[not again] catchall for stephanie

[fishingforcompliments]

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w2, friday

[fishingforcompliments]

[where's steph? i don't know. but flayn's looking for her so here we are!!]

Stephanie..?

[vigilantics]

[ she's literally just hiding behind some cabins. vibing.

but she turns to look at flayn when she approaches. ]

Hi.

[fishingforcompliments]

[i really don't know why i read "cabins" as "crates". fml.]

Hello...

[unfortunately, flayn isn't able to help herself - she reaches over and pats stephanie on the head.]

...ah, I am sorry - that is because of where I spent the night, I think.

[vigilantics]

[ britt......

she blinks in surprise. ]

... where did you stay?

[fishingforcompliments]

...

The petting zoo.

[everyone is getting pet now]

[vigilantics]

... well, at least it's appropriate.

[ if anyone should be pet right now, steph is a good choice ]

[fishingforcompliments]

[she is, it's true]

...is it all right if I stay with you for a little while? You do not have to talk if you do not wish to, but...

[obviously she's bothered by this if her reaction was to hide behind the cabins.]

[vigilantics]

It's fine. I don't mind company.

[ she does not think she is good company at the moment, but she does not mind. ]

[fishingforcompliments]

[she'll sit down next to steph then! she's here, buddy.]

[vigilantics]

[ thank you, flayn.

steph will be quiet for a little bit. ]

[fishingforcompliments]

[if they just end up sitting in silence, that's fine -

but if it seems like steph wants to talk, flayn will give her her full attention]

[vigilantics]

[ it's a little while until she says something. ]

Did you talk to him?

[fishingforcompliments]

["him"...]

To Hikage, you mean? [she nods] I did. He was kind to me.

[which was a huge surprise to me, britt]

[vigilantics]

Really?

[ I WISH STEPH WASN'T SURPRISED

BUT SHE IS ]

[fishingforcompliments]

Yes! He explained various phrases to me so that others would not laugh at me last week.

...and he led me away from the farmlands while I was gathering produce after spending the night there so that I would not reopen my injury.

[vigilantics]

... mm.

I'm glad. He probably liked you then.

[fishingforcompliments]

Perhaps. I know that I liked him - he reminded me a little of my brother.

[she searches Steph's face]

...I am very sorry for your loss, Stephanie.

[vigilantics]

... thank you.

I know that technically he'll still be around at wherever the heck the dead go here. But dying is still...

[fishingforcompliments]

It still hurts.

[both for the person who died, and for the people who were left behind.]

[vigilantics]

It still hurts.

[ she just repeats it, and doesn't say anything else right away. ]

Do you know Belph?

[fishingforcompliments]

We have spoken a few times. I tried to find him, too, but...

[he's better at hiding than steph is]

[vigilantics]

[ ... ]

If you can, try to check on him sometime. Maybe not today.

[fishingforcompliments]

[she nods]

I will. It shall not be so easy for him to escape me tomorrow.

[not when they're all starting off in the same place anyway]