pc w/ shu

[applebough]

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[applebough]

[ maybe she's trying to forget that the fake version is getting killed over there? and she's not looking, so that's a plus, right? but if they start making out with tongue, yuri is going to freak out, unsurprisingly.

but okay, she can't hold herself up that long while keeping balance with a single arm, so she just... falls on top of Shu instead of hovering over him. the pug is still unjostled on her back. somehow.

but is the vision over? is it gone? ... does yuri want to check? she's not sure, but she's not moving away.]

[roseoftexas]

[ listen this is totally normal. the pug does get shifted a little so he can wrap his free arm around her waist when she drops down on top of him. it snorts a little in surprise but settles down again pretty quickly.

the vision is definitely over by now. maybe other shu fought back in the last moment, and dragged himself away into a medical pod to heal his cut throat. maybe that was the end and throné left to return to where she came from. they'll never know.

which is probably a good thing, all things considered. ]

[applebough]

[ Yeah. Neither of them are looking and that's fine.

Yuri would kiss more, but she hears the pug's snorts and it breaks the atmosphere a little, making her laugh a bit. That arm around her waist has her heart beating really quickly. Maybe Shu can feel it. ]

... It's a good distraction.

[roseoftexas]

[ the ultimate distraction. shu takes a moment to twist his head and look at where the mirages were a moment ago. ]

... Yeah. It looks like they're gone.

[applebough]

[ She just gives him one more quick kiss on the cheek. ]

... It would be nice if a kiss would just make those visions disappear.

[roseoftexas]

[ his arm gives her a little squeeze. ]

It counts for a distraction so you don't have to see what happens though. That'll do as an alternative for now.

[ hmmm.... ] How're we going to shift the pug? [ it is SO comfortable right now, yuri. ]

[applebough]

[ Ah, the squeeze... Yuri's smile is a little crooked. ]

I'm... not sure, actually. I can't reach out to grab it since it's on my back.

[roseoftexas]

[ well he has a supportive arm around her waist so maybe he can just… roll them to the side slowly. so that the pug feels the movement and slides harmlessly to the grass.


the pug shifting manoeuvre. ]

[applebough]

[ Oh... there goes the pug. The pug has shifted and slid onto the grass. Expert maneuvering skills, Sir Shu. ]

... Oh.

[ Now they're at their sides? ]

[roseoftexas]

[ the pug just loafs next to them now. yay. ]

Hello.

[applebough]

Hello.

[ Shu gets a quick kiss. ]

You solved the problem very well.

[roseoftexas]

[ nice. ]

I think it just wants to hang out with us. Whether on or next to, it seems pretty happy.

[applebough]

It must be nice to be a worry-free dog...

[ oh, to be a dog only caring about affection while head empty ]

Being worry-free... feel like a distant emotion.

[roseoftexas]

A lot of things you couldn't do as a dog-- but it must be nice. Just barking and running around.

[ oh to be a pug. ]

...

Yeah. It's been a while, huh?

[applebough]

Mm. I don't remember what it's like to be completely worry-free. It feels like I always have to do something, or there must be something that I'm forgetting...

[ She scoots closer to Shu. ]

The day when I get to feel that... Perhaps I should make that a personal goal.

[roseoftexas]

[ no one's truly worry free, but-- ]

I think you feel that a lot of the time, but-- it helps if you're in a place where you feel safe enough to shut your mind down for a bit.

[ hmm. ]

You could try in New Sieg. Give yourself some settling in time and just relax.

[applebough]

[ Feeling safe? Wild. ]

I'll... try. I was originally planning to do that here, but then we all got caught up in this chain of events.

[roseoftexas]

Yeah I don't think here counts at all. I didn't feel this on edge in literal gun fights back home.

[applebough]

That was before we found out Dahut died and the weird happenings on the ship...

[ But sometimes things just happen. ]

Maybe you're just used to gun fights back there then.

[roseoftexas]

[ sometimes you find a guy in pieces, it's fine. ]

Probably, but the point still stands.

[applebough]

... Right.

[ Yuri nods. Actually, she's been meaning to ask him for a while... ]

When you saw the coral clone of me grab your arm, how did you know that it wasn't me? I... do that a lot.

[roseoftexas]

[ tilts his head. ]

Mm. But it felt different. It didn't feel like uncertainty, or discomfort. The clone was using me as a shield. [ or, that's how it felt anyway. less hiding behind him because it was unsure of how to handle what was going on, and more because it was trying to stop yuri from attacking it. ]

You know how to handle yourself.

[applebough]

[ There sure was plenty of discomfort and uncertainty when she hid inside Shu's jacket in the online world...... Him saying that reminds Yuri of that incident when she really just had enough of pixelated people. So what Shu says makes sense. ]

... I'm glad that you can believe in me to handle myself, because it feels like I can't from how people sometimes treat me.

[roseoftexas]

You’ve told me about where you’re from. And I saw you fight in the sim room in… what, our second week here?

[ yuri’s sweet and friendly, but she wouldn’t have survived as long as she dead in The City if she couldn’t handle herself. that’s his thought process, at least. he’s not counting what she told him about… things she hasn’t experienced and won’t. 27 years sounds a hell of a time to have kept surviving for, in a place like that.

he wasn’t drawn to her just because of her nice nature, after all. ]

Feel a little coddled, sometimes?

[applebough]

... Yes. I'm grateful for the care, but... I can do things on my own. If anything, I want to be helpful instead of people doing things for me.

[ She finally reaches out and puts an arm over Shu's side to hug him. ]