chroma | catchall for vin

[countermeasures]

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

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[allomantic]

You don't have to decide this very moment.

[countermeasures]

i think i would like company

i just need a little time to collect myself

[allomantic]

Let me know when you'd like me to come.

[countermeasures]

[after an appropriate amount of time - ]

any time you're free is fine
i'm in the library

[allomantic]

I will be there soon.

[and true to her word, a few minutes later, she's heading into the library!]

[countermeasures]

[she's in a back corner of the library, a few cushions from the chairs spread down on the ground to make herself comfortable. there are piles of books around her - mystery books, nonfiction books involving investigations and medical techniques, and so on...

she looks up when she hears vin approaching, though.]

Hello, Vin...

[allomantic]

Hello.

[she looks concerned as she approaches, glancing towards the pillows before looking at jiuqing.]

How do you fare?

[both physically, and - well.]

[countermeasures]

[she looks down at the books, then up at vin.]

...physically, I'm well enough. [...] But I'll be doing better overall once we find the truth of what happened to the two of them, I think.

[allomantic]

[she nods, with a frown.]

You and Chang Geng... You were close. Right?

[countermeasures]

[wow. the tag you replied to did not age well.]

I think there may have been others he was closer to, but... I very much enjoyed his company.

[allomantic]

[cries in post trial]

Knowing that there were others he was close to doesn't really change your feelings, does it?

[countermeasures]

No, but it makes me feel a little like I'm... making it about myself, almost. When really, it's about the fact that he's gone.

His loss affected a lot of people, not just me.

[allomantic]

...I do not think it is selfish to say when something is affecting you, if it is hurting you. Especially since I asked.

[countermeasures]

...

[she nods]

It does hurt. And... I'm very angry. I want to find out who did this to him and punish them.

[lol. she will regret these words tomorrow.]

[allomantic]

[more curious than judgmental:]

Will you feel the same if they were compelled?

[countermeasures]

I think if I stop to think about it, I'll feel differently.

But... right now, I'm just angry.

[allomantic]

I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

[or at least, she imagines she would feel similarly if their positions were reversed.]

[countermeasures]

...objectively, I should blame whatever compelled them, not... them, but.

[allomantic]

Objectiveness is... difficult in such circumstances.

[countermeasures]

It is.

[but she wants to be fair, too. what if it was someone who didn't really want to hurt him? ...but still, they did hurt him. it's a mess, and it will only get messier the next day.]