[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]

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[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.

[emp3thy]

[Minato decided to cut through the woods on his way back from the square today, and happens to end up crossing this bridge. ...Nephry standing there is an unusual sight.]

Hello, Nephry-san.

[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.

[silversnowfall]

[she looks up quickly, startled out of her thoughts. Thankfully it's dark enough that he shouldn't be able to see her eyes that well...or how strange they look at the moment]

Oh! Minato. ...I'm sorry, I must have been...preoccupied. Have you been standing there long?

[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.

[emp3thy]

[He shakes his head, then walks closer to stand a few feet from her. He pauses, as if considering, then speaks up.]

...Yen for your thoughts?

[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.

[silversnowfall]

[she turns to look down at the water again]

My thoughts are wandering about as freely as this river. I'm not sure they're worth even that.

[emp3thy]

Every river travels to somewhere.

[silversnowfall]

Usually to an entire ocean.

[emp3thy]

Or just a lake.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

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

[silversnowfall]

I am accustomed to an environment where the rivers are frozen.

[this literal and metaphorical talk is fun though. In a muted kind of way]

[emp3thy]

Then it all melted at once?

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

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

[silversnowfall]

No. It's so cold that even in the short summer it melts slowly.

...It's been so much warmer here.

[emp3thy]

Winter's coming soon.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

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

[silversnowfall]

But in a place like this, even that is unpredictable. And I am led to believe that spring comes quickly.

[emp3thy]

Every season has good points.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

Several months.

[silversnowfall]

Of course.

[and here she clears her throat a few times and very discreetly rubs at one eye under her glasses]

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

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

Peony totally gave the revenge journal back to Dist already |D

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[Peony's on his way back from patrolling the perimeters for New Feathers. He stops walking when he sees Nephry. It takes a few moments before he makes his way to her side. He doesn't speak.]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

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