[b]Anumi lays in the VR room, enjoying a strange watery setting. It's a beautiful lake with blossoms and glowing water. She lays in the fake water, feeling it flow over her. Lucien steps in the room a few minutes later. He's wearing a strange slitted mask and a heavy fur coat. His hair is pulled back into long flowing locks.[/b]
[i]"Hey Anumi! Look who's shit I found."[/i]
[b]Anumi turns her head and shock fill her eyes. She knows it isn't... Him... He's been dead. And Lucien's distinct pale green eyes shine through the slits of the mask.[/b]
[i][u]"Lucien! That's distasteful! Damien wouldn't want you messing with that like its some toy!"[/u][/i]
[i]"Oh, come on! It's funny! Look..."[/i]
[b]Lucien straightens up and begins to walk around with a nimble gait. He mimics his brother's quiet voice.[/b]
[i]"I am universal disposed of this equilibrium of mine! Blah blah blah!"[/i]
[b]The spectacle is so funny to Anumi that she begins to laugh. She laughs so hard that tears fill her eyes. Then she's actually crying, weeping uncontrollably. Lucien stands there dumbfounded and silent. He couldn't comfort her, it was outside his power. The scene forces water into his own eyes. Unable to cope with his own emotions he sprint from the VR room, leaving Anumi alone to her sobs.[/b]
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[b]Spark walks in wearing a bright red overcoat that matches his hair and his eyes.[/b] "What's wrong?"
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[b]She shakes her head clear and takes a deep breath.[/b] [i][u]"Nothing... I'm fine..."[/u][/i]
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[i]"You're obviously not fine"[/i]
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[i][u]"What's it matter to you?"[/u][/i]
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[i]"I don't like seeing others be sad"[/i]
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[i][u]"Right..."[/u][/i]
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[i]"So what is wrong?"[/i]
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[i][u]"Just bad memories..."[/u][/i]
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[i]"Damien."[/i]
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[b]She looks up, confusion and curiosity blazing in her eyes.[/b] [i][u]"What?"[/u][/i]
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[i]"My father knew him."[/i]
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[i][u]"Oh... I see... Well lots of people knew him..."[/u][/i]
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"He was a great...cat."
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James enters the vr room and stares at her then gets down into the water and rubs her shoulder as if asking her whats wrong
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[b]She is comforted by the touch but also recoils from the physical contact as if in pain.[/b] [i][u]"Sorry... Feel free to enjoy the room... I was just..."[/u][/i]
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He shakes his head and hugs her
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[b]Anumi breaks down. She hasn't had a hug in years. Her heart is torn. She gives in and returns the contact.[/b]
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He smiles and closes his eyes [i]"its okay"[/i]
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[b]She shivers in the embrace eventually and slowly slithers from its grasp when she regains motor control. Though, she doesn't say a whole lot.[/b]
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[i] She hears a familiar metallic voice from behind her.[/i] "From practicing firearms to sniveling in a fake lake. Quite the transition."
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[i][u]"Go away... I don't need your shit!"[/u][/i]
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"Hey, hey." [i] A figure walks around to her front view, clad in slim black armor and a ronin mask. He wears his three katanas at his side. His mask retracts to show a very handsome man in his mid-twenties with piercing, icy blue eyes and a singular lock of hair falling in his face. He kneels down next to her in the water, putting a comforting, gloved hand on her shoulder.[/i] http://m.imgur.com/NHsLIWJ.jpg
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[b]She recoils as though it hurt. Something about the eyes and the contact sets her off.[/b] [i][u]"No... I can't..."[/u][/i]
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"Can't what?" [i] He asks calmly, sitting down in the water next to her.[/i]
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[u][i]"I don't want to talk about it... How'd you even get here?"[/i][/u] [b]Anumi tries to think of how he has seemingly snuck on the ship.[/b]