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Video 01

Jul 05, 2011 18:23

[The video turns on to a smiling young woman, her hair pulled back into a ponytail.]

Hello, everyone. I disappeared for a long time, didn't I? And to think it's been three years for me...I remember many of you from my last visit; it's wonderful to be here again. To those of you I don't know, my name is Aya. Aya Fujimiya. I look forward to meeting ( Read more... )

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augh pretend this isn't seriously late ffff-- insorrow July 10 2011, 00:12:22 UTC

... Aya!

[Look who hasn't changed a bit.]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Also 1/IDK yet stillneedsakiss July 10 2011, 00:58:31 UTC

[Oh.]

2/? stillneedsakiss July 10 2011, 00:59:20 UTC

[Oh dear.]

3/? stillneedsakiss July 10 2011, 00:59:49 UTC

[Ken.]

4/? stillneedsakiss July 10 2011, 01:01:00 UTC

[She'd known this was going to happen and had tried to mentally brace herself for it, but no luck.]

5/? stillneedsakiss July 10 2011, 01:02:59 UTC

[On the one hand, she's really glad to see him and hearing his voice, seeing him on the other side of the line, it all makes her smile and she feels warm inside from the memories.]

6/7 stillneedsakiss July 10 2011, 01:04:01 UTC

[On the other... how horribly awkward that he hasn't changed or aged at all from the looks of it, and here she is...]

7/7 stillneedsakiss July 10 2011, 01:04:39 UTC

[But it's a warm, serene smile that greets him.]

Ken... It's been a long time, huh?

insorrow July 10 2011, 01:14:27 UTC

Long?

[Blink. He doesn't think it's been that long, has it? A few months, maybe, but that's not so--

[Except that's not how it works here, is it? Aya - Ran - is twenty-seven. That's old. And now Aya... He wants to ask how old she is now, but no matter how blunt he can be, Ken was brought up well enough to know that is not a question you ask girls, in case they don't want to answer. He settles for something else. Something neutral. He hopes it's neutral, anyway.]

It's... been a while, yeah. Um, how've you been?

stillneedsakiss July 10 2011, 01:21:54 UTC

[Another pause before Aya answers.]

I wonder... Well. Well enough. [Smile.] Have you been here the whole time I was gone?

insorrow July 10 2011, 01:34:44 UTC

[This conversation feels kinda awkward. Why does it feel so awkward?

[Fortunately, Aya's asked a direct question. That's simple enough! That can have a direct answer. Much more of those and they might be able to pretend they're really communicating.]

Uh. No. Not really. I... kinda went home for a while. In February, I think. Then I came back. That was about a month or so back. Maybe a little more.

[Yup. You, Hidaka, have not changed a bit.

[Also, this had better be an opening, because--]

Uh... how long was it? For you, I mean.

stillneedsakiss July 10 2011, 01:52:59 UTC

[He really hasn't changed at all. It's both endearing and saddening.

She doesn't answer the question. Answering means opening a big can of worms that shouldn't be opened over the Dreamberry. That conversation is one that is only appropriate in person.]

...Hey, Ken. Come see me for a while this afternoon. I'm in the same campsite, closer to the third district.

Everything will make sense then. I promise.

insorrow July 10 2011, 02:10:31 UTC

[... you hear that, Ken?

[That did not sound good. Yeah, reunions in this place could be awkward things at the best of times, but that? Even for Somarium being its infuriating self, that did not sound good at all.]

Sure. That's... fine, I'll do that. is now good or are you doing stuff?

[What else is he supposed to say?]

stillneedsakiss July 10 2011, 02:14:08 UTC

[She's a little sorry it couldn't have been put any more gently but maybe in a way that was for the best, too. Ken knew now to be braced.

She gives him another smile.]

Yeah, now is fine. I'll see you soon.

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