Otono-Tachibana Makie (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
therewerefifty) wrote2013-09-18 07:39 pm
therewerefifty) wrote2013-09-18 07:39 pm
[Action all over]
[It's not so much that Makie has a clean bill of health-- she needs to keep taking this medication for another four months or so, by the clinic's reports. But she hasn't had a coughing fit in weeks and feels pretty healthy, all things considered-- just a little drained, that's all. And now, she's passed the bar of her illness. She's no longer contagious.
Which means she can stop holing herself up in her room and start going forward with plans to actually, you know...
...live a little.
What a concept.
She still doesn't go out until the afternoon though, tracking down Saori (and other house members if they're around) to inform them of a decision she's made during her convalescence. And then likely packing what very few things she has, and putting haru-no-okina through some well-needed maintenance out on the sunny rooftop. But in the afternoon she goes to several places, shamisen in hand:
Seventh Heaven, to ask after her old job;
The tea house, because it's been a while;
The forge, to request a weapon;
The Welcome Centre, to find out what apartments are still free;
And finally, back to the battledome to investigate it more thoroughly. (She keeps an eye out for Konan on her travels, mindful of an offer made a long while ago. Just in case.) Once she knows sufficiently enough (or someone programs it for her), she steps into one of its rooms for the first time, shamisen neatly tucked to the side out of harm's way, and experiences it for herself. (The program name of the day: Shift Hunters. How fitting, that they're like giant wild dogs.)
...probably stays in there a little too long, though, since her stamina is kind of shredded right now.
Catch her at any of these places or anywhere in between.]
Which means she can stop holing herself up in her room and start going forward with plans to actually, you know...
...live a little.
What a concept.
She still doesn't go out until the afternoon though, tracking down Saori (and other house members if they're around) to inform them of a decision she's made during her convalescence. And then likely packing what very few things she has, and putting haru-no-okina through some well-needed maintenance out on the sunny rooftop. But in the afternoon she goes to several places, shamisen in hand:
Seventh Heaven, to ask after her old job;
The tea house, because it's been a while;
The forge, to request a weapon;
The Welcome Centre, to find out what apartments are still free;
And finally, back to the battledome to investigate it more thoroughly. (She keeps an eye out for Konan on her travels, mindful of an offer made a long while ago. Just in case.) Once she knows sufficiently enough (or someone programs it for her), she steps into one of its rooms for the first time, shamisen neatly tucked to the side out of harm's way, and experiences it for herself. (The program name of the day: Shift Hunters. How fitting, that they're like giant wild dogs.)
...probably stays in there a little too long, though, since her stamina is kind of shredded right now.
Catch her at any of these places or anywhere in between.]
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The final comment, though, snaps her attention back.]
Would you? I think...maybe that might be where you and I differ. There are some things I would never ever want to lose. But there are so many things I just want to forget. Shifts and loneliness wore on me for so, so long.
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[She pauses. She's unsure if she wants to go this far in confession, but...
...]
This place is a refuge for me. Nothing is required of me. It means...I can live for me. Or I've learned how to.
[Sort of.]
I'll go home, and I'll forget that.
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I suppose I can understand that. I don't know how many memories I'd want to keep, but I'd hate to go home and forget about my friends here. [Makie included. And she has a confession of her own, at that.]
But I honestly don't want to leave. Not yet. I...don't know if you saw it in the tunnels, but I've been here before. I-I was experimented on here in the past, but I have no memory of it. So I want to stay. I want to remain long enough to put a stop to this, to keep people from coming back. And to find a way home through my own power.
It has to be possible, someway. And if that's true, then maybe we can find a way home with our memories intact.
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Experimented on...
She closes her eyes.]
I would help you with that, if I could.
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You can. You will. You'll be well soon enough, and this isn't going to be a fast thing, I feel.
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[She smiles.] I really have enjoyed being here. In this house. It's been... good for me.
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I still expect you to come by sometimes to play together, after all. We've gotten so good at harmonizing, now.
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[And casually invite herself into house 44 posts.]
And I'll let you know where I settle. I was thinking of just taking an apartment.
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[Casual invitation seems good]
If you need anything, you know how to reach me.
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