XII ✖ ＫＩＬＬ 【Action】

[inhisdebt]

                          A C T I O N * U N O ;

[After Jean and Sansa went missing around the same time, it hasn't been the same for either Mikasa nor Armin. Of course, Mikasa pushed aside her own hurt feelings once she found out about Sansa. While she was searching for Jean, he was seaching for Sansa. Mikasa was dealing with her crushing loneliness -- despite having so many great friends -- the best way she knew how....

By working of course.

So after Mikasa got off of work at the Schnee Company, she set her destination to Genessia. While she didn't exactly have to meet up with David right now, she opted for doing her duties as Deputy Guardian and making her rounds. She best dealt with her emotions and sorrows when she wasn't actually dealing with them. Keeping herself busy has always been her usual go to.

So every now and then, she'd check The Bay to see if somebody she might know had come by, but with no avail. She couldn't really assume that she'd really find anyone, but she could hope. She'll be wandering around for anyone interested.]

                          A C T I O N * D O S ;

[After a while of doing her rounds, she eventually found herself in front of a particularly familiar cafe/coffee place. She honestly didn't know how, when, or why she found herself here, but it seemed her feet had led her here. Staring at the outside of the building, she said nothing as she lost herself in thought again for a moment.

After a moment of shaking it off, she finally entered the shop, her gear still on. It didn't take her long to order something, but when she went to take a seat, she stared at her Styrofoam coffee cup. This is where Jean and her would go sometimes.  She had drank a little of her coffee, but now she just stared at it in sadness.]

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[gammavirginis]

[ Porrim had a lot of friends here who really liked Tea, so she'd taken a liking to the stuff. She carefully watched Mikasa sit down, sadness following the girl like a cloud. She spoke up from a table down, her voice gentle and compassionate. ]

Sorry if I'm bothering, I just wondered if you would appreciate any company?

[inhisdebt]

[Mikasa wasn't really paying much attention to the people around her. So when Porrim spoke to her, she finally snapped out of her thoughts and glanced up. After a moment, she glanced back to her -- probably -- cold coffee.]

I don't mind.

[gammavirginis]

[ Porrim collected her glass and moved over to Mikasa's table. She dressed to kill, probably overdressed for a cafe, but she didn't seem to care. Overdressing was a foreign concept to Porrim.

Porrim didn't say anything right away, letting the silence pass as she studied the other girl. ]

I'm not generally fond of coffee. Too bitter, too acidic. When pressed to drink it, I wind up burying it in sugar and creme. Some places serve things called 'frappuccinos' which from what I gather are just milkshakes with a tiny amount of coffee in them. They are rather delicious.

[inhisdebt]

[Wow, she really was. she listened slightly, only about half paying attention due to her wandering thoughts.]

It's pretty good to me. This is something that's a delicacy back home and only those with actual money are able to get them, so it's not very often we could get it. I haven't tried the frappuccinos though.

[gammavirginis]

Coffee is a delicacy? Quite a dystopia, indeed.

I imagine that Genessia is a bit of a utopia for you then.

[inhisdebt]

Back home it is, anyways. There is a lot of stuff here that we would have never had or not have access to.

[gammavirginis]

Material goods weren't really a problem in the medium. We could alchemize just about anything with the grist we had.

Companionship outside of our small circle was problem.

[inhisdebt]

Alchemize? What was that like?

[gammavirginis]

A series of machines that you deploy from SGrub's user interface. It involves punchcards and lathes and lasers. I have no idea how it works beyond what inputs you put in to get an output.

You can't always predict exactly what you'll get when you combine things. That's actually half the fun, usually.

[inhisdebt]

That sounds complicated...

[gammavirginis]

It's extremely, needless, almost sadistically complicated.

It's as if the entire thing was concocted by some ridiculous jerk who just wanted to troll a fanfase. [ badum tish ]

[inhisdebt]

I think I'll just leave it be.

[gammavirginis]

I don't have access to any of the machines anymore anyway. Some types of sylladexes have the capability to grab larger objects like that, but mine doesn't, and I wouldn't have imagined needing to before being brought to Genessia.

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[redsnowangel]

[Although Zelos had spoken to Mikasa before, he had no way of identifying that the woman he saw wandering around near the bay was the same one he chatted deeply to about the world they were in now.

Still, whilst he would normally go and flirt with this cute hunny, he was still shaken up from the events of the last few days - Sakura was still missing, and although Fai had come back, that didn't change the fact he'd died.

As Zelos trudged along the bay near her, trying to gather his thoughts, he gave a friendly wave.]

[Action]

[inhisdebt]

[He still wasn't there... Neither of them were... She didn't really expect much, but she still wanted to believe in that stupid hopeful enthusiasm that they -- or at least Jean -- would be back soon. All that came from it was her thoughts nagging her that she should have gave her hopes up since now she was just sad.

It wasn't until she glanced over that she barely saw the end of his wave.]

Oh. Hey.

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[redsnowangel]

Yo. You look like you could use some company.

[The words were hollow, coming out as a force of habit rather than anything else at this point.

Still...still, maybe some degree of normality would probably help, in it's own way.]

[Action]

[inhisdebt]

Maybe. [It wasn't much, but she won't deny him coming along.]

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[redsnowangel]

How about I treat you to some coffee, hm? I know some great places.

[Action]

[inhisdebt]

[Coffee... That wasn't.... the best idea, but hey, he offered...]

Sure. Thank you.