[turboheaven] catchall for yves

[jiaohua]

yves is so beautiful i'm waiting for him to commit atrocities

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weekend 0, saturday

[jiaohua]

[they shall keep being fabulous indeed! waner is happy to be in real clothes again, and is browsing through the other options at the clothing store when she comes across yves.]

Sir Yves! Hello again. Are you finding anything to your liking?

[she's got a fairly sizable number of silk dresses and robes folded over one arm.]

[noirges]

[ she's sOOOOO CUUUUTE

obligatory fit check instead of sexy angel costume! though at least now i can mention that yves was probably covered in bandages beneath his angel costume earlier so it wasn't even that scandalous. if nothing else, it just shows that the lace half mask he was wearing wasn't just part of the costume - it's an outfit staple. yay!

meanwhile he's got a couple of different hair ribbons in hand, as well as a cloak that he's looking at. his eyes are so bright ]

I have! It's all so nice—and so different! We don't get clothes like this in Arpéchéle.

[jiaohua]

Arpéchéle...?

[she sounds confused.]

That must be a long way from Daxing. The type of clothing you're wearing is unfamiliar to me, as well. But the variety in this story is very interesting!

[noirges]

Ah, it probably is. It's a distant island, and we've been isolated for a few hundred years by now....

[ but he smiles nonetheless ]

Should we do a swap? Dress each other up in the styles of our countries?

[jiaohua]

Isolated...? I see...

[that explains her not having heard of it before! she does not yet have any reason to wonder about the existence of other worlds.]

...ah, that would be fun! It would be a good way to learn about one another's countries as well.

week 0, monday

[jiaohua]

[fit check for the day


anyway, at some point during the day, an excited waner will come running up to him]

Sir-- that is, Yves! I found a guzheng!

[noirges]

Oh! You're pretty again today, Waner!

[ HER FIT IS SOOOO CUTE - BUT ALSO HE'S GRINNING ]

Amazing! Does that mean I get to be your first audience?

[jiaohua]

You flatter me with your honesty.

[she grins back at him.]

Yes. If you will accompany me?

[she will lead him over to the soundstage...]

[noirges]

As long as you know, it's true.

[ but it's affection week so he'll take her hand ]

Sure. Lead the way.

[jiaohua]

[onward they go!! it's affection week, so she doesn't seem at all bothered by the handholding. it feels natural, even.

once they arrive, she does let go since she'll need her hands free to play.]

Just one moment. Please make yourself comfortable.

[while he's settling in, she goes to take her place at the guzheng she's found. a breath, to center herself, and then she starts to play.]

week 0 post-trial

[noirges]

[ he's coming around to visit people! yayyyy. with him he's bringing a little basket that has a bottle of wine and two wine glasses

sitting down next to waner wherever she is ]

Hi. [ just hi, a little tired ] How're you feeling?

[jiaohua]

Yves...

[honestly she's probably out in the gazebo, grateful for the fresh air after hours in the church. and also looking at the flowers in the garden.]

...I am holding up. What of you? That cannot have been easy...

[noirges]

[ he'll put the basket aside for now, going to stand next to her and mimic her posture to look at the flowers ]

Adolphe said it right. It's even worse than Corps work.

[ honestly! ]

... but I'm okay. I... [ tilts head ] I worry more for people who aren't used to it.

[jiaohua]

It is wretched work.

[she says, emphatically. this is the only trial she has ever taken part in and she would prefer to never take part in one ever again, thanks.]

...and as hard as it is for those who are not accustomed to it, perhaps it would be best if they do not have a reason to become accustomed to it.

[noirges]

Yup.

[ immediately agreeing, with a little sigh ]

I think... something that does bother me here is that it feels like some of the peace that people have known has disappeared. That's not fair to them.

week 1, saturday

[noirges]

[ what a trial! yves is over a the bar and he's got a mug of beer with him. it's still mostly full, like he's drinking it slowly for once. there's an empty chair nearby with another mug, along with a little photo frame.

when he notices he has company, he perks up with a smile and waves. ]

Do you drink, Waner? I can also get you a juice, if you'd like something.

[jiaohua]

[she waves back, wandering over to join him.]

I drink rice wine in Daxing; juice will not be necessary. [it's also not underage drinking because she's legal there. it's fine.

she tilts her head to one side, examining the mug and frame.]

...for Adolphe?

[noirges]

[ laughs a little bit ]

Rice wine it is then. Hold on.

[ yves did at least pick a table with three chairs so she can have a seat too! when she examines the frame, she'll see that it's a very stupid selfie. yves in the forefront and then adolphe, passed out in the background with his head against the bowl in the spa for washing out hair products. he's got a ton of little clips in his hair as he's snoozing away ]

Mm-hmm. He took me here last week after trial and it made me feel better. Trying to recapture the feeling, I guess.

[jiaohua]

[she smiles faintly at the selfie. how silly, and how cute.

...how cruel, that yves will not be able to take another photo like this with him.]

Have you had any success so far, or...?

[noirges]

[ he'll fine a bottle of rice wine and grab two glasses, coming back to join waner. he pours for them both ]

Hmm... A little. Though nothing really beats having your best friend tell you everything's going to be okay.

So I guess I have to figure out how to move forward on my own.

week 6, tuesday

[noirges]

[ okay they're in hiding away from the goose

get hit by a memory! ]

[jiaohua]

[okay but the halberd, obscene strength, and the way bourreau is trying to incapacitate but not kill the two of them makes me think it's lucas



which, after the execution, waner cannot help but wonder that either. but also. yikes. yves your lack of feeling pain...]

...what happened after that?

[noirges]

[ who's to say play the game

yves just rubs the back of his neck... ]

... Bourreau got away. Mathis tried to attack him and nearly got hurt for it, but our friend Ceres saved him.

It was really close, and Adolphe and I had to go to the hospital but... we were mostly okay.

[jiaohua]

..."mostly okay"?

[THAT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD.]

[noirges]

Apparently my ribs were broken.

[ apparently ]