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lethechainedHello. Thank you for calling, and I'm sorry I wasn't here to answer.
[Pause.]
--Leave a message, please, if you want to.
lethechainedHello. Thank you for calling, and I'm sorry I wasn't here to answer.
[Pause.]
--Leave a message, please, if you want to.
text, day 59 (aug 6th).
Date: 2019-08-07 03:23 am (UTC)still here?
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Date: 2019-08-07 06:00 am (UTC)Yes. I'm here.
[ Her response doesn't take long to arrive; she's not exceptionally busy these days. Obvious though it might be, she seems to find it worth noting, ]
And you are too.
[ Because asking the same question back would be kind of silly when he's the one messaging her. ]
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Date: 2019-08-07 08:12 am (UTC)good
❰ and that seems like.... literally the entirety of the conversation for a good couple of minutes, but then as an afterthought: ❱
which god's yours?
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Date: 2019-08-08 04:23 am (UTC)Sigyn.
[ And since he's asked another thing, her curiosity is properly piqued. Now, it simply cannot be left alone. That question was rather out of the blue as well, so she does her best to extrapolate from two awkwardly placed points of data. (This is probably about as inefficient as it sounds.) ]
Do you need help with something?
[ That's a genuine question; what difference would her chosen deity make otherwise? ]
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Date: 2019-08-09 07:34 am (UTC)just wondered
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Date: 2019-08-10 04:13 am (UTC)[ Well, there goes her best guess right out the window. That would have made more sense to her than that someone was curious about her for any other reason. (Here she'd thought for a second that maybe he needed healing, but-- perhaps she needs to unlearn that old habit of expecting to matter only for the sake of her usefulness.) She allows herself a few extra seconds for this to sink in before messaging back, with a far smaller delay than his, ]
Which one's yours?
[ Wondering can go both ways, after all. ]
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Date: 2019-08-11 05:43 am (UTC)❰ a moment later it sinks in that she might be asking for the same reason he was, so he clarifies. ❱
not in his housing though. building our own
❰ in case she comes looking for some reason and he's not there. ❱
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Date: 2019-08-11 05:55 am (UTC)You can do that?
[ And here she was thinking they were supposed to stay put. ]
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Date: 2019-08-11 06:02 am (UTC)❰ which isn't a huge deal for lalli, but it is a huge deal for the two tyr refugees he's building it for. ❱
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Date: 2019-08-11 08:02 am (UTC)Why would you want to?
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Date: 2019-08-11 08:51 am (UTC)klaus might get killed if he stays in tyr. got tired of making rune traps to protect him. this is easier
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Date: 2019-08-11 05:30 pm (UTC)Killed? By who?
[ Definitely doubling down on the distressing, here. ]
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Date: 2019-08-12 12:52 am (UTC)❰ she may have seen ivar's death threats on the network, if she was paying attention. ❱
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Date: 2019-08-12 05:11 am (UTC)Which viking?
[ Honestly Lalli's probably lucky she didn't just ask him what one was to begin with. ]
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Date: 2019-08-12 06:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-08-12 07:16 am (UTC)[ The knifey guy? Yeah, she remembers him, goodness. Words cannot express how glad she is not to have a roommate like that. ]
I wasn't sure he actually meant it.
Why would he broadcast that sort of thing all over the network if he were really going to do it?
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Date: 2019-08-13 03:13 am (UTC)stabbed klaus once already though
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Date: 2019-08-13 06:02 am (UTC)[ If she knew how to use itallics, that word would deserve them. She certainly typed it fast enough - faster than she usually does, at least. It could probably use some exclamation points, too, but one must make allowances for her lack of texting expertise. ]
Has anyone done something about it?
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Date: 2019-08-13 06:05 am (UTC)❰ that feels like doing something about it. ❱
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Date: 2019-08-13 06:09 am (UTC)[ She doesn't even remember the period this time, she's too preoccupied. Except then she gets preoccupied about how that's... definitely a Thing which Lalli is doing and by the sound of it it's a good one, so. ]
But maybe moving out is for the best.
You're very kind to look after him that way.
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Date: 2019-08-13 06:17 am (UTC)not directly anyway. with magic maybe
don't really want to try
❰ somehow, this girl has successfully engaged him into an actual multi-sentence conversation, what a miracle. ❱
i'm not trying to be kind. just don't want him dead
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Date: 2019-08-14 04:58 am (UTC)[ That would definitely not be her first choice for a course of action. Even if they won, it's liable to make things worse in the long run. Honestly she can imagine a lot of things that would only end up being worse in the long run, but then again, optimism has never been her strong suit. ]
Is there nowhere else in Tyr's house that Klaus could stay?
Another room that isn't full maybe.
[ But would that be enough to pacify Knifey McBadRoommate? Naminé has her misgivings, considering his aggression in the first place. ]
Not wanting someone dead is usually pretty nice.
Unless you have some other reason for keeping him alive.
[ Lalli hasn't really struck her as the 'sinister ulterior motives' type. ]
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Date: 2019-08-14 06:12 am (UTC)house is the best plan we've got
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Date: 2019-08-15 05:22 am (UTC)But he might have fewer reasons to.
[ Honestly that whole thing is one big pit of psychological weirdness. Clearly that guy has some funny ideas about how to keep himself safe - or maybe he's just a sadist, who knows. In any case, Naminé's not informed enough to say anything for certain. That doesn't stop her, however, from mulling the situation over for a few moments. It's sticky, not knowing more. Still, there is one thing she can say for certain. ]
If it happens again
if he gets stabbed or hurt that is
I might be able to help.
