122. Circumstances

[corrinesbell]

[To think it was just a regular day.

Sheena stumbles her way around from the back of house 18. One arm is braced against the outside wall of the house, the other useless. It's a slow, staggering kind of walk. When she runs out of house, she manages to move just a few more feet, into the road, before crashing to the ground again. Mercifully, her journal comes loose from where she had carried it at her waist, and ends up open, pages face down.

It's just out of her reach; her fingertips brush against it but she can't turn it over. Maybe having it open is enough]

I-I...need help. ...Please.

[[ooc: Follows almost immediately after this log, meaning it's Thursday up in here. The log is unfinished so far but we wanted to avoid some insane backdating/the chance that LJ murders itself again. So!]]

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[fortunefail]

She was involved in this?

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[corrinesbell]

The...the other d-day...no, weeks ago...

[stop. Think. Breathe a little.]

She gave me...ideas. For planting.

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[fortunefail]

And Mithos knew about this?

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[corrinesbell]

[Did he? She's trying to think back on it. They did get into an argument about something along those lines...

So she nods, just once.]

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[fortunefail]

[Yuan instantly raises a hand to his temple in frustration and holds it there for a few moments, before running it through his hair. At this rate, Mithos will try to attack anyone who even talks to Martel. Of course, in Sheena's case it's worse because she's one of Lloyd's companions- One of the people who helped take Cruxis down.]

We can't just let him do as he pleases.

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[corrinesbell]

[a harsher-than-intended set of brown eyes is looking at him]

Can you stop him?

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[fortunefail]

[That question struck him harder than Sheena probably imagined it would. For the past months, Yuan's been warning Mithos that he won't hesitate to end his life if he doesn't behave. And there've been plenty of incidents where Yuan's actually had to resort to physical violence to stop Mithos in his tracks. Now that he's attacked Sheena, Yuan has every excuse to follow through on his threats and end Mithos's life.

But he can't. Not anymore. Not with Martel here. It's just so frustrating to know that he has the power to crush Mithos, but the moment he does so, Martel's heart will break.]

... No. She won't forgive me if I do.

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[corrinesbell]

[Her eyes close again. That's big talk for someone who knows he can't take any action.

Those lemon gels are also hard at work making her wonderfully numb to most of her pain. She'll start to drift soon, and may not be able to stay focused on the conversation as well as she had.]

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[fortunefail]

[Hey, Yuan's the one with the Cruxis Crystal. He knows he can end Mithos. He had the chance to do so before, but didn't take it. In retrospect, he really should've. The death penalty might've made a difference.

For now, he'll just sit back in his chair and brood. If Sheena wants to drift off again, she's free to do so. Yuan's gotten all the information he wanted out of her anyway.]

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[corrinesbell]

[she does have one more thing to say. It's nearly a whisper when she does, though]

Thanks. For helping.

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[fortunefail]

... Hm.

[Now he can't help but wonder when he actually started to care. And this is definitely his cue to leave. He gets up without another word and strides out of the room, leaving Sheena to get some more rest.]