SCAWWY 😱 nina

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These flowers have been symbolic of a hard won success, particularly in artistic endeavors. Giving an artist a bunch of amaryllis flowers is said to encourage both their creative muse and their achievements and strength in the arts. According to scientists, their leaves and bulb contain an alkaloid, a chemical known to exhibit antitumoral, antiviral, antiparasitic, and other healing properties.

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wk 3; friday

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[ there's veils in the academy, but alfyn is still here - in the library, eyes red and cheeks tearstained as he works his way through collecting as many books in a stack as he possibly can. he's not really doing much to look at them, to be honest, but is instead just going from shelf to shelf in an attempt to gather up a variety, while making sure to not leave behind any that might be part of a series.

he does have to stop at one point and just kind of. crouch down at a shelf, scrubbing fresh and bitter tears away. ]

Godsdamnit...

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[ ah. men crying... this is usually something she gets a kick out of... except now it's not hehe, it's sad and seeing alfyn collecting books just makes it hurt more. her lip wabbles as she comes over and sets a hand on his shoulder. ]

Need a hand?

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[ girl mood. a hiccup is her response, at first, before he looks up at her with a teary, wan smile. ]

... would kinda love for all this to be said and done, but I'll take a hand in the meantime.

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[ gives his shoulder a pat and returns that with a tired smile. ]

I hear ya there. [ she reaches down to one of the books he's collected and flips through it. ]

Gathering books for her? I can help with that, been in and out of here all week long.

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Yeah... yeah, we talked about maybe puttin' some in the theater.

[ with camille dead... well, it really is just him there. might as well make it a community space - might as well let her build a collection there.

nina's younger, so he makes himself suck in a breath and wipe away his tears. get yourself a little more together, greengrass, if only for others. ]

Gods, we can't even be relieved it was only two when they're people we care about every week.

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Make it feel a bit less abandoned, I like that. Let me know what I can do to help.

[ that is really sweet... and also she will always offer alfyn to stay at the barn, whenever he wants.

ALSO CRY MORE. DON'T ACT COOL IN FRONT OF HER RIGHT NOW. ]

It's the worst thing about this place... among other things. [ she reaches up and grabs a book off the shelf, adding it to the stack. ] And we know we're going to be losing at least one more person, after tomorrow. Though with our track record, it might be two.... [ their midtrials... ]

All we can do is focus and figure both cases out, which if we can solve three, two should be no problem. [ knocks on wooden bookshelf. ]

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How's your handwritin'? [ it's sort of a weak joke, but he's made no secret of how bad his is to anyone.

but he sniffles, slowly rolling up to his feet proper to rejoin her. he's not going to hide the fact that he's crying like a big baby, but what's it going to do right now? spending all day crying isn't going to grieve marina or tomi properly. ]

I really, really hope we can figure it out. I don't think... with Cam dyin' before last night, I don't think her death is gonna factor into tomorrow, and she might've consented to it in the first place with how tired she was. [ sucking in a slow, deep breath, before it escapes him in a rush. ]

Nevermind that I found out we didn't find all four of the monsters last week. So one of the deaths this week... it could've been somebody bein' forced to kill again.

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It can be good, when I need it to be. [ a weak joke in return, because when she isn't hurriedly scribbling things down, her handwriting can be quite nice.

she nods along, patting his arm once he's back to standing. and then she blinks up at him, at that last part. her eyes going wide. ]

I see... well that's just great. [ she thought iwatooshi had counted as one of the four, so finding this out is sooooo awesome. ]

So if it wasn't Iwa monstering out again... who... [ shakes her head ] We'll need to find them tomorrow then, so they don't have to suffer through another week of killing.

[ whether it's them getting midtrialed so they can execute the other person or vice versa... /sweats ]