not_meatbuns | Rebel 24 [Action/Written]

[Early this morning, before the sun has really broken through the thick clouds outside, Litchi starts awake. Absolutely everything aches terribly, but she's alive. Every breath is rattling slightly and her lungs aren't terribly cooperative, but they're working. Not that she actually remembers dying, but... the last thing she can remember is Noel approaching her in the woods and then everything went black. And she knows it can't have been good.

...Oh, god, Noel. She has to be alright, right? She... she couldn't have...

Litchi tries to get a look around herself, but all she can tell is that she's in a bed somewhere. And there's someone next to her, but without her glasses, she can't make out any details. But this feels familiar... whoever it is, she has a feeling it's someone she knows.

But, as much as she wants to try to slip away and make sure Noel wasn't harmed, she also doesn't want to wake up her slumbering companion. Especially considering that she can't see at all; she knows she wouldn't get far. But oh god, what if...

No, no. Panicking won't do any good. Just calm down, wait for a good chance to slip away. Even though Litchi isn't sure how far her legs will carry her with how achey and watery they feel.

...Just where is she, anyhow? Where are her glasses? Lao Jiu? And... why can't she sense the Boundary at all anymore?]

[And later on, once she's had a chance to get her bearings, Litchi makes a note in her journal. Her handwriting is much sloppier than it usually is, but she really couldn't trust herself to make it through with a steady voice, so... written it is.]

Everyone... I don't think I can ever apologize enough for what happened. I never meant for it to go so far.

I can promise that it will never happen again.

i'm so sorry.

[[ooc: She's waking up in Thirteen's bed, but after that, action threads for House 48 are a-okay. ♥]]

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[She thinks she does.] Because of the danger posed to you and Noel both, correct?

Although... I have to admit, I'm not sure how you knew about the exact effect the Boundary was having on me.

You don't know what you did back home, do you?

Miss Vermillion mentioned something about Hazama and a gate, but... I really don't remember anything like that happening while I was back home. He did speak to me at my clinic, but I asked him to leave.

[Her expression is the perfect blend of confusion and worry.] What happened?

[Dramatic point, because it's necessary.] You joined up with them. That's what happened.

[Bewildered look is a go. That doesn't make any sense, why would she...] W-with Hazama? But... I didn't...

[Wait, wait, he mentioned knowing about the papers she had written. He knew all about Sector Seven. He had mentioned research on the Boundary that she had been sure she had only ever shown to one person, and that one person was in hardly any shape to relay the information along to anyone else.

He had known far too much. And while she had to admit she was a little curious how he had found out, she also knew full well that she wanted nothing to do with that man. Why in the world would she have changed her mind...

...Why in the world does she ever change her mind about things like that? It all always boils down to the exact same cause. She knows she never acts reasonably when faced with anything concerning him. And with people in Luceti arriving from various points in time... Ragna and Noel must have both come from some timeline where Hazama had pushed the Arakune Button. If he knew about the research... then he absolutely had to have known about Lotte and what he had become.

And just knowing this -- and knowing that even now, she would probably still lose all rationality and do the same thing -- is making her feel sick.]

Ragna, I... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I really can't remember anything like that, but... I would never do anything to hurt you or Miss Vermillion if I could help it.

Based on how you defended him from harm, I'm not so sure if I can believe that.

I wouldn't do anything like that out of any desire to hurt either one of you. Especially here.

[Her voice cracks slightly.] Please... believe me.

[He believes her, and that's the problem he has. It's not that she'd do harm to either of them at this point, but it's the fact that she ended up in league with that bastard, and protected him.

He's making the conversation a little more awkward by giving her a good stare without a word coming out of his mouth for now.]

[And she takes the stare to mean that he doesn't believe her. Swallowing the lump in her throat, her shoulders slump a little bit more. No wonder he was so angry with her. No wonder Miss Vermillion had been so skittish around her. And Tao... Tao had been upset when she first came back, hadn't she?]

I'm so sorry....

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