Ditched

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

[Voice, Public just in case]

Hayate, Vita -

If you're still here, contact me however possible. This isn't funny.

If you are not still here, I'm happy you escaped, but leaving me and Testarossa here isn't funny either.

Comments

[restlessdevil.livejournal.com]

I hope I'm not out of line speaking here, but I've been told that people here sometimes just disappear. These people may not have left you alone on purpose. Maybe they vanished. It's apparently been happening a lot.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

I'm aware of that. We're assuming, rather hopefully, that people who disappear have been released or have escaped somehow. We've been separated within the Gardens before, though, and I want to make sure this isn't a case like that.

[restlessdevil.livejournal.com]

Oh. Sorry.

If there's anything I can do, let me know. Like if you need a search party, I'll volunteer.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

If they're still here, I'll find them eventually...

[restlessdevil.livejournal.com]

Well, good luck. [Zenobia is kicking herself a little for butting in. She can't seem to help it, but in times like this she's sure she did more harm than good.]

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

...thank you, for the offer.

My name is Signum, by the way.

[restlessdevil.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're welcome.

Glad to meet you. I'm Zenobia. Wish we could have met under... um... happier circumstances.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

If this is the worst thing that happens this month, I'll be perfectly fine.

[restlessdevil.livejournal.com]

Things have been pretty bad for you here?

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

More at home, actually. We were in the middle of a rather rough mission before we got abducted.

The random monsters here aren't exactly pleasant, either, but I'd rather deal with either situation together rather than separate.

[restlessdevil.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I see. [Mission? Zenobia wonders what sort of tasks this person undertakes.]

Yeah, without the people you care about, everything's harder. I was a loner for a while back in my own world because I didn't want to drag anyone else into my personal quest, but maybe things would have been different if I'd had allies.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

I've always had comrades, thankfully. Even here I at least still have my best friend.

...don't repeat that I used that phrase to anyone.

[restlessdevil.livejournal.com]

Oh, sure. My lips are sealed.

I wish I had a best friend. That sounds great. The last one I had... well, things happened between us. [But that was a long time ago.]

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

[Uh oh, someone's about to start talking about feelings. That's not Signum's department, and yet...she can't help but be curious.]

What happened, if you don't mind me asking?

[restlessdevil.livejournal.com]

[It was such a long time ago, yet Zenobia still feels a little sad thinking back.]

Well, the short version is that I fell in love with her, but she was in love with someone else. I was young and not very bright, and at the time thought that running away was the best course...

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

The most universal of tragic romances. No wonder you got brought here. The Queen seems to be the sentimental type.

[restlessdevil.livejournal.com]

Huh, you think that had a factor in it? Wow.

...It was a long time ago, but it still stings a bit thinking about it. But I've learned from it, so it's alright.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

One can't really do much with mistakes but learn from them, if one wants to continue living.

[restlessdevil.livejournal.com]

Very true. But mistakes in more social areas are easier for me to make and harder to learn from, unfortunately.

[mnementomori]

Hayate...is gone?

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

I can't seem to find her, and doing so is a large part of my job, so most likely.

[mnementomori]

I-I'll look too...it can't be....

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

They probably managed to escape. I'm just annoyed we didn't all do so together, really.

[mnementomori]

I'm sure you will. I guess going home is a good thing for her, then?

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

We were in the middle of an important job.

...well, they were, really.

...

[mnementomori]

Ah, I'm sorry--...


Y-you'll see them soon. You just have to believe, right?

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

Not just believe, but that certainly helps. You don't get anything from believing without going out and accomplishing it with your own hands.

...

Thank you for reminding me.

[mnementomori]

[there's a rustling sound as she straightens and nods, though with no visual it's really just for herself.]

You're welcome.

[Voice]

[uberlikehermama.livejournal.com]

... You think they're gone?

[Voice]

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

They probably escaped this place somehow. I wish one of them would have managed to let us know how to follow...

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[uberlikehermama.livejournal.com]

They probably didn't have a chance, right? Aunt Hayate wouldn't leave you here! Or me or Fate-mama!

Nanoha-mama wouldn't have left us!

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[brustriese.livejournal.com]

...You know, you're exactly right. Even putting aside Hayate and Vita, there's absolutely no way Nanoha would have left you or Testarossa on purpose.

She's more responsible than either of them off-duty, for one thing.

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[uberlikehermama.livejournal.com]

Yeah! So they didn't leave us here because they wanted to. We just need to find a way out now!

Or get lucky, but I don't want to wait around for that to happen.

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[brustriese.livejournal.com]

We'll have to keep patiently searching. I've already tried violence and threats of violence, and those are the only alternatives I know. There must be some secret Nanoha, Hayate, and Vita stumbled on, along with the other people who have been leaving.

Re: [Voice]

[uberlikehermama.livejournal.com]

... I wonder what it could be...

Asking doesn't seem to work all that well...

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[brustriese.livejournal.com]

If it's as simple as finding the right thing to break, I will be disappointed but, given who's made it out already, completely unsurprised.

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[uberlikehermama.livejournal.com]

Yeah...