[yeah, it does take a lot for him to trust... but at the same time it really doesn't. he trusts them quite a bit, and he does adore them, he just doesn't talk to them very much. they're his best friends and he would give his life up for them already.
ishida shifted a little uncomfortably, like he was hiding something and he would rather just not talk about it. however, if weiss was asking, then he would tell her.]
...They're... [of course he likes them, it's just hard to talk about.] They're all really unique- so I would be lying if I said I didn't like them.
Kurosaki acts like the leader but I hardly agree with him. Ever. He's stubborn and headstrong and his plans are idiotic just like him. But-... he does always pull through, somehow, and he brings the team together.
Sado talks less than I do. He's massive and extremely caring, and he vowed to never use his fists for his own personal gain. He fights for other people and protects them at all costs.
And Inoue.... [ishida paused for a moment, now looking off to the side. he didn't know how to really talk about orihime, he mostly kept those kinds of thoughts to himself. when he spoke though he definitely had a smile on his face.]
Inoue is amazing- even though she doesn't see it most of the time. She's extremely kind, so much so that people could easily take advantage of that. She's... the healer of the group, in more ways than one.
[ That sounds a lot better than what he said before. Weiss seems content to listen while he talks, mentally trying to picture people with those characteristics coming together as a team. It'd be like a team of Jaune, Yatsuhashi, and maybe.. Klein.. she didn't know too many people who were kind-hearted like that. Ishida was like Weiss combined with Ren maybe..
In the end, it kind of fell apart because they were all far too unique to really make a comparison, but she's trying to relate here. Either way, it catches her off guard when he smiles, looking so thoughtful and touched.. Did he like her? There was a tiny knot in Weiss's stomach at that thought. She'd been gone too long, but she remembered a long time ago thinking that if things were different, she might've liked him. The truth was she'd had a little girl crush on him when they were younger, but after she started learning exactly how people who wanted to be around or in her station acted, she'd shut that down. Mentally she chided herself for letting that little knot form in her stomach, particularly since she really was happy for him that he'd found someone. ]
I'm glad you were able to find people that can get along so well. It sounds like you're much better friends with them than you had let on.
[ishida had no idea about whatever her feelings were- he truthfully thought that someone like her could never like someone like him. they were friends. weiss was so dazzling and he was just her tailor, after all. they had a lot in common and seeing her again definitely sparked something within him. however... he still felt something for orihime, as much as that pained him.
since orihime would always want someone like ichigo.]
Except for Kurosaki. I am definitely not his friend. [but ishida definitely is.]
You'll regret saying that if he gets killed, Uryuu.
[ She's just saying. Weiss was nothing but rude to Penny, she doesn't feel great about what happened. And with her team all stabbed, dearmed, or comatose as far as she last heard, she's not going to joke around with the tsuntsun bullshit. ]
[...ishida isn't really sure what to say. as long as she's here she will definitely just be another schnee, another person with title and nothing else. she simply wants to break free and be herself, and in order to do that she just needs to not be here.
how can he help? well, he has one idea- but he's literally never spoken about himself personally like this ever.]
...Have I ever told you about my dad? [he isn't changing the subject, he has a point to all of this.]
[alright- here goes nothing. he truthfully hopes that she will be able to understand what he is trying to get across... and if not, then he'll apologize to her profusely.
ishida takes in a deep breath and then moves to take a seat in one of the chairs in her room. he had been standing the whole time and he realized now that he wasn't going to leave any time soon, and this would be a long conversation. he gestures for her to take a seat as well.]
As you know, my father is the best doctor in Atlas. When I was younger all I ever wanted to be was a Hunter, but he told me time and time again that my dreams were... pointless, that they were useless. That I would be useless for following them. He wanted me to become a doctor, just like him, and carry on like that.
I didn't want to do what he wanted of me, I wanted to follow my own path and my own dreams. We... have never seen eye to eye, and he still calls me worthless for not being a doctor like him.
I'm not trying to say that I understand what it's like to be a Schnee, I don't, but... I can at least understand you when you talk about being your own person. If I had ever followed him, if I had become a doctor, I would have been miserable, I wouldn't be myself.
...So you can't go back to how things were. I say... just... wait it out until you can leave again. You will be happier away from this place. [because she really can't be herself while she's here.]
