( camp ) post-execution rumba

[lovecolored]

[ Marisa goes off to find Lenka a little later in the evening, after she's done crying and being hypnotized by trees. Got that squared away. When she spots him, she approaches on foot, a little wobbly. ]

...hey. Got time to talk?

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[lovecolored]

[ Oh. Right. Soma. She pauses for a moment. ]

If you wanna. I ain't gonna make ya talk about somethin' that's still hard to think about. But if you do, I'd like to hear about 'em.

[soylentprotag]

It's all right. It's been a while.

[A few weeks, since he's seen them or talked about them, and it feels like months or years because this is the second time he's been uprooted completely -- everything that made him who he was torn away, except the clothes on his back and the Arc he can't let go of.

There's an irrational feeling, low-key and lingering, that if he doesn't talk about them now he'll forget, or lose them for good. He's not sure how equivalent the two are, but they feel the same somehow.

Still, there's something careful about the way he goes on, like he's checking over the memories for cracks before taking them out, dusting them off a little.]

There are five of us. I... was just promoted to captain, before I came here. Sakuya-san is our vice-captain. She's good at taking care of people, but not always as good at taking care of herself. [she's also at least 6 years his senior, but he talks about her like a sister, somehow] Alisa is the newest member, I think. She can be stubborn, and hard to get along with, but she's strong. She wiped the floor with me.

[There's something dry about the way he says it, but there's no bitterness there; it's not a bad memory, the first time they met and worked as a team despite everything about them clashing. It's a little bit like here -- you never know where you're going to find someone who will have your back for a long time to come.

And it's obvious, in the way he talks, the fondness and the pride: these people were everything to him.]

Kouta. My best friend. He always tried to keep a smile on his face, and on everyone else's. He was our recon expert, but he dressed in orange and yellow. We always said the Aragami were finding him instead.

[And he misses the hell out of him, the way he could brighten everything effortlessly in places that were bleak. It's a skill that Lenka completely lacks, will probably always lack, which might be why he gravitates towards people with sunnier dispositions.

He slows to a stop, after that. One more member. This one feels like a goodbye, if he says it out loud, so he has to think it over.]

[lovecolored]

[ She has to suppress a laugh at the name "Sakuya", if only because it makes her think of the Sakuya she knows back home. Picturing her hefting around a God Arc is kind of hilarious. Maybe there's something about that name, because Sakuya-from-home pretty much dedicated her life to taking care of 5 people in particular.

It does make her smile, not just thinking about home, but being the nosy person she is, it's interesting to hear about everyone's homes.

(And the look on his face is kind of cute right now, that's a bonus.) ]

...and Soma, right?