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It is a Monday. Curses usually run rampant, but maybe we'll get lucky and things will stay quieter since it's the last week.
[she can sense that emotionshare though...]
...things are okay. I've been thinking of what's next, and about some of the things I need to do before we get too far into things. Quite a few steps, but the timing's important. [mixing...] Is it hard for you to be honest about how you feel sometimes even when a person asks?
[she could have been more delicate about it, but in a way she kind of is.]
[she can sense that emotionshare though...]
...things are okay. I've been thinking of what's next, and about some of the things I need to do before we get too far into things. Quite a few steps, but the timing's important. [mixing...] Is it hard for you to be honest about how you feel sometimes even when a person asks?
[she could have been more delicate about it, but in a way she kind of is.]
[ Watches people go bald and Pickles experience bloodthirst among others... welcome to w7. ]
Depends a bit on how much you're asking, but I guess that's also a bit of a dishonest answer in itself.
It's easier to say I'm alright, and it's not entirely wrong. I'm getting by.
Depends a bit on how much you're asking, but I guess that's also a bit of a dishonest answer in itself.
It's easier to say I'm alright, and it's not entirely wrong. I'm getting by.
[monday was a lot.]
Little bit, yeah. [of a dishonest answer, but it's okay.] I don't always like the idea of saying what's easiest, but I can understand why it works when the idea of unraveling everything else is daunting. I just don't want it to be a case where you don't say it because you don't want to since you think it's the wrong way to feel.
[presents him with a manhattan.]
Little bit, yeah. [of a dishonest answer, but it's okay.] I don't always like the idea of saying what's easiest, but I can understand why it works when the idea of unraveling everything else is daunting. I just don't want it to be a case where you don't say it because you don't want to since you think it's the wrong way to feel.
[presents him with a manhattan.]
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A Manhattan! [she holds up her book to show him a picture. it looks pretty similar, so she must've done something right.] It'll only look as good as it tastes.
[all judgment withheld until the final taste test...but.]
What makes you say that?
[all judgment withheld until the final taste test...but.]
What makes you say that?
I don't know about that. Rondon's got a few hole-in-the-wall places whose food will make you doubt your nose, but the taste is fantastic... though yeah, appearance is a good bonus.
[ He takes the drink by its stem but doesn't sip yet, glancing at her, then to its red surface, giving it a soft swirl. ]
It doesn't feel good, does it? Feeling the way I do... it probably is wrong. But I... I don't want you to think it's wrong for everybody, I guess...?
[ He takes the drink by its stem but doesn't sip yet, glancing at her, then to its red surface, giving it a soft swirl. ]
It doesn't feel good, does it? Feeling the way I do... it probably is wrong. But I... I don't want you to think it's wrong for everybody, I guess...?
No different than the slums, I suppose. [living where she used to, it was probably fairly common for places to seem bad but actually turn out okay because of the effort people put in. she watches him take the drink, and she's not offended he doesn't try it yet but she leans on the bar to listen.]
No, I imagine it doesn't. But...I meant more I don't want you to feel guilty or ashamed for feeling that way to the point you don't want to try to tell someone to get it a little more organized in your own head. I get that it's not always so easy though. There are things I still haven't told people either.
No, I imagine it doesn't. But...I meant more I don't want you to feel guilty or ashamed for feeling that way to the point you don't want to try to tell someone to get it a little more organized in your own head. I get that it's not always so easy though. There are things I still haven't told people either.
...
[ He just quietly busies himself with taking a sip instead. The emotion here is a soft disquiet, like the emotion you get from hearing a low, off-tune drone. He lets the taste sit a moment, enjoying it proper, eye closing; it's the least he can do for Aerith. ]
It's good.
[ He just quietly busies himself with taking a sip instead. The emotion here is a soft disquiet, like the emotion you get from hearing a low, off-tune drone. He lets the taste sit a moment, enjoying it proper, eye closing; it's the least he can do for Aerith. ]
It's good.
[understandable. she watches him, and when he gives his assessment of the taste there's a soft smile.]
I'm glad. [and she is, judging by the brief flutter of fond and pleased emotions that settle into a quiet of her own.] ...I don't know for sure if I'll be able to go home and return to them, but it can't hurt to learn new things to take back just in case. Easier to think about it that way than anything else sometimes.
