hey hey it's jeannuary

[darcangel]

🕊️ Who: Jeannette d'Arc & YOU!
🕊️ When: Second week or so of January
🕊️ Where: DU HQ, Matsuba, Reverie Necropolis
🕊️ What: Jeannette returns from France and throws herself wholeheartedly into community service.
🕊️ Warnings: None that I know of? There'll be a Torment Hunt posted as a TL in here eventually, so possibly Mahou Shenanigans.

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[reluctants]

You're welcome!

[ Illya beams a smile. Really, she's just happy to be able to be of use for once.. It's not like she has many talents to use for that, after all! But Jeannette happens to be behind compared to her when it comes to one thing.. ]

I don't go to Promised Morning yet though, so.. um, instead of doing it at school, maybe we could just do it here at the Dreamer Union? [ Bringing someone home feels Weird. Especially when the other doesn't know about the situation of her household yet.. N-Neutral territory is better, right? No weird questions there! It's safe! ] I'm sure they won't mind us sitting around!

[darcangel]

A most sound idea, for I am nearly graduated.

[ yeah. yeah.

you're a tutor to someone who is Practically An Adult. ]

We may begin whenever you like, for I am sorely in need.

[reluctants]

[ .... ]

W-Wait.

[ Hold on, Illya is doing some real quick number crunching in her mind.

Except - of course - there aren't any actual numbers being crunched. Just quick surprise setting in. ]

You're-- You're almost graduated?! But they wouldn't let you graduate if you didn't know kanji, r-right?!

[darcangel]

[ Jeannette's face had just started to return to its normal shade.

Now it is pink again. ]

I have....already repeated my last year once....

[reluctants]

... oh.

[ ... ]

O-Oh!

[ That faux pas on Illya's part apparently took a moment to land, huh.. ]

I-I'm so sorry! I had no idea! [ She quickly shakes her head, looking very embarrassed. ] I didn't mean to drag up bad memories for you-- I-I'm so sorry!

[darcangel]

Please, there is no need to apologize....! I stated a fact, that is all. If it is an unpleasant fact, I have only my own ignorance to blame....

[ Three alphabets. Three. Why? Why?? ]

[reluctants]

[ Please, Jeannette, you act like being held back for a year isn't the end of the world! It surely feels like the end of the world to Illya, the more the girl thinks about it!! ]

T-Then we have to do everything we can to avoid that happening again! [ The only thing worse than being held back once is being held back twice, clearly.. ] L-Let's start practicing tomorrow! I.. um, I'll try to see if I can prepare something!

[ Illya seems so worked up about this.. So much energy going on here.. ]

We have to for sure prevent that from happening again..!

[darcangel]

I shall do my utmost to not let you down.

[ And who knows? Maybe having Illya to work for, instead of merely herself, will be what Jeannette needs to really buckle down and study! She has always been much better at doing things for others' sakes than for her own. ]