week 1, Friday

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[what did yona do to deserve this

which is to say, wherever yona is ... currently having a mental breakdown i guesss, joshua happens to come upon her and. uh. well, this is awkward.]

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...I already spent the entire week not helping.

[She's painfully aware of that. So many of the things she's been complaining about seem so petty now that someone is actually dead. Yona knows that there is nothing she, personally, could have done to stop it, but...

Maybe this wouldn't come as such a shock now if she hadn't kept her eyes firmly shut to reality.]

I don't want that! I don't want more innocent people to die... she didn't deserve that.

[For now, she's not touching on the topic of Haru's partner, or the partner of whoever they end up condemning, and that's mostly because it hasn't sunk in yet. Give it time.]

We have to figure it out. Somehow.

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Are you planning on figuring it out by sitting down, wallowing on a beach?

[it's dry-- deserve or didn't deserve is up to someone else to judge, as far as joshua is concerned, so he's got nothing to say to that.]

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...I'm trying to get all my gloominess out now so I don't waste time with it tomorrow.

[That's not how it works, Yona.]

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Is that how you think it works? [lmao] You know, it is possible to have feelings and be useful. It sounds impossible, but it's true.

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...but I'm not-

[Ugh.]

I haven't... done anything to help yet. I don't know how to do that yet. [She pouts.] So until I figure out how, I have to try this.

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A valiant effort, if woefully misguided. Do you think everyone else here who reacted in some way is doing what you're doing? [he's not even hiding his amusement, the dick] When it comes to tomorrow, you're on the same level as everyone else here. No one knows exactly what to expect quite yet.

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...mrrr...

[If nothing else, Joshua has at least snapped her out of her funk. Yay, antagonism?]

What are you going to do tomorrow?

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[This Is Helping, clearly]

Whatever I want to. [speaking of helping--] I'd rather not have to deal with our killer on a separate day, so I suppose I'll help solve a crime. That's the long and short of what a trial usually is, isn't it?

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How would I know about that? I've never committed a crime before.

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You're a very sheltered girl, aren't you?

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...why are you saying that all of a sudden?

[It's not out of the blue, Yona.]

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It's kind of obvious.

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...that's not my fault. My father's the one who decided how I'd be raised.

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So you fought him on it?

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Sometimes. Soo-won and Hak got to leave the palace, but I didn't. That wasn't very fair.

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[...huh.]

Your... friends?

[he says friends like he's never used the term genuinely once in his life]

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Mm-hm. [She nods.] Hak is my bodyguard, and Soo-won is... well, he's amazing.

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Oh? Sounds like someone had a crush.

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It's more than a crush! ...I love him.

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That's intense. What did he do to deserve such devotion?

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Do? He didn't have to do anything... he's just himself.

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[oh ... boy...]

His self being? I'm asking what he's like, Yona.

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He's really kind! [Oh boy. Buckle in, Josh.] He always knows just what to say to cheer somebody up, and he's never mean to anyone. He's strong, too. He can keep up with Hak, which is really impressive!

...he can be a little dense sometimes, but... he's always been there when I've needed him.

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[hmmmm]

Sounds like he's quite the catch. And... what does he think about your father locking you away from everything?

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I don't know.