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[notvitiligo]

Characters: Jessica + Anyone interested
Date: Present day, present time
Summary: Homesickness + Denial + Magic Dirt = an exciting new feature on the landscape!
Warnings: Mild angstmuffinry?

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[rosa_di_fortuna]

Rose was doing her daily wandering when she noticed a tower appear out of nowhere. Out of all the odd things to happen in this place, this ranked as one of the more unusual. Perhaps the Queen decided on a whim to put it there, or perhaps it was yet another prison to hold more dangerous residents.

Still, the tower was too much for Rose to ignore. She made her way towards it, keeping her mind open in case someone was inside. Then she heard faint crying. "Are you all right?" She called, hoping for some kind of answer.

[notvitiligo]

There's a fairly long pause (taken up inside by brief panicking, face-wiping and a few deep breaths) before Jessica peers out. And starts.

"y- yeah... um... I'm... okay," she answers, her hoarse voice and occasional sniffle totally giving that lie away. "um. This is definitely not what I meant to do."

[rosa_di_fortuna]

"You... created this tower?" Rose looked up and saw the girl. "How did you manage such a feat?" As she asked, she started to look for a way into the structure. "And do you need help getting out?"

[notvitiligo]

"Well, um... with the magic dirt? I..."

She looks around, inside and out.

"I can probably get out, I think..."

I'm not sure I want to yet.

"d- don't... don't worry about me... I'm okay."

[no_hometown]

There were few walls that members of SOLDIER were incapable of scaling. Sephiroth only had to leap. With her speed and strength, it was almost like flying. The tower, though tall, did not intimidate her, and she was as curious about it as she would have been about any new structure in the Gardens, especially one so odd.

Why a tower with no door?

She leapt up to the window and inside. She hadn't been expecting to find anything in particular within the tower, but she was surprised to find Jessica there, and just as surprised to find her so visibly upset. "Jessica. Are you in need of assistance?"

[notvitiligo]

!

fdsjklfsdjklfsd

Excuse Jessica, she is going to have a brief bluescreen moment at being discovered in her shameful moment of weakness.

"I..."

She squeezes the pillow and looks down.

"I guess not really..."

[no_hometown]

"I apologize for intruding. I didn't realize you were in here." She looked around the room, taking in the decor with a neutral air. This certainly wasn't the fortress that Jessica had been talking about making.

"I see that you're upset." Sephiroth was capable of great subtlety in battle, but casual conversation was another matter. "Does it have something to do with this place?"

[notvitiligo]

"no, it's okay..."

Other than it being kind of embarrassing to have people seeing her room all of a sudden, with all the nostalgic, occasionally terribly girly, often kiddie details. She tries to shrink further behind her pillow.

"yeah... I was trying to make the fort, but... I don't know what happened. I didn't mean to make my room..." She tries to swallow the waver in her voice.

[peachhat]

...

Tenshi spotted the tower early. While she had no idea what the tower meant, she figured that a heavy strone structure implied someone wanting to protect something.

Hopefully by force!

She quickly hopped on her floating rock and moved towards the window, where she then knocked.

[notvitiligo]

fdjsklfsdjkl there is not supposed to be a knock on the window she is on the second floor top of a tower!

Jessica stares out, slightly mussed and upset. It takes her a moment to get her bearings and (after self-consciously wiping her eyes) shakily open the window.

[peachhat]

Celestials, alas, didn't care that they have to float up to reach a window.

They just...float up.

...and then are surprised at what they see.

"I...didn't expect you to be here. ...err...What's wrong?"

Tenshi might be self centered, mean, and generally unpleasant, but she could see that someone had cried just the same, and since Jessica wasn't a fighter, there was no point harassing her further.

[notvitiligo]

"y- yeah, um..."

Evasive maneuvers! Quick, windowsill, show her the best answer to get this overwith quickly and without dignity loss!

...dammit, windowsill, why do you not provide a script immediately.

"I'm... OK..."

Jessica: worst liar ever.