[Voice]

[mikangirl]

[Short and flat and to the point. This is the third time, now.]

Robin's gone.

[Yup. If anyone wants Nami she'll be up at the orchard all day. Because everything is just fine. Really.]

Comments

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

[.......oh for fucking shit's sake. Really, Luceti? You could not be any bitchier. Goddammit....]

....I'm sorry, Nami.

[welp how fail, Ace.]

[voice]

[mikangirl]

It's for the best. [She says it without thinking, now. Well. It's true.] But thanks.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

[Of course it's for the best. But still, it's never easy seeing nakama go.]

... hope you guys can follow her someday.

[chikaidestroyer]

Hm.

[A barely audible reaction to that message. Just how many times would Nami be left to announce the disappearance of one of her friends? A pity.]

[action?]

[loyalotter]

[ hermione knows there's nothing to be said to something like that, not the loss of a close friend. it'll hurt no matter what she says. so she does the only thing she can think of and tries to find nami after an hour or so. maybe a distraction will help.

besides, it's the perfect time to visit the orchard. ]

[action!]

[mikangirl]

[The day is a pretty calm one, free of snow, so Nami is out sitting on an upturned crate in the orchard itself, running her hands up some pretty nasty slashes on one of the trees. Despite the tone of her message, she looks pretty calm and collected. Or maybe a better word is blank.

She does smile a little though, when she catches sight of Hermione entering the orchard.]

Hey.

[action!]

[loyalotter]

[ hermione offers a smile, noticing the difference in nami's energy levels. losing someone is always hard. no one knew when they'd be back. ]

I thought it might be a nice day to finally come out here to see this. It's a lovely place.

[action!]

[mikangirl]

[Her grin gets wider.] Hey, thanks. You should have seen it yesterday, though; it was a disaster zone.

[action!]

[loyalotter]

What happened? No one destroyed anything, I hope.

[action!]

[mikangirl]

Ahhh... no, but they came close. It wasn't their fault. One of the villagers is kind of a tiger right now, courtesy of the Malnosso. He's just...doing tiger-y things.

[action!]

[loyalotter]

Oh, an experiment, then? I hope he's all right. Have you heard from him since then?

[action!]

[mikangirl]

Oh yeah, he's fine. Staying with a friend of his. Hopefully he'll turn back soon. He might break less stuff.

[Private]

[goldenglasses]

I'm sorry you're not together, Nami. [Because what else can he say?]

[Private]

[mikangirl]

It's okay, Vash. [Her response is cool. Sorry. It's not you at all.] She's better out of here. We'll go home to see her again eventually.

[Welcome to the party line.]

[Private]

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, then you guys will all be together again. I just know that until then...






...would you like any company?

[Private]

[mikangirl]

It's okay. Thanks, though.

[Private]

[goldenglasses]

Alright.

I'm sorry, Nami.

[Private]

[mikangirl]

[There's a tired laugh.] You said that already. Don't worry about it.

[And she closes the book.]

[Private]

[goldenglasses]

[He knows, he just didn't have anything he could really say. Nothing helps for something like this. With her journal shut, he goes on to checking other posts.]

[Nothing]

[deathsdoctor]

[... and there goes one more, for now...

For now...

He thinks he's getting used to this. Isn't that something?]