4;; ☁ [ AUDIO ] ( Slightly backdated to the morning after the nightmare event )

[junesoholic]

[ When the feed starts there's first a brief pause before she speaks up, her voice shaky but obviously she's trying too hard to keep some kind of control over it. It's not working. ]

I want to go home..

[ There are bad dreams and bad dreams, and last night's was definitely the latter kind. If the whole stream of sights hadn't been bad enough

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[toplay_thefool]

[An eight hour watch shift is rough enough. With those dreams somewhere in between, Souji has not long arrived home and all but collapsed on his pallet. Sleep doesn't quite come - just dozing

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[junesoholic]

[ The moment she feels the hug Nanako drops the communicator to the floor. Normally she would be a little more careful with her things, but not right now, right now she's not even thinking of the fact that she was holding it only a few seconds ago.

Instead she props herself up as close to Souji as she can, and it isn't until the moment she buries her face in his chest that she dares to let another sob out and another. The shakiness of her body slightly increases, her shoulders jumping.

It feels nice like this, safe, protected, warm, (her big brother is here, it's alright, isn't it?) but she still can't stop the tears from coming. She didn't want to wake him up or she would have done so in the first place, but a hug is part of what she wanted and needed all along. It's a start, at the very very least.

Nanako nods, but it's a very slight and shaky nod. She doesn't say anything else (what is there to say, what could she say like this anyway?), it would just be smothered in the crying either way. ]

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[toplay_thefool]

[He leans over her as if to wrap her up, as if he could protect her from everything and anything that would come. He knows he can't of course, but he will, somehow, even if it comes as a dream - and dammit, he's pretty shaken from those himself. There's a mutual kind of comfort in the embrace.

But he has Izanagi's quiet strength, and Tam Lin's presence like an extra sort of armour. She is just a little girl, who never should have had to see such things from her own mind, never mind the rest, never should have had to leave home.

Briefly, he wishes his uncle was there.

Tightening his grip, he wills himself to calm. He shifts to lean against the stone wall and holds her against his chest. Maybe he ought to speak - but his throat feels a little tight, his chest a little raw.]

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[junesoholic]

[ After what is probably a few minutes but seems more like an eternity she manages to stop her tears after a sniffle. Nanako moves her head back just a bit so the front is not stuck to the other anymore, but leaves the rest of her body against Souji's as it is.

She stares down, still not speaking up for a few moments. When she lifts up her face to look at Souji she finally does speak up, her voice still weak and cracking slightly. ]

I-I know.. There's.. no way out of here. [ No matter how much she wants to see her dad, she can't, she knows. Suddenly those nights waiting seem like nothing compared to this. And as much as she loves her big brother - and his friends - they are not her father. They'll never be, they can't be. And you'll always miss what you can't have. ]

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[theonlyteddie]

Nana-chan...

[Teddie hesitates, unsure of how best to comfort her.]

...Don't cry, Nana-chan...

It's gonna be OK, I promise! From the bottom of my fluffy heart!

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[junesoholic]

[ There's another small hic and even though it can't be seen on the feed she's rubbing furiously at her eyes. She can't cry in front of her Teddie bff! ]

Hmm, I-- [ She seems like she wants to say something, but stops. There's a pause and when she speaks up again it sounds so obviously forced. ]

T-that's just how.. this place is, right? Thanks, T-Teddie..

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[theonlyteddie]

[He tries to sound even more determined, for her sake.]

If there's a way out of here, I'll find it!

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[junesoholic]

They say bears have the b-best sense of smell out of all animals.. [ It sounds kind of bland, as if she's just repeating something she has heard somewhere else. Probably on television, knowing her tv watching habits. ]

So, um.. You probably wouldn't have as much trouble..

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[seventh_key]

[baww :(]

... Nanako-chan?

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[junesoholic]

[ There's a semi-long pause before she answers. ]

... Hmm..?

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[seventh_key]

Are you OK?

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[junesoholic]

I'm.. ... [ There's another sob that's only half stopped. ]

I miss dad..