dream ✪ 06

[notjust_risette]

Warnings: None.
Effects: (optional) A sense of normalcy before being hit hard with the feeling of loss and loneliness.

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[Video]

[gemofshanghai]

[Jem, who can't sleep well as a rule, lowers his violin at the sight of the activity on the new device. Reaching for the phone, he frowns sympathetically at the screen. Though he has only just arrived, he has had to leave many friends behind, being here]

Are you all right?

[Video]

[notjust_risette]

[As much as she tries to look like she's doing fine, she can't pull it off.]

No. But I will be eventually...

Re: [Video]

[gemofshanghai]

May I ask what's wrong?

[Video]

[notjust_risette]

Harley's gone. And so is Abel-san.

[atoli_in_sky]

...

*Atoli looks at the dream confused. It seemed like both of her housemates ... left Somarium. Why didn't she tell her any of this?*

Rise?

[notjust_risette]

[She wipes a stray tear off her cheek before replying to her friend.]

...Hey, Atoli-chan.

[atoli_in_sky]

*she tries to figure out a way to ask nicely ... but there really is no round-about way to ask the question.*

...D-Did they leave...?

[notjust_risette]

Yeah. Harley's been gone for a while now but Abel-san just left.

[There's a small whine from Sam, who stirs from her nap. Rise leans down to coo her back to sleep.]

[text]

[insorrow]

hey rise? is evrything ok?

[text]

[notjust_risette]

[It takes a long while before she actually replies, but when she does it's devoid of the usual smileys she decorates her messages with.]

not rly...

[text]

[insorrow]

[... well, crap. That's exactly what Ken was worried about, and largely why he didn't bother with the smilies himself.

[Dammit, he wishes he could just call her.]

do u wana talk about it? id like to help if i can

[text]

[notjust_risette]

i think ill be fine.

[By when exactly, she's not sure. But she continues her message.]

its just that someone left again.

[rise_to_caesar]

[Akihiko may not always be the sharpest when it comes to girls but he can definitely tell that Rise's upset right now. Though from the way she turned the Dreamberry off at the end, he can only assume she's not in the mood to talk about it.

...But that isn't going to stop him.]

Hey, Rise... What's up?

[notjust_risette]

Hey.

[She can't help but smile just a little at seeing Akihiko concerned about her, but the feeling of everything else weighed her down. Might as well just tell him and get it over with.]

...Looks like he's gone again.

[rise_to_caesar]

[Based on how Rise's acting now and the dogs currently curled up with her, he can only assume who left.]

Sorry to hear it... You're not alone though, right?

[notjust_risette]

I am right now... Atoli came by a while ago, though.

[halfthelady]

[Jessamine is not good with comforting people. But really, she's not concerned about that right now, being the selfish person she is. Okay, well she can't be totally rude about it. But she's still concerned about getting out first.]

Is everything alright?

[notjust_risette]

[After hearing it so many times already, Rise's gotten a little snippy. Forgive her for the time being.]

Is it really that hard to tell?

[halfthelady]

[This makes Jessamine really think that there is no point in being nice. But no, don't be snippy Jessamine. It's not lady-like. Her eyes are down cast.]

Oh, pardon, me. I was just worried that's all.

[notjust_risette]

[Rise closes her eyes for a moment, rubbing the sides of her temples. This was just turning out to be a bad day.]

No, no. Sorry. I'm just having a really bad day.