[OPEN] I'm in here

[immobileyes]

Who: Mary Kozakura (immobileyes) and YOU
When: IC 2/27-3/01
Where: Residential District, right by the not-so-standing apartments
What: Mary tries to dig up things from her fallen apartment over the course of a few days, success is varied
Rating/Warning: None!

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[ It was hard enough, waiting for the water level to go down enough so that Mary could return to where her apartment was (had been) without risk of drowning. Seto's hoodie, the jacket Hiro had given her... they were the only things she'd been able to find at the time, but now she can search for anything remaining from their apartment.

So feel free to come across a tiny teenager over the afore-mentioned days, getting drizzled on and trying to pry up pieces of the smaller rubble - and HNNNNNGHing at the bigger pieces of debris that she can't budge at all - as she hunts about. The stuffed animal she'd received from Lily is gone, the headband from Kaoru and Shiho has been twisted and bent beyond repair when she miraculously finds that... the dried flowers, from the bouquet Elza had given her... no sign of them. All of her tea...

Mary almost wants to cry, but not yet. She just keeps looking.

And don't be alarmed if she seems worn-out when you see her. It's not some weird elemental effect, she's just terrible at stamina. ]

Comments

[immobileyes]

Those... [ That gives her pause, and she takes a deep, bracing breath. Okay, Mary. Focus on something else. ] Those people... did you talk to them?

[immobileyes]

[ It's not going to bite you, Kanda. Mary reaches out for it nonetheless, bringing it closer to her chest (without actually hugging it too close because yes it's sopping wet and dirty). ]

... Thank you.

[coexistent]

[now this is just getting confusing for him. once again, why are hearts so complicated? does she see it differently because she's a girl? these are things he doesn't get.]

What's the difference between love and "true love?"

[immobileyes]

... Mmmm. [ THIS IS COMPLICATED TO EXPLAIN. ] Like... you love ice cream, but you don't have true love with ice cream because it doesn't love you back?

[coexistent]

I'm not sure "love" is the word I'd use for ice cream, though.

[THIS IS SO CONFUSING.] So if you love something... it doesn't love you back, but if it's true love, then it does?

[cutebutexpendable]

Back home? Oh, sure, everyone's falling over themselves to rub elbows with the amazing talking goblin.

[ Styx pauses, before heaving a sigh that's theatrical enough to maybe muffle what he's really feeling. ]

Right. Past tense. Scratch that, they're all dead. So... no, not really.

[harepiece]

[POOR MARY... She's going to give herself a tiny heart attack someday.]

I didn't have the chance to. [because someone was playing murdergames Shaking his head! He'd like to do so now, but-] The rebuilding efforts have been my first concern. I'd like to speak with them after this, though! What about you?

[overgrowth]

[ for a moment, kanda just looks bewildered. and he is confused, because why the heck is this kid thanking him for giving her a gross dress?

oh, it's that feelings thing. kanda just grunts and turns away. ]

You've got other shit down here?

[immobileyes]

[ If digging her own mom's grave didn't do it, man-- ]

I talked to the... cloud one. They were looking for someone important.

[immobileyes]

That... doesn't seem right, either. [ IF HE PUTS IT LIKE THAT, and now Mary's hair is apparently just as confused, because the tendrils are moving independently, quirked a bit like question marks. ]

[immobileyes]

Oh. [ A pause, and then-- ] I'm sorry.

[firstcloud]

I think Poko would like to help too.

[ There's an affirmative sound coming from Poko. ]

[coexistent]

This is complicated... [well, at least they're confused together? okay, and maybe he's a little bit puzzled at her hair, but he somehow doesn't really think much of it quite yet. logic defying hair is enough of a thing where he comes from, after all.]

[immobileyes]

It's not s-- that. [ Language, gosh!! ] I found a lot of the important things, though.

[immobileyes]

... But she's even smaller than I am.

[immobileyes]

[ That's because he comes from the land of five hundred belts and it's awwwriiiight. ]

I think it's supposed to be. If true love was simple, then it wouldn't be as special.

[coexistent]

[where he comes from, both belts and zippers graze in their natural habitat.]

I don't think I'll ever get it. [he's actually more confused about it now than he was to begin with.]

[immobileyes]

[ Where she's from, hoodies rule over everything the light touches. ]

I-it's okay! If you fall in love one day, Roxas, maybe you'll get it then.

[coexistent]

[and to that, he frowns a bit.]

I don't know if it'll ever happen. [or be possible. will he get a heart one day?] Maybe I'll know if it does.

[immobileyes]

...? You're really nice, though... I'm sure it will.

[coexistent]

No, it's—[for a second, he almost explains it. but he's not really sure blurting out that he doesn't have a heart is a very good idea.] Never mind. Forget about it.

[a+ backpedaling, right? right...?]

[immobileyes]

Roxas...

Um, you know, if you do have any problems, it's okay to come to me! I'll help!

[ Except Mary is also inept at this topic. ]

[coexistent]

[oh. that's not the response he would have expected at all.]

No... it's not anything like that. You don't have to worry, Mary. I'm okay. [no use in making her think there's something to worry about, because there isn't.]

[immobileyes]

Is that so... well, if you say so. [ She's not entirely convinced that he wasn't going to say something, but she nods anyway. ]

[coexistent]

[she's right to not be convinced, but his lack of a heart is something that he's going to try and keep hidden for now. it makes him kind of hypocritical when he hates people keeping secrets from him, but this is different, right? those secrets were about him and keeping him in the dark about himself.

this... well, he's not sure if a person with a heart can really understand someone without. they were never meant to "be," after all.

but for now, roxas will just let it go there.]

We should keep looking, right? I'm sure you have more stuff you want to find...