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[beathollow]

WHO: CLOVER and maybe guests?
WHERE: Clover Barn
WHEN: After the resurrection

( so that was a fucking night. and a morning. and a day. it's not even 8 am but the point stands. the barn's a little different though! it's... huh. there's rooms now. like, actual rooms. and is that mutton? wild. no one tell blossom. )

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[beathollow]

( first things first she will just. flop onto what was her designated cot and just. decompress for a while. coda is nestled beside her at least. )

[A LITTLE LATER]

[beathollow]

... We all need to talk about last night.

[alanhearted]

[ AT SOME POINT. possibly post discussions there's at first a yell and then the sound of laughter - If anyone goes looking there's a girl who's managed to fall into a pile of clover green sheep - ]

Ah - it's so fluffy! [ Squishing the fluff of a sheep and turning to snuggle in ] haha, it's almost like sleeping on a moving cloud!



[ because the sheep are also just moving with their new charge. she seems content to stay there. ]

Re: [A LITTLE LATER]

[aididitmyway]

[Do we??

She was walking into the room when that was said, but this is her spinning around and trying to escape the scene of the crime.]

Re: [A LITTLE LATER]

[beathollow]

( INTENSE STARING OF "I WILL BE GENTLE UNTIL YOU GIVE ME REASON TO NOT BE AND THIS IS LEANING TOWARDS THAT" )

@ sonata someplace somewhere

[catposting]

[ at some point, when Sonata is alone, Blood Fiend will come find her. ]

Sorry isn't enough.

[ oh and he probably crept up behind her silently with his ~cat stealth~ so unless she has supernatural senses uh. good luck ]

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[beathollow]

( yeah no she's a dissociating teenage girl, she's practically jumping out of her skin and whirling around for a moment- but.

he's not wrong. )

... I know.

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[catposting]

I could drag you into the forest right now, you know. Have the beasts tear you apart piece by piece. You'd be long dead before anyone would even think to look.

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[beathollow]

You could. I know for a fact that I can't fight back. ... But would that be enough?

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[catposting]

What do you think?

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[beathollow]

I don't think it would truly fix anything, beyond possibly making you feel better for a while. It would, if anything, likely make things worse in the future.

( the distrust it would sow, because surely blossom would be able to tell- and then if the truth somehow came out? rose would be black marked forever. )

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[catposting]

So you still don't get it.

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[beathollow]

Get... what?

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[catposting]

[ he doesn't answer at first, instead turning toward the field to gaze at something that isn't there.

then, eyes straight ahead, he sits on the grass beside her. ]

I did it too, once. A long time ago, against my will. And in my world, people don't just magically come back to life.

But even if they had, it wouldn't have been enough. "Sorry" wouldn't have changed that it happened.

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[beathollow]

I... know. Most people don't get to apologize in person afterwards. I don't know what else I can do, though.

( she's well aware it's not enough, will never be enough. but she doesn't know anything else. even with her memories returned, she wouldn't know. )

Re: [A LITTLE LATER]

[eonsadrift]

[ Just leaning back against a wall, arms folded. ]

I guess that was the first time most of you have experienced... something like that.

1/2

[catposting]

You know, Sonata... you disgust me.

[ said without malice. he's tired. not just because of the ritual. not even because of the pasture. ]

You're so pitifully weak, even for a civilian. I wouldn't be surprised if that thing chose you because of that.

Re: [A LITTLE LATER]

[beathollow]

I can't speak for everyone, but I'm pretty sure it was for me. ... Thank you for stepping up when needed.

( she had been a little preoccupied with the team baby rotting alive, unfortunately. )

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[catposting]

[ abruptly turns, grabs her by the wrist, in the same place as last night. don't worry-it's just to scare her, so it won't leave a mark. staring right at her now: ]

Do you regret it? Being frozen in fear, unable to fight back?

[eonsadrift]

[ At some point he'll toss one of their nice blankets over her, and then leave her be. ]

Re: [A LITTLE LATER]

[aididitmyway]

[It's the absolute guilt that keeps her from walking back out, especially with the look that Sonata gives her, and she... comes back, slumping on the floor with her head in her hands.]

Re: @ sonata someplace somewhere

[beathollow]

( she doesn't even flinch at his words, but she does gasp slightly when she's grabbed, and tries to pull away- )

Of- Of course I do! All I remember is being afraid! And that was no different- but you paid the price!

( -and for the first time since their arrival, the full truth, and raw emotions, comes out. )

Re: [A LITTLE LATER]

[aididitmyway]

I've seen bad things. Just not like that.

[She doesn't even lift her head up from where she is, her head in her hands.]

Re: [A LITTLE LATER]

[beathollow]

( at least the intensity eases up immediately. )

... So... first things first, we do not game the system. Ever. And we get as much details as we can, however difficult it can be.

[aididitmyway]

[Oh... She seems a little subdued, but more surprised. Blossom might not be happy about yet another person showing up...]

They're cute, aren't they?