harrow catchall

[wisterin]

never forget teeth are outside bones

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week(end) 0, saturday

[wisterin]

[ shinobu is standing with her forehead pressed against the revolving door.

she isn't really moving, but she's also too numb to smile. help. ]

[outsidebones]

I ...

[she's sort of staring at this, unsure if she should interfere.]

Are you alright?

week 0; monday

[outsidebones]

[i rolled 14, so harrow is in a hallway, starting to open a door into what will turn out to be the cursed mirror room.]

Another one...?

[wisterin]

Another one? Have you been trying many of the doors?

[ shinobu comes up behind harrow. ]

Is it better or worse than your last one?

week 0; friday

[wisterin]

[ Flayn is dead, and it is not the first time that Shinobu has experienced it, but that does not make it hurt any less.

She paces the hotel, her expression grave. ]

Harrowhark-san. Are you ready to go through it all again?

[outsidebones]

[she dips her head in greeting, expression serious.]

...I have been. But then, you knew Flayn better than I, did you not?

week 1; tuesday

[outsidebones]

[sometime tuesday, in the new area of the hotel, harrow will approach shinobu with a grimace expression.]

...Hello. May I ask a somewhat odd favor?

[wisterin]

[ well. that's always a good expression to ask a favor with. shinobu smiles in greeting. ]

Hello. May I ask what the favor is?

week 1; friday

[outsidebones]

[harrow can be found in the courtyard, sitting at one of the tables, chin in hand, looking a bit tired. she's back to her ordinary black clothes and bones.]

...I suppose there's little to do today, isn't there?

[wisterin]

[ shinobu smiles in greeting. ]

If I may?

[ sit with harrow, she means. ]

Other than find out if there's anything new or strange outside of the usual.... I did want to see if those who returned yesterday were faring better.

[ physically. ]

week 1; saturday

[wisterin]

[ it's just like friday, but things are worse. shinobu is at the courtyard, sitting a table with tea. there are a few stray flower petals by her teacup.

she smiles when she sees harrow. it's both tired and sad. ]

Did you want to do more for her?

[outsidebones]

[she will come over and join her when spoken to.]

...Yes. For self-centered reasons.

week 2; sunday

[outsidebones]

[harrow can be found in the library (see she likes it) sunday afternoon. when she sees shinobu, she nods her head to stop to talk.]

What do you think? Do we still have a shadow roaming about?

[wisterin]

[ shinobu has a book on modern medicine in her hand. she smiles in greeting. ]

I am choosing to be cautious and say yes. I'd prefer to expect two next week than to be surprised by two.

week 3; monday

[outsidebones]

[harrow hardly gets far on monday. she can stay in her room, but eventually even she will find the need to come out to eat. she goes to the restaurant and has breakfast and coffee brought to her. but before she can return to her room, she runs into shinobu.

and a memory will play. by the time it ends, harrow has put down her coffee, running her hands down her painted face, smearing the paint.]

[wisterin]

[ the memory is so intense that shinobu staggers until she leans against the wall, as she tries to catch her breath and separate herself from the pain of almost dying to the trauma of being forced to lose someone so important to you, in that particular way.

she understands going so far until your body breaks and breaks and breaks. she understands self-sacrifice, but that combination was brutal.

she takes a deep breath and raises a hand to wipe away from the teas she feels forming. ]

... That truly was cruel.

[ it's more of a quiet observation than anything else. ]

week 4, monday

[wisterin]

[ she holds out her hand out to harrow the very moment she sees her. ]

Would you like to take me to your favorite locations on the station?

[outsidebones]

[yes, fair. holding hands time.]

I'd be glad to. Do you want to see the planetarium?

week 4; friday

[outsidebones]

[she's stubbornly limping around, her face half bare with the paint avoiding the part of her face that's burned.]

Shinobu. How are you?

[wisterin]

[ shinobu will gesture with her right arm since her left is in a makeshift sling. ]

Harrowhark-san, please. Let's sit for both our sakes. I'm upset.

week 4; saturday

[outsidebones]

[well, she's in her room. if shinobu comes to find her, she'll come to the door. she's obviously been crying, but she's stopped for a bit.]

Shinobu.

[wisterin]

Harrowhark-san.

[ shinobu's smile is sad. ]

Will you accept a hug?

week 5; saturday

[outsidebones]

[well. she will try to look for shinobu, if she can.]

[wisterin]

[ she can! shinobu is sitting in a wisteria tree in the courtyard, looking like she's taking a break from crying. ]

week 6, thursday

[wisterin]

[ she is in her room! her leg is fractured, so she's trying not to move. her door is propped open for anyone to come in.

she has at least stopped crying. her staring at the wall is not blank, at least, but she does kind of look like she wants to be dead inside. ]

[outsidebones]

[she's come to bring some cup noodles. the flavorless kind.]

Shinobu. I wanted to...to see if you were alright.

week 7; friday

[outsidebones]

[she's in the lobby, probably, walking a little on edge, glancing at shadows behind her.]

...Hello. They're all gone, I think. But I believe it was on purpose.

[wisterin]

[ shinobu is composed but likewise a bit tense. ]

... I hope so. We usually can't reach them on Fridays, but after yesterday, I can't help but worry.

week 7, saturday

[wisterin]

[ they can't leave the general lobby area, wowee. despite that, shinobu looks satisfied enough. ]

It will have to be enough to hear the Nightman sound like that.

[ even if she wishes more could be done. ]

[outsidebones]

It never feels like enough, does it?

[we want to kill the nightman.]