Will you or won't you

[attheclocktower]

Characters: Anybody and everybody
Setting: Floor 1, before noon
Summary: Riki's offered a way to help keep the Tower powered a little longer. Obviously this is going to cause a lot of discussion and debate so let's CONSOLIDATE
Warnings: Nothing as of yet. Possibly eventually, so keep an eye on subject lines and I 'll try to change to reflect any developments

[No doubt Riki's announcement would be polarizing, but the instructions themselves were clear: Floor 1 at noon if you want to help out. And if you want to meet people, try to talk them in or out of it? Or hell, maybe even just talk about the revelation on who is behind those explosions? Well, this is as good a place as any for that too.

Just remember to be careful near the staircase]

Comments

[slightlyoblivious]

I wish I could be that carefree about things. It's a lot better than being all worried like this.

[heavenscorpse]

It's not always better. Sometimes I don't worry when I should.

[slightlyoblivious]

I think it's better than worrying constantly. It might mean you get caught off-guard sometimes, but it's better than borrowing trouble.

[heavenscorpse]

Hm... But I don't think you should change from how you are.

[slightlyoblivious]

Eh? What do you mean? I don't get how worrying constantly is a good thing.

[heavenscorpse]

Maybe it's not. But changing part of who you are is hard, and I don't think you should have to worry about that. [She smiles a little at that part.]

[slightlyoblivious]

[Yukiko hums thoughtfully.]

Changing part of who you are is hard, definitely. It wouldn't be the first time I've needed to do it, but I think maybe you're right about this. It's probably better to worry a little bit too much.

[She gives a smile.]

[heavenscorpse]

[Smiling back, V/V gives her a quick hug.]

You're good as you are. And I'll be your friend even if you worry too much.

[slightlyoblivious]

[One that's returned happily.]

Thanks a lot, V/V-chan. That means a lot.

[heavenscorpse]

Yukiko, let's meet up again after this is over.

[slightlyoblivious]

Definitely. I'm sorry we didn't get to sooner. Things got so crazy...

[heavenscorpse]

It's not your fault things happened.

[slightlyoblivious]

Still, I'm sorry. I kind of laid lower than I'd expected to, after...well. The whole Nyx thing happened. Being put into a crystal and forced to attack people doesn't exactly lend itself well to being as cheerful as usual.

But that's in the past now. Looking forward's the only way to go, right?

[heavenscorpse]

I'm sure it will hurt less with time. Things like that, the ones you couldn't control but feel bad about anyway, I think they work like that.

[slightlyoblivious]

I hope they do. I really do.

[heavenscorpse]

Did I ever tell you I almost wiped out humanity once?

[slightlyoblivious]

...you did? What happened?

[heavenscorpse]

It's kind of a long story. But it basically sums up as 'I wasn't always like this or in control of myself'.

[slightlyoblivious]

I see...

[Yukiko tries imagining that. It's not easy, but she thinks she can get at least a vague idea.]

...but you changed. You got that control over yourself.

[heavenscorpse]

Mm. I'm a different person now, and I wouldn't do that again if I could help it.

[slightlyoblivious]

...and you're not alone. You've got all of us to help you now.

[heavenscorpse]

Nobody's alone here, and I'm glad.

[slightlyoblivious]

That's probably the only good thing about this place - without it, I wouldn't have met so many people. We might have had to go through a lot of stuff, but that's made us stronger.

[heavenscorpse]

There might be a couple other good things. The movie selection is nice.

[She's trying to make a joke.]

[slightlyoblivious]

It's actually better than it is in my hometown. It's pretty small, so we just don't have that many places to get movies.

[That gets a giggle.]