constellates | [ phoenix trains anya to be a sidekick ]

[WELL SHE GOT THE FIRST SET OF BANDAGES ALL DONE - but. she is. admittedly a little bit of a loss. they probably made bandages out of whatever they had on hand but...

she'll be poking around the kitchen - gingerly, and careful to not step on any of the mess - and then over to other rooms like she's looking for something...

someone please tell her to rest]

[ he's got bandaids.... not that it's going to help much. ]

Hello, Anya.

[ caught!! ]

What are you looking for?

[oh - she turns around at that and

even though everyone saw what happened, she's going to hide her injured, bandaged hand behind her back]

Hello... Um... If they keep - бинты? Bandage...

[ giving her a knowing look. ]

For that wound you think I can't see?

[ . . . ]

Некрасиво... It is not pretty... Do not want to make people look at it.

We've seen worse things by now, Anya.

[ let him help!! ]

[what's up phoenix!!! anya is - in the kitchen. she's always in the kitchen. but the smell might bring you over, if you're a fan of soup? it smells like some broth is a cooking up

or maybe it's the fact that the strings are getting swapped again, this time giving you a rather painful ache in your hand where the knuckles meet the index finger and the pinky. that's new, but it also doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

there's also a shotgun on the counter]

Even if true... Соучастники. I do not want to be part of the 'worse thing'.

[even if that's

just what happens when you vote yourself,,]

It would be the worst thing if you tried to keep it a secret from people who wanted to help you.

[ what now!! ]

[ yes, it does smell good.... and that ache is a surprise, but at this point in the week, he can guess where it's coming from. ]

[ ..... ]

Planing on hunting your own meat?

[ what's with the gun, anya!! ]

[shit

anya's weakness: being told someone very assuredly by an adult figure she respects

fuck]

.... Only Anya's punishment. Hurts a little, but do not want um... Инфекционное заболевание? To get worse.

[and she'll bring her hand out - you know, sans the index finger and pinky]

[oh - she looks over, and puzzles out an explanation]

Mm... Нет. No, not enough bullets - or animals to hunt.

[she tilts her head]

But Reito feels very... [her hand comes to her chest and thumps against it a few times lightly] Panic. So having gun close makes me feel safer.

[ phoenix is on the hunt for anya... pudding in hand... will he find her? ]

[he WILL - at the playground, on the swing set. she's not swinging, rather just sitting and writing in her notepad, occasionally looking up at the stars. she's humming softly, something slow and sad, but at least it doesn't look like she's crying today

hard to say if that's better or worse than other weeks]

[ maybe... he sits down in the swing behind her, then... pulls a pudding out of his pocket and offers it to her. ]

Hello there.

[oh....

yes, she'll accept that. she will take the pudding and just - hold it over her lap, on top of the notebook. it's open to a page of a very detailed star chart]

... Спасибо. Thank you.

[even if her heart doesn't sound very in it - she is grateful]

[ gives her a spoon, too. ]

What are you working on?

[she will take the spoon, and if only to be polite, start peeling open the pudding]

... Звездная карта. Map of stars. If they change, if any look like ones I know...

[a beat]

Making changes to what I know.

[ eat your pudding, anya. ]

Pretty clever.

Did you get anything so far?

... not our stars. Polaris not here. Ursa Major, Minor...

[she will eat the pudding quietly]

Not Babo Kim's stars. Whose stars...?

[ . . . she will look up and use the spoon to make a little gesture at a corner of the sky]

But... those stars are for you.

Master Blue's stars.... maybe.

[ he follows where she's pointing with his eyes. ]

Huh. Do you see a phoenix star?

[ . . . well, it at least manages to be a slightly better topic for her. the edge of her mouth curls a little bit upward, like she can't stop it.

the pudding is just really good]

... Mm. Not just one star. Созвездие. Constellation - I gave it your name.

[ it was hand-picked by dad. ]

You sure that's the "Wright" name for it?

[ he is touched, though. ]

[unfortunately, that makes her smile a little wider and she nods]

Mm. I do.

Very warm guiding star. It is... первоначальный. One of the first to see when sun sets. Makes the dark brighter until more stars follow.

[ anya blease do not smile at his terrible jokes ]

Hm.... maybe we should rename it to the Anya constellation.

[she liked it!!!

but she's just going to shake her head]

Нет. No... I will find different one for me.

[ please anya. ]

Something brighter and warmer, maybe.

... maybe.

[she looks up to the sky again]

I think... Заслуживают. I need to be better, before I can have constellation like that.

[ he's really not equipped to deal with this kind of injury, but he'll do his best. ]

... I do have painkillers. They're child strength, but better than nothing.

[ anya too gets baby tylenol. ]

I have to wonder why you know how to use one in the first place....

[ they're hard to come by in japanifornia. ]

I disagree.

[ she is very warm and bright!! ]

[she manages a little smile at that]

If you are okay to share... Do not want to take if you need.

Oh - Papa taught me.

[she explains easily and almost

proudly? there's definitely a spark of pride and fondness in her chest that phoenix will get down the line]

[ . . . she normally isn't the type to argue but]

... Почему? Why?

[she doesn't think she's done anything helpful thus far]

Do I look hurt to you?

[ besides, he can always get more. offers it. ]

[ hm........ phoenix can't talk shit though because his daughter is a knife-throwing expert. ]

For self-defense?

I happen to think you're a much warmer guiding star than me.

... you do not.

[and she'll take it, but she looks relieved - ]

Which I am happy for. Please stay not hurt.

Охота. For hunting.

[she glances back to him]

But here - for self-defense.

[she's a good girl]

[she pauses, like she's surprised to hear the words - and her gaze falls down to the ground in front of her even as she eats some more pudding]

... I do not know.

I think... Больше. Anya does not do enough, right now, to be a star.

[ phoenix trains anya to be a sidekick ]

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