火野レイ (Rei Hino) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
faithfulflame) wrote2012-08-15 09:29 pm
faithfulflame) wrote2012-08-15 09:29 pm
Fifth Prayer: Loss
[She'd just checked Usagi's room, and it was empty. Nothing remained of Sailor Moon save for a half-empty bucket of pudding just sitting in the fridge. With a cry of frustration, the normally reserved miko took it out and hurled it at the trash bin, chocolate oozing down the wall. This was just too much. First Ami, then that awful Apep creature taking Sabriel, and now Usagi!
Her friends would need to be told, of course. So, a few minutes later a Voice transmission pops out over the journals. Rei's voice is tight and controlled, but there's definitely an undercurrent of sadness]
I'm sorry to inform everyone that Tsukino Usagi-san has been sent home by the Malnosso.
Please think of her fondly, and wish her luck.
Should anyone wish to make a formal prayer for her, I will be available to help with that, so please contact me via the journal.
[Closing the feed, Rei picks up her journal and heads out to the little tent shrine she, Ami, and Usagi had put together months before, lighting a flame on the brazier with Eferin and preparing several prayer strips of her own for her friend and Sailor Moon. She burns them, and sends her wishes to the other girl, whereever she might be]
Be well, Usagi-chan.
(OOC: Feel free to respond via voice, or find Rei at her little hideaway)
Her friends would need to be told, of course. So, a few minutes later a Voice transmission pops out over the journals. Rei's voice is tight and controlled, but there's definitely an undercurrent of sadness]
I'm sorry to inform everyone that Tsukino Usagi-san has been sent home by the Malnosso.
Please think of her fondly, and wish her luck.
Should anyone wish to make a formal prayer for her, I will be available to help with that, so please contact me via the journal.
[Closing the feed, Rei picks up her journal and heads out to the little tent shrine she, Ami, and Usagi had put together months before, lighting a flame on the brazier with Eferin and preparing several prayer strips of her own for her friend and Sailor Moon. She burns them, and sends her wishes to the other girl, whereever she might be]
Be well, Usagi-chan.
(OOC: Feel free to respond via voice, or find Rei at her little hideaway)
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Not yet; been on foot all day to get back to the village and out of the storm. Did something happen?
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...
oh.]
That's hard. The woman you've sworn to protect...
Do you need anything?
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[She doesn't even know what to say to that. She's heard it so many times. Could he really be that stupid?]
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[What was the proper procedure for dealing with humans in these situations? Do you apologize, curse the Malnosso, offer drinks? Viral had no answer and no experience to fall back upon.]
...
Are you okay?
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[Her voice is slow, wavering for a moment]
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[But...what to do?
He reached his hand out for her's in an awkward, oddly timid gesture. Physical contact had its merits, but he wasn't sure where the limits were--if there were limits.]
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Losing your first friend. Its hard.
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[He didn't have much reference, but he had Generals Thymilph and Adiane. The former was his mentor and commanding officer for most of his career; the latter was a beastwoman with whom he trusted his revenge against Gurren Lagann too. The knowledge that she had died, compounded by losing her entire crew to the depths and the compounding frustration after weeks of losses had stabbed a knife through his soul.
It wasn't a feeling that he ever had before, and not one that he had since.]
...
I'm sorry that you have to be the one to clean up after this.
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[She doesn't get it. Her mind has wandered too far. Thoughts of Usagi, really]
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[It was simple, if uncomfortable for both of them. While Viral understood as a soldier the importance of maintaining a level head, he also understood--intimately--that sometimes there was no choice. Minds crack and bodies freeze. Many times there was no one left to help with that.]
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Supporting your allies is a noble desire, but don't forget to be strong for yourself. I...have dealt with hardships of my own--I can handle myself for a while longer.
Worry about yourself and yours.
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[Her voice is practically a whimper]
Ami-chan was kidnapped...
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[A beat. What should he do in this situation?]
These abductions are temporary. Ami will be back soon enough.
...I can't provide much, but if you need anything from me...
[He could make ikayaki, at the very least.]
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Just...stay with me. Don't...leave me alone...
[Her hand squeezes his tightly. She trusts you, you know]
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...I can do that. Whenever you need it, I can do that.
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[Her voice trembles with gratitude.]
How...about you?
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[His voice is brisk and business like, deflecting from all concern even as he contemplated his place in Luceti. He was surrounded by humans, and after Sabriel he was hesitant to place any trust in them.
...but Rei had been nothing but kind to him.]
...
I do need a place to keep my belongings. My spot in the woods is impossible to go back to, and...I can't go back to House 44 now.
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[Rei knows by now that the Beastman may not want to stay, or that Ami may not wish it when she returns, but if he needs a room]
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I appreciate that, Rei. I won't be in much, or a bother, but its better to have a room where I can store everything safely.
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[What she does NOT say is that Sabriel is also moving in for a time, until Rei can get back on her feet as well. Of course, this is a play on her part to get the two talking again. Even miserable, Rei hates the idea of friends drifting apart.]
There will be plenty of space. I do not think Ami will mind.
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[He nods again in quiet gratitude, not entirely certain about how to take such an offer.]
Thank you. I will return the favor one day.
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