mizuki. 🐰 (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
adorabrawler) wrote2023-06-10 02:57 pm
adorabrawler) wrote2023-06-10 02:57 pm
...Do you have a favorite movie?
[and did it come out in 1999?]
[and did it come out in 1999?]
[ me sweating oocly because i rarely watch movies. have mercy on me. ]
Yep, but they probably don't have it here anyway. Theaters tend to only show what's come out recently.
Yep, but they probably don't have it here anyway. Theaters tend to only show what's come out recently.
[ill have mercy.]
Oh. Well, that's good, because I don't know any of these movies, either. So we can just pick something that has a good looking poster.
Oh. Well, that's good, because I don't know any of these movies, either. So we can just pick something that has a good looking poster.
That's the idea! You never know what you're getting yourself into. Wanna head over?
Yes! Let's go!
[movie roulette is exciting. let's go to the theater where posters are up of...every movie from the year 1999? do any stand out?]
What type of story do you like, I guess I should ask?
[movie roulette is exciting. let's go to the theater where posters are up of...every movie from the year 1999? do any stand out?]
What type of story do you like, I guess I should ask?
[ hello, ylfa.
you will now have company sitting in the seat beside you in the form of one (1) mizuki. maybe we're watching princess mononoke again. or maybe we're just sitting in silence. ]
I really hate these days.
you will now have company sitting in the seat beside you in the form of one (1) mizuki. maybe we're watching princess mononoke again. or maybe we're just sitting in silence. ]
I really hate these days.
[she's hunched a bit under her cape.]
...Mizuki. Are you - [she seems a little surprised to see her, but she looks worried, too.] - your teammate.
...Mizuki. Are you - [she seems a little surprised to see her, but she looks worried, too.] - your teammate.
—Okay? Not really. But I already yelled about it a lot. Now I'm just... tired.
[oh. she looks at her and then down at the ground.]
...Sorry. It's so horrible.
...Sorry. It's so horrible.
Yeah.
[ ... ]
But it's the same as before. We can only wait for tomorrow.
[ ... ]
But it's the same as before. We can only wait for tomorrow.
Mm.
[she nods.]
I guess, when it was Rin, it didn't really even help. It would've been worse to never find out, but it didn't help.
[she nods.]
I guess, when it was Rin, it didn't really even help. It would've been worse to never find out, but it didn't help.
Not really. It's just—closure, I guess. But that's all it really is.
Yeah. People say that. I'm not sure I know what it means, or that I've ever felt it. But I hope that's different for you.
[ halfheartedly, she shrugs ]
To be honest, I'm still figuring that out, too.
To be honest, I'm still figuring that out, too.
It's just bad here, every week. I'm sorry that this is one of the weeks that's particularly bad for you.
... Well, it's not going to get better for any of us—and not just because we're losing teammates. Every time, someone is losing a friend, too.
[that just makes her ears droop.]
Yeah. Especially since we have friends on all different teams.
Yeah. Especially since we have friends on all different teams.
[good morning. ylfa is out exploring the clouds, probably floating by in a bubble, when a pig runs by.
have a memory. when it's over she's still floating awkwardly in a bubble. but it pops and she lands.]
have a memory. when it's over she's still floating awkwardly in a bubble. but it pops and she lands.]
[ The good news is that this isn't the first time she's had flashes of someone else's mind within her own, so it's not wholly shocking.
But what Mizuki sees... is, and as she regains her bearings when the memory ends, she nearly misses Ylfa tumbling back down to—not land, exactly, but whatever the solid surface of a cloud could be called. ]
—Ylfa! ... You okay?
But what Mizuki sees... is, and as she regains her bearings when the memory ends, she nearly misses Ylfa tumbling back down to—not land, exactly, but whatever the solid surface of a cloud could be called. ]
—Ylfa! ... You okay?
[yeah, that memory isn't so bad for a while but it sure ends rough. she doesn't land hard or anything, she's just a little dazed.]
Mizuki! I'm really sorry you had to see that!
Mizuki! I'm really sorry you had to see that!
[ She offers a hand to Ylfa to help her back up, but then shakes her head. ]
No—no, you don't have to apologize. That's... been happening a lot today.
No—no, you don't have to apologize. That's... been happening a lot today.
[ugh. the memory itself is kind of sweet to her now, but she still can't help feeling weird about mizuki having seen all of that. she hasn't had many friends her own age before, and now mizuki knows she's weird, in that she kills people and eats them sometimes. the stuff of your classic tween drama.]
...Yeah, I know. It's not even the first time I've shown people gross memories.
...Yeah, I know. It's not even the first time I've shown people gross memories.
[ ... huh. Mizuki doesn't think that's how she'd view it, but then again—that vision made it abundantly clear that Ylfa is hardly proud of who she is now. ]
I wouldn't call that gross.
I wouldn't call that gross.
You wouldn't?
[hmm, that's a little complicated. it's not that she isn't proud of who she is; she's done some growing since that memory, after all. but the drawbacks are pretty profound.]
I really didn't want to do something like that. But if I hadn't gone to a version of my story where that's who I am, I wouldn't have been able to help Mother and everyone.
[hmm, that's a little complicated. it's not that she isn't proud of who she is; she's done some growing since that memory, after all. but the drawbacks are pretty profound.]
I really didn't want to do something like that. But if I hadn't gone to a version of my story where that's who I am, I wouldn't have been able to help Mother and everyone.
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