CATCH-ALL: Lucretia

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w0, wednesday

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[ Malik bailed on bonfire night before most others, not really keen to sit around looking goofy with his nice black eye that he's had since Monday.

So he's poking around the common room to keep himself entertained. He's been wanting to try the coffee maker, and since no one is around...

...And because he's never used one before, he's immediately startled by the horrific WHHRRRRRRR of the motor, and even more so when the machine starts spewing out coffee and he doesn't have his mug ready. So. That's happening.

The second he hears someone approach, he's ready to defend himself: ] It was like that when I got here.

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[oh, here we go.

she grabs a mug and hurries over to at least catch some of the rest of the coffee as it spews out, focused on that as she speaks.]

Well, it isn't on the wall, so we're going to consider that an improvement on the last incident. It's not your fault there aren't instructions on the damn things.

[she's going to ask chad for this. do your job, chad.]

w0, sunday

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[it's dorm time again! lucretia still seems-- pretty damn stressed, honestly, but she's putting it aside for now. she's not the only person here, and this can't be easy on most of them... so she's checking in on whoever she comes across in the spring dorm, a barely-touched cup of coffee in hand.]

-are you all right, after all of that?

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I'm ok.

[ Except he says it in that quiet, distant way that would indicate that maybe no, he isn't ok? But it's fine we'll just block off any sort of feelings or process what happened so everything is fine. ]

w1, saturday

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[ Back at the dorm. Malik has been spending more time trying to figure out the coffee machine-- and he doesn't break it this time (thanks Chad). Despite this minor success, he's a bit forlorn, but well, who wouldn't be after the kind of day its been?

He glances up when he sees Lucretia, and he can't help but blurt out: ]

Looks like I wasn't too suspicious after all.

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No, I suppose not.

[she's already got tea, because boy does she need it right now, and after sort of evaluating malik for a few moments:]

...I might apologize for insisting, under other circumstances, but I can't do that here. We needed to ensure we covered our bases, whether it worked out in the end or not, and if this keeps happening-- we can't have people who have murdered trying to sit out and claiming it was because we let someone else off the hook before.

w2, friday

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[it's later in the day when she's actually out and around-- she returns to the dorm after some time away with a plate of what look like macarons? apparently she's been stress baking.

she just hands one to him, take this cookie.]

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[ he takes the cookie. he kinda doesn't want to find out if he declines. ]

What's this for?

w2, saturday

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[she's just on the couch, this time, a cup of coffee in hand, though she doesn't seem to be drinking it; her notebook is next to her, but not open. it takes a second, but she does glance up when she belatedly notices malik there.]

-well, that was a mess, wasn't it.

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[ No drinks for him today, he's just kinda skulking around to get a sense of the atmosphere-- which is obviously, uh, not good. he sits down on another couch, because apparently there are multiple. maybe it's the cursed fall couch. who knows. ]

I disagree. We got an answer this time.

w3, monday

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[ Sure there's new buildings but you know what? It's cold. And the Library is warm and full of knowledge. So that's where Malik is when he spots Lucretia and-- honestly it's a little weird seeing her outside of their little dorm rituals. Hm.

Yet he feels compelled to say hi. ]

Are you studying for class?

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[they really do only talk in the dorm, i'm wheezing

she's going over a book that seems to be about the culture of a place called tesseralia, currently, but she looks up when he addresses her, giving him a small smile.]

No, just some personal reading, this time.

w3, saturday

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[ here they are again, in the dorm, per the usual. malik has coffee this time. ]

So you ended up being right about two killers... I'm impressed. You're pretty smart!

[ yeah he has that emotional dissonance again. per the usual. ]

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I'm not sure how much of a compliment that is in this situation, Malik.

[she's not proud of it when basically anyone here being a killer is Bad, Actually.]

I just-- hope that it can help us get some answers, eventually.

w4, thursday, curfew time

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[ wherever lucretia is, malik is gonna find her and check on her. he's in a sorry state, but healed enough to get around. he has also absolutely showered most of the blood off by now. ]

Are you getting by?

[ he doesn't know about the deal. they have a lot to unpack... ]

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[high five for being in sorry states! she nods, slowly, but boy he's still getting those guilt vibes!!

texting doesn't work during curfew so she is trying to just awkwardly balance her notebook against her broken fucking arm so she can write something in it.]

w4, staurday

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[ dorm time again! and haha, you know those feelings he's been dissociating from this whole week? well, they're back! except it's not just that. he's-- pissed. furious. enraged. and underneath it, is a darker, deeper, more sinister sort of anger.

he tries texting lucretia so she can communicate easier and he just

yeets his phone straight into the ground. the screen cracks. ]

They should have picked Otome instead!

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-Malik.

[she's not bothering with text to speech, not for this, despite the fact her voice sounds pretty rough. she just steps closer, despite those frankly horrible vibes; her own anger is still lingering below the surface, mixed with residual horror at what happened, but she is radiating concern now. hello? are we fucking okay in here?]

Because she wanted it, or for another reason?

w5, tuesday

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Do you have two vouchers I could borrow?

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That depends entirely on what they're for.

w5, thursday

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[ so, sometime after the meeting, and sometime after the others have gotten their turns to fret over lucretia, malik will flag her down! they're probably just outside or something idk. ]

Lucretia. Can I have a minute of your time?

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-of course.

[and there's actually recognition there, this time, when she looks at him. looks like she's better at the moment.]

w5, friday, post inves

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[ so! some things have happened! when malik is actually able to get into the dorm, he beelines to... wherever they keep in the ice in this place. his head is killing him. he has to fuss around a bit because he's never done an ice pack before, but he knows in theory it should help.

im godmoding lucretia into the scene so when malik sees her, he probably drops a few ice cubes by mistake. ]

Oh. Hi, Lucretia.

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Malik-? What in the world happened.

w5, sunday

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[ Sometime after the expulsion, whenever Lucretia ends up back at the dorm, she will find 2 vouchers on her bed, halfway tucked under the pillow. ]

w6, thursday

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no matter where lucretia is - she could be next to him, for all he cares - she receives a text: ]

Can you get my notebook from my room? It's on the desk.

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All right. Just give me a minute.

[she's not going to make him go anywhere on his injured ass leg?

so, after several minutes, she'll come back with the notebook and hand it over, looking him over worriedly.]

Here. How are you feeling?

w7, monday

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[ well sunday sure was. a day!! malik is a bit hesitant about existing on this fine monday because hahaha what is even going on.

anyway he's seeking out lucretia because he needs to touch base about some things! ]

I talked to Otome yesterday.

[ possibly related: his leg is healed. ]

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... good. I'm glad to see you're doing better.

[she's-- stressed, a little tense, but she still manages a little smile on seeing he's been healed.]

w7, saturday

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Lucretia?

[ they're in the dorm or in the void. they are somewhere, and malik is looking for her. ]

You're not going to get mad at me for summoning two god monsters to destroy the story, are you...

[ im godmodding that he also stole some wine from iris so he's feeling pretty Alright, all things considered. ]

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You know, you could very easily not have told me if you thought I might be mad. That's a thing that you could have done, if you felt like out.

[she doesn't sound mad at all, though.]

...but no, I wouldn't-- I'm not going to be mad at any of you for deciding to handle it however you needed to.