[you ever just want to sit in the grass where you last saw a nice boy who just killed some people and just like. rethink your life.
Yona's beaten her to the punch, though, it looks like... though Hikaru's weaponless while Yona seems to be intent on destroying one particular tree with her arrows.
Hikaru bites her lip, remembering the pop up, remembering Yona's name... who in the world could have voted for her?]
Hikaru will be quietly slipping into the kitchen when she spots Yona, keeping a distance just like she had when Yona had been shooting off arrows against a tree. Her stomach clenches a bit... but she needs to say something.]
Yona-chan... if you're not busy, I think we need to talk.
It's important, and... it's something everybody will need to know. I just want you to know before I say anything to the others. It's not to make anybody mad, or want to argue at each other.
[But to say anymore means explaining, so...
An exhale.]
Nobody actually chose to vote for you, Yona-chan.
... I was the one who did something I shouldn't have. So the Realm changed my vote.
My leader says that voting for myself... it kind of messed up the Realm. It didn't understand my vote at all. Like... it knew I was innocent, and that I knew as much, so... it just corrected itself and put a different name there.
I know it turned out okay, but... if Virid-kun hadn't done anything, or if we'd been all over the place with our vote, I... I could have put you in danger. And I know that you were really upset before, even if you aren't now. [looks at that pc we haven't done... it's fine hikaru has eyeballs......
She takes a step back, only to bow low at the waist, her braid flopping over her shoulder.]
I'm... I'm really sorry. For being foolish, and for doing something that could have hurt you.
...I just wish he didn't have to resort to that. If he really remembered, and all he wanted was another chance to live... I just wish he could have had the chance to be rewarded, instead of feeling he had to fight.
I'm... really, really glad he was okay telling you what he did, Yona-chan.
I think he meant for everyone to hear it. [so, it's not just that he was okay telling her - it's that he was okay telling the group at large.] I saw him the night before. If it was only me he wanted to tell, he could have told me then.
...so, that probably meant he thought it was important for all of us to know. He's not... he wasn't the type of person to say something for no reason.
I'd always wondered why he was so quiet. He kinda reminded me like... like when you find a dog stuck outside that's been lost for a really long time. Even if it might have been friendly once, it gets scared and angry and forgets what a nice person's touch is like. It wants to protect itself first, because that's what it's gotten used to.
I don't know if that's really the kind of person Virid-kun was, but... I always hoped he had found somebody he could talk to.
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WEEK ZERO - SATURDAY - POST-TRIAL
Yona's beaten her to the punch, though, it looks like... though Hikaru's weaponless while Yona seems to be intent on destroying one particular tree with her arrows.
Hikaru bites her lip, remembering the pop up, remembering Yona's name... who in the world could have voted for her?]
Um... Yona-chan?
Are you okay?
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Sometimes you just need to shoot something to vent your frustration.]
...ah, Hikaru. [She looks away from her target after shooting, then lowers her bow.] I'm... [...] I'm angry. But I think a lot of us are.
WEEK ONE - MONDAY
Hikaru will be quietly slipping into the kitchen when she spots Yona, keeping a distance just like she had when Yona had been shooting off arrows against a tree. Her stomach clenches a bit... but she needs to say something.]
Yona-chan... if you're not busy, I think we need to talk.
Is that okay?
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Sure, that's fine. What did you want to talk about?
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I... I found out yesterday, but... I wanted to give it a day, 'cause of what happened. But I thought you deserved to know.
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That isn't what Yona was expecting. She blinks rapidly, trying to process what Hikaru is saying, and then...]
...did that person say it was alright to tell me?
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But she nods.]
I don't like to gossip, Yona-chan. It's okay.
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[...]
But it doesn't really bother me. There were more people who voted for me than who did, so that's what I'm choosing to think about.
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It's important, and... it's something everybody will need to know. I just want you to know before I say anything to the others. It's not to make anybody mad, or want to argue at each other.
[But to say anymore means explaining, so...
An exhale.]
Nobody actually chose to vote for you, Yona-chan.
... I was the one who did something I shouldn't have. So the Realm changed my vote.
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So... they plan to discourage people from voting for themselves by doing that.
[...]
It's better that we found out early, Hikaru. It could have been a lot worse. I'm not mad or anything.
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My leader says that voting for myself... it kind of messed up the Realm. It didn't understand my vote at all. Like... it knew I was innocent, and that I knew as much, so... it just corrected itself and put a different name there.
I know it turned out okay, but... if Virid-kun hadn't done anything, or if we'd been all over the place with our vote, I... I could have put you in danger. And I know that you were really upset before, even if you aren't now. [looks at that pc we haven't done... it's fine hikaru has eyeballs......
She takes a step back, only to bow low at the waist, her braid flopping over her shoulder.]
I'm... I'm really sorry. For being foolish, and for doing something that could have hurt you.
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[yona would have said (will say? the dangers of starting a new pc before finishing the old one) the same thing the night of the trial, too.]
You don't need to apologize to me. Like I said, I'm not mad, and it's good that we found out sooner rather than later.
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...I just wish he didn't have to resort to that. If he really remembered, and all he wanted was another chance to live... I just wish he could have had the chance to be rewarded, instead of feeling he had to fight.
I'm... really, really glad he was okay telling you what he did, Yona-chan.
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I think he meant for everyone to hear it. [so, it's not just that he was okay telling her - it's that he was okay telling the group at large.] I saw him the night before. If it was only me he wanted to tell, he could have told me then.
...so, that probably meant he thought it was important for all of us to know. He's not... he wasn't the type of person to say something for no reason.
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I'd always wondered why he was so quiet. He kinda reminded me like... like when you find a dog stuck outside that's been lost for a really long time. Even if it might have been friendly once, it gets scared and angry and forgets what a nice person's touch is like. It wants to protect itself first, because that's what it's gotten used to.
I don't know if that's really the kind of person Virid-kun was, but... I always hoped he had found somebody he could talk to.
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[Yona sigh.]
...I wish he'd found someone like that. Maybe things could have gone differently if he had.