o113; prayers

[roseblooms]

[ accidental video ]

[ When the feed comes on, she's sitting at her desk, writing in what looks like a reasonably thick diary. With a sigh, she ends whatever she has written, and slowly closes the book from the back. It seems she got all the way to the end of it. Slipping it into a diary case, she sets it on a stack out of the line of the feed's

Comments

private;

[reversetheremix]

Sup?

private;

[roseblooms]

I need you to keep something for me.

Rather... I need you to keep it away from me. Unfortunately I know if I give it to any of my friends, they might give in and hand it to me at my request.

Think I can count on you to not do that?

private;

[reversetheremix]

Doesn't sound like the sorta thing you should wanna have kept at all.

private;

[roseblooms]

Let's just say it's still very important, even if I can't keep it. Could we meet somewhere?

private;

[reversetheremix]

... All right.

private;

[roseblooms]

The beach, then. Where we went at the end of our first date? Same area.

private; 1/2

[reversetheremix]

[ As in the best first date ... of all time? ]

private;

[reversetheremix]

Right. See you there.

action;

[roseblooms]

[ And she's there this time, surprisingly not using her magic to carry her items, but carrying them in her arms. Three diaries, bound and covered, and yes, there's one for each year that she's been here. She hasn't seen any reason to chronicle her own life from her own world, save in summary-- that doesn't apply in the City, does it?

Poor Shinji, she has to think, as she hugs the diaries to her chest, looking out at the ocean again. It's always quiet here, and she prefers it that way. She almost feels guilty for asking him of all people, but--

At this point, there's no one she would trust more with it. ]

action;

[reversetheremix]

[ It takes him only a few moments to straighten his tie and button his shirt cuffs before he heads over to the beach. Along the way, he wonders. What kind of burden a girl like Megumi would want to keep only enough to keep away? Vaguely, there's something in it he can relate to as well. He hasn't been here long, but she has, and he knows that maybe it's got more to do with that than anything else.

He sees her by the shore and offers a small grin when she looks over. Hands in his pockets, he strolls over and notices her holding a few items. Notebooks, huh? Just how important - or personal - can those be...? ]

The library might lose those better'n I can.

action;

[roseblooms]

I don't want to lose them, though. Like I said... they just need to be kept away from me. I might want to find them someday.

[ The trade hasn't been done yet, but she's still looking a lot more peaceful than she has in a while. Turning to look at him, she meets his gaze and then chuckles, a hint of a sheepish expression on her face, but then she she shakes her head to smile at him. ]

...I'm asking so much of you these days. But perhaps... this favour is one I don't think I could trust anyone else with but you.

action; 1/2

[reversetheremix]

[ ... Well. He hasn't heard anything like that in a while, and though it's not the sort of thing to soften him up, he thinks he can take her word for it. Someone around here considering his judgement reliable, that's kinda nice! Did he already mention that he likes her? ]

action;

[reversetheremix]

If you say so.

[ And he'll leave the question of which part of what she said that's in reference to open to her interpretation, even though it's applicable to it all. He can tell she seems almost content, maybe, in a way she hasn't been before. Whatever she's got in those notebooks must've taken a lot out of her to have written, then. ]

'Sides, it ain't much trouble to hang onto 'em for you.

action;

[roseblooms]

[ That makes her smile a little, the peacefulness showing in her actions and attitude. But the fact that she said it at all ought to say something; she's never been one to say things like that off the bat despite her encouragement otherwise.

And she knows Shinji would most likely read her anyway. He's shown as much.

So, she chuckles in response, before meeting his gaze. ]

Thank you.

[ Stepping closer, she extends the books to him, looking down at them as she speaks again. ]

They hold... my memories. Of my time in this City. And looking back on all of them, I realised I let the ones I formed here cloud my motivations far too much.

[ She looks up at him with a small, tired smile, but a genuine one nonetheless. ]

Really, I don't know why you put up with me all this time, Shinji.

action;

[reversetheremix]

[ Ah, memories. That figures. The reasoning is fairly familiar, and he knows she's got guts, to be able to face the fact that a cleaner slate doesn't have to mean that she's any less there underneath it. That must be one of the City's few perks, for those who choose it: the luxury of letting go what they bring with them or what they find here, if it comes to it. He understands.

With that in mind, he takes the outstretched journals from her. To sum up three years' worth of memories into a simple bundle like this... ]

...

[ As for why he "puts up with" her, need he say anything? She's a healer, and they're useful - when aren't they? She's friendly. Easy on the eyes. Most of all, she's kind, and he likes that in a girl best.

Still, that's a lot to bother explaining, and since when has he ever... ]

... 'Cause you're my first love.

action; 1/3

[roseblooms]

[ As she slowly slides her hands back, she watches the trade with a calm eye, feeling as though so much has been put to rest with the action. Now all that remains is the actual trade, and it'll be done. But with this, she's managed to secure those memories at all, and perhaps, if she needs to know again, she will.

And maybe then, she won't have to carry the burdens the way she did this last year. ]