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[after a while, lucretia makes her way back to the dorm's common room, still tired and still tense-- though when she comes across someone else there is an immediate shift in her posture, standing straight as lucretia looks her over with concern.]
-Maya. Are you all right?
[it's been a hell of a day, that's for sure.]
-Maya. Are you all right?
[it's been a hell of a day, that's for sure.]
Well, it was both crazier than I expected the day to be and less crazy than I thought it might get, so-- yes.
[she exhales a slight sigh, there, finding a place to take a seat.]
[she exhales a slight sigh, there, finding a place to take a seat.]
Not trials, no, just-
[hm. a pause, as she decides how to explain.]
I'm used to what you could call abnormal situations, in general.
[hm. a pause, as she decides how to explain.]
I'm used to what you could call abnormal situations, in general.
Maya...
[she's peering at her hands with some concern! what have you been up to, maya.
also, she's currently got her right sleeve rolled all the way up and a length of damp cloth is wound around her arm.]
It's all right, but what have you been doing?
[she's peering at her hands with some concern! what have you been up to, maya.
also, she's currently got her right sleeve rolled all the way up and a length of damp cloth is wound around her arm.]
It's all right, but what have you been doing?
Digging for what?
[maya? maya. explain. she doesn't actually answer maya's question yet, though.]
[maya? maya. explain. she doesn't actually answer maya's question yet, though.]
....maybe you could.
[her expression softens, there.]
I've been-- thinking fairly often, lately, about ways to memorialize them. Ways to ensure there are memories here to hold onto if people we know should pass.
[her expression softens, there.]
I've been-- thinking fairly often, lately, about ways to memorialize them. Ways to ensure there are memories here to hold onto if people we know should pass.
...it's all right. Nothing that needs healing.
[just a brief, quiet reassurance, there.]
Pictures are a start, though, I think. It isn't a bad idea to ensure you have them now, to be able to hold onto them after.
[just a brief, quiet reassurance, there.]
Pictures are a start, though, I think. It isn't a bad idea to ensure you have them now, to be able to hold onto them after.
Or- well, there's the machine in the student union. I was shown how to use it.
[she fishes out her notebook, opening just the front cover-- there are a few purikura pics inside of lucretia and taichi. her smile is mostly reserved and cautious, more like she's posing for a proper portrait, though in one she's cracked a wider grin at a pose taichi pulled.]
More of a personal sort of reminder, but-- maybe having things like this will help.
[she fishes out her notebook, opening just the front cover-- there are a few purikura pics inside of lucretia and taichi. her smile is mostly reserved and cautious, more like she's posing for a proper portrait, though in one she's cracked a wider grin at a pose taichi pulled.]
More of a personal sort of reminder, but-- maybe having things like this will help.
[-okay, she can't help but laugh slightly at that, shaking her head.]
He is a dummy, yes.
[but like, fondly.]
But-- I found it helped to get our minds off things a bit too.
He is a dummy, yes.
[but like, fondly.]
But-- I found it helped to get our minds off things a bit too.
-no, I don't think it's that strange. We need those sorts of things to hold onto, or-- well, the doom and gloom will end up becoming too heavy for you to bear.
[and maya's still young enough to manage that well enough, she thinks.]
If you'd ever like to join me to make more of them, I wouldn't mind it.
[she's going to end up with a photo collection.]
[and maya's still young enough to manage that well enough, she thinks.]
If you'd ever like to join me to make more of them, I wouldn't mind it.
[she's going to end up with a photo collection.]
Well, we'll see about that, but I appreciate your confidence.
[thanks for assigning her, maya... that's sweet of you.
after a few moments' consideration, though:]
Maybe we could stand to have a little bit of distraction after everything, if you're up for a short trip.
[there's no telling what comes tomorrow, after all, and what she doesn't say aloud is either of them could be picked. it could go differently, this time.]
[thanks for assigning her, maya... that's sweet of you.
after a few moments' consideration, though:]
Maybe we could stand to have a little bit of distraction after everything, if you're up for a short trip.
[there's no telling what comes tomorrow, after all, and what she doesn't say aloud is either of them could be picked. it could go differently, this time.]
Let's go ahead, then, before it gets too late.
[they should sleep at a reasonable hour, considering what tomorrow's going to be...
she pushes herself up with a slight wince, grabbing her staff.]
Off to the student union with us.
[they should sleep at a reasonable hour, considering what tomorrow's going to be...
she pushes herself up with a slight wince, grabbing her staff.]
Off to the student union with us.
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