rupert

[outsidebones]

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week 0; day 0

[outsidebones]

[harrow is sitting out in the courtyard, summoning a bit of hot water, when she spots rupert wherever he is.]

Hello again.

[agleam]

[he gives her a wave, though he looks interested as he watches the water pour.]

I wonder how they do that... [but anyways.] Hi, Harrowhark. By the way, do you want me to call you that every time, or is Harrow or something okay, too?

week 0; monday

[outsidebones]

[I got 6! Harrow is out in the hallway, inspecting the door before making the decision finally to open it. She tugs it open, and inside there are...two funerals happening?]

Wait, is that...?

[at least half of this room is taking place in some sort of rocky cavern, where people in dark black robes, shorn heads, and skeleton face paint are all wailing and tearing their robes surrounding a corpse on the ground.]

[agleam]

[on the opposite side of the room, there's a group of people standing around a coffin in a mausoleum quietly - some crying, but the setting is very different than her side.

he walks in, but as he sees the interior of the room, his eyes are naturally pulled to the cave first.]

...Harrow?

[there's concern in his voice, but he hasn't really figured out what's going on yet.]

week 0; friday

[outsidebones]

[harrow is in the lobby, pacing slightly. she nods her head when she sees rupert.]

So. Here we are.

[agleam]

...Yeah, here we are.

[not unexpected, but still disappointing.]

Can I ask you something?

week 0; saturday

[outsidebones]

[after trial, harrow can be found near the pool, sitting on the edge and dipping her feet into the cold water, lost in thought. she looks up when rupert approaches, her expression turning into something like a grimace after a moment.]

Do you know...was that normal for him?

[agleam]

[he shakes his head.]

I know that back at the school, he defended himself when someone tried to kill him, but I've never seen him in this situation before, so I can't say whether or not he would have ordinarily done that. That being said, though...

[after a thoughtful pause:]

The way that he kind of... seemed to calm down, I guess, after the verdict was read makes me think he was being influenced by something. I'm going to talk to him later, and he said he would explain, so - hopefully he actually can talk about it.

w0, sunday

[agleam]

[somewhere in the void, wherever he sees harrow, he's pausing and raising a hand in greeting.]

Were they ever like that, in your last group...? Hopefully they were, uh. More efficient.

[outsidebones]

...No. There were bounce houses involved. A surprising number of them involved pushing someone into lava.

week 1; monday

[outsidebones]

[i'm having fun being a player in the prism so that's where we're going. the random location generator when they step through the door takes them to...the art studio.]

...These locations are odd. The last place I was in was a volcano.

[agleam]

Like - the dangerous kind?

[he doesn't actually know if there's a safe kind of volcano, so he sounds concerned regardless, but he does look around the studio with some curiosity.]

This part of it isn't so bad, at least.

w1, friday.

[agleam]

[a while after the announcement, he's in the courtyard, sitting somewhere near a patch of flowers. he glances over when he sees harrow, though.]

...Are you alright?

[outsidebones]

[she will approach him and sit down in an exhausted slump. she nods her head slightly, though she looks sad.]

...I hardly knew him, of course.

[a slight cough of blue petals.]

week 1; sunday

[outsidebones]

[sunday afternoon, after the execution, harrow can be found at the restaurant, having a meal. its definitely something very sad, like bread and broth. but here she is.]

...Rupert, hello.

[agleam]

...You know that you're allowed to ask for anything, right?

[it'd be more of a joke, normally, but he does give her a wave.]

But - seriously, how are you holding up?

w2, monday.

[agleam]

[he's wandering into all the new locations, but when he reaches the simulation room... he can't recall seeing something like this back in the school even through the baby monitors, and he's not familiar enough with technology to know what it might function as. so when he sees harrow enter, he glances back towards her, curious.]

Do you know what this place is supposed to be...?

[outsidebones]

[oh, she seems to light up just a bit.]

Indeed I do. We had one on the station. It creates simulations of memories. Such as... [she will touch the simulation generator and create a beach!]

w2, friday.

[agleam]

[wandering around about an hour or so after the announcement with a frown on his face. his hair seems wet, like it was just recently washed, but he turns her way when he sees her.]

You alright...?

[outsidebones]

[...oh. she squints at his face and frowns slightly.]

Yes, but you are not.

week 2; sunday

[outsidebones]

[[harrow can be found in the library (see she likes it) sunday afternoon. when she sees rupert, she frowns.]

We didn't ever come to solve it...

[agleam]

[he nods, mirroring her frown. with a sigh:]

I hope that doesn't mean whoever it was is going to kill again next week, too.

w3, monday.

[agleam]

[by now, he's realized what's going on, but he's so intent on getting to where he's going quickly that he doesn't notice when he turns a corner that harrow is there in the hallway. suddenly, they're close enough that as the stardust settles around them, they'll experience a memory.

his breathing is quickening even before it's over as he brings a hand up to his mouth, paling slightly as if he's just seen a mass of ghosts.]

—Sorry. Sorry, Harrow.

[outsidebones]

[oh. she covers her mouth, too, her horrified expression mirroring his.]

What was that thing?

w3, friday.

[agleam]

[here we are in the void, where the vibes are bad. he does pause when he sees harrow, though, frowning a little.]

...How are you holding up?

[outsidebones]

[she looks tired, and a bit sad, but...]

Two of them were from the school. I ought to be asking you.

week 4; monday

[outsidebones]

[harrow is on the station, at the dog park. she's not really a dog person, so it's unclear why she came here, but she's sitting on the ground in the park. occasionally a dog will come up to her and she'll try to shoo them away.]

[agleam]

[he gasps a little when he sees this, deeply affronted.]

Harrow! Look how nice they're being, you should at least try to pet them or something!

w4, thursday.

[agleam]

[a while after she gets back from cyoa, he's knocking on her door!]

Harrow?

[outsidebones]

[the door is partially open, he can come on in!

harrow's room is bad. it is like the darkest, gothest, most uncomfortable monastery you’ve ever seen, with a very dark and witchy vibe but also not comfortable or nice at all. it's lit only by candles and the only decoration is bones. there’s a fairly large bed with a dark veil all around it, it looks dramatic but it’s not very soft. the decor of the bed is bone themed as well. there’s an old fashioned wood writing desk with some paper, pens, and books, weirdly a couple titty mags. in the corner there’s a little chair (bone themed) for reading in, and a fairly small closet that contains a lot of black outfits and a little station for doing face paint.

other than that there’s just a lot of skeletons all around? some complete skeletons, some bone fragments or broken skeletons, some skeletons just hanging from the ceiling. other skeletons just in a pile on the floor.

she is lying in bed. unusually for her, she isn't wearing face paint, she just has blood smeared on her face in the shape of a skull.]

Hello, Rupert.

week 7; saturday

[outsidebones]

[at some point after things are settled down, harrow can be found sitting on her own for a bit out by the pool. she looks up when she sees rupert.]

...Rupert. It's good to see you again. I didn't get the chance to say.

[agleam]

[he gives her a little wave as he sees her, coming to take a seat nearby. he weighs his words for a moment, before...]

Wanted to get away from the crowd for a bit?