[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]

[fallenambitions]

[Well since Nephry is in the area, Alexei won't be too far from where she is. As he reaches the bridge, he sees her, recognizing her as the one who helped him before...I'm going to assume it's nighttime now, right?]

...Evening.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Hm? [she seems more than a little surprised. Lost in thought as she was, she didn't even hear him coming]

Good evening.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

[he takes note of that, approaching her] Apologies if I have startled you. I never caught your name to thank you properly when you assisted me a few days ago.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

No, it's all right. I was absorbed in my thoughts, that's all. My name is Nephry, and forgive me, but I'm not sure I got yours either.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

Nephry. Thank you for before, my name is Alexei...is there something troubling your thoughts?

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Mm...nothing more than a little homesickness, I'm afraid. It happens to everyone.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

...You must have been here for quite some time then.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Several months.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

...[joins her in river gazing] Several months of memories, gone...hm. [he's...thinking out loud.]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Pardon me? I...don't believe I've forgotten anything.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

Oh, no I didn't mean it like that. I read in the guide that if you were to return home...there's a chance you'll forget everything you've experience here. All the people you've met, everything. It's saddening to forget all things you've gain here.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Oh. I've read the guide as well, of course. ...Suppose you were to learn something about the future of your world while you were here. I believe the risk of altering that future is too great, and so the memories are erased.

Not that I know how they manage it, of course.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

...To some who have a future, I suppose that would make sense. It may cause more suffering then help, or quite the opposite.

The Malnosso certainly have interesting powers over us...

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

They do indeed.

...I...I apologize. [for saying that about a future when his reply makes it obvious he doesn't have one]

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

[he just smiles faintly, shaking his head] It is all right. I cannot share the same feelings you do about being homesick...but I find small conversations usually helps ease the mind.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

There seems to be little in the way of good conversation, sometimes.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

...your drawings? [eyes her journal]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Are hardly typical behavior for me.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

Something wrong with that?

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

It depends on who you ask.