24th Memory [Voice/Action]

[memoryboxes]

[Hey. Hey Luceti. How you doin'? 

Sayo was having a normal morning. For a while. But now, a surprised cry is flying out yo' journals.]

[Voice]

WHAT ARE THESE STRANGE THINGS ON MY BACK—?!

[... Whelp, that's one way to start the day. This is all courtesy of Sayo's bathroom as she stands in front of her mirror, inspecting the wings poking out the back of her kimono.]

O-oh, am I sick? Are these from illness?! AH—!! They flapped! They're moving! What do I do?? Should I do something??

[.... Anyway. Once that's all good and done, and she's relieved, and she remembers they all had wings this whole time, she goes to work cleaning the house, and then of course cooking breakfast, leaving one bowl for her, one to sit alone on the table, and gives the third bowl to a mystery house guest (hint: no one will approve of him being here, oh well). But she's on her way to work—

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS STUFF ON THE GROUND—

okay, okay, so she's having an off-day for remembering things. It happens. She just walks through town staring in awe at all of it, confused as all get-out, trying not to panic. When she finally gets to Seventh Heaven, she can breathe a sigh of relief and hang up her robe and scarf for an apron and a bandanna.

And then she walks into the kitchen to find - oh lord. She's rushing back out into the room full of customers, waving her arms in panic, because LIGHTBULBS IN THE CEILING = DANGER ZONE.]

AH!! Sanji-san, there are balls of fire on the ceiling!!

[There are no words. But when she's finally through with work—and then goes to her job at the tea shop for a few hours, luckily doing fine there—she returns home, sits down on the couch, SIGHS a sigh of shame, and starts to look through a little blue notebook full of notes in a handwriting that, despite the odd day she's had, makes her smile. And then she goes through her own journal, finding... aaaah, the first entry she'd ever made.

A lot of things in the voice replies, she's forgotten. She relearns them carefully.]



[Voice B]

I suppose I've been here... Ah... for a whole year! I think more than that!

[There's a smile in her voice, though a bit bittersweet.]

Strange, it doesn't feel like it's been that long... Perhaps I've simply forgotten some things; the things that make time feel like it's been longer. I wonder... [ .... oh!] There are new people appearing, aren't there? My name is Sayo, and I'm a waitress at the tea shop and the restaurant. It's nice to meet you!

Mmm... I suppose I should ask a question, to make your acquaintances...

[A thoughtful pause.]

Ah! What's your favorite food! I don't think I've asked that, yet!

[... Some things never change.]

Comments

[Voice] A!

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

[Oh dear god-- pausing from packing her bag and picking up the journal.]

Sayo! Don't panic. They're wings. You've had them for a while here.

[Voice]

[memoryboxes]

A-are you sure? [HNNNNGH] They weren't there yesterday, I'm sure!

...

I think...

[and then there's a big OW!, because she couldn't help yoinking on one.]

[Voice]

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

I'm su--

DON'T TOUCH THEM!

At the tea shop

[unneeded]

[Kennedy is looking a good deal younger than usual, and perusing the menu at the tea shop as if he is spoiled for choice. A contented smile is on his face, and he's in absolutely no rush. He seems to have been sitting there for a very long time without ordering anything, and in fact doesn't have any clue that he's been here over an hour.]

At the tea shop

[memoryboxes]

[Creeper alert, creeper alert! Sayo is poking her head around, looking at him from a distance over his menu, confused and unsure and—Archie you're younger, Archie why haven't you ordered anything??

She finally approaches, putting on a sunny smile.]

Ah-uhm... Ready to order something? Are you having a hard time deciding?

[unneeded]

Hm? I'm...not sure, actually, what would you suggest?

[seiriald]

[... What in the world is this woman on?] Ma'am! Calm down!

[memoryboxes]

C-calm down?! Right, right, calm—but this is so strange! Am I turning into a bird?!

[seiriald]

No. I don't think so anyway...

[Voice]

[fallenambitions]

[....What the hell...? Considering most people had responded back to her, he doesn't bother with the first voice recording. It's not until he hears her again later on that he had to stop and just...be bewildered by her.]

Forgetting that you had wings for that long amount of time is quite a feat...

[Voice]

[memoryboxes]

.... Mmm?

