Job 13 :: The Departure Job [Audio]
[Ginia's helping herself to a bowl of cereal when there's a meow and a sudden tail tickling her face. Her first inclination is Edna somehow escaped the apartment, but as she pets the cat, she realizes it's a smaller cat and the meows are different. Orenji? Ah, that makes sense, what with his very odd teleporting ways. Gently scooping the cat back
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Someone she knew...was sent home. It was always hard especially if you knew the other person well. That was one the increasingly difficult aspects of Luceti and life here. Space, comfort, and friends willing to help healed the wounds caused by departures but he's not sure if they ever fully healed. Still he'll do his best to offer what little consolation he can when these matters presented themsevles. ]
Ginia?
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At the knock at the door, Ginia snaps out of her thoughts, tries to put a smile on.]
Come in, Helios. The door is unlocked.
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[ His eyes go to the floor before looking back at her again. His expression is one of inquiry as he looks her over. He'd ask if she's alright but...who ever is in these circumstances? ]
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Thanks. I... well. I can only hope for the best for him.
[She sighs, hand touching her journal again.]
Seems like we're losing people again. Mikage, Flynn, Rapunzel...
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Yes it does. I-I don't how it works but...I'm sorry. Hope. That's all we can do for them, hope for the best. It doesn't seem fair that they don't let us get to say goodbyes though.
[ Then again what was ever fair here? He'll pick up the kitty holding it lightly in his arms. ] So this is Orenji...I suppose we'll need to find him a bed, scratching post, some toys...
[ Edna was fond of the kitten when Alice had brought him back home. But still cats needed their space and all that. The apartment hasn't been this full in ages. He can't even remember, probably when Frederic was still here and even then there was still room. But when all was said and done the three new additions made it nice, homey, even more so than it had already become. ]
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He's gotten a little bigger. Did you know he can teleport? And I'll have to go back to Livio's apartment and pick up his toys and bed. [Hurriedly added:] W-with some help, I-I'm not sure where everything is.
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He can? Interesting. You don't have to worry yourself about that. We can go later if you'd like. Or-or I could go myself.
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Yes, he can. That, or he's able to pass through closed doors and move very, very fast. [And climb up into cabinets. Ever seen a cat in a cabinet? You will with Orenji about.] I... I should, he was my friend and... but I guess I can't do much if I can't see, can I.
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That's rather fascinating actually. You're not so ordinary are you? [ it's said with a caring tone as he pets Orenji. ] Nonsense. We'll go later when everything's settled.
[ He doesn't want to make her feel like she can't go, not at all, especially if this was the same person Alice had met which it might well be. Orenji is the only indicative factor however and he can't be entirely sure. ] Did you know him...very well?
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Yes... and no. We talked several times, helped each other out during the Battle Dome malfunction, the draft. We're... we're alike in many ways.
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Like you in many ways. [ a pause. ] Alice said the same thing about someone. Livio was his name then. [ The man that had hurt her and Ginia. He's not sure how he feels about it in the long run. But losing someone that you can connect to like that. ]
I'm sorry.
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That wasn't Livio. It was in the sense it's the same body, but that was... Razlo. That was his name. His other. He was a kid at that time and I was watching Orenji for him. Livio too, once I was able to convince him to stay with me. I came back one day and... there Razlo was, holding Orenji and ready to throw him against a wall. I tried to stop him.
[She quickly shakes his head, banishing the memories of that fight from her mind.]
It's okay. I only hope he's somewhere better. And I'll be okay.
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[ And yet she couldn't do so when she ran into him. He shakes his head swallowing thickly. ] Will you really? It's not just someone you met, you know. He was someone who was...on a fundamentally mutual level with you.
I'm not sure if I would be alright with it. [ And yet he would try to hide the pain too because that's what he's been so accustomed to doing. And look where it got him? He hurt Ginia and Alice and even Giles. ] Don't think you're weak Ginia because you feel like this and don't think it'll be a bother or-or anything like that to tell someone how you feel. I-I've found that it helps a good deal in these types of situations, telling I mean.
[ But oh how contradictory he is. ] Of course that's if you'd want to at all, which you've no need to do.
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She offers a small smile, knowing how often she bottles things up, hides her feelings to not bother or worry people. Made a living around building emotional walls and lies. Yet this time...] I'll miss him, but we have to keep going. I'm sad, but I'll be okay, really.
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Of course. That is a good statement to uphold here. [ Keep going. But what if you can't? What's someone to do if they can only go so far before the weight they bear and feel makes them collapse? ] I know you'll be okay. You're rather strong in that way.
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[A weak smile is offered.] I don't feel that strong, but thank you.
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