004 ❀

[libraria]

Characters: Nodoka and anyone who wants to visit c:
Location: The clinic!
Time: Afternoon.
Style: Either! I'm cool with them c:
Status: Open like an open... Thing. Yes.

Comments

[sweeperesque]

[Knock knock! Saya pokes her head in with a wave and a smile.]

Nodoka~! How's everyone's favorite girl doing?

[libraria]

[ Nodoka sits up with a flush, trying not to look too embarrassed. ]

Um, I-I'm fine!

[sweeperesque]

That's good to hear. I brought some things too!

[Because Saya is Saya, she's brought a fruit basket. Notice that there are Japanese-esque snacks mixed in there too, along with a few bottles of milk. :D]

Sort of like a 'get well' present. I especially recommend the milk.

[libraria]

Ah, t-thank you so much!

[ Nodoka smiles and takes the basket, looking at it curiously. ]

I'll drink it, I promise!

[sweeperesque]

Not a problem. Milk soothes the soul, you know?

[With another smile, she takes a seat on one of the random chairs.]

I like to think it heals all wounds. And sharing it with someone else, along with your problems, makes everything a little bit better.

[And with that, she pulls out another bottle of milk that she kept behind her back.] So whaddya say, Nodoka? Feeling up to a chat?

[libraria]

Mhm, t-that's true!

[ Nodoka nods, then shifts so she's more comfortable. ]

I... If you like, Saya-san.

[sweeperesque]

[Just a grin in response as Saya gets to opening her bottle of milk.]

So... how are you? Really? I know you're healing physically, but... Emotionally? Are you alright?

[a thoughtful pause] I went through something like this, once upon a time. And I figure... if you have any thoughts that you can't figure out for yourself, sometimes reaching out to another person can help.

[libraria]

I... I'm fine. It could be worse, right?

[ She smiles weakly. Ugh. She doesn't want to dwell on whether or not it was Crowley; she just wants to be better. ]

[sweeperesque]

[She tilts her head, echoing faintly.]

It... could be worse, yeah. We're all glad that you're safe now.

Now it's just a matter of taking care of... well, whoever did it.

[libraria]

I... Y-Yes. That's right.

[ She looks down at her hands. She's so unsure about everything because of what Akina told her. ]

[sweeperesque]

Speaking of that... [taking a sip of that milk now]

Nodoka, I'm not calling you a liar. I'm not saying that you're wrong, but this is a legitimate point I have to make in order to do my job.

Are you certain that it was Mister Crowley who attacked you?

[libraria]

... I'm certain. I... It was him! I'm sure of it, Saya-san.

[sweeperesque]

Would you ever have thought him to be capable of that before he attacked you? Does it match up with anything he told you before? Just because new things happened doesn't mean that you can discard the past, Nodoka.

[libraria]

... He lied to me before, Saya-san, a-and... And hurt me before. But he said that was someone else. I believed it, b-but... The second time...?

[sweeperesque]

[she pauses, hmmm]

Wouldn't that just make the person who did it a repeat offendor?

I'm not meaning to confuse you any more, Nodoka- I just can't let another possible suspect go if there's a chance that Mister Crowley didn't do it.

[libraria]

Mm, b-but... That's only if Crowley-san wasn't the person who did it first. And I don't know that...

[ She closes her eyes, clenching the sheets. ]

I... I-I want to believe that it wasn't him, but... I... I just can't. I'm scared.