[ AUDIENCE: NIER ]

[dormheads]

Comments

[amain]

... After everything that has happened to you, you deserve to be a little selfish, Annie.

[departea]

... you're the second person to tell me that here.

[ she sighs. ]

A little hard.

[amain]

... It is hard, but it's nice.

[ He gets it. ]

I've been trying to be a little more selfish here, too.

[departea]

Has it been working for you?

[ trying and succeeding are different. ]

[amain]

... I still wonder if I deserve the nice things that happen, but I accept whatever people give me. Our time here is short.

[ A couple of weeks is short! ]

I think it's been working.

[departea]

... good. Even if you don't think you deserve the good, I think that you should just hold onto what you get as tightly as you can while you still have it.

[ especially in a place like this, where everything can go wrong so very quickly. ]

[amain]

That applies to you, too.

[ me, watching friday inves in fear ]

Be more aggressive. Or something.

[ don't listen to him he doesn't know what he's saying ]

[departea]

Oh, I can be aggressive.

[ the thing she usually gets aggressive about are just fuckin stupid ]

[amain]

Be aggressive about your happiness, Annie.

[ He has seen her hound people, so he knows. ]

[departea]

Hm, so aggressive they think I'm cursed?

[amain]

Aggressive... Like... In a confident way? People like that, right?

[departea]

I guess so?

But you can be too forward.

[amain]

I think you have enough tact, Annie.

[ don't show him otherwise i am crying ]

[departea]

Oh, I do.

But I can still point it out that there is a limit some people may run over.

[amain]

[ He sighs. ]

Just... Remember you should let yourself be happy, too.

[departea]

... I will. I only have so much time left here with everyone, if we do leave at graduation. So I'd like to spend it as happily as I can manage.

[ there is so much horribleness but

there's some good too. ]

[amain]

Anything you like about here compared to home?

[departea]

Hm... that I can interact with everyone?

The majority of the people here wouldn't be able to see me.

[amain]

Oh, so you're the type of ghost that can't be seen by regular people.

[ Nier has read about different types of ghosts in fiction. It's very confusing to know what's fake or real. ]

[departea]

Yup! Only other supernatural beings.

Or if you're psychic or something, I suppose.

[amain]

A psychic. Would a spirit medium help? Maybe Maya would be able to see you if that was a thing here.

[departea]

That's basically the same thing, I think.

But I'm used to people not being able to see me, so I would have just managed.

[amain]

... That's so sad.

[ HELLO? ]

Would you be able to talk to people with those "seances?"

[departea]

If it's someone with an actual ability, yes. But they're fairly rare where I'm from... I've only met two people like that, and one was just by chance and the other was because that priest was sort of using him to catch me.

[ terrible. ]

But, typically I don't leave my house often. I started to do it more lately to take walks!

[ she sounds so proud of herself, like this is a grand accomplishment. ]

[amain]

I'm glad to hear that.

[ But he does want to ask about this: ]

Who called the priest on you, anyway? It's not like you were causing trouble, right?