[ Weiss follows to take a seat. It's a good thing she has plenty of very nice seating around in her big fancy ridiculous room. ]
Is that why you always seem to know what I'm feeling?
[ There's a soft smile on her lips, though there's a tinge of sadness to it. She hates that Ishida has to go through the same sort of things that she did. Even if it's not to the same degree- Her father would never outright call her worthless, just make her feel it, and Ishida's didn't seem discontent when he couldn't keep him completely in line. There certainly seemed to be a lot less yelling, though Weiss suspects that may just be because she's always behind her closed doors whereas not behind Ishida's. ]
I'm honestly not.. exactly sure where I would go even if I left. I understand why he wants me here now, too.
[ She hasn't overheard Ironwood talking about where things are going down yet after all.. ]
[ishida tapped a finger on the table in front of him, just thinking to himself as she asked that question. of course, that had always been the reason- that was always why he understood what she was going through. he felt it too, in a sense, that his father wanted nothing to do with him.]
Yeah, I'd say so. My father and I still aren't talking to one another right now, and my mother.... [he trailed off, looking to the side.] I lost her a long time ago. The only family I was ever close with was my grandpa- he was like my teacher. He passed away as well when I was young.
[wow he sure is spilling a lot to her tonight, and this will most likely be the last time he says this much personal stuff to her. he just wanted to let her know that she really wasn't alone in more ways than one.]
Want me to do some digging around with the servants? I can ask for some information, try and find you a lead of maybe where you could go. [and take him with pls???]
[ None of that sounds like something that should be celebrated. Even if Weiss doesn't feel like she can be herself around her father, so she certainly can relate to wanting to be away from him, she doesn't wish him ill. Feeling badly about how you're being treated from someone you love is the worst... but they're still family, and it still doesn't feel good to lose them or have a bad relationships with them. ]
We're even more similar than I thought. I loved my grandfather as well. He was.. a very different man than my father is. He's someone I could look up to, and he's the reason I know that just because I'm a member of this family doesn't mean that we have to go the same path as my father. I don't think you have to either, Uryuu.
[ But.. digging around, she shakes her head. ]
I don't want to get you in trouble because of me. Even if I leave now, I still can't...
[ She can't summon. If she gets into trouble on her own, given her record of not being the greatest solo fighter, she may not be able to pull herself out of it before she masters that. Weiss looks to the side, her brows furrowed in slight frustration with herself. She managed an arm once, but.. It's not enough. ]
[ishida shook his head, indicating that it was alright. this was just how things were now, and he was fine with not talking to his father. he really didn't want to converse with that man at all.
ishida also knew something about the history of the schnee having, just bits and pieces from having worked in the manor for so long. he knew of jacques marrying into the family, and he had heard about her grandfather- but hearing that her grandfather really was a good person put ishida at ease.]
I refuse to be like my father at all. [he definitely won't go down the same path as him.
however as for the digging around-]
Trouble? [he chuckled a bit, now pushing up his glasses on his face.] I won't get in trouble- I know how to play my cards right. Besides, there's nothing wrong with the servants and I having a little chat that may lead into finding some answers for you.
[he paused though before speaking up again.] ...You still can't-?
[ She holds out her hand, looking very serious. There's a pinky out. ]
Let's hold each other to that. I heard from one of my teammates that when you make a promise with another person- a friend, this is the most official way to do so.
[ Yeah, she's going to make him pinky promise they'll never become their fathers. ]
If I get in trouble he's likely to take away whatever I enjoy to get to me. Don't forget that.
[ She sighs. ] Summon. Properly, anyway. I've managed an arm...
[ah... a pinky promise? ishida blinked at her, not expecting someone like weiss would offer him something like that. however, this was like... a new sort of weiss, so he accepted her sort of childish style of promising. ishida reached out to her, taking her pinky finger in his and he gave it one firm shake.]
I promise, then.
[not a hard promise to make at all.]
Hmm... so it's training you need then. Guess you'll have to do it in your room or something... huh? [since she isn't allowed outside really.]
sorry im so slow i got sick and did like no tags for a week and finally crashed and burned :')
[ If she's being childish, it's because she's more used to people who have a sense of whimsy and playfulness than she ever had before. If she's being childish, Ishida is too by accepting it, so she holds no shame about it. If she's being childish, she's probably largely unaware because she never had anyone to teach her about pinky promises when she was a child. Her family wouldn't have allowed such behavior. Or rather, her father wouldn't have. ]
Most likely.. It isn't as though I can do it out in the open.
