SPACE COAST: PRIVATE CONVO: YURI

[murdergate]

[ their hair colors are cute together that's all. will replace with meme or something soon. ]

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w2 tuesday

[applebough]

[ Yuri can finally do her god forsaken laundry. There sure are some blood-stained clothes, but it's on black clothing, so it might be easy to miss it. Either way, she's there, tossing clothes into the washing machine and then sitting down on a bench with a pot full of soil on her lap.

Then she sees Nodd, and gives him a little wave. ]

[murdergate]

[ apologies in advance. you'll see why.

when nodd sees yuri, his expression changes from neutral to one of obvious albeit mild panic. he waves back, the smile he tacks on tense. ]

Mm!

[ his hair has gotten even longer than yesterday, if possible, but he's braided it so the tail end hits his ankles. ]

[applebough]

[ ... ... ...

??? ]

Um, I'm not... mad about the bean from the other day.

[murdergate]

I--

[ stops talking. tilts head. thinking deeply for an instant. choosing his words with great intention. ]

I didn't give it a second thought.

[applebough]

[ Yuri nods. ]

Yes, I know. That's why I told Shouxue it was fine... it's not as if you did that to bully me.

[ She remembers his profile, unfortunately. ]

... I'm not saying to do it again, but if you learned something from it, then that's all I need.

[murdergate]

[ takes a second to read the posted machine instructions again. ]

I've never learned a gods-damned thing.

[ pulls hand down his own face. ]

[applebough]

... You learned how to be a monk. That's one thing.

[ Yuri just continues the conversation despite Nodd possibly being affected by a curse. ]

[murdergate]

[ does yuri have a cruel streak? is that it??? ]

I am considered the model for my temple.

[ sets his machine to run a wash cycle at last. he may have already been in this room for twenty minutes. ]

[applebough]

See, that's a good thing, isn't it?

[ :D

:D ....???? ]

You can always learn something...

[murdergate]

[ yuri sadist real. ]

You don't believe that.

[applebough]

[ ...

Yuri merely looks down at her pot with soil before raising her head up again. ]

Nodd, I have something for you. Could you come here?

[murdergate]

[ pausing, because this could be going so much worse, but what the heck(s)? he approaches. ]

[applebough]

[ Yuri pulls out a bulbous plant root. It's pink! ]

If you bite on this root, you'll be calm for a while. It's bitter, but it looks like you're struggling about something, so maybe this should help...

[murdergate]

[ a few blinks. blink blink blink. holds out hand to take it. inspects up close. sniffs. looks at yuri again.

bite this? the pink root? ]

[applebough]

[ Yuri nods. }

Yes, go on.

[murdergate]

[ is this how he dies? that's okay. nodd bites. ]

[applebough]

[ Nodd will now feel very calm for the next 30 minutes! All you feel is calm. No bite, no regret, nothing. Just head empty and calm. ]

... Do you feel better?

[murdergate]

[ shuts his eyes. big, long sigh. opens then closes mouth. nods instead. ]

[applebough]

I'm glad.

[ Yuri looks back down at the pot she still has on her lap. ]

You can sit next to me if you'd like. Standing while waiting for the machines to finish will make your feet sore.

[murdergate]

[ SHE'S SO CUTE. AHHHH.

the pleasantly forced calm down help nodd think through his response. ]

I'm very busy today. Lots on the ol' agenda.

[ ... willing to abandon his clothing to preserve what's left of this cr. ]

[applebough]

You can come back for your clothes later. They won't go anywhere.

[ ... ]

... I'll keep watch if that helps any.

[murdergate]

[ racking his mind, doing his very best, but nodd can't figure out how to outwit his current circumstances. ]

You--you are... I am... yes. Okay. I am fantastic at expressing gratitude. Really natural about it.

[ smile. pleading in his eyes. ]

[applebough]

Yes, you're good at it.

[ She says simply, genuine. ]

I'll be here, so go on.

[murdergate]

[ nodd leaves, utterly defeated.

Yuri: 1

Nodd: 0 ]