catch-all: emet-selch.

[siblingless]

i am once again asking teej to give me a meme

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[siblingless]

[She nods, sniffling a bit as she leans over the railing to stare at the water.]

... It's nice. [Though, she sounds like shit. Unsurprisingly.] Are you okay, um... Emet-Selch-san?

[In the tone of someone who doesn't know how his name works.]

[arkitect]

Just Emet-Selch will be fine; Solus, if you are uncomfortable with that.

[it's much easier to add the honorific to than 'emet-selch' is...

but he just leans against the railing, arms folded on it.]

But I expect that I will remain well enough, yes, all things considered.

[siblingless]

... Solus-san, then.

[Because she, unfortunately, can't not be polite. It gives her the heebie jeebies.

Sighing a little, though, she nods.]

That's good. I'm glad you're alright, in spite of the... circumstances.

[The circumstances in which they suck.]

[arkitect]

And what of yourself? I can only imagine that it must be harder on many of you.

[which he says neutrally enough... it isn't derisive, but neither is it exactly full of compassion.]

[siblingless]

I'll be alright.

[It's fine. She is, unfortunately, used to dealing with Akechi's same brand of are you okays.]

I imagine the others will be as well. We... won't be able to help anyone if we don't move forward.

[arkitect]

[that is such a cursed comparison, kyuu.]

Some will find that much harder than others-- but if they cannot move forward, then they will find themselves lost.

[siblingless]

[This is the price of playing a shady, Teej. Embrace it.]

... If that happens, the rest of us will have to offer them our support. [She pops off her glasses to rub at her eyes. No more crying, please.] We're meant to work together, right? It will be more difficult to accomplish our goals, the more of us are left behind.

[arkitect]

Support alone is not always enough, if they do not take it.

[he exhales a slight sigh, with that.]

But that will remain to be seen.

[siblingless]

Yes, I suppose it will. If we're lucky, this will be the last of this, but...

[(x) doubt]