[ AUDIENCE: LUCRETIA ]

[dormheads]

Comments

[ambiography]

Would you mind meeting in person?

[inaccordant]

Where?

[ambiography]

I assume my room or yours would be easiest.

[inaccordant]

Fine. Third floor.

[ambiography]

[she'll head on up to his door, then, giving it a little knock to let him know she's here. there's been time to have a few conversations, at least, so she's definitely in a much improved mood from earlier and not just bringing a bunch of bad vibes to this conversation.]

[inaccordant]

[he opens it, his face as unreadable as it usually is, before he steps back to let her in.]

[ambiography]

-well. It feels like we've all finally gotten somewhere.

[she's just taking a seat, as usual.]

How are you feeling?

[inaccordant]

Should you be asking me that?

[ambiography]

Has that ever stopped me before?

[inaccordant]

I'm fine.

[ambiography]

I do mean about everything in general, as well.

[inaccordant]

If you want to say something, just say it.

[ambiography]

I'm asking how you feel about where we all stand, after everything today. That's all.

[inaccordant]

I'm glad everyone is back. Now, we just need to prepare ourselves for whatever might be coming up.

[ambiography]

You haven't seen any sign of what that might be, have you? Or should we just-- be prepared for just about anything to happen.

[inaccordant]

Well, I think everyone's made guesses, so I doubt anyone will be blindsided by whatever it ends up being as long as they aren't averting their eyes.

[ambiography]

[and given what a lot of those guesses have been... thanks she's probably going to hate it.]

We'll manage. Just... try to be careful, all right?

[inaccordant]

I have no intention of letting my guard down.

[ambiography]

I wouldn't expect you to.

[she's quiet for a few moments, there.]

...you know, it's a bit of a shame I wasn't able to properly work with you. I didn't know you were the source they mentioned until that message, earlier.

[inaccordant]

... It was probably better that way. Being involved with us only ever made people miserable.

[he stands by the decisions he made—that a temporary death was better than the potential of permanent assimilation. still, he hates that everyone else had to suffer for it.]

[ambiography]

I thought that was all the more reason to be there, despite-- the way that things went, in the end.

[at least it meant that she could be there for ichiro, if nothing else. she doesn't know what he would have done otherwise; all the problems she had weren't with what they chose to do, but with how badly it hurt him.]

[inaccordant]

... Well, either way, it's too late for what-ifs.

[ambiography]

-just what lies ahead.

If we all make it out of this, what are you going to do?

[inaccordant]

Return to my world.

[said easily.]

[ambiography]

Do you even have anything to return to? Or will you just be-- gone?

[sure, they have the astral plane in her world, there's a defined afterlife, but she doesn't know about his.]