straying | video ● eleventh reflection

[ FORWARD-DATED TO THE EVENING OF THE 23RD. (As tags will be slow for a while after.) ]

[There's a click as the feed starts and Saya hums a bit. She looks a bit tired but there's nothing about her demeanor that specifically tells that she's been haunted for the last couple days.]

The eve of Christmas Eve, guys! I figure most of us are pushing back our holiday plans considering everything that's happening, but I've found the most reliable mailman, so I hope some of you get your presents! Is everyone managing with your ghosts, though? I had one of my own but I haven't seen him lately. Then again, he always had that habit with disappearing. But if you ever need a place to crash or someone to talk to, you know where to go~

[She grins cheekily. Though suddenly her expression is confused.

What was that chill?

Will you continue to destroy others, witch?

The air is electrified. Everything is tense. Every fiber of her being on edge. Him. That voice. That insult. Only he would- Only her murderer would.

The broadcast is left forgotten as she whips around in her chair, her back to the SFC now as it lay on the table, entirely neglected. Because all at once, she's forgotten. Forgotten the curse, forgotten the ghosts, forgotten everything. Only remembering that she is facing the man who took her life.

Nevermind that this voice is only in her head.]

H-Hey.... I-I liked Train better. Why are you here? I don't want to- to....

[--to die again.

Her voice shakes, much as her frame does now. All the worldly experience that she exudes in her posture and confidence has been stripped from her now, just as she feels that the world has been yanked from underneath her.

Train Train Train. You don't even deserve to say his name, witch! He's not here to save you now. And truly, I will not fail to cut out your heart-

She leaps to her feet and knocks the SFC off the table in her haste. It clicks off. There will be no audience as she loses her mind.]

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[DAMMIT. This is not how she wanted to encourage him to relax! There's some anger at Creed for killing her and making her react this way, anger at Vatheon for making this happen, and a helluva lot of anger at herself for not cutting off the feed earlier.

She grits her teeth and shakes her head stubbornly. No way, Flynn. You're not getting anything out of her.]

I'll be okay.

[He's got a friend in trouble! There's no way he's going to let her stick it out alone!

Flynn's just as stubborn, Saya. He shakes his head.]

Miss Saya, I do not like the idea of you staying alone with whatever ghost managed to unsettle you like that.

I can mana-

[Are you ignoring me?! Perhaps I should cut out your tongue first.

She flinches. He can't get her, he can't get her-]

H-He... can't get me. It'll pass.

[He doesn't have the face of a believer, but he does have an understanding look to him.]

Miss Saya...please. Don't isolate yourself like this. You have done much for us, and I, for one, am willing to return the favor. You should not have to face this alone.

[Her brows knit together in confusion and then she looks away.]

I... I haven't done anything. So I don't deserve anything.

Let it go, Flynn.

You have helped me out, but if you would like a more personal reason, then would it be safe to say that I do this for a friend?

[Flynn shakes his head.]

I cannot do that, Miss Saya. Ignoring someone in need or in trouble is not something I can dismiss.

[That's happened too many times in his world, after all.]

[... dammit, that's her own code you're throwing right back at her. It's really hard to argue, she's made sure of that.

Except for one loophole that she'll continue to argue-]

I'm not in need. I'm not in trouble. Ignore me.

[He follows it everyday. Chalk down another similarity.

And Flynn is strongly reminded of Yuri in that statement.]

I most certainly will not. Miss Saya, please, let me help you, or at least keep you company.

[... stubborn. Like she tends to be. How can she win this fight?

Maybe she can't.

So then she just speaks again, quietly:]

... just stay on the line. I can't see anyone in person right now. I... can't.

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