It feels wrong to step into the planetarium, to touch the fingerprints they'd just dusted and step over the mess still on the floor and know that they nearly got it wrong... and that two friends were now dead, with a third tried as a killer.
Her heart aches, even moreso when she sees a friend already in the planetarium. She had been crying over Pikachu, hadn't she...?]
[ Usagi, free of the confines of trial unsurprisingly nyoomed straight for the place she felt the safest in. The planets are wrong and the constellations are strange and yet still, she would rather be under their comforting embrace than deal with this place and all that she can't handle.
That being said, at Hikaru's voice she blinks out of the far distant thoughts and smiles a little, holding out her arms for a hug. Just don't mind how oddly ethereal she looks bathed in the light of the stars.]
[ oh honey. Usagi wraps herself around the younger girl, hugging her tightly ]
Mm.... I do as well.
[ it's difficult watching all of this happen while knowing she's powerless to stop it. with none of her abilities and no friends to bolster her courage, even usagi is floundering like the crybaby she's always been ]
[Welp. Hikaru's not that hard to spot considering she beelines for the planetarium immediately after Kano is taken away, and then straight to her bedroom, where she slams the door shut.
If you're waiting for her to come out, like, at all, then that is not happening in a million years, so you might want to knock at Room 18. Sorry, Usagi. :(]
[There will be a pause, the sound of someone shuffling around behind the closed door before the latch unlocks. Hikaru's still in her pajamas, her eyes red and puffy from crying, but her gaze softens considerably when she sees who it is.]
Usagi-chan... [She'll wipe at her face with one of her sleeves as she holds the door open.]
[ Hikaru............... Her heart twists in pain for the younger girl and wishes so intensely in that moment she didn't have to go through such suffering. but with nothing she can do but kind gestures and sweet words Usagi gives her a smile and winks, holding up the tray of hot chocolates she brought with her ]
usagi's here, bright and ....well, it's definitely not early anymore but she's hanging out in the lobby this morning with her pilfered manga pile of the week. though it seems to be more staring out the window distractedly than reading but maybe that's just from the weird fog things hanging around? maybe they should poke one ]
[ a small part of her takes a moment to despair keeping everyone and their lost names straight ]
Oh, sorry, sorry! I've been trying to come up with a nickname for my cutest little sister. But I suppose I was thinking of Ruby-san and her snacks instead just now.
[ she smiles sheepishly, sweating. ]
Maybe there's still some of the parfaits in the kitchen...?
Maybe? We can go look if you want. [It's said simply, ready to grab her hand. But she stops, looking at that smile with a small tightening of her brow.]
Um. Nee-chan... are you okay? Did something happen?
[ hikaru-chan is much more observant than she realized, huh? but she squeezes her hand reassuringly. nothing to worry about!! ]
Your silly onee-chan keeping thinking of all sorts of silly things. [ she's experienced the fog bubbles a few times by now after all. there's a weird collision of thoughts bouncing around up here ] I'll be alright after a slice of cake!
Hikaru seems to just snap into a daze through most of it, almost flinching, as though there's a noise in her ears that she can't stand. But there's not much of a reaction otherwise.]
But I have belief in myself, and what I can do... and I know the people who I met really supported me. So I don't really remember ever feeling too lonely. Not all the time, anyway.
[Spoken rather plainly. Weird.]
What do you do when you feel like that, Onee-chan?
[ she's too busy absently screaming mentally, please hold ]
Hm...I hold onto the good as well. All those memories I've made, the people I've helped and protected. It's worth it to remember all you accomplished when it begins to be too much.
[ she smiles a little crookedly, patting Hikaru's head ]
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WEEK ZERO - SATURDAY, POST-TRIAL
It feels wrong to step into the planetarium, to touch the fingerprints they'd just dusted and step over the mess still on the floor and know that they nearly got it wrong... and that two friends were now dead, with a third tried as a killer.
Her heart aches, even moreso when she sees a friend already in the planetarium. She had been crying over Pikachu, hadn't she...?]
Usagi-chan...?
Can I stay with you for a little bit?
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That being said, at Hikaru's voice she blinks out of the far distant thoughts and smiles a little, holding out her arms for a hug. Just don't mind how oddly ethereal she looks bathed in the light of the stars.]
