OOC → Appointments

[black_onslaught]

Comments

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[mikangirl]

I want to talk to you.

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[black_onslaught]

[Damn. So much for 'Operation: Ignore Society For a Week'.] I'm pretty sure I know what the topic's gonna be, so just go ahead and start talking.

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[mikangirl]

[So assumptive, Ragna. She could be propositioning you for all you know.]

What set her off?

[Or not.]

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[black_onslaught]

[Ragna's job involves being assumptive.] If I knew that, I wouldn't be sitting here doing nothing.

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[mikangirl]

Well, what was she doing just beforehand? Did she go missing? Is Hazama back in town?

[Possibly unfair questions, because Ragna might not know. But she has to get to the bottom of this somehow and she's not in the mood to be delicate. D|]

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[black_onslaught]

The Malnosso took her. [It's be a lot simpler if Hazama really were back in town, though. At least he'd have an outlet for his aggression and to vent on.] Probably had to do with them.

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[mikangirl]

[...she didn't even know that. Been too sunk into her own self-pity lately. Well. Here's a left field question.]

How did you stop her the last time this happened?

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[black_onslaught]

[This is the sort of thing Ragna would look at Nami and say "not your business" for. But he won't. Last time something happened, he told her the details. This time isn't going to be any different. He'll spit it out, and do it as casually as he can.

Yeah. He still feels bad about last year. Very bad.]

I... [...] I was supposed to crush her soul. But I had something, the Idea Engine, and used that to reverse-temper her.

[A short pause.] It undid everything. [At the cost of his arm, of course. His voice lowers after that.] It doesn't work here.

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[mikangirl]

[...dammit. She was hoping, when she saw them come back together to Luceti. Noel's hair, and holding that damn costume-- can't be done again, huh?

There's a long silence. Then she speaks heavily.]

...she might come back that way. Still... not. Noel.

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[black_onslaught]

[Nami is saying things that Ragna has already thought about. It's the reason he wanted to ignore everything and everyone for the rest of the week, until she returned. To prepare for it, just in case.

At least, that way no one else would be hurt if she did return the same exact way. But he'd have to put her down himself this time. He can't rely on Adell again.]

Don't think I don't already know that. If she does, then you know what has to be done.

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[mikangirl]

[She knows he knows. And-- well.]

I know.

I'll help you if it comes to that. [For what little she can actually do. But the idea of Noel permanently like this is a crushing one.

...still. She probably sounds like she's trying to interrogate him.]

How...are you doing?

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[black_onslaught]

I appreciate that. [Being able to not have to shoulder the entire burden. It feels easier, if it comes down to it. It would make it more bearable. Ragna can appreciate that. A lot.

There's a noticeable pause after that.] ... I've been better, but it's not like I won't manage.

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[mikangirl]

Yeah. I know the feeling.

[...]

Thanks. And I'm sorry. [This is really shitty.]

[Voice, 21 June, Private.]

[black_onslaught]

[Ragna sighs.] Don't worry about it. Things happen. [Yes, this is how Ragna's going about the situation.]