9: Sudden Goodbyes are the Worst [video]

[needsteaplz]

 [It's after hours at the Uji tea house. Everyone else has gone home for the day but Saori and Mana stayed behind for one last cup of tea for the day. When the feed starts, she's looking out the window and let's out a sigh before looking at her tablet.]

I hate being a bearer of bad news and I'm sorry this comes late but....my roommate, Lee Chaolan, is no longer here.  It's been very difficult for both Margulis and I. It's seems lately we've lost a lot of people. Even...

[She chokes up for a second.]

Cedric is gone. It never gets easier even after this long. First Prospero and now here....I just wish I had a way of knowing they were okay.

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[Audio; Private]

[needsteaplz]

I can walk over soon, but I'll have to drop Mana at my place first.

[Unless Blaine wanted a potential fluffy cockblocker. ]

[Audio; Private]

[strategic_guile]

[He doesn't plan on doing anything worth cockblocking but....]

Alright. I'll be here.

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[needsteaplz]

I'll see you there then.

[Several minutes later, she knocks on the door to Blaine's apartment.]

[Action]

[strategic_guile]

[The door opens a scant few seconds later and Blaine opens his arms immediately. Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 dollars. Get a hug instead.]

Hey, Saori.

[Action]

[needsteaplz]

Hey.

[Honestly she didn't want to make a scene on Blaine's doorstep but it couldn't be helped. She buried her head against his chest and sobbed softly. The hug was the one thing she desperately needed as much as she denied it. Even with how many times she had lost people, it was never easy to deal with.]

permaaction;

[strategic_guile]

[Blaine rubbed her back and let them stand there for a few seconds before pulling her inside enough to close the door. He made soft, soothing noises. He had no words, because it wasn't really alright the way they lost people.]

[needsteaplz]

[She continued to sob for a minute or so. With Lee's sudden departure, it felt like everything crumbled. It had been more than a year or so since she last saw her home and months since she saw Prospero. How much longer was fated to stay away from her own world which had its own troubles?]

Blaine...I'm not sure what to do anymore.

[strategic_guile]

[He kept stroking her back and didn't pause when she spoke. His eyes shifted to the side, not that she could see it, as he thought about that.]

You keep going.

[He pulled back so he could look down at her.]

Live life and never stop.

[needsteaplz]

I know that all too well but it never gets easier. The burnout's hard to deal with.

[She wipes her tears with the back of her hand.]

It's been too much. Two years away from home, pulled to one world and now this.

[strategic_guile]

Just don't get to the point where you don't want to get close to anyone anymore.

[He rubs away the last vestiges of tears with his thumb.]

I can't imagine being thrown from one world to another.

[needsteaplz]

I'll try not to, but if I do, you're welcome to smack some sense into me.

[She sniffed back anymore tears .]

It's not fun to say the least. I briefly went home but I somehow found my way back there. I had so many friends back there and not a day goes by I wonder if they're alright.

[strategic_guile]

I'd rather not do any smacking, so you'll have to keep letting people in.

[He looks over her face.]

You just have to believe they're doing okay. Everyone goes home.