[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

[Action]

[lezareno_prez]

Perhaps, but my world has been changed before in a way that no one expected.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

I feel that this is different. ...But it would be much better for her than any alternative. [meaning she wants him to succeed, too]

[Action]

[lezareno_prez]

Yes. That is why it is vital that I find a way to do this before I return home.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

...You can achieve it.

[Action]

[lezareno_prez]

I hope for her sake that I can.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

...your drawings? [eyes her journal]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Are hardly typical behavior for me.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[they are not talking about her and she is totally okay with it. It's nice just to have a conversation with Regal]

Sometimes it surprises me that good things can come from a situation like this.

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[He actually walks back to Nephry's side as she makes her way to the door. Peony's not a derp, I swear.]

[Action]

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

[Jade happens to be walking behind you, Nephry, carrying a bag. His boots make a fairly loud clomping sound on the wooden bridge.]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[her tumult of thoughts is keeping her completely occupied. She doesn't even register his passing, or the sound of his feet on the bridge. She shivers just a little, but doesn't seem to notice that either]

[silversnowfall]

[when she gets inside she takes her journal from him and sets it down somewhere in the living room]

I'm sorry for the way I've been treating you, Your Majesty.

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[He gives her a puzzled look.]

What are you talking about?

[silversnowfall]

While I was angry.

[Action]

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

[Eventually, the clomping stops. He is now paused in the middle of the bridge, staring at her.]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[sorry, she still won't look at him. But she is not in the middle of the bridge, so he will be able to see the side of her face, and how her hand is shaking as she brings it up to rub at one eye quickly. Of course she doesn't know anyone's there]

[Action]

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

[Crying? That's not good.]

...Nephry.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[she stands straight instantly and turns around, quite surprised]

Jade!

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[He waves a hand as if to brush the matter away.]

Saphir's your friend, too. It's understandable that you would try to defend him.

[silversnowfall]

I wouldn't have wanted him to do it to you, either.

[Action]

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

You seem to be on-edge, Nephry.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

You startled me, that's all.

[Action]

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

I had thought I'd lost my ability to surprise you.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[that is an outright lie you just told and you know it, Jade Curtiss.]

It seems you haven't. ...Did you need something? [glances at his bag]

[Action]

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

Ahh, yes. I needed to pick up a few groceries.