paradisa | 014 Summons ❈ Dictated

[Sheena's been keeping to herself the past few days, hiding in her room reading over journal entries and replying here and there, but for the most part, she's been quiet when it's come to her own. She knows that she needs to apologize to those she had dealt with while under the influence of the illness, but each time she's reached for her journal to do so, she's allowed herself to be sidetracked by other entries.

This can't go on any more; she knows if she lets it go on too long, she may never get the chance to do this again, so she takes a deep breath and begins.]

I am so sorry to those I may have harmed or mistreated recently--it really wasn't my intention.

[Filter to Garry]
I-- I really don't know what else to say. I never should have done that, and I'll understand if you hate me and don't want to be my friend any more.

[Filter to Lloyd]
Gods, of all the people for me to do that to. We've been through too much to let something like this ruin our friendship, and I can't apologize enough for letting things get so out of control.

[There really are so many times she can blame the castle or another influence for making her act a certain way before people have had enough and she's cut out of their lives for good. She's just going to have to try harder to resist things.]

[Filter to Raine]
So much for my theory about it being cave system. If only I hadn't made that rubbing or made those copies... None of this would have happened.

[She closes the journal and fearfully waits.]

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[What? She's blaming...herself? No, no, no, he was the one at fault here, for sure!]

Sheena, why would I hate you? I was the one acting out of hand, and you were the one looking out for me. I...I should be the one apologizing to you, okay?

And of course you're my friend. You'll always be my friend.

Edited 2012-12-02 15:01 (UTC)

[Well, he sure knows THAT feeling. And he's concerned for he, so he'll check how she is]

Hey.

[That totally counts as checking how she is]

[It's not that he feels like he can help, but he can sympathize with the castle destroying an already fragile reputation.]

There's probably a lot of that going around.

Nonsense. If the idiots who thought a cave full of gold and no warnings was a good isolation system, we'd not have been intrigued enough to investigate. And the course of the infection clearly demonstrated that the disease spread by touch, so it would have infected us regardless.

Hi, Spike. Yeah. I saw it in the journal.

Doesn't make it any easier, though.

[She gets back to him a lot later--after trying to think of something to say.]

You should hate me for slamming you up against the wall and keeping you there. That's not what I believe in!

[He's another that has to wait for a response. Which after a while, sounds just like his.]

Hey. How are you doing?

[Okay. So it's a little longer.]

[Oh, Raine. That really doesn't help her, so she's going to stare at the page for a while.]

I touched one of the coins, Raine, then touched other things. Is that how it traveled?

[Never mind that others helped pass it along, you know. Geez, Raine, kick her or something.]

Sheena! [He sounds surprised, and it sounds like he's on the verge of lecturing her like a disappointed parent.] Sheena, what are you saying?! I would never hate you! Heck, I hurt people in much worse ways than you, what you did was nothing compared to what I did!

Sheena, really, I'm still your friend, no matter what.

I think we've all been better.

That doesn't seem to stop anyone.

It may not be easy, but I have to do it.

[She pauses.]

Are you okay?

[He was almost killed twice during that mess, mostly for reasons he deserved. And yet...]

I didn't catch anything.

[Don't tell her that. She'll feel guilty as hell for not being able to protect you, Spike.]

Good. I'm glad. It was kind of weird.

[Luckily he's not one to over-share.]

Looked that way, from what I saw.

Sheena, if it was on all those coins, you're hardly the only one at fault. No less than half the expedition touched them or snuck some home when they thoughts others weren't looking.

You should have seen it from where I was.

[She's not exactly being flippant.]

Everything just felt "normal" to me.

I know I have.

[At least they didn't meet up. She doubts he would have handled being man-handled by a ninja very well.]

[Okay, that helps.]

That many people?

[Obviously, she wasn't looking.]

[No, he wouldn't]

Times like this, I wonder what the point is of making us so miserable.

[That's a disturbing thought. Mind control can be a real bitch.]

I've heard of that happening.

Yes. Do you really think so many could pass by that amount of gold and not be tempted?

[She's kinda getting tired of people messing with her mind.]

Yeah. [She pauses.]

So what are you up to?

You don't understand, Garry. I protect people so they can live the way they want without being sacrificed or sacrificing others.

I don't turn on my friends like that.

,i>[Stubborn ninja is stubborn]

Enjoying my freedom while I've got it.

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Of course.

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