[he was about to offer to help her when there was suddenly a knock at her door. ishida glanced over at weiss before moving to stand up. it was her room, sure, but he could check who was at the door. once he had opened it he saw another servant standing on the other side. it was a woman, and she whispered something to him before he nodded. once he responded back to her she soon walked away.
ishida, after having closed the door again, looked over to weiss.]
....So, as much as I would like to stay and chat, seems my talents are needed elsewhere. [gotta make all the clothes it seems.]
[ Weiss had figured out what was going on the second that the servant who'd knocked continued addressing Ishida rather than herself. She nodded and turned her back to him, walking further into her room to look out the window, though after a few seconds she did turn around. ]
[ It is not actually ten years later but probably about a year later. Weiss had finally managed to get out from beneath her father's influence- she'd lost just about everything that had been keeping her there, it wasn't as hard of a decision as most people would've thought. Leaving her family, her home behind should've been harder than it was. But when you lived with the kind of person who thought 'love' was blind obedience and 'family' was little more than pawns to keep you at the top, the kind of person who thought everything she stood for and believed in was nothing more than the tantrum of a child who hadn't learned to fall in line yet, it wasn't difficult to realize that her home had been the place that had fallen- not the place where she felt more alone than ever.
Ishida and Klein were the only ones that had made it bareable at all. They were the closest thing to family- real family she had left in that house, and Ishida had offered to come with her. Klein had offered to help them out, but his place was there. Part of her hoped that he could be as good an influence on Whitley as he had on her, even if she doubts it. Whitley was too far gone, too entrenched in their father's world to realize that no one who's happy spends more than half of their conversations yelling angrily at their alleged friends and family. If anyone could help him at all, it was Klein.
Ishida was with her now though, or he.. was meant to be. After the ship had to divert course when they realized that a White Fang settlement had cropped up between their path to capture ships, they managed to escape. Ishida and Weiss had been detrimental to doing so, but if they were going to get to Mistral still they had to leave the ship after it had decided to return to the previous shipment yard and report what had happened. This left them in a small town, sharing a room at a small inn with the money that the cargo ship had given them as a thanks for getting them out of there.
Weiss was in the inn room waiting for Ishida to return. He'd said he was going to go out and get some groceries, and given that they were all the both of them had? She didn't want to leave without letting him know. Particularly since she wanted to bring him with her anyway. As much as she was enjoying her freedom, she did.. miss people. Weiss never liked being alone, and now that she'd been near-forced to be alone, the one person who made that never a true reality was someone she wasn't particularly keen on spending too much time apart from. he should be back from the store soon, so she didn't have a problem waiting. Or so she'd thought, but it was taking far longer than a trip to the store should, and she was starting to get antsy-- she paced back and forth across the room, her heels probably driving whoever was underneath their floor up the wall, occasionally commenting to herself about how it was rude of him to make her wait. ]
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..But she seems to decide she believes him. ]
How did you manage to live in the same room with three other people and claim you're not that close to them?
[ Listen she knows things she never wanted to know about all three of them. ]
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so maybe they are close to him, big deal, but it's not like they talk to each other very much.]
I mostly listen to them, is all. [but they are his friends, honestly.]
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[ Though.. Weiss perks up a little. ] Do you like them at least?
[ She's going to get him to talk to her. She'll do the listening this time. ]
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ishida shifted a little uncomfortably, like he was hiding something and he would rather just not talk about it. however, if weiss was asking, then he would tell her.]
...They're... [of course he likes them, it's just hard to talk about.] They're all really unique- so I would be lying if I said I didn't like them.
Kurosaki acts like the leader but I hardly agree with him. Ever. He's stubborn and headstrong and his plans are idiotic just like him. But-... he does always pull through, somehow, and he brings the team together.
Sado talks less than I do. He's massive and extremely caring, and he vowed to never use his fists for his own personal gain. He fights for other people and protects them at all costs.
And Inoue.... [ishida paused for a moment, now looking off to the side. he didn't know how to really talk about orihime, he mostly kept those kinds of thoughts to himself. when he spoke though he definitely had a smile on his face.]
