[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]

[silversnowfall]

And you're taking the long way back?

[Action]

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with taking a walk, is there?

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Of course not.

[she turns back to looking at the water. There just isn't any fight in her right now, and she looks awful]

[Action]

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

[He walks towards her a bit.]

You look terrible, sister.

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[His face softens. And his council wonders why he refuses to settle for anyone else.]

I know.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[a comment like that isn't going to make her turn around. Jade, however, would be the troll who'd notice one to know that it's become her habit in the past couple of weeks to rise in the middle of the night and either go outside or sit in the kitchen with tea/coffee/what have you. Something is keeping her quite preoccupied and it shows]

[silversnowfall]

[she looks a little blank for a moment before making for the kitchen like she's going to start the coffee or tea or whatever. Probably tea. It just seems classier]

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[Hey, hey. What are you doing? Peony stands in front of her, blocking her entry to the kitchen.]

Perhaps you should lie down for a bit. I can make tea for you, if you want.

[silversnowfall]

Oh. ...Yes, maybe I should.

[she looks like she honestly forgot. But she also turns to head to her bedroom instead]

[Action]

[lezareno_prez]

[Well, they had to talk about SOMETHING until she decides to bring up what's bothering her, and he's not going to push it.]

If there is one thing Lloyd has taught me, it is that good things can come from almost any situation.

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[Peony watches her enter her room before heading towards the kitchen. He can make tea, at least.]

[silversnowfall]

[in her exhaustion she even forgot he's not allowed to be in the kitchen. But hey it will keep him from lurking outside her door while she changes into pajamas and all that]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

...Do you miss your home?

[Action]

[lezareno_prez]

At times, yes. But I have learned many things from my stay here as well, things I would never have been able to experience had I not been brought here.

[He turns to look at her.]

And yourself?

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[she's fiddling with something on her left hand]

...Very much.

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[He's enough of a gentleman to wait a few minutes outside her door before knocking softly, balancing a tray on one hand.]

[Action]

[lezareno_prez]

You have someone waiting for you at home?

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

Something wrong with that?

[silversnowfall]

You may come in.

[mostly because she's already in bed, albeit sitting up]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Yes. ...Hopefully things have not changed.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

It depends on who you ask.

[Action]

[lezareno_prez]

It is my understanding that time does not pass in our worlds while we are here. If that is the case, things should be exactly as you left them.

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[He slowly opens the door, walking in and laying the tray on her desk. He pours the tea on one of the two cups he brought, making sure it wasn't too hot before handing the cup to her.]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Mm.

[she's leaning on the bridge rail too, and her hands have started to tremble again. Perhaps it's just the fading light that makes her look so pale]

[Action]

[lezareno_prez]

[Okay, he thinks he's starting to get an idea of what's going on.]

If you would like to go inside...