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[artisticliberty]

"Hello, this is Fox. Please leave a message."

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Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

Fox: Just a moment.

[a minute, and then fox opens the door]

Haru? Is everything alright?

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

[ SHE HAS PJS ON. ]

Yes. Fine. Sort of?

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

[oh, it's sleepover night]

Come in.

[he moves to let her in]

Can I get you anything?

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

Just a nice place to rest my head.

[ ...tired tired tired. ]

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

[time to kiss a prim head]

Follow me, then.

[he takes her hand and leads her to his room and climbs in, coaxing her with him]

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

[ ....flops directly on his chest. ]

Hi, darling.

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

Hello, my love.

[wraps his arms around her, settling in comfortably for maximum cuddles]

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

[ ...... melting into Fox. ]

I need to come over more often.

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

[kisses her forehead]

I think I would be amenable to that. My bed is always open to you.

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

A lot has been happening lately.

[ huuuu ]

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

Do you need something to relax?

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

Mm, I might just need to talk?

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

Of course.

[pets her hair]

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

...Eclipse was transferred to Alcheme, and I don't know how to feel about that.

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

To AlcheME? I see... was it something he chose?

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

....not entirely, I don't think.

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

Not entirely... perhaps, he was forced to choose between being transferred to another program altogether, and being moved to a different unit. Is that what you are thinking?

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

...I think that was the gist. It's just upsetting.

[ Laying against Fox. ]

I know he's not gone...but it's not the same.

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

... I know. I felt the same way when Maki left.

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

[ ..nodding. ]

I wanted to ask how you dealt with it.

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

It was difficult to comprehend at first. We spoke about it at length, and I could not deny how poorly Taisho had treated her, how we had done so little to accommodate her while expecting her to accept all of our idiosyncrasies. Of course, it did hurt... and I felt like I had no one else to blame but myself for a while.

And so I decided that I needed to do better--for Taisho, for myself, and for my teammates. In a way, her leaving was like a wake-up call we all sorely needed. While we still struggle and fight sometimes, Taisho feels more close-knit now than we did before. To understand one another, to compromise and have faith in each other... we all try to do that as much as we can, I think.

Re: night 197

[mapsio]

[ Nestles even closer. ]

...maybe once I get my wits about me, I should talk to him again. I know he must be feeling very strange about it all still. I just don't want him to feel like he's going to be forgotten.

Re: night 197

[artisticliberty]

I cannot speak for Eclipse, but I think it would be appreciated.