26th [Abels room filter]

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

[GUESS WHO. It's been far too long Abel. No, really. A whole week oh wow. And he's not wearing a hakama anymore. Cry about it.

So, at the very least, you should be used to this by now, Abel. There's a flicker of purple light, and... tada! And he's holding something!

And it's not cookies. ... It's a box with little air-holes in it.]

Abel! Good afternoon~!

Comments

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Mmm, perpetually young. ...Or old, I suppose, depending on how old you were when you arrived...

[oh belly rubs you say. he can do this. why are your squeaks so adorable what even]

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

It can either be a paradise or a purgatory if you look at it that way.

[Leetle fins wigglin' everywhere. Tail a waggin']

[priestish.livejournal.com]

That's true for far more compelling reasons than aging, don't you think?

[hnnngh this shouldn't be so cute, but it is]

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

Well for everyone it's different. What do you think this place is, Abel?

[It's adorable. And this Leon will never punch you in the face, Abel]

[priestish.livejournal.com]

[oh, good. he doesn't like getting punched in the face, particularly...]

What do I think...? [a thoughtful pause goes here. he could answer honestly, but-- that means explaining why. who wants to do that?]

Well. I don't know what to think, to be honest. Paradisa is a confusing place...

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

[He wants you to B|]

You really don't have an opinion either way? Nothing at all?

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Nope! I can't say I do... I've learned to just take things as they come around here.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

[LIAR]

Well, aren't we the easy going type.

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Of course! There's no point getting worked up over what can't be changed, right?

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

You really don't think anything can be done to change it?

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Well...

Maybe in the long-term, we'll be able to effect things around here. But for the moment, we're as much in the dark as ever.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

People don't seem to be trying terribly hard to change it though. There are the occasional requests for a police force or the creation of a shop or bar...

But for the most part, they seem pretty content to just sit back and watch things. Someone has to at least try to find a lead.

[priestish.livejournal.com]

People have tried to puzzle out the mysteries of this world - but I'm sure you can recall the incident with the spiders in the dead zone.

Those were the fruits of their last efforts.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

Oh I remember that.

I suppose that might ward a few people away... Such a shame really.

[priestish.livejournal.com]

Mm, before that was another attack out past the barrier as well, with an Apothecary some people nicknamed the "plague doctor..." He said red-heads were infected with some sort of disease, and....

I don't know. Nothing went very well out there.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

An apothecary? How long ago was this, anyway? [HE MISSED THIS. He is very disappointed, Abel]

What happened with the Plague Doctor?

[priestish.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, the residents were saved by someone with a mysterious suit similar to the one Mr. Stark uses, which is strange... as technology doesn't function beyond the barrier.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

I take it then that you never found out who that was. [File that away for now. And on a different topic~]

How are things going with Miss Lilith?

[priestish.livejournal.com]

No... without their abilities, pursuing someone like that was night impossible, I'd imagine.

--Ah, she's... [...]

To be honest, overworking herself. Things have been crazy in the clinic ever since the world change...

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

I wonder if there'd be any way to draw them out again.

Isn't there other people that work in the clinic? I don't suppose you can just... drag her out one day? Or is forced hooky looked down on here?

[priestish.livejournal.com]

It isn't like I haven't tried! She's a particularly stubborn woman... [huffs...] It takes all too much work just to convince her to rest every now and then.

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

I see. Well, I guess she's a good personalty match as well, isn't she?

[priestish.livejournal.com]

A-ahh... [sheepishly rubs his head] I'm not sure what you mean by that... It's not like I'm stubborn about something like working. In fact, if you asked my superior right now, I'm sure she'd be happy to tell you I'd pretty much saw my own leg off to get out of it...

[jushinkan.livejournal.com]

You'll work yourself to the bone for the sake of another person though, wouldn't you?

[And tear yourself down. Nice guilt complex]

[priestish.livejournal.com]

M-me? ...I don't know about that... [stfu Xellos, stop knowing him so well]