( semi-open ) though it may hurt today

[gradenine]

WHO: Roland (gradenine) & some of you guys
WHAT: July catchall + event
WHERE: Vaults, then some formalwear shop (get in losers we're going shopping)
WHEN: The rest of July
WARNINGS: Major Ruina and Leviathan spoilers in the first prompt. Death, murder, the usual Project Moon warnings apply, probably. Please refer to his opt-out for more info.




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[gradenine]

[ this city is definitely different at night. there's always that feeling of being watched, but it's different compared to the prying eyes of the city roland's lived in, and he's not sure if he preferred this one of that one. it's one of those nights where roland hits up another restaurant to sample their wares - this time another seafood place whose food tastes... so and so, but serviceable. and since this place has a rooftop, then he may as well check it out.

it's that pale boy again. roland can only cast him a flat look as he walks over to tsurumaru, the chilly night air combing through his hair. ]

What's real?

[ great, more cryptic talk. angela would've hated this guy. ]

[cranekin]

The moon.

(He leans over the rail, practically hanging over it but still keeping his balance.)

It looks like the one back home. The same cold light, the back we can't see...

(He sounds a little wistful.)

And the same sea.

(Yeah. The moon has a sea.)

[gradenine]

[ ... ]

Yeah, uh. I still don't get it. Care to elaborate?

[ SORRY TSURU HE HATES BEATING AROUND THE BUSH... ]

[cranekin]

There's a sea on the moon.

(He says like its totally obvious. There's no doubt at all that there is a sea there.)

Someone told me about it a long time ago. It's called the Sea of Tranquility. It's completely silent and when you walk along the shore... your footsteps never disappear.

(And then he laughs,)

Sorry, sorry. I suppose I'm feeling a little nostalgic!

[gradenine]

A sea on the moon...

[ although this time, roland doesn't quickly dismiss tsurumaru's ramblings. he walks closing to the railing and looks up at the moon. it's so far away. ]

Nostalgic? You been to the sea before, then?

[cranekin]

A sea.

(Not the sea in particular.)

It was much louder... and if you went there today, you would never know who had been there before.

(Wistfully, sighing,)

Imagine erasing thousands of lives. In the end, they just become a number.

[gradenine]

[ ...

well, now this topic has taken quite the turn. one that hits homes, too. roland purses his lips together, thinking of how he should navigate this. ]

No, sorry, I still don't get it.

[ REALLY SMOOTH, ROLAND. this is exactly why he doesn't like fluffy dialogue like this at all. even binah was easier to talk to, but only because she already kinda knew who roland is. ]

But yeah, all those human lives going down the drain. Like, at sea? Did someone drown? Come on, you've got to throw me a bone here... [ help ]