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Date: 2019-08-19 10:42 am (UTC)❰ klaus can heal it himself, but lalli asks regardless. call it curiosity. ❱
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Date: 2019-08-20 04:25 am (UTC)I can heal people.
Small wounds that is.
I don't know about big ones.
[ So, you know, only mild stabbings? ]
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Date: 2019-08-20 07:08 am (UTC)what does it look like when you use it?
are there moths
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Date: 2019-08-21 05:27 am (UTC)One. I thought it was a butterfly.
How did you know?
[ A beat; belatedly, as if to clarify, ]
But another time I used it it was a bird instead.
[ Honestly she hadn't been trying to make it look like anything specific, it just sort of... happened however it happened. Her subconscious might have been involved, considering she'd been in different places each time. ]
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Date: 2019-08-21 08:43 am (UTC)was it a bird on purpose?
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Date: 2019-08-22 04:43 am (UTC)[ Not sarcastic; she's genuinely really curious about this all now, because now it's crossing her mind as well that they've surely got different deities sponsoring them and that's-- weird, isn't it? ]
No. I wasn't thinking about what it should look like, I was just trying to help.
Does he make his moths on purpose?
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Date: 2019-08-22 07:26 am (UTC)❰ helpful, lalli. very helpful. ❱
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Date: 2019-08-23 04:55 am (UTC)[ Perfectly reasonable, as far as she's concerned. The focus of her eyes shifts as she considers the situation, then zones back in a few moments later when she realizes her fingers are still hovering over the keys. ]
Maybe if I show you my magic some time, you can tell me if it seems like the same thing as what Klaus can do.
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Date: 2019-08-27 06:49 am (UTC)❰ ......... ❱
only if someone needs it. not worth hurting yourself for
❰ he can't tell if she's the type who'd do so just for a demonstration, so it's worth the caveat. ❱
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Date: 2019-08-28 04:59 am (UTC)I know.
It might be simpler to do that than to wait for something to happen to someone else but
it wouldn't be right to hurt someone just so that I can heal them.
Not even if it's me.
❰ text ❱ day 90 (sep 7th), early morning.
Date: 2019-09-16 07:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-17 05:26 am (UTC)I am.
[ It's - nice, being checked in on. Supposing she owes him the same, ]
How's your house?
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Date: 2019-09-19 07:47 pm (UTC)it's okay
should be kind of done in another month
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Date: 2019-09-20 06:07 am (UTC)Kind of done?
[ There would be quotation marks around that if she knew it was appropriate. ]
What does that mean?
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Date: 2019-09-20 08:28 am (UTC)❰ 'livable but ugly', basically. ❱
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Date: 2019-09-22 01:28 am (UTC)Does Emil fuss often?
[ Because that's one possible implication; she's a little amused by the idea, really. ]
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Date: 2019-09-23 08:46 am (UTC)sometimes
usually for good reasons
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Date: 2019-09-24 05:38 am (UTC)I see.
Well
I suppose that means it's a good idea to listen.
[ In theory, anyway. She's, you know, not going to ask if that means the house in question won't be up to code or in another, similarly dangerous circumstance, but-- she is curious about something else. ]
By the way
what made you wonder if I was still here?
[ Because she's just now realizing she might have side-tracked him from something, and that wouldn't do, would it? ]
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Date: 2019-09-24 07:42 am (UTC)then: ❱
onni's gone
other cousin
don't say sorry
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Date: 2019-09-25 04:45 am (UTC)Her finger freeze over the 's' key, eyes stopping on his last message. She hesitates only one beat, two, then hits the backspace. Her pause is much shorter than his was, and she spends it frowning at her screen, sad over the departure of someone with whom she wasn't even properly acquainted. ]
What would you like me to say instead?
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Date: 2019-09-25 08:24 am (UTC)guess you can't say you won't disappear too can you
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Date: 2019-09-26 05:06 am (UTC)[ Honest to a fault; she doesn't hesitate to say it, though it lasts a beat before she actually hits send. ]
I wouldn't want to make a promise to you that I couldn't be sure to keep.
[ It's strange, how it makes her realize that she doesn't want to disappear. There are enough reasons, now, for her to wish to stay even aside from the threat of the unknown - and that's a really odd place to be in, when she thinks about it. ]
But I can promise you that I'll do my best.
Is that okay?
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Date: 2019-09-26 05:27 am (UTC)❰ but it's the best she can offer, so he shouldn't be rejecting it offhand like that. a few seconds later: ❱
it's okay
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Date: 2019-09-27 05:09 am (UTC)[ Not in the face of such total inability to control the situation. None of them can really help it, can they? In the wake of that message, though, she spends those few seconds trying to think of something else, something better that she might be able to say--
but then comes that other line, and it's... enough, perhaps. ]
Then it's a promise.
[ Even so, her mind continues to work on the problem. On anything she can do, really, to provide him some measure of comfort. ]
It may not make any difference but
I'm glad that you two were at least able to spend some time together in the city.
[ Sometimes all one really has left are memories - which she knows entirely too well, but saying as much seems like it would be counterproductive. In any case, she's spent enough of her own life alone to be relieved that Lalli is... less so, by all appearances. ]
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Date: 2019-09-27 07:59 am (UTC)❰ he goes to erase that but sends it instead, further evidence that this interface is stupid. (it isn't, he's just bad at it.)
regardless, it corners him into articulating more properly instead of pretending that first message never existed, so a few seconds later she gets: ❱
he wanted to trade his life for tuuri's. was going to ask heimdall
and now he's gone
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Date: 2019-09-28 05:48 pm (UTC)Which means she spends an extra couple of seconds herself frowning at the screen, perplexed by the idea for various reasons. There are a lot of questions she wants to ask, but-- ]
You don't think he did it, do you?
