STAND BY ME ONEGAIIII (toi catchall)

[sadiskick]

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[sadiskick]

[ Is this where she should provide comfort? She's not sure. She doesn't know how, and she isn't sure if he wants it, even if she wanted to give it.

What she does know and think is that... ]

That's practical. [ The way to survive is the most important. ] Kick it to me.

[soba]

[ her reaction is more than fine. he needed comfort when they died; at this point, this is just life now.

but he nods and kicks the ball over. it's an easy pass, slow but with enough force to easily reach her. ]

Yeah, it worked out. But with all of this happening here, it's a good way to relax.

[sadiskick]

[ Her foot-eye coordination has always been good, and she stops the ball easily. It's kicking it back that's the problem. ]

Is there no way for you to pick it up later?

[ Since he's young.

She's graceful but forceful, perhaps too forceful, and the ball is heading straight at him at a speed that's not taking into consideration chest wounds. ]

[soba]

[ guess who is also not considering chest wounds?

the idiot whose instinct is to stop the ball with his chest, like he normally might



so instead he's just fuckin doubling over and hitting the ground ]

[sadiskick]

[ sadfksdjfa

She feels that, too, and doubles over, gasping because she's not used to this kind of pain. ]

You idiot...! Toi! You should have dodged!

[soba]

So... sorry!

[ SOMETIMES, REFLEXES ARE BAD,,, ]

At least you have a good kick...

[sadiskick]

[ Is he who should be saying sorry? She won't correct him.

She straightens, brushing off imaginary dirt like that will cover that she just indirectly caused herself funny. ]

If I didn't have a good kick, I'd be a disgrace to myself.

[soba]

You'd be surprised at how many people who can't.

[ but he will go to chase after the ball now ]

[sadiskick]

My sister wouldn't be able to kick it if her life depended on it.

[ ... ]

Don't push yourself.

[soba]

... I get impatient staying still for too long.

[ plus, if people see him around, then he might seem like a less obvious choice as a possible victim. not an easy kill, anyway. ]

[sadiskick]

[ She frowns. She understands that, but if he makes his wound worse, how is that going to help anything? ]

... As long as you don't make it worse.

[soba]

I won't.

[ if he dies via soccer ball he would be so mad

but he manages to get the ball and walks back over. ]

How have you been handling the week?

[sadiskick]

[ ... ]

Nicolas Brown confronted me yesterday.

[ So that was fun. ]

[soba]

[ ... hmm.

he can't say that he's surprised that someone would have, after how the trial ended. ]

What happened?

[sadiskick]

[ Yeah, she wasn't too surprised either. She just would have been fine going without doing that. She isn't afraid of confrontation. She's just a little existentially tired. ]

He pointed a sword at me and said some things. With his actual voice.

[ So you knew he was serious. ]

It ended fine.

[ No injuries from that, amazingly. And obviously, since I didn't have to update you about it sweats ]

[soba]

[ that's a mood ]

Do you think the chances of him doing something like that again are high?

[sadiskick]

[ She looks thoughtful. She doesn't know Nic well at all, but considering he confronted her but didn't actually try to cut her down then and there... ]

Medium. He could be waiting until I'm more off guard.

[soba]

[ he nods his head. he doesn't know much about nic other than what he sees during trial, so he really doesn't know what to expect there. ]

Mm. Be careful then.

[sadiskick]

[ She waves a hand. Or like a sleeve. Since her sleeves continue to cover her hands always. ]

I have no intention of dying.

[soba]

I know.

But it's hard to predict other people.

[sadiskick]

Do you think I would be the type to go down easily?

[ She was basically created to be a weapon. ]

[soba]

No. But I do know that there are people here who have things like shotguns, and other weapons, and if there's more than one person who's thinking along the lines that he is...

Just, be careful.

[sadiskick]

[ ... ]

Are you worried about me?

[ She sounds uncertain about that. ]

[soba]

[ he blinks in surprise

don't be so blunt about it?? ]

... I'd prefer if something didn't happen.

[sadiskick]

[ She needs to be, so she can understand? Suffer the consequences for making her want to understand more.

For making her care more. ]

That's what I want, too. [ But she's too realistic to think nothing will happen.

She sighs and in the next instant, she kicks the soccer ball that Toi retrieved high into the air. ]