Week 2; post-investigation (Hikage)

[discardia]

[ Cardia is actually not sobbing hysterically in a corner somewhere like most people, but it's hard to say whether it's because she's trying to be calm and rational or if she's just in too much shock for it to properly have registered yet.

But she's at the dorm, silently staring down at her hands, as if in deep thought.

Approach? ]

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[psychedelica]

[ he will indeed approach. Since it's not that late in the day, he doesn't have any sweet treats for her this time - sorry, Cardia. He was going to go check something in his room, actually, but seeing her distracts him. ]

Cardia. You look better than I thought you would.

[discardia]

You mean, because I'm not crying?

[ she's assuming he didn't mean he thought she was going to look like shit. ]

[psychedelica]

[ maybe a little... ]

Yeah. The last two times, you were... not good.

[ crying, mostly. ]

[discardia]

I decided I'm not going to cry until we've found his killer.

[psychedelica]

... You have a lot of confidence in us.

[ more than he does, by the sounds of things. ]

[discardia]

I think most people will be mad enough to focus this time.

[psychedelica]

Let's hope you're right.

[ emotion clouds judgement more often than it helps people focus, in his experience. But they'll see what happens. ]

... Is your poison still gone?

[discardia]

Yes. I check every day.

[ of course she does. ]

[psychedelica]

[ huh. he rubs his chin. in that case... ]

Did you have any weird dreams this week, then?

[discardia]

[ ... oh. ]

Actually, yes.

[psychedelica]

[ well, that answers one question. He had thought he might have had his power back; then, when Stephanie had the same experience, he thought maybe it was simply being split between the two of them. If Cardia also had it, though, that just means it was something happening in the castle. ]

About your partner, right? I was wondering if it happened to everyone.

[discardia]

... I think so. Like the way we felt the week before, where we didn't want to be separated from our partners.

[psychedelica]

... Right. Of course.

[ he should have made the connection before, about their connection. There's some kind of tangible link between partners here. It seems obvious now. ]

I wonder if that's going to keep happening.

[discardia]

I think it might. They seem to be stressing how important this connection is.