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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Aug 23, 2007 17:59:59 GMT -5
Suzume, age eight.
Suzume sat in the grass silently with a smile on her face, she kinda liked it here. A little pink radio at her side playing some song quietly, 'Kiss me... under the milky twilight, my lead accross the green, green grass...' sang the radio softly as Suzume listened to the happy tune. She looked up at the clouds in the sky above, her fox features hidden as she sat there, she didn't want to reveal them since she was so much in the habit of hiding them that she didn't even think of loosening her magic so she'd have more energy. She was actually still a little drowsy from the song Cheshire had played earlier but she tried her best to ignore it as she sat there, looking around her silently before focusing between the blades of grass at the little ants that moved about and she watched them move about at thier work. Suzume wasn't sure what she was going to do for the rest of the day, but her stomach was getting all grumbly and she was obviously quite hungry... unfortunately, Suzume didn't think she had any money and at this moment, of course... she didn't.
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Post by Arual on Aug 23, 2007 18:33:28 GMT -5
Cecil walked past the young Suzume, and didn't know whether to talk to her after what happened or if he should not. His crimson eyes were soft looking, odd enough, and his black spiky hair blew in the breeze. He heard her stomach growl and paused his steps. He looked at her with the eyes you think would be a demon's and asked her something quite simple. "You hungry?" The boy waited for her answer as he dug in his pockets for a couple good amounts of dollars. He wasn't going to watch someone starve when he could have done something about it.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Aug 23, 2007 18:43:39 GMT -5
Suzume looked up at Cecil, her eyes going wide a moment before she remembered her talk with Akira and she relaxed slightly, "Uh... no..." She muttered, "I'm fine..." she sat up and looked at Cecil, obviously lying. She didn't want to say 'yes' because she really didn't want to inconvenience someone and she would manage... she'd faced worse, anyways. She smiled as sweetly as possible but her stomach grumbled almost angrily at the thought of a passed up meal. In all honesty... if you thought about it- it had been a good... three or four days since Suzume had eaten last.
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Post by Arual on Aug 23, 2007 18:52:02 GMT -5
Cecil shook his head with a smirk on his face, trying not to laugh. It wasnt her he'd laugh at, but something far more in his memories then that. "I'm not sure your stomach agrees with you, Suzume." he replied dryly. "Come on, I'll get you something if you'd like... I have a fairly sized wad of money in my dorm that'll last me til the end of the year. So, if you are just saying no for that reason.... it's not a problem."
He couldn't help but think of this as a payment of his debt to her about before, and the fact that the older her was a good friend of his. It was the least he could do.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Aug 23, 2007 21:48:16 GMT -5
"I'm not allowed to accept food from strangers..." Suzume said as she nodded, assuring herself she was indeed right on the matter, as far as Suzume was concerned- she didn't know this person and she didn't know thier name... so she considered him a stranger. "I'm Suzume, though..." She said, introducing herself quietly. She nodded a small, little polite bow to Cecil without bothering to stand up. One odd thing to notice about little Suzume was that she actually had fairly wavy hair compaired to her older self- either something was done with it, like straightening it or it had naturally straightened over the course of 350 years. It was just a random note, but it would certainly have been noticed sooner or later.
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Post by Arual on Aug 23, 2007 21:57:55 GMT -5
"Well then," he began, "forgive me. My name is Cecil." It was hard to see her like this....not remembering anything at all. Cecil sat down on the grass with some space in between them both, because he didn't want her to think that he was a bad person since she didn't know him anymore. He was open and polite as well, his voice had a sense of hurt from his past, though he seemed happy otherwise. Also, the way he spoke was calming and soft because he never liked to talk much. He kept his hands in his pockets and his eyes reflected the grass and the sky, even through the blood red hue. "So," the boy added with a distant and yet very curious tone, "is this were you've been staying for the past few days?"
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Aug 23, 2007 22:08:25 GMT -5
"I go back to the dorms at night... and mostly I've been exploring a bit around here... and some in other places in the place..." She spoke quietly, still a little unsure of the stranger, her turquoise eyes avoiding Cecil's red ones as she gazed up at the sky and then towards the grass... singling out a little ant and she watched it, not looking towards Cecil- to be honest she was more than a little intimidated by his eyes.... kind of frightened to be honest, but she didn't say or do much about it because Akira had said that these people were asked to watch over her and so they must not be too terrible people... hopefully. She pulled her knees up to her chest as she sat there, her gaze flickered up to Cecil before looking back down at the grass, "I miss mommy..." she muttered quietly, words hardly audible as if she wanted to catch the words and keep anyone else from hearing them.
