[Not going to smile, not going to smile. Aerith manages to hide her amusement at this whole mess. Somehow.] Oh dear. I'm sorry, it looks like we're both in an awkward situation.
Yeah, no kidding. I'm a girl. And now I'm stuck here, since I can't use my normal abilities like this. [VERY DISGRUNTLED. "here" being level nine, btw.]
I have a feeling we're not the only ones who're the opposite genders as usual. Hopefully this won't last too long, you'll just have to stick it out until then.
[nodnod. Aerith taking it so calmly is making her feel bad for ... not taking it calmly. She clutches at her chest, though careful to avoid anything ... sensitive, looking vaguely upset somehow.]
It just feels really weird. And I don't mean about being a girl. How do people put up with this all the time...? This ... thing. [it's obvious she's talking about the heart as she lays her palm flat over her chest, frowning forlornly]
[Aerith senses a little of that discomfort and tries to smile reassuringly.] It's alright.
When you're born with something, it's easy to take it for granted. Most of us have had it for a long time, so we're used to it. I'm afraid I can't give you much in the way of advice though.
... it keeps pounding. And I keep ... reacting more than I mean to. It's just ... weird, I guess. [quietly] I wish I didn't have to get used to it, only to lose it again.
I'm sorry Roxas, that does sound hard. It pounds because it circulates blood through the body, and it pumps faster when you get excited or do a lot of activity.
[nods quickly] I know ... I remember a little from Sora. It's just ... I never had my own heart. When I was with Sora, it was ... it was his heart, you know? It didn't really belong to me.
But this is ... really different. [DEEEP BREATH] I'll ... I'll be fine.
... yeah. I'm just a piece of him, basically. We were separate for about a year, but we finally got to merge back together again ... so for a while I knew what it felt like to be whole, though I wasn't all that aware of the things going on around me ... around Sora. Now that we're separate again, it's a little hard to remember how things felt sometimes.
[her brows crease, but after a quiet moment, she just nods]
[Not going to smile, not going to smile. Aerith manages to hide her amusement at this whole mess. Somehow.] Oh dear. I'm sorry, it looks like we're both in an awkward situation.
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I have a feeling we're not the only ones who're the opposite genders as usual. Hopefully this won't last too long, you'll just have to stick it out until then.
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It just feels really weird. And I don't mean about being a girl. How do people put up with this all the time...? This ... thing. [it's obvious she's talking about the heart as she lays her palm flat over her chest, frowning forlornly]
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[Aerith senses a little of that discomfort and tries to smile reassuringly.] It's alright.
When you're born with something, it's easy to take it for granted. Most of us have had it for a long time, so we're used to it. I'm afraid I can't give you much in the way of advice though.
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... it keeps pounding. And I keep ... reacting more than I mean to. It's just ... weird, I guess. [quietly] I wish I didn't have to get used to it, only to lose it again.
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I'm sorry Roxas, that does sound hard. It pounds because it circulates blood through the body, and it pumps faster when you get excited or do a lot of activity.
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But this is ... really different. [DEEEP BREATH] I'll ... I'll be fine.
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Weren't you two the same person once? I'm afraid I still don't fully understand everything about the Nobodies.
It'll be okay, Roxas.
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... yeah. I'm just a piece of him, basically. We were separate for about a year, but we finally got to merge back together again ... so for a while I knew what it felt like to be whole, though I wasn't all that aware of the things going on around me ... around Sora. Now that we're separate again, it's a little hard to remember how things felt sometimes.
[her brows crease, but after a quiet moment, she just nods]
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An important piece, I'll bet.
Once we get out of here, I'm sure you two will be back together again.
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... heh. I guess so.
[that makes her heart thump very painfully in her chest, and she quickly looks away] ... yeah.
[she's doing such a bad job of hiding her emotions today ):]
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You don't look happy about it. [Did Aerith say the wrong thing? D:]
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It's--! I ... I want to see Sora again. But if I do ... if I ever leave this ship, Axel ... I'll never see him again.
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[The light of comprehension is swift, and Aerith smiles sadly.] Now I think I understand.
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... he died. So if we leave here ...
I still don't know what to think or how to feel about it. Right now, it hurts.
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