Eight, in which Angel tries hard to act like Max would

[birdkiddie]

The mansion seems to collapse. We should all leave the building.

[Angel will be out and about to try and find all members of her flock: Elaine, Rouge, Jack, Gokudera, and also Coraline. She has no idea how she can help them, but the first thing in times of trouble is to gather the flock. To not be alone.]

How many in this place can fly?

Comments

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

I need to... stay with Mhairi.

[[ooc: I'm not sure if you saw her post with Mhairi? Also if you saw the OOC post I made about it. That was maybe two weeks back.]]

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

[[I saw the ooc post, but Angel didn't see the IC post]]

With whom?

[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

If the damn building's never collapsed before, I doubt it will now.

[detectiveace.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I think that number would be very limited.

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Mhairi. It's a planet I made here. [To make the point, Elaine points the camera at the green orb.]

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

Can I come and see it?

[Danger or not, this is fascinating, and Elaine is there.]

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

We don't know that it has never done that.

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

Or they won't tell.

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Sure! [It might not be the best time, but Elaine at least wants to see Angel and make sure she's okay.]

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

[Bouncing down the stairs towards Elaine's room and knocking.]

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Hi. [Elaine opens the door, pleased to see Angel. She let's her into the room, where the cardboard box that usually hides Mhairi has been removed.] How are you?

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

[She stops and watches the world from a distance for a while.]

Nothing much changed. [But her mind seems a bit less shielded now, more like it was before.]

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

[That's fine with Elaine, except she's ready to stop Angel if she tries to touch the planet. It'd probably mean Mhairi's death if anything disturbed it.]

Is that good or bad? [Elaine does notice the younger girl's change, but doesn't mention it.]

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

It's probably for the better. How are you?

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Well... I'm not sure how many people have figured this out. [She stands beside Angel, also looking at the planet.] I barely have any power while Mhairi's alive. Just enough to keep up appearances, but that's it.

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

[that really worries her.]

Why do you need Mhairi?

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

It's practice. [She sounds a bit worried as well.]

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

How long will you keep it up?

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I might be here for years, and it wouldn't feel right to... make it die.

[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

It hasn't since I got here.

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

But it feeds upon you.

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

How long has that been?

[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

A year.

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

It doesn't really feed. It just takes a lot of effort to keep it up.

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

...

I miss them.

[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

...I know.

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

I want to go back to before all of this started, to when we still lived on the mountain.

[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

That'd be nice.

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

Is there a place where you would want to go back to?

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

But you feed it.

[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

[...]

I'll go back to the place I left from, so it doesn't make a difference.

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

I won't stay at the place that I'll go back to.

[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

That's probably good, isn't it?

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

If I can make it, yes.

[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

You'll make it.

[talks-to-fish.livejournal.com]

...Gokudera?

[hurricanebomber.livejournal.com]

...Yeah?

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

[She sighs a little bit, then pulls Angel into a hug.] Yes, I do. I know it's dangerous, but it's important to me, too.

[kindly-done.livejournal.com]

[The Jack who answers is hoarse and coated in plaster dust.]

You're...probably right.