[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.]

Comments

[seleniahymn]

[Asch, your luck is never that good. Any other day she would have left you alone, but today isn't like any other day, and from what she knows of Luke, you're very likely moping about.

So she is following you, yes. :|a]

[dissonates]

[DAMMIT and he'd been so hopeful. He turns back as he hears her, eyes narrowed.]

What do you want?

[...His chances of looking even vaguely menacing (pathetic as they may be) are kind of undermined by the fact that he has a cheagle clinging to his shoulder.]

[seleniahymn]

[... You're lucky she notices Star just now, so she's snatching that cheagle from you whether you like it or not. Even though her expression doesn't soften much.]

... I've been looking for him.

[dissonates]

[...That is not what he expected to happen.]

Looking for who, the cheagle?

[seleniahymn]

Yes, and the rest of you as well. [It's rather easy to notice when no one else home, not even the cheagle.]

[dissonates]

Well, you've found me. Good for you. And I'll ask again- what?

[He's clearly not overflowing with patience today. Less so than usual.]

[seleniahymn]

Is it wrong to express some concern? [You may be 'used to it,' but Natalia is the first person she was close to to have left Luceti.]

[dissonates]

I don't need your sympathy. [Or anyone else's.]

[seleniahymn]

Sympathy and concern are not always the same thing.

[dissonates]

I don't need any concern, either. I'm fine. It doesn't bother me.

[seleniahymn]

If you say so. [...] Are you here to release frustrations, then?

[dissonates]

I'm here to take care of my own business. [God, so nosy, Tear.]

[seleniahymn]

[She does it because she cares.... sort of. And anything involving this poor cheagle is something she wants to know.] And your business happened to involve Star today?

[dissonates]

...Why are you so worried about him? [Tear you are so weird.]

[seleniahymn]

... I'm aware of what he was used for in Auldrant, Asch.

[dissonates]

It's not like I'm experimenting on him. He's fine.

[seleniahymn]

[Soft sigh, it's probably better to leave him alone now, things couldn't end up well if they were both this frustrated.]

I've completed my turn with the simulators, if you wish to use them.

[dissonates]

...No, I'm finished here. [Absently he lifts a hand to his chest- he'd already sparred with Luke and spoken with Dist, and both had pushed him to his limits, physically and mentally. A spar would be sheer idiocy, and he had no intention of hurting himself like that.

Speaking of which-] The replica's wounded. If you see him, heal him. [It's... sort of a request. Sort of.]

[seleniahymn]

[That hand catches her attention, but she knows better than to ask Asch about it outright. Besides... she too was tired after today's emotional ordeals. Not that she isn't irked by Luke being injured on top of everything else, but she hears that request in his voice.]

... All right. [Another soft sigh.] Don't hesitate to ask for healing if you need it as well.

[dissonates]

I said it before- don't concern yourself with me. I'm not the one who was injured, anyway.

[seleniahymn]

You're right, you're not the one who was injured... [At least she doesn't know what happens to you yet, Asch. For all she knows you were rushing into Eldrant without them.]

[dissonates]

[And he's perfectly content to keep it that way, thank you very much. He gestures to Star, turning to leave again.]

Hey, come on. I'm leaving.

[seleniahymn]

[Did you have to take the cheagle to? Tear doesn't quite want to let him go yet.]

[dissonates]

[Yes he does. OI. FLUFFY CREATURE. RIGHT HERE.]

If you want to see him so badly, come to the house more often. Star, I'm not waiting for you.

[He's not usually such a bitch with the cheagle, but he's had a lousy day and he's been in this place too long already. He wants to get out.]

[seleniahymn]

[Tear would, but soon she'll have a little fairy to look after and there's no way she would abandon her.

Alas, letting go of the fluffy creature so it may rejoin Asch, as grumpy as he was being right now. She'll come by in the morning to make sure he's okay.]