aoi catchall

[fergalicious]

i, like everyone else, am scared

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[gamerbrain]

... Aoi thinks so.

[fergalicious]

[ ... Hm. Medb isn't great at comforting anyone. She never has been, but she reaches over to pat Aoi on the head. ]

Do you want to hide away, or do you want to find out what happened?

[gamerbrain]

Aoi wants to find out what happened.

But... Aoi doesn't know what to do after that.

[fergalicious]

Talk to that person who did it. That's what most people would do.

But first... if you notice anything different or strange today, you should tell people today or tomorrow. It'll help you find out what happened.

[gamerbrain]

Then we have to find out who it was...? But we're bad at that.

[ hrmm. ]

It smelled like smoke in the tea room. Vlad said it smelled like chocolate too, but Aoi didn't smell that. Just smoke.

[fergalicious]

[ Medb almost laughs at that honesty. She smiles instead. ]

Well, we don't have to, but it'll help you find out what happened.

[ And Aoi said that's what she wanted to do. Sometimes, 1 + 1 = 2, if you can find both number 1s anyway. ]

Something may have burned.

[gamerbrain]

But nothing looked burned...

[fergalicious]

It could tomorrow.

[ She shrugs a little. ]

We won't know until then. You can do your best to tell others to look for something that'd cause smoke, or you can look for it yourself.

[ It's up to Aoi how useful she wants to be. ]

[gamerbrain]

Got it. Aoi will share this plot info with everyone else tomorrow.

[fergalicious]

[ She pats Aoi's head again. ]

That's a good Aoi. Anything else?

[gamerbrain]

... What... Do people do when they're sad?

[fergalicious]

[



She supposes she should've expected this. This isn't a question that should be asked of Medb, though. ]

Is it hitting how different this is from your game? People cry. People yell. People grieve and do stupid things. They gorge on things. They try to distract themselves. They wallow.

They do nothing and suffer.

[gamerbrain]

That's too many things...

[fergalicious]

[ ... ]

You can pick one or none.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi doesn't know which one is best.

[fergalicious]

[ If Medb were a better person, she would say any of them is fine, as long as it feels like it helps. But because she's not, all she says is: ]

Pick whatever. If you don't know, it doesn't matter where you start.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi... Will try to distract herself.

[fergalicious]

Do you know what you want to do for that?

[gamerbrain]

[ she shakes her head... ]

[fergalicious]

[ ... ]

Find something you like to do with someone else.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi liked... Taking pictures with Kaz.

[fergalicious]

[ ... Oh, boy.

Medb is not the right person for this, but this is Aoi's dialogue choice. ]

What else?

[gamerbrain]

Aoi likes... Sitting in the common room and seeing everyone talk to each other?

[fergalicious]

[ ... ]

Sure. Why not? Find someone to sit with you or something.

[gamerbrain]

[ she stares at medb? ]