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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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[wilder]

Sure. Where's your place?

[Talking to her in person was better anyway.]

Well...better than you'd expect?

[fujibayashi]

108. I think the boys are out right now, so it's fine.

[...]

I never know what to expect with you two.

[wilder]

Seriously? You're right across the hall from me?

Ahaha...no one had to get healed anyway!

[fujibayashi]

... I guess it's better than next door.

[Jeez...]

Okay, let me put it this way. Are you two actually talking? Or should I look for a mediator?

[wilder]

Speak for yourself, I much preferred having you as my neighbor.

[The current ones suuuuck]

It's...complicated. I'll explain it when I get there.

[fujibayashi]

... Do you want to get launched through the front door?

[She sighs.]

All right, fine.

[wilder]

Whoa- hey! Let's not have any of that today!

Okay! Seeya soon!

[And he'll turn off his tablet...only to knock on her door two minutes later!]

[fujibayashi]

[Sheena opens the door with her good hand.] Across the hall, huh? [She moves aside to let him in. Unlike her old apartment, this one has signs of being live in. Like uh, someone left their coat hanging on the back of the couch. And there's a stray sock leading into the hallway.]

Have a seat. Oh, and sorry about the mess.

[wilder]

Yep, just across the hall! [He'll point to the door behind him across the hall before coming in. He notices the lived in differences, and scoffs a little]

Oh yeah, it's a total pig sty!

[But whatever, he'll head over to the couch to have a seat]

[fujibayashi]

[Sheena shoots him a look. As he walks by, she smacks him in the arm with her good hand. Not terribly hard, just... you know. Like usual.]

It's not my fault I got stuck in an apartment with boys. Anyway...

[She disappears into the kitchen to start some tea, the usual ritual.]

[wilder]

[And he'll make an overdramatic "Ow!" Like usual]

Oh yeah, because girls are never messy.

[He lets her disappear into the kitchen, though he makes sure to stay in an area where he can see the door way because seriously girl- you have one good arm and you want to work hot boiling water ]

[fujibayashi]

Sometimes they're clumsy, that's different.

[She feels his eyes on her, but ignores it as she fills up the kettle and fires up the stove. She's actually fairly adept at doing things one-handed.

No, not like that. Get your mind out of the gutter.]

So what happened?

[wilder]

If you say so.

[my mind wasn't even in the gutter, but if you want to go down there...]

[But anyway, guess he can't really put it off]

We ran into each other in the hall. I think she's closer to your time, she doesn't have her Exsphere anymore, and well...was less hostile than I remember.

[fujibayashi]

[That's good to hear, except the Exsphere part. Didn't she depend on hers to do normal things? 'Cause she's sickly? She doesn't prod, though.

Instead she just gives him a side-eye.]

... You can be pretty dumb sometimes.

[wilder]

[He makes a "ha" noise] Gee, thanks.

[fujibayashi]

She never hated you.

[The water is starting to get hot. Sheena prepares some fancy tea she stole from Korea.]

[wilder]

Yeah....I guess not.

[Colette had been right. the others had been right. He had just been too blind to...]

...I can't tell her.

[fujibayashi]

[She looks up from her tea-making.]

You mean... what happened at the tower?

[wilder]

[Well that's a new way to put it; but he'll be nice and not say the dead remark]

...Yeah.

What would I even say anyway?

[fujibayashi]

[She shakes her head.]

I... well... I don't know if telling her now or keeping it a secret would hurt her more.

[wilder]

...You don't?

[JEEZ SHEENA WAY TO FAIL ON THE MOIRAIL ROLE HE WAS REALLY HOPING FOR SOME SHONEN SPEECH ABOUT STOP FUCKING UP ZELOS GOD. a sigh- he rubs his forehead]

Heh, I guess it is a tough one.

[fujibayashi]

Heh, sorry.

[She pours the tea, trying to think as the steam rises up and tickles her nose.]

Every time I try to think about it, I just get really confused. I don't know what having a brother or a sister is like. I think... if I had someone else making decisions for me, I wouldn't be very happy with them.

[wilder]

That's right, you're an only child.

[there's a pause of silence, he leans against a wall. When he speaks, he's half explaining- half thinking outloud. Just be glad we're not taking a walk through the snow okay]

Our father died when we were young, I'm sure you knew that, since he was the last Chosen and all. Seles was just an infant, she never got to meet him. I didn't even know she existed until she was three or four and snuck onto our grounds.

I remember when I got to speak with her she said she'd come to meet her father and brother.

...No one had told him he died years ago.

[fujibayashi]

[The tea is ready, but this sure is awkward. Sheena drops the spoon on the tray and it makes some noise. Aaawkkwaardddd.]

That's awful. So she was happy to have the chance, and then...

[Sheena shakes her head slowly, then looks at Zelos.]

She deserves to know, don't you think? So that doesn't happen again.

[wilder]

[So very awkward]

...I didn't tell her. Someone else did, later but...[yeah, let's not talk about the incident over that] It didn't go well.

[Understatement of the fucking century. But his shoulders will slump and avoid Sheena's gaze like a dog that knows they did a bad thing]

Yeah, I guess so.