theairlock | when you hear me calling out to you, saying, "i'll always believe in you"

[It occurs to Yurika that she has no idea what either of the men they'd lost just now had with regards to religious beliefs. She doesn't know who they wanted to leave their things to. She doesn't miss the detailed funeral requests, and at least neither wanted their ashes scattered over a lake on a planet that might not even exist here while the mall radio blasted "Stairway to Heaven," but having nothing...

It's actually kind of fitting. They don't have much to begin with.

Arianna strongly insisted on handling the food, so don't worry, your afterparty food today does not consist of disgusting burnt lumps and will not send you all back into the courtroom should somebody eat one. Candles are lit on another table and Yurika's standing at the front with a hand on her shoulder.]

In my last group... our last group, for some of us, the only cases we've remembered so far had culprits who were either cruel or just that determined to escape. Here, it seems different. We're all survivors, so it seems, and we're all friends who are doing our best -- even when the motives make it seem like we should give up. Even when people die anyway.

Maybe Togami-san was right that it'll just keep going from now, but he was also right that it can't keep going forever. I'm going to make sure to keep trying for all of you, and I know you will, too.

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[What a diligent girlfriend.]

You don't sleep well?

[Is that something that can be helped?]

[Her gf!!!]

I-it's nothing too serious! I just have... nightmares, sometimes.

[Typical stuff.]

Don't have anything to cuddle at night?

[Like a stuffed animal other than Penny? Because she can't see good dreams happening cuddling that.]

That used to help me when I was little.

[It's.... it's true.]

Something to cuddle? Well... I suppose I could find another pillow, or maybe something else?

[She dunno. It's not like she can ask the gacha directly for something to cuddle.]

[~~Pyrrha don't you have a chocobo~~

She thinks to herself, humming softly.]

Maybe a bigger one of those Rancor plushes?

[~~It's almost midnight, have pity on me~~]

That's a possibility- Oh! Come to think of it, I actually do have something I could use/

[She reaches into her loot pile, rooting around she pulls out... a Chocobo plushie! Wow! Didn't forget that!]

What about this? I got it from the machine in Flavortown a week or two ago.

[~~NEVER okay~~

Ah! That's so cute! And a little familiar pang tugs at her heart...]

That's so cute! It looks like a giant baby chick!

I think so too! I believe it's supposed to be a Chocobo? Like the giant birds Ardyn and Noctis have talked about.

Oh? [THAT'S EVEN BETTER!] They both told me about them... but this is so much cuter than what I imagined.

It is! [She holds it out to Nari. You want to touch it. You know you do.]

Sometimes I think that other worlds get all the amazing things.

[..... okay, she pets it gently, like it's a real bird. It's so cute... and so familiar, and she hates not knowing why.]

I wish we had something like a chocobo back home. Nope. We got horses.

[ :D ]

We have something like Chocobos back home, but they're much larger, and not the same color, and they try to kill Humans.

[Sighs.]

Oh. Well that's no fun. The closest thing we have are ostriches, and those things are complete dicks... those are the closest to riding size. We have emus and rheas, which are cute, and the cassowaries that will try and kill you.

I think we have birds called Emus somewhere. [Because when is Remnant consistent with its animal life anyway.]

Nevermores are massive. About the size of small planes, if they're old enough.

Emus are good eating, too. [She'll say that probably about 85% of animals in the world.]

..... we have nothing that big.

There are lots of things that are that big on Remnant. Most of them hate Humanity.

[Another sigh and she sits back on her bed, head coming to rest against the wall.]

It's amazing, not seeing a single one out here.

Big things can be bad... but back home it's the smaller things you need to worry about.

[Hope you don't mind having Nari sit beside you.]

It's nice... I haven't had to worry about things I'm terrified of here. Other than the obvious things.

[No, it's fine. She can put her head on her shoulder now. That's good.]

...What are you terrified of, Nari?

Let's see... off the top of my head? I can't handle clowns. Like, at all. The man I killed was dressed as one. I can't handle open water or wide open spaces. Space is different because stars are types of landmarks. I am terrified of airplanes and small spaces... I am terrified that my powers will disappear. I am terrified of drowning even though I have no idea what that feels like, just the thought is scary. I'm.... this one might sound silly...... but I'm afraid of the dark.

[That last one is such a childish fear.]

But what scares me more than any of that combined........ it's not being of use to anyone.

...Hmm. Being scared of drowning and the dark are very natural fears. I myself am a bit scared of the dark too, or what's inside it. I've never been to the ocean besides being in vehicles that fly over it, and clowns have... always been a bit terrifying to me.

But not being useful to anyone is one of my personal fears too. I wouldn't know what to do with myself if the things I did weren't helping anyone in any useful way.

... I have never met anyone else who was afraid of being useless...

Of course I am. I... my whole life, all I've wanted is to help people. If I can't do that, then... what am I good for?

... no one else here thinks like that... Are they more confident?

when you hear me calling out to you, saying, "i'll always believe in you"

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