week two | mingle

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Welcome to week two, Teens Who Are Definitely Searching for Love!

Hopefully everyone got a lot of rest over the weekend, and are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for the upcoming week, because there are a few things of interest this week.

But first, some changes of note in the house!

First: there is a giant rectangular box on the living room table, addressed to Lessing. It is a care package. The only thing in it is his sword.

There is some Bauernbrot bread on the counter. Ask Lessing about that too.

There is now a hot tub near the pool. It’s large enough to seat about six teens comfortably, but you can get more in there if you really try for some reason.

Okay I think that’s everything. Additionally, Tsukasa is here early this week! He’s looking pretty perky, seemingly recovered from the Match Ceremony, and he’s got some interesting info to share with everyone.

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[gravkitty]

[(Oh... his hands!)

Kat glances down at Mark's hands grasping hers, earnest and warm and reassuring. It takes her off guard a little bit, having someone reach for her in so forward and honest a way. She gives them a squeeze, holding them up so their fingers can pass through each other.]

I think we should! If anything, it's a chance to know each other better, right? There are a lot of blanks in my memory, but... maybe this will help uncover something!

[Given the events of the ceremony and the weekend... it will probably end up being postponed at least until the next week. Hey, at least it will be somewhere to start once everyone's managed to regroup?]

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[ His smile softens as she squeezes his hands, laces their fingers together. Just to get a warm reception, to be made to feel warm in turn... It's nice.

Although it fades a bit at the mention of blanks in her memory. That seems... concerning? ]

Blanks in your memory? I— [ Mark cuts himself off, unsure how much he should broach this. Kat did bring it up herself, but then she moved on so quick, so...

He gives her hands a little squeeze back. ]

If I can help then I'll be really happy to.

[ Even if it's postponed to the next week... They'll have even more to consider then! ]

[gravkitty]

[They probably went into the weekend with such optimism, such joy...]

Oh, yeah, sorry. I keep losing track of who knows... [That seems to have held her back a little bit, insofar as building relationships might have gone. Maybe there's something about her past that would make the game easier... but she doesn't want to think about that right now; wouldn't it be better to get to know people who like Kat for herself as she is now?]

I kinda... don't remember anything about my past? [She smiles halfway, semi-embarrassed, with a tiny cracked smile.]

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[ Losing track of who knows... Only Ritsuka knows about him, and he hadn't been planning on telling anyone. He doesn't envy Kat there; he does envy that she's in a position to apparently tell people secrets, though.

And use her powers openly. That too. ]

... Oh. [ Well, that's as clear an answer as any. Mark blinks, but then matches her smile. ] That seems kinda intense, to not remember anything. But I mean, you're still so nice, so as long as you're doing alright... who knows, maybe we will uncover something?

[ Gotta think positive! Especially for someone as sweet as Kat. ]

[gravkitty]

[The truth is, it's not even really a secret. Most people in Hekseville don't really care about Kat's past, where she comes from, or where she goes when she's finished talking with them. The people she loves all know and understand, but what else can they do? There's so little to go on - just Dusty, just an apple, just a few strange feelings.

In some ways, it's freeing. In others, it's unbearably lonely.]

Dorothea said something similar... well, if something comes along, that's fine! I'll take any clue I can get.

[What does it sound like when someone wants to know but also isn't sure that they do? Well, it probably sounds a bit like Kat does right now.]

[titlecard]

If Dorothea said it, then it's probably true. [ Nevermind little old him... ] I mean, that's really all you can do, right? Just... roll with the punches, kind of?

[ He can hear the uncertainty in Kat's tone, and kind of envies that a little, too, however unfair it is of him. There are some things he's learned recently he'd love to not know, so he gets it. Wanting to fill that gap, but at the same time, maybe it's better off not knowing something.

It isn't his place to tell her that, though. So, ] We'll have to see what comes up. And if nothing does... we can work with that too.