[Her face turns red at that, and she looks down bashfully.]

I-I suppose it is. I admit, that's the first time I've forgotten about the wings...

[Voice]

[fallenambitions]

[First time?]

You've forgotten other things?

A

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

God damn it! Will you keep it down?! [ Tenten just hisses as she covers her ears. There are some things that are just waaaaay too loud. ]

Do you even know what wings are?! [ this kunoichi is disappoint |: ]

[memoryboxes]

[A-ah, she hunches down, embarrassed.] I-I'm sorry—what are they...? Are they important?

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

[ Not sure if trolling. ] Wings? They're usually used for flight but here, it's more or less a simple way to kill someone. If you chop off your wings, you die. Don't touch them either; it causes severe pain.

Are you new?

action (or a tl;dr picture of the domestic life)

[imatreenow.livejournal.com]

[It's probably a good thing Mithos was already awake, sitting up in bed, when that panicked cry rings out from down the hall. It gives him enough of a jolt as is. Enough to grab for his journal and...okay, others are already flocking to her questions. The tension floods from him and he deflates back against the pillow. It's...just because it startled him.

Really.

......Yeah, he's still subsisting off of lies to himself, but it's the only way to keep from completely breaking down, freaking out, and shutting in on himself. Wading in slowly, not diving headfirst.

During the day, while Sayo is out, he has taken to walking around the apartment to get used to the crutches, not wanting to feel too caged in. Thoughts of Martel and the raw aching pain of everything are constant companions, but their grip is just a little less violent taken outside of the walls of the house they had shared. He goes through the same rituals as before: playing his sister's panpipes, curling up and shutting out reality, thinking how terrible it is that a small taste of happiness only makes everything hurt much worse when it's gone.

But at the end of the day, he isn't alone.

He always makes sure to be in his own room when she comes home, so it doesn't look like he was waiting for her. After a little while, he hesitantly pokes back out and comes to sit down in the living room. Silent, off to the side, but still there. He can handle this in small batches. It's...comforting, when he doesn't think about it too much and realize how against everything this is.

So when you're done chatting over the journal, have a somewhat sullen boy to share your company with, Sayo.]

action (sooooo tl;dr, i didn't even read it)

[memoryboxes]

[She's busy re-reading pages, scribbling notes, looking a little cheery one moment, worried the next, but always determined. And then she closes them, setting them neatly on the coffee table when she realizes Mithos is there.]

Ah, I'm sorry! It's getting late, isn't it? Are you hungry?

I'll make us something nice to eat, if you want anything in particular.

voice

[rashness]

That's easy, Sukiyaki!!

[In fact when he makes friends here he should invite them all to have some...]

voice

[memoryboxes]

Ah—! I know sukiyaki! [IT'S A MIRACLE, OKAY, TRUST HER] That's a wonderful favorite dish to have!

[Voice] | B

[semper_cogitans]

[A whole year. More than a whole year.

... Robert's coming up on it now, with the encroaching winter. It's enough to make him think, and wonder, and worry a little...]

Did you... h-have anything in mind for this anniversary at Luceti, Ms. Sayo...?

[Because maybe he should do something nice for her. Something to show he cares.]

[Voice]

[memoryboxes]

Ah! Hello, Robert-san! [Hmmmm...] An anni... versary?

What's that?

[herotypical]

...I don't think I could choose a favourite.

[memoryboxes]

Oh? I suppose that makes a lot of sense! After all, there are so many to choose from. I just wish I had that much more time in the day, to try all these foods from other worlds...

Do you have any recommendations?

[ action ]

[wise_maiden]

[She'll try to catch Sayo in person at the tea shop during one of their agreed-upon times for talking -- Raine heard the earlier messages in the journal, though she had heard others get there first to help the situation. She trusted that the woman would be fine since these weren't unusual occurrences.

It doesn't make her concern any less, in any case.]

... Are you all right, today?

[ action ]

[memoryboxes]

[Ah! She was hoping to see you today, Raine; she offers the usual smile, though it doesn't seem to lack any genuineness to it. No, despite the moments of surprise from her forgetting things, it's been a pretty good day.]

Hello, Raine-san! I'm actually doing just fine, today!

How are you? Would you like a drink?