Backdated to Thursday, September 9th

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[Yuuka had been sitting in her garden for quite a while since the Hotel event. She literally had not left it for days, save for necessities. That BOY, did something to Yuuka that she could not understand. Somehow his pathetic clawing for proper speech managed to produce something that set a smoldering pile of ash ablaze in the back of Yuuka's

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-Eirin had a certain... affinity for the spirits of her patients. It was an important skill to have in her line of work. So of course she couldn't shake off that deep and driving feeling that something was very wrong. And her thought, firstmost, drifted to Yuuka...

When she found her, she honestly had no idea what to say. She was at a legitimate loss for words.-

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[Yuuka continued to walk without stopping, without moving her eyes up from the concrete. It was hard to say whether or not Yuuka even SAW Eirin. If Eirin is listening closely, she might catch the very quiet whispering Yuuka's doing to herself...though it's so quiet it's likely not even properly audible to Yuuka.]

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-Eirin, for her lack of words, did not have a lack of action. She decided to move beside the other woman, keeping step with her. There would be a time...-

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[After a long moment...Yuuka seemed to finally notice that someone had joined her. She does not look up, and does not slow down, just simply continues to walk and stare at the concrete.]

Such a lovely night for a walk.

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It is... isn't it?

-She seems to move a bit closer...-

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Yes.

No.

[Yuuka seemed suddenly at a loss for additional words. Her hands were working open and closed over and over again as they hung limply at her sides. It seemed all the fight had left Yuuka...yet it also felt as if it was still very much there, boiling just beneath the surface.]

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... I'm here. Just say the word and I'll do whatever it is you need.

-She really didn't need to say that. It was unspoken and true. But still...-

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[Then Yuuka stops dead. Her eyes are wide as blurry images and muffled words flash through her mind. She'd heard such things before. Perhaps she had said them herself? She couldn't grasp the things careening through her mind. Lies lies lies LIES.]

[Though one thing did ring true enough in her mind, something she could see yet could not see all at once. Her voice is quiet, as if an epiphany had struck her deeply.]

You will do what you need.

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Yuuka...

-Eirin stopped as well, turning to face the woman. Had it really come to this?-

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[Yuuka could only smile back, her automatic facial expression, but it seemed so incredibly empty.]

That is what others do. Others use you until you are useless to them. It is the way the world works.

[Her voice as well sounds completely empty, as if she either doesn't believe what she's saying...or she just doesn't care anymore.]

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And what possible use could you be to me in this state? If what you said was true... would I even be here?

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[Yuuka simply starts laughing, a broken, desperate sound as she clutches her face in the palm of her hand. Her free arm wraps around her midsection as she continues her uncontrolled laughter, seemingly unable to stop.]

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... It is a little funny, isn't it?

-Eirin, in perhaps what could be considered a desperation move, steps to Yuuka to envelope her, slowly, in an embrace of sorts...-

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[At which point Yuuka just locks up. Her laughter stops, and she stands rigidly in Eirin's arms. After a short moment, she begins to shake a bit...and that aura of hers jumps between desperate sadness, outright rage, and incredible desperate bloodlust.]

[Yuuka tries to speak, but all that really comes out is a slight strained sound. It almost seems as if she could weep or simply lash out at Eirin at any time.]

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I'm here... I'm here...

-It was all Eirin could say. If Yuuka needed to destroy something...-

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[Yuuka wasn't sure what to do. She felt the need to rip the woman apart, yet she also flat didn't care.]

Here for what?