109; [video/transcribed] giving love a bad name

[roseblooms]

July 25th 2006... that was when I first stepped into this City. I left on the 14th of January and the next time I came here was on August 13th, seven months after that and have been here since.

It'll be a complete three years this time. I've met so many people in that time, and made so many friends. I've felt more than just friendship for a few as

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ACTION-CHAN HABEN WIR ODER NANI NANI

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[ Squinting at the network device, making sure he's getting the facts straight. This isn't surprising because he's been noticing that people who're used to this place have either been here a while or are evil. Still, three years probably translates to a long-ass time in the City.

Also, hey guitar, Shinji can dig some of that. Elvis, who wouldn't? Even if it's a little outdated... he doesn't mind listening from up over Xanadu's tree canopy the plebe-row seating. Maybe she's feeling a little better by now... ]

Oh baby speak more mixed languages at me desu desuuu

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[ Between the guests she has had and the people who have spoken to her, it's been a relatively quiet evening to reflect on things. The music helps, and who doesn't love some Elvis?

It's easy on the guitar, anyway, and once she finishes one of her songs, she sighs, setting it to a side and leaning back until she's lying down on the grass and staring up at the sky through the tree branches' shade et all. Arms under her head, she sighs softly, closing her eyes for a moment-- before blinking. She thought she saw someone there and while she can usually detect humans or magic-users by signature, this presence is somewhat different.

It's not an enemy though, she hopes. So she closes her eyes once more, her tone slightly amused. ]

If you have any requests, you need only share them. I know quite a few songs off the top of my head.

[ She can at least offer the courtesy of letting them know she's aware they're there. At most it'll just look like she's talking to herself if she's mistaken. ]

LMAO AMG (= ACH MEIN GOTT) BB WATASHI WA GENAU LAME DESU

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[ And there's officially the first person to look up in the City, not like he's ever actually bothered hiding or anything. On the flipside, he'd taken Megumi sky-walking himself. He supposes that after that, she should be amongst the few to think of the possibility that someone's regularly overhead. Not to mention with those strange abilities, not unlike...

Well, he isn't going to leave her hanging. Wouldn't've bothered coming by if he was planning on that, at least. Pausing only a moment longer, he shunpos to the ground, a little distance from where she's lying, and walks over. ]

I'm just crashin' the show.

[ Though it seems more like the after of the after-party. ]

Got nothin' else left in the queue?

NEIN MEIN AMORE WATASHI WA LAMER (...)

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[ It doesn't take her too long to read who it is, though she sees him just as soon as she realizes that. Turning her head as she looks over, a small smile settles on her face as she looks up at him. ]

Taking a break. I'll start back as soon as I collect my thoughts. Have a seat, Shinji.

[ Turning back to look up to the sky above, she sighs. ]

The King has a way of making you feel immensely nostalgic, you know?

HAHA AMG WATASHI WA LACHEN MEINE ARSE-CHAN OFF (.....)

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[ He crouches nearby and briefly toys with the idea that there's more than one King for him to feel nostalgic over, before dismissing the notion. At least Elvis was one he can honestly say he could miss. ]

Yeah.

[ He looks up too - and the view's all right, even if the sky's seemed strange since coming here, for days and days... and days. It isn't unlike Karakura in that regard. He could count differences all he wants but there's little point when it adds up to just not the same. Whether it matters after that at all...

But he isn't looking for answers to that anyway. Vengeance has long been his most deliberated concern. ]

Yeah, there's a lot to be nostalgic 'bout. King really wrenched the gut of it. So you missin' the home you came from or the home certain people've made out of this joint for you?

.... we should stop before someone kills us. [1/2]

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[ She'd agree with him if she knew about the comparison he was making to the sky. Somehow it just never quite felt like the sky she grew up under, but then again... this wasn't that sky and wouldn't ever be that sky, would it? At his words, she smiles to herself and nods. Wrenched the gut... ]

No kidding.

[ But his next words make her stop, and look up for a bit.

The home I came from or the home people have made of this place...?

She's quiet for a bit, before sitting up slowly, her arms to her sides as she shakes her head to get any grass that might have wanted to stick to her hair off. Then, after some thought, she replies. ]

The home... I remember coming from.

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[ Finally turning her head to look at him, she gives him a small smile. ]

I've forgotten a lot. About what I was doing before I came to the City the second time. Even reading back on the things I said I was doing doesn't add up. Strange, isn't it? And yet...

