Breakfast With a Side of Hopelessness

[lethechained]

Characters:  Naminé (lethechained)
Setting: Floor 1, the cafeteria
Format: Starting this way, will match.
Summary: Naminé's been spending most of the event trying to fight the experiment effects, but it looks like it's a battle she's losing. (Attempting to fight transition to Stage 3.)
Warnings: Angst, hopelessness, lethargy. She's still got enough of a handle on

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[prayerless]

The last time she had been this jumpy had been at the peak of her journey through the realm of darkness (then again, was it really a "journey" if you had no true destination), when the danger was greatest. She'd been driving herself mad more than the actual paranoia had been, trying to figure out why it had suddenly gotten her in its clutches so badly. But it felt like every time she tried to rationalize, she just...couldn't. Every conclusion led her to blame that felt more and more ridiculous each time it arose.

Finally she was able to blame something that felt entirely fair to be blaming: the Tower. This place was making her feel this way. It took off the edge that being around other people brought her, just a little. Gave her something to focus on.

So Aqua was investigating. She was investigating everything. Every floor, every object, every nook, every cranny. And eventually, she came to the cafeteria, scraps of paper (scavenged from one of the floors, as the only paper in her trunk was bound in her spellbooks) and a pencil in

[lethechained]

The smile made it seem worth it, regardless of any lingering misgivings. Naminé couldn't help smiling back - not that she tried to stop herself. "Okay." It came out a little breathy, almost like there was a bit of sigh to it. "That sounds good." There certainly wasn't anywhere else that came to mind, and she wouldn't have wanted to disparage Aqua's suggestion even if there had been