Catch-all; Kainé

[momming]

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Week 0, Monday

[momming]

[ She's in this coloring class because maybe it will be soothing or something, and maybe it's also nice to focus on something else for a hot second. Whatever the case, she's glancing over to see how her neighbor is doing. ]

You seem very passionate about this!

[overshaded]

[ Otome's neighbor is very bad at this, but she is trying her best(?). It's questionable. ]

Art's something that lasts.

[momming]

That's very true. I was never very good at it, but at the very least, you always end up having something to show for it.

[ Hang in there, neighbor. ]

[overshaded]

Not everything you end up with should be kept, but some of 'em are worth it.

[ She's hanging. ]

[momming]

Do you have anything like that?

[ Something she's deemed worthy enough to keep? ]

[overshaded]

... Yeah. Not here, but there was something like that.

[ Her voice is a fraction softer. ]

[momming]

It sounds like something important and likely something I shouldn't ask about, having only known you for ten seconds?

[ She'll respect boundaries in this regard. ]

[overshaded]

Good guess.

[ That does make Kainé a little more comfortable around Otome. ]

[momming]

I think that might just be common decency! If you have something like that, then I'm glad.

[ And that's all she needs to know. ]

[overshaded]

Not everyone has a drop of decency, but I am, too.

[ The world is kind of shitty, and even she needs one speck of niceness. ]

[momming]

I'm Otome, by the way. Otome Yanagiya. Maybe you'll make something here that will make a nice addition to your room?

[ Couldn't hurt, right? ]

[overshaded]

My name is Kainé.

[ She looks down at what she's coloring, and there's some kind of doubt here, but... ]

I don't plan to make it homey.

[momming]

That's fair. Ideally, we're able to leave before too long.

[ A whole year sits badly with her. ]

[overshaded]

Ideally, we'd fucking know why we're here in the first place.

[ how do you apply to school when school doesn't even exist where you're from ]

[momming]

Yes, ideally we would... though at this point, since asking has gotten us nowhere, I suppose that will lead to the next step.

[ Getting shit done themselves. ]

[overshaded]

How big of a step do you think any of us can take?

[ she has her doubts. she doesn't mean she's going to stop trying shit or doing shit, but getting knocked out by construction noises makes her sus as hell. ]

[momming]

Bigger than not taking a step at all.

[ But poor thing, why construction gotta be an asshole ]