[week 1 - post trial. ]

[hairbrain]

[ she's coming for you natsuo --- she's coming with her arms full of blankets, and food, and hot cocoa, and bandages, and, yeah, it's all gonna fall if she doesn't put something down soon. ]

[ but she's coming for him. ]

Natsuo!

[ don't run away, binch. ]

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[hairbrain]

If you say so, Natsuo...

[ rapunzel is..... not so sure..... but she hands her hands full so she makes a mental note to come back to clean it up properly. but first, she's got to take care of natsuo. he is more dangerous (to himself) than ceramic mugs are to anyone... ]

[randori]

[ He took particular care with that mess rather than stomping on the ceramic shards, have some confidence in him.

It's slightly faster going to the common room now that he's lightened his load, and when he gets there, he goes to flop down on one of the couches, knees bent and hanging over the arm rest. ]

Ugh... it's so hard getting around. You'd think they'd open up the windows by now so we can just hop in and out more easily.

[hairbrain]

[ she'll have confidence when he can go one week without being hurt or killed!!! ]

I don't know if you should be jumping around in your condition. But it is stuffy....

[ she can't help but agree. anyway, she drapes the blanket over him and starts offering him the treats. ]

[randori]

[ It's Wednesday today and he's made it halfway through the week with nothing more than a scalded tongue, this is the best he can do.

He sits up a little straighter- like doing a crunch, except with his stomach the way it is, the searing pain shoots right through him and he flops back down onto his back, questions his life choices for a singular moment, and then moves so that he's sitting properly on the seat instead of sprawling out across the entire length of the couch. ]

Thanks. I just... don't like being inside, you know. Being cooped up all the time, not being able to go outside or even leave my room, that's not something I can agree to.

[hairbrain]

[ one whole week or no confidence, that's the deal natsuo!! anyway, she sits down next to him, putting a hand on his shoulder to steady him. ]

Not allowed to leave your room? [ oh man he got grounded! ] No, that's not right. Nobody should try to lock you up, no matter how worried they are. That isn't right.

[ it comes out a little heated, almost like this is personal. ]

[randori]

[ He got grounded!!! It's not fair :( The worst punishment :( :( :( ]

Right?! What's with this place!! The dining halls only work at certain times! We have bedtimes on Thursdays like we're kids! We have a rulebook with stupid rules!! And we're all just following them like we've got no choice!!!!

[ maybe he's getting slightly derailed here, but! let him throw his tantrum, he's been keeping it inside for a while now ]

[hairbrain]

Well, we don't have that much of a choice.... [ she does understand his frustration, though. it really sucks. all of it does. ]

Not to mention all the murder.

[ and trials!!!! this isn't ace attorney, murder castle. ]