[Voice / Action]

[dissonates]

Natalia's gone back.

[And he's... not sure how he even feels about that, especially since it's the second time now. He's not the sort to broadcast his feelings on the matter anyway, so he'll leave it at that.]

[Locked to Dist - 75% Unhackable]

If you've prepared everything you need, it's about time we meet.


[Asch won't be around the house much today; he'll probably be home late. His main haunts today will be the Battle Dome, the library, (maybe a quick bite to eat in the plaza |D) and finally Good Spirits to sulk read a book in a tucked-away corner of the bar. ...Though the amount of reading may decrease depending on what he's drinking over the course of the evening...

Oddly enough, Star the cheagle will be tagging along with him over the course of the day.]

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[its-rose-damnit.livejournal.com]

[Dist gets the message about an hour later, but his response is almost immediate. Though he's honestly not sure if there's anything he could do at this point after staying up and pouring out all he knew from back home into private diaries and notebooks. Jade's theory...it was flawless. As much as he wanted to disprove it - perhaps a selfish reason - a part of his was so sure he couldn't.

Well...he did give Asch his word he'd try. That much, he could do.]

Understood. I'll see you at the Battle Dome's medical facility as soon as possible. [A pause.] ...And bring your little pet. The cheagle that I had experimented on. If it's capable of speech here, it may prove useful.

[As much as the little creature had tried to avoid him whenever he came over, Dist had caught glimpses of it out of the corner of his eye here and there.]

[Voice| Locked]

[dissonates]

[....Oi, oi.]

Why do you need the cheagle? He's not going to want to see you.

[Voice| Locked]

[its-rose-damnit.livejournal.com]

[Yulia, does he really have to...?]

Honestly... Because, as I said, I had experimented on that particular cheagle. If it's the one I think it may very well be...then whatever information I get from it will be very helpful. Unless you'd like me to experiment on you instead, Asch. I wouldn't mind in the slightest, though I'd need to acquire a heavy sedative first...

[Just to shut you up.]

[Voice]

[fabrecation]

Natalia's gone?

[Voice]

[dissonates]

[Dammit, dreck, he doesn't want to talk about it 8|]

That's what I said, isn't it?

[Voice]

[fabrecation]

[Well too bad 8| There's a period of silence as Luke goes to make sure - not that he doesn't trust Asch, but... he just has to see for himself.

And... he's right. There's nothing left in Natalia's room except the bare essentials, as if she wasn't there at all. Luke just stares into the empty room for a moment, then grips the doorjamb, clenches his teeth and lowers his head.

Damn it. Damn it.

Finally, he returns to the journal. What did Asch say again? Oh.]

... Yeah.

[Voice/Filtered]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

[Sigh.]

...am I a bastard for being a little bit relieved?

[Voice/Filtered]

[dissonates]

Not until they bring her back with no memories again.

[Then he'll be rightly pissed off.]

[Voice/Filtered]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Don't say that, you'll jinx it. [He hates having to break the news to Natalia again and again and see that look on her face. Score, he's such a bastard.]

Whereabouts are you?

[Voice]

[distressedude]

Natalia is...

[It was better for her not to be in Luceti. A princess's place was with her people, after all... but that didn't mean he wasn't going to miss her.]

...thank you for letting us know, Asch.

[Voice]

[dissonates]

...Hm. [Oh Fon Master, he has no idea what to say to you :c]

[seleniahymn]

[You may find a familiar face at the Battle Dome when you get there Asch. Tear has decided to take advantage of the simulations to not only keep her skills up to par, but to relieve herself of the frustrations of the past few weeks. Natalia leaving just happened to be the too much for now.]

[dissonates]

[Asch is in something of a somber mood, having just finished up with Dist, and the cheagle with him doesn't look any happier. He does notice one of the simulators in use, though, so for a good distraction he heads up to the viewing level to watch.

...Huh, he hadn't expected it to be Tear.]

[seleniahymn]

[The simulations go on for a little while longer, Tear carefully planning out Fonic Hymns against the last series of wolves coming toward her and using physical force when needed. It isn't until she is done and notices the flash of red out of the corner of her eye that she realizes there's someone watching her.

Staring right at you now, Asch. What do?]

[action] you're probably getting both. :|b

[talvimyrskyn.livejournal.com]

[ a human with red hair... how unusual. well, she's starting to see most of Luceti is unusual -- but still, it's intriguing enough to catch her attention as she traipses about on one of the benches in the plaza.

with the help of a gust of wind, she'll make her way on over by skating over what ice is available. he'll even get a curious bit of birdsong in his ear -- it sounds rather like a question, though what is hard to decipher.

really ... she's curious about that thing on his shoulder. what on earth is that? ]

[action] no complaints :|b

[dissonates]

[The sound catches his ear- though it makes Star perk up, which is what causes Asch to notice it, himself. Was that... chirping? Quizzically? What the hell, how does that even work. Though considering birds can-

...wait, what the heck is that skating over to him? A winged bedpost?

Asch just sort of. Stares. Yeah.]

[action] good, cuz you don't have a choice |Db

[talvimyrskyn.livejournal.com]

[ a winged bedpost indeed. when do you ever see a bedpost with earmuffs? you might get reindeer noises in your ear for that if she knew what you thought, Asch the Bloody.

she'll stop about a foot away from him, peering up with obvious curiosity -- though how it's obvious from a wooden doll, who knows.

though she's as yet unable to speak on her own, she can recreate sounds on the wind that she has heard before, and that includes human voices. the voice with which she speaks now is unusual, and not her own -- after all, it's a mix of Jack Sparrow, Sanji, Stella, and Marcell. but it serves, nonetheless, though the effect is a little distorted, like an echo. ]

Hello.

[voice]

[fourteen]

... Natalia?

[ she sounds ... genuinely disappointed. maybe they'd only spoken that one time, but ... they'd had plans to work together. not to mention... it's a sad thing whenever anybody goes home. though she won't say sorry -- not to Asch. maybe Luke, later... ]

... that's too bad.

[voice]

[dissonates]

[...Oh, it's the other replica. HMMMMMM 8| Bad moods don't make for a polite Asch, but good moods are few and far between anyway. Playing it safe, then.]

...I didn't know you knew her. [Though this is Natalia- she probably had more friends than he could ever dream of having. She's a charismatic person, after all.]

[voice]

[fourteen]

... we met when she came back that day... from the Malnosso. I was out by the lake when I heard her... [ shakes her head ] I helped her out of the water and tried to keep her warm until help arrived. After a while, I went to look to see if anyone was coming... by the time I got back, she was gone. The person she was waiting for must have picked her up.

[ a pause. softly ] She said she'd teach me how to make a bow.

[ voice ]

[hakoiri.livejournal.com]

So Natalia's returned home . . .

[ He wants to be happy for her. And he is, though he can't help but already miss her, especially since he hadn't seen her in a while.

Yeah, he'll be happy for her. In a bit. First, manners. ]

Thank you for telling us. It's [ hm, how to put this ] good to hear that she's back to where her people are.

[ voice ]

[dissonates]

It's where she belongs. [It's good... of course it's good. Who would want her to stay here?]

[ voice ]

[hakoiri.livejournal.com]

Yes. It's her home, after all.

. . . We'll miss her terribly.

[voiced; filtered]

[silversnowfall]

Has she? ...I'm sorry to hear that, Asch, but thank you for informing us.

[voiced; filtered]

[dissonates]

Forget it. [All these people thanking him. Ugh, he should've left this up to Guy.]