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[underwhelms]

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✨👑KING JJ👑✨

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[underwhelms]

yeah.....
lots of water
it must be shock from yesterday
did you hear about the explosion??

[strictdiscipline]

Yes. I was close enough to feel it. I wasn't able to find who did it, though it sounds as though they caught her quickly.

[ Which doesn't worry her so much as other things. ]

They haven't caught any of the accomplices yet though, or so I hear.

[ "Accomplices". Their own comrades. ]

[underwhelms]

you were there??
me too
did you get hurt?
i didn't see any shrapnel
what was the point?
they talked about weapons...
are there more bombs?
it's crazy

why are all your icons so dramatique

[strictdiscipline]

I'mm fine. I don't think there will be any immediate follow up attacks, but I doubt this will be the last attack.

Are you worried?

not all of us have a legion of art to choose from.......

[underwhelms]

yes
i'm worried
aren't you?
it's scary
this is just a normal town
there shouldn't be bombs going off

[strictdiscipline]

[ "Shouldn't be" is right, and yet if there's anything she's learned about war and violence, it's always the ones least-deserving that are hurt the most. ]

I know. The Royal Guard will track down anyone else related to the crime and find out what's happening.

[ But soothing civilians is not her area of expertise, and she falls short, unsure of what to say. ]

Are you home? [ Is he safe? ]

[underwhelms]

yeah... they'll take care of it

[ No one else seems to think of it as a big deal—Yusuke or Riza—and it just makes him feel increasingly ridiculous for worrying about it.

Maybe this is just a normal part of life, and the fact that he wasn't accustomed to attacks like this is more unusual. ]

and yeah, you're supposed to rest when you're sick
feels bad
where are you?

[strictdiscipline]

At home.

[ For exactly the same reason. ]

Though if this gets worse, I might leave and find a place at the Sanctuary.

[underwhelms]

sanctuary...
are you sick too?
do you need soup?

[strictdiscipline]

[ Honestly if she sees another bowl of soup she's going to scream. ]

I'll be fine with enough rest.

The same could be said about you though. Do you need soup?

[underwhelms]

yeah i could have some soup
yusuke brought me some...
feels nice
not as good as my mom's though

[strictdiscipline]

Do you miss her?

[ It's easy to forget sometimes, in the midst of all his energy and enthusiasm, that JJ's still young, barely fully grown. ]

[underwhelms]

yeah
all the time
she's my mother...
[ now he's crying thanks riza ]
don't you miss yours?

[strictdiscipline]

[ ah...............................good thing she doesn't know he's crying ]

My mother died when I was young.
I don't remember much of her.

[ So no, she doesn't really miss her mother at all. ]

[underwhelms]

oh...
[ He didn't see that coming. It draws a frown out of him, and he shifts in his bed to peer at the phone more closely, the warmth in his eyes fading as his attention wanders. ]
i'm sorry
so it was just you and your dad?

[strictdiscipline]

For as long as I can remember. But he was often busy with his work so I spent most of my childhood by myself.

[ It is what it is, at the end of the day. ]

[underwhelms]

do you miss him?

[strictdiscipline]

[ Lengthy silence follows after that question, almost enough to imply that Riza's wandered off somewhere. But eventually, an answer comes: ]

Not often. We weren't very close, even when he was alive.

[underwhelms]

oh
[ It's difficult for him to even understand such a thing. ]
that's a shame
if i was a dad i'd dote on my daughter all the time
but i guess sometimes you have to work...

[ He is of course, thinking of a hardworking and dedicated single father struggling to provide for his child. ]

[strictdiscipline]

It happened a long time ago. I don't fault him for it now.

[ buuuut let's move on. ]

Were you looking forward to being a father after you got married?

[ not that he's ever gonna get married now, rip popsicle isabella ]

[underwhelms]

[ ok let's change the topic ig!! ]

oh yeah
i want to have a bunch of kids
that won't be happening anytime soon now
i don't think i can afford a house

[strictdiscipline]

[ Look, Riza doesn't like talking about herself, unlike JJ! It's cute though, that he wants kids. ]

Most people your age can't.

[ Olympia or no Olympia. ]

But I'm sure your kids would look up to you regardless.

[underwhelms]

[ He could've... back home...... ]

well i hope so
i always wanted a house for my family though
with a small pond that turns into a rink in winter!!
but that's not really possible in a city
maybe a winter cottage...

[strictdiscipline]

[ rip.... ]

You dream very far into the future.

[ Doesn't he need to get married first to have kids?? ]

[underwhelms]

they weren't that far a couple of months ago
they might still not be!
isabella could wake up any moment :)