[ Because if he'd successfully made that request and it caused him to disappear, there are some concerning implications. ]
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Date: 2019-09-30 03:22 am (UTC)heimdall says he didn't. honir says heimdall probably isn't lying
it's stupid
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Date: 2019-10-01 04:41 am (UTC)No, better not to go reading into it too much, coincidental timing or not. Huffing a little sigh, Naminé frowns at her screen. Her fingers hover over the keys; not for the first time, she has a lot of questions. But perhaps it's better to start with, ]
What's stupid about it?
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Date: 2019-10-04 03:58 am (UTC)the answer that comes is: ❱
just want to know where he is
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Date: 2019-10-05 06:43 am (UTC)I know.
[ And she understands some of the sentiment, at least. She has no family to lose, no strange context of disappearance to worry over, but it isn't hard to imagine. She's had friends go missing, herself, and though it troubles her, she at least has the consolation of being able to believe it was probably no different for them than for anyone else who left. (Not that that's much help; who really knows what happens to them when they're gone, anyway?)
She takes a moment to frown at her screen. She can't fix the problem, but her instinct is to at least investigate it, at least do her best to fully comprehend as much of it as possible, in case some opportunity to make a difference in it comes later. Naturally her mind moves on to the most pressing question; ]
Why did he think he needed to trade his life for hers?
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Date: 2019-10-07 08:30 am (UTC)the answer that comes is... pretty frank. ❱
she's dead
or was before we came here
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Date: 2019-10-08 05:34 am (UTC)It's strange to think about but
there are a lot of us here who are supposed to be dead.
It's hard when one of them is someone you care about.
[ Which is the closest she dares let herself come to that sympathetic sort of apology. ]
It makes much more sense now why he wanted to do that.
Still
either way you lose someone important to you, don't you?
It doesn't seem very fair.
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Date: 2019-10-12 04:57 am (UTC)with anything
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Date: 2019-10-12 10:11 pm (UTC)It never does.
[ That doesn't change the fact of what it is, though. Maybe she says it in part because of how many innocent people she has seen suffer due to circumstances beyond their control, how many times she hasn't been able to tell them that in so many words. The other part is, ]
But you told me not to say I was sorry.
[ There are more ways than one to express the same sentiment. ]
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Date: 2019-10-13 08:59 am (UTC)❰ as it turns out? he's not fair, either.
and he knows it, but he doesn't apologize. instead, just: ❱
it's fine. was just making sure you're here
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Date: 2019-10-13 10:38 pm (UTC)Thank you.
[ Has she ever said that? She's felt it, but it's hard to find the right time to express this sort of gratitude. ]
For checking on me.
I like to know that you're still here too.
action; 10/8 - after odin's announcement
Date: 2019-10-13 11:36 pm (UTC)That doesn't stop her from finding and offering her roommate one — pink for strawberry, or a pale green for melon — however, before settling into a seated position. Nearby for ease of speaking, but not suffocatingly close. ]
Seems that time of rest was short-lived. [ Instead of forcing a smile, she busies herself with peeling off the wrapper to the candy Naminé doesn't choose. Eventually, she'll ask: ] Do you intend to ride out, or stay here?
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Date: 2019-10-15 04:15 am (UTC)Enough so that the first looks she gives the offered candy is a blank one, uncomprehending as she tries to extricate herself from her thoughts. It works after a moment, and with a start she begins to lift a hand, instinctively reaching for the pink lollipop without actually having thought about it. ]
-- Thank you, [ she says, more early than late, and as Daenerys settles herself, Naminé pauses, studying her briefly before making to remove the wrapper of her own candy. She never quite gets around to putting the sweet into her mouth, however, because that inquiry seems to stop her short. That's the question of the hour, isn't it? Or the day, rather; her brow knits slightly, perplexed eyes lingering on her roommate for a moment before lowering to the item in her own hands. ]
I haven't decided yet, [ Naminé answers, and it's the weighty kind of sentence, the heavy sort of tone that suggests that's been on her mind a lot today. Her fingers tighten around the little stick that goes with her sweet, and she raises her eyes to ask, in a different manner that carries no less an undercurrent of thought, ] Are... you planning to go?
[ Only then does she actually start on the lollipop, almost more for something to do with her hands than for any other reason. ]
&& she gonna kill that ice turd deader than dead while she's at it lol
Date: 2019-10-21 01:11 am (UTC)[ Were that weight tangible, surely it would manifest with the answer given. I haven't decided. It's not her war, and for that, Dany's glad. At the same time, however, it's a war now forced onto her... just as it has been for those in Westeros. A war she had no interest in, but one necessary to fight all the same.
She sighs, the sound soft and tired all at once, and picks at the wrapper. ]
It's the war we set off for in my world, before coming here. [ Her fingers still work on the plastic as she looks to meet Naminé's eyes. ] The first of two. The first against the dead, the second against the living.
[ Edd hasn't returned yet; she's glad for the privacy. It's easier not having another Westerosi to share the space with while she says these things. ]
I just discovered one of my children sacrificed his life for an empty promise.
much deservedly I'm sure
Date: 2019-10-22 06:13 am (UTC)Lowering the candy, the girl pauses at Daenerys' description. It's occurred to Naminé already, sharp memory that she has, but-- ]
… So they'll be just like what he described at the meeting. [ Jon Snow, that first time - those creatures he spoke about sounded not wholly unlike Heartless in their single-mindedness as well as a few other peculiarities, and Naminé knows all too well how dangerous they could be. ] The wights, the ones that can't be killed by normal means.
