~Nine ♥ Hearts~

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[Naminé is too upset to move right now.

She's sitting, away from most structures and features and whatnot, just staring at the stars on the "floor" in front of her. Her knees are pulled up to her chest and her chin is resting on top. She's tense, worried, and waiting for news that can in no way be good news.

She doesn't know who won the deathmatch yet. It would be a lie to say she doesn't care. She can't stand that it happened at all, and she'd rather not think about it, but she's so worried... She's stopped crying, for the moment, but she knows she'll start again if she so much as tries to speak to anyone, maybe if she just even thinks about the wrong thing. It's so hard to be strong in a situation like this.

So she waits, wondering which of her friends is left to come see her, if they come at all. And, not for the first time, she wishes on a star here in the Plane:]

I don't want to be alone right now...

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[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[She looks up at him, and it only takes him asking to make her tear up all over again. She's quiet for a moment, not trusting herself to speak, but gives in between teary sniffles.]

Merlin... th-the Colosseum... my best friends are fighting. Each other.

[behindhiswords.livejournal.com]

[Having talked to Weber, Merlin knows what she means. He kneels down beside her, at a loss and feeling a mix of anger and sadness.]

Oh, no... Naminé... [He reaches out and puts his hand on hers.] I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I tried to stop this. I couldn't, I wasn't... I'm going to do whatever I can to put an end to this, all right?

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[She shakes her head when he begins apologizing.]

Merlin, it isn't your fault... Not at all. [She rubs her eyes with the back of her free hand.] But... how can you stop this? Is it even possible?

[behindhiswords.livejournal.com]

[He hesitates, then tries to give a reassuring smile.] I'm Merlin, right? Apparently everyone thinks my magic is the best. There must be some spell or...or something that can stop this.

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[She nods.]

Maybe. I hope so. But... do you think just one person can do it? I mean, won't you need help?

[behindhiswords.livejournal.com]

[He smiles a bit.] Probably. I don't know what I'm going to do yet. I have a feeling attacking head on isn't going to do anything.

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid of that, too.

Merlin? If I can help, please tell me. Okay? Promise?

[behindhiswords.livejournal.com]

Promise. We've just got to stay together on this. I'm going to go to one of the next matches to see if I can find...I don't know, a weakness? Something. Any spell can be undone if you know the right way.