I have a dream that I want to fulfill with you...

[tsugomori]

[ Well, that was an extraordinary trial to have... it was certainly filled with many things that wouldn't be lost to the memory of most, even for weeks to come. Although, the return to "normalcy" could be something that wouldn't seem like it was wanted, it was better than the alternative to returning to anything at all.

With ease, Mikazuki find himself setting up the usual party in the usual place-- that would be the library of course. Notes have been slipped underneath the doors of others, or hung up on the walls to alert them of this post-trial "celebration" -- which was more like a get-together of some sorts now than a real party. ]


Please join us in the library again. Of course, food and drink will be provided.

- Mikazuki, Orihime, Hanyuu, & Estelle

[ The food and drink has been set out, what with there being tea, vichyssoise, cream puffs, and fish for everyone to enjoy. ]

Comments

[alchemicals]

[That...actually gets something of a laugh out of him, hollow though it is.]

...I told Silver that when it comes to the people that actually matter to me, I didn't think that my secret was going to matter all that much. You were who I had in mind.

[iaspis]

[She laughs, but it's muted compared to how she normally acts.]

I'm flattered.

[alchemicals]

You should be.

[Well...at least this seems to be settling him a bit?]

Thanks for letting me hit him, by the way.

[iaspis]

Of course. Don't mention it.

[Really, she would have done it herself, if it wasn't possible that it would literally kill him.]

...I liked him. If he had gone after someone else, maybe...

[She trails off, shaking her head.]

[alchemicals]

...I'm kind of mad at him for going after her at all. I get that he had his weird...hand-thing, but if it was a matter of killing for his damn secret, then he knew that I don't care if I die.

I wouldn't have cared if he'd asked me.

[iaspis]

...I would have cared.

[It's stilted, but it sounds too honest for her to just be saying that.]

[alchemicals]

[He just...falls quiet at that for a moment.]

...Thanks.

[There's a lot of stilted conversation happening here; either way, he's not maintaining eye contact too well.]

I mean, that's kind of rough after today? But that's nice of you, really.

[iaspis]

...I know.

[She sighs deeply.]

This won't get any easier. It won't stop, either.

[alchemicals]

Probably not. Like I said, we're probably all going to die here.

[...]

I'm running low on people I care about. So don't...do anything, okay? At least not for now.

[iaspis]

I... don't think I can make a promise like that, now.

But I will tell you this: if it comes to that, I will give that person a fighting chance. Too many people have used dirty tactics; I don't want to be like that.

[alchemicals]

I'm just telling you to wait.

I'm not saying "don't do anything." You need to do something, you do it. But don't fucking tell me that-

[He visibly makes himself draw up, then; he's shaking a little before he just shakes his head and makes himself to back to sorting things.]

Never mind. Never mind.

[iaspis]

You....

[Her face falls.]

I'm... sorry. I will... try not to do anything.

[alchemicals]

That's all I'm asking for.

[...]

You do anything now, you're going to be trying to kill me too, remember? So don't tell me you give a fuck and then pull that sort of stunt on me, I've already had it happen once.

[iaspis]

....Yes. Of course.

[She just sounds kind of sad now.]

I found a container, from the machine. And some sort of strange cartridge. The container has some sort of sand in it, but we can always just dump it out.

If you are interested in trying to use some of these chemicals for something a little more fun.

[alchemicals]

...Yeah. Yeah, I'd like that. Whatever you want.

[That seems to calm him down again, a bit. Just...dear god, don't let the giant woman be sad for too long, that never really strikes him right.]

If we don't feel like blowing stuff up because of the...because of that, I've been making a lot of fire for people lately. The fancy technicolor stuff.

[iaspis]

Let me bring them, and then we can decide.

[She leaves, but she returns only a few minutes later with a little jar filled with sand, and a cartridge that says "Pagan Dance" on it. Maybe they can melt it, because she doesn't know what the hell it is.]

[alchemicals]

[Wh...]

Hell is that thing...?

[Pagan Dance, he's referring to Pagan Dance.]

[iaspis]

I have no idea.

[She flips it over.]

I believe it is some sort of electronic device. Something that stores a lot of information in a small space. But without the means to read it, it's useless.

[So let's wreck it instead!]