[ Except as troubling as that notion is, and as much time as Naminé has spent mired in her own thoughts, her own troubled attempts to choose a course of action, Daenerys has only to utter those last words for Naminé to straighten, features immediately overcome with a mix of sympathy and concern. ]
-- What? [ Her shoulders sink slightly, the lollipop all but forgotten in her fingers as she tries to make sense of that statement. Not fully knowing the context, she can only ask what feels like a lame, yet genuinely perplexed, ] … What happened?
nobody kills her babies and gets away with it
Date: 2019-10-28 11:08 pm (UTC)[ That memory is a tired one: the fear which chilled her more so than the snow so high up in the air as she flew. The way they moved like insects, a giant swarm. It's the cold eyes, however, which bothers her the most. Even an enemy holds a wildness to his or her eyes. It's inevitable.
Not the Night King. ]
I won't be selfish and voice my wishes for you, for it's your decision and this is as much your war now as it is ours. I only ask that you take care if you travel with us.
[ It's difficult to see faces she would rather command, but has no right to. Missandei would be easy, if only because her dearest friend has no battle experience. Sansa is equally as inexperienced, but has decided to travel. Far worse in her mind is Naminé knowingly placing herself into danger. ]
My three dragons: Drogon, Viserion, and Rhaegal... we all flew into the snows to head off the dead. One of my knights and Jon, along with a group of their choosing, sought out the dead to try and capture one. [ It gets no easier to speak of. By now, she lowers her hands to her lap, the candy forgotten. ] Viserion died to the Night King.
The second war I mentioned against the living? The queen sits on my family's throne. We met with her for a parley, and she agreed to it.. .for surely survival is more important than a throne — but her brother told me earlier the woman has no intention of aiding us in a war against the dead. She wants us weakened, so she can slaughter my people when the battle's done.
dragon vengeance for the dragon mom!!!!
Date: 2019-10-30 06:45 am (UTC)[ It must be worse, Naminé thinks, when the enemy still has a human face. That's rarely an issue when it comes to Heartless, at least, though Nobodies like herself are-- a different story. Perhaps it's better not to draw the comparison in her own mind to newborn husks without hearts; those zombies don't sound as able as she was to regain even a semblance of human thought.
Rather than allowing her mind to wander, however, she's careful to hearken to Daenerys. With a small shake of her own blonde head, Naminé tries to reassure, ]
I promise I won't be reckless. [ Whether she goes, whether it's here she chooses to stay; in either case, she'll do so with careful consideration. ] I've been giving it a lot of thought.
[ And she's not so hasty as to make a decision one way or the other so early in the preparations. Falling silent again, she hears of the dragons, and despite not having much in the way of personal relationships with any such creatures, she says with genuine sadness, ]
I'm sorry.
[ Because it's clear that the dragons are - were - important to Daenerys; why else would she call them her children? It casts the situation in something of a different light, one that Naminé begins to realize as she listens to the rest of what her roommate has to say. This is-- personal, isn't it? Not only because of the inherent danger posed by the Night King in this world and Westeros, but because the older woman has lost at least one being important to her through him.
Lips pursed, Naminé's frown becomes steadily more apparent as the description goes on. Once it's finished, ]
And there's nothing you can do about it while you're here, is there? [ Which is a frustrating turn of events all on its own, really. ] The queen - she isn't in the city, is she?
❰ text ❱ day 138 (oct 25th).
Date: 2019-10-29 06:59 am (UTC)alive
❰ not a question - he's letting her know that he's alive, just like he said he would. ❱
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Date: 2019-10-30 07:41 am (UTC)It feels as though someone would tell her, if he didn't make it back. She tries to remind herself as much; Tuuri might have reason to, at least, though Naminé refrains with great effort from asking after him directly. Instead she keeps her mind as busy as her hands are, tending to as many wounds as she can among the soldiers and refugees. There's only so much she can do with the limitations of her powers, but she bandages until her fingers are sore and then goes back the next day to do it again. There's still so much activity, and it provides her a cold sort of comfort as she tries not to assume the worst.
But she nevertheless jumps to check the message that comes in when at last it arrives, heart quicker for it. The associated name is familiar, and with its recognition her worry for his life is replaced by a different manner of concern. Perhaps some people would be angry to have been left in the dark. For her, the first question is, ]
What happened?
[ It isn't her initial assumption that he was simply biding his time for no reason; there must have been some cause for his silence. He's not so careless as that, she thinks - and belatedly she hopes from a small, scarred part of her heart that he didn't just forget about writing her entirely. ]
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Date: 2019-10-30 08:10 am (UTC)not being anything
❰ it's not an answer to this, but it's an answer to something she asked and it'll have to do. ❱
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Date: 2019-10-31 05:11 am (UTC)The response can really only make her all the more driven to find out what went on, what had him that upset. But at the same time, it tells her enough to indicate that inquiring further that direction might not get her much of an answer. Despite the intensity of the frown she gives her screen and the furrow in her brow, she resists the urge to write some variation of the same message again. Instead, ]
Is that where you've been for the past few days?
Trying not to be anything?
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Date: 2019-10-31 11:10 pm (UTC)maybe
❰ he doesn't know what he's been doing. not since emil came back. it's all kind of a static blur. ❱
emil died
❰ the message is sent before he really processes that he's typing it, and it's like the floor falls out from under him, more words tumbling out. ❱
came back but he's different. remembers all of it
everything's wrong now
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Date: 2019-11-02 05:38 am (UTC)How is it wrong?
[ Her response is quick, maybe enough so to convey her worry. ]
Is he not himself?
