[Thread] - What is the price of peace of mind?

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Characters: OU: Mizuno Ami [PGSM], OU: Ichihara Yuuko
Where: Ast-Pente
When: after the Mist plot, when Dark!Mercury returns
Summary: Be careful what you wish for...
Warnings: none?

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Yuuko had just recently finished a shower. It had refreshed her and cleared her head a little. She had troubles at the moment of her own. Most from the various disappearances of people the reactions others were having to them. It bothered her that people merely vanished like they were and in mass amounts. Wearing a simple white kimono that she often slept in with all her hair down, Yuuko was pondering this as she stared out the window.

However someone was at her door. "Come in," She called absently before Mercury had actually knocked.

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That certainly brought Mercury up short. She hadn't knocked!

...Going in there unsettled from the start was probably not wise. But sitting here now that she'd been acknowledged was pointless, too. She stepped inside.

A slight bow was her greeting to Yuuko. So this was the one... She was actually quite pretty. "Good evening. I mentioned I'd be coming."

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Yuuko did not turn from the window when Mercury entered, still staring outside with her back to the other girl. "Yes," She replied. "I was waiting."

There was another pause before she finally turned to face Mercury, smiling slight. "You said you had a wish."

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Something in that smile...

Mercury did not live in the Dark Kingdom without a healthy dose of paranoia caution. No one lived (long) in the Dark Kingdom without that, after all. What was this woman thinking?

"Yes," she said simply. She was sure she felt more confident than it probably sounded. This was the worst timing! But no, this was why she was doing this. "I should explain it?"