[not again] catchall for belph

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w0, sunday arrival

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[I assume Belph is probably going to be looking for alcohol, even if he hasn't found any, so! Here they are in the kitchen. Flayn has gotten changed and is poking around in the pantry, looking for ingredients she recognizes. She's hungry and isn't much in the mood for food from the buffet.]

Hmm... there must be something...

[axilium]

[wow, that sure is fancy, flayn. belph's also gotten changed (gotta love futuristic fashion) and yeah he's absolutely looking for alcohol.]

Looking for something?

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[She straightens up and looks back at him. Ah, she recognizes him! This is fine.]

Yes, I was looking for something simple to cook. After our trip here, I am quite famished.

[axilium]

Oh, yeah. I guess all the missing knives made cooking hard on the bus.

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Yes, very. I hope the knives here do not go missing as well...

[Please!! They need to eat!!]

Are you also hungry?

w0, friday

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[Well, here's the director's office, with its shut doors. If Flayn is surprised to see Belph here, she doesn't show it.]

...they are not going to answer, are they.

[The words aren't spoken like a question.]

[axilium]

[as belph attempts to pick the locks if they exist and fails...]

Nope. What a surprise.

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How frustrating.

[ugh.]

...why did they bother with the pretense in the first place, if this was going to happen?

[axilium]

Your guess is as good as mine.

If we want to be charitable, maybe it wasn't their intention, but who knows? Refusing to show themselves isn't doing them any favours.

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Unless they are locked in, as many of us were - but our doors have unlocked, so you would think that theirs would have as well.

w1, thursday

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[she's had her wounds seen to (thank you dick) and she's supposed to be resting!




so of course, belph will catch her attempting to walk right on out of ant cabin. she's moving very carefully, but uh, yeah. shit like this is exactly why she keeps getting hurt! oh well.]

[axilium]

[






well then]

Someone's a rebellious patient.

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[urk]

Ah... Well, I do still need to eat, after all.

[axilium]

Right... Well, need a hand?

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[her instinct is to say no, but--

well, even she knows moving around in the kitchen will be tough.]

...if you would not mind.

w2, saturday

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[i don't know what you mean by not eating is going to catch up with him BUT... flayn will have been keeping an eye on where he went after the trial, so when it happens, she sees it.

and then reaches out to try and catch him by the arm, concerned.]

Belph...

[axilium]

[honestly it probably means that yeah his balance is getting unsteady at some point especially now that he has nothing to focus on, because wow is he light-headed.

he looks at flayn.]

What?

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[oof. yeah, she can recognize lightheadedness when she sees it.]

...when was the last time you ate?

[axilium]

Recently enough.

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Well, it is time for you to eat more recently than that.

[she's just gonna try and steer him toward the kitchen. this is a kidnapping now.]

w3, wednesday

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[it's memshare time!! flayn's been... kind of keeping to herself this week in an attempt to avoid dumping more memories on everyone else, but coming back from the whole wedding thing means there's a chance for her path to cross with belph's.

and almost immediately, when she meets his eyes - a memory starts. he'll only catch the voices, at first - her vision is blurred, and she tries to sit up from where she is on the ground, but finds she doesn't have the strength to move. her classmates suggest they carry her and the "other girl" up out of the catacombs, and they do.

upstairs, they check her over. she's conserving her strength and doesn't say much of anything, and she allows herself to be carried to the infirmary - but then, once they've left, she forces herself to her feet and leaves the infirmary, moving very determinedly down the halls to seteth's office. she lingers by the door, listening in on their conversation - until it reaches a point where she feels she has no choice but to butt in.

when the memory fades out, her hand is still raised to belph in a greeting, and the word slips out before she can stop herself:]

—hello.

[oh also pretend the professor is female byleth i just couldn't find a video of this scene with her. why do lpers keep playing as guyleth.]

[axilium]

[...

well, that was a lot and to be honest belph won't pretend to understand all the fantasy stuff, but.]

Wow, it's going to suck if you ever need a blood transfusion.

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...I should not ever need one.

[in lieu of a blood transfusion, a 500-year-long nap will do quite nicely.]

[axilium]

Good, because you'd probably be screwed. Try not to lose too much blood here, just in case.

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I can assure you that I have no intention of losing any more blood here than I already have.