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Array 149 // Voice

May 05, 2011 01:03

She's...

[Al's voice is soft, but thick. Not with tears, but with pain that somehow is beyond that. A numbness, a helplessness. He normally sounds so together, like he has everything under control, but right now he's small again. Small and utterly lost.]

Mom's gone.

[Click.]

where's winry when you need her, need to go break shit, there are no psychiatrists, letting go ain't so easy, he's still a kid deep down, mother, being an adult is so freaking hard, sick of saying goodbye, moment of weakness, that is the sound of his heart breaking, well that's just great

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[Video] showchoirstar May 5 2011, 07:48:01 UTC

... Alphonse?

[Voice] bloodseal_soul May 5 2011, 07:57:49 UTC

[... nothing. He can't think of a single thing to say that will make this better.]

... yes?

[Voice] showchoirstar May 5 2011, 07:59:24 UTC

[She lets the feed switch back to voice.]

... if you need anything, I am here.

[Voice] bloodseal_soul May 5 2011, 08:01:18 UTC

...

I know. I'm not alone.

[Voice] showchoirstar May 5 2011, 08:07:28 UTC

Would you like company?

[Voice] bloodseal_soul May 5 2011, 08:22:04 UTC

... mhm. Maybe a glass of water?

[Voice] showchoirstar May 5 2011, 08:30:26 UTC

[That... gets a silence.]

Of course. I can bring you one.

[Voice] bloodseal_soul May 5 2011, 08:34:34 UTC

[He doesn't realize it until a moment later. It's something to do with his hands, more than anything.]

[offline] showchoirstar May 5 2011, 13:45:25 UTC

[Rachel is quiet, after that -- but soon, she finds him, with a glass of water in her hands. She presses it into his.]

[offline] bloodseal_soul May 5 2011, 17:01:02 UTC

[Al sips at it, keeping it to his lips like a comfort. A child after a nightmare, still deciding if they're yet awake.]

[offline] showchoirstar May 5 2011, 18:15:26 UTC

... you're lucky, that you got to see your mom.

[Rachel sits next to him, shoulder to shoulder, smoothing out her skirt as her legs slide in front of her.]

I... [And she looks over, frowning slightly.] Edward told me -- when I was last here, what happened to her. I'm... sorry. I know it must be painful, but -- she loved you, very much.

[Rachel's mom is... well. She doesn't quite know.]

[offline] bloodseal_soul May 5 2011, 18:46:53 UTC

... she came here for us.

Across time, and worlds. She knew how much we needed to see her again, how much we wished for it. Somehow.

I think -- I think seeing her was a gift.

[offline] showchoirstar May 5 2011, 18:59:55 UTC

It is.

[It's quiet, and Rachel fiddles with the edge of her shirt.]

[offline] bloodseal_soul May 6 2011, 02:42:41 UTC

Do you know "Lullaby for a Stormy Night"?

[offline] showchoirstar May 6 2011, 05:33:16 UTC

Yes.

[Without hesitation -- Rachel's head is like a massive iTunes library.]

It's a beautiful song.

[offline] bloodseal_soul May 6 2011, 05:38:17 UTC

... she used to sing that when we were small.

I like hearing it sometimes, when I can't sleep.

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