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stilldontgotit) wrote2014-04-29 07:08 am
stilldontgotit) wrote2014-04-29 07:08 am
Entry tags:
- action,
- departures,
- fifty-first,
- ino,
- raft,
- voice
51 - voice/action;
[After two years, Riku thought that maybe things would turn out all right. Most people who disappear leave in a flash. A month, maybe three. When he woke up in the morning, he expected everything to fall back into its usual routine.
There's just one problem: his apartment's half-empty. At first he thought the absence of Ino was because she'd woken up earlier, maybe decided to do some training. She had a test coming up, after all, but as Riku zips through the apartment, he finds all her belongings have gone amiss.
Stunned silence overtakes him. It's about a half hour later that he addresses the journals.]
Ino's gone. I know she had a lot of friends from back home, so... just thought I'd let you know.
[His voice is strangely subdued, soft and weak. For a moment, he thinks about ending it there, but another thought creeps into his mind.]
How do you guys even handle it? I know some of you have gotten married here or plan to, but don't you realize it could end in a heartbeat? Luceti's just so unpredictable. When you're with someone it's bad enough, but to take the next big step in a place this unstable... I swear I'm not trying to bring anyone down. I just don't understand.
[...]
I'll be out by the lake if anyone needs me.
[With that, he snaps his journal shut, venturing out into the woods with his Komory Bat fluttering close behind. His destination is simple: the larger of Luceti's two lakes. Why there? Well, it has everything to do with a raft he's been keeping for the past five years. One of his first accomplishments.
He's had to replace pieces of it more times than he can count, and the sail's a bit tattered now, but anyone in the area may spot him leaning back against the mast and flicking stones into the water.
His bat perches on his shoulder, and he lets out an airy chuckle.]
Hey, relax. I'll sort this out. Just need a little time...
There's just one problem: his apartment's half-empty. At first he thought the absence of Ino was because she'd woken up earlier, maybe decided to do some training. She had a test coming up, after all, but as Riku zips through the apartment, he finds all her belongings have gone amiss.
Stunned silence overtakes him. It's about a half hour later that he addresses the journals.]
Ino's gone. I know she had a lot of friends from back home, so... just thought I'd let you know.
[His voice is strangely subdued, soft and weak. For a moment, he thinks about ending it there, but another thought creeps into his mind.]
How do you guys even handle it? I know some of you have gotten married here or plan to, but don't you realize it could end in a heartbeat? Luceti's just so unpredictable. When you're with someone it's bad enough, but to take the next big step in a place this unstable... I swear I'm not trying to bring anyone down. I just don't understand.
[...]
I'll be out by the lake if anyone needs me.
[With that, he snaps his journal shut, venturing out into the woods with his Komory Bat fluttering close behind. His destination is simple: the larger of Luceti's two lakes. Why there? Well, it has everything to do with a raft he's been keeping for the past five years. One of his first accomplishments.
He's had to replace pieces of it more times than he can count, and the sail's a bit tattered now, but anyone in the area may spot him leaning back against the mast and flicking stones into the water.
His bat perches on his shoulder, and he lets out an airy chuckle.]
Hey, relax. I'll sort this out. Just need a little time...
[Action] WOW SORRY ME TOO
[Teddy looks down at the ground, fingers lacing together.] But we won't remember any of this. Everything we went through, everything we've done... it's all going to be gone. And we've only been dating for a few months back at home, so who knows what'll happen there? For all we know, we'll lead such a different life that we won't... fit together like we do here.
[And the thought makes him worry, the image of the two of them being separated by the hero life, by New York life, by a life that's so different from Luceti. He hates it here, but...]
I guess... the way I put up with it? I sort of imagine living in this place like there's no tomorrow. Sure, I know it's going to suck, really suck, when Billy goes home. But I'll know that we lived our life to the fullest here. I... proposed to him recently, actually. And I know that if I didn't do it, if he went home before I could let him know how much he meant to me... I'd regret it for the rest of the time I was here.
So... you, with Ino. Was it one of the best things to happen to you?