Inoue is amazing- even though she doesn't see it most of the time. She's extremely kind, so much so that people could easily take advantage of that. She's... the healer of the group, in more ways than one.
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In the end, it kind of fell apart because they were all far too unique to really make a comparison, but she's trying to relate here. Either way, it catches her off guard when he smiles, looking so thoughtful and touched.. Did he like her? There was a tiny knot in Weiss's stomach at that thought. She'd been gone too long, but she remembered a long time ago thinking that if things were different, she might've liked him. The truth was she'd had a little girl crush on him when they were younger, but after she started learning exactly how people who wanted to be around or in her station acted, she'd shut that down. Mentally she chided herself for letting that little knot form in her stomach, particularly since she really was happy for him that he'd found someone. ]
I'm glad you were able to find people that can get along so well. It sounds like you're much better friends with them than you had let on.
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since orihime would always want someone like ichigo.]
Except for Kurosaki. I am definitely not his friend. [but ishida definitely is.]
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[ She's just saying. Weiss was nothing but rude to Penny, she doesn't feel great about what happened. And with her team all stabbed, dearmed, or comatose as far as she last heard, she's not going to joke around with the tsuntsun bullshit. ]
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[honestly believe him. but he does understand what she's trying to say.]
...I just won't tell him to his face that he's my friend. [there.]
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[ but that's a little better. Sorry to get real on you Ishida, but she has been through some shit. ]
I'm glad you found them.
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either way, moving on.]
I'm glad that, at least for a bit, you were able to have a good time as well.
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[ she looks at the door as if it has ears for a moment, then decides it should be okay. ]
It felt like I was my own person, for once. I'm.. not really sure how to go back to how things were. I don't want to.
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how can he help? well, he has one idea- but he's literally never spoken about himself personally like this ever.]
...Have I ever told you about my dad? [he isn't changing the subject, he has a point to all of this.]
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Not much. [ she waits for him to elaborate ]
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ishida takes in a deep breath and then moves to take a seat in one of the chairs in her room. he had been standing the whole time and he realized now that he wasn't going to leave any time soon, and this would be a long conversation. he gestures for her to take a seat as well.]
As you know, my father is the best doctor in Atlas. When I was younger all I ever wanted to be was a Hunter, but he told me time and time again that my dreams were... pointless, that they were useless. That I would be useless for following them. He wanted me to become a doctor, just like him, and carry on like that.
I didn't want to do what he wanted of me, I wanted to follow my own path and my own dreams. We... have never seen eye to eye, and he still calls me worthless for not being a doctor like him.
I'm not trying to say that I understand what it's like to be a Schnee, I don't, but... I can at least understand you when you talk about being your own person. If I had ever followed him, if I had become a doctor, I would have been miserable, I wouldn't be myself.
...So you can't go back to how things were. I say... just... wait it out until you can leave again. You will be happier away from this place. [because she really can't be herself while she's here.]
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Is that why you always seem to know what I'm feeling?
[ There's a soft smile on her lips, though there's a tinge of sadness to it. She hates that Ishida has to go through the same sort of things that she did. Even if it's not to the same degree- Her father would never outright call her worthless, just make her feel it, and Ishida's didn't seem discontent when he couldn't keep him completely in line. There certainly seemed to be a lot less yelling, though Weiss suspects that may just be because she's always behind her closed doors whereas not behind Ishida's. ]
I'm honestly not.. exactly sure where I would go even if I left. I understand why he wants me here now, too.
[ She hasn't overheard Ironwood talking about where things are going down yet after all.. ]
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Yeah, I'd say so. My father and I still aren't talking to one another right now, and my mother.... [he trailed off, looking to the side.] I lost her a long time ago. The only family I was ever close with was my grandpa- he was like my teacher. He passed away as well when I was young.
[wow he sure is spilling a lot to her tonight, and this will most likely be the last time he says this much personal stuff to her. he just wanted to let her know that she really wasn't alone in more ways than one.]
Want me to do some digging around with the servants? I can ask for some information, try and find you a lead of maybe where you could go. [and take him with pls???]
