CATCHALL: Anise

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wknd 0, sunday

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[ on the observation deck today, there is one (1) boy and a friend sitting out of the way and facing the large glass walls looking out toward the stars. the boy has the multitool in his hand and seems to be assessing the robot's joints, but the robot is the one who notices that they have company and lifts a hand in a wave. hello! ]

Not that arm. [ he scolds the robot for a moment because hello? dude? he's trying to check for damages, but he looks up in that direction and spots anise. oh. that is a child. huh.

he doesn't, like, verbally say hello or anything but he does pause long enough to give her an acknowledging nod. maybe she's just here to vibe on her own? he can respect that. ]

[sexyasmieu]

[ She waves back to the robot! ]

Ehe... We haven't met before, have we? I'm Anise! [ She comes over to meet Shoma. ] You're Shoma, right?

w0 sunday

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[ in the mess hall today, shoma is sitting by himself. he seems to be reviewing notes on his iris, scrolling through things, but he eventually notices he isn't alone and glances up at anise. ]

...hey.

[sexyasmieu]

Hey!

[ she'll come on over and sit across from him, even though he didn't invite her to. ]

What are you doing? [ on the iris... ]

w1 wednesday

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[ honest to god the party was a lot. knowing that everyone was truly freeballing with cursing each other was, admittedly, pretty funny, but at the same time keeping track was a little exhausting.

he probably left the party a little sooner than most of the crew, but he's not at all in the mood to retire for the night. it's for this reason he's wandering the halls still in his party clothes, roboji wheeling along behind him and heading toward the new gate.

but apparently he's less alone than anticipated now. how long has he been wandering? who knows. ]

Did I miss anything else? The last I saw was a sheep, I think.

[sexyasmieu]

I think you caught all the important stuff, then! Probably. I left a little early, too.

Week 1, Sunday

[sexyasmieu]

[ wow. everything is bad!

wherever shoma's hanging out, anise will come over to hang out with him. hi. ]

Um... I guess we're starting to see some of those "patterns," huh...

[solesuccess]

[ everything sucks! anyway he's probably in the lounge so he will look up and wave slightly when anise comes to join him. ]

Looks that way. They're not looking that great either. [ man. ] ...you holding up okay?

w2 wednesday

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[ back on the ship, shoma is still busy shivering because he never got his coat back from baby throné but he probably has his vest? so he's walking around to get warmed up when he falls into step with anise. ]

...ready for takeoff tomorrow?

[sexyasmieu]

Ohh, that's right! That's tomorrow...

[ uggggh, our regularly-scheduled horrors ]

I guess I'm as ready as can be... What about you, Shoma?

w2 friday

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[ WELL. wherever they are, shoma's just sort of slowly walking through the ship, seemingly taking note of the areas that are on lockdown and progressively frowning as he goes. this is likely how he comes across anise.

for flavortext, he has a few bandages over the worst of his injuries that are no longer bleeding, and he also has what looks like a prosthetic arm which he lifts in a wave. ]

So. This just got worse, didn't it.

[sexyasmieu]

[ anise sees shoma and jogs over to catch up with him. she's not-so-subtly looking over his injuries, or what's visible of them, since she didn't catch him yesterday. ]

Yeah... just when we thought we knew what to expect.

w2 sunday

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[ meanwhile, after that fucking disaster of an execution... ]

Anise. [ he's just catching up to her, but he frowns a little in concern. ] ...how're you holding up after all of that?

[sexyasmieu]

[ she's staring at some display on the ship, her back turned.

and at the sound of her name, she wipes her face with her sleeve, and turns around to face shoma with a smile. ]

I'm okay.

What about you, Shoma? That was kind of intense, huh?

Week 3, Monday

[sexyasmieu]

[ hello shoma! no time for writing a real starter, it's void time!

and he may see a memory of anise befriending a weirdass fontech guy while dealing with the oracle knight mean girls. (i'm sorry it's imgur) ]

[solesuccess]

[ WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH NOOOOOOOOOOOO SHE'S SO CUUUUUUUUUUTE also i never got far enough into abyss to realize dist is such a fucking weirdo.

anyway! wowee the thing about it is that this. really. resonates a lot for a lot of reasons he wish it didn't. we are in a void and a rift and a memory just happened, and now he's watching her closely as he scrunches his eyebrows together. ]

...you had a lot to prove back then, didn't you? Did things get any easier after that?

Week 3, Friday

[sexyasmieu]

[ On Friday, Anise can be found at the food court, poking at a plate of stir-fried vegetables with a pair of chopsticks, seemingly spending more time pushing food around the plate than actually eating any of it.

