[ the outside is quiet - peaceful, silent. a place for anna to speak at peace with a2.
and then satoko arrives.
satoko's emotions are nothing like the chatter of the party, the intense cacophony of a million voices and hearts communicating. satoko's human heart even sings too, of course; a quiet song, gentle entertainment against inertia and boredom, reserved but happy to be along.
but out here, alone, satoko's soul - the witch, satoko hojo - hums its own music. if the voices are in treble, satoko's is sub-bass, barely audible outside a vibration in the muscles; if the voices are singing, satoko's is beating percussion, glacial and slow and ancient.
thum-
thum-
thum. ]
Heavens, how much of the stuff did you do? [ satoko sighs, theatrically, and if the fondness weren't clear to anna before it bleeds through here in that high, human song. ] I do hope she at least appreciates the effort.
[ ...and yet, as gentle as satoko's heart may feel, there is no denying the cold waters that lie beneath. untouched, unmoving, uncaring.
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and then satoko arrives.
satoko's emotions are nothing like the chatter of the party, the intense cacophony of a million voices and hearts communicating. satoko's human heart even sings too, of course; a quiet song, gentle entertainment against inertia and boredom, reserved but happy to be along.
but out here, alone, satoko's soul - the witch, satoko hojo - hums its own music. if the voices are in treble, satoko's is sub-bass, barely audible outside a vibration in the muscles; if the voices are singing, satoko's is beating percussion, glacial and slow and ancient.
thum-
thum-
thum. ]
Heavens, how much of the stuff did you do? [ satoko sighs, theatrically, and if the fondness weren't clear to anna before it bleeds through here in that high, human song. ] I do hope she at least appreciates the effort.
[ ...and yet, as gentle as satoko's heart may feel, there is no denying the cold waters that lie beneath. untouched, unmoving, uncaring.
thum-
thum-
thum. ]