04 ❥

[requiems]

let's do a thing!
• comment with your character. pick a respondent. any situation, any time.
first meetings, fighting together, first dates, whatever.
identify your universe, though! (original, au, game canon...)
• let's do a psl.
• ???
• profit!!

Comments

[falchions]

[She can't say she's picked up the theme song bug, but it is certainly an ear worm, she can agree. Lucina notes Souji humming, but doesn't ask, though she does smile. She'll take it as a sign that he's okay with what he's doing. She knows she asked him along and he agreed, but still, there were other things to be doing on a Sunday, she wasn't that unaware of things. To rest, to work, to even just see friends due to a busy school life. What she was doing was important, but it didn't mean everything else automatically wasn't.

She wants a peaceful world, not a troubled one.

She nods.] Customers will probably start coming in soon. I need to double check if everything's been set up...

[She's already half way towards the elevator as she says it, lost in thought, before stopping. She's very used to being a lone ranger.] Let's go, then. Think you can handle some helium balloons?

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

[He follows suit, busy with a few stray thoughts of his own, though he snaps out of it once he hears her addressing him again. And, of course, he smiled a little. After what they'd just covered, balloons were very, very light in comparison.] Balloons are fine. At least we won't be straining our feet any more than we already have.

[falchions]

Hopefully not. The rest of the day should be in the food court, and we might have some more help from the staff there... [Like Yosuke, though she doesn't know him by name. She's just seen him and several other students there from time to time, some of them, such as Yosuke's case, being in her class.

However, something does occur to her, and she winces.]

As long as the announcements were sent down to the desk. [Please say they have, organiser, going up and down the department store wasn't a bad thing, but it deterred from the point of things.]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

[Well, if the announcements weren't sent in then the employees that did come in (namely, his Magicianbro) would probably see the poster and get what was going on, but...it does leave him cringing himself. The rest of the staff would need word if they wanted any adequate help...]

Did you have someone bring them there?

[falchions]

I asked the manager, before, for announcements to be made intermitently. But of course that requires wording, and pre-scripting, so as long as it makes it down...

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

...We'll just have to hope then. There's still plenty to tackle, as it is.

[And if he went down to make sure it got through he'd waste valuable time that he could spend helping her with everything else...]

[falchions]

Right.

[She nods once, as the elevator finally decides that yes, this is the floor that called it, and in she goes.]

I'll make it work. We will make it work. [She corrects.] Thank you. I really am grateful that you're helping today.

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

[With a nod and another little sound of agreement, he follows her inside, sparing a short glance at her as she thanks him again...and letting another trace of a smile grace his features.

> Lucina's appreciation for your support seems genuine.

> You feel like you understand what she goes through just to help others a little more...]

Like I said...it's the least I could do for a friend.

[falchions]

I'm glad for that, as well.

[Because, for a while, it seemed like it wouldn't happen, that she'd make a friend.]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

[The wheel of Fortune clearly wanted to see otherwise that day, because now, she has a devout companion, someone she can rely on. Someone that would help her see everything through to its end, no matter what it might have been. Someone who would actually care for who she really was, and who would be there no matter the cost.

> The Lucina Social Link has reached Rank 2!

> Although you no longer have need for the Velvet Room's services, this growing bond seems to drive Lucina onward...

> ...

> Why did you feel like something terrible was going to happen...?

He nods simply in response. He wouldn't have it any other way, and as the elevator stopped at their destination, he shot a look back at her as he stepped out.] Oh, one other thing...if the forecast is right, [And for some godawful reason it always is; were the weathermen ESPers or something?] it's going to rain later. I hope you brought an umbrella.

[And brought a black hole stomach, he chuckled to himself.]

[falchions]

[You should know only bad things happen when it rains, Souji. And that it's a precursor for things to come...

But that's for another time.

For today, there's work to be done, which fortunately goes by without a hitch. A couple of minor hiccups, but they're all sorted out thanks to Lucina's leadership and to Souji's assistance. As a team, they manage to cover anything that does come in and delegate the work.

When it comes to Aiya, though...

... it would go without saying she'd get her money's worth. And that for the rest of the night on a rather full stomach, she'd wonder just what was in the bowl. So full, can't move.]