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[silversnowfall]

...Well.

I must admit to my curiosity, I suppose. Did anyone else...find that they got something they wanted? Perhaps without even knowing you did, until then?

[Saphir, 80%]

Your exile from this house is entirely self-imposed.

[Around the house today Nephry is just doing some chores. Tidying up, so to speak. The journal is with her so she might hear any answers that come along while she works.]

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[Action]

[distressedude]

[Nephry, your son is sulking.]

[Well, that's half true. Ever since the experiment ended, Ion's been much quieter than usual and has either been hiding at the library all day or finding a corner to read in somewhere. Anything to keep his mind off of things...]

[But today, he's actually sitting on the couch in the living room instead of staying cooped up in his bedroom! It's a bit of an improvement, at least.]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[When she sees Ion in the living room, she closes her journal and sets it down, quietly taking a seat on the couch beside him]

[Action]

[distressedude]

[Ion glances up at Nephry when she sits down and manages to give her a small smile in greeting. As awkward as the experiment had been and as horrible as it had ended, it wasn't all bad.]

[Of course, that was just how he felt about it.]

Good afternoon, Nephry.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[her return smile may be the most genuine thing she has done in days.]

Ion. ...It's nice to see that you appear to be feeling better.

[Voice]

[subethical.livejournal.com]

Something you wanted? [Dramatic gasp!] Don't tell me you actually wanted to bear Dist's children? You have such terrible taste in men.

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

As always, I can do little to influence what you choose to think.

[Voice]

[subethical.livejournal.com]

Now I don't know about that. [He's really not that stubborn is he?]

So what was it that you wanted, Nephry?

[ voice ]

[hakoiri.livejournal.com]

Yes, to be honest. I hadn't even realized I'd wanted it until that happened. Then it was lost, and I miss it now . . .

[ voice ]

[silversnowfall]

May I ask...what it was?

[ voice ]

[hakoiri.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course.

[He thinks about it.]

Really, it was just the idea of having a pleasant, stable family.

[emp3thy]

This place was "home" for a while.

[...] I think it'd be hard not to want that feeling.

[silversnowfall]

Yes. That's certainly part of it.

[emp3thy]

What about you?

[voice]

[seleniahymn]

[Even if she is in the house, Tear hasn't left her room much since the experiment started, not unless it was necessary. So it makes sense that she would reply via voice, doesn't it?]

... In the end, I would say I did...

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

...It is my hope that, even though it was...painful, for many of us, there might still be something good in it.

[voice]

[seleniahymn]

... Perhaps it was that it ended that makes it so painful... [She had parents, siblings, a husband and children... All things that she had hoped for, even if it was a fleeting thought in her younger years.]

[Voice | Filtered]

[its-rose-damnit.livejournal.com]

[Oh, he sees that message, Nephry. Dist had left the house the very instant the event ended and he found himself (much to his horror) in bed with his so-called "wife". The initial exile from house one was mostly because of embarrassment, but as Dist say in the empty apartment room of one of the community buildings, he had time to really gather his thoughts and feelings. Very few of those feelings were pleasant.

He was made a fool of, as far as he was concerned. A real and pleasant life, with a loving family, was dangled in front of his nose and he was lead along as the Malnosso guffawed stupidly over it. ...Worthless swine! And on top of that, that false happiness, they dared to show him what he had become. What he really was.

You're not that man. You're this man.

Hah! How laughable. Dist grits his teeth, and shuts the journal angrily, only coming back to it some hours later, and bumps that filter to absolute perfection. He doesn't want anyone snooping.]

If you're asking me to return, Nephry, I'm afraid I'll have to politely decline your offer.

[Said with a definite bite. Dist is not a happy person right now, and no one is spared his wrath.]

[Voice | Filtered]

[silversnowfall]

[His tone stings, but she's heard worse.]

Then I will assume you are returning, until you find it within yourself to do so politely.

[She tries very hard not to take a biting tone with him in return. But there are definite undercurrents there to remind him that he may be talking to the only person left who is willing to accept the present Saphir despite his past.]

[Voice | Filtered]

[its-rose-damnit.livejournal.com]

[Silence persists as Dist purses his lips and clenches his jaw tightly. Her jab definitely angers him, he's not in the mood for this, but...it's Nephry. And he's always had a soft-spot for her. Plus, with the events of the previous experiments, he can't bring himself to really snap at her like he does with others.

Doesn't mean he's not going to snap somewhat, however.]

If this is the treatment I'll receive upon returning, perhaps I won't [He pauses, then reassesses his words, sighing. Okay, once more.] ...Give me time, Nephry, it's all I ask for.

[voice]

[unmarryable.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Pretty much.

But this kind of thing has happened to me before.

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

Really? In a place other than this?

[voice]

[unmarryable.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Well... I was in a coma. And I had a dream. But it was pretty similar.

[voice]

[justicereigns]

What do you mean?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

I meant to ask whether anything you...received...during that experiment, was something you wanted.

[voice]

[justicereigns]

Like an item?