[ He's changed, obviously - but how much? ]
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Date: 2019-11-02 05:51 am (UTC)not that he can say that to her, of all people. ❱
distant. quieter
❰ lalli feels like he came in out of the freezing rain four days ago and hasn't dried off since. there's a damp ache in his bones. ❱
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Date: 2019-11-02 07:09 am (UTC)Do you think maybe he just needs time?
It must be very strange, being dead and then alive again.
[ Anyone, surely, would be at risk for preoccupation after a traumatic experience like that. All the more so, maybe, because of the context of that particular battle. ]
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Date: 2019-11-04 09:06 am (UTC)but of course she thinks that. he hasn't mentioned the most important detail. ❱
remembers me killing him
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Date: 2019-11-05 06:18 am (UTC)And for a second Naminé almost considers whether or not that memory is correct, because she's spent more time changing those kinds of things herself than watching friends actually manage to kill each other. But then the implications of the battle itself catch up with her a fraction of a second later, and she sucks in a breath which presses her mouth closed, chest tight with sympathy and a strange coldness of dread. ]
You had to
[ There's no other explanation, is there? Not unless she's gravely misunderstood his relationship with Emil. ]
didn't you?
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Date: 2019-11-05 06:45 am (UTC)❰ that's something he's come to realize since he did it. he didn't have to. he could've found a different god, even if honir wasn't there. he could've led emil back to asgard, if he had to. there were options, so so many options besides stabbing his closest friend in the skull. ❱
thought i did
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Date: 2019-11-06 05:59 am (UTC)[ There were a lot of disturbing implications that could be taken from that 'no'. But it's hard for her to imagine any of them being legitimate; surely there's not other reason Lalli would want to kill his friend, not when he sounds so troubled by the whole situation. The message that comes thereafter puts any temporary fears to rest, however, though it does raise a lot of questions. Is it Lalli being too hard on himself, or is there really truth in that? ]
What else could you have done?
I've always heard that there's no other way to stop someone once
[ They've already died, already been taken over; she struggles with it a moment, then adds on the same line before she sends it, ]
they're on the other side.
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Date: 2019-11-06 09:01 am (UTC)waited for honir even
but i didn't
and he remembers
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Date: 2019-11-08 05:28 am (UTC)[ He's said as much himself, but it feels as though he needs reminding. She knows how easy it can be to blame oneself, so-- ]
If you hadn't someone else might have gotten hurt.
[ Like Lalli himself, for instance - but it was made pretty clear how dangerous undead of that sort could be to anyone around them. ]
Have you talked to Emil about it?
[ Sure, he's said that Emil remembers, but that doesn't convince her they've talked about it, not really, especially considering Lalli's pretty taciturn at the best of times. ]
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Date: 2019-11-08 06:44 am (UTC)no, they haven't talked about it. ❱
doesn't want to talk
❰ lalli's not entirely sure emil wants anything to do with him, at this point. ❱
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Date: 2019-11-09 06:41 am (UTC)How do you know?
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Date: 2019-11-10 03:51 am (UTC)he just doesn't
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Date: 2019-11-10 10:16 pm (UTC)What about you?
Do you want to talk to him?
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Date: 2019-11-14 08:33 am (UTC)❰ sorry, namine. this is just... a mess that he shouldn't have dragged you into. ❱
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Date: 2019-11-15 06:04 am (UTC)You'll have to talk eventually.
[ She hopes. ]
Right?
Even if it's hard for both of you, you can't ignore each other forever.
[ Which. Isn't so much her telling him to do something about it as making a prediction, honestly. But that's not really a solution, so she tries, ]
Maybe it would help to think about what you'd say to him if the two of you did want to talk.
That way you can at least be sure how you feel.
[ Even if how Emil's feeling is a bit harder to determine. ]
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Date: 2019-11-17 08:11 am (UTC)❰ but he's said it too late, after other things have been said, so he'll clarify: ❱
to ignore each other forever
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Date: 2019-11-18 05:43 am (UTC)Maybe Sora's finally rubbing off on her. ]
He's your friend.
[ Which could be taken a lot of different ways, really. Does that mean she doubts Emil would reject him so readily, or that Lalli would know better than she would what's likely? Both are true, honestly. But either way, ]
Do you really believe that's the kind of person he is?
[ It's one thing to say it to yourself in your head, but entirely another to put it into words on the outside. On a certain level, to do so is to impugn the other's character. ]
sorry so late. i want to hit her up on something more recently to remedy this disaster thread
Date: 2019-12-01 08:34 am (UTC)AHH NO WORRIES I gotchu bruh. Just tell me where you want shenanigans and I shall make it happen.
Date: 2019-12-02 02:35 am (UTC)People do change sometimes
especially when something awful happens to them.
But I'm not sure he'd change that much so quickly.
Haven't you been friends for a pretty long time now?
[ As long as she's known Lalli, at the very least, and probably longer if they're from the same world. While that's not quite so great a time period in the grand scheme of things as it could be, she figures that at least-- ]
He must know by now that you wouldn't have hurt him if you didn't think you had to.
[ Which would be enough for her not to blame Lalli, at least, if she were in Emil's position - and that's what makes it so hard for her to imagine that he wouldn't want anything to do with Lalli at all even after such an incident. ]
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Date: 2020-03-27 06:08 pm (UTC)Everything's fine, Naminé. We ... we uh got back.
...
[Siiiiiiigh. Oh man she was holding things back. She wasn't any good at this.]
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Date: 2020-03-29 03:23 am (UTC)… What happened?
