Coming back to the inferno. (Azurite thread)

[Anastasia]

"Oh," she says, quieting a bit. "What was your sister's name, Azurite?" Hotaru asks, curious despite it. Thought, as she turns her gaze to the floor in embarrassment, you can also see her aura...

* Hatbot --> "Azurite rolls 2d6+2 and gets 9."

It's deeply powerful, a wellspring of a negative power - destruction. Not evil, you think, merely like destruction welded into a force. It's as neutral as a kitchen knife or a screwdriver.

[thepanda]

Only destructive power. How sad.

Paying more attention to the cute girl beside himself in a less magical sense, he notes her embarrassment. “Kaolinite. I think she was the professor’s assistant before… but never mind that,” he hurriedly says, not wanting to take the conversation into such a depressing direction.

“You seem to have me at a disadvantage. You know a bit about me, and yet I know nothing about you. I didn’t even know the professor has such a cute daughter.” He sighs a little. “I’m always the last to know these things.”

[Anastasia]

"Kaolinite," Hotaru murmurs, slowling. "I see..." the girl says, as you get out of the elevator in a rather shadowy part of Mugen.

....I'm sorry....

"I'm the Headmaster's daughter, and...you know about what I was before with your sister," she says quietly, mood dropping like a rock. Leading you on, she seems to clam up with a certain defensive depression.

[thepanda]

Awe crud. What’d I do wrong this time?

“What you were before? With my sister?” Azurite asks, confusion evident.

She couldn’t mean…

He dismisses that thought quickly.

Ok, what did dad always say? No matter what its your fault. Right, now to apologize.

“I’m sorry, I really don’t understand. Did I say something wrong?” He kneels down to her height to look her more fully in the eye. “If I did I’m sorry. Can you forgive me?”

[Anastasia]

OOC - I giggle at the dangling tag, Panda. ^_^

IC:

Hotaru stops, still looking away and not meeting your eye, regardless of your efforts. "It's alright," she says softly, quietly. "The office is right down this hall," she gestures a moment later. "I should get back to my Dad now."

If anything, she looks pale and sad - depression writ large, if she was wearing black, she'd be a perfectly poster goth child.

[thepanda]

“I… ok,” Azurite rises anxiously. He wasn’t sure what could have gone on between his sister and this little girl but it seemed to be affecting her a lot. He wasn’t sure he could cheer her up. It wasn’t a pleasant feeling.

“Tomoe-san,” he says before the girl could go too far. “I don’t know what happened between you and my sister, but if you ever want to talk about it…” He leaves the invitation open.

[Anastasia]

Hotaru stops and turns, still wan. "Thank you." Bowing slightly, "Until later." With that, she is indeed and f ully gone, leaving you with only directions in this dim and confusing hallway.

[thepanda]

Azurite proceeds to the room, subdued and lost in thought.

"I'm the Headmaster's daughter, and...you know about what I was before with your sister."

[Anastasia]

OOC - Transferring you over to Ami's thread now. (Mercury blues.)