week 1 - yona - sunday post-execution

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[So that... was something. Newt kept to himself through the execution. What was he really going to add to all of that? This sucks. Everyone is now very aware that this sucks. Case closed. All they can do is try to make it through another week... before they do all of this over again. Ugh.

He's spent the majority of the day since then wandering up and down the beach. He's not in the mood for his usual explorations and experiments today. When he spots Yona up ahead, he's glad to see her. He's been out here on his own for long enough that he'd appreciate some company.]

Hey. You up to anything or just hanging out?

[He's trying to keep it casual because casual means normalcy, but he's not as chipper as usual. He's never been great at hiding his feelings.]

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...just... hanging out.

[She doesn't really know what "hanging out" means - they're not... actually hanging from anything, but she can sort of guess at it from the context. Rather than derail, she'll just assume she's right and move on.

If she's disastrously wrong, she's sure he'll correct her.

Yona's gaze wanders to the surface of the ocean.]

Do you want to join me?

[completelycrazy]

[bless your sweet delicate face, yona.]

Sure. Honestly, I could use the company.

[He's quiet for a moment, just listening to the waves. This should be more peaceful.]

I, uh, didn't expect this to be so brutal.

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...how did you expect it to be?

[Not that they really knew enough to expect anything, but... she's sure he had ideas after things were explained to them.]

[completelycrazy]

God, I don't know. Easier in general. I didn't think we'd have to scour the island for body parts, for one. I definitely didn't think the Chiefs would get involved. I thought they were supposed to be neutral observers, or something. What's the point of setting this up for entertainment if they're going to interfere with the show?

[A crass way of putting it, really, but he's borrowing words from the Chiefs. He knows it's sick.]

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...maybe they were just trying to show us how it's supposed to be done.

[She shakes her head a little uselessly.]

Or maybe they think it's funny to watch us struggle...

[completelycrazy]

True. They did say that was the case... I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out how they expect us to match those expectations, though. Killing each other is one thing, but I don't think too many of us would jump at the opportunity to hack up a body like that, let alone be capable of doing it in the first place. Breaking down dead bodies is tough work.

[At least, dissecting his Kaiju specimens is work enough. He should probably say that to clarify instead of just sounding like a creep and a half, but social encounters are not his strong suit.]

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Why do you know that?!

[completelycrazy]

[..........oh whoops.]

I'm a xenobiologist. I spend a lot of time elbow-deep in alien corpses. Sorry. That was, uh, misleading.

[...] I've never worked on a human corpse, but a body's a body, in some ways. The same basic principles apply, I'd think.