[ voice/action ] please not now

[blessingone]

[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 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.]

Comments

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

...Can you tell me where you found that hat? [Because that is a extremely cool hat]

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

[...Sigh. But she had come across Shirley finding it, so:]

It was in the clothing store. Where else would it be?

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

Well I've never seen one quite like that before.

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

[She takes off the hat to give it a look. ...Yeah, she's not surprised that Charlotte wouldn't have seen this one before.] It's weird enough that there's even one person interested in a hat as ridiculous as this.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

But you're wearing it, aren't you? So there's two! [Seriously, what's you issue girl? But no that doesn't come into her thought process. It just sounds like a casual proving wrong ness]

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

I'm not wearing it because I like it! It's -- I just needed a hat.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

But if you don't like it... why wear it?

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

I told you, I needed a hat and this belongs -- [she grimaces] belonged to a friend. If I had the time, I wouldn't have picked this. [A lie.]

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

[...Hmmm]

...Really? Because if it's a friend's wouldn't you like it a lot?

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

Even if we're friends, it doesn't mean we agree about everything.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

But it still belongs to your friend, and they're not around right now... so you must like it, right?

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

[...Dammit, perceptive people! Stop piercing her shield of tsun! She pulls the hat down more firmly as if to hide underneath it.]

It's not...maybe a little....

...It's still a stupid hat.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

Oh~ I don't know. [She twirls a little, getting beside the other girl!]

I think it has a lot of character?

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

[Okay, she has to smile a little at that, even if she doesn't really want to.]

That...it certainly has that.

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

So... [Reaching... to touch the hat...]

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

[...?] What?

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

[...Touching it.

Pulling on the dangly butterflies a little]

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

[She holds on the brim.]

Hey, be careful.... [And you were saying you didn't like it, Fenimore.]

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I am!

[Tug... tug. Lightly tug]

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

[...Then we'll trust you, sort of. Still keeping a hold on that hat, though!]

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

[...Pull.

Okay done! Twirl off and giggle]

See? You like that hat.

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

[Huh? ...Oh, fffff.]

It's...it's not really the hat....

1/2

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

[WINK]

[hazelrink.livejournal.com]

So... who are you?

[blessingone.livejournal.com]

...My name is Fenimore. Though...I don't usually look like this.