[ Naminé didn't sound accusatory - if anything, her voice was gentle despite the undercurrent of worry. For the sake of her moirail's own excuse, the blonde tacked on an only slightly belated, ]
While you were away, that is. [ The whole thing bore describing, regardless of what it was that had the other girl so hesitant. Only just remembering herself, ] And-- welcome back.
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Date: 2020-03-30 04:46 pm (UTC)Those guys who came by asking for help? They... didn't tell us the whole story. There was a plague of some sort in the cave. That's why it was walled off. We... we kept it sealed in there, Naminé. I made sure it stayed sealed in so none of it got out.
[She cooughed into her hand. It didn't sound like a sick cough, more of a clearing of one's throat. Her voice calmed considerably afterwards.]
Some of the folks inside called Sigyn. She... uh... removed the disease from us when she sent the people inside back to the palace. So... we got kind of a really fast free trip.
[By, ya know... dying, which she was pointedly trying to avoid saying. And while that detail might not have been obvious, she was holding something back.]
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Date: 2020-04-01 05:47 am (UTC)That isn't surprising, [ was her only audible comment, soft and non-interruptive. The whole situation had seemed a bit suspicious to her, even from a distance - but that hadn't been enough to cause her to try to convince anyone not to go and help. Otherwise she was silent, save for her startled, 'A plague--?' which began a different tone of quiet on her part.
It all sounded pretty concerning, and yet-- even while telling her they'd succeeded in curtailing the issue, Terezi didn't sound quite right to Naminé. There had to be something more to it, of that the blonde was certain - although the cough did give her a momentary start before she registered it as unlikely to be related to illness. Through her patient, somewhat bemused listening, Naminé worked at the problem, the question of what it was that didn't feel quite right-- and then, ]
What do you mean... [ There was a cold feeling in her stomach, one that formed quickly as the possible implications of those words stretched out before her. ] … A 'fast trip'?
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Date: 2020-04-03 04:29 am (UTC)[Maaaan, she was no good at lying. It wasn't in her nature to do it. She preferred half truths, and she never could tell a lie without giggling like an idiot. Part of why she could trick John and Dave was that one was too stupid to notice usually, and the other found it amusing to just play along in his boredom, not because she was really fooling them.
She gritted her teeth and grunted.]
When... we got sick, Sigyn came to the barrier that had us all sealed inside. I touched her hand, and then I woke up at the palace, feeling all warm and not sick anymore.
[She frowned.]
... I... I think I died in there, Naminé. I just didn't want you to worry. But no way was I risking you getting that disease! It was awful!
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Date: 2020-04-04 04:19 am (UTC)You didn't have to hide it from me, [ she promised, more than admonished. ] I would have wanted to know...! It's-- my job to know what happens to you, isn't it?
[ And to worry, for that matter - that was part of being friends as much as it was a part of moirallegiance. None of it sat well with her, of course, and for a long moment she was quiet, trying to digest this development. Perhaps the first thing that came to mind and actually made it to her mouth, whether appropriate or not, was a concerned, ]
… Did it hurt?
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Date: 2020-04-06 02:57 pm (UTC)[She scratched at the back of her head and sighed, smiling to herself.]
I should know better though. Sorry... uhhh, it didn't hurt. I mean getting sick was something awful. Coughing, wet, aching, painful and a bit of blood. Nothing fun, trust me. But what Sigyn did didn't hurt at all. Think that was the point.
... I still feel funny, though. They're sure I'm not sick, but something feels weird. not 'missing' weird. Just weird weird. Haven't figured out why yet.
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Date: 2020-04-08 03:20 am (UTC)Humming quietly to indicate her unstanding, Naminé might well have had other questions coming to mind, but that last comment of the other girl's gave the blonde pause. ]
Funny... [ There wasn't much she could do about 'funny,' not without her powers from home, and even those might not have done the trick. ] Funny, like... some part of you has changed? If Sigyn really did bring you back...
[ Did everything actually come back the same? ]
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Date: 2020-04-10 02:06 am (UTC)Not... uh, sick funny. Just funny. It feels like it wants me to do something with it. I don't quite get it?
...does that make sense?
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Date: 2020-04-11 05:36 am (UTC)Yes - I think I understand. [ Her voice was careful, not entirely free of concern. ] Sometimes you just have an instinct. Something that tells you that there's more you can do.
[ Like her own powers, both in her own worlds and here. ]
But... even if that's the case, do you think it would be a good idea to listen?
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Date: 2020-04-12 06:03 am (UTC)Might ask and see if someone could look into it. To be sure.
[The only problem being that blood magic was kind of new.]
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Date: 2020-04-13 03:53 am (UTC)I trust your judgement. You're the one who's feeling it, after all.
[ And surely it was an issue those in charge of Asgard would see fit to take personal interest in, which seemed to make it less likely to become a more serious problem. ]
And I'm sure the gods would want to know about it, too. Maybe they can help you test it in a controlled environment. [ A subtle falter. More gingerly, ] If... you don't mind talking to them about it, that is.
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Date: 2020-04-16 04:57 am (UTC)Me too.
[ There was plenty of cause for concern, especially considering-- ]
After how they handled the problem last time... [ Which wasn't necessarily the wrong way to handle it, and seemed to end up relatively consequence-free... or so they could hope. ] I suppose I shouldn't say, 'it couldn't turn out much worse for you,' should I?
[ Literally dying was frequently considered to be at one certain end of the spectrum, but in this case, given its impermanence, it might have occupied a different part of the scale. She wasn't particularly inclined to tempt fate and find out. ]
But I don't think they'll do anything that might harm you unless they have to. Besides, if you're not the only one who feels like they've changed, then they'll come to ask you about it sooner or later, won't they?
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Date: 2020-04-16 11:21 pm (UTC)...