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[ None of that sounds like something that should be celebrated. Even if Weiss doesn't feel like she can be herself around her father, so she certainly can relate to wanting to be away from him, she doesn't wish him ill. Feeling badly about how you're being treated from someone you love is the worst... but they're still family, and it still doesn't feel good to lose them or have a bad relationships with them. ]
We're even more similar than I thought. I loved my grandfather as well. He was.. a very different man than my father is. He's someone I could look up to, and he's the reason I know that just because I'm a member of this family doesn't mean that we have to go the same path as my father. I don't think you have to either, Uryuu.
[ But.. digging around, she shakes her head. ]
I don't want to get you in trouble because of me. Even if I leave now, I still can't...
[ She can't summon. If she gets into trouble on her own, given her record of not being the greatest solo fighter, she may not be able to pull herself out of it before she masters that. Weiss looks to the side, her brows furrowed in slight frustration with herself. She managed an arm once, but.. It's not enough. ]
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ishida also knew something about the history of the schnee having, just bits and pieces from having worked in the manor for so long. he knew of jacques marrying into the family, and he had heard about her grandfather- but hearing that her grandfather really was a good person put ishida at ease.]
I refuse to be like my father at all. [he definitely won't go down the same path as him.
however as for the digging around-]
Trouble? [he chuckled a bit, now pushing up his glasses on his face.] I won't get in trouble- I know how to play my cards right. Besides, there's nothing wrong with the servants and I having a little chat that may lead into finding some answers for you.
[he paused though before speaking up again.] ...You still can't-?
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Let's hold each other to that. I heard from one of my teammates that when you make a promise with another person- a friend, this is the most official way to do so.
[ Yeah, she's going to make him pinky promise they'll never become their fathers. ]
If I get in trouble he's likely to take away whatever I enjoy to get to me. Don't forget that.
[ She sighs. ] Summon. Properly, anyway. I've managed an arm...
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I promise, then.
[not a hard promise to make at all.]
Hmm... so it's training you need then. Guess you'll have to do it in your room or something... huh? [since she isn't allowed outside really.]
sorry im so slow i got sick and did like no tags for a week and finally crashed and burned :')
Most likely.. It isn't as though I can do it out in the open.
im the only one allowed to be slow, obviously
[he was about to offer to help her when there was suddenly a knock at her door. ishida glanced over at weiss before moving to stand up. it was her room, sure, but he could check who was at the door. once he had opened it he saw another servant standing on the other side. it was a woman, and she whispered something to him before he nodded. once he responded back to her she soon walked away.
ishida, after having closed the door again, looked over to weiss.]
....So, as much as I would like to stay and chat, seems my talents are needed elsewhere. [gotta make all the clothes it seems.]
not allowed anymore. banned.
It was nice seeing you again.
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Same to you.
[he bowed to her a little before he turned around, exiting out of her room.]
10 years later
Ishida and Klein were the only ones that had made it bareable at all. They were the closest thing to family- real family she had left in that house, and Ishida had offered to come with her. Klein had offered to help them out, but his place was there. Part of her hoped that he could be as good an influence on Whitley as he had on her, even if she doubts it. Whitley was too far gone, too entrenched in their father's world to realize that no one who's happy spends more than half of their conversations yelling angrily at their alleged friends and family. If anyone could help him at all, it was Klein.
Ishida was with her now though, or he.. was meant to be. After the ship had to divert course when they realized that a White Fang settlement had cropped up between their path to capture ships, they managed to escape. Ishida and Weiss had been detrimental to doing so, but if they were going to get to Mistral still they had to leave the ship after it had decided to return to the previous shipment yard and report what had happened. This left them in a small town, sharing a room at a small inn with the money that the cargo ship had given them as a thanks for getting them out of there.
Weiss was in the inn room waiting for Ishida to return. He'd said he was going to go out and get some groceries, and given that they were all the both of them had? She didn't want to leave without letting him know. Particularly since she wanted to bring him with her anyway. As much as she was enjoying her freedom, she did.. miss people. Weiss never liked being alone, and now that she'd been near-forced to be alone, the one person who made that never a true reality was someone she wasn't particularly keen on spending too much time apart from. he should be back from the store soon, so she didn't have a problem waiting. Or so she'd thought, but it was taking far longer than a trip to the store should, and she was starting to get antsy-- she paced back and forth across the room, her heels probably driving whoever was underneath their floor up the wall, occasionally commenting to herself about how it was rude of him to make her wait. ]
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