xenologue 3 || voice

[fauxmarth]

So the day has worn on...and on. And the sky shows no sign of incoming terrors from where I'm standing. Will this be one of those long lapses I've heard tell of?

Whatever was done was enough, friends and imPorts. I'm grateful to those who found a way...

[a beat.

exhale.]

Forgive me. I wish to ask of things touched upon again and again -- much more than the span of days we've just endured. I've already read so much about the past here that I may go cross-eyed to scour any further, and...and there's...something to be said of hearing truths from first-hand sources.

Should you be willing, please tell me: how long did it take you to know for certain your friend or loved one has left-- returned, as it were. What did you do? How many days did it take you to find it in you to be certain?

...How did you know they had forgotten, too? All of this, good and ill. [with an empty laugh in her voice:] There's a lot to be said about fools who believe anything in life is certain, of course, but all the same... A fool like me can at least do her part to ask.

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[functusofficio]

He brings a great deal of brightness with him wherever he goes, it seems to me. Regardless of his name.

[ Padme kind of pauses, a little bit pleased. ] I'm glad to hear it. I know he is very fond of you as well.

Will you be all right?

[fauxmarth]

...Yes, Lady Padme. [said in an exhale.] I must. It won't do to languish in his absence; he'd be devastated. I'll not do him harm like that.

[functusofficio]

I do not mean what you will present for the sake of others, Lucina. [ Very gently and kindly. ] Is there anything you need? It is difficult to lose those we care about, even when we hope it to be brief.

[fauxmarth]

[oh. that.

mmh...]

Right now? I...I just need time to look about. Just to be sure. I'd never forgive myself for idling and not at least looking...

[functusofficio]

I am sure many of us will be looking to see if he presents himself.

I believe there are those who have made programs to track the reappearance of certain names on the network, though I admit I am uncertain of how to do that myself. I could ask, if it would aid you.

[fauxmarth]

Really-? As in, it would alert me the moment he were to return?