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Reno ([personal profile] shinra_dog) wrote in [community profile] melodiesoflife2016-01-18 09:02 pm

[Open] But you won't see me fall apart

WHO: Reno and YOU!
WHEN: Throughout the month of January, excepting the Enemy Within event
WHERE: Throughout Aqures Ixen; prompts below


The Hospital

"Wh... what do you mean, he's gone?"

"Well, he crystallized, kupo. He was taken to the hospital yesterday. But if you're Reno -- well, he had a letter for you -- "

Reno stood numb as the moogle explained and fetched the envelope for him. He remained numb throughout the day. At some point he must have left the house, though he didn't remember exactly how he got from there to anywhere. Grit was gone. First Kyo, and now... And Rufus had just arrived, too. Reno didn't know how he felt, except very confused and very, very lost. The time he spent at the hospital doubled as he watched over the two men, hoping someday he'd get to talk to them again. The boy he'd loved a world away, and the man who'd loved him without any hope of mutual affection. Reno felt as though he'd been robbed. So he did the only thing he could: remain in patient vigil, over them and over Yuki, waiting.

Palitutu's Lab

Reno continued to try his damnedest to crack Palitutu's passwords and finally get at what she'd hidden on her computer. He was making progress, he knew, slowly but surely. Still, it frustrated him that he hadn't broken it yet. He wanted to know what Palitutu was working on, what she knew, why she'd done what she had -- and he wanted to know now. Her knowledge about the crystals and the heroes could prove invaluable to everyone here; and, perhaps for selfish reasons, Reno hoped what he found could help reverse the crystallization process for heroes already trapped.

He sighed and rubbed his eyes, the burning sensation telling him he was long due for a break away from this screen.

The Pub...s...

If it wasn't one place, it was another. Old habits died hard, especially when circumstances acted as a catalyst. Whatever progress Reno had made against drinking as coping, it was slowly eroding -- as others guilty of the same probably noticed. Not that they'd likely stop each other. Things were easier to handle, or avoid, with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.

B-04

Eventually, Reno would make his way "home." He had to. With Rufus in the city, he couldn't very well continue to stay with Yuffie and Vincent, leaving Rufus potentially vulnerable. He especially couldn't leave Rufus alone with Tifa. It just seemed to be asking for trouble. People would be able to find him more frequently at his home assignment, either in his room or around the premises. Tifa would be nearly impossible to avoid; Alice probably had forgotten everything about the strange redhead now slipping about the place. The women were hardly the most awkward of circumstances, though, as Reno attempted to make sharing a bedroom with Rufus as comfortable as humanly possible for them both.
chondriosome: LOVE TO WATCH YOU LEAVE (hate to see you go)

hospital

[personal profile] chondriosome 2016-01-19 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Aya had her reasons for wanting to check out the hospital, and she had been meaning to get around to it since she heard about what could be found here. Though she didn't know what she was expecting when she actually got there, save for a whole lot of unfamiliar, unmoving faces. It was rather unsettling, actually.

During her perusal, she stops when she notices another actual moving person among the throng of those that weren't moving at all. Taking a few steps backwards, Aya glances between the crystallized form of a person and the redheaded man standing over them.

"Did you know them?" She then pauses, realizing that she might've been intruding on someone's sense of privacy. "I'm sorry. I hope I'm not interrupting anything..."
chondriosome: oh hai pierce (anyway how is your sex life?)

[personal profile] chondriosome 2016-01-20 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh." She glances at the crystallized form again, frowning. "I'm sorry to hear about that."

Losing friends is hard, even though Aya is used to drifting apart from people. In her line of work, it's hard to get too attached to anyone, so a part of her envies him for having someone like that here.

She shakes her head. "Not really, no. I thought I'd just scope the place out. See if there's anyone here that I might know." She pauses. "There isn't. At least, I don't think there is."

Which is a good thing, as far as she is concerned. And not just because she's new.
chondriosome: long story short, we have free parking whenever we want. Take that abstinence. (lemme spin you a yarn.)

[personal profile] chondriosome 2016-01-23 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
It should be exhausting having to introduce herself so many times to people, but by now it's become routine.

"Aya Brea," she says, shaking his hand. It's interesting to her that, despite being in such a different world, some social norms don't change. "Nice to meet you, Reno... despite the circumstances."

On the bright side, said circumstances could always be worse.
chondriosome: ...AND NOTHING HAPPENS. (MAN I HOPE WE SOLVE THIS MYSTERY)

[personal profile] chondriosome 2016-01-24 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Said circumstances are quite welcome in Aya's books. She is used to men making halfassed attempts and pitiful comments, but she's always quick to brush them off. It's not like she's here for any of that when she has a job to do. Her focus is pretty narrow.

Aya nods. "It couldn't hurt just to be sure."

Since finding out that time works differently from here compared to home, it seemed fair to make sure that no familiar faces were inside one of these crystals. It almost comes as both a relief as well as a disappointment that she's unable to find at least one person she knows, but oh well. Life goes on.

"Thanks. Unless you know a quick and easy way of getting whatever's broken here fixed so we can all go home, I think I'm getting an information overload." Sarcasm drips into her tones, of course. Aya's undoubtedly aware that things are rarely that easy.
chondriosome: don't fool around. (i call shotgun to the squad car.)

[personal profile] chondriosome 2016-02-05 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering what she was expecting, Aya isn't all too surprised by Reno's response, so it doesn't discourage her too much. She just sighs. Nothing can ever be easy, can it?

"On the plus side, it looks like there are worse places one could end up." Hell, Aya's been to those worse places. Compared to the things she's been through, this is a cakewalk.

Reno is hardly the first person to suggest something like that.

Aya shrugs. "Sadly, I don't drink. But I don't mind the bar scene that much, if any of them have good food."

Bar food isn't that bad, in her experience.