[ as soon as they're back at the heart, she is chasing after lemuen, wherever she may be. the first place she'll check is their spare room. her black gloves are all that keep her from cutting herself on this mirror shard clenched in her fist.
lemuen is here. there's only one other person that could be trapped at the other side of this hell. ]
[ as soon as she comes in, she's looking at lemuen's hands. the door closes behind her.
she walks in and, despite how tightly her fists are wrapped, she takes lemuen's in a careful, loose grip. ]
You have one too.
[ she doesn't look at lemuen's just yet. she only reveals her own between them both.
a blue-haired sankta with a halo and horns. she's smiling her gentle, natural, mischievous smile as she sleeps in a bed of colorful flowers—red, pink, blue, white.
[ lemuen gasps at the sight of mostima, sleeping peacefully in a bed of flowers. one of her dearest friends, in purgatory... ]
I... I can't believe this.
[ she swallows, her head ducked low as she tilts her own mirror shard towards fiammetta. a certain apple-haired sankta, also dozing away with a goofier smile in a bed of flowers.
[ she could practically see it -- the fiery determination in fiammetta's eyes that match her hair, her feathers, everything. just like a phoenix, she rises again. but that implies she's fallen to begin with, and fiammetta has yet to let anything get to her.
well, except andoain. but this ain't about him right now.
lemuen gives a single, curt nod before closing her hand of fiammetta's, both clutching their mirror shards together. ]
We will. Besides, we aren't alone this time. There's strength in numbers, yes?
[ even if they have to work with the iberian boys... ]
[ fia is careful not to squeeze hard, but she does so. it's emotion share week, so there's a swell of deep determination—and deep appreciation for lemuen being here with her, especially where fia knows she's safe. ]
Right. We were always going to get out of here one way or another. Now we'll get out with both of them too.
[ she withdraws her hands. ]
Let's help everyone else that's trapped here too. ...Even the annoying ones.
It has, but... I never thought I'd be able to empathize with you like this. It feels... different.
[ she should be relieved, yet at the same time a touch concerned, as though she's not used to the idea of empathizing with fiammetta at all. sorry for these swirl of emotions all of a sudden, fia ]
either way, fia has gotten a little used to feeling everyone else's emotions. she hasn't really registered how this must feel for lemuen. there's a pinch of guilt over that, but first and foremost, there's understanding. ]
I... didn't even think about it, but this must be like how sankta feel empathy, isn't it?
[ she knows lemuen's empathy was affected by the Law becoming inactive. it must be strange to feel something like this weeks later. ]
[ the emotion of very very slight unease. oh, lemuen. ]
Fulfilling the First Saint's goal isn't exactly a good point of comparison...
[ help
fia has to really think about that, though. she takes a seat on her bed. the emoshare is the slightest feeling of dread and discomfort. it would be a lot worse if she was around anyone but lemuen. ]
It's... a little uncomfortable, to be honest. You can't exactly control how you're feeling sometimes, right?
[ ah. yep, lemuen can sure feel that. unlike fia though, she takes the liberi's negative emotions in stride as she nods in commiseration. ]
It is rather overwhelming, isn't it? Not to mention invasive. And unless you've fallen like Mostima, there's no other way to turn it off.
[ apart from your supercomputer of a god decided to turn it off only to turn it back on again, rip ]
But you know? You don't really need to feel someone's emotions in order to fully empathize with them. That's what I've learned for these past couple of years.
I know you have. [ ... ] It was hard to understand for me at first. I know I made that pretty obvious. You, Mostima, and him... Andoain, you all got to know me even though you couldn't empathize with me the same way. I still felt close to you.
[ nodnod, before reaching up to hold fia's hand. ]
It's all thanks to you, you know? I learned how to read the room a little better with you around. Your minute facial expressions, the way your feathers would shake up whenever you're feeling emotional... I've seen it all.
[ there's probably a thing such as being too observant though, ]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
busts in here w3
Date: 2025-12-07 12:16 am (UTC)lemuen is here. there's only one other person that could be trapped at the other side of this hell. ]
Lemuen...!
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 12:17 am (UTC)Fia? What's wrong?
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 12:25 am (UTC)she walks in and, despite how tightly her fists are wrapped, she takes lemuen's in a careful, loose grip. ]
You have one too.
[ she doesn't look at lemuen's just yet. she only reveals her own between them both.
a blue-haired sankta with a halo and horns. she's smiling her gentle, natural, mischievous smile as she sleeps in a bed of colorful flowers—red, pink, blue, white.
fia's voice is hushed and urgent. ]
It's Mostima.