Maybe it's something good? Like a new superpower? [She frowned.] That might be asking too much, right?
I could also ask the others.
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Date: 2020-04-18 05:28 am (UTC)[ The melancholy undertone of her words suggested that was a concept she was all too familiar with, though of course her voice was not without sympathy.
And despite her serious demeanor, Naminé failed to fight down the breath of a wry laugh that rose in her throat at Terezi's suggestions. Weak and short-lived though the blonde's smile was, she could at least appreciate the sentiment. ]
Maybe. It wouldn't be the strangest thing I've ever heard.
[ But that didn't mean it seemed all that likely. Still, one could hope, futilely or otherwise. ]
But... yes. I think maybe it would be best if you talked to them about it. It might give you a better idea of what to expect - and even if it doesn't, it... helps, to talk to someone who knows what you're going through.
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Date: 2020-04-23 11:25 pm (UTC)It's hard to know for sure what to do, and I'm sorry we worried you. I really am.
[She could hear the melancholy and deep down she hoped that she hadn't screwed up horribly somehow, but Naminé wasn't giving bad advice so she could take that. One way or another.]
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Date: 2020-04-25 02:19 am (UTC)[ The response was gentle, and yet it held a firmness underneath. It was an attempt at reassurance, surely. ]
You didn't know what you were getting into. [ There was always a risk in the decision to go out of the city at all, of course, but that didn't, to her, assign any blame. ] Even if you had - you were trying to help. I could never be upset with you for that.
[ No apologies necessary. ]
And I'm glad that you told me about everything that's been going on. That's what I'm here for... right? So-- if you still feel worried later, you can talk to me then, too. Any time you need to.
[ Whether or not that would be any help she was not so bold as to assume, but that didn't stop her from offering. ]
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Date: 2020-04-27 03:37 am (UTC)I'm going to talk to them. See if maybe I can figure out what's going on.
[And later, she could tell her that she'd be able to protect her even better thanks to her blood.]
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Date: 2020-04-28 05:16 am (UTC)[ Her voice had a tired sort of surety, and it sounded as though she was wearing a weak, wry smile as she spoke. Firsthand, secondhand - she had experience with both when it came to finding trouble. ]
Chances are if you keep doing the right thing, it'll keep happening. But it's worth it, in the end.
[ Mostly. Hopefully. In any case, ]
Alright. Then I guess-- for now, all that I can do is wish you luck.
[ Even thought it felt like that was not enough. ]
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Date: 2020-04-28 06:40 pm (UTC)You're rubbing off on me, Naminé. Heh. You're going to make a hero out of me yet...
I'll let you know, ok? What they said.
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Date: 2020-04-30 04:00 am (UTC)You don't need me for that. You've been trying to make things right since before we met.
[ Or so she'd heard in a story or two, anyway, regardless of where Terezi might have fit into the scale of morality before then. ]
Okay. [ There was a gentle firmness in her voice, a silent attempt to be encouraging. ] I'll be waiting to hear about it.
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Date: 2020-04-13 02:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-13 07:43 pm (UTC)Hello? Terezi?
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Date: 2020-04-14 04:24 pm (UTC)[She breathed in and out for a moment.]
They want to figure out what's going on with this cave. The blight inside. Heimdall's got a spell he's offering. Something that is supposed to be able to shield people going in. He wants to send in two person teams. Sentinel and a Scout. Someone who can investigate, someone who can protect. It is supposed to last about a half hour, so... it's... it's supposed to be safe, and my nose...
But I'm not sure.
I'm really not sure.
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Date: 2020-04-16 05:31 am (UTC)They want you to go back?
[ Even so close to her initial reaction, she couldn't completely muster disbelief. It made sense that they'd want to be certain that situation was dealt with, and it was wise to send people who knew the cave already, yet - part of her balked at the mere suggestion. Still, she never was one to let her emotions get the better of her; it bore considering before she made a kneejerk suggestion. Letting out an unsettled exhale, she turned her mind to practical concerns first. ]
How certain are they that the spell will work?
[ 'Supposed to do' and 'actually does' were two different things. ]
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Date: 2020-04-16 10:58 pm (UTC)[She frowned herself, and it was pretty apparent in the way that she was talking. She scratched the back of her head and her eyes closed and when she spoke, it was uncomfortable, nervous.]
Heimdall vouched for it personally. Thirty minutes, he said. It's something he's giving us specifically so I think he's pretty sure of it. But I can't help remembering the day we arrived.
Ya know. Arrived and then went boom?
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Date: 2020-04-18 05:14 am (UTC)He doesn't seem like the type of person who would say that without believing it. [ Whether or not that made him correct was a different question. Though she paled slightly at that last comment, ] Yes, I remember. They... didn't have as much time to prepare back then. Or at least that was how it sounded.
[ Her frown was nearly audible, even as she lapsed into momentary silence. ]
Pros and cons... [ Belatedly, calling back to what Terezi said first, ] What are those, exactly?
[ Sure, Naminé could think of her own list - but she'd rather have the other girl's perspective on it. ]
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Date: 2020-04-23 11:28 pm (UTC)Ok, so my power works for about an hour. I can't keep his spell up forever. That means I won't get full use, and if I don't set a timer just right maybe something will stop me from getting out in time.
I'm concerned. I don't want to get sick again. If it happens, I don't think Sigyn's going to bail us out like last time, and I don't want you worried again...
Glob damnit, Naminé there's a lot of cons aren't there? But on the pro side, what if by doing nothing we're still dealing with this down the road and it's a lot worse?
