learnings: (gronnblade)
everyone nino loves is dead ([personal profile] learnings) wrote2017-08-27 11:45 am

week three ❧ saturday

[Hey Serph.

Knock knock.

YOU'VE GOT A VISITOR.

Surely this will only be pleasant and go well--in fact, Nino seems to be fidgeting in place, as if uncertain about the topic she's going to raise.]
varunastra: (honey badger don't give a shit.)

[personal profile] varunastra 2017-08-27 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Serph...doesn't do nervous, really, but there's something uncertain in his eyes when he opens the door and realizes who's here. Because if anyone deserved to get out of here in one piece, it was definitely Nino.

And now there's not a thing any of them can do to make that happen. ]


Nino.
varunastra: (honey badger don't give a shit.)

[personal profile] varunastra 2017-08-27 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Would you like to come inside?

[ Because whatever she's here to ask, it seems like it's going to be hard enough without awkwardly standing on the doorstep. ]
varunastra: (*grips your shoulder*)

[personal profile] varunastra 2017-08-27 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's okay, he's patient as hell.

Sit down, get your thoughts straight. He'll be here. ]
varunastra: (dammit moon moon)

[personal profile] varunastra 2017-08-27 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh.

It's not the first time he's had someone's remains offered to him, granted, but it doesn't really seem comparable. Akira coming to him after the fact, deciding that Haru would've wanted suffering abated where it was possible, was one thing. Serph was willing to trust that Akira had a better idea of what Haru would've approved of better than any of them, but it was still a big thing to offer. A big decision to make on someone else's behalf, for whatever reason.

And here was Nino making that decision for herself.

For a moment he's - well, silent, as usual, but clearly, visibly surprised, while that sinks in. She has so many other things to be worried about right now, so many other things she could do with her last night to live.

But here she is.

And then he leans in, and hugs her. Not like during the trial, because he wasn't quite sure how else to offer comfort. This time, he's not sure how else to offer gratitude. She deserves so much better than the hand she's been dealt. ]


I'm sorry.
varunastra: (dammit moon moon)

[personal profile] varunastra 2017-08-29 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ She deserves so much better than this.

Most of them do, really, but Nino more than anyone. ]


Is there anything I can do?

[ What he'd really like to do is, make this all go away and not even happen, but that's a pipe dream. Still, if she has any last requests that are in reach... ]