Video Post 11-25-09

[stillneedsakiss]

[Aya appears in what is likely her bedroom. A lamp fills the room with a soft orange glow, and giant fluffy pillows behind her suggest she's reclining against her headboard. She flashes a hopeful smile for the camera.]

Ne, does anyone know the best bookstore to go to for romance novels? Or a good book rec for that category? It'd help me out a lot!

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[redabyssinian]

...Romance?

[stillneedsakiss]

It's a novel, Oniichan! You know? A book?

You're not going to tell me I can't even read about beautiful men swifting a young girl off for a night of passion, are you?

[redabyssinian]

I don't mind that.

[stillneedsakiss]

Good, or I'd really have to go out there and whack you with my pillow.

[redabyssinian]

...No dates though.

[stillneedsakiss]

[Sends him a raspberry over the Dreamberry.]

[redabyssinian]

You barely no anyone here. No dates.

[stillneedsakiss]

How am I supposed to get to know anyone here if I'm kept cooped up in my room all the time?

[redabyssinian]

I didn't say you couldn't get to know people...

[stillneedsakiss]

Oniichan... I appreciate that you care so much and want to look out for me. I really do. But dates are how people get to know each other. I don't understand why you're so against them.

[redabyssinian]

...It's dangerous here...

[stillneedsakiss]

Dangerous how? I--

[Pauses, remembering at that moment the advice Zoro had given her about finding a weapon. It does in fact echo her brother's concerns.]

What do you think is the solution then, that lets me have the freedom to meet people and make friends, but still gives you peace of mind that I'm safe?

[redabyssinian]

...

[Thinks carefully because he really would like to see his sister happy. And...being social is good for her.]

...Was there someone you wanted to meet?

[stillneedsakiss]

...There are lots of people that I want to meet. I want to be a normal 19-year-old girl who can say she's going out and just gets told to be home by midnight. If you can explain to me what specifically is so dangerous then I can avoid that and be fine. Is there someone in particular you want me to stay away from? Or do you just not want to trust anyone that you don't personally have a strong relationship with? Because... Oniichan, in that case, we've really got to get you out more.

[redabyssinian]

Aya, I don't know who can be trusted here. But, I don't want you to have to feel like you have to sneak out to see other people.

[And he actually has no clue about the above conversation. Concerned and caring brother is he. Also, just going to dodge that part about him.]

[stillneedsakiss]

[Aya, of course, does have a clue about above conversations, and looks rather unnerved for a moment after he mentions sneaking out.]

A--aah. I understand, Oniichan. I'll be careful.