an armistice under the heliotropes

So, have I ever mentioned how boring you people are?

[private; Aya]

Perhaps you and I could meet once more~? ♥

[/private]

So far, all is going well. It was such a lovely evening...

...not to mention, the weather is finally becoming acceptable.

Could, perhaps, a certain Yuuko Ichihara contact me...?

Aya... We really must meet again, if we get a chance, if you wish... ♥

Thank you so much, Aya, for allowing me to spend the evening with you~ ♥

[voice]

[sounds of radio in background playing song -- there is some static at first before Patchouli's voice is heard -- yet after this point all is clear]

( [Patchouli sings 'Bullet the Blue Sky'] )

[/voice]

( [a written portion is also attached] )

[[OOC: The version of the song. Couldn't find a copy of the studio version, else I'd have posted that.]]

I've been up twenty-seven hours straight now. I don't know what's wrong with me.

But -- a thought. Didn't Caterina Sforza die in 1509?

...it could just be a coincidence that someone from a millenium and a half later has appeared here with that name -- I think it is -- but... it just seems kind of weird. That Caterina Sforza died at the age of 46. If history does repeat itself, as attested to, then, it'll be another 17 ye--

I'm thinking too much about nothing at all. I need to sleep but I can't.

Aya, I...

...thank you. You're much too kind, ma'am.

[[OOC: See also: (OѠO)►IN-CHARACTER ANONYMOUS MEME◄(OѠO)]]

...This place is becoming a little boring - I need to meet more people... I guess. It's hard to gauge exactly hoe important new friends are - I've been lamenting a lack of them for so long, yet I've gotten along pretty well with only... two, maybe? Seth and Esther have both vanished, and I feel like I've not seen Yuuko in a long time. I have Caterina, whose fate remains uncertain - I have her and Kairi.

The city seems like it's getting darker, emptier - less interesting, if nothing else. Then, I've not been on the surface in a few days - I've been locked in this cell - or approximation thereof. I think I'll go out tonight - anyone care to join me?

...I haven't been around much, I know. I think I'm getting sick again.

I haven't seen Esther or Seth recently. Maybe I should attempt to go find a few more friends.

...Sigh. Just another day.

[private; Esther]

...Esther. I...

...Where are you?

[/private]

...How kind of all of you.

N-now, where has Esther gone to~?

[private; hackable]

I can feel my body breaking...

...yes. Some of these words are dark, but in these cases their purpose is equally so.

[/private]

So close, yet it feels so long.

Maybe I'll get to speak to her before then?

[[OOC: ( Gifts... )]]

Six days remain.

[private; Esther; moderately hackable by Seth]

...Hm. Would you mind staying with me - for just a day or two? It may be a few more, though - I'll let you know at the time, if you don't mind...

It's so lonely here. You're one of my few remaining friends.

[/private]

[private, hackable]

Why do I feel so numb?

Why indeed. Something feels... strange.

Deep inside, I kind of miss her.

[/private]

[private; somewhat hackable but not easily; unhackable to Esther, Caterina, or Seth]

Empress. Queen. Duchess.

...This urge is making me lose control...

It will, unfortunately, become terminal... in ten days, then... I will return. I hope.

[/private]

N-now to prepare for Valentines...

...Do you retain your psychic capabilities? You know well enough who you are.

I'm not sure if I should destroy this link. That was the issue, why you saw my nightmare vision of your loss of control. I want to know if you think I should fray this tie...

[private; Abel; hackable]

Psychological death can sometimes be so much more painful than physical death, particularly to a friend...

...Destructive visions are common in my mind.

I don't understand.

[/private]

What kind of--?!

At least it was just a dream.

[filtered from Caterina]

...I think.

[/filtered]

[private; Caterina]

...I hope.

[/private]

[private, difficult to hack]

...Hm. Wonder if that's possible?

[/private]

[[OOC: ( Why? )

For the lulz, that's why.]]

My, my... I do hope she likes me... just a little, at least. ♥

[private: Esther]

I didn't disturb you, did I? Hee...

You're such a sweetheart. I'd love to have you here with me. ♥

[/private]

...I think I'll go have a walk. This apartment feels more like a prison every day.

I think...I'll move outof this apartment. It's a little uninteresting here. Everyone who I lived with seems to have disappeared...

...Caterina... is there room that I might... join your kind in your home? Somehow I don't feel like I'd belong in such a place, but it... seems more interesting than where I currently am.

The further I wander away, the deeper inside I grow...