annihilation takes yako’s hand in their good one. they know she still looks at them with regret. there is still, as ever, the urge to tell her it’s okay. nothing can be perfect. is doing so cruel, though, coming from them? annihilation who wears the face of her friend? of course, not all timelines are the same. they smile anyways, and lean forward to kiss her crown. “you’ve been working hard. you should rest.” they are after all now partially in charge of managing servant schedules. it would be remiss of them to completely overlook the staff’s. including yako. their goal is still as ever to ‘ease the burden of others’. head cants to the side as they move back, giving her a small smile. “you aren’t allowed to overwork yourself, hm?”
How can you stand there, looking like that, and say that?
As much as she'd like to be a torrent of ire, Yako sighs deeply and rests her forehead against Annihilation's--no, Ritsu's--clavicle. The rest of the staff might look at them like a monster, but she can't bring herself to. ...That's her friend.
"And whose fault is that?" her voice cracks. "If you'd just..." It's too late for that. They know. They know, they know, that's why they're here now, in this form, doing what they can to... not fix things themself, exactly, but make it easier for Yako to fix things. Facilitate and mediate. Even so, even knowing this, Yako grips their clothes and hides her face from them, feeling the anger bubbling back up. If she could just keep her cool. If she could just stay the unshaken Master, like Ritsu had always been.
Is that person still inside there? Looking at them now, she'd like to believe so. Which makes her madder. "I wouldn't have to work so hard if you'd just---if you'd fucking stayed!" Oh, no, don't cry now. "You don't have the right to come in here and tell me you want to take care of me now after all that! You made me fight you! You made me kill you!"
Tears roll hot off her cheeks, despite her efforts to bite them back. "If I'm overworking myself, it's your fucking fault. Just--" She pushes herself off of Ritsu-- off of Annihilation-- and wipes her tears, turns her back, adjusts her jacket, and clears her throat. "Just don't act like you can fix what you broke, you dick."