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Post by Arual on Aug 23, 2007 22:15:27 GMT -5
Cecil felt a pang in his heart. He knew how that felt- he knew better then anyone could possibly know or understand. "Where is she....your mother I mean?" he asked her in a sympathetic way due to his own flickering memories of his beautiful mother which passed away when he was five years old. His eyes narrowed in grief as he thought more about it, though he could see her being uncomfortable around him. "You don't need to tell me if you don't want, I understand how it feels..." The boy's words trailed off and he looked to the sky above him. The wind pushed his spiky hair back from his face, pressing it to the sides of his head it was so strong.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Aug 23, 2007 22:28:51 GMT -5
Suzume buried her face in her knees, "I don't know..." she whimpered, she didn't know where her mother was... or her father and god forbid the fact that she wasn't even aware she had a brother! She shook her head, her face hidden, "I don't know where she went... or if Vana found her..." It was obvious from her voice that she was holding back tears. Suzume had been exploring the schoolgrounds all by herself, unfortunately giving her alot of time to think- and she probably managed to think of all the worse possibilities from being abandoned, to her parents being killed. She shook as she took in a quick breath, resisting the need for tears as her mind wandered through everything she'd thought of earlier and coming up with a few new ones as well. "What about Daddy?" She added to her sorrows as she sat there, almost forgetting Cecil's presense.
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Post by Arual on Aug 23, 2007 22:36:15 GMT -5
Cecil could hear the familiarity in her voice he sometimes herad in his own. It pained him so much, and to make it worse, he couldn't even put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. " Suzume," he began- trying to think of a way to make it a bit better without hurting her more or getting in trouble with Akira for telling her about their deaths. "I'm sure they're fine. At least you have a father that loves you and a mother as well."
(in that way that would make her look up like....'you understand?' or something like that. ^^)
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Aug 23, 2007 22:52:18 GMT -5
"Then why would they leave?" She looked up at Cecil, her eyes puffy and moist though obviously no tears were just yet shed from them. She looked towards Cecil, "If they were fine then I would be back at home with them! What did I do wrong?" Her voice was quiet as she barely managed to speak the words, she already had it cemented into her mind that she wouldn't cry, so she was doing her best... and failing miserably. "Nobody likes me here..." She shook her head, and it wasn't too suprising she would think that- considering the fact that she had gone a good three days without letting herself become all too noticed so not many people even knew she was here.
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Post by Arual on Aug 23, 2007 23:06:35 GMT -5
"If you don't mind me saying, Suzume.... you are my friend." he said with a diminishing impassiveness about his voice. "Also, I know for a fact that you've done nothing at all, as for your mother and father- " he added but then took a pause and his voice cut itself off. "When I was younger then you, I grew up with a happy, normal life.... a 'perfect' older brother, loving mother, a father and a best friend too. The only thing people didn't know was that my father had never laid his eyes on me my whole life and acted as though I was nothing but the air you breathe in and out. My mother and I were as close as you could possibly think mother and son could become. One day, my older brother disappeared - later... I found out that he had killed both my mother and my father."
He took a long pause with a deep sigh before continuing on with what he had to say. It hurt him so much to be forced to recall it all, but he knew it was for a good reason. "A week after my mother had passed, my friend was murdered in a type of animal trap. When I saved him, everyone thought it was me who killed him, but really- the boy was like a brother to me and I'd never want to hurt him...... Suzume, I won't judge you because you're crying.....and if it helps- I know what you're feeling more then a lot of people. You can talk to me about it if you want- I'll listen to what you want to say."
Cecil, you really are digging yourself deep, aren't you? Pouring your soul to a child who is just about an open book to anyone of talent? This will be fun. -Rell
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Aug 24, 2007 8:19:53 GMT -5
Suzume whiped a hand over her nose and shook her head, "No... it's nothing..." She lied blatantly, "I-I'm fine..." Suzume buried her face in her knees again and from how her body shook it could be guessed it was from suppressed sobbing.
Suzume felt lonely... and she was certainly confused, she remembered her normal life (which was already far from normal) and what she had learned was that she was fine... as long as she had her family and friends. Unfortunately... here she had no family with her and she had gone generally unnoticed so she'd actually instilled the thought upon herself that she was most likely abandoned... and she had apparently done something wrong... she felt like being here at Twilight Moon Academy was some sort of punishment. It had to be said sooner or later, though Suzume was scared, but now in a whole new way. Se didn't want to be alone like she had for the past few days.
She didn't look up at all, but she was obviously crying as she sat there, her legs pulled up to her chest, her dark scarlet hair hung like drapes around her face, hiding her tears from the other person.
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Post by Arual on Aug 24, 2007 19:20:32 GMT -5
Cecil raised and eyebrow at the young girl and his arms were folded on top of his tucked in knees. "Then what is it?" he asked, knowing that what she said was a total lie.
[sorry party work to do... thats the best i can come up with right now]
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Aug 25, 2007 10:23:13 GMT -5
"Why did they leave me?" She asked between sobs, and she looked up at Cecil. The eight uear old child looked angry almost, "I don't like it here... and I want my mom and dad..." She leaned foreward and hugged Cecil, her small, teary face pressed against his shirt. She was letting her magic slip and her little fox ears popped up atop her head and her single black tail was wrapped around her waist, and her eyes shut tightly, she began the process of stifling her crying. She breathed quick and short , "Cecee... I'm hungry..." She admitted.
(Yesss... I will make good use of C-Box nicknames!!! THOU ART NOW CECEE!!!)
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