136. Tenacity

[corrinesbell]

[As with the others, Sheena's returned from her mission to a crisp February day. Climbing out of the tunnel and looking at the plaza, she decides this is the place she's going to be for the next little while.

Carrying this out by sitting down immediately beside the fountain and resting her head against its freezing stone surface is the best plan she can come up with. It will be hours later before she writes anything down in her journal, home by then and unable to sleep.]

I still hate the jungle.

[[ooc: Backdated, of course, to yesterday when the mission ended. Finding her at the fountain is totally cool.]]

Comments

[vulcanblazer]

[Adell will happen by the fountain during the cold day, seeing Sheena resting up against it, looking... presumably exhausted, among other things. He'll come closer and kneel down next to her.]

Hey, you okay, Sheena?

[He can't really mask the concern in his voice. He knows she's physically fine, not wounded or anything, but it's not really like her to do something like this.]

[corrinesbell]

Just great. Haven't been better in days.

[The jungle is too hot. ...The frozen winter is too cold but right now it's the best thing since the microwave, okay? Especially against her face like this.]

[vulcanblazer]

[...Yeah, that's. Well, he'll sit down next to her, wordlessly at first. He breaks the silence after a moment.]

...It was that bad, huh?

[corrinesbell]

I hate that place. Nothing really bad happened but I still hate it.

[Action]

[ombra_lira]

[Off on his way shopping, so he spots Sheena leaned up against the fountain. So he takes a detour and sits down next to her.]

Welcome back. Are you cold?

[Action]

[corrinesbell]

Absolutely.

[This is the goal. For now. She even decided to forgo the coat.]

[Action]

[ombra_lira]

[Sounds like she planned it to be that way. Okay.] All right, but if you get too cold, tell me.

[Action]

[fortunefail]

[It's already been quite the week for running into fellow Aselians for Yuan, but that's not stopping him from approaching Sheena when he spots her. In fact, with what's been going on recently, it's all the more reason to speak to her.]

Sheena.

[Action]

[corrinesbell]

[This fountain is the coldest pillow she has ever had and it is wonderful.

...That's Yuan's voice.]

Hey, Yuan. ...This is always gonna happen, isn't it.

[Action]

[fortunefail]

[He sinks to a crouching position in front of Sheena.]

Are you hurt?

[Voice] I will probably be slow like a slow thing

[knightofratatosk]

What's so bad about the jungle?

[Voice]

[corrinesbell]

Everything in it wants to kill you.

[Her voice sounds tired.]

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

I guess that makes sense, but... why were you there?

[voice] Pardon my lateness

[devourthemfirst]

You've been to the jungle, Miss Sheena?

[In all his years he's never been to one. He's always stuck to the city]

[voice]

[corrinesbell]

Yeah, the one here, twice. Don't go if you can help it.

[voice]

[devourthemfirst]

I had no idea there was a jungle here! Is it dangerous there or something?

[novelist]

But, why is that?

[corrinesbell]

Because there's really nothing that great about it. It's too hot and things are secretly trying to kill you.

[novelist]

I assume that you'll have to wander back in soon enough, then.

[Action]

[lezareno_prez]

[That purple lump out by the fountain looks familiar. Very familiar. Which is why he'll be heading out to check on it with a coat on one arm and a steaming mug of hot chocolate in the other hand.]

[Action]

[corrinesbell]

[Gosh she's not a lump. She's a ninja. Big difference.

She'll take one look at the coat and the hot chocolate and shake her head.]

I wanna be cold. I'm so tired of the heat.

[Action]

[lezareno_prez]

Another mission?

[He'll take a seat on the edge of the fountain beside her, setting the coat and the mug down just in case she changes her mind.]

You seem to get selected for quite a number of those.

[tinyhealer]

[Some time after Sheena's vacated the freezing fountain, but at a time she might still be in the square while it's still light out, she may notice Raine from the corner of her eye as she leaves the library, bundled up warmly.]

[corrinesbell]

[Well she has to go home eventually.

What is that small white-haired person doing-? Oh. Oh it's...it's Raine.

...How to address this. When Raine looks at her...she just waves, a little.]

[tinyhealer]

[She blinks a little at the wave. Was she waving at her? ... Well there wasn't anyone else around.

So she'll give a small wave back.]