testrun_box | Thinking about tvk

A. Around Prospero, early in the day.

To say Popola stood out was an understatement; she wasn't only redhead, she was also wearing clothes that looked like nothing somebody would use on present times. The confused look on her face as she walked around, eyes drifting from one building to a person, to a car and to another building made her look like somebody...escaping. Or just incredibly suspicious, which she was of course. Things didn't make any bit of sense at all, and she was probably in a greater mess than she could imagine. Where did all this technology come from? The last thing she had been aware of was that she and Devola had decided to take the Nier matter into her own hands, but suddenly she had woken up in this place, in what she could only assume to be a representation of the past on Earth.

She had to find a way out. She had to find a way out. Her sister, God help her if she tried to do it on her own. Popola started to walk a bit faster.

B. Down at the beach, sunset.

Well, it had certainly been a very exciting day, she had to accept that much.

Sitting quietly on the warm sand, Popola stared longingly at the orange form slowly sink on the ocean. While she was perfectly capable of understanding what had happened to her so far, it was hard to properly process all of it in few hours and carry on as if nothing had happened; it was going to take her a little while to get a hold of her thoughts, but she was positive things had taken a turn for the...unexpected. And maybe for the best, but she didn't want to go there yet, Popola couldn't risk herself to become comfortable too soon. There were a lot of people she had to see, and a lot of things she had to understand, but for the time being...yes, she was going to enjoy the sunset and let the worries for the next day.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

There was a quiet sound, barely audible over the waves, as a form all but identical to Popola's own settled down on the sand next to her. Rather than the borderline-overwhelming exuberance of earlier in the day, Devola had calmed down to the point where she was once again her usual self, if not slightly more sedate that normal.

She took a deep breath of the ocean air, eyes on the horizon as she spoke. "...Just take things as they come. It's a whole lot easier. Best part is, there's lots of free time for doing just that." The word "free" was stressed greatly, for once, the time they had to spend was actually such a thing.

There wasn't much in the way of an immediate answer besides a soft hum as Popola's eyes remained fixed on the horizon. She had seen many, many of those but this was the first time she felt like truly enjoying it. After a few minutes of silence, Popola inclined herself a bit, head landing nearly in her twin's shoulder.

"Free Time, huh? It feels as if I have been granted the vacations I never ever dreamed about having."

Devola chuckled lightly, a rueful sound. "Well, I'd be lying if I said it was all sunshine and rainbows." A sigh. "You gathered that much already though, I think."

"...Still." She continued, relaxing as she spoke. "It's like you said. A new set of curiosities and other stuff, but all the old ones? Don't even have to think about 'em anymore."

"Oh I know, but I'm not worried about those matters. Not at the moment." It was hard to focus on something like that at the current time. Sure, soon enough it would be night and she would get her first taste of the Dark Hour, but after centuries of seeing things that most here couldn't explain with simple logic -their logic, at least- she wasn't really concerned about Shadows.

"That sounds...daring. I wonder if I will be able to properly move on without needing to organize things and direct people. But if you could move on, the I guess I must follow your example, correct?"

"...'Move on'? No, it wasn't anything as healthy as that." There was a deep sigh, and Devola's head slowly slipped to the side, resting against her twin's. "I think the phrase is 'living in the moment'? I was trying to focus on ways to get out and get back -- with little success, on that note. In the end, it was just attempts at distracting myself."

A pause, and she huffed. "The need for sleep's a pain in the rear end, by the way."

More humming on Popola's side. "I guess old habits die hard after all. Fortunately for you, now that I am here I can properly keep an eye on you." Not that her sister needed to be taken care of, but they both had been thrown int. something new and slightly frightening when properly taken into perspective. Frailness, levity, mortality; it was both a dire hit to heir reality, and yet...maybe that was what they had been yearning for all that time.

"But st the same time, I've always wanted to experience the initial drowsiness of waking up. It's something new, all in all. I only hope I don't snore, or that you don't snore."

A thin red eyebrow raised daintily as Devola replied with feigned haughtiness. "You'll have to tell me. I'm not in the business of being awake while I'm asleep."

"Better brace for a few new experiences, too. Just about everything just felt different for the first month or two." A pause, and she added thoughtfully. "At the same time, it was so close to the same ol' same ol' I wasn't sure if everything from the previous day had been false, somehow."

"Why would you-" But she had to stop herself because it sounded like one of those misunderstanding she would rather not get herself into. "Nevermind. I suppose I will find about such things on my own."

Popola moved a hand to pat her sister's. "Months, you say? Whatever have you been doing on your own in this place?"

Thinking about tvk

B

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject