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[fujibayashi]

"I'm not here right now. Leave a message."

| This is a catch-all post for contacting Sheena in Exsilium. Please note the date of the intended message and the method in the subject line of your comment. Thank you!

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2/03/2012 - Text

[wilder]

[Zelos...doesn't know who else to contact, or what do. He can't go to Lloyd, he's too early in the timeline. Kratos is well, Kratos and therefore useless in Zelos's opinion. ]

[And so it turns to Sheena. He'll keep the message simple, but at the very least he won't write it as anonymous. His name will still be on it]

[...Okay it's his fake name BUT HEY. PROGRESS. HE'S TOO LAZY TO CHANGE IT BACK TO HIS REAL NAME FOR ONE CONVERSATION OKAY.]

Mithos is here.

[If Sheena doesn't know how to check her messages, well at least he can say he tried]

2/03/2012 - Text

[fujibayashi]

[Sheena stares at the text message. She's never actually gotten one before, and the name attached to it isn't familiar at all. But the anonymity doesn't matter.

What does matter is the message.

She stares at the device in horror. If Mithos came here, he might still have all the power he did when they took him down. He might turn that on everyone, might take advantage of how Lloyd didn't remember everything...

She sucks in a breath through her teeth. Don't jump to conclusions. She needs to... make sure, first. And then decide what to do from there.]

I'll look into it.
Who sent this?

06/02/2013 - Voice

[wilder]

[Okay, so a day later and he still doesn't know what to do. His roommates were a bit busy dealing with their own arrivals, and honestly Sheena probably...deserved to know updates, so hey, here is is- updating! Aren't you proud of him? ♥ ]

Heeey Sheena! You there hunny?

[...Okay maybe not fully proud but hey.]

[fujibayashi]

[That tone makes her just want to delete the message... but sure enough, she is there.]

What.

06.05.13 | Video

[nevertells]

How unexpected for it to be the two of us. Sheena... This may be a strange question. [But she has to ask. Because otherwise this will be far more complicated than she'd like to deal with.] Do you know who I am?

video;

[fujibayashi]

[Oh, a video message! Who could it be? Sheena switches it on and sees someone who she... hasn't seen in a long time!]

Wha-- Raine? You're here too?

[Does that answer the question?]

07.05.2013 - text

[wilder]

Weird question, but-

Do you know where you can buy a couch?

text

[fujibayashi]

what. Did your couch leave you?

08/09/2013 - Action

[wilder]

[It's been a bit since he's seen Sheena. That wasn't really something unusual, honestly back home it was pretty regular that he'd go months without seeing her since she was at Mizuho or doing missions outside of Meltokio. He'd never forget the time they were apart for a few months and when they met up again she had gotten a chest, no siree-]

[Ahem, right. Maybe the brackets isn't the place for that]

[Still. Maybe it was the fact that she had been a regular presence in his life, he noticed the absence more than usual. At first maybe he rationalized it was for the best. If what he had read was correct, she probably was better off away from him. But then he found himself feeling off. Like he wanted to see her. Normally when he called her up it was because there was a problem in his life, but- that wasn't really the case. Seles and him were working things out on their own, and Allen's whole problem was too vague to decipher if there WAS a problem for him. ]

[He thought about just calling her up and seeing how she was, but he dismissed it. It seemed pretty uncool and it'd make her think something was really wrong. That or just get annoyed and hang up]

[So finally in the end, he decides to go with that one notion they had discussed the last time they were in the same area- cooking for her. He could play it off as only fair, since she brought him something once. Just drop it off and go]

[And so there he is after an embarrassing number of days deliberating. He's got a small container in hand of rice balls with him, with the intent of dropping them off. It takes a couple moments of hesitation, but he'll finally knock on the door.]

[....]

[Ugh. This is stupid. He starts thinking if there's still time to just put them on the ground and make a dash for his place before her or her roommates get here.]

[fujibayashi]

[Sheena opens the door a little too quickly for him to run off. She looks surprised to see him, and even gives Zelos a once-over to make sure all of his limbs are intact. Wait-- how long has it been? The days have flown by since they spoke, because there's two additional people living in the apartment, and a couple of Riku's friends too. Or were they Axel's? She's not sure, but it's kept her busy between cleaning and cooking, a happy sort of domestic buzz. She's almost forgotten.

She hasn't forgotten all the way, though, if the tiny blush on her cheeks is any indicator. She slams down on her memories of their conversation and her more private heart-to-heart with Axel.]

Oh, uh, hi. I didn't know you were coming by.

[Private video; backdated to August 2]

[knightofcourage]

Sheena? Um, somebody else from our world is here. His name is Richter Abend, and he was a friend of Aster's.

[Emil's quiet for a second after that, unsure of how much to say. He hasn't said anything about Aster to Sheena, but he knows from stalking watching Aster's first post to the network that they've met. In the end he opts to just not say anything and go on.]

I don't think Richter will be dangerous here, but in my time he used to be. He was willing to make a pact with demons in order to bring Aster back, and stop me from destroying humanity. That caused a lot of other things to happen, and - well, I thought you ought to know.

...Please don't tell Aster any of this. I don't think he or Richter would like it if he knew.

[permalock]

[fujibayashi]

That's...

[She takes a second to gather herself.]

