Week 5, Wednesday; Hiro

[sylfied]

[ She honestly isn't sure what Serph's letter means-- and she knows it's from him, she'd know that symbol anywhere.

She's also not exactly sure she wants to enlist help figuring out what he's trying to tell her, but Serph is just like her: he wouldn't go through the trouble of doing something if it wasn't important.

So Fie squares her shoulders, wraps her scarf around her neck because that is currently the warmest thing she owns in her short shorts, and goes to possibly regret some things. Besides the weather. ]

... Hiro. I need your help.

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[sylfied]

... That sounds like you. [ said with a very soft sigh. ] I guess at least someone's happy with something I did.

[zerotohiro]

Nah. You're going to help so many people...once they know the truth? The endings and everything. Who wouldn't be happy knowing we still have a chance at bringing everyone back?

[...] Are you scared?

[sylfied]

[ A chance, and just a chance. There's no guarantee, and Fie is no stranger to taking risks, but she's also not prone to being as entirely reckless as most of her friends. There's still too much about this game that she doesn't know, and this time, it frustrates her, that they still might get this wrong.

But she's quiet, taking a few minutes before she answers Hiro. ]

A little. I think I'm more tired than anything.

[zerotohiro]

Understandable. [There's a shrug because there's a lot they don't know and a lot left to do. It's enough to exhaust anyone even without the added stress of being a Siren.]

I'm not going to tell you not to be because I think everybody's a little scared even if they won't admit it. If it wasn't so bad out, we could probably waste time building a snowman at this rate. [What.] I hate waiting. I think you do, too. But you can also stay here as long as you want and take it easy until we're ready to keep going. I'm not going to force you to stay with other people tomorrow night, but it's still Wednesday.

[sylfied]

...

Hiro.

[ It's more of an exhalation than a statement, but Fie's lips twitch into something resembling a very faint smile. He's really trying his utmost for her here, and she appreciates it, but since this is Fie and she's not that great at expressing emotions as easily as Katara and Yona seem to be able to pull off-- ]

Did anyone ever tell you that you talk too much?

[zerotohiro]

[He's just. Staring for a moment before there's an actual laugh.]

Probably more than you'd think. [He's selectively chatty.] Sorry? [But not that sorry.]

[sylfied]

I kinda doubt that.

[ Yeah, she's sure he's really not that sorry at all. You tried, Hiro. ]

[zerotohiro]

I can stop talking if you really want.

[sylfied]

I didn't say I hated it. One of my classmates talks that fast, only she's way more hyper.

[zerotohiro]

I do not talk fast. [He says quickly while defending himself...]

...you've never really talked about your classmates and stuff either. What're they like?

[sylfied]

... We've got two robot summoners, a musician, a noble and a commoner who fight each other a lot but probably should just make out, a guy who loves the wind, a girl with a combat maid, a witch, and a girl obsessed with swordsmanship. Our teacher drinks a lot and tries to get us to make terrible life choices.

[zerotohiro]

[...oh my god.]

...a neatfreak who's like the size of a giant and created a laser that could disintegrate an entire person, a scary biker chick who's actually pretty cool and can't go fast enough, a girl who looks like she belongs in a fashion magazine instead of a lab and can create complex chemical combinations on the fly, and a guy who wanted to be a giant fire-breathing lizard instead of getting a degree.

Oh. And a nursebot that is more concerned with my emotional well-being and chases butterflies while still capable of destroying anything with a punch.

Why do we know so many weird people...?

[sylfied]

Dunno. Probably because we're so normal.

[ no you're not. That sure is a friend group, though. ]

[zerotohiro]

You fought monsters and blew up a door. [So no. He's calling her out on that lack of normal? Hiro, meanwhile, is perfectly normal. Obviously. Of course.]

[sylfied]

Blowing up a door is only natural when you can't unlock it. And everyone has to deal with monsters.

[zerotohiro]

False. Wasabi cut open our locked door and I haven't had to deal with monsters yet. [Even though they were in the concept art? Disney when am I getting kaiju action wtf. It occurs to him that maybe she means everyone from her world, but still.]

[sylfied]

Everyone back in Zemuria, anyway. And I'm not good enough to slice open a door.

[ gosh. ]

[zerotohiro]

To be fair, Wasabi had a laser glove we made him. So that helped.

So..Zemuria's a world? Or a city? [He's nosy ok.] There are some people who're from Earth like I am but they've never heard of my city, so it's always weird to think about.

[sylfied]

It's a continent. I've been traveling all over Erebonia, the Empire, lately. But there are places I still haven't heard of either, so maybe that's the case with your city.

[zerotohiro]

Never heard of those places either, but guess it's something to look up when I get back. [He finally tips over to lay over the trunk, staring at her upside-down.]

San Fransokyo's home. Newt's from Earth, too, but he argued a little about if it was even real. But what you're doing sounds way cooler than the field trips I've ever been on.

[sylfied]

... I wouldn't get too excited. The only reason I was traveling was because we were all separated when one of our classmates betrayed us and our school came under attack.

[ San Fransokyo... she takes note of the name, but it's not a very familiar-sounding one. A beat, then, as she looks at him sprawled on the trunk. ]

Is that comfy?

[zerotohiro]

...all right, I take that back. I'll stick to my actual field trips and everything. I've had enough people betray me as it is. [One was definitely enough. He shifts a little, the hood of his sweater falling off a little before he tries to shrug.]

The trunk isn't exactly soft, so no. But it's not bad to stretch out? Warm up my limbs a little.

[sylfied]

I think one betrayal is more than enough. [ she agrees with the sentiment, but she also scoots a little on the bed to give the spot beside her a pat.

Also giving Hiro a pointed stare, because there's a bed right here. ]

[zerotohiro]

And here we are five weeks in with a whole bunch of betrayals behind us. [He notices that she's moving, and he tilts his head a little.

...right. That's fair. He'll just get up and shuffle back toward the bed and settle next to her before flopping on his back to stare at the ceiling. His feet are dangling off of the floor, but he seems comfortable that way, too.]

Sometimes I wish I knew a way to make this whole thing less depressing, too.

[sylfied]

... Me too. But like you said... all we can really do is move forward.