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[knightofratatosk]

[It may be a rainy day today, but the rain hasn't stopped Emil from going outside anyway. In fact, he doesn't seem like he even notices it as he sits on a large rock near the bridge by the clinic, knees drawn up to his chest, just sort of staring at the water. He's motionless except for when he occasionally reaches down to pick up a stone from the riverbank and throw it in, so it's easy to miss him sitting there.

Horatio, Luke, Faize, and now Frederic... and that's just the people whose disappearances he learned of during the past month. At this rate it's hard for him to keep from feeling that the Malnosso are somehow punishing him by taking his friends away-- why else would they take people who had promised to be there for him? And on top of that, people have been killed and injured, too...

Right now more than ever, Emil just wants to go home to Richter, Marta and Tenebrae, even if he doesn't know what waits for him there. Surely it's better than this.]

Comments

[knightofratatosk]

I think I almost prefer having monsters around like in my world to this...

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

No kidding. I doubt monsters would kill just to kill.

[knightofratatosk]

They usually only kill to defend their territory or when they're looking for food. Most of them don't just attack people for no reason.

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Not different than regular animals, then. In that case, I'd definitely take that over all these killers.

[knightofratatosk]

It's probably a good thing that Marta isn't around to see all of this...

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Friend of yours?

[knightofratatosk]

Yes. She was here for a little while last year, but then she got sent home.

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Probably for the best. Doesn't mean you can't miss her, though.

[knightofratatosk]

I do miss her-- I miss her a lot, and Richter too.

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Well, if it helps, I know how that feels. Sora did leave for a while, after all. And that's just it-- people come and go here all the time, for better or worse.

[knightofratatosk]

But Sora came back after a while. Marta... Marta never came back, and neither did Richter. And Faize came back, but then he got sent home again. I don't understand it. I don't understand why some people stay here for years and others get sent back after only a few months.

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone here understands it, Emil. Seems completely random. Like one minute you're there, and the next you're gone.

[knightofratatosk]

I don't understand why other people don't seem worried about that. Aren't they afraid of leaving all of their friends here? What if they never see them again?

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Maybe they just want to get home. Either that, or they doubt it'll happen to them.

Hard to say.

[knightofratatosk]

I guess you're right...

[He sighs.]

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Guess all you can do is hang in there and hope for the best. Not like anyone has control over this place.

[He sighs as well, placing one hand against the back of his neck.]

[knightofratatosk]

How long have you been here, Riku?

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

Next month I'll have been here for a year. Still hard to believe it's been that long.

[knightofratatosk]

Yeah. Sometimes Luceti almost feels more like home than my real home...