Comments | empress_arcana: 022. [RL with Karen]

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022. [RL with Karen]

Jun 22, 2009 22:39

She was shaken, angry, and feeling more than a little vengeful. Minato had died once already, how dare he be placed in a situation where people were apparently being pressured to kill one another? And so she'd channeled it and made it businesslike and purposeful, and organized resources and pressed people for information, but she had been brought ( Read more... )

karen, mitsuru fails at emotion, ic, rl

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bluespring June 23 2009, 03:15:12 UTC

Karen had always been afraid that someone she cared about would disappear. After all, a year is a very long time for a child to not see her parents, no matter how good she becomes at not crying, and it was easy to imagine that it might turn into forever, and from there to transfer the idea to other people.

That didn't, however, mean she was any more prepared for it when it actually happened.

At first, the feeling was like a computer that froze--her emotions were struggling to handle the task they'd been given, and in the meantime they didn't do anything at all, and she mechanically went around answering posts on the community. Then her feelings caught up with her, and suddenly--suddenly all she could think about was that Kaito was gone forever and that she really wanted to be with someone right now. And Mitsuru-san volunteered, so...

Old habits being difficult to break as they were, when Karen arrived she was doing an impressive job of not crying, given her situation.

empress_arcana June 23 2009, 03:20:50 UTC

Mitsuru opened the door, a little wooden and blank thanks to the same coping method. "Come in." And then what? It's nice to see you? Thank you for coming? Karen didn't need a businesslike demeanor, but Mitsuru was unused to most other ways of acting. "Yukari isn't here," she added after a moment, closing the door behind the other girl. "Shall we go into the living room?"

bluespring June 23 2009, 03:41:42 UTC

"Y-yes." Karen's voice betrayed her. She hesitated, not really sure where the living room actually was.

empress_arcana June 23 2009, 03:47:41 UTC

She took a breath and led her into the living room, sitting down next to her on the couch. "I..." she paused, and looked down at her hands for a moment before looking back up and speaking. "I'm sorry. In the event that this is-- permanent, I will do everything in my power to make sure justice is done."

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