Story 05 ✐ video/action

[allephoria]

There's no... point in... any of this!

[Chihiro starts tearing pages out of her beloved diary, scattering them across her room. To be honest though, the room itself isn't in great shape--what should be a nice, neat, impossibly orderly room is now a terrible mess.

She stops suddenly though, as if realizing what she's doing.]W-What am I doing?! I

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AAAAND I am fashionably late, forgive me

[bubbleteatime]

[ Somewhere near Marshall, Taiwan sees Chihiro out in the open. She struggles to move toward her willingly and at least grab her hand. ]

Chihiro! Where are you going? It's dangerous out--!

it's all good \o/

[allephoria]

[Chihiro is panting and frantic, but seeing Taiwan reach for her frightens her even more.]

I-I don't know! I need to... I need to find someone.

orz 1/2

[bubbleteatime]

[ she retracts her hand and looks at Chihiro curiously ] ... You feel it too?

[bubbleteatime]

[ faces the direction where Chihiro's headed ] It's like someone's calling me from Latmir. [ And slowly, she puts one foot in front of the other, shoving Chihiro aside and walking towards their goal ]

[allephoria]

Is that where it's coming from...? [She's in a daze as she starts walking, but she more or less trails behind Taiwan.]

[bubbleteatime]

Yeah. I don't why, but I just know that it's really important that we get there.

... It's dangerous out here, you know. You stay close. [ She reaches out to hold Chihiro's hand, but she hesitates. However, it's as if an outside force makes her seize her wrist and start walking faster. ]

[allephoria]

[There's a mixture of panic and relief welling up in her, but as she struggles to keep up the panic starts to overtake her.]

C-Could you let go please? I promise I'll stay close, but p-please let go.

[bubbleteatime]

It's not like I wanted to do it this, you know!

[ She actually tries to skid and stop herself from walking, then she tries to pull her hand away from Chihiro. ] Hnngh!

[ Her grip on her wrist only gets tighter. ]

[allephoria]

[Major panic is a go. Chihiro tries to pry Taiwan's hand off her wrist but she just can't get her to let go.]

Y-You're starting to hurt me.

[bubbleteatime]

I, I didn't mean to! I'm sorry, Chihiro, but I'll figure something out--

[ Suddenly, the hand that's holding Chihiro moves in such a way that it's trying to twist Chihiro's arm ] Gyaah! Sorry sorry sorry sorry!

[allephoria]

[She screams. Why can't she get this person's hand off?!]

Let go, let go!

[bubbleteatime]

Ah-

[ For a moment, she tries to move her fingers. They do. Carefully, she lets go of Chihiro. ]

... [ Holding the hand she just managed to get control of, she walks even faster. ]

[allephoria]

[She keeps her hand close now, rubbing where it's sore. She's scared to follow Taiwan, but it's still where she has to go; besides, she doesn't want to be alone.]

W-Wait up...

[bubbleteatime]

[ Taiwan stops when she hears her, but she doesn't turn back, and at the same time, ] Stay back!

I don't want to hurt my friends. If I'm going to lose them like this again, then...

[allephoria]

We're... friends?

1/2

[bubbleteatime]

[ That's a stab to the heart. ]