first bloom | voice | action

[princelyrose]

[Having arrived last night and gotten the usual greeting, she had lost Anthy and wasn't sure where to turn. The Greeter told her he'd keep an eye out for a girl of her description, but after the monsters last night... Utena thought it might be easier to make a broadcast. Unfortunately, phones are for the upper class in her world; this one's giving

Comments

[audio]

[taketheearsoff]

It seems you've lost your rose petals, but don't fret, little calyx, we all lose our way. To gain is to - lose! ...or was it the other way around?

[audio]

[princelyrose]

[Geez, what is with these people and flowers and- ...How did he know her name?]

I'll be okay. I'm just worried about her. It's not safe for her back home.

...To gain is to lose?

[audio]

[taketheearsoff]

[a dream of a world in limbo, populated by the homeless. Crazy dream, no~?]

-Or to lose is to gain. I don't know about you, but there could be far worse situations.

[audio]

[princelyrose]

That's true. [Like dueling at all hours of the day and night for something that could be fake.]

It just doesn't seem like any sort of place I've ever been to, and people keep saying it's terrible here.

[audio]

[taketheearsoff]

Terrible for them. Heaven...for others. So what if there's shadows that lurk the streets when the moon is just a marble on the satin night sky, so what if death rates continue to climb-!?

[a beat like the sole flap of a bird's wings.]

You - could - be dead.

[or alone]

[audio]

[princelyrose]

Heaven for you, then? Did you come from a rough place?

[A pause, before her voice hardens with determination.]

I'm not going to let myself die. Not here, not anywhere. Not now, anyway. I'm not going to give up or let one of those monsters come after me.