catch-all; claude

[clockpunk]

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w4 monday

[clockpunk]

[ within the candy castle, the two finally hold a conversation!! ]

Woah. It's like a huge set for a play or somethin'.

[midway]

[ ps this entry isn't locked! ]

I'll say. I do think it's kind of delightful though.

[clockpunk]

[ FUCK this is what i get for making these at 4am thankyou ]

Yeah, I can agree with that. The kind of place you'd dream up as a kid.

[midway]

[ Looks at him like aren't you a kid. ]

[clockpunk]

[ it takes a moment to register why he's being looked at like that. ]

A younger kid. Grade school.

[midway]

[ He laughs. ]

You're probably right. How sad for them that it's us boring adults that get to enjoy it.

[clockpunk]

You're not even that much older than me, Mr. Claude.

[ is the title out of politeness or pointedness? yes. ]

[midway]

I just feel centuries old sometimes, I guess...

[ Amusement, but then there is a bit of concern. ]

I did want to ask how you're feeling. I know the weekend was pretty rough.

[clockpunk]

[ flatly. ]

Bein' here has aged me centuries, too. [ sighs. ] I dunno, man. I'm coping. That's like, the best to hope for at this point.

[midway]

[ He laughs. ]

That's fair. Did you have much... violent conflict back at home?

[clockpunk]

[ this is a difficult question to answer. ]

Not... really? At least where I'm from. [ a pause. ] I dealt with a lot of sabotage an' some real weird shit, though, some of which got dangerous.

[midway]

Sabotage...? Of what?

[ head tilt ]

[clockpunk]

It's, uh, hard to explain.

[ crosses his arms, thinking. ]

It really ranges from like, corporate deception to some cosmic possession bullshit. But it got pretty nasty a few times.

[midway]

[ HUH ]

... Are you fighting to save the world?

[clockpunk]

I was, and it sucked. Last of that was months ago, though. I'm just a normal highschooler.

[midway]

Ah, so it's been successfully saved?

[clockpunk]

Yup, far as I know. I'll be pretty pissed if it hasn't.

[midway]

[ laughs ]

So you saved the world and now what? Back to normal? That must be an adjustment.

[clockpunk]

The world havin' to be saved was the adjustment in the first place.

[ and it sucked!!! so bad!!!!! ]

What about you? Sounds like it, since you asked...?

[midway]

[ feel free to drop this!!

And... yeah. ]

Oh, no. I'm not up to anything so noble. I'm fighting a war, but I wouldn't say the entire world's at stake.

[clockpunk]

[ points at eyes points at you

there's a flash of concern over his expression. ]

So that's what you meant by violent conflict. You're a soldier...?

[midway]

Something like that.

[ Looking up. ]

I don't know how it is when you're fighting for the world, but... sometimes it's hard to know what's wrong and what's right amidst the chaos of war.

week 7, monday, library

[midway]

[ Hello! He is trying to read the books in the library, but it makes them nauseous now... Tears up. ]

This is the most heartbreaking change.

[clockpunk]

[ eyeing him warily, but eventually... makes his way over... ]

Change?

[midway]

Ah, yeah. It's hard to read the books.

[ ... ]

How are you, Chrono?

[clockpunk]

Why? Somethin' happen to your eyes?

[ hm. he frowns, glancing away. ]

Better than I was yesterday. It's good everyone's back.

[midway]

[ ... ]

Would you rather I avoid you?

[clockpunk]

Way to dodge the question, man.

[ sighs, running a hand through his hair. ]

No, but I wouldn't mind some explanations.

[midway]

My eyes are fine. I think it's just an effect of the locations changing.

[ He answered! ]

And you mean for why I killed Zhongli?

[clockpunk]

[ oh. he'll pick up a book - he hadn't actually opened any yet - and immediately set it down. ow. awful. ]

That'd be a start, yeah. [ ... ] And the corndog. That was you, right?

[midway]

Yeah.

[ He thinks for a moment how to answer. ]

I don't really have an explanation for the corndogs. Maybe I wanted to get caught. Maybe I was just delirious from the pain and exertion at that point.

[clockpunk]

You gotta forgive me if I don't entirely buy that. Not that I guess it matters, now.

[ in the tone of someone who thinks it definitely still matters. ]

[midway]

[ help ]

Well, whether you buy it or not, it's the only answer I have. I don't know what else you want me to say.