[ If Haruka chooses to walk near the bar at any point before the sun sets, he'll see Wei Wuxian there, nursing some kind of drink. Wei Wuxian spots him and waves, calling out: ]
[Well, at least he doesn't reek. Haruka's been to bars with ZOOL before, so it's not like he feels horrendously out of place right now, but it's still...
An old battlefield filled with walking corpses and ghosts.
[ ANYWAY.
He sighs, giving Haruka a light shrug. ]
I liked him enough, even if he did trick me into holding hands with him. [ Don't worry about it. ] I think his skill with magic was worth boasting about, but I still tried to convince him not to do something stupid. I believe he was truly worried about what was going on, and whether or not it would get worse if he didn't at least make an attempt at defeating whatever that was. Some may have found him annoying, but I think he was a decent man.
[ Wei Wuxian sighs. There are a lot of strange emotions swirling within him, but he doesn't want to burden Haruka with his odd relationship with death. ]
Honestly? I don't know, but I think we can at least keep that timeline in mind for now. The fact that one was mentioned at all is noteworthy, in my opinion.
That it does, particularly in situations such as this.
[ The days as they are already seem to inch along, he doesn't want to think about what it would be like if someone he actually likes here gets sacrificed. ]
However... the best we can do is hold our heads high and continue on through this time. I believe in your ability to do so.
[Which is what Wei Wuxian’s words make him realize. If someone dies next week, that’s another week spent getting to know each other - possibly even becoming fond of them. There are already people here that Haruka can’t fathom dying. It would hurt, but…
[Well. This just feels incredibly, incredibly grim. It's not that he's wrong - the more they get to know each other, the worse the grief is going to get. Maybe it would be better to isolate himself, to protect his heart from getting hurt...
But that would also be painful, wouldn't it?]
...Until the six weeks are over, if we're lucky.
[What's he going to do if Wei Wuxian dies? If... if Haruka dies, he thinks Wei Wuxian would be okay. Xiao-san would be too, and so would everyone else. They're all used to horrible things like this, so maybe...]
...
Well. There's no point in dwelling on it right now, right?
[It's a poor attempt to lighten the mood, but. He doesn't know what else to do, and this feels suffocating.]
[ It's important to live each day without the fear of death, so that the time they do spend here doesn't feel like a complete waste in the event that they do die. Wei Wuxian squeezes Haruka's shoulder. ]
I'm happy to help you with distractions, you know. I'm good at that.
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week 1, after saturday event
Haruka! Come have a drink with me!
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Wei Wuxian-san… Have you been here long?
[Is it just the one drink so far…]
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[ He doesn't seem drunk, though, and there's no strong smell of alcohol on him when Haruka gets closer. ]
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Well.
Today is certainly a day.]
Is this how you cope with everything?
[He's taking a seat next to him, anyways.]
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[ But if he could, he absolutely would. ]
I’ve been drinking since I was younger than you.
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[Hm. That sure doesn’t sound like a great place to live!
But he nods, looking across the bar at the serving robot, and wonders if it might be worth it to order something.]
…
Wei Wuxian-san… what did you think of Merlin?
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[ ANYWAY.
He sighs, giving Haruka a light shrug. ]
I liked him enough, even if he did trick me into holding hands with him. [ Don't worry about it. ] I think his skill with magic was worth boasting about, but I still tried to convince him not to do something stupid. I believe he was truly worried about what was going on, and whether or not it would get worse if he didn't at least make an attempt at defeating whatever that was. Some may have found him annoying, but I think he was a decent man.
[ And look at what happened! ]
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[That sounds awful on so many levels! Wow!
Haruka nods, lips pressing together as he thinks over what to say.]
I don't think he was the worst. Not by a long shot, even if what he did - tried to do - was really, really stupid...
[...]
How are you feeling?
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I'll be fine. I've been better, but...
[ Wei Wuxian sighs. There are a lot of strange emotions swirling within him, but he doesn't want to burden Haruka with his odd relationship with death. ]
It'll only get harder from here on out, Haruka.
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[Sorry, he's stubborn. Unfortunately.]
...I know. This is just the beginning, and... who knows how long it'll be until the end.
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Six weeks. Ho-oh said no more than six weeks.
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[Haruka doesn't!! For all he's said they're in the same boat... it's hard to believe him.]
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Honestly? I don't know, but I think we can at least keep that timeline in mind for now. The fact that one was mentioned at all is noteworthy, in my opinion.
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I guess you're right... Still, six weeks seems like a really long time.
[Especially if they want two people to die every week?]
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[ The days as they are already seem to inch along, he doesn't want to think about what it would be like if someone he actually likes here gets sacrificed. ]
However... the best we can do is hold our heads high and continue on through this time. I believe in your ability to do so.
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I’ll try my best, but at least it’s just me here… It would be worse if anyone else I knew had to deal with all of this, too.
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[ Given that Haruka is here via mistake. ]
...But I'm thankful no one I know is here either. I would not want to see them die.
[ In fact, Wei Wuxian would probably do whatever he could to ensure their safety. ]
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[He hopes.]
…The next death is going to be even worse.
[Which is what Wei Wuxian’s words make him realize. If someone dies next week, that’s another week spent getting to know each other - possibly even becoming fond of them. There are already people here that Haruka can’t fathom dying. It would hurt, but…
It’s a possibility. A very real possibility.]
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It is.
[ Wei Wuxian won't bullshit him and give him a "we'll make it through" or anything like that. The simple fact of the matter is that it'll hurt. ]
And the death after that will be even harder than before.
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But that would also be painful, wouldn't it?]
...Until the six weeks are over, if we're lucky.
[What's he going to do if Wei Wuxian dies? If... if Haruka dies, he thinks Wei Wuxian would be okay. Xiao-san would be too, and so would everyone else. They're all used to horrible things like this, so maybe...]
...
Well. There's no point in dwelling on it right now, right?
[It's a poor attempt to lighten the mood, but. He doesn't know what else to do, and this feels suffocating.]
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[ It's important to live each day without the fear of death, so that the time they do spend here doesn't feel like a complete waste in the event that they do die. Wei Wuxian squeezes Haruka's shoulder. ]
I'm happy to help you with distractions, you know. I'm good at that.
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[Instead of sitting around being emo…]
What would you recommend?
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Let's go mess around in the gift shop.
[ There are plenty of things they can poke fun at in there. ]
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[He's not going to say no to that, though. Onwards and upwards!]
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[ He loops an arm with Haruka's so he can more easily drag him over to the gift shop. ]
There are all sorts of things in that shop, though. Who knows what we could get up to?