I'm glad. [and she is, judging by the brief flutter of fond and pleased emotions that settle into a quiet of her own.] ...I don't know for sure if I'll be able to go home and return to them, but it can't hurt to learn new things to take back just in case. Easier to think about it that way than anything else sometimes.
You aren't wrong about that. I think even a few weeks ago nobody was quite sure what to expect.
[but...ah.]
...Cloud...doesn't exactly know yet. But I'm going to tell him soon. [but he's not wrong either, since apparently yuffie later this week tells her she used a revive item for aerith.]
[but...ah.]
...Cloud...doesn't exactly know yet. But I'm going to tell him soon. [but he's not wrong either, since apparently yuffie later this week tells her she used a revive item for aerith.]
[WELL. YOU SEE....]
...more like...he knows it happened, but his mind can't process it. I don't know if it's because he can't, or if there really is something else happening. But he can still see me even though nobody else can right now.
[back home, she means. SO WHAT IT IS IS THAT SHE DIED IN CLOUD'S ARMS, HIS BRAIN BROKE, AND NOW SHE'S JUST A GHOST TALKING TO HIM.]
But I'm going to tell him.
...more like...he knows it happened, but his mind can't process it. I don't know if it's because he can't, or if there really is something else happening. But he can still see me even though nobody else can right now.
[back home, she means. SO WHAT IT IS IS THAT SHE DIED IN CLOUD'S ARMS, HIS BRAIN BROKE, AND NOW SHE'S JUST A GHOST TALKING TO HIM.]
But I'm going to tell him.
[what do you mean probably.]
...Cloud hasn't been well for a while, I think. [the extremely polite way of saying "my boyfriend's brain is soup."] There have been some things that have happened, and...I don't understand all of them, but I've been worried for some time. Sometimes he acts in ways that I don't know if he's fully conscious of. I think it has something to do with Sephiroth, but...I don't know what to do about it yet.
I think Yuffie tried to talk to him about what happened once and he couldn't register it. But now that all of this has happened...it might be easier for him to hear it.
...Cloud hasn't been well for a while, I think. [the extremely polite way of saying "my boyfriend's brain is soup."] There have been some things that have happened, and...I don't understand all of them, but I've been worried for some time. Sometimes he acts in ways that I don't know if he's fully conscious of. I think it has something to do with Sephiroth, but...I don't know what to do about it yet.
I think Yuffie tried to talk to him about what happened once and he couldn't register it. But now that all of this has happened...it might be easier for him to hear it.
[WHAT IS THIS THING. i've personally been wondering for a while, and aerith herself is blinking a little because um. creepy. very creepy. she very much wants to ask, and she's giving daan a questioning look before she frowns lightly.]
It'll get better. [she has to believe that.] It might not be easy now, but...things will improve somehow. [for everyone.]
It'll get better. [she has to believe that.] It might not be easy now, but...things will improve somehow. [for everyone.]
[she desperately wants to ask about this weird thing!!]
Even if the rain feels like a flood sometimes?
Even if the rain feels like a flood sometimes?
[she takes this into consideration.]
...sounds like you need a strong umbrella to weather that storm then. [support, really.]
...sounds like you need a strong umbrella to weather that storm then. [support, really.]
Then we build a boat together to wait it out. [this metaphor is perhaps getting a little lost, but it's okay. she thinks the point is still being made. even if it only helps so much, there are people who will keep trying to provide that shelter.]
[ What the actual fck just happened.
Daan is just going to sit down after all of that, feeling uh, confused to say the least because who wouldn't be after they just dealt with the strangest horniest new godling in the universe. Also he actually hated his stupid nat20 seduction roll he really didn't want to be weirdly loved on by more gods.
...
He just. Fishes out a cigarette while staring off into the whatever. He needs a thousand year nap. ]
Daan is just going to sit down after all of that, feeling uh, confused to say the least because who wouldn't be after they just dealt with the strangest horniest new godling in the universe. Also he actually hated his stupid nat20 seduction roll he really didn't want to be weirdly loved on by more gods.
...
He just. Fishes out a cigarette while staring off into the whatever. He needs a thousand year nap. ]
[honestly that is such a good question. she's going to approach him and come to hang out, not bothered by the cigarette and keeping her hands folded behind her back.]
...let's hope we never have to deal with something like that anytime soon, hm?
...let's hope we never have to deal with something like that anytime soon, hm?
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