[Video]

[welcome_home]

From: Nanshe
Date: October 5th

[ She'd known something was wrong the moment she'd woken up this morning, that empty feeling that told her she was missing a connection. Homura. Heart clenching, she'd launched herself out of her own temple, where she'd slept over after her party the day before, and headed for Souji's. There's momentary confusion, because her temple seems to have moved somehow in the course of the night, but she knows the layout of the heavens well enough from the sky to figure out where she is after a moment.

Only the place where Souji's temple should be was now just an empty plot and no matter how she searched, she couldn't find a place where it could have moved to. She's been here long enough now that she knows what this means, even if it takes her a while to admit it to herself and give up looking.

Which is why it's some time before she shows up on the network, her eyes very red from having been crying for a while. ]

S-souji-oniichan's temple isn't here anymore and I can't... I can't feel Homura. I don't think either one of them are here anymore. I thought... I thought you should know.

[ And she closes down the video feed before she bursts into tears once more. It might be a while before she responds to anyone. ]

Comments

[toremainbehind]

[He's patient. There are no real words to say, nothing that can really make the pain go away. So he continues to hold her, a little tighter when she curls close. It's a bit before he begins to hum a song, something that Totsuka used to sing in the past on Anna's request.]

...you did that just to hurt me didn't you

[welcome_home]

[ She might cry a little, but if Izumo notices, he doesn't say anything, and the melody he hums is a pretty one and eventually she gets the worst of her tears under control, rubbing at her eyes as she gives a little hiccup. ]

Izumo? Do... do you think they're okay?

...of course not. why would you accuse me of such a thing

[toremainbehind]

[When she calms down, he strokes his fingers through her hair comfortingly.]

I do. [The chances are that the two of them had been able to return home, even if Homura was a shinki.]

because I know you :|

[welcome_home]

[ She relaxes a little at his words, laying her head back down against his side, staring out over the water. ]

I hope so. I hope... I hope he could take her home. So maybe I can see her again.

WOW

[toremainbehind]

[He keeps up the act, a small smile on his face.]

Maybe. It'd be nice if they're still together.