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Tweak says, "Takin' care of business..."

Saya Otonashi (crimson_blade) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-06-03 16:49:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, hei, laura kinney, saya otonashi, tear grants, zero kiryuu

[Video//Action | early morning, before activities]
[The video opens to a pale hand groping pitifully at the floor, where the communicator is filming. She must have knocked it when she went fishing for it. With blue-tinged fingernails, the hand finally nabs the comm and drags it upwards, bypassing a plate of what looks like yesterday's dinner (fried rice with cabbage and root vegetables). The food is untouched.]

[Saya's face comes into view. She's trembling, eyes dull and barely open, skin so pale it's nearly translucent.]

...Zero? [Her voice is as small and shaky and devoid of vitality as the rest of her.] And Yuuki, and Aidan... Tear? Laura? I need to... see you. Please?

[Too late to wish for her bed, or a last trip to the sea. Saya won't make it back, if they even are going back. One last image of the people she cares most about will be the best she can do for the last things she'll ever see.]

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((OOC: Saya's final post in Marina. She'll be falling into hibernation after this and dropped from the game. Thanks to everyone who played with her, it's been a great few years!))

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	crimson_blade 2013-06-12 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	Mmm. [That drawn out hum could be agreement, or it could be anything. She's not entirely all there. But fortunately the door's open so she won't be difficult to find.] [She'll remain resting in the bottom bunk, trapped there by weakness. Not where she wanted to spend thirty years, but there's little choice now.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

redclayheroics
2013-06-12 09:51 pm UTC (link)

[ He's not sure how long it took before he finally found her. Could be minutes, could be more but when he does his heart is pounding so hard he almost expects it to crack a rib, mouth tasting vaguely of blood from the frantic run. Drawing a deep breath, Aidan steadies himself before crossing the floor to kneel by her bedside. ]

Saya... [ Softly. He knew this day was coming. ]

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crimson_blade
2013-06-14 08:26 pm UTC (link)

[She smiles, soft and fragile.] You came. Thank you. [It's a lot to ask, someone coming to what may as well be a deathbed. It was a lot for someone like her to ask for his friendship in the first place.]

[Of course she never really asked, he just gave it. Time and again, after she ran from him and after she hurt the person he loves most. Why Aidan would waste his feelings on someone like her is beyond her understanding, but just now she doesn't need to understand anything except that he's here, and she's glad.]

I'm sorry. [For so many things. None of which she can change or make right anymore.]

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redclayheroics
2013-06-14 09:42 pm UTC (link)

Of course I came.

[ He shifts his position a little, one hand reaching for hers. It seems like the right thing to do in a situation like this — the final good bye — even though he was too young to remember what it was like when his grandparents passed. He just knows that he needs to have a little more of a connection. One more thing to remember her by. ]

Hey... what're you sorry for? You ain't done nothin' wrong.

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crimson_blade
2013-07-11 09:10 pm UTC (link)

[Perhaps thwarting his attempt at a connection, her hand is cold and still, barely twitching when his hand covers hers, an instinctive pull toward his skin-warmth.]

[Her headshake, too, is barely visible.] You're a good person. I wish... it had been different. I had been different.

[Eye falling closed, Saya waits for her dizzy spell to settle before going on. That was more words than her failing lungs can handle, but she has so many that need saying. She shouldn't have waited, but such is the nature of goodbyes. She always believes, hopes, there will be enough time. And there never is.]

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redclayheroics
2013-07-12 12:54 pm UTC (link)

[ It's okay, he didn't need his heart anyway. There's a beat of silence as he swallows, swallows again, tries to lodge that painful lump out of his throat but try as he might it's not entirely successful and his voice is noticeably raspy when he speaks again. ]

But then you wouldn't be Saya. [ Pause. ] I'm real glad I got to know you this way. I mean... sure, it could've been better but this is th' way it happened. I'll never forget that.

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	crimson_blade 2013-07-13 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	[Eyes still shut, her lips twitch into a smile. It's a comfort to know that Aidan is Aidan, even right now.] I'm glad, too. [Another breath, heavy and slow.] If I get to remember anything, I hope I remember you. [She has no intention of living beyond today, of course, if Hei keeps his promise. But she doesn't need to get into that. It would be cruel.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

redclayheroics
2013-07-13 07:40 pm UTC (link)

[ It's an odd feeling, simultaneously trying to keep himself from crying while battling the urge to smile. He shifts a little again, initially to kiss the back of her hand but he changes his mind half-way through the motion and opts for moving higher, pressing his lips against her forehead. Soft and gentle and lingering. Parental, in many ways, even though he's so very very much younger than she is. ]

What th' heart got, it got. Even if you don't remember, I'm not goin' anywhere. [ A small pause to keep his voice from cracking, but he still can't manage more than a whisper. ] Sleep well, Saya.

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	crimson_blade 2013-07-22 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	[That press of lips is welcome and warm on her cold skin. Her lips twitch into a grateful smile even as her eyelids seem suddenly too heavy to open. She somehow knows that when she opens them he'll be gone, but that's fine. She'll just let that moment stretch out, three decades' worth.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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