SOUNDTRACK 012 // AUDIO // ACTION

[lukanightfever]

[There's someone crying, the journal picks that but not much of who it is, in fact the picture is all black, as if covered. It's a girl's voice thought, quite young and with a robotic feeling to it but not one to be recognized

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[vulcanblazer]

[Passing through the square on his way back from training, Adell will catch sight of this crying girl in a cat hat. ...And that familiar pink hair. Luka? He rushes over to her, and kneels down beside her. Oh god, crying girl, what to do?]

Luka? W-what's wrong?

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[luka_nightfever]

[ooc: In case you still don't know, Luka thoughts appear in two thought bubbles, one is full of binary code "10001100101110001" like that, the other one will look like this, the text around the tako-Luka changing to reflect her thoughts ]

[01101100011101001101011011000010010011101110011001000000111001101101111011100100111001001111001.]

[Luka's sorry. Don't hate Luka. Adell-niichan, don't get angry. Luka promises she'll be good. Luka's sorry she ruined it.]

I-I-I wa-want Vash back...

[Cry, cry, cry.]

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[vulcanblazer]

[Vash? What happened here? Did he get taken, or did something worse happen? And it's at that moment he sees the second thought bubble appear over her head. Noel mentioned that peoples' thoughts could be read. She's so upset... acting more on instinct than rationality, he very gently pulls Luka in for a hug. It's light enough that she can easily break away if she doesn't want one.]

Luka... Luka, it's okay. Please don't cry.

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[luka_nightfever]

[ooc: I take Adell's thoughts appear in red like in the Haruki thread?]

[Luka hugs back, she needs hugs.]

[010000010110010001100101011011000110110000101101011011100110100101101001011000110110100001100001011011100010000001101000011101010110011101110011.]

[Adell-niichan is hugging Luka. Luka likes hugs. Hugs mean Adell-niichan isn't angry, right? So Adell-niichan doesn't hate me?]

I-I'm sorry... Re-Really.... I co-couldn't help V-Vash... The dr-droids... Luka's sorry!

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[vulcanblazer]

[OoC: Yes, definitely.]

They took him...

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[vulcanblazer]

[...I've never seen her so broken up about something before. What on earth could've happened?]

[Adell will keep holding her gently in a hug, turning his voice softer and trying hard to put this crying Vocaloid at ease. Hopefully speaking to her thoughts won't make her more upset...]

It's not your fault, Luka. It never was. I'm not angry with you at all. And I could never hate you. You know that.

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[luka_nightfever]

Lu-Luka tried to help... I r-ran and ran... But th-the dr-droids saw me and... And Vash just gave up!

Luka tried her best b-but he gave up and when Lu-Luka woke up he was gone already! It was Luka's f-fault, he wouldn't have gotten caught if it hadn't been because of me!

[Still crying.]

[0100010001101111011011100010011101110100001000000110110001100101011000010111011001100101001000000110110101100101.]

[I'm sorry. Luka's sorry. please Vash come back. Everyone leaves Luka, I'll be good, don't leave me. Please, I don't want to be alone.]

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[vulcanblazer]

[Adell will release her from the hug a bit and pull back just a little bit, but he still keeps his arms around her. He just wants to get a good view of her face. When he does, he'll wipe away one of the bigger tears streaming down her cheeks with his finger.]

Luka. It's not your fault. Vash did what he thought was right. He didn't want anyone hurt. And if you were trying to help him, you were doing the right thing too. It's not your fault he got caught. He'll be back soon, and he'll say the same thing, I'm sure of it. [And he'll wipe away a tear from the other eye too.] And you're not alone. He'll be back. I know it. And... I won't leave you if I have any say about it.

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[luka_nightfever]

LIES!

V-Vash got ca-caught because the dr-droids saw Luka. A-and they punched a-and threw Luka to the gr-ground, and V-Vash stopped fighting. L-luka was stepped o-on a-and then it all hurt a l-lot. A-And Vash was gone...

[Crying, she moves to cover her face with her hands.]

U-Usopp ca-came back b-but he's not Luka's Usopp anymore. H-He doesn't c-care about a-anything, he i-is just too ha-happy a-and Luka feels empty! V-Vash is g-gone, he a-always has to m-make everyone lea-learn about it. He g-got killed a-and everyone co-could hear it a-and when he was cha-chased he just ga-gave up. A-And Hugo-niichan do-doesn't u-understand what Luka is, a-and Adell-niichan wo-won't even suggest Luka a s-song.

