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[audio - written] Selphie's Sad Times

*The journal starts off first with a breath, like someone is about to say something really important, but difficult to say. But instead of words, there's just a soft, slow sigh. Talking about this really isn't going to be easy, so she promptly decides to write things down instead. She writes very carefully, not committing to putting the words down until she's got them straight in her head, which is unusual for Selphie*

My whole life, I've never known my parents. They died when I was very young, it seemed, and recently I've gained back some memories of the orphanage I used to live in. I didn't know what they looked like, what they did, what kind of people they were. In a way, I think I accepted that. I was never adopted, and I was sent to live at a military school. That, for me, was always that. Of course I wondered. Of course I imagined they'd come back. But what I never imagined, was meeting someone here who does have memories of my parents.

These past couple of months, it's like my whole world has been flipped upside down, and I'm not even in my home world. Since the new year, one thing after another, and another. Sometimes it's just hard to know what to think anymore. It's not just this place, but the people too. I've always been a think-on-your-feet, live-in-the-moment type girl, but until recently, I don't think I ever really appreciated just how quickly everything can completely change, swept from beneath your feet, dumped on you from a great height.

Now that I've written this much, I'm not really sure what it is I wanted to say. I suppose, just that, even though this world isn't home, there's no underestimating what might happen, and how the people we meet here might affect us.

Just keep happy, everyone.

Just keep doing the things that make you smile.

*Then the journal entry finishes. There's not the usual signing of her name, not the usual message of love and peace, nor a scribbled love heart, or a smiley face. But she does go back to underline that last line, if even for her own sake than anyone else's*

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*In fact, he'd been looking at her door in auch a way that prompts her to step outside and gurn to look at the back to see what he might have been looking at. But there's nothing of interest so she turns to him again*

Is there...something wrong? With my door maybe? Or anything else?

[He wasn't even sure how he was going to pull himself out of this one safely.]

...Eh? No, I was asleep.

[An obvious lie, but then Ace was that kind of guy.]

Asleep? Outside my door? Standing up?

*Though she believes he can sleep in any number of ways, that hand on her hip suggests she isn't quite accepting of it this time*

Or were you sleep walking? Maybe you were dreaming of me?

Jeez, I was asleep! Don't go spreading rumors and making me seem like a really weird guy.

[Well, more of a weird guy. He was almost at capacity, though.]

*Selphie raises a brow that suggests she doesn't need to spread any rumours for people to think that*

Okay, so good morning! I hope the dreams you had of me were nice ones.

*And now she's just doing her best not to burst into laughter*

Hmph. I told you, no rumors. [He crossed his arms and his hat slipped a little off of the back of his head.]

Anyway, what're you up to right now?

*There's a dramatic pout on her lips at that*

Ace, don't be mean and tell me it isn't true.

*Then she just shakes her head and smiles, giving a bit of a shrug*

Not doing anything, really. Nothing interesting.

[Ace pouted all the same as he put his hands on the sides of Selphie's face and squished her cheeks.]

Don't act cute when it's so easy.

*Her eyes widened when her cheeks are squished together, and she tries to speak but her lips just move up and down like a fish*

Eep!

[Ace stopped, not before poking one of Selphie's cheeks.]

Anyway, I wanted to ask--I'm done with the books I've had left over reading. Can I read that poem book you've got?

*Selphie rubbed at her red cheeks but smiled and nodded, moving aside to allow him into the room. Selphie still kept a military-tidy room out of habit, so it was easy to locate the book, which she then passed to Ace*

Here ya go. You can keep it if you like.

Thanks. I've been gettin' headaches, trying to turn off my Observation. It's easier to tune things out if I'm reading things.

[A beat.]

And, I've read the other things enough that I don't wanna keep readin' em over and over.

Observation? What's that?

*She then turns to her pile of books and pulls out a couple more. She offers them out to Ace with a half shrug*

There's these too. I dunno...if you'll like them or not. There's a really annoying girl character in one of them that all the guys fall in love with. But you might not mind her so much. I dunno is romance books are usually you're thing but if reading helps, well, it's all I've got.

[Ace took the books with a smile of relief before looking a bit confused.]

Observation is what will-users use to read the feelings of others and predict incoming attacks. [That wasn't really it, but it was what Ace used it for.]

Anyway, why would it matter what my thing was? [Since, well, books were still luxuries to a former street urchin like Ace. He'd read most anything.]

Ohhh! That sounds super useful, but I can see how it would be annoying all the time... What does it look like, reading feelings? I mean, is it just like..a word? Or is it like people walking around with a big rain cloud on their heads?

*Cause if it was the latter, she worries that she's looking particularly grey right now*

Huh? Well, some people hate reading those kinda books. And people are usually like, 'Selphie, these books are so stupid and they fill your head with stupid ideas...' That sorta thing, so I figured you might rather spend your time reading something else.

It sounds like people're jerks. If someone can write a book, it should be read.

Ehhh. [Ace wasn't as quick as some people may have assumed because he was so well spoken, so Selphie ran circles around him for a moment.]

Anyway, the will things--'Will' is sorta like, sensin' someone's presence really well. Like, when you get a tingle on the back of your neck if someone sneaks up on you, but you feel it more and you can pinpoint it.

Well, you'd think that. That would make sense. But not everyone is as... accommodating for that sorta thing in their life.

*Selphie nodded slightly towards the small pile of books she had given him. She knew the stories off by heart now, anyway*

Oh...so you can feel it? What about me? What do I feel like?

*She managed to look both curious and serious at the same time. Right then, she still felt that there was a niggling sadness that she was trying to get rid of, but it wasn't as strong as before he visited, and she was amused now, too*

You feel really curious. Though, it's tough to tell. When I look at you, I think about what you look like, so I'm not sure if it's my will telling me or not. 'Cause, it's sort of the same voice I'm hearing in my head.

[Not an actual voice like a spoken one with words of its own, but the impression he'd get if he were singing a song and someone else said the same things, but in another tone.]

Either way, I'll read them! I'm getting tired of meditating and it's really hurting my head to keep doing it this way.

*Selphie just continues to look at him, her wide eyes giving her a bemused, but very curious expression. She seems to be thinking about this carefully, but then he mentions the book again and she snaps out of it, and into a smile*

Awesome! But - aww man, I'm sorry, asking you to do the reading thing when that's exactly the kinda headache you're trying to avoid!

*Looking a little sheepish, she points at one of the books*

That one is my favourite, but I'd love to know what you think when you're done with them.

Nahhh, it distracts me! [Ace tilted his head, balancing the books on one hand before lifting them up so he could read the spines.]

Still, that's a lotta romance books.

*Blinking at the stack of books, she realises that it is rather a lot. Glancing at her feet, she shrugs slightly*

Hmm...Yeah. Well, I've had a lot of time to kill. And romance - well, it was interesting..anyway. But I'm done with it now.

[Ace wasn't that great about reading into things even with his magic powers.]

Ahhh, but it's alright if I read 'em all? It'll definitely help with the headaches.

Of course it is! They're all yours.

*Selphie smiles brightly and nods her head in encouragement*

And like I said, once you're done we can talk about it and gossip about our favourite characters!

... [Ace held the books, giving Selphie a little bit of a look.]

Maybe. But, we're not callin' it gossip, alright?

*She giggles softly and winks*

Okay, sure. It's not gossip. It's serious literary conversation, right?

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[audio - written] Selphie's Sad Times

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