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Fenimore ([personal profile] blessingone) wrote2011-01-26 12:22 am

[ voice/action ] please not now

[It takes Fenimore some time to reach for her journal after they find Shirley missing. But, eventually, she drags herself over and opens it. It's no small matter for Shirley to have made friends in Luceti -- the girl had spent her first fifteen years friendless. She can't just leave that alone. But, even once she opens it, there's silence for a full minute. When she sighs and begins speaking, her voice is calm, though this is by willpower alone.]

For anyone who cares -- [While it's intended as a general "to who it may concern," the slightly bitter edge that creeps in at the end sounds accusatory. She knows it isn't fair and regrets the unintentional addition, but she has belligerence against the world to spare today. When she continues, her tone is flat again.] ...Shirley has gone...home....

[She trails off. The voice doesn't sound like her own. In fact, the entire entry sounds -- and, by the camera, looks -- as though it were made by someone else. Except for the tone, it sounds as though.... She slowly reaches up to touch a braid hanging from the side of her head.

Shirley's voice continues, quiet and strained:]
Oh, that isn't fair.... [Using Shirley's hands, she closes her journal and cuts off the feed.

She doesn't want to meet any of the others like this. Not now. Even though she knows that Stella is out of the house, chances of running into her accidentally seem small enough to risk it. In any case, getting away from the house seems pretty attractive right now. She doesn't have to change, thankfully -- they're close enough in size that her clothes just feel a little loose in places. Though of course, on her way out, she does have to stop to grab some things for the cold weather.

Her intent was to avoid people entirely, but she stops at the river next to house 34, by the bridge. That's where she had found Shirley after Senel had left. Shirley had acted strong, no matter how much it had bothered her. "Acting"...but, if she thought about it, being able to act that strong was strong in itself.

She can be found sitting with her arms around her knees on the bank, north from the bridge and away from the pathway -- this time, it's far too cold to even wade, whether or not ice impedes that. She hopes that she's out of sight, and it might have been hard to accidentally catch sight of her were she not wearing a hat that stood out against the snow.

It's still a stupid hat. It doesn't even keep her ears warm.]


[Backdated to during the day! Comments will be answered by [livejournal.com profile] blessingone. Journal comments will be answered with an in-Luceti-time delay and, if she doesn't have anything to say, might not be answered at all (apologies if you get hit with the last one). Action ones she doesn't really have a choice on -- she might be a little unfriendly, but she's not upset enough to cut someone off completely.]

[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Sadly, she doesn't take advantage of this opening, crossing her arms across her chest instead. suddenly it is easier to do so because there is less in the way]

It's not that I-- [fff, does she really want to admit that she was using as much of her strength as she could manage from that position?] I don't care.
drawnbythesword: (You see... It's like...)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
...Ah.
drawnbythesword: (Wow... That's so...)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
[...Wait.]

--Ah! My apologies!

...Then, are you her twin...?

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
[...

Well, granted, she is
someone's twin, but:] Have you not noticed what's going on this week?
drawnbythesword: (I really don't get it.)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
...Only vaguely... It's rather hard to keep track of everything that's happening.

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Point.] People have been getting turned into other people they know. ...I don't look like this, the rest of the time.
drawnbythesword: (What's happening...?)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ahh... So that's what's been going on... Maybe I'll understand these experiments someday.

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
...I doubt it. [Experiments, how do they work? She's returning to looking a bit downcast, though, now that the brief irritation has passed.]

[identity profile] antiexpression.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Minato catches that entry, but he didn't know the person who went home and it looks like whoever is actually making the entry has more problems now. So it isn't until later in the day when he comes back home by the longer path that he runs across 'Shirley' standing by the water. He recognizes the face from the journal earlier. That expression makes it difficult to just keep walking past.

There's a random girl stopping and leaning against the bridge railing a few feet from you, Fenfen.]

[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
[...There is a girl watching her. She looks up, a little irritable.]

What do you want?
drawnbythesword: (Seriously... I don't get it.)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
...Yeah, probably. [He nervously rubs the back of his head. Well, this is awkward.]

Ah, well... Sorry about the mistaken identity, then. I hope I didn't upset you.

[identity profile] antiexpression.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
[he wasn't staring... okay he was a little but it wasn't that creepy honest]

They changed you into the friend that left, didn't they?

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
[At first, she considers dodging the comment entirely or possibly letting out some of her belligerence on him. But, after a moment, she sighs.] It's not anything you did.

[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
[At first, she's startled.]

Huh? How did--? [Oh, right. The journal.] ...Yeah. The timing couldn't have been better. [Except, by her tone, she means "worse."]

[identity profile] antiexpression.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
[well, there isn't much of a bright side to the situation but he can try.]

At least you can use this to say goodbye.

[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
[In retrospect, she will appreciate the attempt -- actually, once she adjusts, she will probably use the opportunity to do something like that. But, right now, she's not acting too grateful.]

What, goodbye to myself? Even if I look like her, I'm not her. It doesn't change that I won't be able to say goodbye for now.

[identity profile] swordsandfans.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Is it because you can't hit as hard as Shirley? [A perfectly reasonable excuse, as far as he's concerned. But it would also mean a rematch.]

[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
...How would I know that? I'm not some expert on punching! Why do you even care?

[identity profile] swordsandfans.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
I just happen to think that everyone should know how to throw a decent punch. Is that so wrong?

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[identity profile] adashofblue.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ "Shirley" .... that's a vaguely familiar name. Hasn't Fenimore--?

Oh, no.

She knows this is a long shot, but she has to try. If only she could be certain it was Fenimore.... ]


Hey, are ... are you okay?

[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
And you think now is a good time to test me on it?

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ It takes a while before there's a reply -- it's only after she's had some time to sulk down by the river that she even opens her journal again. But she replies almost immediately after she finds it -- Xion had replied quickly to her in the same kind of situation, hadn't she? ]

...I'm fine. [ Though she doesn't really sound it -- she just still feels that she should be happy for Shirley getting out, not upset. ] Don't worry about it, Xion.

[identity profile] swordsandfans.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, okay. You're right. Forget I said anything. [Fenimore is definitely not a girl who will let her problems be forgotten like this.]

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[identity profile] adashofblue.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ it is her. oh, Fenimore. ]

... you know I'm going to. [ said with some fondness. ] Would you ... like some company?
drawnbythesword: (Could that really...?)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-28 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Still, I apologize for that.

[...] ...You know, she had bought another hat to go with that one.

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