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[silversnowfall]

[The Malnosso have decided to leave Nephry off in the forest northwest of House 1. The chances of anyone finding her there are slim, you see, unless they're out on patrol or know to be looking. And it's cold, and snowy - quite snowy - and she's been drugged beyond real coherence. The journal, though, is close enough to her for her to touch, and open. Anyone listening will here a few sharp coughs followed by what she must think is an understandable sentence. Except it's not.]

[[ooc: Ha-ha! I have conquered thee, schoolwork! For now, anyway, woot \o/.]]

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[voice]

[flower-of-hell.livejournal.com]

[Rena recognizes Nephry's voice and quickly runs over to her journal with a look of worry]

Nephry-san?!

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

[she says something that is probably supposed to be Rena's name. The end inflection makes it a question, whatever it is]

[voice]

[flower-of-hell.livejournal.com]

[Oh man, that sounds bad. Rena starts looking serious.]

Nephry-san...do you know where you are? Can you show me?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

[how could she show her? Between the drug cocktail and her missing glasses she can't see more than greenish-grey when she opens her eyes. But to listen through the journal, there's no sound of water, so she's somewhere away from the lakes and rivers]

N...no. [she does at least manage that?]

[voice]

[flower-of-hell.livejournal.com]

[Hey it was worth a shot. But she does notice the no water thing. That narrows the options a bit.]

Don't worry; Rena will come find you, Nephry-san! I'm really good at looking for things!

[And she rushes around her room trying to find a blanket or something for her before leaving. Cold out there.]

[voice]

[emp3thy]

[Due to a double whammy of flu and Haruki, Minato is still home from school today. He's starting to feel a little better, though, so he's awake and flipping through the journal.

...That doesn't sound good, though.]

Nephry-san?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

[the answer Minato gets is no better than the one Rena got, though still noticeably a question]

[voice]

[emp3thy]

[definitely not good.]

Where are you?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

[now, Minato, if she couldn't even get your name to sound like it should, what do you imagine 'somewhere with lots of blurry trees' will be?]

[voice]

[emp3thy]

[Just checking. He looks down at the journal, unsure, before flipping to Rena's conversation and listening through it.]

Rena-san will be there soon. Hold on.

[Action]

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[Peony is indeed looking - he has hardly been doing anything else these past few days. Right now he's actually searching the forest she's in, but he has no idea that that's the case. He keeps his journal open, and the moment Nephry's voice comes through, he quickens his pace. The fact that he couldn't understand what she was saying only motivates him to go faster. Please let her be somewhere near...]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[he will be able to pick up on the sound of her breathing picking up, and in it also he can hear her shivering, and coughing. But the lack of rushing water sound should be comforting - he's in the right area]

[Action]

[enrappigtured.livejournal.com]

[It is comforting, but only for the first couple of minutes as he can hear her breathing pick up and her cough grow worse. When he sees a flash of blond hair a few meters away, he breaks into a run.]

Nephry!

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[she recognizes Peony's voice, and even opens her eyes to look for him: a flash of blue in all the blurry grey-green. She reaches the already-extended hand towards him, too, and tries to say something. It sounds urgent, whatever it is]

[Action]

[flower-of-hell.livejournal.com]

[Hey random guy Rena doesn't know. Rena was just about to call for someone. Excellent timing. BUT INTRODUCTIONS CAN WAIT LATER.]

Nephry-san needs to get out of the cold. Please help her.

[Action]

[salvationfound.livejournal.com]

[Much, much later and at the persistence of Lloyd, Kratos is here to visit. He gives a couple of knocks before he tries the doorknob. Is it unlocked? He doesn't want her to get up if she's too exhausted.]

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[the door is almost certainly open. Ajar, even. Because Peony will never be able to stay away for more than a few minutes, let alone shut or lock the door. Chances are high that she's asleep...being frozen for a while and drugged into hammerspace will do that to you. But since it's Kratos. Let's say she's mostly awake for the next short span of time. She can hear the knocking but can't really respond to it, so]

[Action]

[salvationfound.livejournal.com]

[Good then, it's open. Kratos makes his way into the house until he finds the room with Nephry. He'll enter silently and stay by the door.]

Nephry.

[Action]

[silversnowfall]

[oh you meant the front door. ...That was probably open too!]

... [she turns her head toward the voice. But she can't really see, nearsighted and affected as she is, and the door is a decent enough distance from the bed]

[Action]

[salvationfound.livejournal.com]

[...That's right, she had glasses. Kratos crosses his arms.]

It's Kratos.

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

[Much much much later, Jade arrives to visit his sister to check on her. He opens the door and walks right in. This is HIS house dammit and the door was open anyway.]

[silversnowfall]

[she's in bed, half-awake and just drifting. Even if she can't quite see him, she would know those snarky footsteps anywhere]

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

[He says nothing, knowing full well that she's aware of him. He simply sits down in a nearby chair.]

[silversnowfall]

[she's not really in a position to speak to him. She could try, but is wary of not being understandable]

[necromance-this.livejournal.com]

[That's fine by him, really. It's not like he came expecting conversation.]