[ She looks at the guitar to her side. ]

Before I came here the first time... I remember most of everything. My boyfriend, his friends... my life.

[ A weak chuckle escapes her as she looks ahead then. ]

Heh, what does it matter. I'm not even sure I'm making sense right now, am I?

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[ She makes some sense but he hasn't been here long enough to be able to make overtures at accurate guesses over any of this. He's already confirmed he himself has been here before, though he doesn't remember such a thing at all. When it comes to those memories or the lack thereof, maybe when people come and go... or maybe just in her case, that interval during which she was home... ]

You make as much sense outta this place as anyone can. For the most part, trying to seems like all we can do about this place. Though you've probably had enough of that by now, haven't you?

[ He glances at her sideways, then looks back up. He doesn't mean to make light of it - rolling with the punches is his innate reaction. Still, memory is a persistent sorta thing. If you can't keep it, is it better to let go or cling with all you've got? Easy or not, the choice'll come down to... ]

You think it'll make a difference, even if it does matter?

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[roseblooms]

[ If she's been here this long and hasn't been able to make sense of things, she hardly expects a newcomer by her standards to be able to as well. Still looking up at the sky, she thinks for a bit, mulling over his words.

Will it make a difference... ]

No. Not really.

[ Smiling to herself, she moves her knees up to her chest, her arms over the top and rests her chin on top of her arms. ]

But after making all these memories, to have to forget them when we go back... with the only possibility of remembering them being returning here... It's not fair at all, is it?

[ Sighing, she chuckles a bit, glancing over at him now. ]

Guess I've been here way too long if worrying about forgetting the people I've grown close to here takes precedence over what I'll remember when I'll be able to return to when I go home, and what I can't recall from my time there.

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[ A clean slate... it's a little bit like dying, isn't it? But memories don't have to change everything about who you are - just the things that temper you.

...Humans may not be as used to that idea. ]

No point in denyin' it. There ain't nothin' that'll make it fair.

[ Yet it happens anyway. He meets her gaze and offers a grin. ]

And even if it ain't exactly like you remember, you'll find your home at the end of it. Might as well enjoy what you can of this place while you're here, right? Just 'cause things don't last us forever... doesn't mean they ain't happenin' at all.

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[ Probably not very used to it, no. When he grins like that though, she has to hold back an amused chuckle. ]

Wouldn't have met all my friends and you without this place.

[ She figures, she supposes, that having had Shinji here... even from their first meeting to now, has been a bit of an eye-opener for her. She'd avoided people from that world, that world of Arrancar and Shinigami-- and yet all it took was another accidental meeting for her to befriend two from that very world.

Sort of counter-productive, and yet... hardly unexpected. ]

Shinji...

[ She lifts her head, watching him thoughtfully. ]

I haven't known you for very long, but... I appreciate your company. It's...

[ An embarrassed little chuckle escapes her. ]

It's been a while since I've gotten to talk to someone like this.

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[ His grin turning a little softer and his eyes getting a little dopey is the only indication she might have that he's at all glad he could help. But he'll never say... ]

That so, Megumi-chan?

[ He says it thoughtfully and pauses long enough so the words don't seem as casual as they otherwise might. Then he stands stretches out his arms before offering her a hand. ]

It ain't too late to go talk more over dinner or dessert. Have you eaten anythin' all day?

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[roseblooms]

[ Even when she first met him, despite the initial creep-factor, he didn't come off as strange at all. Still, she's observant enough to catch that understanding at least, and it makes her smile grow more genuine. ]

That's so!

[ A light laugh escapes her, as she shakes her head at the next question, moving a hand over her forehead before she smiles wryly. ]

Ah... that's a good question. I had some snacks, but dinner sounds good right about now. Then I'll play some more after, if you'd like!

[ Standing up then, she smooths her skirt down, dismissing her guitar into her space pocket, before she stands in front of him. Suddenly struck by something of an awkward thought, she blinks... before moving a hand behind her head. ]

Heh, goodness. I haven't felt comfortable enough to do this in a while, but...

[ She chuckles a bit then. ]

Are you alright with being hugged?

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[ "...hugged..." ]

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[ YESSS!! ]

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You'd prolly be able to tell if I wasn't!!

[ But the question being asked at all is awkward so he's not going to actually assault her with a hug himself. ]