[Sayo is texting with one hand while she makes sure the Winchesters are combat ready with the other :)
She's handled enough of Kinzo's weird staring to bear it herself, but the moment it applied to Ange, who she already feels guilty enough over putting her in a position to receive unimaginable suffering, oh brother you've got a big storm coming.]
The relief of knowing that she's not the only one suffering here is shattered entirely by the fact that of all other people having to deal with this, it's her. Great job, Ange. Dragging her into your house, and then forcing her to deal with whatever creepy thing is going on with Ozpin mere days after. ]
No, just staring. Please don't worry, I'm fine. [ 'Fine' miight be a bit of a lie, since Ange is a little more weirded out than she's trying to pretend to be here.. ] Did the same thing happen with you too? Was he just sitting there and.. staring?
[ There's a noticable pause before Ange's reply arrives compared to a moment ago.
Almost as if she's struggling and going back and forth on whether to be honest here or not. It's hard to talk openly about feelings, especially in this complicated situation. ]
I mean.. I don't like it. It weirds me out. [ She'll at least honestly admit to that. ] But if it's just staring, I'll deal with it. I don't want to create some huge fuss just for my sake.
[ Though Ozpin also doing it to the other sure complicates things in that regard. Ange is a lot more protective of other people than she is of herself. ]
Though I'm worried this might escalate. I don't even want to know into what.
Well then, I'll make a fuss for your sake! You've made a fuss for mine, so it's only fair!
[Sayo tells herself that's just what Shannon would say, but deep down inside, she means it. She does care for Ange now, despite how little she deserves Ange's own care.]
...if I have to. I'd really rather not, so I hope it goes away on its own.
[She is, however, absolutely going to make an actual fuss no matter what.]
Hopefully, things will be just fine. If he's a friend of Ruby's, he has to be a... he has to be a tolerable person, at least.
Yeah. Don't worry, I trust everyone from Remnant. [ Else she wouldn't have brought the other into this house.
.. but she still worries. Especially when Shannon is involved as well. And the other is being so kind to her that it would feel wrong to not give her a bit more information. So Ange sends the first part to the group chat, but then sends a private message just to the other. ]
( private )
Please be careful though. This place can influence people. We can't be sure until we know what's going on.
I'm mostly trying to figure out why us two. It doesn't seem like it's happening to anyone else. I mean, I did go on a date with Ruby and kiss her once while he was inside of her and I didn't realise he was until after it already happened, but I really hope this and that have nothing to do with each other. [ PLEASE NO.
Also, don't mind her casually dropping that information. ]
Especially when Ange realises she can't explain this without throwing secrets that belong to at least two other people around, so.. welp. ]
It's a long story. The short version is that the last place we were in like this one liked to mess around with us even more. [ And then there's about 50 more elaborated explanations she is opting to skip here.. ] It made Ozpin get stuck inside of Ruby as.. a second personality, or a voice in her head, or something? I don't know. On the exact day of our date.
[ It was weird and complicated to her too, if that helps. ]
I had no idea until I kissed her, and then my first kiss was completely ruined by the fact an old man was involved in it.
Thankfully their situation didn't last that long. I think they worked it out?
[ Maybe. Probably. It's not exactly like Ange was in any state to see how they resolved that, considering she just literally ran straight for the hills after that happened.
That part is just a tad too embarrassing to tell Shannon of all people about, though. ]
And I just.. [ Hm. Well. Saying she was okay would be a lie, so.. ] I guess I tucked it away into a little corner of my mind and hoped to just never think about it ever again.
[ UNTIL OZPIN STARTED TO GIVE HER WEIRD LOOKS NOW. ]
That's... good, I suppose? And also what I would do in that situation.
[Really, Sayo's entire teenagehood was defined by "tucking something into the back of her mind and not thinking too hard about it." Unfortunately, she is a chronic overthinker, so she made up other people to not think about it and other people to think about it for her too.
The next day:]
Ozpin-san stopped staring at me starting this morning! How about you?
[Nothing can't be solved with a sufficient level of intimidation.]
[ Huh. That's.. surprising? It's a good thing, sure, but it doesn't explain why it suddenly started, or why it suddenly stopped. ]
I'm glad to hear it. [ Because Ange was pretty worried about it.
But.. well.. ]
You had tea with him though? [ Ange is so confused as to why. Was she just too polite to turn it down?! Ange can't imagine this being a voluntary matter incited on Shannon's end. ]
[ It's so easy too when it comes to social situations. ]
Come on.. even you aren't that quick to forgive someone, right? [ The irony here is really, really thick, though of course Ange herself doesn't realise it.
