[ Sandry marches into the forest with purpose. She remembers where she's going. She can't deny that. Kakashi showed her where he lives and she's sure she'll find him there. She has to.
Sure enough, she arrives at her destination without incident. ]
Hello! Kakashi! Are you home?
[ He might recognize the tote bag she has over her shoulder, though the dress she's wearing is much more like the first time she met him putting up decorations. Or didn't meet him. She's not sure, but it feels comfortable for her. ]
[at this point kakashi is mostly just cleaning up the signs of his presence - toph's insistence on building him a house has mostly driven him out of the woods - but he is indeed there, rolling up his pile of blankets one by one.]
Who's there?
[he calls back before turning around. he looks much more like he did when they first met - the cheeky little boy is gone, replaced by a stern little grown up with a mask covering his face and a sword strapped to his back. grown up is how he sees himself, anyway. he stills his movements when he sees her, two sets of memories clashing in his mind. but there's one thing that's the same in both -]
I thought I'd come over and say hi! It feels like a while since I last saw you. [ Time wise... it probably wasn't that long ago. But it feels long ago. ] How are you?
[ Sandry can tell, he's not... like when they had cookies on the park table. But! That's just a challenge! Surely they can have fun like that again. Surely that's how it's meant to be. ]
Well, I've been strange recently, but it's nothing a bit of time with my friends can't solve! [ She holds up the tote bag with a smile. ] I brought cookies too!
[ Sandry is optimistic. That's... really all she has right now. She has to believe it will all work out.
Sandry goes over to a blanket and sits down with a graceful sweep of her long dress. It's different than the clothes she wore last month, but just like what she was wearing the first time they met. The first time? No... she has always been here, in Aldrip, it's her home, right? ]
I made those cookies again. The earl grey shortbread ones. You liked them! And the tea is a darjeeling blend. I think you'll like it.
[he's having enough trouble keeping his memories separated as it is, without sandry trying to blend "real" and "not quite real" together. but he sits across the blanket from her regardless, falling neatly to his knees. a very upright and polite sitting position, nothing like how he used to sprawl out without a care.]
Don't you think it's better to keep what happened these last few weeks...separate?
[Okay, not only is the electricity back on, but they're in a new version of Aldrip with a movie theater. So, of course, he has to bug her about showing her around. He promised after all.
That's far more fun and better than thinking about the deeper complications about waking up in Aldrip that's not the one they knew. It's fine.]
Yeah, that and the movies, since there's a place now that we can go. Unless you wanted to just go with me and the other club members later on this week.
[ She does remember. If Scott thinks it really happened... then perhaps it did. Even if she's not sure.
She doesn't feel very up to going with a crowd to do something, but maybe that's for the best. She won't have to talk as much if everyone talks with each other, and that can cover for her... confusion. ]
I would hate to make you go out of your way just for me. Tell me about your club?
You wouldn't be making me do anything. Besides, there's multiple movies I want to see.
But you should join anyway. You'd fit right in, it's Teenagers With Abilities and Talents and I know that you can do neat stuff with your clothing magic.
[Was there another term? He might've forgotten, sorry Sandry.]
[ It's a beautiful day and Sandry has decided some fresh air and sunlight will do her good. It's not easy, what with her memory and the city being so different but holing herself up in her house isn't doing her any good.
She's settled down on a park bench with an embroidery hoop and a cloth bag, stitching away with confidence and skill. Even if she can't be sure how she knows this, there's no denying that it calms her. As the needle weaves in and out she practices her breathing, letting her mind still and focusing on the threads in front of her. ]
[ Ange is still getting used to the new layout of the city, but the best way to do that is to actually get out there and walk around - just so she knows where to find everything in case there's another emergency. The girl figures there inevitably will be one at some point, and then Ange will be prepared.
She isn't necessarily expecting to talk to anyone on her way. Ange's social battery is so easily depleted, after all, and it's not like she really feels like talking to most people around.
.. until something catches her eye, anyway. Ange recognizes Sandry easily, but it's not the girl herself that catches her eye.
It's what she's doing.
She approaches, though she makes sure to not make too loud of a sound as she's doing so. It's not like she wants to startle Sandry when the other is clearly concentrating. ]
.. what are you doing?
[ There's - for once - a hint of curiosity in the flat tone of Ange's voice. ]
[ Sandry does startle when Ange talks to her. She had fallen into a deeper meditation than she meant to, following her embroidery with her magic rather than her eyes. Now she looks up, blinking in the sunlight. ]
Oh! Ange! Well, it's just such a nice day that I came out here to do some embroidery. What about yourself?