He was willing to make a pact with demons? That's insane! You can't just say something like that and expect me to not be a little concerned. What makes you think he's not dangerous anymore?

And-- yeah, I won't tell Aster. I figure that's... between you and him.

[voice, FORWARD DATED to the night of 8/23]

[skirtcladgunner]

[After Tori finally pulls herself together enough to go back to her residence, she spends her time in her room well into the evening.

She screwed up. She really screwed up, and she knows it. Worst of all, she isn't entirely sure how she did it, so she can't even fix a damn thing. Eventually, she makes another voice feed to the first person who comes to mind...]

Hey, Sheena... do you have a minute? [Her voice is small, and she's painfully aware of how much she doesn't sound like herself at the moment.]

[fujibayashi]

[Sheena sounds like she's busy. She returns the message regardless, though there's the sound of clothes being shoved into a suitcase and stuff like that. She pauses to adjust the volume on the tablet.]

... Hey, what's going on? You don't sound so hot.

from Riku's tablet; 09/13; video

[thephix]

[ when the video comes through, it's a standalone message, rather than a direct call; there's no connection. ]

[ riku is still for a moment before smiling, checking the video function. ]

Hey.

Sorry this is such short notice--but the Initiative gave me a mission this morning, and it looks like I'll be gone for a few weeks. [ he brings a hand up to his lips, thinking. ] I should be back sometime soon... so don't worry.

[ his eyes come back up to the camera. ] Don't have too much fun without me, alright?

[ no more responses will come from the tablet, though that's typical, since they're expected to be left behind during missions. ]

11.2013 | Text | 1/God idek

[wilder]

[Nov. 1]

Hey I know you're on a mission and can't answer, but I figured you'd like to get updates for when you get back. [And so he doesn't have to say them all later! It's a win for him!]

Anyway, today some zombies invaded.

[wilder]

[Nov. 2]

Make that a lot of zombies, actually.

[wilder]

[Nov. 3]

Lloyd's here. He nearly got us eaten by zombies.

[wilder]

[Nov. 4]

Zombies were all destroyed last night. I was going to say that earlier, but I burnt my hands from a pudding fire.

[wilder]

[Nov. 5]

Looks like the roommate that's bunk is under mine is possessed. I don't think I'll be getting much sleep anytime soon, to say the least.

[wilder]

[Nov. 6]

And now someone's blown up the showers! This month is getting to be some serious bullshit.

[wilder]

[Nov. 7]

Nothing happened today, but when you get back you should really needle your roommate. I'm getting the sense he seems to think eating and sleeping are optional for humans.

[Christmas Day; audio]

[promises_to_keep]

Shee~~na~~ pick up. This is ultra mega important.

[The tone of his voice indicates otherwise, of course.]

audio;

[fujibayashi]

[Sheena sounds a little sleepy but alert regardless. Or rather just panicking... you know, whatever.]

Huh? What? What's going on?!

Not here - Christmas Day

[wilder]

[At her doorstep, Zelos left a wrapped gift, with a single purple flower laid on top of it. Inside, there's a tea set that's pretty similar to Asian in style, as well as a pair of hairsticks for her to wear.]

[Along side is a note]

"People have said it's customary to give gifts today, so Merry Christmas my beautiful Sheena! I can't remember if you still have your old tea set, but if you do you can use this as a spare one or something."

Zelos Wilder

[....Yeah, part of his gift may have been letting you open and tsun in private to preserve dignity. ]

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[fujibayashi]

[Oh my god. It's really romantic and sweet and thankfully not terrible. She takes a moment to sniff the flower, then puts it in a glass of water so it won't die immediately. The hair sticks, though... well, she's going to be wearing those for a while.

Eventually she slips a note under his door.]

Thanks for the presents. I'll try not to spill tea on you again.

By the way, I'm looking for a place to live. It'll be easier to clean it up if there's two people. So come help me out, or don't. I don't think living alone is good for either of us.

[not here: christmas day gdit i knew i hadn't crossed someone off my list]

[limitstorm]

[ riku's no ninja, but he delivers sheena's present in complete silence.

an unmarked white box seems particularly innocuous, only tied up with a lilac ribbon and a tag that says from: Riku, to: Sheena.

inside, there's three sets of whole-leaf teas: one is a calming green tea, one black tea (chai) and the other a fruity herbal tea that tastes both sweet and a little tart. apart from that is a long, fluffy scarf, colored a gentle blue, and a hardcover cookbook from india, translated into english.

he knows she favors spices. what better than that?

merry christmas. you're invited to our house anytime, you know. maybe for a cook-off. reads the cardstock at the bottom of the box. on the back is a key to the duplex. ]

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[fujibayashi]

[Sheena wasn't expecting to get anything. She's not from Earth, and hasn't even heard of Christmas until she came to Exsilium, but...

... This means a lot. She puts the tea in a safe place, finds a spot for the cookbook in her kitchen, and wears the scarf around her drafty little dwelling for a while. It's good to have. The most meaningful thing is the key, though, because it means he trusts her and he wants to have her around.

She leaves a thank you note for Riku just inside his windowsill, having her ways.]

'Thanks for everything. I'll make sure to learn some of these recipes.

P.S. If you need help with your present, let me know.'