There should be some meaning to my life

[waterfell]

I won't be able to care for Mama when she grows older.

I never had anyone near me growing up. Papa was gone, Mama was busy, and I didn't make friends. When I thought I finally did, it was a lie and they weren't the friends I was looking for. When I finally found the ones who could be, I didn't realize it for a long time. Now that I finally see them, is it too late?

There are a lot of places I haven't seen, things I never experienced.

I wanted to be strong enough to fight with them to the end- as a fellow warrior.

But... somehow it feels good to rest right now.

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[hero_complexed]

...Are you... okay?

[waterfell]

[It's a question with no answer, and barely penetrates for several moments, until she realizes what it means with a sudden start.]

You can hear my voice still?

[sealedtruth]

Finally grown tired of running?

fuuma, you're terrible. /never stop

[waterfell]

Who's there?

What's happening on Earth?

[one_one_se7en]

[From the temple in which he meditates, Ami's link sends a sudden pang of pain into him. The words send a chill beneath his armor.

She is hurt.]

What is happening?

[waterfell]

John? You can still hear my voice.

[There's a ripple of surprise at that.]

I didn't think I could make it heard.

[mooneternal]

( what's this feeling...? this sense of loss? a dull ache, rising from deep within her chest... but there's no denying this feeling. the aura of someone familiar... ) Ami-chan...?

[waterfell]

You... [It's her.]

Out of everyone, now, you hear my voice?

[repudiate]

[ Really, the message is not too difficult to interpret. And despite the question Ange thinks up, it's as calm and deadpan as usual, as if it isn't anything that weighty at all. ]

So you're giving up?

[waterfell]

No. I want to know what's happening on Earth.

[midgarhorizon]

Now it's too late.

[waterfell]

Right now, I can only watch. [With a good deal of arrogance knocked out of her finally.]

[histrionic]

So have you come to join me?

I experienced nothing. I had no one. Existence is cruel.

[waterfell]

Who's there? [She answers her own question after another moment to gather fuzzy thoughts.]

Kuja. You were lonely?

[anonfantry]

[ For just a moment, he clearly mistakes the run of those thoughts for his own - the narrative's near enough, and he's... Yeah, still not used to hearing strange voices, even in his less focused moments.

It's the fact that he only almost recognizes the sound of this one which seems to snap him out of it. Enough to answer, if drowsily as usual, anyway. ]

Wait- Are you just gonna quit?

[waterfell]

This isn't quitting. I was already struck down.

[The most she can do is pray that they hear her - and she's never been good at hope.]

[plotdeviceturk]

It's alright to take a rest Ami.

[waterfell]

This will be a long one.

[secret_of_the_moon]

... Ami-chan?

[Something stirs inside of him and he stirs but doesn't wake up from his half-dreaming state. A feeling of loss, of emptiness that spreads from the inside of his heart and fills everything.

It's something he has felt before but he can't remember when or where or why. And with the confusion comes the denial to see what would be obvious to others.]

Don't be stupid, it's Ami-chan, she's strong. She has to be fine.

[His own thoughts slip through the link without real intention on it.]

[waterfell]

[She has just enough pride left not to admit she was always weak.]

Tsukuyomi... no, Sailor Moon.

[There's a ripple of surprise with the name even as she gives it to him.]

Then all that time, the one seeking me out so often was...?

[findmyownreason]

Ami?

what's happening?

[waterfell]

There was a battle. What's happening on Earth?

[tasercopter]

Hey.

[She's so good with emotions and stuff, you know.]

What's up?

[waterfell]

[All that's ever mattered most is being there; Reno's doing that just fine.]

A battle. I was struck down.

[myplaceishere]

Rest, child. Until your next waking.

[waterfell]

After all this, do you believe there'll be a next time?