5th Dango ( ' ' ) [Voice]

[cherishedmiracle]

[There's some shuffling heard before Nagisa speaks up as she tries to set up the journal. Yeaaah she hasn't really been using this thing much lately, seeing as how she is still sick. But today she's actually feeling a little better! And well enough to go ahead and make a post that she's been wanting to make for some time now, regarding a wonderful get well card that Fuuko made for her and had other people sign. So she'll go ahead and do that!]

Hello! Umm... [Wow I just noticed all of her entries start like this...] I wasn't feeling well enough to do so earlier, but I'm feeling a little better today so... I wanted to thank those who signed Fuu-chan's get well card for me... Both those whom I do know, and those whom I don't but would like to! It made me really, really happy! I read them all a-and... yes, thank you all very much!

[There's a small pause for her to think for a moment before she continues.] There are sure a lot of lights outside, aren't there? I can see them from my window but... I really wish I could go outside and see them up close... B-but um, anyway.. Christmas is coming up, isn't it? And my birthday is actually the day right before it -- Christmas Eve -- so I wanted to also invite my friends to join Fuu-chan and Kotomi-chan for that! It'd make me very happy to see you all and um... I-I guess that's it! S-so thank you for listening! [she feels like such an awkward turtle right now.]

...O-oh, also... Those who are going on the draft... ...Please be careful, okay..?

Comments

[cherishedmiracle]

[She nods. Rather enthusiastically, too.] I understand! Thank you, Draco! [kyaaaa excite]

[hisdarkmark]

Sure, whatever. [Sob. He's going to regret this, isn't he?] I imagine you'd be bored stiff if I left right now anyway.

[cherishedmiracle]

[Not at all...!] Well, I'm not sure if I'd be bored.. [More like lonely. :|] But it's definitely better to have a friend here than to be alone!

[hisdarkmark]

Are you alone often though?

[cherishedmiracle]

[Had he asked her that while she was still in Hikarizaka, yeah she'd say she's often alone. But that's not really the case here, so..]

Not really. At least one of Fuu-chan or Kotomi-chan is home, usually. [Mainly to watch over her, really.] They just both happen to be out now.

[hisdarkmark]

Not quite what I mean, Nagisa. Everything is different here. You ought to know that by now. [Yes, he's curious about her home life.]

[cherishedmiracle]

Oh. [welp] My parents always stay at home, especially since they run a bakery that's a part of it... At school though, because I had to repeat a year due to being sick, my friends all graduated and left before me. So I guess I was alone then.. [Which made having the willpower to go to school a little difficult sometimes.]

[hisdarkmark]

[...that sort of sucks. Draco kind of understands that, seeing how he had to grow up fast and felt pretty detached because of his Death Eater duties. But that was his own choice. It had to be his own choice.]

You didn't make any other friends?

[cherishedmiracle]

Not for a while, but... Then I met Okazaki. And he helped me become friends with a lot of people, like Kotomi-chan. [And Fuuko but... Of course, she doesn't remember that.] There are lots of others too, but none of them are here in Luceti, so.. But after that, I didn't feel that lonely anymore.

[hisdarkmark]

...I guess my question is...are you happy where you are? Both here and at home.

[cherishedmiracle]

[She thinks for a moment, but it doesn't really take her long to finally nod.]

Mm! Yes, I do. I love the town I'm from, as well as my parents and friends there... And while I do miss them a lot in Luceti, I do like the people I've met and friends I've made here, so..

[hisdarkmark]

So you've fallen into the comfort of this place as well, just like half of the other villagers here. I suppose I can't fault you for that.

[cherishedmiracle]

Eh? What do you mean? [Is that a bad thing..?]

[hisdarkmark]

I mean you're not making it an absolute priority to figure out how to leave this place.

[cherishedmiracle]

Ohhh.. No, I guess I'm not... But even if I wanted to make it a priority, I'm not really sure how I'd figure something like that out. [Plenty of people must have tried before, and if none of them have found a way, she's sure that she wouldn't have either.]

[hisdarkmark]

You don't think you're smart enough?

[cherishedmiracle]

[..Well...] ...N-no, not really... Especially in comparison to a lot of the other people here.

[hisdarkmark]

And why are you comparing yourself to other people?

[cherishedmiracle]

Well... Rather than meaning it like that, I guess I just mean that it would be much more likely for someone else to figure it out than myself. [Like Draco! He'd probably have a better chance..]

[hisdarkmark]

To be honest I don't know about that likelihood. Nobody's seemed to figure anything out so far, have they?

[cherishedmiracle]

No, I guess not.. I'm sure one day they will though! I hope so... [..except then that would mean not being able to see the people here anymore. So conflicted.]

[hisdarkmark]

Unfortunately, I doubt it's any day soon. We've been here for years and we're not much closer to solving anything.

[cherishedmiracle]

On the bright side, at least that means that we still have more time for us to all be together, right? Before we all have to leave and not be able to see each other anymore..

[hisdarkmark]

I suppose that is a good point, yes. Might be the only bright side, actually.

[cherishedmiracle]

Mm! I'm glad you agree. [At least he likes that much..!] So for now, we'll just have to wait and see what happens, right? And hope that we'll find a way out sometime.