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[powerlusts.livejournal.com]

-- seems like enough for now.

[It had been more than a week since the whole they'd arrived back at the castle. Sasuke had been going about his routine as usual, except now he decides to put a hold on his training and heading back into the castle, walking through the hallways, probably heading towards the kitchen or somewhere. Feel free to run into him, just take your pick of the location]

[ooc; Loss start! ]

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[hyuuga]

...Do you?

[powerlusts.livejournal.com]

A bit. I don't really use mine too much other than trying see if it has any clues about how to get back.

[hyuuga]

That seems to be the smartest idea...

[And if he was anyone other than who he is, she'd feel so bad about doing this... But it's Sasuke.]

...What--um, that is... Have you found anything?

[powerlusts.livejournal.com]

Not much unfortunately.

[hyuuga]

I...haven't really either. Getting home, it's not something many are openly concerned about here. It's...strange.

[powerlusts.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that too.

Either they like it here or they've given up-- at least, that's what I'm assuming with everyone saying it's the castle's doing at random.

[hyuuga]

[She pauses, rolling her apple from hand-to-hand as she thinks on what she wants to say to that or how to word it. Because she does say those things, too.]

...For some, that may be true. Because it's a second chance for them...or a chance they never had. [Cue meaningful glance at him that lasts for barely a second.] But...it could also be a coping mechanism. Sometimes the easiest thing to do is... It's to seemingly accept it. But I-I do hope that many haven't given up. And that they are just... That they are keeping their hope close.

[powerlusts.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's true [after all, he knew his brother had been her before, along with other family members from what he heard] if they don't have anywhere to go from here.

[hyuuga]

Right. But even then, I...I think everyone here has something to return to. Second chances can mean quite a few different things, after all.

[powerlusts.livejournal.com]

Different things such as?

[hyuuga]

[She takes a small bite out of her apple in order to buy some time while she rethinks what she was going to say. Good mood or not, she isn't really keen on pushing her luck too much with him.

She chews as slowly as she dares just to make sure she has all her thoughts in order.]

Well, um... Life is one of those things. But there's also...relationships. Some see it as another chance to...I suppose, 're-do' them. Or fix them. There's also, um, knowledge. A chance to learn things you never had the chance to.

[Annnddd... That's really all she's got.]

[powerlusts.livejournal.com]

That's reasonable enough, but those sort of things don't last outside of this place.

[hyuuga]

No... No, they really don't. But it's really no reason not to enjoy them. Or try to make life here better.

[powerlusts.livejournal.com]

True enough, though I can't really say the same.

[hyuuga]

[She's...honestly not surprised. And can really only sigh softly at that, looking at the floor between them.

She might be the tiniest bit disappointed in him.]

Ah, right... We all do have our own, um, ways of coping here.

[powerlusts.livejournal.com]

True enough. It can't be the same for everyone after all.

[hyuuga]

Um, right... It really can't be.

[She looks around, then to the apple in her hand. Suddenly, she feels so awkward as it occurs to her she's actually had a civil conversation with him. Something that's just too...weird and normal.]

Um, well I should let you go...and I should get back to my training..

[powerlusts.livejournal.com]

Your training? ...Alright then.

[hyuuga]

Ah, yes.. [Most of her day is spent training...either with someone or by herself. She gives him a quick bow and kind of doesn't meet his eyes as she skitters off.]

...It was nice talking to you.. Um, see you around. [Strange thing, she does mean those words.]