[ regardless of everything - beau knows brilith was mammon's roommate, and. well. she knows she's hurting, so she can't imagine what it's like for brilith. carefully, beau wanders the place looking for her - stops maybe in the chapel.
[ beau will find her curled up in a middle pew, hugging her knees to her chest. her eyes are a little red, but otherwise? she's silent, and still as a statue, staring blankly at the pew in front of her. ]
[ she startles, relaxing only slightly when she realizes it's beau. she'll force a smile, though. brilith can, as usual, pretend to be more okay than she is. ]
...Hey. Are you...
[ hm, she doesn't know how to say this. brilith has never really dealt with anything like this before. not anything so close. but she knows that beau was friends with mammon, too, so it's worth trying. ]
Yeah. Yeah, he does. [ she reaches over to rest a hand on Brilith's arm. ]
It'll work out. We're getting closer to figuring out how to break the rules every day, Brilith, you gotta keep your chin up. I know that's hard as fuck to do, but.
I told him to be careful. The punishment for breaking their rules... the price is too high to risk it. But if there is a way... I want to try.
[ haha. chin up, huh? that's what they always tell her to do, when things are hard, and brilith never really knows how to do it and mean it. but her smile has fooled an entire city for years, all but one person, so closing herself off and letting the corners of her mouth curl upward is far easier than it should be, even if there's not an ounce of truth behind it. ]
Don't worry about me, Beau. I'll be alright, as long as we find the one who hurt him.
[ ...she doesn't like that. the last thing brilith wants is for one more person to worry about her, so she doesn't let her smile falter. ]
Maybe not, but I know how to endure it. It's nothing I'm not used to. [ she laughs softly. ] It's more unusual for me to have anyone that close in the first place, you know.
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week two, friday, post-body announcement
fuck. this is all awful. ]
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Hey.
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...Hey. Are you...
[ hm, she doesn't know how to say this. brilith has never really dealt with anything like this before. not anything so close. but she knows that beau was friends with mammon, too, so it's worth trying. ]
How are you doing, after...?
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I'm okay. I miss him already. You knew him better, I think.
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...Me too. He was a good man. He... tried to help, however he could.
[ maybe he wasn't great at it, but he certainly tried. that's what counts. ]
Did you know he was trying to teach me to fight? I'll never be able to pay him back for it, now.
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[ a pause. ] We're gonna figure out who killed him.
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He said he'd find a way to break them, so we could find the one who killed Nia and hurt Asch. He said we wouldn't let it happen again.
...We will. We have to. He deserves that much.
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It'll work out. We're getting closer to figuring out how to break the rules every day, Brilith, you gotta keep your chin up. I know that's hard as fuck to do, but.
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[ haha. chin up, huh? that's what they always tell her to do, when things are hard, and brilith never really knows how to do it and mean it. but her smile has fooled an entire city for years, all but one person, so closing herself off and letting the corners of her mouth curl upward is far easier than it should be, even if there's not an ounce of truth behind it. ]
Don't worry about me, Beau. I'll be alright, as long as we find the one who hurt him.
[ haha. ]
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Hmmmm. [ she hums out, squinting at brilith. ] Will you, though? You're so sad all the time. Somehow I don't think this is gonna put a dent in that.
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Maybe not, but I know how to endure it. It's nothing I'm not used to. [ she laughs softly. ] It's more unusual for me to have anyone that close in the first place, you know.