February Catch All + Open Log

[queenofminiskirts]

WHO: Kaoru and Others
WHERE: Around Town
WHEN: February
WHAT: Some Sad Stuff...and Quests when they go up.
WARNINGS: Nothing so far...



i: Look, she's been here a year, this was bound to happen at some point

[It wasn't just the fact that Shiho's birthday was coming up and she was struck by the thought that this would be the first birthday they'd spent without Aoi since they were five...and the first without Minamoto since they were ten.

That alone, she could have brushed off. But then, a few people she had become close with have just...gone. She had felt faint pangs of homesickness on and off, but it was easy enough to brush off. To tuck away in some corner so she could keep smiling.

But even she has her limits and everything together combined was...well.

It ended with her with her knees drawn up to her chest as she sat, precariously, on the highest point of the roof of the church.

Feel free to ignore her! She's hoping no one will even notice.]



ii: Her Queen Sense is acting up

[Look, Kaoru is usually the first one to pull some newcomer away from the forest and tell them they shouldn't go in by themselves.

But recently...just sometimes she's felt like...there's something there. Not a nebulous, unknown something either. She hadn't been able to place it at first but then it occurred to her.

Espers. She could sense some in the forest.

So she stood at the edge of the forest, her eyes distant like she's focusing on something in the distance. She was almost sure of it now.

She shook her head and her gaze cleared then, with only the slightest hesitation, she took another step towards the forest.]



iii: One Less Dire Option

[During December, she had went and found a 60ft Christmas tree and set it up in the middle of town, decorated it then.......decided not to clean it up.

But it's been A While and it wasn't like she could just avoid taking responsibility forever.

So here she is, standing in front of what had been a pretty impressive Christmas tree that is now....very much dried out and unattractive in every way a tree could be. She turns when she notices someone nearby.]

...what if we just burn it like this?

[Then she won't have to carry it anywhere!]

Comments

i

[promissum]

[He looks up at the girl on a rooftop. While they've met before, he doesn't think powers were one of the things they discussed.]

You up there. Lass? Can you fly?

[He is definitely yelling, trying to get her attention.]

[queenofminiskirts]

[...ah shit. She takes a deep breath and when she thinks she can, she slaps on a very convincing smile onto her face.

She uncurls a little with a laugh.]

Yeah! [As if to prove it, she actually comes down.] I mean, I could have gotten up there without flying. I've seen people do it before.

[promissum]

[Humans are so strange here.]

As long as you know what you're doing.

I'm sure a dedicated human could climb their way up, even without the power of flight.

[queenofminiskirts]

There are a lot of handholds. It could be dangerous if they fell though.

[Right...? She files away this question to ask Akira later.]

Sorry if I worried you.

[promissum]

Considering the height, they'd break something at the very least.

If you're fine then feel free to return to your brooding.

[queenofminiskirts]

I wasn't brooding! I was just... [Uh.] Enjoying the view!

[With her head down.]

[promissum]

You weren't looking up. I've been around enough teenagers to know what brooding looks like.

[queenofminiskirts]

[Damn it. Is this karma for all the time she said other people were brooding!?]

Don't just call a highschool girl out like that!

[promissum]

Why should it matter who you are? If you're doing something you should expect to be called out by someone.

[queenofminiskirts]

Only if I'm doing something bad! And even then shouldn't you just let me off because I'm cute?

[........what kind of logic is that even.]

[promissum]

You sound like Fuka.

No. Nobody should let you off of just because of your supposed "cuteness".

[queenofminiskirts]

Fuka...is that your friend?

And of course they should! Being cute is the most important thing!

[promissum]

No.

[She's his daughter more or less. His bratty teenage daughter.]

That's not right either.

[queenofminiskirts]

Then who was she? And what would you say is the most important thing?

[promissum]

An unprinny. We ran out of prinny skins by then.

[Like that makes any sense at all, but Val goes at his own pace.]

The ability to take responsibility for yourself.

[queenofminiskirts]

...what's a prinny skin for?

[Does she even want to know?]

I can do that while also being cute! Besides, isn't kindness more important than that?

[promissum]

For the souls of sinful humans.

No. Kindness without responsibility means people taking on far too much.

[queenofminiskirts]

...why?

[No, really. Why?]

That's okay, right? As long as they have other people to bear it with them.

[promissum]

Sometimes people like that don't have other people and they carry the weight of it alone. It's best they learn their limits.

[queenofminiskirts]

They won't be alone. [She says it with such conviction.] Even if they started out alone, someone like that will surely attract people who will stand by them. Maybe they'll be hurt on the way, maybe not everyone will appreciate it but in the end...there will always be people who decide to return their kindness and help support them.

[promissum]

[Val very clearly does not believe this.]

Sometimes they're out on their own and they die, leaving somebody else's vengeful ghost.