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[well once they get the chance to mingle with the dead lavi will loop around to talk to Mathis,]
Hey. You get to talk to everyone yet?
Hey. You get to talk to everyone yet?
Y-yes. I've been trying to talk to as many as I can...
[they might not have long, so-- he wanted to make sure he didn't miss any opportunities.]
Have you?
[they might not have long, so-- he wanted to make sure he didn't miss any opportunities.]
Have you?
There's one or two who I still need to get to... But I might leave it for later so they have more time with the people closer to 'em.
It's similar for me... I have questions for one or two people, but we never spoke much.
[THANK GOD THIS IS OUR LAST TRIAL FRIDAY GOD DAMN
anyway Lavi is at the pyre with his head in his hands.]
anyway Lavi is at the pyre with his head in his hands.]
Lavi...
[aaaaa YEAH THANK GOD FOR THAT!!!
mathis settles next to him.]
[aaaaa YEAH THANK GOD FOR THAT!!!
mathis settles next to him.]
[after a beat, he lifts his head, moving his hands to settle under his chin instead. just propping himself up. he's dry-eyed and no longer gooped up, but the exhaustion is there.]
Did you find anything?
Did you find anything?
Y-yes. There were multiple chemical fires in the cathedral, but they almost seemed more like distractions, since I couldn't find anything in them... um, and Ashlyn slipped on some small, hard things, before we found... one of the glitter balloons, and some cake.
But we didn't see any blood, or... either of their bodies.
But we didn't see any blood, or... either of their bodies.
[THIS IS SUCH AN INVEST
Lavi listens quietly, brow furrowing at the mention of chemical fires,]
Anis and I found them in the laboratory. They were both on the operating table next to each other.
Lavi listens quietly, brow furrowing at the mention of chemical fires,]
Anis and I found them in the laboratory. They were both on the operating table next to each other.
[lavi is standing where their memorials are!!! which i don't remember where bc it's w6 but he's there, looking at all the offerings laid out. there are so many. my god.
every so often he reaches out as if to neaten or rearrange them, but the most he does is just nudge one or two with his hand.]
Never been much for memorials.
every so often he reaches out as if to neaten or rearrange them, but the most he does is just nudge one or two with his hand.]
Never been much for memorials.
...I- I don't think that I could blame you.
[mathis kneels in front of them, for the moment, just. sinking down onto the ground and looking them over.]
I didn't visit them very often here, to be honest...
[mathis kneels in front of them, for the moment, just. sinking down onto the ground and looking them over.]
I didn't visit them very often here, to be honest...
[he'll shift from his squat to sit on the ground as well]
Me neither. I went to the church when we had the remember the dead rule, but that was it.
Maybe I would've put in more effort if I knew they were watching from the start.
Me neither. I went to the church when we had the remember the dead rule, but that was it.
Maybe I would've put in more effort if I knew they were watching from the start.
M-maybe. I just didn't like being reminded that they were... gone.
[there are reminders everywhere, of course. always have been. the absences where they used to be, the spaces that felt different after. but that's different from coming somewhere to think about how they aren't at their sides, now.]
I still think about them often, and I spent time at Lucas's for a while. But I never... left anything, really.
[there are reminders everywhere, of course. always have been. the absences where they used to be, the spaces that felt different after. but that's different from coming somewhere to think about how they aren't at their sides, now.]
I still think about them often, and I spent time at Lucas's for a while. But I never... left anything, really.
[lavi props up his elbow on his knee and leans his head on his closed fist,]
That's more than what I've done.
[he tries not to think about them at all, especially in the beginning.]
You gotta move on as soon as possible, cause it's not safe to keep grieving. I learned that the hard way, 'specially back home.
That's more than what I've done.
[he tries not to think about them at all, especially in the beginning.]
You gotta move on as soon as possible, cause it's not safe to keep grieving. I learned that the hard way, 'specially back home.
[for some mysterious reason lavi is not cursed to act like a monkey during this pc... wow...
instead he's sitting down in the refectory kitchen with a whole pile of potatoes near him, currently peeling one with a knife he got from the academy (wherever alfyn got his)]
Think I'm gonna make a potato soup.
instead he's sitting down in the refectory kitchen with a whole pile of potatoes near him, currently peeling one with a knife he got from the academy (wherever alfyn got his)]
Think I'm gonna make a potato soup.
Oh- then... here, I can help.
[or he can at least try!!
he pulls out his knife and grabs a potato, watching lavi briefly before he starts working on peeling it.]
[or he can at least try!!
he pulls out his knife and grabs a potato, watching lavi briefly before he starts working on peeling it.]
[He'll peer over at Mathis as he peels, then scoot over so he's next to him.]
Here, hold it like this.
[demonstrates!]
And go slow. Too fast and you'll nick yourself.
Here, hold it like this.
[demonstrates!]
And go slow. Too fast and you'll nick yourself.
All right... like this?
[shifting his hold on the potato, adjusting the speed of his knife. it seems like it helps.]
[shifting his hold on the potato, adjusting the speed of his knife. it seems like it helps.]
[he watches carefully, and then smiles]
Yeah, like that.
Make sure to sharpen your knife back up later, yeah? I don't want it get dulled from doing kitchen work.
Yeah, like that.
Make sure to sharpen your knife back up later, yeah? I don't want it get dulled from doing kitchen work.
[he brings lavi over to the dead side! he'll let him explore more if he wants, but eventually brings him back to his personal apartment, since it's shaped itself into something comfy.
the layout of his room is similar to his attic bedroom in the mansion, with its angled ceilings and shelving built into the walls; it differs in the furnishings and decor, however, set up as a cozier, more nook-like space with hanging lights and multiple comfy spots to sit on the floor, books stacked neatly nearby. the bed is, similarly, very low to the floor, with pillows piled onto it. rain patters against the window, keeping the room from getting much natural light, but it's a little soothing if you like that kind of thing.
mathis flops onto the bed.]
We f-finally can really rest... are you all right, Lavi?
[did you get healed!]
the layout of his room is similar to his attic bedroom in the mansion, with its angled ceilings and shelving built into the walls; it differs in the furnishings and decor, however, set up as a cozier, more nook-like space with hanging lights and multiple comfy spots to sit on the floor, books stacked neatly nearby. the bed is, similarly, very low to the floor, with pillows piled onto it. rain patters against the window, keeping the room from getting much natural light, but it's a little soothing if you like that kind of thing.
mathis flops onto the bed.]
We f-finally can really rest... are you all right, Lavi?
[did you get healed!]
Yeah! Nona fixed me up.
[so he's not walking around concussed for the entirety of endgame.
Lavi takes a moment to look around Mathis' room, clearly curious.]
So this is your place? Does everyone get their own rooms?
[so he's not walking around concussed for the entirety of endgame.
Lavi takes a moment to look around Mathis' room, clearly curious.]
So this is your place? Does everyone get their own rooms?
We do...! They suit themselves to us, as well.
[so of course he has a cozy book nook of a bedroom.]
[so of course he has a cozy book nook of a bedroom.]
[cute... Lavi looks fond,]
Makes sense.
[it's a cozy place perfect for Mathis? Lavi will take a book out of curiosity]
Is this whole place like that? Shaped to everyone's whims?
Makes sense.
[it's a cozy place perfect for Mathis? Lavi will take a book out of curiosity]
Is this whole place like that? Shaped to everyone's whims?
Not whims, exactly... Scien and Lucas both said they don't find theirs very comfortable.
[the book he picks up is-- not french, actually, this one is a book on flowers written in kanji.]
[the book he picks up is-- not french, actually, this one is a book on flowers written in kanji.]
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