paradisa | dated to the night before the plot starts, at midnight!

[Before Uru left, Rin had suggested a cake date for the two of them. A midnight cake date! Something a little silly but fun for it. It's a magical castle of tremendous beauty, after all. In that kind of place a midnight cake-eating party is something that could easily happen.

Uru's gone now and the cake never happened. One half of the party is still here, though. You could guess that Rin stewed for a while and then thought "fuck it" and threw cares otherwise to the wind.

As such, at midnight she's in the dining room, dressed in a fancy traditional kimono and eating her way fastidiously through a very fancy slice of cake. She has to be extra-careful not trail her long sleeves through the frosting, but she's doing a good job of it. Rin has even gone to the trouble of lighting some candles to arrange a small centerpiece. The journal is open at her elbow. Between neat bites she dictates into it.]

Before my friend left, we had this idea of eating cake at midnight. The idea was, we'd make a party of it, you know? [Bite.]

Well, it seems like a shame to scrap an idea just because she's gone now. I don't think she'd care for that kind of attitude. She'd probably have something encouraging to say about it being worthwhile to do something else.

Anyway. My point is, I'm having cake in the dining room. It's midnight now. If you want some, come and get it.

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Oh... [Her face softens.] It was ages ago now. I forget the exact circumstances. We had this person we both knew, kind of a difficult kid... so we kind of brushed elbows because of him and other friends we both knew. And then we got to be friends...

[ She grins, amused. ]

Like foster parents of a difficult child?

Oh, I wouldn't want to put it like that. Uru was a lot closer to him than I was. And it's not as if it matters now anyway.

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[ Lucrezia takes another bite of her cake. ]

One can hope. There were those who returned.

It becomes a little bit like retreading the same path to nowhere over and over again, I find.

When old friends do not remember, do you mean?

That's right. One of my best friends... this was a while ago now... I think she came back three times. [Picking at a corner of her slice of cake] And she never remembered. So, this is how the place works. How this place can work. What's the point?

[ She watches Rin for a moment, then averts her eyes to keep from showing pity. That's never kind. ]

Friends and loved ones die too in the world outside this. I suppose then it is the returning that is the worst.

I know they do. [At least she seems steady. Dry, cool and steady.] There's really no escape from that.

[ Lucrezia takes a deep breath then exhales even slower, as if it hurts. ]

No escape at all.

[This is getting too heavy. Rin didn't want this to be an angstfest, she wanted it to be a nice memorial for a friend - she supposes this a sign of everything that's gone wrong with her.

This needs a subject change STAT.]

What did you think of the last world change?

[ Cake makes everything better though. Another bite it is. ]

I was told I missed it, when I was asleep. Konohagakure, was it?

Yeah. A village full of ninjas... [a little shrug.] It was okay. If you missed it, you missed either a fight or a resort vacation depending on your luck.