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[outofoffice]

Who: Venti, Yuri, Saya, Lumine, and Kantera
What: A moment of respite
When: March 4th
Where: A house at the far edge of Blossomcrown
Warnings: Probably mentions of previous game trauma/violence


[ Venti has always been the type who wanders to the beat of his own drum, dipping in and out of people's lives as easily as the blowing wind. But Tokyo-F . . . changed things, somewhat.

Though his initial instinct had been to sleep under a tree and call it "home," an invitation to live with old friends put a halt to those plans. For starters, it would be protection from the unpredictable weather in the segments. For another, maybe he did get used to having a bed and a room to call "home," in no small part because of the teammates and friends who inhabited it with him. Now that solitary tree feels . . . lonely, in a way it didn't before.

And so here he is, standing at the threshold of a house full of people he loves and trusts, who asked him to stay . . . it makes him feel his age, but not in a bad way, for once. Nor does he feel that nagging urge to disappear into the wind.

Should he catch anyone watching him, the pensive expression dissolves into a smile. ]

Hehe, is this the part where we fight over bedrooms?

Comments

[happydreamed]

I am not a kind nor gentle enough person to take exception to causing pain to those who have earned it.

[at_heart]

Sure. But there's a difference between hurting someone and torturing them.

[happydreamed]

If I had the Producers at my mercy, do you think I wouldn't deliberately draw it out?

[at_heart]

Have you ever tortured someone to death before?

[happydreamed]

...No, I haven't.

[at_heart]

No bets, then, on what you'd actually do if you had them 'at your mercy'.

[ He hopes, for your sake, that you find you can't. ]

[happydreamed]

...I'll agree to that if you agree not to ask me to condemn you for what you did.

[at_heart]

[ Half a fleeting smile. ]

Every murder's a murder. Even the ones in self-defense, even the ones to protect innocent people.

Some of them are — necessary. The best option. Better than doing nothing. But that's not really the same thing as being righteous.

[happydreamed]

I don't mean to call you righteous or saintly. But I don't think you're a bad person, either.

[at_heart]

[ Lipquirk. ]

I'm okay, I guess.

[ That's the best you're getting. ]

[happydreamed]

...That is something, at least.

[It's better than None self-esteem.]