Appointments Post

[dissonates]

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[ voice, 100% filtered, october 3rd ]

[dissonates]

[A big request from someone who revealed everything there was to know in the first meeting with the man. Asch does give it a moment's consideration, though, if only because she has some talents that would be just as useful to them as to Van. He won't be able to trust her with information she might reveal to him, but... hm.]

If it's something I think can be shared, you'll know about it. [Either through him, or Luke, he has a feeling that she'll be well-informed of Van's behaviour. The more in-control of passed-on information that Asch can be, the better.]

[ voice, 100% filtered, october 3rd ]

[fourteen]

[ It's as much as she's ever going to get from him, and she knows it. ] Okay. Thank you, Asch. ... I'll do my best to avoid Van from hereon out. [ With quiet, self-deprecating humor. ]

[ voice, 100% filtered, october 3rd ]

[dissonates]

If you can't avoid him, try to at least pretend to act normally. Even if it's probably hopeless by now.

[ voice, 100% filtered, october 3rd ]

[fourteen]

... I know.

[ There's a long pause, where she might end the conversation. But there is one more thing on her mind. ]

... Asch, my ... my other friends. ... I don't ... I shouldn't tell them, should I? [ It's clear that she wants to. ]

[ voice, 100% filtered, october 3rd ]

[dissonates]

...I'd advise against it. [He's been wondering about that himself, but... really, it would just cause more harm than good.] I'd rather see what he does without him getting pronounced a villain. My concern is that it'd just end up a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[Which, ironically, is something Van would hate, but...]

[ voice, 100% filtered, october 3rd ]

[fourteen]

[ She is so unhappy with this situation. But what can she do? ] ... yeah. I understand. My two best friends... they might guess something's wrong. But if they do, I won't tell them everything. ... I think maybe I'll just tell them to talk to me if they run into a person called Van. [ Her voice is tiny. But she has to keep this a secret, somehow. It can't be risked, now, word getting out and Van hearing. ]

[ voice, 100% filtered, october 3rd ]

[dissonates]

If it was anyone else, I'd probably say to tell them. Or tell everyone. But this is Van. He's not like any of the others.

[ voice, 100% filtered, october 3rd ]

[fourteen]

[ She rubs at her face.

It hurts, lying to them. All of them. To Luke, to Asch, and soon to Axel and Roxas. It's a complicated game she's going to try to play. Who knows how long she can keep it up? ]

... okay. ... [ very quietly indeed. ] Thank you, Asch.

[ voice, 100% filtered, october 3rd ]

[dissonates]

Don't thank me. It's for my benefit as well. [But he does give her a nod of acknowledgement, at least. Her cooperation is useful.]