pc: alex

[squirt]

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w0 ; monday

[squirt]

[ he's eyeing some of the swings at the park. ]

...Guess we really do get more places to go. [ the reapers have been pretty straight with them as far as info. ]

[camena]

[ alex is just immediately

hopping up to stand on one of the swings. whee! ]

You think we'll just keep getting more and more?

week 0: friday

[camena]

[ alex is loitering in the park, sitting on the swings. she offers haru a little nod when she spots him... hello do you want to Sulk together. to Brood, perhaps. ]

Hey...

[squirt]

[ it's teen brooding hours! he's, maybe understandably, very stiff as he approaches, but eventually plops his butt down on the other swing. ]

...Hey. [ he sounds exhausted, like he's run a few dozen laps. ] Is your team okay?

w0 ; sun

[squirt]

[ he's watching the blimps a while after execution is over, expression mildly sour, which probably means he's feeling Very Sour. ]

Wish we could get rid of these.

[camena]

Yeah, they're uh. A little unsettling now, huh?

week 1: monday

[camena]

[ i truly hate typing squirt into my search bar to pull up this post but okay. we are at the canal because i said so. ]

Do you know how to steer one of these things?

[squirt]

[ :)

helpfully: ]

No.

[ their gondola promptly bumps into the side of the canal ]

week 1: friday

[camena]

Sorry

[squirt]

[ many many hours later ]

help me tomorrow

w1 ; sat

[squirt]

[ he's out at the lake. it's a little macabre, but what can you do. he's chilling and sitting at the lakeside. ]

...Sorry. This must be a terrible place for you.

[camena]

[ no, she gets it. sometimes you cling to whatever's left. even if it's just a place. she comes over to sit down next to him. ]

I'm okay. Seems like it'd be worse for you.

w2 ; tues

[squirt]

[ he's over at the salon, not that it's safe here from any of the new rules. right now he's more distracted by the stuff in here, messing around with a tube of lipstick. ]

...Does that take uptake? [ wags lipstick in the general direction of her hair. ]

[camena]

[ yeah she's just here browsing products in general. hair dye, makeup, whatever. ]

Every now and then, but not like... All the time.

The color fades eventually, plus as your hair grows, your roots start to show, so that's when you've gotta deal with it. Some people mix a little hair dye into their conditioner to make it last longer before it needs a touch up.

week 2: saturday

[camena]

[ hello haru, have an extremely weary smile. we did it. the vibes are not very relieved, but like maybe a tiny bit. ]

Haven't lost our streak yet...

[squirt]

[ my god the way i missed this i'm sorry, returns to this hell weekend?? but yeah, he's not, like, in a great mood. but her relief is mirrored in its tiny form. as is the exhaustion, and also just—frustration, grief, all that good stuff that has time to rise again now that it's not just stress hours. ]

Yeah. [ yay.. they done it.... ] Wish I could be more like Amelia with the... justice stuff. But it's better than getting it wrong.

w3 ; tues

[squirt]

[ he's over at the vr room, flipping through settings and various locations. there's an island, a deeply incorrect depiction of sydney, australia, and then finally this. a lazy day in cool april weather by a pool, but it's filled with cherry blossoms too. ]

Oh. That's pretty accurate.

[camena]

[ huh! ]

Is it pulling from your, like, memories or something? ... It's pretty.

week 4: monday

[camena]

[ wherever haru is, alex will wander over to say hi! except. pig.

so he gets a memory. From 2:06:44 to 2:09:35! ]

[squirt]

[ except, pig!

this memory is rough, not even solely because of the disturbed supernatural elements—which are surprising because alex seems "normal," but also not surprising because this place is insane—but because of the very believable, grounded reality of someone drowning to death. no wonder she didn't want to talk about him.

he recovers from the memory with a fluttery blink, quiet for a moment. ]

You were right. [ he sighs out. ] Unbelievable prick.

week 4: thursday

[camena]

Are you okay????

[squirt]

yeah

it was just a carnival

week 4: saturday

[camena]

[ HELLO she is here, she is holding back angry tears, what's up. ]

I hate this.

[squirt]

[ OH NO ALEX???

he looks surprised, then slightly concerned. ]

...No. We knew this would happen. It's okay. [ sort of ]

w5 ; tues

[squirt]

[ the only options for him this week are hot springs and lake so they can be at the hot springs!

he's staying in his swimsuit for the sake of not causing problems. ]

...These are nice. [ just admiring the pools first. happey. ]

[camena]

[ yay hot springs. i suppose she also has a swimsuit on, but probably also has a towel wrapped around her out of habit more than for modesty? confidence week... is weird. anyway she is peering around... ]

I'd never been to a hot spring before.

w5 ; thurs

[squirt]

[ he's mostly sticking with texts today but considering how almost-dead alex looks, he'll go seek her out in person. ]

...Alex?

[camena]

[ she's hanging out outside the warehouses, all tended to. just getting some air. ]

Hey.

w6 ; tues

[squirt]

[ he's building a gingerbread house in the shape of a giant frog, though he's glancing at his phone, too. ]

[camena]

[ well, she'll wander over to look! ]

Cool froghouse.