video ● tenth reflection

[straying]

[At first, she's quiet for a little while. She opens her mouth as if she knew what to say before but now that the camera's rolling, she's second-guessing it. And so there's a pause before she starts talking.]

Matthew's gone.

[... and she looks a little confused, as if she never expected to say those words. They sound so foreign.]

... sheesh. Can he ever leave without causing me problems?

Well, now you know.

[A bit of a shrug and she ends the feed.]

Comments

[countrybeloved.livejournal.com]

[This. Is. Awkward.]

Y-Yeah... she's visiting her mother country, so I sent Obi to be her bodyguard while she's there. If time were still passing back home...

[girlpowertouka.livejournal.com]

Ideas? What ideas?

[Saya-san should obviously wear the traditional wedding kimono instead of a dress. Although she did say she's not Japanese -- which Touka still doesn't understand, but whatever. She's only seen Matthew a couple times, but he wears a cape, right? He'd be comfortable in a kimono. They'll look so cute!]

since we don't ever tag, man--

[livedagain.livejournal.com]

A friend of yours?

[He's curious -- about the people here, about the places they go, about everything really.]

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[... If only she knew what you were thinking, Touka. If only. Instead, she just laughs and shakes her head.]

... nevermind. Have fun with it, I guess. Who am I to tell you what to think?

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[A reassuring smile.]

Don't worry about it! I'm almost one-hundred percent sure that it's not. There have been enough examples that when you go back, everything's normal and you may not even remember Vatheon.

[countrybeloved.livejournal.com]

Ha... like I said, I'm not too thrilled about having my memories tampered with, but it's better than the alternative, at least.

[ninjaservant.livejournal.com]

Then you really must have been bored if that's the case. [light chuckle] But I'm sure you'll find something else to ease that boredom.

[Action!]

[lockandkeyblade.livejournal.com]

[He nods... looks at her for a moment, accepting of the answer. It seems so rudimentary. It's something he's always innately wanted to do, something he's always just done automatically.]

[But he grins.]

How about you tell Phil that. Then maybe he'll cut me some slack.

A lot of people are heroes and don't even know it. Kinda like my old roommate Danny. He really helped me out of a tight spot.

[He takes another lick at his ice cream.] He left too, you know.

[pristinestar.livejournal.com]

Yes...!

[... but what's this? there's a second voice that agreed with her.

"Pika!"

it came from Red's feet.]

[tsujihi.livejournal.com]

You sure?

[ctrlaltdemon.livejournal.com]

It's a habit I'm not trying to break anytime soon.

Well, I didn't join in on the paintball stuff, but I did write a few sticky notes! I never did manage to stick one on Naoya himself though. He's really good at quick escapes.

[Action] Sorry its kinda late

[shard-finder.livejournal.com]

[Kagome smiled when she saw her friend arrive.]

Nope not at all. Where would you like to go to grab something to eat real quick?

what's up with that anyway

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[A bit of a shrug.]

You could look at it that way, I guess.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[At that, she jumps a little. Reflexively looking left and right for the source before looking down and--]

Awwwwww!

[what is that, it's so cute, she doesn't even-]

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it!

[... snerk.]

Is that so? Well, you don't need to tell me about his habit of leaving. I'm sure he got plenty of sticky notes in the end, though. Promise.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Something else, huh?

[A bit of a sigh and a shrug.]

Yeah, I'm sure I will. Too bad we don't all have a prince friend to serve and prank when we get bored, huh?

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[She laughs a little.]

Positive. How can I be lonely when I've got other people hounding me about not being lonely?

[... and then she notices the caller ID.]

Hey, have we ever met before?

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

It's the lesser of two evils. Sometimes you just gotta deal when bad things happen.

[Action!]

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

If Phil ever shows up here, I'll be more than happy to do so.

[And at the mention of someone leaving, she falters for a moment. She'd forgotten again. It was so easy to forget that he wasn't around anymore when she was with someone else.]

... hmph. Well, lucky them for getting out of here. I'm sure they're happy, if nothing else.

[She laughs.] I've heard more than enough times about things that people need to do once they get home and people they miss... Thinking that they're back with them now? Guess it makes dealing with it easier.

[countrybeloved.livejournal.com]

Don't I know. I may be a prince, but I'm not sheltered, you know.

[ninjaservant.livejournal.com]

I'd be more than happy to share.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

I figured. You're more down to earth than what I'd expect from a prince.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

I actually thought of that already but Zen didn't seem to take too kindly to the idea of being double-teamed.

Go figure.

[Action!]

[lockandkeyblade.livejournal.com]

You think he's really gone for good?

[Action!]

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[Her answer is immediate and sounds rather practiced-]

I hope so.