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[ino]

[Ino's out at the edge of the forest, doing what looks to be some rather complicated target practice. She's taking a break right now, but there are a couple of targets nailed to nearby trees. All of them have tons of knives stuck in them, forming a pattern that resembles a certain symbol.

But while she's taking a break and leafing through the journal, she's noticing something. She was kind of expecting people to be pissed about the enemies they had to fight, the illusions that were cast on them ... hell, she was even waiting for people to be mad at her for not warning them in advance about these things.

But no, all she's seeing is entries talking about the clothes and how awful they were. After everything that was already said to her about them during the past week, it's really starting to grate her nerves ... so she'll dictate one simple sentence:]

Seriously, the next time I see someone complaining about the clothes everyone had to wear the past week, I'm going to punch them in the face. Hard.

[aaand a little bit later]

[Zelos]

Okay, by the way, I totally met that Kalinda girl the other day at the clinic. You know, the one Once-ler mentioned.

[/Zelos]


[ooc: Open over the journals or in person! I will be a bit slow until later tonight ♥]

Comments

[ino]

[a pause. yeah, she was disappointed too :(]

Most people I know weren't there. [like her daddy, weh weh]

[ofhope]

I guess that seems to fit with the usual pattern. I wonder if a time will come when everyone will see my home.

Are you disappointed that there don't seem to be any lasting effects? That it only meant something to you?

[ino]

... And what if we did? Would you like it?

[a pause] Not really. This isn't the first time we've gone there. And it was fun to show my friends where I live.

[ofhope]

The question isn't whether or not I'd like it. The question is whether or not you'd survive it.

[ A smile just for himself as he turns his back on her, to peer at her handiwork among the trees. ]

So you didn't mind, then, that it was just a fabrication? That yours, maybe everyone's memories were twisted for some unknown entity's possible amusement? Or was it your need to refresh those memories that keeps it an acceptable negotiation?

[ino]

[casually] I'm pretty good at surviving.

If having my memories twisted bothered me, I'd have already lost my mind here a long time ago. It doesn't bother me, I know it wasn't real.

[ofhope]

But it still meant something to you, despite that? You still wanted to see people you loved? Doesn't that seem paradoxical?

[ino]

Not really. It'd still be good to see them, even if it wasn't real. It's the same as looking at a photograph when you miss someone. Even if it's not the same as actually being with them, it's as close as you're going to get.

[WOW THAT'S DEPRESSING but hey she takes what she can get anymore]

[ofhope]

Like a photograph...

[ He seems content enough with that answer, not saying anything else. Meh, strolling off. ]

[ino]

[WHAT IS WITH PEOPLE AND JUST LEAVING CONVERSATIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM]

.... What the hell!