039: You're Only Going Through the Motions, Baby

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[Hei is here with a small patch of grass and his telescope. The telescope is propped up nearby and he's lying on his back in the grass, staring up at the Astral Sky. He has an unreadable expression.]

Hard to believe. They're really real there...

[He sighs.] The servants and the...concentration camp kind of put a damper on things, though...

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[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Concentration camp? There's a concentration camp in your Japan? What are real?

[lamb_of_gold]

[Like you're suprised to see him here :/, Mu sits nearby, but says nothing]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[STAAAAAAAARES at the telescope] What's that?

[contract_star]

It's not mine. It's Diva's. But I don't know why it's there. It just...sort of appeared.

[Shit. Good thing he thinks on his feet.] ...Vampires.

[contract_star]

[After awhile,] Mu, when you left Jamir after all that time...how did you deal with all the... [Frowns.] The...I don't know. Normalcy.

[contract_star]

[Looks over at Isaac.] That? You've never seen a telescope before?

[lamb_of_gold]

I set a routine and carried on as best I could. I adjusted.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Headshake]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Frown. She doesn't quite believe you, Hei.]

[contract_star]

Diva's a vampire, you see. I didn't know that before. [HOW CAN YOU NOT TRUST THIS FACE?!]

[contract_star]

A routine, huh.

[Long pause.]

Diva has servants. They...they come around and ask me if I need anything, and... I think she even has them cleaning the house. Mansion. It's a mansion. A guest...mansion.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

You're lying about something. Your syntax changed. And how could you not know she's a vampire when you're living with her? She's not really secretive about it, and she says she loves you.

[contract_star]

Ah...well, it's used to look at stars. Like...hold on, I'll show you. [Gets up and shifts the telescope around until he finds something good. Which happens to be the Great Orion Nebula!]

Here. Look through the eyepiece here.

[contract_star]

[...GOD DAMN YOU AND YOUR SMARTNESS, MINISAKI.]

[But maybe he can spin this...] The stars then. Would you believe all the stars in my world are fake?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Frowning. Makes sense, with the telescope...] That's... how is that possible?

[And something clicks] The thing that happened, you said it happened ten years ago... Do the stars... Does that have to do with what happened to you sister?

[contract_star]

[Fuck fuck fuck. But he just tilts his head.] No, why would they?

[aimania.livejournal.com]

[curious Flonne is curious!] What are you talking about, Hei-san?

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

[Ikki flops down nearby.]

You look pretty down for a guy mooching off the richest and most beautiful girl this side of the Milky Way.

[contract_star]

Oh, hi Flonne. Ah...which part?

[contract_star]

I wish I wasn't though, that's the problem.

[Pause.] Can you see it? The concentration camp?

[aimania.livejournal.com]

All of it? Though I know what servants are. They're similar to vassals, though I don't think all servants are the same as a vassal.

[crowheaded.livejournal.com]

So do I, but I'll take what I can get. I think I landed a new job for now, so we'll see.

[... Goodbye humor. Ikki's eyes widen, then he looks away, frowning deeply.]

... I saw it.

[contract_star]

Oh, I see. Well, I'm living with a friend now and she's...rather well off. So she has quite a few servants. But I'm... [Pauses.] I'm not really used to that kind of life. It's...strange.

And, well...it seems that somehow her world has acquired a concentration camp. I've been seeing it sort of flicker in and out for the past few days, but now it's there permanently.

[contract_star]

Good for you. I've got a job too, though I'm not sure how long it'll last.

[Long pause.] Her mansion is in Canada. There shouldn't be a concentration camp there. But she mentioned something like this was happening... [He's really more bothered by the fact that it's there than by the fact it's a fricking concentration camp. Horror isn't really anything new to him.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

You said it like it was important, the thing that happened. And the stars being fake--