pc catchall | seasonality | kainé

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week 0, monday

[steelo]

[ late in the evening, ichiro's found his way out to the bonfire. it's a nice, chilly night, and the promise of s'mores is pretty tempting, so. he's settled on one of the logs near the fire with a stick, holding a marshmallow, and upon spotting kainé, waves her down. ]

Yo, Kainé. Ever had a s'more before?

[overshaded]

[ There is a sense of familiarity and almost fondness that Kainé associates with campfires, so it's not strange to find her by the bonfire. She's mostly just looking into the fire when Ichiro waves at her. ]

That sounds like gibberish.

[ So no, probably. ]

week 1, monday

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[ She doesn't know what her greatest fear tattoo is and where it's placed yet because it's on her back. It's losing those she cherishes, if Ichiro happens to get a glimpse of it during the day.

But she spots him at the dorm and says without any preamble: ]

Wanna get some dinner?

[steelo]

[ ichiro tips his head up in greeting at kainé when she comes by, and then grins at her. ]

Hey, Kainé. Sure - you wanna eat at the cafeteria? [ his hand comes up to wave, and on his wrist, is the glowing tattoo losing his family so wow same hat. ] Or we can grab it and eat it back at the dorm, if it's too crowded.

week 1, saturday

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[ They are anywhere Ichiro wants to be. There is nothing happy about Kainé's demeanor, but that's not news.

She's never been someone who cares really strongly about justice, but still, once she sees him: ]

We fucked up, huh?

[steelo]

[ well

ichiro is sitting slumped up against the outside of the gym's brick wall, his right hand crossed over his left and elbows on his knees, and he looks up at kainé, then snorts. the knuckles on his hand are scratched up on and bleeding - he just looks angry, but at least he's out of steam, now. he might've been out here for a little while. ]

Don't think we could've fucked up much harder than we did, yeah.

week 2 monday

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Hey - have you come by the dorm yet today?
You should come check it out there's somethin I wanna show you

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what
not yet
ill come in a bit

[ That's in 10 minutes. She's showing up in 10 minutes. ]

w2 post dead!

[steelo]

[ if kainé's popping into the cafeteria this post dead day, she might find the sounds and smells of someone cooking in the kitchen.

investigate that? ]

[overshaded]

[ Yeah, actually, she wants to.

She carefully walks in, just in case it's someone who won't want her around or she won't want to be aorund but comes further in once she sees it's Ichiro. ]

You're thoughtful. [ A beat. ] I wanted to cook something, too.

[ Instead of maybe breaking shit like her usual angry reaction is. She still wants to break something, though, and looks it. ]

w2, post execution

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[ If Ichiro is outside Winter Dorm at any point after execution and looks around back, he can catch Kainé staring at the housé with an impassive expression on her face.

Her hands are clenched into fists at her side.

It's like she's debating if she should enter it. ]

[steelo]

[ oh. there's kainé! he's on his way back from the kitchen, it looks like, holding what looks like a to go box in his hands. when he spots her, he pauses, noticing her staring... and then comes to stand next to her. ]

... hey, Kainé. [ just loud enough to announce his presence, a little more subdued than usual. ]

week 3 sunday

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[ knock knock on the housé door!! it has been a hell of a weekend, but ichiro didn't miss that brief moment of weirdness earlier - that, and after all of the absolute shit of this week, he did want to check in with kainé anyway so. hello yes you have a visitor. ]

Kainé? You in there?

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Come in!

[ This entire week was a fucking lot! The cold is her enemy, and she doesn't know how much of an enemy it is to flowers, but what few flowers she keeps in here are treated very preciously.

He can find her sitting with a blanket wrapped around her.

