(closed) close your tired eyes, relax and then

[sasaeru]

WHO: Gran and Ulvida
WHERE: De Chima government houses, in front of #2
WHEN: October 1, evening.
WHAT: Ulvida has just arrived and isn't sure where to begin. Gran comes across her on the way back from school.
WARNINGS: Spoilers for season 2 of Inazuma Eleven, mainly!

[It's still early in the evening, but apparently the sun goes down earlier at this time of year in this world, too. The sky is already dark and the entire street is flooded in color-draining orange light. In that light her hair is gray; her skin, clothes, and the envelope of papers in her hands are all the same, dull color that remind her of the darkness of Aliea's base. It's cold, too; it's not just evening, but it's almost winter in this world while she's dressed for the warm spring weather back in Japan. Her thin cardigan does nothing to keep her warm and she shivers as a chilly breeze picks up, making goosebumps rise up on her skin. Still, she doesn't make any move to step inside the house behind her.

De Chima, number two. They said it was hers; she can only think that they're wrong. This isn't her house, let alone her home. She could see signs of other people living in it already and that makes her want to go inside the building even less. These weren't her people.

Her people weren't there. Although, with what she was told about the war they expected her to fight, she's not sure if she would want them here either. They'd already been through enough at Kira's hands. They'd already been put through enough at the whim of adults. If the alternative was for somebody else to be here... she shivers again, but it's not just from the cold. The thought of Keeve, Wheeze, or Nero or Quill being here alone sends a strong chill down her back. No, it's best that it's nobody else is here. She could handle this. It isn't right to wish for someone else to be stuck here with her.

For a moment, just a brief moment, she thinks of the brilliant flash of red that was always there in the corner of her eye. And she has to close her eyes then to ignore how difficult it is, in that moment, to bear with the realization that the world around her is still colorless, still drowned out by the orange light, and she's alone. Drawing her legs up to her chest, she leans forward and drops her head on her knees. She'll have to go inside eventually before she freezes up, but what she would really like now would be for this all to be some terrible dream.]

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[It was getting dark earlier now. Walks to take Kidou back to his home in Maurita Falls brought them to sunset, and by the time he'd get to the Porter and out to De Chima, sunset turned into dusk, the sun just slipping barely over the cracks of the horizon. He didn't mind in the least. He wanted to make sure Kidou got home safe before his own walk. And as for his own living situation, Katou had either disappeared or locked himself in his room completely. He hadn't seen him for quite some time. Keith mostly kept to himself, only popping up when Lance or Hunk stopped by.

It was quiet. His whole life had become that way.

As quiet as the streets of De Chima now, the only sound he can hear are his own footsteps against the sidewalk. The streetlamps flickered on as he walked past them, stopping himself from making a few stars to follow him for illumination. It lights his way enough to see at least, and he makes the turn to the Government housing as the last one on that block flickers on.

Call it a dreamlike state, but he's not even really paying attention as he walks by. He's positive which house is his--he's walked home every day since school started to know that. So it's safe to say he doesn't take much notice at first when he passes by De Chima #002.

That is, until he saw someone sitting there, in clothes not very suitable for the current weather. That gets him to take notice, turning his head to see her huddled against the wind, clutching her papers she must've just gotten from the government. Was it that time already? Poor girl. He takes a step towards her to try and welcome here, try to help explain the whirlwind of a situation they've gotten themselves into--

But that streetlamp flickers on just down the sidewalk near her house, illuminating it just enough for him to catch a dim glimpse at her hair. At the way it falls around her shoulders, and how it matches her eyes. Distinctive eyes that he could only place to one person in the entire universe.

One person he never expected would get dragged into this.

One person he never wanted this for.]



Reina...?



[His bag drops, and he makes no move to go pick it up. His voice is shakier than he ever will admit to it being. And a part of him expects the girl to look at him in confusion--him mistaking her for someone so dear to his heart.

But still.

He has to try.]