⋙ MISSION IV

[angelgressor]

[ Phone ⋗ Public ]

Mother's day is a holiday to celebrate mothers, but what...does one do if one doesn't have a mother?

[ Sad robot is sad, but so would you be if you were trying to cope with the angst of having helped killed your mother and then get tossed into an event celebrating them. She sounds like a lost child instead of a grown woman. ]

Comments

[headedforhope]

[Sounds calm, as usual, although there's the odd tightness here and there.] Find a way to preoccupy yourself, if the celebration would be something painful for you.

As for the census, you might as well do it.

[angelgressor]

So, just distract myself...

--I suppose regardless of my choice of what to do with the paperwork won't change what they will do with it. I doubt it's a real census. How truthful should I be?

[headedforhope]

Yes. And avoid the flower shop- there are a lot of people in there because of this day, so you might not want to be around that.

I don't know, how truthful do you wish to be? Do you have anything to hide?

[angelgressor]

[ No more lying. The simple denial of her having anything to hide had lead to everyone she came to care about about almost dying...]

Yes, I do, Mami Tomoe.

[headedforhope]

Well, that's not surprising. The town might already know your secrets- it wouldn't come as a shock to me, personally -but it's your choice whether or not to at least try and play them false on the census.

[Everyone has ugly things they don't want anyone else to see.]

[angelgressor]

I may as well tell the truth. It seems to be the safest bet. And if everyone learns of my personal secrets, then...that's all there is to it.

[headedforhope]

It's good to have an accepting attitude about the things that can't be helped, I think.

I doubt anyone in this town is innocent enough to get away with judgment, anyway.

[angelgressor]

I will be fine being judged on the truth.

[headedforhope]

Will you really?

[angelgressor]

... ... ...

Even if I end up ostracized by everyone, that would be no fault of theirs; I would continue on as I always have. That's all.

[headedforhope]

Continue on, you say....[a low, tight chuckle. That rings so painfully familiar, on this day.] Won't you be lonely?

[angelgressor]

[ Is that this feeling? The one I've had since coming here? When I think of everyone finding out? Loneliness? ]

Yes.

[headedforhope]

Well, there are worse things to feel. It's not exactly a rare thing, loneliness.

[angelgressor]

If I have to feel it, then so be it.

...I've been accepted by others despite my many faults and sins. Even if they are not here, I can withstand the possible loneliness here.

[headedforhope]

Have you been? That's good....people can be fickle, so acceptance isn't always a sure thing. But it's heartwarming to hear that you've known that kind of feeling- it doesn't matter if the people who gave it to you aren't here physically as long as you remember them, I think.

[god Mami can you lie any harder]

...But I'm going off on a tangent, huh? Sorry about that.

[angelgressor]

... ... ....

There is one thing about myself I dislike but will admit to: my purpose in life required I excel at lying; that is the life of a spy, Mami Tomoe.

Why do your words seem only half true?