♔decree | video/text |dated after hospital log

[meritocracy]

[Hello Luceti! Remember that bloodstained girl from a week ago? She's doing much better and currently sitting in a chair on the porch of House 1 with a blanket. There are bandages around her neck and a notepad with a pencil in her hand. She seems to like being able to look and smile at people instead of the impersonal text style so she has taken to writing with her notepad.

After a few minutes she scribbles something down in fancy, elegant scrawl:

With a small wave the Princess will turn off the feed.]

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[action] /o/

[dissonates]

[It takes a moment for the information to be transferred to him, and during that time, he can only guess at how she's really feeling. Text can't convey emotion, feeling, expression. All of that is what he's missing right now, and for someone like him, who says very little by nature, it's... difficult to get a read on her.

But this is Natalia- and Natalia is someone he knows. So of course he knows that she's upset that there's something wrong with him.

He just wishes he didn't have to lie to her about it. She's in no state to hear the truth now.]

The Malnosso. I'm certain that it's temporary, I just have to wait it out.

[It's not entirely a lie, really; the Malnosso gave Guy the curse slot, they caused the fight. Maybe they even chose what to take from him before he was revived. Either way, they're an easy scapegoat that no one would think to defend. It'll do for now.]

[action]

[meritocracy]

[ natalia swallows and there's a brief moment where she hunches over, hand at her throat. it hurts..she can't even say she is sorry.

she writes quickly, though it's a bit more scratchy.]

..Are you in any pain?

[action]

[dissonates]

...No, none. [His shoulders lift in a slight shrug. This is awkward, like working through a translator or something, but it's better than an empty silence.] What about you? Are you recovering well?

[action]

[meritocracy]

[ she waves her hand dismissively. no, she's fine. she can bear it. she is strong. ]

I'm fine. It seems we both aren't at our best, are we?

[action]

[dissonates]

...No, we're not. But it's temporary.

[Despite their mutually uncomfortable conditions, his voice is utterly certain of this. Natalia's voice will recover in time, and in four months, he'll be able to see again. It's bearable.]