Though it'd be nice for 'Shannon' to know that she is allowed to - and should definitely - stand up for herself, she thinks. ]
It was only yesterday that he was still doing it! I sure can't forget someone doing something so awkward that quickly.
[ It's the 'fast friends' that catches Ange off guard even more, but then she realises it's probably since the other has no idea that Ange actually knows about what happened between Shannon and George during those two days on Rokkenjima.. or even just in general, considering. You know. She was a toddler.
But while she did certainly get some Odd Vibes from reading about that, she's mostly just been reading about what happened or could have happened then and there, during the entire incident, considering that's what the message bottles and forgeries were about. And during the years before that, despite actually being present, wasn't Ange back then a little too young to really notice.. ]
I'm not sure if it was bad, necessarily. Just... strange. Before Battler-san left, he was always so formal with me, but there was this odd feeling of... resentment? Frustration, perhaps? I don't know, I'm probably seeing things that weren't there!
He was strangely aggressive about being my, er,
friend
once Battler-san was gone, too. But that went away quickly!
[Sayo's Relationship With George Was Perfectly Fine And Had No Problems And She Is Not Spiraling Over How She Murdered Him With Her Own Two Hands On Accident Right Now Thank You Very Much]
[Stop perceiving her, Ange, it only makes this living arrangement more painful! Sayo wishes she had one of those big dumb black potato sack coats that she wore to Jessica's concert, except to wrap around her entire life.]
It really wasn't as bad as I'm making it sound, Ange-san! I'm doing George-san a disservice...
But even if it was, it's my duty as a servant of the Ushiromiya family to, um, "put up with it."
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Are you okay, Ange-san? Has he done anything?
[Sayo is texting with one hand while she makes sure the Winchesters are combat ready with the other :)
She's handled enough of Kinzo's weird staring to bear it herself, but the moment it applied to Ange, who she already feels guilty enough over putting her in a position to receive unimaginable suffering, oh brother you've got a big storm coming.]
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The relief of knowing that she's not the only one suffering here is shattered entirely by the fact that of all other people having to deal with this, it's her. Great job, Ange. Dragging her into your house, and then forcing her to deal with whatever creepy thing is going on with Ozpin mere days after. ]
No, just staring. Please don't worry, I'm fine. [ 'Fine' miight be a bit of a lie, since Ange is a little more weirded out than she's trying to pretend to be here.. ] Did the same thing happen with you too? Was he just sitting there and.. staring?
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[Sayo, you really aren't helping your case of "Ange should hate me" here.]
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Almost as if she's struggling and going back and forth on whether to be honest here or not. It's hard to talk openly about feelings, especially in this complicated situation. ]
I mean.. I don't like it. It weirds me out. [ She'll at least honestly admit to that. ] But if it's just staring, I'll deal with it. I don't want to create some huge fuss just for my sake.
[ Though Ozpin also doing it to the other sure complicates things in that regard. Ange is a lot more protective of other people than she is of herself. ]
Though I'm worried this might escalate. I don't even want to know into what.
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[Sayo tells herself that's just what Shannon would say, but deep down inside, she means it. She does care for Ange now, despite how little she deserves Ange's own care.]
...if I have to. I'd really rather not, so I hope it goes away on its own.
[She is, however, absolutely going to make an actual fuss no matter what.]
Hopefully, things will be just fine. If he's a friend of Ruby's, he has to be a... he has to be a tolerable person, at least.
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.. but she still worries. Especially when Shannon is involved as well. And the other is being so kind to her that it would feel wrong to not give her a bit more information. So Ange sends the first part to the group chat, but then sends a private message just to the other. ]
( private )
Please be careful though. This place can influence people. We can't be sure until we know what's going on.
I'm mostly trying to figure out why us two. It doesn't seem like it's happening to anyone else. I mean, I did go on a date with Ruby and kiss her once while he was inside of her and I didn't realise he was until after it already happened, but I really hope this and that have nothing to do with each other. [ PLEASE NO.
Also, don't mind her casually dropping that information. ]
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[Yeah, no, she's done, it's official, this world makes no fucking sense, nothing she could ask would lead to anything but more questions.]
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Especially when Ange realises she can't explain this without throwing secrets that belong to at least two other people around, so.. welp. ]
It's a long story. The short version is that the last place we were in like this one liked to mess around with us even more. [ And then there's about 50 more elaborated explanations she is opting to skip here.. ] It made Ozpin get stuck inside of Ruby as.. a second personality, or a voice in her head, or something? I don't know. On the exact day of our date.
