day 235 ● an empathy test

[wonderlandgirl]

Wednesday:
☑ Blade: restraint; blindfold; food (9 pt)
☑ Cobalt: food; movie; hug; pampering; teaching (8 pt)
☑ Hiryuu: worries (3 pt)
☑ Hurricane: never have i ever (3 pt)
☑ Levi: hug; hair washing (4 pt)
☑ Moxie: hug; worries; activity (7 pt)
☑ Sabre: hold hands; confession (6 pt)
☑ Shrike: hold hands (1 pt)
☑ Thorn: piercing; hug (6 pt)
☑ Yugi: hold hands; learning (2 pt)

K:
☑ A: worries (3 pt)
☑ D.Va: confession; hold hands; fast car; activity (12 pt)
☑ Hiryuu: stab (5 pt)
☑ Hurricane: confession (5 pt)
☑ Skylark: fight; broken rib (10 pt)

Comments

Re: hiryuu

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ her head tilts to the side ]

I suppose it could just be some major injury--but why not, if we both want a chance at the points?

[ there is

no feeling that there is something more valuable that must be placed first and foremost

and no desire or sense of self preservation, either. just confusion.

... it might have been wrong to assess her emotions as a "plateau;" the more Wednesday continues to probe, the more she may get a sense that there's actually a very sizeable chunk of something missing. but what is it? ]

Re: hiryuu

[wonderlandgirl]

Because...

[This...

[Well, okay, she doesn't actually know what Hiryuu should feel like, but this doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel right for anyone, let alone someone like Hiryuu. There's a whole range of - of stuff that's just not there. Not muted, not ignored, just... gone.

[And there'd been a game. And it had taken parts of them.

[Hiryuu's half scooped-out, and it frightens her.]

Because... I don't think you'd want that tomorrow. Or - whenever this wears off.

Re: hiryuu

[dragonheartedgirl]

Whenever what wears off? The emotion bond?

Re: hiryuu

[wonderlandgirl]

No, it's...

[She hesitates.

[How can she put this?]

Um, did you - play the last game? Do you remember what flowers you had?

[dragonheartedgirl]

Hollyhock and Chamomile, I believe.... they burnt up at the same time and I lost all of my memory for a while. It wasn't great....

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh... I had chamomile, too. I...

[This isn't about you. She pushes the thought aside.]

Do you know what it did to you afterward? The game - it wouldn't have healed you properly, if your unit didn't win. So... you should still be feeling something, now.

[dragonheartedgirl]

Well, I lost all of my memories, but those came back... so nothing, I guess?

[wonderlandgirl]

But it must have done something. That's just how the games work... I thought everyone was dead for a while, so...

[And you feel so strange right now.]

Do you think maybe it could have done without you really realizing?

[dragonheartedgirl]

Maybe.... Dva does seem to have lost her memory. But mine's back..... What do you think it did?

[wonderlandgirl]

I'm not sure. I know Levi-kun's getting lost all the time at the moment, and some people are angry all the time. But... I don't think it can be that for you. If you're not thinking anything unusual is happening, then maybe it did something more subtle?

[dragonheartedgirl]

I definitely don't feel angry--and I'm not getting lost. ... You said my judgment was impaired? Do I seem drunk?

[ is that a thing that can happen??? cursed with drunkenness? ]

[wonderlandgirl]

Um... I don't think it's that? It's more like - the things you were asking about... I don't think it's anything you'd want to do, if there was nothing the matter with you at all...

[She looks away. She's worried.]

And... well, I'm afraid you might regret it, later.

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ sigh ]

Everybody keeps saying that....

[ It's a bit of a drag? But. ]

It's not as though I really want to hurt anyone. I'd just like the points. Do you have some other idea for playing then?

[wonderlandgirl]

Well, I've been doing lots of little things that add up, instead of really trying to get any of the highest objectives done. That way I can still do my best, without risking doing something I'll regret afterwards, either.

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ another person that insists on doing it the hard way....! ]

Like what?