lili.

[nonbelligerent]

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[coastal]

... I hate this place.

[and her hands clench into fists at that]

I hate their stupid rules that they don't share until they're uncovered the most difficult way. I hate how they punish good people. I hate having to just sit here and watch it happen...!!

[nonbelligerent]

It is frustrating.

Is that why you voted for Lune?

[coastal]

.... I thought to vote for Sol.

[but then he called himself a monster and even lili couldn't do that]

Maybe it doesn't matter, because I didn't tell anyone. It wouldn't have been in the majority anyway.

But to vote for someone who was used... who might've only done what she did because she was brought here, who only suffered because of this situation - I couldn't accept that either.

[lili's morality is why she'll die early]

[nonbelligerent]

[...]

You truly are kind, Lili.

[coastal]

That's not true.

[she doesn't even say that as a tsun thing this time, but as a genuine refutation]

And more than that, it doesn't matter how kind I am when I can't do anything.

[nonbelligerent]

And that's why many people choose to forsake their empathy instead.

But I get the feeling you don't intend to give up.

[coastal]

... I can't. I won't allow this place to break me.

[unfortunate.

but also.]

... but I can't do the same next week. It's a small act of rebellion and... if I'm removed from the game, it puts Kaoru at risk.

[nonbelligerent]

Perhaps that is the real reason we are tied to one another.

[coastal]

... I'd tie him to someone else if I could.

[if it'd keep him safe but.

she can't.]

[nonbelligerent]

Even if you could, it would only encourage others to do the same.

[coastal]

[ . . . ]

So what am I supposed to do?

Wait? Frustrated?

[nonbelligerent]

What do you feel like you should be doing?

[coastal]

Planning. Escaping. Helping - anything.

[and yet here she is, dazed and lost and not sure where to start]

[nonbelligerent]

[...]

Did you come here to practice your weaponry?

[coastal]

That was my intention...

[not that she's carried it out yet]

[nonbelligerent]

I'll spar with you, then. You'll learn better against an opponent, right?

[coastal]

[ . . . ]

Then go attend to the other people you're worried about first.

I'll wait.

[she doesn't like when shess offers to spend time with her out of the blue, it's weird. she knows he's busy, damn]

[nonbelligerent]

Don't worry, I already prioritized accordingly. You're not taking up anyone else's time.

[coastal]

... did you already know what I was going to say.....

[nonbelligerent]

Nothing so intelligent. I simply had confidence in you.

[coastal]

I don't think I like what that means either.

[it sounds EMBARRASSING]

[nonbelligerent]

You're very hard to please.

[coastal]

I've been told that.

[ . . . ]

Then if you really have nothing better to do, that's fine.

How well can you fight anyway...?

[nonbelligerent]

Should I feel offended that you think I survived all these years on sheer luck?

[coastal]

I don't like to think of you in danger in general.

[she's still mad about that TOO

just ADD TO THE LIST OF THINGS SHE'S MAD ABOUT, SHESS]