[ It was weird and complicated to her too, if that helps. ]
I had no idea until I kissed her, and then my first kiss was completely ruined by the fact an old man was involved in it.
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(The irony of Oz being a voice in Ruby's head is not lost on her.)]
Oh.
Um.
Were Oz-san and Ruby-san okay afterwards...?
Were you okay afterwards???
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[ Maybe. Probably. It's not exactly like Ange was in any state to see how they resolved that, considering she just literally ran straight for the hills after that happened.
That part is just a tad too embarrassing to tell Shannon of all people about, though. ]
And I just.. [ Hm. Well. Saying she was okay would be a lie, so.. ] I guess I tucked it away into a little corner of my mind and hoped to just never think about it ever again.
[ UNTIL OZPIN STARTED TO GIVE HER WEIRD LOOKS NOW. ]
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[Really, Sayo's entire teenagehood was defined by "tucking something into the back of her mind and not thinking too hard about it." Unfortunately, she is a chronic overthinker, so she made up other people to not think about it and other people to think about it for her too.
The next day:]
Ozpin-san stopped staring at me starting this morning! How about you?
[Nothing can't be solved with a sufficient level of intimidation.]
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[ Especially since it was so noticable the day before. It's not like that'd suddenly go away out of nowhere.. right? ]
Do you really think he fully stopped?
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[Nevermind that having tea with him was just about the last thing Sayo wanted to do, but refusing would be even more suspicious.]
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I'm glad to hear it. [ Because Ange was pretty worried about it.
But.. well.. ]
You had tea with him though? [ Ange is so confused as to why. Was she just too polite to turn it down?! Ange can't imagine this being a voluntary matter incited on Shannon's end. ]
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[For once, Ange has an accurate read of Sayo.]
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[ Though Ange gets that it's hard. She felt awkward too when she first moved in.. So she knows her advice isn't that easy to follow up on.
But it'd still feel wrong to not say it. ]
You don't have to do anything you don't want to here. It's not like anyone will kick you out just for not feeling like having a tea party.
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[Sayo would've been happy to tell Ozpin to stuff it, but that would've been out of character for Shannon.]
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Though she kind of gets it when it's 'Shannon'. Of course the other has zero experience with this. She was never allowed to do it. ]
If you don't want to be rude, you could always explain why?
I mean, I think "sorry, I'd rather not get creeper looks while having tea with you" is a pretty valid excuse.
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[...at this point, Sayo might be slightly trolling Ange. Slightly.]
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Come on.. even you aren't that quick to forgive someone, right? [ The irony here is really, really thick, though of course Ange herself doesn't realise it.
Though it'd be nice for 'Shannon' to know that she is allowed to - and should definitely - stand up for herself, she thinks. ]
It was only yesterday that he was still doing it! I sure can't forget someone doing something so awkward that quickly.
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cacklingcreaking sounds coming from the house for a few minutes, that's just the wind.(Don't pay attention to the
occasional sobghostly wails either.)]Well, George-san acted quite strangely around me when we were both younger, and for a much longer time than that, but after he stopped we became
[A full minute passes before Sayo struggles through her emotions enough to finish that sentence.]
friends
yes, er
fast. friends
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[ It's the 'fast friends' that catches Ange off guard even more, but then she realises it's probably since the other has no idea that Ange actually knows about what happened between Shannon and George during those two days on Rokkenjima.. or even just in general, considering. You know. She was a toddler.
But while she did certainly get some Odd Vibes from reading about that, she's mostly just been reading about what happened or could have happened then and there, during the entire incident, considering that's what the message bottles and forgeries were about. And during the years before that, despite actually being present, wasn't Ange back then a little too young to really notice.. ]
Was it a bad kind of strange?
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He was strangely aggressive about being my, er,
friend
once Battler-san was gone, too. But that went away quickly!
[Sayo's Relationship With George Was Perfectly Fine And Had No Problems And She Is Not Spiraling Over How She Murdered Him With Her Own Two Hands On Accident Right Now Thank You Very Much]
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Ange guesses that story of Featherine's really hadn't been lying, though she knows that's way too wild of a fact to suddenly throw around.
There's a slight pause, but then she sends: ]
You sure put up with a lot.
[ That's not necessarily judging.
It's more a 'girl, please, you deserve having more self-respect than to let these weird men walk all over you.' It's kind of sympathetic. ]
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It really wasn't as bad as I'm making it sound, Ange-san! I'm doing George-san a disservice...
But even if it was, it's my duty as a servant of the Ushiromiya family to, um, "put up with it."
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