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[totamethewild]

[ACCIDENTAL VOICE/ACTION POST]

[[shuffling is heard along with a click. something creaks and for the moment there is dead silence. something drops (which sounds like the comm device) and then something else does too. listen close enough there's a conversation in the background]]

Mother...? Mother...? Mother wake up

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[therisen_sun]

[It's a beautiful day, and Naoya is out enjoying it. At least until he sees Arietta, dragging Kallen along. He's hurrying in that direction before even thinking about it, a look of concern on his face--projecting feelings of calm and security almost before he even realizes he's doing it.]

What's wrong?

[totamethewild]

[[she's crying way too hard and is way too upset to even explain]]

[therisen_sun]

[Well, his empathy is always stronger when he's in physical contact, so bracing himself (his empathy was a two-way street, after all,) Naoya lays a hand on Arietta's shoulder.]

I-it's alright. We'll get her help, okay? I just want you to c-calm down a little, alright? I can probably carry her for you, but I really don't know where to go. You're going to have to lead me, okay?

[totamethewild]

.... The clinic... I have... have... to bring mother there...

[voiced]

[corrinesbell]

Arietta? Is that you? What happened?

[voiced]

[totamethewild]

[massive crying is a go]

[voiced]

[corrinesbell]

Hey, it's okay. Calm down and tell me what happened, okay?

[voiced]

[totamethewild]

No no no no no. It's not! I don't want her go too!

[reversedarkness]

[Haseo had seen her passing by in town... with Kallen in tow like she had... he didn't know what to do right then. It couldn't click in his head. The little illustrations of workers fixing the wiring had brushed it off as something out of his abilities right now. He had gone inside and told Silabus, who, as being the stable person presently, had had his own little panic. Haseo asked if he could guess where she was going and Silabus nodded and mentioned the clinic. Ah.. Haseo understood and asked if they could go, because of what he had told Kallen. He took Silabus's hand as if it were the circuit to plug into for things to start working again and they headed off to the clinic. Silabus was the one to ask where Arietta might be as Haseo idled, looking at the floor, thinking about how they'd just been talking not long ago.]

[totamethewild]

[Sitting for too long started to bother Arietta. As much as she wanted to wait by Kallen's side for her to wake up, she couldn't. She didn't want to let go. Once around the clinic, avoiding Kamui, just a walk. Arietta left her stuffed animal next to Kallen and walked out of the room, silently closing the door behind her.

She walked down the hall when she came across two boys. Neither of them looked familiar for the most part.]

[reversedarkness]

[Haseo spotted Arietta and left her side to walk over to her, crouching down to be at eye-level.]

Your mother... she asked me.... watch you...

[totamethewild]

Mother... did? Why...?

[azerosknight]

[it seems that everyone else has left and the two girls are left alone. Kallen flinches and slowly opens her eyes. None of her surroundings look familiar considering she was never inside the clinic. She looks over to her side to see Arietta with her arms around her, holding onto Kallen. Kallen in turn wraps her arms around the younger girl and apologizes.]

[totamethewild]

M-- mother...?

[azerosknight]

Yeah...

[totamethewild]

Mother!!! [she starts to cry]

[fonon_master]

Is your mother all right?

[totamethewild]

Ion... Ion...

She's.....

[fonon_master]

Well, take her to clinic. You can't stand there and talk.

Once you done that and made sure she's okay, come by to my house and I'll give you some tea. I lived next door to you.

[totamethewild]

Hmn... [now you hear her attempting to pick up Kallen]