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 12:30 am (UTC)I... I can't believe this.
[ she swallows, her head ducked low as she tilts her own mirror shard towards fiammetta. a certain apple-haired sankta, also dozing away with a goofier smile in a bed of flowers.
lemuel. ]
I have no words. I can't believe I'd forgotten...
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 12:35 am (UTC)I knew it.
[ she knew it would be lemuel. she shakes her head and looks up to meet lemuen's eye again, determined. ]
No... I'm sure it's that this place made us forget. You and I both know you'd never forget her, just like we would never forget about Mostima.
[ carefully, she folds her hand over lemuen's and closes lemuen's fingers around lemuel's shard. ]
We'll find them.
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 02:36 am (UTC)well, except andoain. but this ain't about him right now.
lemuen gives a single, curt nod before closing her hand of fiammetta's, both clutching their mirror shards together. ]
We will. Besides, we aren't alone this time. There's strength in numbers, yes?
[ even if they have to work with the iberian boys... ]
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 02:46 am (UTC)Right. We were always going to get out of here one way or another. Now we'll get out with both of them too.
[ she withdraws her hands. ]
Let's help everyone else that's trapped here too. ...Even the annoying ones.
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 02:50 am (UTC)Yes, that's always been the plan. [ ... ] Fiammetta?
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 02:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 02:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 02:55 am (UTC)[ THIS AGAIN. She goes a little pink. ]
Yeah. That's been happening all over the place this week... It hasn't happened to you?
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 02:58 am (UTC)It has, but... I never thought I'd be able to empathize with you like this. It feels... different.
[ she should be relieved, yet at the same time a touch concerned, as though she's not used to the idea of empathizing with fiammetta at all. sorry for these swirl of emotions all of a sudden, fia ]
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 03:03 am (UTC)either way, fia has gotten a little used to feeling everyone else's emotions. she hasn't really registered how this must feel for lemuen. there's a pinch of guilt over that, but first and foremost, there's understanding. ]
I... didn't even think about it, but this must be like how sankta feel empathy, isn't it?
[ she knows lemuen's empathy was affected by the Law becoming inactive. it must be strange to feel something like this weeks later. ]
Are you okay? Is it overwhelming?
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 03:10 am (UTC)I'll get used to it. After all, this was supposed to be the end goal of the First Saint, right? Only nobody manifest halos this time.
[ so maybe this is a different kind of sankta empathy. or something. perhaps this is empathy towards your fellow man......... mind = blown ]
If anything, I should be asking you how you truly feel about it, Fiammetta. With your own words and not our mere emotions.
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 03:15 am (UTC)Fulfilling the First Saint's goal isn't exactly a good point of comparison...
[ help
fia has to really think about that, though. she takes a seat on her bed. the emoshare is the slightest feeling of dread and discomfort. it would be a lot worse if she was around anyone but lemuen. ]
It's... a little uncomfortable, to be honest. You can't exactly control how you're feeling sometimes, right?
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 03:20 am (UTC)It is rather overwhelming, isn't it? Not to mention invasive. And unless you've fallen like Mostima, there's no other way to turn it off.
[ apart from your supercomputer of a god decided to turn it off only to turn it back on again, rip ]
But you know? You don't really need to feel someone's emotions in order to fully empathize with them. That's what I've learned for these past couple of years.
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 03:24 am (UTC)I know you have. [ ... ] It was hard to understand for me at first. I know I made that pretty obvious. You, Mostima, and him... Andoain, you all got to know me even though you couldn't empathize with me the same way. I still felt close to you.
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 10:10 am (UTC)It's all thanks to you, you know? I learned how to read the room a little better with you around. Your minute facial expressions, the way your feathers would shake up whenever you're feeling emotional... I've seen it all.
[ there's probably a thing such as being too observant though, ]
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 08:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 11:37 pm (UTC)[ she may or may not be kidding hehe ]
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 11:41 pm (UTC)[ if she's not kidding, they would be shaking a little now. embarrassing. ]
Maybe I should've been born a sankta.
no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 11:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-12-07 11:46 pm (UTC)I thought about it sometimes.
no subject
Date: 2025-12-08 12:56 am (UTC)Even with all its idiosyncrasies?
no subject
Date: 2025-12-11 12:08 am (UTC)[ there was a learning curve for all of them. ]