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[fallenambitions]

[So, Bellemere was sent home. He didn't need anyone to tell him that though. He found out when he discovered a photo that wasn't originally on his desk. There was a message behind it and that basically told him that she had gone.

"You need to keep living or else!"

Alexei continued reading her message...how much she believed that he could still turn things around and find happiness here. Although it was through the Malnosso's influence that brought them together last month, he was able to learn more about her, properly, not what the Malnosso had implanted in his head during the last spring. And if he were to be honest...that week was the happiest he has ever felt in a very long time. Even after, they continued to spend some time together, though without the romantic flare and as friends. It was...the strangest experience. He never exactly had the time to make friends after all, nor cared to have them. It was a welcoming change.

...But now she was gone, reminding him of the instability people often forget about Luceti. Loss was something he was already familiar with. He was sure he had grown numb of that feeling by this point, but Bellemere's leave proved him wrong. He knew what was waiting for her back home as well. He held the photo against his forehead, closed his eyes for a moment and muttered quietly under his breath.

"Thank you, for everything"]


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[Sometime during the morning, Alexei can be seen around the plaza area. He's just there to visit one shop in particular and that was the flower shop.

Once his business was finished at the store, he'll be making his way over to the mikan orchard and spending the rest of his afternoon there. He had a small bouquet of flowers with him, planning to leave it at the very center of the orchard. There, if he wasn't wandering around looking over the the blossoming trees, he can be found meditating underneath the tree he placed his flowers. Although Bellemere was gone, Alexei would continue to look after this place. He always had before, but now there was more of a purpose behind it.

By the evening, Alexei will have returned to the village and settled inside Good Spirits. Vaguely he recalls that night when he lost a bet with Bellemere as he ordered himself a drink. Heh. Why did he agree to that challenge again...?]

Comments

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[One glance and a comment was enough to tell Alexei who was here with him.]

And now I remember why I don't come here. [He says rather flatly, not looking at Raven as he takes a drink. He's not in the mood for his antics.]

[crisisrain]

[Whatever gurl, he's taking a seat next to you and bringing is bottle of wine with him.]

Hey! No need ta be rude. Especially since we haven't seen each other fer such a long time!

[fallenambitions]

[A sigh.]

I have nothing to discuss with you. And last I recall, I was given the impression you didn't want anything to do with me.

[crisisrain]

Oh don't get me wrong! I don't want anythin' ta do with you. I'm just wonderin' what yer doin' in here? You only ever come in after somethin' has happened.

[fallenambitions]

[Oh just someone he was rather fond with got sent home to die.]

How observant of you. That information doesn't concern you though.

[crisisrain]

Don't tell me yer feelin' down because Mr. Lowell got sent home?

[We know how much you love it when he cuts you.]

[fallenambitions]

[Yuri was...huh, that's news to him.]

No. I wasn't aware he was sent home again to begin with. [Good riddance.]

[crisisrain]

A lot of the people who've been here fer ages have started disappearin'. It's only a matter of time before we'll be gone too.

[fallenambitions]

A point I've long been aware of already. [he pauses for a moment to take a drink.]

And it is not something that can be helped. It has always been established that our stay here will never be permanent, even when this place has a way of falsely making us believe it is.

[crisisrain]

Actually, I'm not sure if it'll be of any use ta you, but I've made note of a pattern that seems to occur with people who are sent home.

[fallenambitions]

[...You actually got his attention.] What have you noticed, besides the veterans disappearing.

[crisisrain]

Ya don't honestly think I'm just gonna share information with you that easily? You gotta give and take!

[fallenambitions]

[No, that's exactly what he expects, gosh.]

Oh? And what if I suspect you're just offering false information in order to get what you want from me?

[crisisrain]

[He smirks.]

Nothin' ta stop you from taking my notes and cross-checkin' them yerself. When have I ever given ya false information?

[fallenambitions]

That was before your betrayal. I don't expect anything from you is the complete truth now.

[...]

Although I suppose you can throw that argument back at me. What is it that you're curious about? Why I'm here?

[crisisrain]

I wouldn't call it betrayal as such, as far as you were concerned, I died at Baction, just as planned.

[He pours himself a glass of whiskey.]

All right, let's here why yer here then.

[fallenambitions]

Hmph. [He glances down at his glass.]

You were partially right on your guess before, but as I said, it's not because of Mr. Lowell's departure that I'm here.

[crisisrain]

That was a joke, I wasn't bein' serious about you missin' Yuri. Ah, nevermind, who got sent home then?

[fallenambitions]

[Taking a drink...wait for it.] A woman who was as tenacious as I was, but with a good heart.

[crisisrain]

Didn't you a have a thing with a woman here before? Geez, yer worse than I am.

[fallenambitions]

I- [...Wait a minute] I don't recall mentioning anything about her to anyone. It was a forced occasion, but she soon left as well.

[crisisrain]

I like to eavesdrop on people over the journals, yerself included. [Basically, he's calling you a casanova for talking to any woman here. Not that you need to know that.]

Ah, wouldn't happen ta have been that experiment back in February, would it?

FOREVER EDITING

[fallenambitions]

[Pff, of course]

I'd known of her beforehand, but the experiment decided to bring us together. [...And it stayed like that even after.]

MY INBOX

[crisisrain]

Was she by any chance engaged or married ta someone else who happens ta be here in Luceti?

[A strange question for Raven to suddenly ask to say the least.]

DWI

[fallenambitions]

[Apparently it puzzled Alexei] ...No, I don't believe she was. Why are you asking that in particular...?