Week 5: Post Execution

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[After a while, like maybe three or four hours after the execution, Rebecca's looking for Evan. She doesn't seem like she's been crying or anything along those lines. But she does seem tired. Almost like she hasn't been sleeping that well.

She'll start by knocking on his door.]

Evan? Are you there?

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Okay. You can tell him it's me, too. And, um, just let me know what you find out. I can take some rope from the jousting grounds to get ready for it either way.

[...He pauses.]

Well, um, I was thinking my room. My, my new partner says he's going to sleep on the couch in the main suite instead, so he won't miss it for a night.

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Sounds good. I'll try to let him know soon.

... Lord El Melloi? I don't think he sleeps much in general. Try to make sure he gets like... an hour or two each night. He needs it.

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Thanks. [...] If you want me to go with you when you ask him, I can.

[He pauses.]

...I'll do what I can.

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Just... do your best. Don't forget to take care of yourself.

I think everybody knows it was a bad week.

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[Quietly, after a moment:]

...I'll be fine.

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Are you sure? It's fine if... if you're not sure.

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[He shakes his head.]

...I can't, can't lose it. I have to bring him back.

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I think everybody wants their friends and partners back.

... We'll work towards a happy ending.

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...Yeah. I can at least help with two objectives at once, for starters.

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It'll help.

[She gives him a little smile.]

Do you want company or would you rather be alone for now?

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[He hesitates.]

...I don't, um, think it's safe for me to be alone.

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[Yeah, that's fair. He lost his partner, he's just been paired up with Lord El Melloi II.

She wouldn't want to be alone if Cardia died.]

Okay. I can stay. Something you want to do to pass the time? Or I can just... sit here, I guess?

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...I don't know what people usually do to pass the time.

[He's open to suggestions, though.]

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Read a book? Maybe do some card games? Boggle? Sudoku?

Maybe not Sudoku, I don't have any of those puzzles lying around.

Oh! Re-read old case file-- never mind, we wouldn't have anything like that around.

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[...Hm.]

Have, have you ever had a sleepover? Stephanie told me about, about them.

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Mm... I let Natsuo sleep in our room when he was partners.

But if you're asking about the normal type, then not really.

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[Curiously:]

You never had them when you were younger?

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I didn't really... I mean, I have friends now, but back then it was all about school. I didn't have a lot of time for friends.

[ That's not weird, right? ]

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...Maybe it can, can be a first for both of us.

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... Yeah, that would be nice.

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So, um...

[He tries to think of what people normally do at those kind of things. It's mostly based off what he's seen in movies.]

Truth or dare...?

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Truth?

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[He thinks about it for a moment.]

What, um, what's been the worst date you were ever on?

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That's all of them. But that one where the guy called our relationship feces is definitely up there.

[That wasn't a date, Rebecca.]

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[He blinks in surprise.]

...Whoever he was, he sounds like, like a jerk.