Oh. [ That's a slightly surprised 'oh.' Definitely the 'oh' of someone who definitely did not expect to be asked that question in return. It makes her blink for a moment as she's silently thinking of the answer. ]
Not really much of anything. I was just wandering around. Trying to get a feel for the new place.
[ At least it is an honest answer. Even if it makes her sound like someone who doesn't have much going on, but Ange is quickly shoving that idea under the carpet. No need to talk about that, thanks. ]
[ Sandry doesn't think twice about Ange's activity of choice. ]
It's very confusing, isn't it? I think exploring and familiarizing yourself with everything is very important.
[ She looks down at her embroidery. It's a larger piece, about two feet by one foot and about a third finished; the finished portion has trees, clearly a forest scene. Sometimes if the eye catches it at just the right angle it almost looks like the trees might be rustling, as if in a breeze, but after just a moment they're simply trees again; it might have just been a trick of the light. Sandry has a small hoop over part of it, her working area. ]
Oh this! I was making it for a friend, he lived in a forest. I love doing embroidery, it calms me down and helps me focus my magic.
[ Of course Ange's attention is first going to be drawn to that. Any mention of the word magic always catches her attention, after all. The embroidery already seemed to have something like that in it, with the way it seems to move just enough to make Ange wonder if she's just imagining it, but now Sandry is starting about magic.. well, it's making her feel more and more like maybe she really did see it move. It wasn't just an illusion.
Her gaze shifts from the embroidery itself back up to look at the other girl. ]
Are you using that while you're making this? [ There's a slight pause, but then she decides that she feels certain enough about what she saw to bring it up without feeling totally ridiculous about it. ] I'm pretty sure I saw it moving.
[ Sandry looks down at the embroidery for a moment before looking back up with a smile. ]
It does give that impression, doesn't it? It's not actually moving, but I was thinking about a breeze blowing through the trees and the dappled shade while I was embroidering so the magic gives that impression. It's just a bit. I don't have to use magic while I embroider, but I wanted it to be special.
[ Ange definitely still looks like she's actively thinking about all of this. ]
.. is that so?
[ It's not like this magic is any weirder than anything she's seen back home. If anything, a lot of the stuff she saw back home was so grand that this is almost quaint in comparison.
But it's still different. And that continues to draw her attention. ]
I didn't even know you had magic. [ Sure, Sandry clearly didn't come from a modern world, but that doesn't necessarily mean someone has to have magic. People from medieval times didn't come from a modern world, and she's pretty sure those from her own world wouldn't have had magic. ] What sort of magic is it?
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Sure enough, she arrives at her destination without incident. ]
Hello! Kakashi! Are you home?
[ He might recognize the tote bag she has over her shoulder, though the dress she's wearing is much more like the first time she met him putting up decorations. Or didn't meet him. She's not sure, but it feels comfortable for her. ]
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Who's there?
[he calls back before turning around. he looks much more like he did when they first met - the cheeky little boy is gone, replaced by a stern little grown up with a mask covering his face and a sword strapped to his back. grown up is how he sees himself, anyway. he stills his movements when he sees her, two sets of memories clashing in his mind. but there's one thing that's the same in both -]
Sandry?
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I thought I'd come over and say hi! It feels like a while since I last saw you. [ Time wise... it probably wasn't that long ago. But it feels long ago. ] How are you?
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[he shrugs, a little stiffly.]
Fine, I guess. You?
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Surely that's how it's meant to be.]Well, I've been strange recently, but it's nothing a bit of time with my friends can't solve! [ She holds up the tote bag with a smile. ] I brought cookies too!
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Optimistic, aren't you?
[said drily, but he gestures to the remaining blankets on the ground anyway.]
I guess there's always time for a picnic around here.
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Sandry goes over to a blanket and sits down with a graceful sweep of her long dress. It's different than the clothes she wore last month, but just like what she was wearing the first time they met.
The first time? No... she has always been here, in Aldrip, it's her home, right?]I made those cookies again. The earl grey shortbread ones. You liked them! And the tea is a darjeeling blend. I think you'll like it.
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[he's having enough trouble keeping his memories separated as it is, without sandry trying to blend "real" and "not quite real" together. but he sits across the blanket from her regardless, falling neatly to his knees. a very upright and polite sitting position, nothing like how he used to sprawl out without a care.]
