Just wanted to plant an idea if you wanted a bit of fuel: Mahiru asking Yuno to come to her cell before everything goes down.
Edit: I forgot the ask didn't say it but this is part of Kyanako's incredible Order Of Attack AU!
Didn't mean for this to become a mini Mappi study but here we are ✨ Thank you for the request! I fully intended to write them hanging out, but it's more right before they hang out lol. Went a bit on-the-nose with foreshadowing, but isn't that the fun part? It has become Emotional Over Mahiru Hour...
I kept things vague, but TW for mentioning her boyfriend's state of potential self-harm
Mahiru tried not to act superstitious, she really did. As much as she loved the idea of little luck charms, or avoided easy signs of misfortune, it was easier to keep quiet about such ridiculous things.
Maybe catching a bride’s bouquet meant no guarantees; maybe there was no real harm in stepping underneath ladders, maybe a coin tossed into a fountain had no real magic to its wish. However, the one thing she knew for sure held power was a lucky presence. Being in the right place at the right time could alter everything. And today was the right time for something. There was this waiting in the air. The prison had been holding its breath. Mahiru knew it was time to release it all.
“You must be so lonely, why don’t you let big sis Mahiru keep you company?” She beamed at Amane.
She often recalled the good fortune that she and a certain young man had crossed paths on the university terrace. She used to laugh with him about the wonderful coincidence of bumping into each other outside of the bakery, then the convenience store.
Though she’d never spoken about it to him, she was also grateful for many occasions where she walked in on him at the precise moment to talk him out of something reckless. She always told him that they’d do everything together. He didn’t need to be alone anymore.
“I wish to be alone. I need peace of mind to think.” Amane turned away from the cell door.
It was a good thing, too. Mahiru’s smile wasn’t as convincing as she said, “o-oh. Of course.”
She made her way around the panopticon, hearing Fuuta pace his cell in anticipation. He must have felt it too, this holding of breath.
Or perhaps not. He turned down her offer for a bit of company, including a few more colorful words than Amane had. Mahiru just apologized for bothering him and headed back to her cell. She wasn’t sure where Mikoto was at this hour, but she didn’t feel like smiling through a third rejection.
She shook her head back and forth. She wished the motion could rattle the voices inside, she wished she could shake them all away. With her arms secured in place she could no longer cover her ears. She used to hum to keep them at bay, but lately they’d been too loud to stifle. They just kept on talking.
Their words told her the two were right. Nobody needed her company. No – nobody wanted it. Being together hadn’t helped her boyfriend. In fact, being together had been the very thing that got him killed. No wonder Amane and Fuuta wanted to avoid her.
So then, this was for the best. She would rather deal with the brief sting of refusal than stumble in one day to find them hurt… or worse. As much as she tried to avoid the superstition of it all, the voices reminded her that her very presence could mean life or death.
“Mappi, are you alright?” Mahiru hadn’t realized a tear had slipped down her cheek until she hurried to swipe it away in front of Yuno.
“Hah, I’m fine! Just fine.” It was impossible to fool her, Mahiru had learned, but that never stopped her from trying.
At least she always spoke tactfully. “Rough morning?”
Mahiru shifted her arms in her uniform, making a small sound of agreement.
“Can I do anything to help? What if I stay with you for a bit? I can do your hair, and…”
The voices were right. Amane and Fuuta knew it, too. Presences did hold power, and Mahiru’s was cursed.
But she would sound foolish admitting such a fear to Yuno. She'd heard plenty from the voices about how stupid and airheaded she was, there was no use in getting the same lecture from someone as grounded as her.
Mahiru managed a weak protest, unable to explain her real reasoning. Yuno was insistent. She didn’t give much of a choice. Could she feel the strangeness of the prison, as well?
At last, Mahiru allowed her shoulders to sag. Yuno was lucky. And kind. Having her nearby would do her good. Amane and Fuuta would be alright. Mahiru had tried spending more time with them after verdicts were announced. Now, she made a mental note to pull back. If her love couldn’t save anyone, at least she could spare them from her curse. They would be safe.
“Yes. Please stay. The truth is... I don't want to be alone.”
17 notes
·
View notes
Japanese
Renshuu
Italki lessons (30m + 45m)
Minna No Nihongo (1 chapter, read aloud)
Writing practice
Norwegian
Rødstrupe (20%)
Italki lesson (60m)
Kveldsnytt x1
Feeling hella burnt out this week. Relationship things have been keeping me up at night and my brain's still racing from NaNo. And I've been ill as well, having some really awful stomach pains (which, now that I think about it, may well be as much attributable to stress as they are to my diet).
Anyway, I won't go into details here; that's not what this blog is for.
