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[fireflowered]

[ oh look, it's Kohaku. she's sitting on her bed.

but she's quiet. too quiet. and she doesn't seem to be moving. she doesn't seem to have anything to motivate her to move.

... look at her eyes. they look as though she has no soul.

dare you ask what's wrong with her? ]

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[swordofswans]

[To this prince, this seems to be a familiar expression. Yes, he has worn it often enough himself, in the past.

Having spoken to Kohaku before, the sight of it fills him with particular horror.]

Miss Kohaku, what is the matter?!

[fireflowered]

[ she barely reacts, but it's apparent that she heard his voice. she's not sure where it came from, though, and she doesn't seem to care. ]

What's ... the matter?

[swordofswans]

[His mouth tightens, worry obvious on his expression.]

Has... your heart been stolen from you?

[He hates to ask; the words are bitter. But he must find out, even if he doesn't believe she could give him an answer, he has to try.]

[fireflowered]

My ... heart ...

[ her expression doesn't change. at all. ]

[ALL ACTION, SOME CREEPING REQUIRED]

[fallingjunkyard]

[ SUDDENLY THERE IS A DUDE IN UR ROOM. Don't ask how he got there, because he won't tell you. But Joshua's definitely there while no one other than this strange girl and himself are in the room. He gives her a small wave, as if casually appearing in some stranger's room is perfectly normal ]

Hello there.

[OH SNAP]

[fireflowered]

[ she doesn't react. some part of her knows that having some random guy in your room isn't generally a good thing to have, but without her spirune, she doesn't know quite how to react to it. ]

[fallingjunkyard]

[Hum, how curious]

It isn't polite to ignore a greeting, you know.

[Says the person invading peoples' rooms]

[fireflowered]

[ well now. the only emotion left in her is kindness; she can't just well ignore that. ]

Hello ...

[ he shouldn't be here. something tells her that. but she doesn't know what to feel about that, or even the words to express how he shouldn't be here. ]

[kittenofkai]

[ Yukimura peers into this strange device.

Then he turns it around.

And upside down.

And then back to right-side-up. ]

Lady in there, you look sick!

[fireflowered]

Sick ..?

[ that's one way of putting it. ]

[kittenofkai]

Uhuh! Is it because you're stuck in a Starfish?

[fireflowered]

Stuck ... in a ... starfish?

[sweeperesque]

[ . . . wait hold on wasn't this supposed to be a more innocent curse-]

Hey... are you alright there?

[fireflowered]

alright ...?

[ nope, nothing more than that. ]