week four | mingle

[marriagebroker]

Final week at the estate! Final week with your friends. Final week with your beaus. Time to make the most of it, everyone!

In fact, to celebrate this fact, today there is a cake. It's nothing special, just a nice little cake to enjoy with your morning coffee or throughout the day. Yay, cake!

And when Wei Wuxian arrives that morning, he is going to call out once again for everyone to join him, near the cake.

"Everyone, I have another announcement!"

Hell yeah, announcements.

Boom Boom Room | Dates | Property Damage
Truth Booth Voting | Match Ceremony Voting

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[irreversal]

[ With Poppy, she does find herself just... leaning into her embrace a little bit, as she heaves a sigh. ]

...Yeah. I... I did what I had to.

[fireball]

[ Is she the one supporting Shoko now... Okay, yeah, she'll do that. Gladly, so she'll hug her a little tighter. ]

I believe it. And, hey. You survived it, right? That makes you pretty strong.

[ Emotionally, not just magically. ]

[irreversal]

Ahaha. [ A mirthless little chuckle rumbles between them. ] It wasn't really something I had to survive. I'm just a medic, after all.

[ At some point, they might have been concerned with Sukuna targeting her knowing she was capable of healing, but he had a lot on his hands - all four of them - with the students and other sorcerers. ]

I get it, though. This has always been my own kind of strength. Not the kind of monstrous strength someone like Gojo had. But...

[ She presses her forehead into the curve of Poppy's shoulder. ]

...That asshole was still my friend. I could barely even think about the fact that he was gone before I...

[ Before she had to take the severed pieces of him and put him back together like a broken doll, stringing him together like a puppet to be used in his death. ]

[fireball]

[ She brings her hand up to run through Shoko's hair, stroking it. ]

I get it. My best friend's an asshole too. [ It's said softly, affectionately, for as much of this as she actually can get. Which is not a lot, but hey, at least there's always the strictly normal human level of connections and people one cares for. ] I'd still be sad if he died, let alone... anything else.

[ Everything that will remain beyond her. Poppy's quiet for a moment, thinking. ]

I mean... even medics have to survive stuff, right? I know there's a whole lot I don't know, but I thiiiink they're still pretty important. And PTSD is still a thing and all, so it's not like you've gotta sell yourself that short.

[irreversal]

[ Well... She's not wrong. Even on a normal day - as normal as a day could have possibly gotten in her world - Shoko still would have likely seen sights that would make any ordinary human squirm. It's easy to lose sight of that when she gets so deep in her work, but...

As always, Poppy gives her a different perspective.

She draws in a deep breath and winds her arms around Poppy, albeit taking care with her cigarette-holding hand. ]

...You're right. I feel like you'd get it if I say I'm tired of talking about that guy, too, huh...?

[ ... ]

Can I ask wich card was yours...?

[fireball]

[ Poppy laughs, both glad to hear that she's right and also in additional affirmation. Sometimes you just need to not let the assholes (fond) in your life dominate your attention, for once.

And then she's silent for a moment longer, just enjoying the closeness, for reasons that will soon become apparent. ]

... The first one. [ A little sigh. ] About the pandemic. And not... having anyone.

[ Which is, very obviously, not a concern at present moment. ]

[irreversal]

A pandemic...?

[ Shoko who is from 2018, ]

Did you have to quarantine? That sounds like a tough time, Poppy.

[fireball]

[ sweet Shoko... live your best life. ]

Yeah. And all my family was thousands of miles away and we all had to stay inside and it was just... It was tough.

[ She continues to nestle into Shoko. ]

I don't think I'm going to have to deal with that problem again, though.

[irreversal]

Nah, of course not. You have me now. Even if you get sick, you can just come to me and I'll make you better.

[ can her power actually do this. we'll never know. so i'm taking charge ]