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linkingup2024-10-12 08:58 am
townmusician) wrote in linkingup2024-10-12 08:58 am
a winter labyrinth
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ๆณจใใ ๅฌใฏๅฟใฎใฉใใชใณใน
ๅพๆปใใชใใฆๅบๆฅใชใใใ
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้ปใๆฐๆใกใจๆใ็นใใ ใฃใฆๆงใใชใ
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I have to break freeThis pouring winter is my heart's labyrinth
I can't go back anymore, so
I have to finish this
I don't care if you took my hand with dark motives
I want you to hold me close
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...the hell? What are you trying to pull now?
[ He definitely can't see Haruka (9). ]
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There's a response to his question, though it doesn't quite help narrow down the direction he should be looking.]
This is what you wanted to see. I didn't choose this for you.
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[ He's listening carefully, trying to figure out a direction. Where is he? Wheeere? ]
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[The voice does seem closer, and Eli spots something out of place at the edge of the camp—behind some Miscellaneous Goods, because every camp has to have a pile of stored supplies, is a wall boxing the campsite in. It seems like he's found the edge of the illusion.]
That's my job.
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[ He eyes the edge of the camp. There... That's where he'll turn after one more look back at where his mom is sitting, laughing it up over some joke or another at the firepit. ]
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[He's not going to, but he could!
The wall will stay there, though, and if he decides to follow along the wall he'll find a nondescript door.]
I'm not interested in that, but there's a fine line between what people want and what people fear.
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[ He follows the wall until he finds that door, feeling along it for a handle. ]
Sure, she survives. She's the biiig hero. But she's never going out into the field again. We'll never be out here, in the wilds, with the whole gang, planning our next move.
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Can't say I do. I never had family like that.
[Mostly because he never really had any family beyond his grandmother, but that's irrelevant. Totally.
The door has a handle, though, and if he tests it, its unlocked.]
But wanting impossible things is just part of being human, isn't it?
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[ Opening that door slooowly and taking a peek out. ]
I guess, but at some point, you got to stop waiting for a miracle and find something that's real. That life ain't coming back. I was waiting for it to, before this place. All it did was make me unhappy. Wanting to live for something that's gone, instead of making something new...
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He's just sitting cross-legged in an empty room, hands resting in his lap and leaning against a wall.]
...I do. I found people who actually wanted me around, though it wasn't easy to get there.
[Haruka? Not getting along with people? Perish the thought.]
But they're not here, right now. I wonder what they'd think of all this?
[There's a brief pause.]
You kind of remind me of Touma, sometimes.
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Yeah? That's good, isn't it? Finding people who want you around. Took me until this weird ass place to actually find friends that weren't the same folks who raised me.
[ In any case... ]
What's Touma like?
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It is, if they don't change their minds.
[But that's an inevitability Haruka is prepared for. "Love" is a commitment, and it's not one many people can make for everyone in their lives.]
...Loud, stubborn, tends to jump into things without thinking about the consequences. Kind of an idiot at times.
[All Dogs Is The Same.]
But he's a nice guy. He cares a lot.
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[ Because daaaamn, this guy. Who knows, though. Eli isn't an oracle or anything. ]
Ughh. I guess I should be mad you're implying I'm an idiot, but...
[ He is. Look, he knows it. He is TRYING to show RESTRAINT. It helps that he no longer has Rage. Also nothing is trying to set him on fire or shoot him with arrows. ]
That does sound like me. I guess. So what's the problem, then? With all this stuff here? You got folks who care about you waiting for you. You got that weird snake guy now, too. Other folks as well, I figure.
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[It's not like they were a group of friends who decided to start and idol group! They were all scouted and signed individually, thrown together by the powers that be.]
Didn't you just say that nobody here actually likes me not that long ago? What's with the change of heart?
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[ He has no idea who and who isn't friends with Haruka. He doesn't like the guy, personally, and that's the end of it. ]
I know I'm wrong because too many people here are all gooshy about being friends and caring about one another. [ And so, he shrugs. ] Do they only spend time with you when you're on the clock, though?
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Is that so? I would have never guessed you let your anger control you.
[You should work on your temper—]
...And it used to be that way. We've been working together for a while, though, so it's not like it was a quick thing.
[It took longer than a couple months, that's for sure.]
If I see them again, it'll be strange.
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Is that sarcasm...?
[ Simple dog is very sure Haruka could have guessed that. ]
Uh, well, yeah, friendship takes time, doesn't it? Shit like that don't just happen instantly unless you're like... Rutile... or something. [ That guy is waaaay too happy all the time. ] Why's it going to be strange?
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[duh]
And it'll be strange because there's no way I can go back to Tokyo and be the same person they knew—are we supposed to tell people what happened to us? It'd sound insane, so wouldn't this place and everything that's happened here just become a secret we have to keep to ourselves?
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