✿ Chapter 002. [Audio][Day 53]

[burntviolet]

[This time it takes shorter for Hanako to start speaking, although her shaky and quiet voice did not change considerably. Taking initiative and posting in the networks is still nerve-wrecking somewhat, and she's been struggling a lot to talk with everyone in general. Everyone as in, the people who didn't overwhelm her too much.

Yesterday she was too busy having a date at the Great Library with Hisao (trying to search for info about their powers, and not being much successful at it) and was just a little aware of the things that happened while she was away. But the most surprising thing was what she'd found on the desk in her room when she returned...]

Um... I... I saw that a f-few of you people... got hurt rather s-seriously yesterday...

[Pause...] I don't know of w-who attacked you... but... I am sorry it happened... and I hope you all w-will be alright... This must be... rather terrible for you... I am sorry for n-not being able to... word this properly... u-um...

And... I would like to thank... all the people who offered me help when I got i-in here... one of my friends was sent here as well and I found him... s-so... just, thank you guys...

[She decides to cut the feed for now, not finding anymore words to say. Social linking is hard and emotionally draining, sob.]

[FILTERED TO HISAO ONLY~]

Hisao... There's something I need to... show you... Something I found when we returned yesterday...

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[seventeenpills]

Alright. Let me go get some of the ones I got and I'll be back in a moment.

[Hisao got up and dusted himself off, picking up his tea cup and drinking the last of it's contents before heading for the door.]

[burntviolet]

Okay... [Meanwhile she'll put the chess pieces back inside the board box and move the desk back to where it was before, and afterwards she'll pull out the half dozen books she had picked yesterday, sit on her bed, and wait for you, Hisao.]

[seventeenpills]

[It didn't take him long at all to be back with two thicker books.]

These should keep me going till it's time for me to go back to my own room.

[burntviolet]

[She nods.] Alright... [Hanako opens one of the books and starts reading some.]

[seventeenpills]

[Hisao took a seat on the chair he'd been using to play chess, turning it and moving it a little closer to Hanako before getting the book and opening it up. The book he had started on was a fantasy novel - Dwarves, elves, demons, dragons. That sort of thing.]

[burntviolet]

[Hanako glances at Hisao when he pulls the chair close to her.] Um... what do you think about... what we found out in the Library? ...About, the magic and our powers...? [She had discovered that her power is Growth while there, but she didn't find the motivation to try it out yet.]

[seventeenpills]

[Hisao placed a finger at the end of the paragraph he'd been reading.]

Well, I'd been told my power was healing. I still have no idea how I'd even go about trying something like that. I think I'm going to ask over the network tomorrow, maybe. There have to be others with that abiliity, after all, and they could maybe give me some pointers.

As for yours, I think it's a good power to have.

[burntviolet]

Hm... I don't think so... The nature here seems to be flourished enough...

[seventeenpills]

Well, I think there's a lot of good you can do with a power like that. You might be able to take up gardening. Or you could even grow herbs for your recipies, maybe.

[burntviolet]

[She blinks rapidly] ...I haven't thought of that...

[seventeenpills]

It might be nice to have a few flowers in your room, too.

[Hisao remembered her room at Yamaku. How plain it was. Maybe, in a place like this, she could feel more able to bring some more color and variety to her environment.]

Who knows? maybe one day you can help this place become as green and pretty as the land around Yamaku.

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[burntviolet]

[Hanako looks down at her book, seriously thinking about it.]

[burntviolet]

[Few moments later, she turns back to him]

... Maybe... I'll... think about it... and then tell you when I decide...

[seventeenpills]

Alright. I look forward to hearing your decision.

[He smiled at her - the fact that she was giving it some thought and not outright refusing was a great sign. In fact, he thought he might get her a small plant for her Birthday this year. Some kind of potted flower she could look after. Maybe he wouldn't even wait for her Birthday.

Then again, he'd need money, first.]

[burntviolet]

[Hanako nods once, then she returns to her book, but still thinking over about her powers in the back of her head.]

[seventeenpills]

[Hisao went back to reading for a little while too, but his mind was equally distracted and he realized he'd sort of flipped a few pages without even really reading what was on them.]

I wonder if your power isn't even more useful than mine, in a way.

[burntviolet]

[She perks up again, glancing at him.]

...How's that?

[seventeenpills]

[He thinks about what he wants to say for a moment, flipping back three pages in his book and closing it around his thumb to hold his place.]

My power can heal one person at a time, I guess. And that's useful. But with a control over plants..... If we're supposed to fill this place with color and life and emotion, plants are the perfect thing. Think about the difference between walking along a street just filled with buildings, or walking along a street lined with gardens or trees. Or, in spring when the cherry trees blossom... there's a lot of special feelings unique to those days. And that's something that can be enjoyed by a lot of people at once.

[burntviolet]

[Hanako thinks it over for a bit... he may have a point, but something doesn't sit with her.]

Plants and gardens don't save people's lives, though...

[seventeenpills]

No. It's not like flowers are going to provide any kind of medical attention to anyone. But for people who are just living their lives and doing their own thing, they make the environment prettier and happier. I think. And most people spend more time doing their day to day things than they do injured and in need of healing.

[burntviolet]

But there are those days where they get hurt... like the other day...

[seventeenpills]

And that's when I might be able to make use of my power. And I hope I can. But people aren't going to get stabbed every day. At least, I sincerely hope not.

[burntviolet]

There are many guests here... I think something bad might happen once a day... at least... [How pessimist...]

[seventeenpills]

Well, maybe. I dunno. It was just a thought, anyway.

[He didn't want to push the issue too much. They just had different ways of thinking about things, he supposed. And that was OK.]

[burntviolet]

[She sighs, turning back to her book. She's grown tired of talking about it.]