Anemone From the Greek anemōnē, "daughter of thew ind." The Anemoi were four wind gods in Greek mythology. Protection against evil or ill wishes. Red: Death or forsaken love
[help. she actually looks a little amused by that assessment even if she doesn't entirely disagree. but also maybe other doors will show up? maybe a convenient exit will appear next.
she folds her hands behind her back, and she begins to walk ahead while bumping him forward with her shoulder. affection. come on, come on.]
I've been here a few times already, but nobody else has come back to their homes. I think they might be empty. Buuut I could use a swordsman's help to check them out? Just in case. [no matter what this adventure is going to end with kanda in a clothing shop but first a detour.]
And yet it looks much better. [is she a little annoyed they had to stay in the town for a week like that when this island was here? more likely than you think.] Where do you think the people have gone then if it's abandoned?
Like they found a boat and sailed away. Maybe if we're lucky another boat will come back and the rest of us can try, too. [she says this but she's approaching one of the houses, already peering in through the front window.]
They don't look as worn down as everything in the town, at least.
[you know what, that's fair. but she still looks up when he disappears.]
—hey! [WAIT FOR HER, DON'T JUST GO IN. she's quickly following though and entering the little house where she pauses and just stands in the main room to look around.] ...it looks lived in.
[HE DOES WHAT HE WANTS but this time it's mostly because he doubts the cult would let them run into random people so easily, so it's probably fine. And lo, no one is here... he at least leaves the door open so she can come in too.
As she looks around the main room, he wanders over to one of the walls, peering at the photo there. Hm.]
[and lo, t'was empty. thanks for not shutting the door in her face, she guesses. she's checking out the cute furniture, flipping on one of the lamps just to see if there's electricity. when kanda mentions a cat though she kind of drifts over to where he is to look at the frame.]
...looks that way. Different than Izutsumi, too. [that is their current standing cat.] Think that's who used to live here? [she's already back to walking to go snoop.]
...usually that's a cue to explain a little more about it. [light. teasing. she does not ever really expect much from kanda, truthfully, but the topic came up and she's curious. lavi told her a bit about the order and akuma and what the hell's going on there, but nothing about where they're actually from.]
[They're either depressing or they're about zombies...]
Yes. [This probably isn't true but it's all. So incredibly basic. Ordering food at a restaurant levels of basic.] If you want to talk to someone, talk to that idiot Rabbit.
What makes you think I'm not doing both? I talk to Lavi enough. [that. she's assuming that's who he means. also she can only talk to lavi so much before she has to kind of go "no we are a little too similar let me pause and come back."]
Because whether you like it or not, we are all in the same situation with this cult and I'm not letting anyone slip through the cracks and potentially fall behind because they aren't so easy to work with. I get it. You assume you don't need us to work with you to get out of here, and we're all strangers. And maybe you're right. But I think it's important to at least know more about everyone here in case something else happens, like what happened last week with Aventurine and Boothill.
Then correct me if they're assumptions. [do it, scrub.] Maybe it wouldn't have saved them, but...I don't know. Maybe we would have understood what was happening sooner.
Even those four didn't know what was going on. There's no way you would have. [He's also bored of this house now so he's going to start wandering out, but at least it's affection week still, so he'll wait outside if she wants to keep looking.] There's no point in what-ifs. The goal is to get out of here without dying. Nothing else.
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she folds her hands behind her back, and she begins to walk ahead while bumping him forward with her shoulder. affection. come on, come on.]
I've been here a few times already, but nobody else has come back to their homes. I think they might be empty. Buuut I could use a swordsman's help to check them out? Just in case. [no matter what this adventure is going to end with kanda in a clothing shop but first a detour.]
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He tolerates the bumps with, perhaps, shocking patience, walking along with her.]
People are good at hiding, but it's probably abandoned like the town is.
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And yet it looks much better. [is she a little annoyed they had to stay in the town for a week like that when this island was here? more likely than you think.] Where do you think the people have gone then if it's abandoned?
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No idea. [He mostly just said that because he's seen a lot of abandoned towns...] Over the water, maybe.
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Like they found a boat and sailed away. Maybe if we're lucky another boat will come back and the rest of us can try, too. [she says this but she's approaching one of the houses, already peering in through the front window.]
They don't look as worn down as everything in the town, at least.
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Anyway he opens the front door and walks right into the house without knocking]
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—hey! [WAIT FOR HER, DON'T JUST GO IN. she's quickly following though and entering the little house where she pauses and just stands in the main room to look around.] ...it looks lived in.
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As she looks around the main room, he wanders over to one of the walls, peering at the photo there. Hm.]
Is this a standing cat?
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...looks that way. Different than Izutsumi, too. [that is their current standing cat.] Think that's who used to live here? [she's already back to walking to go snoop.]
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Maybe. I've never seen animals like this. [But they also don't have Izutsumis or Karlachs either, so he accepts that this means nothing]
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You and Lavi are from a relatively normal world, aren't you? Besides the Akuma. [so she means "mostly full of humans and minimal monsters."]
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It's the only one I know. [So he doesn't know what to compare it to because he never asks anyone questions about their worlds...]
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...usually that's a cue to explain a little more about it. [light. teasing. she does not ever really expect much from kanda, truthfully, but the topic came up and she's curious. lavi told her a bit about the order and akuma and what the hell's going on there, but nothing about where they're actually from.]
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Kanda. I'm going to ask you a question. Have you ever had to talk to anyone outside of the Order...? [your social skills.]
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If I have to. But they have more important things to worry about.
[Usually he's only there because shit's wild and people are possibly dead. So.]
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Yes. [This probably isn't true but it's all. So incredibly basic. Ordering food at a restaurant levels of basic.] If you want to talk to someone, talk to that idiot Rabbit.
[Why talk to him when Lavi is right there!!]
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What makes you think I'm not doing both? I talk to Lavi enough. [that. she's assuming that's who he means. also she can only talk to lavi so much before she has to kind of go "no we are a little too similar let me pause and come back."]
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Then what do you want to talk to me for?!
[Aerith don't be like Lavi that's so concerning]
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Because whether you like it or not, we are all in the same situation with this cult and I'm not letting anyone slip through the cracks and potentially fall behind because they aren't so easy to work with. I get it. You assume you don't need us to work with you to get out of here, and we're all strangers. And maybe you're right. But I think it's important to at least know more about everyone here in case something else happens, like what happened last week with Aventurine and Boothill.
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Unfortunately he just looks unmoved by all this.]
You make a lot of assumptions. [He could explain that. But he doesn't.] Making friends with them wouldn't have saved them.
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damn...stone cold.]
Then correct me if they're assumptions. [do it, scrub.] Maybe it wouldn't have saved them, but...I don't know. Maybe we would have understood what was happening sooner.
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Even those four didn't know what was going on. There's no way you would have. [He's also bored of this house now so he's going to start wandering out, but at least it's affection week still, so he'll wait outside if she wants to keep looking.] There's no point in what-ifs. The goal is to get out of here without dying. Nothing else.
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Then..what do you think you're going to do to meet that goal? You really think it can be done by yourself?
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