Illusion LVIV {Video//backdated to the 9th}

[supermistfrog]

[Today, Fran is sitting on the edge of a skyscraper, hands behind him, surrounded by apples and apparently not caring that he's thousands of feet about the ground. He stares up at the sky, apathetic as ever. It's grey, as per usual, beams of sunlight casting down on the entire city, illuminating the tops of lower buildings. The view is really quite

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[buntails]

[She isn't sure where he is, so she answers by video first. It's hard to judge this type of mood in Fran, but she responds to it with a gentle smile.]

Hey, Fran?

Where are you?

[If she were there with him, she could hug him and sit there beside him (trying to not get dizzy from the height).]

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[supermistfrog]

[He turns to the video feed, a little surprised that someone actually listened to all that rambling. Ah, it's Usagi. His expression softens a little.]

[X,Y]. On the top of the building, if you don't fall off.

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[buntails]

[She listened to every word, carefully, she really did! Her own face lightens a little as his softens, and she nods quickly before he can change his mind to solitude.]

Mm! I'll come right now.

[She manages not to get (very) lost, and when she arrives, wobbling a little as she tries to keep her tricky footing, she's clutching a blanket in her hand.]

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[supermistfrog]

[She may not notice it right now, but if she gets too close to an edge, a wall will appear. Her falling off was not something he wanted to see.]

[Meanwhile, he just sits next to a pile of apples on the edge of the building, staring outward towards the city. He wasn't expecting her at a set time- really, he didn't mind if she took a little longer.]

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[buntails]

[Now that she's here, she sits beside him. She holds up the blanket, and makes to wrap it around his shoulders.]

The nights are getting cooler already.

[She's here just to be with him.]

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[supermistfrog]

[As soon as she does that, Fran looks surprised for a moment, before sighing and wrapping it around her as well. It is cold up here, after all.]

The snow is sort of pretty, yes. That's one of the few good things about winter.

[He understands that, which is why he says nothing to it.]

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[buntails]

[She scoots just a tiny bit closer, to let the blanket keep them both warm as they stay close beneath it.]

Not just pretty. Do you remember the snowball war? It was fun, wasn't it? And hot drinks felt really good on a cold day. You could smell the smoke from people's fires, too, and it smelled nice.

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[supermistfrog]

[He doesn't mind, even taking off the frog hat to set it beside him, so it wouldn't get in the way.]

Ah, that was fun. I got Usagi really good, even if she fell on me. I'm surprised you remember.

I wonder if it will be the same this year.

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[buntails]

I remember. I don't want to forget the good times, even if things are hard here, too.

[She draws her legs up close to her chest and wraps one arm around them.]

I have a year of memories with my important people.

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[supermistfrog]

[Fran does the same, resting his arms on his knees. But at "a year of memories", he turns to look at her, even more confused than before.]

But Usagi, you left once, a few months ago. Did you get your memories back from the time here before?

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[buntails]

[She shakes her head. She knows a lot about it by now, between her journal and people telling her about it; but the memories are gone still.]

I was thinking about what you said. And I've still been here that long, I guess.

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[supermistfrog]

[He looks back out to the city once again.]

...

The annoying thing is, it feels normal. This idiotic place feels more familiar than back home to me, at least.

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[buntails]

I guess we've been here long enough for it to start seeming that way.

I don't want to forget about going home. But I know I have to live here, too.

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[supermistfrog]

[He doesn't say anything to that for a while, instead staring out into the distant landscape.]

I'm not sure I really want to go home, that's the thing.

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[buntails]

Mm. [The words bring her attention back to him. She adjusts the blanket to take advantage of a pocket of warmth.] I know. And I understand why.

I guess that means it's better if it seems like home to you, huh?

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[supermistfrog]

[Against his more rational thinking, he scoots closer to her, to try to take advantage of that warmth as well.]

But it's going to end anyway. It really has to.