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[slobjection]

give me a shitpost dana

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week 5, friday

[slobjection]

[ phoenix is already in the garden, aways away.... but he spots lili, and slowly makes his way over. looks like he's got the start of a bouquet in his hands? huh, he took the lessons seriously. ]

Hey, Lili. How are you holding up?

[coastal]

[phoenix is good - but lili's in the gazebo. she looks like she's gazing at something on the ground but the closer he looks, the more he'll find his answer. her eyes are red, tear tracks around the edges of her face that she didn't manage to wipe away. the bandages on her legs have splotches of blood from reopened injuries and she looks.

so, so tired.]

....

I'll have a better answer for you tomorrow.

[slobjection]

Fair enough. I've got some painkillers, if you want them.

[ since she's probably had her wounds fussed over by much more medically capable people than him. ]

And....

Been working on this flower arrangement. [ it's mostly bluebells and lilies. there's a sunflower in there because he's a useless man ] For you.

And something matching for Dimitri. What do you think?

[coastal]

Oh, painkillers sound good.

[lili,,

though she

looks surprised when when there's a flower arrangement and she notices it. when he says it's for her.]

..... it's - lovely.

[ . . . . . so much so that she sounds a little awed, and - disbelieving. it's for her? why?]

.... I don't - think I deserve that.

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Happy to provide.

[ that's basically the one useful thing he can do ]

[ the arrangement is kind of hastily thrown together, but she can probably tell that he tried. ]

I think you do. And I am very old and wise, as you know.

[coastal]

[ . . . . . she shakes her head at that and - falters worse. it seems like this day is finally getting her to show some emotion as tears line her eyes]

... Zenitsu is - the only other person who would give me things here unprompted, you know.

[ . . . . ]

And I... wasn't able to solve what happened to him either.

[slobjection]

[ yeah, it's not like phoenix solved zenitsu's murder either, but. ]

Think it's a tall order to collect all the evidence, find the bodies, and solve four murders in nine hours, don't you? Especially when you're being targeted left and right, just for doing your best.

And you're working hard to save him, and Dimitri, and everyone. So soon enough, you'll be able to see them both again. I think that counts a lot.

[ also i forgot to mention he has a lot of extra clothing on like a weirdo ]

[coastal]

[ . . . . . . ]

We're going to save all of them - that's not going to change. The end of what we need to do... that's always been the case.

[and she will cling onto that so desperately, so certainly.]

.... but I....

I don't do that much - not near as much as people say. I don't know why... people keep thinking...

[slobjection]

Of course.

[ he sounds, if nothing else, entirely confident. ]

I think you do a lot more than you realize, Lili. The strength of your passion, and your heart... it's become like a guiding light to people here. You try to herd these loose cats, you risk yourself for the greater good.... all of that counts, you know.