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loveauthority) wrote2025-09-05 07:37 pm
loveauthority) wrote2025-09-05 07:37 pm
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[r8] talking head: sherbet
[ Sherbet is led to a quiet room within the resort with a pair of hammocks to suit the scene, and upon one of them is where the overseer sits. She beams, shuffling her cards in hand (she will not use these), and motions for Sherbet to take a seat already!!!
This is the Talking Heads room, and there are cameras. Prepare to loosen those lips! ]
arrival!
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[ she's so gung-ho. ]
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anyway, sherbet is here and Struggling to get on the hammock with all her fancy layers of petticoats and frills. she's still trying though, and answers while she's awkwardly stumbling into the hammock's net. ]
Oh — yes...
[ SQUAWK AS SHE FINALLY SETTLES ]
I'm, um, looking forward to meeting everyone... and you, of course. I'm embarrassed that you know my name, but I don't know yours.
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Oh, right. You can call me Yana-chan! Or Teach, I don't mind. You'll all be my pupils from today on anyway.
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[ officially! ]
So, by "pupils," you mean you're going to teach us something?
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[ ... ]
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[ hmmm.... ]
It must have been love at first sight for you then, right?
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Totally! [ well. ] I mean, close enough to it! I was recovering from a broken heart myself, you see, and decided what the hey! Why not! And just asked out the first hottie on my top three list that talked to me!
[ it's literally not a lightning strikes twice situation sherbet. please don't ask out the first hottie on your list that talks to you. ]
He was good for it and every day we got to know each other it just... [ anna softens a bit, a bit different than her enthusiastic brightness. ] Worked. Even if we were both kinda dumb about the whole thing, he asked for my future and I promised him it.
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...Well, I'm happy for you. Congratulations on your engagement, Yana-chan.
[ That won't happen for her, she's absolutely sure, but she's happy just momentarily escaping her own imminent marriage. She doesn't dare dream of escaping it for good... except when she lets herself indulge in the fantasy. ]
I wasn't sure what to expect out of the invitation, but it's heartening to know there's been one happy ending as a result of it.
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[ or something like that. ]
And if you're here, you're willing to at least believe a little! Right? Riiiiight?
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[ But, but, but... she fidgets, cheeks rosy with shame. ]
But, I — um, well... I haven't really had relationships before...
[ which she admits meekly, head dipped, seeming like she's nervous she's going to be laughed at. ]
Please don't tell the others, but to be honest, I'm a little nervous I won't even be able to make friends...
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she's as friendless as komari and nukumizu!!!!!!!!!!!
anna's eyes are shining, glittering, and she'll set her cards aside to reach out for sherbet's hands. ]
You'll be fine, Sherbet-san! You're a super cute girl with amazing fashion sense -- not everyone can rock those layers, but you're totally pulling it off -- and it doesn't matter if you've never had a single friend in your life before, because I'm gonna be one now! And you wanna know what friends do for each other?!
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W... What's that?!
[ She asks, half excitedly and half cluelessly, reeling from her blunt declaration of being her friend and going so far as to compliment her. All while squeezing her hands back, gentle but firm. ]
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[ she's a GIRLS GIRL!!!!! sherbet can be her asa this round. ]
1/???
2/???
3/???
4/4
[ kicking her feet giddily... no girl's ever wanted to stick together with her before... this is the best day ever... she pulls Anna's hands closer to herself, clutching them eagerly. ]
And if there's anything I can help with, you only need to ask!! I'll try my very best to assist however I can.
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All you need to do is keep your mind open! Answer any question I have! And do exactly what I say without hesitation!
week one!
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You were so brave, going up there in front of everyone. Are you feeling okay, Sherbet-san?
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I'm alright, Yanachan. [ She reassures, trying for a tight smile. It looks more like a grimace. ] The results have given me much to think about...
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[ dish it ]
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Everyone seems to accept me like I am here. It's so different from home I can hardly believe it's real or that I won't ruin it.
[ Drawing her knees up to hug them... ]
Because I felt so encouraged, I chose with my heart... but the results reminded me it can't be that easy.... [ ... ] Yanachan, could I tell you a secret?
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she'll get up to sit next to sherbet in her hammock, they can sit curled up together like that, though anna's having to tuck her skirt politely between her legs for safety. ]
Of course, Sherbet-san. I'll even make sure they cut it if it's something you don't want publicized.
[ it'll be one of those mysterious hushed moments. anna does... want to keep encouraging sherbet, but she thinks... that she needs to hear this first. ]
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I, um....
[ She knows what she's doing by being here is wrong. But she's so scared she doesn't know what else to do. ]
I have a f... fianceé...
[ She won't hide her face while she says it even though she wants to, willing to face the shame of her deceit to all the other contestants. ]
I was on a ship to meet him, when I received the invitation to the game. [ She curls up tighter. ] I know I'm running away selfishly... but the results felt like a punishment that way.
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[ that's surprising, actually-- but anna leans against sherbet regardless, staring up at the ceiling.
...
it's too bad that more people can't be thrilled about their intended as she is. then again, she chose will, and chances are... from what sherbet said, she probably didn't. no wonder she'd mentioned it at all at the ceremony. ]
Sherbet-san, the results aren't a punishment. That I can say for sure... though I know how you feel. [ her head against the other. ] Every time... that I saw the lights go up when the person I liked so much was with someone else, it felt like a slap in the face. Especially when it was really, really obvious that we weren't a perfect match at all.
[ her voice is soft, too. in volume. for all the happiness she exudes now... it really was some of the most dreaded days of her life. that weekend kept eating at her, time after time, until it felt like it'd swallow her whole. ]
I think it's okay to run away from stuff, though. Especially if you might find something that makes you happier on the way. It's not like you really wanna go through with it, right?
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I don't... I really don't.
[ Even that was a truth she could only keep to herself, until now. She really, really, really does not want to go through with the marriage. But what can she do? It's a miracle she got a ticket to come here instead, otherwise, she's not sure she would have had the courage to do anything else. ]
When I got the letter, it was like a miracle. I thought, if I could just find someone I wouldn't mind marrying, that would be enough... but things are so different than I imagined.
[ People are much kinder and much more encouraging than anticipated — it's allowed her to start to dream of something past settling. ]
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[ the people there, her age and not much older... the blessings of modernity, the lack of impending world ending threats, in your face racism, zombies, and so much more. anna learned a lot from everyone there.
mostly about how normal, boring, and lucky she was, but that's fine. it really, really is. ]
Now you're the protagonist of your own story, Sherbet-san. So whether you'd like to escape completely and see all of the open world yourself, never marrying until you're an old biddy, or finding someone you love so much you wish you could get hitched the next day -- you can do anything. [ a small nudge, and anna'll give her her handkerchief. ] The best books are the ones we write ourselves, or so I've been told.
week two!
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Think it's you and Leslie-san?
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Well, it's not very likely, given the results...
[ Her flights of fancy and delusions aside, Sherbet is quite intelligent and bookish. Besides, she's something of a true romantic like Anna: even if she weren't a true "match" with Leslie, that wouldn't change her feelings. ]
...I wish it was us, though.
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Numbers schnumbers! But it'd be fine if she wasn't, right? You'll still go after her?