scien is probably just stretching after shrimping over his project most of the day, but once he sees sidon he's just going to do the clear mental math of deciding how much he wants to interact with another person right now
decides to approach, offering a saltine cracker in these trying times?]
[ this is not fish but. it's fine. it's a gift. he nibbles at it.
wait no it's not a gift it's a trade. this is also fine, he's got one of the biggest social batteries of this graveyard. it's a low bar to clear but he's up there. ]
A lot of foolishness.
[ he has a lot of love and patience but also some limits. ]
These are not anomalies. [scien has lost someone, and he hasn't done these things, but he's the weirdo. rather,] Emotions will often become erratic, leading to illogical or violent actions.
You simply have a different set of principles than they do. [a beat] That is not a bad thing.
[scien just thinks that sora and nodd are both among the masses of people he doesn't like, but isn't surprised by]
[ does this make them both weirdos. he takes this as a compliment. ]
I hope you're right.
[ he would like to believe that's the case and not that he would be terrible in a new, fun, different way. his irritation fades a little as he takes another nibble of this cracker instead of just eating the entire thing at once.
a moment of venting: ]
I think that is part of what made it so... frustrating! Prince Dion is a principled man. On top of a murder he hadn't wanted, and some spectacle tomorrow—...it all felt a bit insulting. Throne, too—to be put in danger for protecting herself? [ just!!! frustrated fish noise ]
[we need to get sidon some shrimp chips or something
but scien will allow the venting, nodding along. he doesn't actually really disagree on any part, but he felt all his emotions in the moment during trial and has since let go of them because he is the true weirdo between the two of them.]
It was insulting. That blue buffoon didn't have a single thought for anyone besides himself.
Though at least that woman was being examined by a reasonable person. [shu clearly let her off]
[ literally no reason to execute someone who put in a counter. investigating the case enough to see the truth of what happened was enough. ]
...Apologies. It's uncouth for me to complain so much. Especially when Nodd is a friend to me. But I hadn't wanted anyone to resent Shouxue either. [ it's complicated with how people treat all these killers. how they're supposed to think of them—how clearly they are victims, in his eyes. ]
I don't care to receive your apology. [so no, he's not accepting it] If anything, if you didn't complain, I wouldn't trust that you're capable of critical thinking.
Acknowledging the flaws of people, whether you feel friendship toward them or not, is just as important as seeing their strengths.
[ his fins droop a little. it's true and he can't help it anyway, but it does feel a little bad. ]
I want to believe in others! It helps them reach their truest potential, I think! But I suppose... friends would not allow each other to stray off the right path either.
Every individual is made up of both things that make them annoying and things that make them tolerable. [normal people would call these strengths and weaknesses] If you don't comprehend them as a whole, you are judging a person who doesn't exist. Only your false assumption of them.
Isn't it more disrespectful to call someone your friend when you don't take in everything they are?
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week 3 post-trial
scien is probably just stretching after shrimping over his project most of the day, but once he sees sidon he's just going to do the clear mental math of deciding how much he wants to interact with another person right now
decides to approach, offering a saltine cracker in these trying times?]
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cwacker ]
Thank you?
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Thoughts?
[was
was it a trade]
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wait no it's not a gift it's a trade. this is also fine, he's got one of the biggest social batteries of this graveyard. it's a low bar to clear but he's up there. ]
A lot of foolishness.
[ he has a lot of love and patience but also some limits. ]
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[though scien nods]
Everyone's been quite displeased all evening.
[wonder why]
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[ if not just from home, then here, at least. ]
It has not made me try to kill anyone. Or disrespect someone so obviously.
[ sora... nodd....... ]
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These are not anomalies. [scien has lost someone, and he hasn't done these things, but he's the weirdo. rather,] Emotions will often become erratic, leading to illogical or violent actions.
You simply have a different set of principles than they do. [a beat] That is not a bad thing.
[scien just thinks that sora and nodd are both among the masses of people he doesn't like, but isn't surprised by]
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I hope you're right.
[ he would like to believe that's the case and not that he would be terrible in a new, fun, different way. his irritation fades a little as he takes another nibble of this cracker instead of just eating the entire thing at once.
a moment of venting: ]
I think that is part of what made it so... frustrating! Prince Dion is a principled man. On top of a murder he hadn't wanted, and some spectacle tomorrow—...it all felt a bit insulting. Throne, too—to be put in danger for protecting herself? [ just!!! frustrated fish noise ]
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but scien will allow the venting, nodding along. he doesn't actually really disagree on any part, but he felt all his emotions in the moment during trial and has since let go of them because he is the true weirdo between the two of them.]
It was insulting. That blue buffoon didn't have a single thought for anyone besides himself.
Though at least that woman was being examined by a reasonable person. [shu clearly let her off]
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he nods, looking grateful. ]
Anyone reasonable would look the other way.
[ literally no reason to execute someone who put in a counter. investigating the case enough to see the truth of what happened was enough. ]
...Apologies. It's uncouth for me to complain so much. Especially when Nodd is a friend to me. But I hadn't wanted anyone to resent Shouxue either. [ it's complicated with how people treat all these killers. how they're supposed to think of them—how clearly they are victims, in his eyes. ]
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but scien just shakes his head.]
I don't care to receive your apology. [so no, he's not accepting it] If anything, if you didn't complain, I wouldn't trust that you're capable of critical thinking.
Acknowledging the flaws of people, whether you feel friendship toward them or not, is just as important as seeing their strengths.
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That's true...
[ his fins droop a little. it's true and he can't help it anyway, but it does feel a little bad. ]
I want to believe in others! It helps them reach their truest potential, I think! But I suppose... friends would not allow each other to stray off the right path either.
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Isn't it more disrespectful to call someone your friend when you don't take in everything they are?
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I can still be friends with Nodd after this. [ it isn't unforgivable, and he's not the type to hold a grudge. ] But he has reflecting to do.
For someone who doesn't sound as though he has many friends, you do seem to understand them.
[ is this........ a compliment ]
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anyway,]
I have Dahut and one other. [two friends for sixty years] If someone has gained my attention, I might as well see them for who they are.
[it's just that actually getting seeing to notice and care is the hurdle here]
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but really, for scien that sounds fine, even if sidon would simply die. ]
I hope you'll be able to make at least one friend here... There's dozens of people!
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[a beat]
... I have. So I suppose that makes four now. A one hundred percent increase, so stop fussing like I'm someone who struggles with loneliness.
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[ he doesn't mean it as an insult... he's just impressed..... ]
Who are they!?
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[he's genuinely surprised]
Masochist and Busybody.
[sidon has to remember scien's stupid insulting nicknames]