[Rei is in a hall of the Temple of Heaven, which is, miraculously, still fairly intact. Why, you ask? Because a few of the citizens of Adstringendum helped keep the entirely wooden building together -- and Rei, who is wiping a bloody blade clean on her sleeve, focuses on the PCD to address exactly that ( Read more... )

[There is a pause before the girl that was in a dozen pieces begins to speak. Her voice is quiet, free of the normal conviction and bravado that she would normally have in such a situation.]

Tell me where I'm needed.

[She has no right to call the shots when this is half her fault.]

[Rei is sitting on the edge of her bed, carefully toweling off her hair. It looks like she's just gotten out of the shower, as she's wrapped in a huge towel, and her hair is still wet. Her fingers are carefully working out any knots as she dries out her hair, but the more she works at it, the more her eyes droop, almost as if she's drifting off to ( Read more... )

[Rei is sitting in her fire reading room. She hasn't left it very often since the memory event ended, somewhat obsessed with trying to see glimpses of home through the flames. That and the warmth and fire is a comfort to her -- so she may as well get whatever work she needs to get done finished inside ( Read more... )

[There's a silence, for a long moment -- before Rei finally works up the nerve to say something. She sounds tired.]

It's getting a lot harder to keep believing everything has a purpose in this place.

[There's a long rush of air as Rei exhales.]It's almost as if the Animus don't want us here -- but if that's true, then why have I been here for ( Read more... )

[It's dark outside -- pitch black, with only the softest sound of footsteps squelching in the mud. There's the briefest flash of white as Hino Rei drops her PCD onto the ground, where it bounces lightly. The girl is sopping wet -- aftermath from the abrupt draining of the water from Adstringendum -- but her eyes are bright and she appears happy as ( Read more... )

[The PCD turns on by landing on the soft wet ground with a 'thunk'. All you see is grey skies and the distant sunrise -- and a pair of hands picking up the device with a soft huff of annoyance.]

The last thing I need is this stupid thing getting broken...

[Oh, hello, Adstringendum. Hino Rei has landed. And she looks unharmed, for the most part, ( Read more... )

Six full days.

[Six days since their powers left. Six days since Rei has felt aura. Six days since Rei has lost the powerful inner senshi within her. Six days since she let that stupid candle burn her.

Six days since Rei has wanted to go to the Inner City and take her abilities backOnly one more day until Rei knows whether or not this is a normal ( Read more... )

[The room is dark, for the most part, save for a flickering candle on the bureau within Hino Rei's room. The girl is standing in front of the dresser, her hands pressed against it, as she stares into her mirror.]

Work --

[And Rei closes her eyes, along with the hiss. Her fingers press into the wood of the bureau as she focuses. She tilts her head ( Read more... )

[Rei is sitting at the kitchen table, with a large stacks of old moderately musty books surrounding her. She has one open in front of her, fingers pressed into the corners to keep the pages from curling. To her right is a notebook and a pen and to her left is a stack of loose papers, bound together loosely with a bit of twine ( Read more... )