[21][written/action]

[silversnowfall]

[first of all, there are several inconsequential doodles. This should be concerning because Nephry just doesn't doodle. Next there are several sentences that are so well crossed out they are unreadable. An ink spot where the pen rested too long on the page. A few more doodles.]

I...think I should go for a walk. I will take my journal with me just in case, however.

[and for those out and about, Nephry can be found standing on the bridge between houses 32 and 33 and Community Housing 5. It is quite the long walk, and it will continue in a short while if she's not interrupted. She will answer written or voiced messages too, of course. ...The doodling is kind of a giveaway that something is wrong here]

Comments

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[At that, he resolutely looks straight ahead, though he doesn't stop walking.]

I would be surprised if you didn't.

[Voice]

[galddigger.livejournal.com]

Why are you staring at the river? Did something happen to it, today?

[silversnowfall]

I'm sure everyone here...feels that way. It's childish of me to be so affected by it.

[emp3thy]

[He nods but stays quiet, waiting for where she's going with this.]

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

N-No...this is just where I stopped, on one of the bridges.

[silversnowfall]

...One year I was told when I would marry, and whom.

[Voice]

[galddigger.livejournal.com]

[Bridge, river. Okay. There aren't too many of those in town, right? Right! So she'll be going out the door to find her, now. Still speaking into the journal, until she does, though!]

Why'd you stop? No wonder your walk wasn't working! You're supposed to actually walk on walks, Nephry~! [She giggles~]

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

Everyone reacts differently.

[pause]

Keterburg [and your husband] is fine, Nephry. You needn't worry too much.

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

I walked a long way to start with.

[she doesn't really have an explanation. Her thoughts just led her to stopping there]

[silversnowfall]

...Please understand...that my current state isn't your fault, Peony. [because in this moment they are much more like friends instead of emperor and subject] ...I wish you weren't so cruel to Saphir, but there's nothing I can do to change your mind. I suppose I...preferred the days when we were all closer.

[Action]

[galddigger.livejournal.com]

[Anise is quiet for a little while, but that's just because she's running around town, looking for the bridge Nephry has decided to stop on.]

[Eventually, she does find it, and she'll come up to her, a little out of breath.]

Walked a long way is right, woah.

[emp3thy]

What did you think?

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[she's gone back to leaning on the rail and looking at the water. Because it's getting darker, her face might be hard to see, but it sure looks like her hands are shaking. She registers Anise a few moments after she speaks, and folds those hands together, turning to look at her]

I'm sorry.

[silversnowfall]

I thought I had no choice. ...And at the time, I didn't. To not follow through with the Score's prediction was unthinkable.

[Voice]

[lezareno_prez]

Is everything all right?

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[He ignores the first part, but the use of "Peony" doesn't escape him.]

I regard Saphir as a friend. If I truly wanted to be cruel to him... [you don't want to know.]

Drifting apart was inevitable. Time, different goals...but now, it's possible to get back what we once had. If Jade and Saphir are willing.

[silversnowfall]

Jade and Saphir will never reconcile with each other.

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

Do you expect an honest answer if that answer is no?

[Voice]

[lezareno_prez]

I was hoping that you trusted me enough to be able to give me one.

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

[after that she's quiet for a while. ...It might be a little hard to hear her answer, because her voice is so soft]

No.

[emp3thy]

And now?

[silversnowfall]

It doesn't matter now. ...I care for him. [with a sad but fond smile. Because she does. She grew to love her husband and it's been a long time since she's seen him]

[Voice]

[lezareno_prez]

... I see.

[Now it's his turn to be quiet for a moment.]

If there is anything I can do to help...

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

I...I'm not sure if there's anything that anyone can do.

[Voice]

[lezareno_prez]

Something that you need to solve for yourself?