( closed ) it is only with the heart that one can see clearly

[danserai]

Who: Ahiru + Residents of the Disaster House + Reaper
What: A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
When: Sometime after Fern's recovery
Where: The Disaster House

Content Warnings: N/A


[ so after much waffling and discussion with fakir, ahiru finally came to the conclusion that she needs to tell her friends the truth. well . . . her house mates at least. she wasn't going to go around blabbing it to everyone. she wasn't quite ready for that.

but if there's one thing this place has taught her, it's not safe to keep her secret all to herself. ahiru needed people in her corner and she believed her house-mates would protect her.

and hopefully . . . not too much will change. she hopes. ]

Uhm, I'm glad you're all here. I have something important to tell you guys. I've been keeping a secret.

Not like a big secret or a dark secret, but more like a secret about me. A personal, kind of weird, don't freak out sort of secret.

Comments

[no_reload]

They are, yes. But simply because something is bad doesn't mean it can't be used to one's advantage. It's all about perspective.

[At least that's how he had to view it or he'd just go to smoke and wish to die. He'd done that for months when it first happened, so now he had no time for that.]

[danserai]

[ hmm. ]

So it doesn't . . . hurt?

[no_reload]

Oh, I used to be in constant agony, but since coming to Trench, that aspects seems to have sorted itself out.

[Now he had to content with the fact that he still couldn't die.]

[danserai]

[ she's still unsure. ]

Is it . . . really okay though? You don't need help?

[no_reload]

The assistance I need isn't here. I will be fine. Persistent even.

[They weren't here to talk about him and his condition, mostly sorted as it seemed to be.]

You should still, in time, learn all you can about the spell on you. Advantages and limitations.

[danserai]

I don't know, Mr. Reaper . . . What if the spell breaks? Or stops working?

I need it to — [ to stay a girl but that's her selfish heart. ] — help someone.

[no_reload]

Why would the spell stop working?

[He stared at her for a long moment then sighed through his nose. Kids...]

You're in love with a human.

1/???

[danserai]

[ — how did he know??? ]

[danserai]

W-What, i-in love with someone? T-That's so funny, Mr. Reaper, who could I even be in love with?! I just got here, so of course I'm not in love with anyone! Haha . . .

[danserai]

Though I guess people back at home count . . . but I'm not counting them . . . because I'm not in love with someone . . . really . . .

4/4 END

[danserai]

Maybe you're in love with someone and is just trying to distract me!

[no_reload]

[Could she tell that he was staring at her with a disbelieving air about him? Sometimes the mask was a detriment to getting his dead-eye stare.]

I am in love with someone, yes. I'm also not a complete blind moron, so who is it?

[danserai]

[ ahiru sighs, looking away. ]

It's a prince from a story. His name is Mytho.

[no_reload]

[He sighed and considered.]

You're in love with a story character?

[danserai]

He's not just a story character! He's real. And he needs my help.

[no_reload]

[Such determination! Reaper made a bemused noise.]

So, with such vehemence, I'm going to assume this Prince is here. What problem requires your assistance anyhow?

[danserai]

He's not here.

[ ahiru sighs. ]

He lost his heart. I have to return the pieces to him.

[no_reload]

And where are these pieces?

[That sounded like an odd mission to undertake.]

[danserai]

They're in my town. Scattered all over.

I'm the only one with the power to find them and return them to him.

[no_reload]

Why is that your task only? Is it because you love him?

[danserai]

[ she shakes her head. ]

That came later. I just . . . thought he looked sad and lonely.

I wanted to help him. So Drosselmeyer found me and gave me this magic to become a girl.

[no_reload]

How far along your mission did you make it before coming here?

[danserai]

[ ahiru fidgets with her fingers. ]

He said I only had a few left.

[no_reload]

[Perhaps they had all been collected now? After all, their times carried on without them. That was why he returned here.]

Your mission should be finished or close to it. You can live your life on another branch here.

[danserai]

[ can she do that? this isn't her magic. the spell would end someday. ]

I . . . have to make sure. I have to help him. If it was finished, I wouldn't be a girl anymore. I'd be . . . a duck.