[ belph & jae-ha don't have a problem ]

[alttitude]

SOMETHING WILL GO HERE LATER

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week 1, sunday

[alttitude]

[Jae-ha finds Belph after the execution - and he can't help but press without hesitating this time:]

And so?

What do you think of all that happened?

[axilium]

[... jae-ha...

belph looks up at him, a tad blearily.]

Hitting me with the questions already, huh?

[alttitude]

[Jae-ha's expression relaxes then, if only because - ]

Each time we reach for a bottle, we get sidetracked.

We can still do that later, if you'd like.

[axilium]

What? Someone's certainly focused today.

[alttitude]

[He laughs, and there is no sincerity in it.]

I'm getting rather tired of being distracted.

[axilium]

... Then let me ask: what do you think of all that happened?

[alttitude]

Are you so afraid of giving your own opinion first that you'll turn my question back at me?

I think it's a cruel, twisted, vile game that we've now had to send two young women to their deaths in just as many weeks, not counting the other number who are dead or suffering.

[axilium]

I'm a cautious guy, what can I say?

[...]

I can't say I feel any differently. I wouldn't be surprised if a few of us start going insane by the end of next week, if this keeps up.

[alttitude]

And what is the reason for your caution? Don't think anyone would like anything that you have to say?

week 2, wednesday

[alttitude]

[It's with a thoughtful hum that Jae-ha deposits this flower crown on Belph's head.

He tilts his head.]

Your color scheme is a little harder to work with - but this one seemed rather classic. Maybe you can fool people into thinking you're an innocent flower with it.

[axilium]

[yeah sorry for his brown colour scheme

he blinks, a hand instinctively reaching up to touch the crown, before he smiles, lopsided.]

Are you insinuating that I'm not innocent?

[he's one of like fucking four people who can approach a unicorn, okok]

[alttitude]

[STILL CAN'T BELIEVE BELPH CAN BE WITH THE UNICORNS]

No one who can drink as much as you can ever claim innocence.

[axilium]

[it's what happens when you're not a dirty sinner and you've probably been in love with the one girl for years ig]

I'm not sure if I see the correlation, Jae-ha.

[alttitude]

Booze makes for bad decisions!

[CONFIDENTLY]

It's wonderful!

[NO]

[axilium]

[a beat.]

I completely agree!

[they're doing well]

[alttitude]

[this is terrible]

Hence why it's amazing - you can still hang out with the horned horses!! They chose you!

[they probably don't actually

have unicorns in fantasy korea]

[axilium]

... You mean unicorns, Jae-ha.

week 3, sunday

[alttitude]

[Two weeks in a row of Jae-ha being visibly disturbed from the execution. There's the obvious flashes of emotion on his face - the surprise, the anger, the disgust - and then he removes himself before he can share anything more than that. There are people who certainly need his attention more than he needs to break down -

But he'll run into Belph anyway, and his expression smoothes out from the displeasure he'd been feeling earlier.]

... and how are you feeling, after all that?

[axilium]

[belph... well, as usual, his expression is a tad unreadable.]

... Well, maybe a little shitty.

[alttitude]

... just a maybe? I guess you came out of it better than the rest of us, at least. That's good.

[But regardless he's just going to sigh.]

Have you had anything to eat? Do you have the appetite at all?

[axilium]

... Do I have an appetite after watching three people die?

[alttitude]

[look it's probably been like an hour or two but that's still valid]

I don't expect you to feel like you want to eat.

But I've seen too many skipped meals this week.

[axilium]

... When did you become a mother hen, Jae-ha?

[alttitude]

[when 6 people died this week]

When apparently my smaller efforts to keep everyone comfortable weren't enough to keep my name out of a list of votes for execution.

I'm a bit too tired to pretend today.

[axilium]

Getting injured over murder night didn't paint a good picture, unfortunately.

So this is the true you, then?