chroma | catchall for vin

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i haven't had coffee yet so this won't be pretty yet

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[allomantic]

It is not alright.

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...

[she looks down]

[allomantic]

[...]

What I mean to say is - what happened to you is not fine. Whatever it was.

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...it's over now, though. So... I can move on from it.

[or rather - she has to move on from it. they have murders to solve and a prism to escape from.]

[allomantic]

[she nods, though she still looks concerned.]

I know you are strong. But... If you need to talk about it, I would listen.

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...I appreciate that, Vin. I really do.

[she fiddles with the hem of her sleeve]

I'm just not... accustomed to talking about these things.

[allomantic]

[she nods.]

I imagine it was very difficult, whatever it was. [given all those injuries.] Do you plan to explain what happened at the meeting this coming week?

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...I don't know.

On the one hand, to me, it seems more like it was... personal, rather than anything relevant to our getting out of this mess. So I don't know if I want to share it.

[...]

But on the other... that's only my perspective. Perhaps there is something relevant in there that I was too caught up in it all to notice, and the only way to know for sure is for someone else to hear about it and notice something that I didn't make the right connections to understand.

[allomantic]

[...]

I haven't spoken to Kashuu about it, but - I don't think either of us are particularly eager to share what happened to us. If you decided it was not relevant, we would likely do the same.

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...perhaps we could simply say that it seemed to be based on Estinien's and Sir Aymeric's memories, and leave it at that. Since it had nothing to do with the residents, and we didn't seem to find anything that might belong to someone on the other side there...

[allomantic]

[she nods.]

Hopefully, people will not pry beyond that.

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...hopefully not.

[allomantic]

If they do, I imagine the two of us can confirm that what happened isn't relevant, at the very least.

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...perhaps no one will ask at all.

[imagine if you, aki, and i all just respond with "..." under the cyoa toplevel at the next meeting]

[allomantic]

[all of them just sipping water and looking away as the discussion starts]

Mm... Most people have been respectful about not pushing too hard when I have told them I don't want to discuss it.

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[honestly i think that would be funny]

That's good of them, at least. [...] Although if you do ever wish to discuss it... I would be glad to listen. Only if you want to, though.

[allomantic]

[runs to aki's dms]

I do not think it's necessary, but - thank you.

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[lmaaaao]

Of course. And - thank you, too.