Of course. It's alright.
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:(
She hesitates for only a second before crossing the space and throwing her arms around Usagi's shoulders, burying her face.]
...I hate this, Usagi-chan.
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Mm.... I do as well.
[ it's difficult watching all of this happen while knowing she's powerless to stop it. with none of her abilities and no friends to bolster her courage, even usagi is floundering like the crybaby she's always been ]
WEEK ONE - SATURDAY - POST-TRIAL
If you're waiting for her to come out, like, at all, then that is not happening in a million years, so you might want to knock at Room 18. Sorry, Usagi. :(]
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Hikaru-chan........? May I come in?
[ she has goodies ]
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Usagi-chan... [She'll wipe at her face with one of her sleeves as she holds the door open.]
Mmn. Raven-san isn't here, so... um...
[come enjoy scenic room 18 i guess?]
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We won't tell I didn't make one for him.
week 4, mon
usagi's here, bright and ....well, it's definitely not early anymore but she's hanging out in the lobby this morning with her pilfered manga pile of the week. though it seems to be more staring out the window distractedly than reading but maybe that's just from the weird fog things hanging around? maybe they should poke one ]
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She will unintentionally sneak right up on her, oblivious.]
What are you looking at, Usagi-chan?
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Hmmmm...? Oh, Ru-chan! [ ...she really hopes that nickname works. ] I was thinking about what snack I wanted today.
[ was she?? ]
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Her face twists a little, but smoothes out pretty quickly.]
It's, um... it's just me, Onee-chan. You don't think I'm actually Ruby-chan, do you?
Mmn... Maybe we can find some of those little cakes with the vanilla fillings? What kind is your favorite?
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Oh, sorry, sorry! I've been trying to come up with a nickname for my cutest little sister. But I suppose I was thinking of Ruby-san and her snacks instead just now.
[ she smiles sheepishly, sweating. ]
Maybe there's still some of the parfaits in the kitchen...?
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Um. Nee-chan... are you okay? Did something happen?
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Your silly onee-chan keeping thinking of all sorts of silly things. [ she's experienced the fog bubbles a few times by now after all. there's a weird collision of thoughts bouncing around up here ] I'll be alright after a slice of cake!
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Let's go, then. I'd get worried for you if you weren't feeling okay.
[She'll take a moment, to pull Usagi up to her feet, unaware of the bubbles behind her heels as she does so.
And two memories play in rapid succession.
Hikaru seems to just snap into a daze through most of it, almost flinching, as though there's a noise in her ears that she can't stand. But there's not much of a reaction otherwise.]
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but to her credit, Usagi seems more surprised by the sudden memories than Hikaru's reaction but she does look mightily confused by the line pool ]
How can it be a line... but also a pool.... but it worked like it should but it's a line....???
[ good thing her hand is being held cause other wise she'd be clutching her head right about now ]
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...Oh, you mean Eterna. You saw that too, huh?
[She doesn't sound too concerned.]
I don't get it, either. But I had to try. That's why I jumped in from up high when Mokona showed me what it really looked like.
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[ watch her avoid using names now ]
I'm glad you had people by your side...! Mokona-chan is very cute too!!
[ wow actually she's a little jealous, Mokona is bun shaped ]
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It was nice. Having to fight all on my own without knowing somebody was there... that would have been really hard, otherwise.
[Because it had always been j̷̦͑̃̊̽̆u̷͉͙̖̳͉̾͒͌s̴̲̣͑̀͒̏͝t̸̻̰̖͔̊́̄͜͝ ̷̲̀h̶̻̳̑͗̆ē̵̪̫̼̈r̵̡̙͔̲̹͆, hadn't it?]
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[ haha, oh no ]
Mm.... It's difficult, isn't it?
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But I have belief in myself, and what I can do... and I know the people who I met really supported me. So I don't really remember ever feeling too lonely. Not all the time, anyway.
[Spoken rather plainly. Weird.]
What do you do when you feel like that, Onee-chan?
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Hm...I hold onto the good as well. All those memories I've made, the people I've helped and protected. It's worth it to remember all you accomplished when it begins to be too much.
[ she smiles a little crookedly, patting Hikaru's head ]
And knowing you're never really alone.