really shake off.
but here it's...different. and, just like soujuurou has realized over the past few months, that's not always such a bad thing. ]
Heh, I guess I needed the reminder. [ he offers sayaka a small, wry smile, nodding. ] We're all in the same fight, after all. Let's all do our best...together.