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expiationlogs2024-08-02 07:35 pm
entreats) wrote in expiationlogs2024-08-02 07:35 pm
(open) i went through my list of friends and found i had no one to tell
Who: Ange Ushiromiya and YOU!
Where: All over Aldrip.
What: Ange is dealing with the aftermath of the Gnosia event-- and worse so than she's pretending to be.
Warnings: A chance of talk of mental illness (mostly depression, mixed in with some complex abandonment trauma) and death (in regards to the recent event).
[ It's not like Ange hasn't dealt with anything in this place, really. She's been here for over a year now, and there have been plenty of things before that really shook her to the core - especially that dumb maze from a long while ago now, and everything that had appeared in it. But the most recent event might have been the wildest thing yet. It was very reminiscent of the games back home, which sure didn't help. Even though her family might not have been on the line this time around, watching her friends be on the line was practically just as bad.
And now.. the town is normal again. And they're expected to go on like the usual.
So Ange tries to do just that - even if something threatens to fester below. ]
( a. come across ange - open to all! )
[ Maybe you're coming across one of the more quiet and empty parts of town, or maybe right outside town, where you may have found someone who set up a little shooting range - even if it's not much more than a single target standing there in an empty field or park.
The sight that might be more surprising - if you recognize the girl - is Ange standing there, holding a bow as she's staring at the target, looking rather focused. It's been a long, long time since she bothered to practice archery before giving up on it, so the sight of her doing it again is certainly new to most people. (And not inspired at all by a specific person being on her mind, what do you mean--) She pulls back the string before releasing the arrow. It flies at the target, and..
.. It only hits one of the outer rings.
The girl mutters something under her breath, her steps more like stomps as she heads over to the target to retrieve the arrow, pulling it out. As she turns around to go back to where she was standing a moment ago to perhaps go for a second attempt, she'll spot you right there. She frowns, speaking up with a: ]
What are you looking at?
[ Is she embarrassed? A little more touchy than the usual, considering she doesn't seem to be wearing her poker face or her usual emotionless tone when she spoke up like that? Who knows. ]
( b. ange comes across you - only for existing cr! )
[ For once, Ange doesn't totally isolate in the face of what happened during the event. It's almost as if she learned something, ssshh.
Which means that at some point during the days right after the town returns back to normal, you may find Ange reaching out to you if she knows you. She'll be at your door if she knows where you live, but if she doesn't, she may have sent you a text to come meet up with her at a cafe in town.
Either way, regardless of whether you're greeting her at your doorstep or in the cafe, the girl scowls and immediately starts with: ]
Everything that happens in this place is such bullshit.
[ Okay, hi, hello to you too, Ange-- ]
( ooc: feel free to hit me up with either brackets or prose, i will match! or if you'd like to wildcard this or ask for a custom starter, feel free to let me know too, i'm very flexible! )
Where: All over Aldrip.
What: Ange is dealing with the aftermath of the Gnosia event-- and worse so than she's pretending to be.
Warnings: A chance of talk of mental illness (mostly depression, mixed in with some complex abandonment trauma) and death (in regards to the recent event).
[ It's not like Ange hasn't dealt with anything in this place, really. She's been here for over a year now, and there have been plenty of things before that really shook her to the core - especially that dumb maze from a long while ago now, and everything that had appeared in it. But the most recent event might have been the wildest thing yet. It was very reminiscent of the games back home, which sure didn't help. Even though her family might not have been on the line this time around, watching her friends be on the line was practically just as bad.
And now.. the town is normal again. And they're expected to go on like the usual.
So Ange tries to do just that - even if something threatens to fester below. ]
( a. come across ange - open to all! )
[ Maybe you're coming across one of the more quiet and empty parts of town, or maybe right outside town, where you may have found someone who set up a little shooting range - even if it's not much more than a single target standing there in an empty field or park.
The sight that might be more surprising - if you recognize the girl - is Ange standing there, holding a bow as she's staring at the target, looking rather focused. It's been a long, long time since she bothered to practice archery before giving up on it, so the sight of her doing it again is certainly new to most people. (And not inspired at all by a specific person being on her mind, what do you mean--) She pulls back the string before releasing the arrow. It flies at the target, and..
.. It only hits one of the outer rings.
The girl mutters something under her breath, her steps more like stomps as she heads over to the target to retrieve the arrow, pulling it out. As she turns around to go back to where she was standing a moment ago to perhaps go for a second attempt, she'll spot you right there. She frowns, speaking up with a: ]
What are you looking at?
