corrinesbell | Appointments 2.0

Number four. We're not really anywhere helpful. Maybe you should just stay here, I'd bet anything one of the top rooms is still empty. Nobody wants to climb stairs in this heat.

My house isn't very far... [But the stairs. Sheena was right that there were a lot of them.] ... maybe we could stop for a little while. Until the heat of the day passes.

I think that's probably a better idea. [No offense to Raine, but she doesn't look like she could quite get all the way home.] Can you get up?

I think so. [Getting the motivation to actually try is another, so she takes a few moments in getting to her feet. The world still has an uneven feeling, even if there's nothing in sight. ... Low rolls of thunder on a cloudless day.] Can you retrieve that light blanket for me?

You think you need it? It's like Efreet's temple out here.

[Grumbling and fussing are just part of the job. She brings back the blanket, holding it at arm's length because it really is warm.]

I know. I just didn't want to forget it up here. [Raine reaches out to take it from her. It's not really very large or thick, more like a throw-blanket. She carefully starts to fold it up.]

[Large, small, heavy or not - it's way too hot for a blanket.]

Just bring it, we're not going very far. And I kinda think you're stalling a little bit.

I am not stalling. [She totally is. The blanket goes back into the little basket that's near her feet now. She reaches to pick it up.] I'm ready to go.

You're using your caught-red-handed voice though.

[Sheena walks next to her, in case she needs help with balance, until they get to the door. That, she'll hold open.]

Just go one floor down, and I'll find something empty.

[Good, no water on the stairs. She forces herself not to even entertain that possibility, lest it try to creep all the way up there after her. There are some unhappy looking ninjas' though, standing and staring. It resonates with something she might have experienced in a different life. She can't let that thought set in; they knew she was there.]

... all right. I'm fine. [She'd just have to focus on staying balanced.]

[It would sound very weird to Sheena, who doesn't feel at the moment as though she is carrying around her usual thundercloud of doom and judgment. Outside of helping Raine she's just trying to do her job for Yuri and Brave Vesperia.

In the interest of preventing disaster she goes down the stairs first, slowly, and looking over her shoulder to make sure Raine doesn't trip.]

[Raine moves very slowly. Hard to grab onto a railing, so she walks right down the middle. As long as they don't try to rip her, she should be fine.

... Well, she can't help the little stumble near the end there.]

[Hearing the stumble, Sheena turns and reaches out fast enough to stop Raine from hitting the floor.]

Careful. You okay?

Y-yes, I -- sorry, I just missed the step. [There's a little padding up ahead, leading the way, a small golden foxlike creature with a brightly colored tail. It pauses by one of the doors, waiting.]

[Of course, Sheena can't see the false ghost of her old friend. She can see the odd look on Raine's face just fine, though.]

Yeah, and stuff like that is exactly why we're not going down all the way yet. C'mon, let's check the apartments. Or d'you wanna sit here while I look?

I think I'll wait in the hall. I doubt it'll take you too long to find an empty room.

Better hope I don't run into any angry visitors, right? [Grin. Come on, Raine, smile a little - nobody's going to let the village "drown".]

It's probably just coincidence that the first empty room she finds is the one marked by a technicolor fox.]

I'm sure it'll be fine. [That's really not what she's worried about, but Sheena will get the nod that indicates she does get that it was made in jest.

She had a feeling that the room that fox was sitting in front of would be the right one. She was certain she'd be able to actually interact with him, as well, though she didn't think that was a good idea considering the circumstances.

She glances to Sheena when she steps back out.] Did you have any luck?

Yep, this one's good. Need help? [Trying to be lighthearted on top of all of this concern is hard.]

I can make it. [Another attempt at lightheartedness on her part, but it falls flat. She doesn't, but her walk is slow until she reaches the door of the room.]

[Sheena leans on the door until Raine is inside, heedless of the fox spirit winding its way around her legs when she follows.]

Hopefully there's more than just an empty mattress in here. [With no sofa in the sparse living area, a bed will have to be it.]

The beds usually seem to be made in empty rooms, unless someone took the basic furniture from this place and stripped the linens.

The door's unlocked so it really wouldn't surprise me.

[But no! One of the rooms does have a made-up bed. It's bland but who cares? They just need something that works.]

This looks good to me.

[She follows Sheena into the room. The bed is about the only thing remaining, that and a wooden desk. The window shade is open, and outside... only the distant rumbling of thunder that Sheena can't hear.] This... seems like it will be fine.

I hope so. D'you want me to open the window, or do you think that'd be a bad idea?

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