Catch-all: Alex

[soulus]

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week 5, friday

[chanteuser]

[ alex is just sat in the gardens. there's a flower in her hands that she's literally just plucked from the garden and she looks very! tired! actually! and upset, but mostly tired. ]

[soulus]

[Rufus is on his way out when he comes upon Alex. Flowers dot his hair and clothes. He looks down at the flower in her hands.]

Is there a meaning?

[chanteuser]

[ she. is looking at the flowers, rufus. wow. stunning. a model. ]

I don't know. I just picked the first one I found.

[soulus]

[He looks back.]

. . . What brings you here?

[chanteuser]

It's peaceful. And I don't want to go back to the inn until I've checked in on some people.

[ ... ] What about you, Rufus?

[soulus]

I was here overnight.

[chanteuser]

...

Oh, does that explain the, uh--

[ she motions at the flowers ]

[soulus]

Yes. They must be the effect of sleeping here.

[chanteuser]

I see.

🎵 They look quite nice on you, actually. 🎵

[ oh ]

[soulus]

. . . Did you stay in the music room?

[chanteuser]

Yes.

[soulus]

Was everyone there accounted for?

[chanteuser]

None of us are dead, if that's what you mean. We're all randomly bursting into song too.

[soulus]

Who else was with you?

[chanteuser]

Hansa, Chiron, Emet-Selch, Alphonse, Claude, and Ochako.

... Who was with you, Rufus?

[soulus]

Fiora was.

[chanteuser]

[ oh. ]



Oh, I see.

[soulus]

Removals are necessary to retrieve participants. We knew this would be a possibility.

[chanteuser]

I know. But we can still be sad we lost people.

[soulus]

. . . Is that not the reason we're still here?

[chanteuser]

We're still here because we get sad?

[soulus]

Have you heard about the final report?

[chanteuser]

I've heard a lot of things recently, just specifying might be easier.

[soulus]

It was our choice to repeat the competition.

[chanteuser]

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this is all you're getting tbh. just this face. ]