016 - The lady stands in her bower door / As straight as a willow wand

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[She appears in her little grotto in the woods, which now looks quite comfortable, actually. There's an oilcloth lean-to set up against one of the trees cushions spread under it, a neatly stacked pile of firewood, even the beginnings of a garden near the stream. She drops a bag on the ground, pulls her sheathed sword free from her belt and drops it on top.

She looks troubled by something, perhaps a little dazed.]

...at least I'm home. At least I can come home.




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[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[Yuuto freezes up. He's unsure of what to do... He doesn't hug back, but he doesn't push her away, either.] ... I can't just... leave him alone like this. He shouldn't have to be alone.

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

No. He doesn't exactly make it easy to stay close, though, the idiot lad. [Sighs and lets go.]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

... Yeah. [He straightens his hoodie awkwardly. wtfiswiththathug.]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Stretches and goes back to putting her things away. :\ No more beating up on Yuuto right now? What is this madness?]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[... Yeah, wtf is that?]

... Aniki?

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Folding clothes] Mm?

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

... Uh...

Show me that one block again?

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Sits back on her heels, surprised.] Which one?

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Um... this one. [He holds the staff so that the lower end is kind of close to his knee, like this (http://ejmas.com/jmanly/articles/2001/quarterstaff/Fig5.gif). His back foot is all wrong.]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[And so she corrects him, steps back.] Stand like that, and a tap will knock you on your ass.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Oh. ... Thanks. I knew something was off. [He makes an effort to shake the water out of his hair now, but it just ... lays flat. He looks really young that way.]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[D'awww. She shakes her head.] It's no bother. How's Airi?

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[... Why is Aniki being somewhat nice to him? AAGH THIS IS WEIRD.]

She's ... fine.

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

What's wrong?

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[And because Yuuto never was the master of tact--]

.. You.

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

You'll have to be more specific, lad.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

I'm irresponsible, I talk back to you, and I'm out of practice. Why the hell haven't you shoved me into the mud yet? You're always mad at me about something.

And it's not just that. You don't live here, no one does, so why are you doing ... this? [He picks up something laying around.]

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

You'd prefer I did?

[Takes her bronze mirror back, kthnx.] Ride it out, lad. Whatever the Twins did to you will pass.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

N-no, it's just -

[stares]

The Twins haven't done anything to me. Maybe you're the one they did something to.

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

[Sigh] I know it can make a person feel like they've gone cracknobbed, but I'm fine, and you will be.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

I'm fine right now!

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

You need a drink right now.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

... No I don't.

[anjelsword.livejournal.com]

All right then. [Still eyeballing him with--wtf?--concern. She lays down on the grass with a sigh.]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[This is a little too weird.]

I should check up on the café. I'll be back later.