Don't you think it's better to keep what happened these last few weeks...separate?
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I don't see why. It was very real and it very much happened. Who can say what's right and what's wrong?
[ Not Sandry. Certainly not Sandry. And she's loathe to let a friend like Kakashi just... slip away. ]
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i'm so sorry for the long wait, i had a work trip 🙏
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text;
That's far more fun and better than thinking about the deeper complications about waking up in Aldrip that's not the one they knew. It's fine.]
Hey Sandry, busy at all today?
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Hello, Scott! I am free today. Do you need me for something?
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I'll give you a hint, it has something to do with electricity.
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Yeah, that and the movies, since there's a place now that we can go. Unless you wanted to just go with me and the other club members later on this week.
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She doesn't feel very up to going with a crowd to do something, but maybe that's for the best. She won't have to talk as much if everyone talks with each other, and that can cover for her... confusion. ]
I would hate to make you go out of your way just for me. Tell me about your club?
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But you should join anyway. You'd fit right in, it's Teenagers With Abilities and Talents and I know that you can do neat stuff with your clothing magic.
[Was there another term? He might've forgotten, sorry Sandry.]
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> action!
action;
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She's settled down on a park bench with an embroidery hoop and a cloth bag, stitching away with confidence and skill. Even if she can't be sure how she knows this, there's no denying that it calms her. As the needle weaves in and out she practices her breathing, letting her mind still and focusing on the threads in front of her. ]
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She isn't necessarily expecting to talk to anyone on her way. Ange's social battery is so easily depleted, after all, and it's not like she really feels like talking to most people around.
.. until something catches her eye, anyway. Ange recognizes Sandry easily, but it's not the girl herself that catches her eye.
It's what she's doing.
She approaches, though she makes sure to not make too loud of a sound as she's doing so. It's not like she wants to startle Sandry when the other is clearly concentrating. ]
.. what are you doing?
[ There's - for once - a hint of curiosity in the flat tone of Ange's voice. ]
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Oh! Ange! Well, it's just such a nice day that I came out here to do some embroidery. What about yourself?
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Not really much of anything. I was just wandering around. Trying to get a feel for the new place.
[ At least it is an honest answer. Even if it makes her sound like someone who doesn't have much going on, but Ange is quickly shoving that idea under the carpet. No need to talk about that, thanks. ]
I've never seen embroidery like yours before.
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It's very confusing, isn't it? I think exploring and familiarizing yourself with everything is very important.
[ She looks down at her embroidery. It's a larger piece, about two feet by one foot and about a third finished; the finished portion has trees, clearly a forest scene. Sometimes if the eye catches it at just the right angle it almost looks like the trees might be rustling, as if in a breeze, but after just a moment they're simply trees again; it might have just been a trick of the light. Sandry has a small hoop over part of it, her working area. ]
Oh this! I was making it for a friend, he lived in a forest. I love doing embroidery, it calms me down and helps me focus my magic.
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[ Of course Ange's attention is first going to be drawn to that. Any mention of the word magic always catches her attention, after all. The embroidery already seemed to have something like that in it, with the way it seems to move just enough to make Ange wonder if she's just imagining it, but now Sandry is starting about magic.. well, it's making her feel more and more like maybe she really did see it move. It wasn't just an illusion.
Her gaze shifts from the embroidery itself back up to look at the other girl. ]
Are you using that while you're making this? [ There's a slight pause, but then she decides that she feels certain enough about what she saw to bring it up without feeling totally ridiculous about it. ] I'm pretty sure I saw it moving.
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It does give that impression, doesn't it? It's not actually moving, but I was thinking about a breeze blowing through the trees and the dappled shade while I was embroidering so the magic gives that impression. It's just a bit. I don't have to use magic while I embroider, but I wanted it to be special.
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.. is that so?
[ It's not like this magic is any weirder than anything she's seen back home. If anything, a lot of the stuff she saw back home was so grand that this is almost quaint in comparison.
But it's still different. And that continues to draw her attention. ]
I didn't even know you had magic. [ Sure, Sandry clearly didn't come from a modern world, but that doesn't necessarily mean someone has to have magic. People from medieval times didn't come from a modern world, and she's pretty sure those from her own world wouldn't have had magic. ] What sort of magic is it?
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cw: implied suicidal ideation
sandry does not get it and will be clumsy about handling it, just a heads up!
thank you for the heads up! <3
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