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Oct 27, 2011 19:24

[She'd waited a few days before venturing outside, partly so that she could come to terms with what she might find, and partly because she lacked opportunity. But Tybalt did eventually have to go back out in search of firewood, and when he did, she slipped from the house herself, PCD in her bag, her shawl giving her little protection against the ( Read more... )

event: fog, help me, she's not all here right now, tybalt, always missing romeo

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[Offline] buntails October 28 2011, 00:44:28 UTC

[Sailor Moon had been keeping to the streets despite - perhaps because of - the fog. She comes upon Juliet and approaches her immediately. She doesn't see the visions, but she knows what the grave stones do.]

Juliet... [She reaches to place her hand lightly on the other girl's shoulder. She is someone who understands entirely, someone who's made the same choices: jumping after her lover to their death, stabbing herself through with his sword to join him in the next life when she couldn't be with him in that one.]

[Offline] capuletnomore October 28 2011, 00:49:48 UTC

[The touch is so light it takes a moment for her to notice it's there.]

Usagi....

[She remembers seeing the other woman like this before, when Bubbles was ill.]

Are you going to tell me to come away from here as well?

[Offline] buntails October 28 2011, 00:59:23 UTC

[What she says instead may be slightly surprising.]

Do you want to?

[For herself... she doesn't want to face these things. She'd rather run away and go think of something else, or maybe even fall asleep and take a nap and hope it's gone when she wakes up. But she hadn't been able to escape the horrified fascination, either.]

[Offline] capuletnomore October 28 2011, 01:06:05 UTC

[The question does indeed startle her.]

No one has yet asked me that. I - I do not know. I watch to see my Romeo, but the only way to see him like this is to see him - us - die.

[Offline] buntails October 28 2011, 01:07:42 UTC

But you want to do that, if it means you can see him again, just for a few seconds, just for now.

[The slight, pained smile suggests she knows all too well what she's just described.]

[Offline] capuletnomore October 28 2011, 01:14:02 UTC

It has been six months since I have seen him. We parted with a kiss outside the church. And then he came upon Mercutio and Tybalt fighting, and everything spun away from us. And now, all I may do is watch him drink poison and fall dead beside me.

[Her voice his hollow. She's starting to grow numb to the scene itself. But she notices the pain in Usagi's smile.]

Your Mamo-chan, have you seen him thus, Usagi?

[Offline] buntails October 28 2011, 01:16:08 UTC

Mm. [She can't exactly hide it after all.] But that's not important right now. I'm worried about you, too.

I know it's hard to see. It's even hard to imagine.

[Offline] capuletnomore October 28 2011, 01:29:25 UTC

It - it grows easier the longer one watches. The act itself loses its impact the more times I see it. I can pretend it is not real now, if I do not think on it. If I look only at my Romeo, it is not so difficult.

[Ignore the fact that she's trembling slightly. Or that she's still speaking in with a hollow tone.]

[Offline] buntails October 28 2011, 01:53:09 UTC

[She notices. She keeps her hand right on Juliet to steady her.]

Juliet...? How many times...?

[Offline] capuletnomore October 28 2011, 02:08:43 UTC

I - I know not. I have not kept count. Should I have done?

[Offline] buntails October 28 2011, 02:23:40 UTC

It's not that... it's just... maybe you should come away after all.

If you stay here, you'll get cold. [It's so much simpler than the real problem: If you stay here, you won't be able to leave when you need to.]

[Offline] capuletnomore October 28 2011, 02:26:43 UTC

I have my shawl. It is not so cold. It was cold before, but now, I think it has grown warmer.

[Of course, that might be shock....]

[Offline] buntails October 28 2011, 02:37:51 UTC

[What can she do...? She searches her mind for something to still help just that little bit.]

If you're staying... Do you want me to bring you some hot water? Maybe tea?

[And, of course, regardless of the answer, she's staying here with Juliet. Now, or after she brings the hot drinks.]

[Offline] capuletnomore October 28 2011, 02:42:49 UTC

I - that is most kind of you, Usagi. I think tea would be welcome.

[She knows she shouldn't stay much longer - she has to get home before Tybalt after all. But a few more minutes won't hurt.]

[Offline] buntails October 28 2011, 03:03:30 UTC

I'll come right back, ok? Don't leave here.

[Not that she thinks Juliet would, but you know.]

[Offline] capuletnomore October 28 2011, 10:08:19 UTC

[She nods as the cycle begins again.]

I will stay.

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