It does seem like I've not done a lot, and I haven't varied my studying very much this week. But I've done something every day! Reading in Norwegian is so much slower than reading in English lol. Feel like I'd have finished this book already if I were reading it in English. I can see why people say it's better to start with book 3 of Nesbø's work; this book is a lot better than the first two. But it's still reading in my second language, and Nesbø does like to use some fancy words. I'm gonna have a lot of vocabulary to go through once I finish!
Had another moment this week where Renshuu was constantly throwing this one word at me in my vocab quizzes and I could not remember it for love nor money, but then I heard one of my students saying it a couple of times while playing a game and I was like OH. OH THAT'S THE WORD. OH I GET IT NOW. And there were other moments where at first I didn't understand what the kids were saying but then after about 5 seconds it clicked.
This coming week I'm hoping to finish Rødstrupe, but it may be a challenge given how slowly I'm getting through it. Still, now that it's picking up a bit more I'm starting to read faster. As for Japanese, I'm planning to review all the grammar I've learned over the past month and maybe make some posts about it.
9 notes
·
View notes
“The Other Side” (Touchstarved OC Rewrite)
So I made a parody of "The Other Side" from The Greatest Showman with my Touchstarved Hound OC, Alon. Here, she's trying to partner up with Mhin to — as thieves are wont to do — pull off a Senobium caper, but it takes a bit of back and forth with someone who's so used to being on their own.
Alon: Right here, right now, I put the offer out.
I don't wanna chase you down but I know you see it.
We form a team and we will find the key
To all the answers we both know we’re seekin'.
So trade that tragical for somethin' magical (Mhin: Tragical’s not a word.)
And if it's crazy, live a little crazy!
You can try the same old schtick and hope that something finally clicks.
Or change the game and schtick with me…
Alon: Don't you wanna get away
From this Lowtown part you gotta play?
Then I got what you need, so come with me, we’ll pull a heist!
It’ll take you to the other side!
'Cause you can do like you do or you can run with me.
Stay in the dark or you finally take a leap.
Oh, damn! Suddenly you're free to fly!
We’ll get us to the other side!
Mhin: Okay, my friend, you want to count me in.
Well, I hate to tell you but it just won't happen.
So thanks, but no. I think I'm good to go.
‘Cause I quite like the dark you say I'm trapped in.
I’ll say it’s bold of you, this crazy plot you brewed.
That nerve is something, really, it's something.
But I work best alone, and your plan sounds like a joke at most —
We can’t afford to play the fools.
Mhin: Don't you know that I'm okay
With this Lowtown part I have to play?
'Cause I take what I need and I don't need a ride-or-die.
I will take myself to the other side.
So go and do as you do. Run off and leave me be.
No need for change, you can go on and keep your key.
Oh, damn, can't you see I'm doing fine?
I don’t need your help to save my life.
Alon: Now is this really how you plan to get past those gates?
‘Nother vine, ‘nother try to carry all of the weight?
Mhin: If I join up with you,
Someone is bound to get hurt.
We could die, be confined, try choosing which one is worse!
Alon: Or we could finally win a little, finally breathe a little.
We could take back our freedom to dream
And it’ll clear a path to cure our achin'.
Take our curses, start 'em breakin'.
Now that's a change that seems worth embracin’!
But I guess I'll leave that up to you…?
Mhin: …Fine, you’ve intrigued me, but my services are costly.
So how much actual coin would you be offering?
Alon: Fair enough, you want insurance for the action.
Seven gold, come on, let’s shake and make it happen!
Mhin: I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine.
Alon: Ack! Why not just ditch the heist and try to bribe your way inside?
Mhin: Fifteen.
Alon: I'd do eight!
Mhin: Twelve.
Alon: Maybe nine.
Mhin: Ten.
Both: Don't you wanna get away
To a whole new part you're gonna play?
Then I got what you need, so come with me, we’ll take the ride
To the other side!
So you can do like you do or you can run with me.
Forget the gates 'cause we’re going to take the leap!
Oh, damn, suddenly we're free to fly.
We're going to the other side!
Mhin: So if you do like I do (Alon: To the other side)
So if you do like me (Alon: We're goin' to the other side)
Both: 'Cause if we do, we're going to the other side.
We're going to the other side!
7 notes
·
View notes
there's two wolves inside me
1 - If Sectonia were to go through a redemption arc I think Dedede would be hesitant to actually accept it but I feel like he would because he wasn't a good king at one point either and if he can get better maybe this evil queen would be able to as well. so in the end he would accept it except Sectonia would be on thin ice
2 - Sectonia and Dedede meet again and start out with a decent conversation mainly pushed by Taranza and Bandee talking while Sectonia and King Dedede glare at each other, then Taranaza and Bandee leave for a second. to do...something... and then they walk back and King Dedede and sectonia are beating each other up like Dedede is punching, Sectonia is clawing him you know. I don't particularly know why this would happen except from Dedede being scared of Sectonia but then idk why she'd attack him back if thats the case. - this idea is significantly out of character imo but its funny
yeah...
2 notes
·
View notes