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[fallforthesky]

[Lenalee hasn't been around much (read: at all) for the past several weeks. You might have noticed, if you're friends with her, or you may not have. But regardless of which, if you happen to meander down this hallway at this particular moment in time, you'll find that she's finally turned up again. Her hair is considerably shorter now than it was

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[bloodyscore]

[O-oh dear. Ducking back a little behind that corner he had just come around. The smell of Innocence is back and Allen is...wary.

Tim, however, is not. The golem flits over to Lenalee happily, blue Myka right behind him.]

[fallforthesky]

[Tim knows best! ♥

And indeed that flash of gold is something she's gotten so used to looking out for, on every mission, so she spots him right away. Immediately holding her hands out for him!] Tim!

[And she does notice Myka, but a blue golem she's never seen before catches her attention only by way that she's never seen it before. Is it from another Branch?]

[bloodyscore]

[Tim lands in her hands and nuzzles them happily, it's been so long since he's seen you, missy! Too long! Myka will just flit around and then go back to Allen's corner and try to tug her master out.]

Myka! Stop it!

[That hushed yet familiar voice. He figures he's caught anyway and reaches out to grab her, sticking his head out warily.]

Sorry, Lenalee.

[fallforthesky]

[Missed you, too, Tim. Ever the lucky golem, he is idly moved to be cradled against her chest while she turns her full attention on Myka. Strange golem following Tim, who is almost always with Allen, who is on the run from the Order...

It doesn't add up.

And, well, then Allen cautiously pokes his head around the corner and it all goes to hell. To her own surprise, those golden eyes don't make her feel even half as much surprise or betrayal as her nightmares gave her. She feels a little dizzy all of a sudden, like she's spent a while trying to forget something that just didn't want to be forgotten.]

Your- your face. What happened to your face...? Allen?

[Are you Allen?]

[regeneratory]

Lenalee? [Oh he hasn't seen you in a while. Looks like his guess was right that you went home at some point.]

[fallforthesky]

[WELP, it's been the opposite for her, which he may be able to tell by the way she doesn't react badly upon hearing his voice. She does, however, spin to face him a little too quickly, bringing both hands to her chest gingerly.]

Kan- [Ah, wait.] ...Kanda? Your clothes... and Mugen...

[She's getting a weird sort of nostalgic feeling. Hesitates, staring openly at his uniform. Warily:] Where am I?

[regeneratory]

[... Raises an eyebrow. She's acting kind of strange with the blushing and the staring.]

The Dressing Room. You don't remember?

[fallforthesky]

[You know what, no. You're the one who was acting weird, with the drinking and the hands and the looking at her. N-Not right now and not even you-you, of course, but things like that mean she is completely justified in blushing and staring, thank you very much. Her expression does smooth out again, though.] The Dressing Room...

I-It brought me back? [In the middle of... Oh, come on.]

[stainedlotus]

...Lena? [He's not Beanstalk, but he's definitely one of them. One of his arms is still in a sling almost a month after it was injured, and his Tease is still on his shoulder. He just stares at her for a moment, almost instantly placing her appearance.]

-You just got back to the Order from France?

[fallforthesky]

[At least this means you aren't going to get smacked like Beanstalk.

-Or, well, actually, you probably will get smacked anyway. It's the Tease that keeps her from doing so just yet, since it's been so long since she's seen it and her memory of this place is tremendously fuzzy.]

I- yes. But you're... [She pinches her expression up into a mild frown as she struggles to yank what she can remember about him back into place. Slowly:] You're the one who left.

[stainedlotus]

[HUZZAH! /o/

-but ouch. Words hurt too 8( Just. This face.] ...Yeah.

[fallforthesky]

[She didn't mean it maliciously. And there's a brief pause as she stares at him, at once a little too pale and a little too red, before she briskly closes the distance between them both.] I missed you.

[It's a stretch of the truth, of course, but it's still truth. He's Kanda, right? S-So...]

[salutmelodie]

...Lenalee? [He walks over to her, expression curious. It'll take a minute for him to recognize that this is a Lenalee that he knows.]

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[fallforthesky]

[Just as it's going to take her a minute to realize that the voice she's hearing doesn't belong to the Allen that walked away. She all but freezes, feeling a cold sensation sink in her stomach, and jerks her head towards him like a bird.]

Allen-? [And her eyes are moving, from his clothes to his face, where they lock on his. One gray, one gold.

Oh.]

[fallforthesky]

[Before she can stop herself, her lips curl into a half-hearted smile. This place chooses the worst times to yank her about.] ...I'm back, right?

[salutmelodie]

You are. [Gives her a small smile.] Should this be the time when I say, "Welcome back?" [Says it in an almost joking manner, mostly because he's not sure if Lenalee was happy to be back in the Dressing Room.]

[meansprout]

[He turns down the hallway with his head down, lost in his own thoughts, and it's only when he glances up and notices her a little further down the corridor does he stop.

He blinks, brow creased. That's...

He hasn't seen her in a long time-- her hair is different. (So she did go home, huh.)]

...Lenalee?

[fallforthesky]

[She did. And she forgot, just like she said she would. But for the record, she looks healthier now, despite how hard they're pressing themselves back home and how fractured her world is, because Jerry's cooking is food for the soul and she at least had three months of Komui.

And right now, she is staring at him with vague recognition, caught smack between understanding what's going on and not having even the slightest clue.]

You're...

[meansprout]

[Healthier is good! It's a relief that she didn't come back in a poorer state.]

[But he's... what? He looks down at himself, then back at her, and he's not sure he likes the expression she's making; he can't really tell if she's simply forgotten, or if something else is the matter.]

Allen. [a pause] Do you remember this place?

[fallforthesky]

[Even gone to hell like home is right now, the Order still gives her food and shelter and the friends that the DR just can't offer. One of each that she's been with for years, instead of hundreds she may never get to know past 'hello'.

And it's probably obvious no, she doesn't quite remember just yet. Her heart starts beating faster when he calls himself Allen, and here's a very faint flicker of recognition in her eyes, but that seems the extent of it, because she takes a small step back, expression suddenly guarded.] I'm sorry, but there's nothing for me to remember. I've never been here before.

[She doesn't sound very sure of herself, though.]