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Date: 2020-04-25 04:45 am (UTC)No matter what dangers there are, I-- do agree that it's important to make sure that it's over, and that nothing will surprise us later. But that doesn't mean that it's your responsibility alone.
[ She wished it were as simple as being able to say it wasn't Terezi's problem and having that be the end of it. Neither of them, she figured, were the type to actually leave it there. ]
… Or that my personal feelings should have anything to do with this. I don't want you to put yourself in danger any more than I ever have, but if I worry... then that's alright. It's my job to worry about you. You should do what your heart tells you is right, even if it makes me afraid for you.
[ That was how Naminé had always handled things, anyway; her own emotions be darned. ]
But your power... even if you don't get to use it fully, isn't it better than not using it at all? And if you have someone with you to look after you, to make sure you get out when you need to, how likely is it that something will happen? Was the cave-- dangerous, besides what happened before?
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Date: 2020-04-27 03:35 am (UTC)[She raked her hand through her hair.]
It's your job to worry about me, like i worry about you... but it's also my job not to make you worry too much. I ... I don't want to put you in that position, Namine. Not without good reason.
I think that my nose might have gotten everything that it could already. I don't know that niffing again, when I took a whole hour of my powers before would tell me anything I didn't already know.
I ... I think you might be right. I've done my part. It doesn't have to be me this time, unless they think they really need me specifically. I feel more sure of that now. I needed to talk this through with you, I think.
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Date: 2020-04-28 05:07 am (UTC)I understand, [ the Nobody conceded softly. ] I wouldn't want to do that to you either, if it were me.
[ She perked at the addiional new information; if Terezi really had sniffed the whole place out... ]
So you've already done everything that would have tried anyway? I didn't realize...! [ She'd definitely have weighed that into her suggestions if she had. No matter her attempts to stay neutral, she couldn't help the relief in her voice. ]
If that's the case... then yes. I really do think you've done your part. [ Her exhale is quiet, yet audible. She holds herself back a beat, then adds, ] It's your decision. But-- I don't think anyone will blame you if you choose to stay here.
[ Least of all her. ]
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Date: 2020-04-28 06:42 pm (UTC)[She nodded, feeling a weight lifted off of her shoulders.]
Ok. I think I'm going to hang back this time. I don't need to take unnecessary risks. If they're smart, they'll handle this.
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Date: 2020-04-30 04:09 am (UTC)[ The world doing that shifting around that it tends to do, and all that. Still, the chances of that happening and requiring Terezi's specific powers to notice seemed pretty slim, and in any case, the troll's reaction seemed to say what needed to be said about her feelings on going. Breathing out a decidedly less burdened laugh, ]
But it would have helped if you'd told me that first, yes.
[ Naminé made an effort not to feel too selfish about being glad Terezi would stay home. It was for the other girl's sake too, right? ]
Alright. [ Trying not to smile, ] Maybe it'll even be a good thing - it'll give the others a chance to get more experience figuring stuff out for themselves.
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Date: 2020-05-02 09:03 pm (UTC)Yeah. And it's not like I'm the only one with this divination stuff. I am pretty sure I know another guy who has something like that... but not his nose. Too bad, that. We could compare smells.
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Date: 2020-05-03 08:22 pm (UTC)That other comment had her perking, looking momentarily pleasantly surprised. ]
Oh? [ And when the other sentences followed after, ] Oh. That is too bad. To be honest, I'm a little curious what all of that's like for you.
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Date: 2020-05-05 08:24 pm (UTC)It's like the world explodes with odors everywhere I sniff. They're the kinds of smells I never got unless it was back home, and there's even more now. I can't just smell colors, I can smell everything. I have to learn to tell all the smells apart. It's kinda psychedelic really.
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Date: 2020-05-07 03:03 am (UTC)[ Naminé went quiet a moment, trying to picture what Terezi was describing. ]
It sounds almost-- impossible. To have to pick one smell out of so many - how would you be able to do it at all?
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Date: 2020-05-08 08:44 pm (UTC)You know how you can train your tongue to pick up flavors that are subtle after a while?
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Date: 2020-05-10 04:53 am (UTC)Um-- [ If she'd ever heard of that it was probably only a dim recollection. ] Maybe...? I don't spend a lot of time tasting things. But-- I suppose if the rest of you can learn things, it makes sense that your tongue can, too.
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Date: 2020-05-12 09:22 pm (UTC)So it would make sense you can train. I know my nose is getting more refined all the time, after all.
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Date: 2020-05-14 04:12 am (UTC)[ There's a short pause as she mulls over the prior conversation, and decidedly doesn't tack on a, 'so you don't need to go to the cave to do it.' Now that her mind's back at the start, it occurs to her to ask, ]
Was that everything that you needed to talk to me about?
[ She says it a little hopefully, though that's only because she'd rather not find out there's some other concerning news or terrible potential risk to discuss that Terezi has yet to bring up. ]
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Date: 2020-05-15 12:29 am (UTC)...
Thanks, Namine. I needed to talk with you about this.
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Date: 2020-05-16 06:26 am (UTC)I'm glad that you did...! I know that you can make good decisions on your own, but... it's important to me to hear about them, whether I can help you with them or not.
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Date: 2020-05-19 10:54 pm (UTC)I can... but it also affects you, and this is definitely the kind of question I want to ask you, to make you part of. It's important that you're involved too, isn't it? So... I'm glad to ask.
Thanks, Naminé.
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Date: 2020-05-21 06:14 am (UTC)[ Mouth warming into a smile, ]
Sure. You know I'll listen to you anytime, no matter what.
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Date: 2020-05-23 04:55 am (UTC)[ And with a click, they part ways. Good talk? Good talk. ]