kiss game overflow sept. 2020;

[softlyfalling]

[ threads go here because we know how this game will be. ]

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[softlyfalling]

Oh, yes, that's definitely fine—though, what sort do you want...?

You know. Kiss-wise.

[wonderlandgirl]

U-um...

[oh God actually maybe this isn't such a good idea.

[dokis.]

Gentle?

[softlyfalling]

I can definitely do that, but I more meant where.

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh... I'm sorry.

The hand would be all right. Or the cheek...?

[softlyfalling]

That's fine, so—I guess if it's all of them, pick one to start, then.

[wonderlandgirl]

Then why don'ty we start at the top?

[She hands Shrike a red vial and uncaps her own.]

This one tastes like strawberries! I think it's the nicest.

[She drinks.]

[softlyfalling]

Oh, well, that's at least good...

[ she drinks, and intends to say "well, it feels fine," but instead— ]

You're a very sweet young woman.

[wonderlandgirl]

R-really...?

[Wednesday blushes.]

I--

[Says, inexplicably:]

I've always liked you. Like... I know it's silly and I'm probably just a kid to you but I've always thought you were - really, really attractive? Handsome. Like... Takarazuka.

[Why are we saying this now?]

[softlyfalling]

[






oh, ]

You're really lovely, and kind, and you're becoming an excellent woman, er—

...and you give very flattering compliments.

[ something is clearly Happening, but—she takes Wednesday's hand, and lifts it to kiss the back, lightly. ]

[wonderlandgirl]

[see, that's what she means--

[Knightly. Like a girl prince. Wednesday colors, and copies Shrike's actions.]

I--

I'm sorry, Shrike-san. That's something I've sort of wanted to say for a long time. I think it just slipped out.

[softlyfalling]

...there's really no need to be sorry at all.

I'm, ah—often flustered by attention, but I'm very flattered.

[wonderlandgirl]

Thank you...

I know I'm pretty young, and you're marrying Nero-san... but I still can't stop admiring you, even if that's all it's ever going to be.

[softlyfalling]

Even so—I'm really glad that we've met each other, and become friends.

...which also reminds me—so, Sabre?

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh, Sabre-kun...?

[She colors, which probably goes some way to answering that question.]

Um, we met last time there was a game like that?

[softlyfalling]

Making important connections in all the strangest situations, but I guess that one's not so strange. She does seem more than a little sweet on you.

[wonderlandgirl]

I suppose I'm more than a little sweet on her, too...

[She blushes, looking away.]

She comes round to pep! quite a lot, actually. Cobalt-san gets on really well with her, too - not like that, I mean. But really well.

[She reaches for the next vials - peach - and fidgets.]

[softlyfalling]

I have... actually a couple people I'm close to on ZRAEL, so that's nice to hear, just that people I like get along—

[ she takes a peach one of her own, and uncorks it, before drinking. ]

Honestly—actually, you remind me of a girl I was very sweet on growing up.

[ ...that was more candid than she necessarily intended, but ]

[wonderlandgirl]

Mm. I've been hoping we could sort of... watch out for them a little, in games? Sabre-kun - she feels like nobody watches out for them. That they're an acceptable loss, somehow... I don't think that. I'm sure you don't. But sometimes, when you really feel something, just knowing better doesn't help...

[But she smiles a little, at Shrike's next word, and drinks her own vial.]

Really? Someone like me?

[softlyfalling]

Mm, well—she's a singer and a musician, recognized in a lot of places, and relentlessly hopeful and kind besides.

...I miss her a lot.

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh--!

[That does sound like the sort of person Wednesday would like to be. She thinks I'm all those things?]

That's the hard thing about getting back memories, don't you think? It's almost a little bit harder, when you know exactly who you're missing. It's sort of - general, otherwise. But once you have a name and a face and you know a few things... it aches a bit more, doesn't it?

[softlyfalling]

Mm, and she was the first person I remembered, actually—

...well. I remembered leaving her behind. Or maybe more the other way around, but it was my choice. I'm lucky to have the knowledge now that we found each other again, but...

...I wonder what she'd make of me now.

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh, you met again...

[That's good. I'm glad.]

I'm sure she'd love you just as you are, Shrike-san. You're one of the most admirable people here - even if you've gone through a lot. That doesn't make you any less worthy of her.

[softlyfalling]

I really hope so. I think... in a lot of ways, I'm much more satisfied with the person I am now.

...though I hope it's not too much of a surprise to return with a husband, too.