She should invest in stealing cute winter clothes after more of her burns and everything else heal more. ]

week 4 post trial

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[ haha

are you ever just angry!! kainé is probably also angry. ichiro is just a ball of emotions when he makes his way ... outside of the dorm, actually. he just can't be in there, right now.

spotting kainé, looking at the housé, he pauses in wherever he was going and just looks at her for a second, all of those emotions flickering across his face even more so than some dumb share. grief, as heavy as a weight, and fury, just not far behind it. ]

...hey, Kainé. [ he manages, after a second, exhaling - a harsh thing, as he runs a hand up through his hair. calm down. ]

[overshaded]

[ Yeah. Kainé is always angry. She is furious at everything that happened, but her fury is a shield for her deeper emotions. It's Ichiro, so her walls drop a little, and he can get a sense of her sorrow and guilt until she tries to push her anger up again. ]

You don't have to be calm.

[ He can stay mad with her. ]

week 5 monday

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[ Kainé is outside her housé, doing exercises with her swords. Even if they vaguely have an idea of why some people are being killed, it doesn't mean she should let her skills dull.

Or maybe they'll become dull somehow no matter what?

As she swings her sword, she loses her grip, but because she's the hit fast, hit hard type of fighter, that means the sword goes flying out of her hand at a stupid speed. ]

Fuck!

[ Hopefully, Ichiro won't be anywhere near its trajectory, but I don't know his life. ]

[steelo]

[ kainé cuts ichiro's head off

no that would be wild though. instead he happens to see the sword and hear kainé's fuck and yelps, dropping to the ground and rolling narrowly out of the way of actually getting his head cut off, falling into the nearest hedge with a loud crash and a - ] Holy shit!

[ he pops up like two seconds later, covered in twigs and leaves, looking around wildly. hello?! ] Kainé?!

week 5 friday

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[ i didn't get a notif for our monday thread what the fuck AHHHH ]

what are you feeling

[ she can't ask you good because she's pretty sure he's not. ]

[steelo]

[ dw what the fuck ]

i'm
shitty. trying to keep my distance atm.
you?

[ he's pretty sure she's also doing terrible but thats okay. ]

w5 saturday

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[ ichiro is in the garden also on this fine (?) evening! he's sitting in the garden, in a different area than where otome was discovered - there are two small mounds of dirt here, with fresh flowers on each one.

he's just kind of quiet, though, cross legged and sitting in pensive thought for now. what're you up to kainé. ]

[overshaded]

[ She's vibing in a thoughtful way. Looking at flowers usually calms her down in some way. She's quiet when her temper isn't triggered, so they're both similar in that right now.

She moves to sit next to him but giving him enough space. ]

.... Shit still sucks, huh.

w6 monday

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[ Wherever he may be, he can find Kainé seated somewhere, hunched over something.

Is this good enough? is her most prevalent thought. ]

[steelo]

[ oh... hello?? well

he has to go look. ichiro comes up kinda quietly, though he's not bothering to really mask his presence any (does he know how to do that) but once he gets close - ]

Hey, Kainé. What're you workin on?

week 6, sunday

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[ She is waiting and trying to catch him whenever he comes back to the dorm, she's lingering outside the doorway into Winter. ]

Ichiro.

[ Her thoughts are on the mafia reveal are very conflicted, and what's projected is something messy and jumbled. ]

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[ lmao he takes one look at kainé and the expression on his face is just very much i want to die levels of upset, but ichiro turns his head away. ]

You don't have to talk to me. You can punch me, if you want.

week 7; saturday

[overshaded]

[ Winter dorm is free and easy, and Kainé goes right up to him once she sees him. ]

Are you sure about changing your wish like that?

[ She didn't reply to him during the trial about it because she didn't feel it was right at the time. ]

[steelo]

[ kainé... good girl... ichiro seems a little surprised by the line of questioning, at first?

but then he smiles, pushing his hands into his pockets. ]

Yeah. A hundred percent. If I can help out, I wanna help out. [ some things about ichiro never, ever change. he's selfless at his core. ] The connections and stuff we made here - that's the one thing about this place that I never want to lose, and I know I'm not the only one, y'know?

Besides... Chuuoku sucks, but I'd like to be able to take it down with my bare hands, with my bros. I know it's possible. We just gotta keep working.