023 - Out in the darkness the whippets will cry

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She's at the batting cages, setting up one of the machines. There's something off about it, though--in the way she moves, so tense it's almost jittery. In the way she looks--pale and drawn, only her cheeks flushed with feverish color. She nearly drops the bucket of balls when she goes to fill the machine.

Swing, miss.

Swing, miss.

Swing, swing, swing. Missing every time.

Eventually the machine runs out of things to throw at her. She leans on the bat for a moment, eyes closed, and then thumps back against the side of the cage, sliding down into a sitting position. Knees to chest, arms crossed over them, head resting on her arms. She's chewing her lip now, thoughtful and still so tense she looks like a spring about to snap.]

Comments

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

[Here is a cloth-clad Shion, still wandering around the Plane looking for a distraction] Is something the matter?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Jerks sharply at the unfamiliar voice, then looks up at Shion in surprise. That cloth looks familiar. On her notepad,]

No, I'm fine... I don't think we've met. I'm Misaki Kirihara.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

[Gives the notepad a curious look] You are not fine. And no we have not, I have only just arrived here. I am Shion of Aries.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Irate look] I am.

[Curious expression]

Do you know Mu?

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

[Crosses his arms and gives her a look] You are not.

[Twitch] Yes. We have meet.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Choosing to ignore the first part and hopefully distract him with the second] Something wrong? Different timelines?

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

...Yes. [Is trying not to think of the whole student deal]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Is he in your past or future? I'm from further along in the timeline of someone I know here. It

takes getting used to.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

My future...from far in my future. I must agree with you.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

At least the difference between myself and Li isn't so great. Though a lot happened to me that he still has to go through.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

There are over two centuries between Mu and I. It is complicated between us.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Startled by that]

...I would imagine so.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

[Doesn't really want to talk about Mu anymore] What exactly were you doing a moment ago?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Epic change of subject! She goes with it, though.]

Batting practice. Well, that's what I was trying to do.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

[From the 1700's.] Batting...practice?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Oopsie. At least she catches on quickly.] It's.. part of a game, where I'm from. Called baseball.