Event Twenty-One

[awashmods]

Sometimes I feel happy, Sometimes I feel sad. Sometimes I feel curious, Sometimes I feel mad. Sometimes I feel silly, Sometimes I feel surprised. How many feelings, Do I have inside?

t's another regular, normal day in the Town. There's absolutely nothing to show that anything could possibly be wrong; the birds are chirping, the sky is bright, and everything is absolutely, entirely wrong. This time, though? The problem is internal. Slowly, bit by bit, people are going to stop feeling entirely like themselves -- or maybe even stop feeling at all. And suddenly that nice, bright day doesn't seem quite so nice and not quite so bright any longer after all. Welcome to Awash's Twenty-First event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to make your own logs and posts for this event! If there are any questions, please ask them here. Thank you!

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[pyrafect]

[ Taking his hand, her fingers curl into his.

She wonders if she should feel sad right now... but she doesn't. Perhaps she would be, if she had all of her emotions. But to have someone promise her something like this sorrow removed from her, she feels-- well, not quite happy, but relief.

And so, knowing that he asks the same of her, she obliges in his request. ] I promise.

[ And then, quietly, she will lean into him, resting her head upon his shoulder as she holds his hand softly. ]

[lacrimose]

Thank you. [Akira goes still as she rests her head on his shoulder. Her hand feels warm in his, and he feels -- not happy, exactly, but content. He wishes he could do more to make her smile again.]

I'm... sorry for what I did before.

[pyrafect]

[ If she had all of her emotions, she would have had more of a reaction to his apology, perhaps even be embarrassed. But perhaps her lack of emotions is a small blessing in disguise. She's rather calm, and so she simply, slowly, shakes her head from side to side. ]

The kiss....?

[ Even a small smile forms, although there is something distant to it. ] It... reminded me of something, actually.

[ She brings a hand up to her chest. ] Something... like a feeling that's missing right now. An emotion of some kind...

It was... nice, actually.

[lacrimose]

[So even she realises there isn't something right about her? That makes it a little easier to deal with the faint blush creeping across his cheeks. While she still rests against him, he puts his arm around her shoulders.

He feels a twinge of guilt, too, when he thinks of what Dextera told him recently, but he tries to cast that from his mind for now.]

Well... Maybe we should try it again sometime. [He smiles, a little nervous. Part of him wants her to brush it off as a joke, part of him wants her to take him up on the offer.] If the town has been messing with your feelings, don't worry. I understand.

[pyrafect]

[ Even if she's not looking at him, she can hear it in his voice, the awkward, perhaps nervous-- hopeful?-- tone he uses. It's enough to get her to glance at him, and then seeing him sitting there, looking so shy all of a sudden, his cheeks turning a deeper color red...

Shouldn't it mean something?

It does.

And it does... bring a little bit more back to her old self.

Her smile seems more genuine now. ] Before then.... Before any of that....

[ SO. So it's not a "no" per se! ]

There's someone I'd like you to meet.

[lacrimose]

Yeah? [Is this a 'you need to meet my dad first' type deal? ... Then he realises that's stupid, this is Chroma, and she's not even human. Having parents looking over his shoulder like with Miki isn't even an issue here.

He blinks, trying to get himself to focus, despite how bewildered he feels. He doesn't want to look dumb in front of Pyra.]

Uh, who is it?

[pyrafect]

[ Her lips part as if she is about to speak, but then she stops as if she suddenly thinks of something.

Quietly, she brings a finger to her lips. ] ...It's a secret.

[ The finger then curls, covering her mouth as a giggle escapes her. ] She... she wants it to be a surprise.

[lacrimose]

"She"? [He repeats, though of course he doesn't expect an answer, if it really is a secret. So he smiles a little at the teasing.]

Okay. Whoever it is, she wins. I'll wait for the surprise.