001 ☀ Stahn Aileron, Otome Yanagiya

[majinken]

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[mombastic]

Really... you're a pretty impressive sheep parent, aren't you?

[ with your... tons of... woolly... kids.... ]

[majinken]

Parent?! I don't think... it's really like that!

[they're his friends, not his kids!]

[mombastic]

... Mm? Brother, maybe?

[ slightly less work. ]

[majinken]

I was thinking more like "friend..."?

[mombastic]

I mean, you do have your own kind of 'fluff'...

[ Otome, don't tease. ]

[majinken]

Ahaha.. well...

[she's not wrong, but it's also why the sheep all follow and listen to him. it's important friend business.]

[mombastic]

All the same, I'm happy to have the chance to finally meet them all! I can see why you're so fond of them.

[majinken]

I'm really glad you could meet them too! I wasn't sure if you ever could, so... I'm really happy about it!

[mombastic]

I probably should try to understand how this even happened in the first place... [ was it Fumi's fault, it probably was-- ]

[majinken]

Oh.. right. I guess we really do need to figure out that part too. You probably have a lot going on back in your world...

[he knows she can't stay forever, even there are definitely some things he'd like to happen before she leaves.]

[mombastic]

Not as much as it used to be, at least.

[ Things have finally settled down a lot. ]

[majinken]

That's... a good thing, right?

[he would assume. but he's pretty sure asking to make sure is probably better than just assuming.]

[mombastic]

Yes... we managed to finally set things right, hopefully for the last time.

[ No more resets, please. ]

[majinken]

Good... That's really good to hear. I hope you really have peace in your world now.

[well, as much peace as any one world can have, at least.]

[mombastic]

And I hope you have peace in yours. I think we've both worked pretty hard to make that happen.

[ She can't imagine Stahn hanging around home if the world hadn't been made safer, anyway. ]

[majinken]

Yeah. It's peaceful now... there's still a lot of things all over that need to be fixed, but...

[they're on the right track, even if there's a lot he's still unsure about. in the end, it's still a very bittersweet thing, even if he's obviously happy his world is safe.]

[mombastic]

But you've worked hard, haven't you? You and your friends.

[ she's very proud. ]

[majinken]

Yeah... it was hard, and... a lot really happened. But everyone is safe now.

[everyone who survived, at least.]

[mombastic]

... There's... a place I have to go to, isn't there?

[ One person she'd known, who wasn't safe... ]

[majinken]

[it was only a matter of time before this came up anyway, honestly.]

Yeah... I can bring you there when you want to go.

[mombastic]

Whenever you're ready, then.

... Please.

[majinken]

[the air immediately feels heavier, and it's not like stahn doesn't understand why—this is something that is important to otome just as much as it's been to him all this time. he's had time to get at least some semblance of closure...

(some. only some.)]

It's back this way. [he motions further out on the pasture, towards a large hill that she won't be able to see beyond from where they're standing.] It's pretty close... maybe about ten minutes away.

[mombastic]

I see... that's not that far at all. [ Actually, that's closer than she expected, and Otome's gaze is distant for a moment as she follows Stahn's motion. So... over there.

Part of it almost doesn't seem real. ]

[majinken]

Yeah... it's part of our property, it's just all the way at the end of the pasture.

[and there are reasons for that, which she may understand once she sees what he has to show her and why.

first is getting there, though, and he'll lead the way at a pretty leisurely pace. stahn himself hadn't really planned on going that way today, and it does take a bit out of him to do so so suddenly.

(but for otome, especially when he has no idea how long she'll be around, he'll suck up the emotional weight of that place.)]

[mombastic]

[ She's sorry to put you through this Stahn, and she'll apologize properly later, because she can definitely tell that a lot of his cheeriness has been swapped out for solemnity... but for now, she follows along in silence. She has her own thoughts to mull over. ]