✿ Ninth Bud [strange scribbles/voice]

[seiriald]

[With a frustrated sigh, Kaori abandons the poor attempt at communication by scratching the surface of the pen across the whole page, eventually ripping it out. It was stupid to think that just because she was able to write perfectly fine a week ago, she would be able to for a while now that she was back to normal. Things didn't work that way.

So much for trying to be anonymous about this and avoiding talking to people more than she has to, but she still wanted answers to her question anyway. Pausing for a deep breath, she dives right in.]

Is anyone out there lucky enough to have their brother or sister here?

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[imatreenow.livejournal.com]

[.....She's back. She's back to being herself, with her memories, and-- For the first time in a long while, something like relief pours into him, hiding all the ugly emotions underneath. For just a little.]

[voice - filtered of course]

[imatreenow.livejournal.com]

[That question, though... It digs through him and leaves empty spaces all over again. He isn't going to answer, because he doesn't like what his says. Instead...] Kaori, I-

[words...what are those again?] ...Can I come see you? [with a very obvious please implied there]

voice - filtered~]

[seiriald]

[The same relief washes over Kaori when Mithos is the first to speak, even if he's not answering her question. For good reason, she remembers.]

... Please! [She misses him so much, and it's hard to try to hold back the amount of emotions she has about finally being able to be with him again, rather than as a little girl who has no idea of the pain they share.]

[voice]

[isntyourfriend.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't call it lucky.

[voice]

[seiriald]

And why not? [Elaborate, sir.]

[Voice]

[eyesofstrength]

[And for one like Leonhardt, that question couldn't have been much more painful than driving a knife into him. Oh yeah, he was quite lucky to have his little brother here, but unlucky in that his little brother doesn't know him any longer.

He hadn't intended on answering this or even listening to the replies, but in his slight pause before closing the journal his kitten jumped up into his lap and turned on the recording device.

Kaori can hear a kitten's meow before a man's voice comes over the journal after he removes the little black kitten from his lap.]

My apologies, miss. It would appear that my kitten wished to answer that she misses her brothers and sisters even if they are not so far away.

[Now to hope he wouldn't be pressed for an answer himself, but he's already thinking ahead to what to do if he is.]

[Voice]

[seiriald]

Oh? [The kitten itself is distracting enough that she delays interrogating him, but if she manages to keep him around long enough she'll get around to it.]

Is she one of those kittens showing up everywhere?

[voice]

[falenandawn]

[Frey makes note of the question, but doesn't bother answering. Kaori knows the answer to it, anyway.

Moreso, he's wondering how she's been doing.]

You've been doing ok, I hope? I haven't seen you since you left....

[voice]

[seiriald]

[The very reason she asked this question in the first place, it would be a lie for Kaori to say she wasn't expecting him to answer. And she hadn't exactly spoken him since that morning she woke up to darkness, sending her into a brief terrified frenzy that no matter what she did, she couldn't escape it...]

I dunno...

[Voice]

[de_bel_survivor]

[That question serves as a dull, pained reminder of Naoya's departure. His...family in more than one way.]

...Nope. They're back home.

[Voice]

[seiriald]

At least that person is waiting for you back there, right? Even if they can't be here?

[ voice ]

[repudiate]

[ There's a slight pause before Ange speaks up, but when she does her voice sounds rather bitter, and it's easy to notice. ]

I did for a little while, but this place seemed it fit to take him away again only a little bit later.

[voice]

[seiriald]

[It's a bitterness she's all too familiar with, though not necessarily because of Luceti.]

How long did you get to have him here with you?

[voice]

[emp3thy]

...Yes.

[he won't question the wording like Elliot.]

[voice]

[seiriald]

Ah... [So far Minato is the only one who has answered yes to her question, naturally making her curious about his circumstances.]

Brother or sister?

[voice]

[returninghope.livejournal.com]

No. I'm never that lucky. [His voice sounds a bit husky, as if maybe he's holding back a bit too much. He shouldn't be awake at this hour.]

[voice]

[seiriald]

[Zan'nen's voice over the journals makes her freeze; after all, she hadn't heard from him since the draft either, not counting when she helped him after his return from the Malnosso's sewers. There was something about the way he said it that really bothered her, though, not that she could pinpoint what it was. Really, it shouldn't be any of her business.

But hey... he had been one of her brothers a few months ago, right?] You really think so...?

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

I wouldn't say.....lucky. I don't exactly want him to be here. But I'm glad to have my little brother here, nonetheless.

[voice]

[seiriald]

But why wouldn't you want him here? This place seems to be better than others.

[voice]

[magiconcehad.livejournal.com]

No... I kind of wish I did though.

[As horrible as that is for a place like here...]

[voice]

[seiriald]

... I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that. [Though she doesn't think this place is so terrible compared to 'home.']

Do you have a brother or sister?

[voice]

[generalflirt]

Eeh, you're back to normal now.

[voice]

[seiriald]

Masaomi...? [She has mixed feelings about hearing from him so soon, but is glad to have nonetheless.]

Yeah... too bad, huh? I think people liked me better as a kid.

[voice]

[his-to-taint.livejournal.com]

Yes, and no. I'm glad to have them with me, of course. [Especially given what Vincent--still stuck as Ada--knows about their future.] But I'd rather they not be forced through what the Malnosso seem to find entertaining.

[voice]

[seiriald]

…. But you can't tell me that you're not amused sometimes, right? At least, for the more harmless ones. Some have brought the villagers closer together, after all.