48. Showers

[corrinesbell]

...I guess he's gone. I don't think he was captured. ...Maybe they sent him home. I hope so. 

Anyway. Lloyd, I think I owe you a birthday present, right? Come over and get it. ...That reminds me, Allen, can I ask you something? 

Whether they think so or not, that last experiment was pretty...damaging. Hopefully the next one isn't as bad. ...Though I'm not stupid enough to assume that. It's been raining a lot recently and it...it reminds me of when I first got here. 

Hey, Raine. ...Can I talk to you?

[[ooc: "He" is Albert-not-Silverberg, and Sheena went to Lloyd's party but didn't have anything to give him. Also, wow, I never make this many typos, I really apologize.]]

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[chikaidestroyer]

There's some that ... have disappeared entirely from here, only to return with no memory. I guess I can't say with certainty that they didn't die, but... Like your friend, Colette. And ... Martel.

You hide it well, in all seriousness.

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[corrinesbell]

I think she was taken home and...brought back, from a different time period. Though I don't understand that either.

...That comes from years of practice. And having no one around when it wakes you up. ...Not that I want anyone to know that happens, either.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Maybe they see a potential experiment, but the person is from too far in the future or past for the potential to be used. Just a theory.

Your friends haven't taken notice?

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[corrinesbell]

That's sick, Albert. ...So it's probably true.

I really hope not.

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[chikaidestroyer]

I fear someday this will all become routine. We'll know what the next experiment is before it happens.

...I'm sorry you fight your demons alone.

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[corrinesbell]

I hope that never happens. I want to get home. ...I want everyone to get home, or at the very least, to get rid of the Malnosso. ...I know some of the people here can't go back.

[she looks away] I-It's no big deal. Really. [but she really appreciates him saying that]

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[chikaidestroyer]

We can't say they can't go home -- after all, the Malnosso were able to revive them here, so it's entirely possible the "dead" can leave here. But yes, I share your sentiments.

[he looks at her, sighing softly] ...In another time and another place, we probably wouldn't have ever met. Sad circumstance gives us something in common.

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[corrinesbell]

I don't make assumptions like that. ...I can't.

Yeah. ...Thanks, Albert.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Like it or not, what continues to drive us here is hope. And who am I to take that away when it's all some of us have?

You're welcome, Sheena.

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[corrinesbell]

Sorry I kinda dumped that all on you.

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[chikaidestroyer]

You say that as if I didn't volunteer to come over. ...It's fine. Really.

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[corrinesbell]

[for someone who reminds her so much of Kratos he keeps on proving her wrong]

You want some tea or anything, while you're here?

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[chikaidestroyer]

[he'd be surprised at the comparison, seeing as Kratos is so taciturn]

I'm not intruding, with your housemates?

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[corrinesbell]

[pot meet kettle? :P Also, it's the hair, really]

No one's home. And I make tea all the time. Do you want some?

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[chikaidestroyer]

[Hah. Yeah, I guess I can see that. XD]

...Sure. Thank you.