[turboheaven] catchall for yves

[jiaohua]

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

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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.

[jiaohua]

...yes. And even if time does pass and it does not happen again, the possibility of it will forever be there in the back of our minds.

[noirges]

... it only takes one brush with death to change a person's life.

[ he'll reach out to place a hand on her shoulder ]

I know I asked you to do something hard, toward the end.

[jiaohua]

...it is the same thing that was asked of everyone: to confirm whether or not he was wearing the same thing he was then.

What you asked was not hard. It is not your fault that the answer was more complicated than we wanted it to be.

[noirges]

[ gently: ]

And it's not your fault if a confirmation makes someone do something reckless.

[jiaohua]

I know it is not, but I imagine that does not make it any less painful for ... those who care about him to have heard it.

[noirges]

[ nods... ]

... I think it was going to be hard for Jiao no matter what.

[jiaohua]

[she nods, too.]

...the facts being what they are, I cannot see how it wouldn't have been. I just wish it did not have to be quite so hard for him.

[noirges]

I think... that's just what happens when you care about someone.

Losing them is always going to hurt, and... I think it should. Because what is more heartbreaking than not being with someone you care about?

[jiaohua]

[she nods her agreement with that]

...being separated from those you care for is torturous.

[so, like. will this place even be heaven for jiaoqiu, with jing yuan gone from it?]

[noirges]

[ nods... he'll just move to place an arm around her shoulders then, hoping it might be some comfort ]

... we'll keep trying to be there for him. And for each other.

[jiaohua]

[she leans into his hold.]

...yes. At least none of us has to face this alone.