hikaruorkaoru | Fourth Pattern ; voice, drawing

Fourth Pattern ; voice, drawing

This place is so stupid.

[As he talks to the journal, he's sketching.

This place is great for his creativity, he's realized... but that's because there's nothing else to do. He hasn't left his apartment in a few days except to steal food from the communal kitchen.

Being forcably dragged back into the mindset of having Kaoru and only Kaoru to rely on... didn't go away easily. He'd missed his brother before, but it's only gotten worse since then.]

The people in charge are idiots. Why would you only kidnap one? It still doesn't make any sense.

[He might not realize that he can be heard right now. He hasn't been exactly careful about where his hand's brushed in the journal.]

We're not supposed to be apart.

(Original picture for the dress designs found here.)

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... Same reason you would take a lone Spartan. When they expect things to work. But fail to see they need eachother.

[While a Spartan by herself was a lethal weapon, it was the same as a hoplite: They depended upon one-another to work and defend eachother.

Not to mention, she understood where he came from. He conversed with him.]

They'll bring Kaoru soon.

[Because he can't be alone here. His brother has to come.

He might have grown up a bit from being the boy who'd sat at the fountain, refused to go anywhere without his brother... but still very much the same young man.]

[He still held on to that hope. Daisy didn't know what to take. it's the same selfish desire she wanted for over two and a half years now.]

This universe pulls people by its on will. It's not something the Malnosso do. They make the experiments and put people in different enclosures. But it's this world that takes all of us.

[Something most forget, and even Daisy herself would like not to admit -- that the Malnosso are just as much of prisoners of this universe as the people in the enclosures.]

He'll come. We're never apart. We can't be apart.

[Simple co-dependence. A need for someone else. For one other person who means the world to him.]

--I've been here two and a half years without my team.

[Spoken almost brusquely, because there is something the young Daisy and the veteran from Harvest had different: They had been alone for longer. And she didn't know how much time did she have left.

A part of her feels guilt over saying this so coldly. But this was the truth of Luceti. That sometimes the people closest to you would not come.]

Good for you.

[His voice is sharp and bitter, only steps away from being downright hateful.]

But Kaoru's going to come. He has to come. I know he's coming.

[She quickly notices the tone -- but also the same desperation and fear common in new feathers. She herself was dangerous when she first arrived into Luceti, seeing otherworldly things fresh out of the hell of Harvest. She pauses to let their anger cool off.]

Hikaru... I honestly hope you're reunited with him -- on your world. [For both of their sakes, outside of their universe.] But my warning and offer from days ago remains standing.

Don't forget Kaoru. But I still offer you my help to adapt to this world.

As long as I'm here, he's going to come. We're going to be together, and we're going to leave together.

[Others might not want their loved ones exposed to this place, to deal with all the problems here. But Hikaru? Between dependency and selfishness, he didn't care. He wanted Kaoru here. Because he was here.]

I don't know why that's so hard for everyone t understand.

It's this universe what doesn't want to understand.

[By the results of Stark's attempt to breach time and space, she wondered if it was literal.]

I'm not saying that you should lose hope that you'll find him. But that you should adapt yourself to this world while you can.

[As hard as it will be.]

I'm not going to lose hope. Ever. Kaoru's coming.

[...But...]

87.1, right? Just. Just in case I ever need it.

[... She nods. Both to the desire to keep his hope, and to the transmission.]

I gave you it back then because I didn't know how the journals worked, and I didn't trust them. But for something quicker, and private... that will help.

I'll... keep it in mind. [In case. He doesn't plan on using it, but... it is nice to know he has it. Just in case.]

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