8th Card [Video/Action for Otherhouse]

[notakaijuu]

[ The feed turns on to... darkness? All that's visible is, occasionally, the blur of something orange or brown. When she speaks, Sakura's voice is slightly muffled, but still audible. ]

Do you- [ She breaks off. There's a low whining sound, like that of a dog, from somewhere close by. ] Do you guys have somebody that you love more than anybody else? Like, a person you love the most? Who's your number one person?

[ The feed movies, and Sakura's voice becomes a little bit more muffled. ]

And, if you do, are they here with you? Or are they at home? Do you miss them? [ She goes quiet for several long moments. Then, without warning, the feed goes off.

To those at the Otherhouse who would like to find Sakura, she's out near the garden, sitting hidden and squished between a very large Ursaring and a very large Arcanine. ]

Comments

[video]

[crimsondirge]

...I have someone like that. [Naoto flushes faintly at the mere thought; the idea still new to her.] They're here, with me, but I was gone for a long time.

[video]

[notakaijuu]

I'm glad you can be with your number one person. But what do you mean by being gone for a long time?

[video]

[crimsondirge]

I was here, but I-- left, for a few months.

[video]

[notakaijuu]

Oh. But at least you're here now! And it's the right now that matters, anyway.

[video]

[crimsondirge]

It is. [... you're cute like Nanako. it's precious and tugs at all of Naoto's heart.]

Is there someone you're missing?

[video]

[notakaijuu]

Uh-huh. He left for Hong Kong a couple of months before I came here. I miss him a lot.

[video]

[crimsondirge]

I'm sorry. That... is one of the hardest problems I've found that this place presents.

[video]

[notakaijuu]

[ A soft sniffle. ] I wish we could make the worlds come together. Because I want to see everyone at home, but I don't want to leave the friends I've made here.

[video]

[crimsondirge]

Ideally-- what I am hoping we will be able to achieve-- is the freedom to move between the worlds as we all would like.

[video]

[notakaijuu]

Yeah. That would be really nice. Do you think it's possible?

[video]

[crimsondirge]

I do. I can't guarantee that we will achieve it, but I believe that we can, if we work towards it.

[video]

[notakaijuu]

Me, too. I don't think anything's impossible if you try.

[video]

[crimsondirge]

I think very similarly. [she offers Sakura a smile.]

[video]

[notakaijuu]

[ Sakura gives her a watery smile in return. ] I'm glad other people think so, too.

[video]

[crimsondirge]

Mmm. Our beliefs will keep us strong.