Forty-Sixth Spool of Thread - [Accidental Voice/Video]

[so_shik]

[The start of the feed is rather abrupt as the journal hits the floor of a familiar clothing shop, and at first the voices are muffled until the journal gets settled.

For anyone who happens to be looking at the moment, they might see a pink-haired girl bruising the pride of one certain new feather. For you see, Shiki is currently using her plush cat, Mr. Mew, as a weapon of mass destruction as she holds the cat by the arm and continues smacking Neku with it.]

--any idea how freaked out I was that you just disappeared like that?! Come on, Neku! You have to quit doing this to me!

W-what the hell?! Shiki! I don't even know what you're talking about!

...wait...what? [And it's just as abrupt that she stops hitting him. That would have been good to know.] ...you've gotta be kidding me! [And then suddenly the camera blacks out as the belly of Mr. Mew lands right on top of Shiki's journal.]

I can't believe...those jerks!

Comments

[herotypical]

...It makes staying here that much more complicated.

[so_shik]

Nobody can win, can they?

[herotypical]

...Jim used to say that there are no unwinnable situations. [ a beat. ] Still probably does say that, I guess.

[so_shik]

..he was pretty smart, wasn't he? It just seems like it's unwinnable.

[herotypical]

Both a genius and a brat. [ kinda how she likes them, now. ] I don't know -- at some point? Something's gotta give.

[so_shik]

I'll take the Buffy brand of optimism. Guess we'll find out together, won't we?

[herotypical]

God. We've both been here long enough -- it'd be just plain unfair if we didn't see it to the end.

[so_shik]

Almost three years. Can you believe that? I kind of can't....it'd be totally unfair. But that just means more than likely that's what's going to happen. Jerks.

[herotypical]

...Just when I start to actually get used to the idea of staying. God -- it feels more precarious now than ever before. When Jack left, for that week...and then Dawn. And Bones. It's scary stuff.

[so_shik]

Tell me about it.

If Jack came back, do you have hopes that Dawn and Bones will, too?

[herotypical]

[ dawn has already gone and come back once before; she leaves that thought unspoken. too painful. ]

I don't know. I still keep Bones's room the way he left it. So I guess I do.

[so_shik]

...I kept Neku's room the way it was, too, even if he wasn't using it when he was here. And then we come to the moral dilemma of if it's wrong to wish people would come back.

[herotypical]

For some? Here'd be better, anyway. But then there's people like Bones and I know he hated it. Know he wanted to be back.

[so_shik]

Seriously? But Bones did a lot for this place.

[herotypical]

He's a great man, yeah. But he missed his life. His medical bay. The chance to see his daughter.

[so_shik]

I didn't even know he had a daughter. I thought he was just...you know...a doctor.

[herotypical]

He's a great man. Doctor and all.

[so_shik]

I didn't know him that well, but I know you did. That's enough for me to believe it.

Someday we'll figure out world-travel and see everyone again. Someone has to be working it out.

[herotypical]

I sure hope so. [ quiet. ]