L-Luka is al-alone! Luka o-only has Niichan and Gakupo-niichan! A-and Haruhi-niichan, b-but he's busy a-and has Niichan already. No one wa-wants Luka. E-Even if I tr-try my best. Why? Wh-what do I have to d-do to not b-be left alone? L-Luka will do!

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[vulcanblazer]

[...Ouch. That kind of stung, being called a liar. And then all of that? Something's definitely not right with Luka right now. More than the obvious. Maybe Haruki was right about what they talked about yesterday. ...But right now, Adell will gently move his hands to around Luka's shoulders. Trying to keep his voice level (failing somewhat), and consoling (hopefully succeeding more at that), he speaks.]

Luka... ...Luka, look at me. Please.

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[luka_nightfever]

[She's crying but she looks at him. He doesn't get a nice look thought, she's crying and frowning and him and pouting. All in all in the most adorable mixture one can think of.]

W-What's so wr-wrong with Luka? W-Why isn't Lu-Luka good en-enough?!

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[vulcanblazer]

[Enough of this teary eyed stuff, Luka. Adell's voice is going to grow more in confidence. He's hoping that will rub off.]

There's nothing wrong with you, Luka. You're a wonderful person with a beautiful voice and a kind heart. Don't ever say you're not good enough for anyone.

...And you know me very well. I would never lie to you. Because that's not my style.

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[luka_nightfever]

[Her expression doesn't change, at first it seems to relax but that soon changes and she seems to get even worse. She's not crying now thought. She's glaring. And as soon as Adell finishes he gets a slap in the face.]

Adell-niichan is a liar!! Adell-niichan says we are friends, but you don't accept Luka!! Luka is not a person! Luka is an android! I don't want to be a person, or a demon, or anything except what I am!!

[She struggles to get his hands away from her while crying angrily and yelling.]

Luka wants to sing! I don't want complete free will!! I want a Master that will help me! That will take care of me and ask me to sing for them and help them!! I want to have a Master to whom my songs will make happy!

Luka is not a person, Luka will never be a person! But Adell-niichan doesn't accept that, none of Luka's friends accept that. Sing for yourself, choose what you want to sing for yourself.

SINGING FOR HERSELF MAKES LUKA LONELY!!!!

[And after that yell, as loud as her voice allows, she goes back to crying her heart out.]

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[vulcanblazer]

[Okay. Not gonna lie. Getting slapped right across the face by an android stung. A lot. And he just kind of sits there, struck dumb by Luka's rant, which... hurts a lot more than the piercing slap. Is this really how she's been feeling this whole time? Since the beginning? Or... was it something else? Not that where it came from really mattered right now. There is no way she did not mean what she just said.

...His voice ends up reflecting that: Stunned, hurt, and apologetic.]

Luka... I'm... I'm sorry. I... never understood how you really felt. I didn't know that I was hurting you like that. ...I'm really sorry.

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[luka_nightfever]

[Luka just keeps crying, she moves forward to lean against Adell thought.]

[0100110001110101011010110110000100100000011010000110000101110100011001010111001100100000011000100110010101101001011011100110011100100000011011000110111101101110011001010110110001111001.]

[Luka knows. Luka knows Adell-niichan didn't understand, that he only wanted the best for Luka, like everyone else. Only Haruki-niichan and Brook-niichan understand, but they can't do anything for Luka. But it feels so lonely, just for a bit, Luka wants to know that Master is there, that she has someone else besides Niichan and Gakupo-niichan to whom she can go. Luka likes having friends, but a Master is much more, it's family. Luka always liked her Masters, Luka misses them all, even the ones who didn't give Luka songs, just wanted her around. Luka felt useful, Luka felt alive. It feels so cold here without Master, it hurts so much that my friends won't see that I need a Master... Luka hates being lonely.]

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[vulcanblazer]

[For right now, Adell just gently holds her, carefully pressing her closer. Her thoughts were really powerful. Right now, he doesn't really say anything. He mulls Haruki's words in his head along with Luka's thoughts... for this moment, he's just going to keep silent and hold her. Maybe in a minute he can collect himself...]