[ Is she embarrassed? A little more touchy than the usual, considering she doesn't seem to be wearing her poker face or her usual emotionless tone when she spoke up like that? Who knows. ]
( b. ange comes across you - only for existing cr! )
[ For once, Ange doesn't totally isolate in the face of what happened during the event. It's almost as if she learned something, ssshh.
Which means that at some point during the days right after the town returns back to normal, you may find Ange reaching out to you if she knows you. She'll be at your door if she knows where you live, but if she doesn't, she may have sent you a text to come meet up with her at a cafe in town.
Either way, regardless of whether you're greeting her at your doorstep or in the cafe, the girl scowls and immediately starts with: ]
Everything that happens in this place is such bullshit.
[ Okay, hi, hello to you too, Ange-- ]
( ooc: feel free to hit me up with either brackets or prose, i will match! or if you'd like to wildcard this or ask for a custom starter, feel free to let me know too, i'm very flexible! )
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After all, isn't this the exact thing she told the other girl the last time? She really can't understand Jinx. Nothing about her makes sense to Ange - a girl who tries to rely so heavily on logic and reasoning, making Jinx's emotions jumping all over the place a total puzzle. Being so mad at her one moment, then being this casual again the next.. How is she supposed to interpret that? Ange's brain sure is making an effort in this moment, but it's not getting very far.
So her initial response is just a slightly flat: ]
Great.
[ Not like this information really helps her, after all. ]
Then why hang around someone you're even just kind of annoyed at? Usually people would go out of their way to avoid having to deal with people they feel that way about.
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[ she says so casually as she drops her arms back down to her sides, her head cocking to one side with a wide smile prancing over her face. ]
Because that's what I normally do when people annoy me or... make me feel the kind of funny that I don't like. I hurt them, or kill them.
[ humming, jinx pivots on her heel and advances her way towards the target, taking a braid to swirl around like it's her personal cane. all the while, speaking louder now, since she is creating a bigger distance between them. ]
But! — That's a little pointless when everyone can just come back from the dead! And I DO walk away when I'm bugged enough, but this place is oooonnlly so big. We'd run into each other eventually, even when I don't want us to...!
[ she halts halfway between the target and where ange stands, turning to face the other again, but now grabbing a hold of her other braid too to also twirl around. helicopter braids!! ]
So what's a girl to do, huh?!
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[ It's not necessarily Ange saying that's what Jinx should do. It's just a dry suggestion in response to what the other girl is saying. Because-- sure, it is very hard to avoid people you don't like in this place, but it's not like it's impossible. There are people here Ange definitely goes out of her way to never interact with for that very reason.
But surely even Jinx knows that. She's not stupid. And Ange also feels like Jinx would have killed her if she was angry enough at her, regardless of whether she'd come back or not.
So what is going on here? It's all so weird. ]
Do you want my attention that badly? [ She lowers the bow to her side. ] Is that it?
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[ she says plainly, while dropping both of her braids to let them plummet and swing on their own. her tongue rolls behind her lips as she contemplates with herself on whether she should answer the question or not. because it's a question, well, a similar question she had answered before, and that response hadn't changed from the last time she said it. but maybe ange needs another reminder. ]
I've told you. — I want you to be one of my mine. But you just make it soooo tricky. Don't see what the big deal is! It's not like you're the only one in my group.
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.. but that would be if the situation was any less serious. And given the way Jinx reacted last time around, Ange does feel like this is at least somewhat serious. At least enough so for her to not go for the joke.
So rather than being at the ready with a quick reply like always, there's a slight pause on Ange's end, like she is thinking of what to say here. ]
Have you thought about why I reacted the way I did before? Do you even have a guess?
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[ again, being straight forward as she throws her arms over her head to pull any tight muscles from her back. ]
Aaaaaand I'm guessing when I say "mine", you're taking it as a sexual way when it's SOOO not that.
[ jinx casually trots closer once more as she swings her arms in an overly dramatic sense just to be...well, silly. ]
When I say, "mine", it's like you're my friend, my people, my important person! Now, if you "belong to me", that's completely different. That's a step-up.
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[ Her tone is relatively calm enough that it seems like Ange is at least not really taking offense at being called weird.
.. it's mostly true, anyway.
But she does figure she has to spell this out a little bit more for Jinx, or else the other is never going to know. It seems like their ways of thinking are just way too far apart for Jinx to be able to guess the true reason. ]
It's just that I've learned that people never approach you in that sort of way unless they want something from you. Unless they want to use you and then throw you away later.