The good news is, her hair is cute today! The bad news is, everything sucks! She seems a little out of it, and doesn't notice right away when someone comes near. ]

[solesuccess]

[ precious girl :( but anyway yeah...yeah. this isn't that surprising of a reaction, but he does come over and sits across from her. ]

...Fridays are always a little brutal, huh?

w3 saturday

[solesuccess]

[ meanwhile, once trial's over he does actually go to find anise where she is and approach. ]

...feeling okay about today?

[sexyasmieu]

[ she's sitting around, in a change of clothes, looking kind of tired and irritated. ]

After Nodd's stupid stunt, and failing to solve one of them? Of course not!

[ ... she's okay enough to complain, at least. ]

w4 friday

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[ later on friday, while he's wandering around and trying to deal with the fact it's another two bodies, he finds his path crossing with anise's and he wanders over to join her. ]

So...here we go again. [ happy friday. ]

[sexyasmieu]

Yeah... looks like it's going to be another bad weekend.

w4 saturday

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bats534

you holding up okay?

[sexyasmieu]

Yeah
I'm fine! ♥
I hope I didn't worry you!

w5 monday

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[ he's not religious, really. and the last "cathedral" he was in...uh. let's just say there were definitely problems with it and leave it at that. but shoma's always worked under the belief he should check out all new locations at least once to get a sense of the area.

this is why he enters the church today, greasy rust leaking from the crevices of the metal casing around his arm and a larger swatch at his shoulder. he doesn't seem too bothered by that, but his movements are still slow and his posture's a little stiff.

he does try to ease up upon seeing someone else though. ]

...maybe we should've expected something like this sooner or later.

[sexyasmieu]

I was wondering if we were going to get one! It's not really what I'd consider a typical church? But I guess it's good enough, considering where we are!

[ anise is going on ahead to the podium to check out the offering basket and book! ]

w5 thursday

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[ i cannot believe this cyoa was two of his favorite people and also his favorite npc he's going to shit a brick.

that is to say, he's probably skulking around the medbay anyway, so when they're alone he does turn his focus on her. he also has a cup of water with a straw in it that he'll offer her if she wants it. ]

...just another terrible Thursday, huh? [ easy to start with just to get a sense where her head's at. ]

[sexyasmieu]

[ she's cleaned up and had some time in a pod, but she looks pretty out of it. it takes a few moments to realize she's being spoken to. ]

Huh? Oh, yeah. Um... [ processing what he actually asked. ]

Yeah. [ she takes the water. ]

w5 saturday

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[ where the hell is anise. he's going to try and track her down around the ship until he finds her. ]

...kind of another crazy ending, huh. [ just a gauge of her mood, first. ]

[sexyasmieu]

[ she's back at the church after it's been cleaned up. she looks pretty bummed. tokunaga is here with her, also looking pretty sad with its head all bandaged up. ]

Yeah...

I guess there wasn't going to be any good ending to that, but...

[ this sucks. ]

Week 6, Thursday

[sexyasmieu]

[ coming to see shoma! and returning the favor from before by bringing a cup of water. maybe this one won't get thrown. ]

Were you able to get treated...? How are your injuries?

[ looking him over... how's he look. how's his eye. ]

[solesuccess]

[ hi anise, welcome. we are in the medbay and he is out of the pod! there's minimal healing, enough that he's not bleeding and the chest wound is closed, and his burns and bruises are healed to a minimal degree. the area around his eye is healed the most, but it's currently shut and still missing. he's probably going to have to pod himself again later, but that's later.

at least the cup of water won't be thrown because that requires more energy than he wants to expend at the moment. ]

Seem to be healing okay...I'm more concerned about the other three. The open wounds were pretty bad by the time we left.

w7 monday

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[ he's standing near the exit of the eudora and his vibes are just deeply unamused for a moment. ]

Am I the only one who thinks it's really unfair that we finally get a beach but it's on a planet that might've turned our ship into a monster?

[sexyasmieu]

[ she was gazing out with apprehension, but at that, she looks over like !! ]

Hey, yeah!! That totally sucks! Now it's just kind of annoying that it looks so pretty!!

Week 7, Saturday

[sexyasmieu]

[ After everything has resolved, Anise can be found in the church. She's standing at the front podium, staff held in hand, head bowed. It looks like she's offering a prayer.

... But whether you were planning on coming in or just poking your head in, it looks like you've caught her just as she finishes, because she suddenly lifts her head, whirls around, and gives a little start at seeing someone else here.

But then she smiles brightly. ]

Hey, Shoma! What brings you here? Oh! Were you hoping you'd get to see me?

[solesuccess]

[ well, good to see her spirits are lifted a little. so he grins back. ]

Yup. Figured if you were gonna be anywhere this would be one of the first places I should look. Call it a lucky guess. [ ... ] Expressing gratitude for today's results?

[ is that what prayers are. ]