Uranus: Lillies and Pauses. (Haruka thread)

[Anastasia]

Viluy begins to really pull herself together at this, having dried her eyes and wiped her nose. Yet, she stays silent for now, simply resting on Haruka's firm body.

"No. I just start carving and I see them as I make them," she says, mentally shrugging. "It's natural for me since it started last year." Eyeing you two again, "But...then why? Why do you know anything about them?"

[Liddo-kun]

Haruka is still dubious about the woman's claims, but having no grounds to support her contention she drops the issue for now.

Last year....  That's around the time the others fought the Criminals, if I'm not mistaken.

"In our case it's shared past life experience," she tells her simply.

"He," Haruka says, indicating the Oxyite sculpture, "just happens to be someone from our memories.  Whether you believe it or not..."  She leaves the statement unsaid, giving her an indifferent shrug.

Haruka turns Viluy's chin slightly upward, to check on how she's doing, and finds herself beaming a smile on seeing her more composed now.  "Feeling better?" she asks a bit worriedly, as she lightly strokes her hair once more.

[Anastasia]

"Past life," she blurts, surprised. "Like...all that reincarnation stuff those Buddists believe in?" So caught off guard, Ms. Nakahime actually speaks rather loudly. Face a bit unbelieving and shocked rolled into one, she looks a bit younger than her likely fourty something years.

"Yeah," Viluy finally manages back, still shaky. "I'm alright now...but I want to get a cup of tea and talk after this," she says quietly.

The thought of even Haruka's Talisman scares me now ...what the hell is this?"

"So this guy is from a long time ago, if you're really telling the truth?"

[Liddo-kun]

"Okay," Haruka replies to Viluy's request.  I hope she's okay.

Haruka nods her head - almost as an afterthough, as she lifts her gaze back to regard Miss Nakahime once more.  "I don't blame you if you have doubts about what I just said, but honestly, I have better things to do than to cook up a cockamamy story to waste both our time, you know?" she tells her in all honesty.

"But first, some tea is on the menu..." Haruka announces as she stands and looks around for a suitable venue - helping Viluy to stand as well as she does so.

Haruka grins as she turns towards the artist.  "Your treat, if I'm not mistaken."

[Anastasia]

The two of you rise as you get a good gander at the area. Most of the stores here are shops, though a look up shows a open air food court of the third level.

"Sure," Ms Nakahime nods, rising herself. While still a bit puzzled over Haruka's comments, she nonetheless pushes herself together. "They have a lovely tea shop on the third floor."

"That's fine," Viluy says, nodding and going along with that.

[Liddo-kun]

A short elevator ride later (and a trifle walk) sees the three seated at the table of a quaint little shop.  Now with procured drinks in hand, Haruka waits... for the Oxyite statue to animate, go on a rampage, get destroyed, and finally give all involved a happy ending!

Wait, no.

She was waiting for Miss Nakahime to ask questions....

Right.  A common mistake.

Okay, maybe not.

But the fact remained - with every tick and tock of the clock, the ideas in her head turned more and more bizarre in the presence of the woman.

How does a normal person just create a statue of OXYITE of all people?

The easy answer was that a NORMAL person doesn't, given NORMAL circumstances, but there was much doubt in Haruka's mind that whatever reason existed would sit far, far away from the lands of normality.

With a sigh she got on with it, "So, was there anything you wanted to ask, Miss Nakahime?  It looked earlier as if you might still have a question or three on your mind."

[Anastasia]

"Yes, I do. This Warrior - Oxyite - what do you know about him?" she asks plainly. "How would he be related to me, if I'm making statues of him?" Asking so, she cuts right to the heart of the matter, clearly tense and interested now.

[Liddo-kun]

"What do I know about him?" Haruka parrots, then shrugs.  "Not much at all, really.  Likes to swing his sword around in a manner not recommended by the safety comission and he's dead.  That last fact covers everything I need or want to know, personally."

"And as to how he is related to you?  Well, that's the million dollar question, Miss Nakahime, because I haven't a clue myself, at the moment."  Haruka tells her baldly.

[Anastasia]

"He's dead," she frowns a bit at that, mulling it over. She looks somewhat torn; Miss Nakahime is rather clearly conflicted.

Meanwhile, Viluy just watches on, taking the tea as it's brought back for all, soon sipping on her own glass.

"I...damn. If he was real, I was hoping to have a chance to meet him." Confessing so openly, "It...I don't have a clue to that, either. I just keep getting various images when I carve ice ever since last year.

Oxyite is merely one of the latest, I made him along with Hornhead and Madness." Frowning and staring down at the table, she pauses. LIke she isn't really sure what to think right now.

[Liddo-kun]

"Oh, he was real, just dead now."  Haruka corrects, just restraining a joyous crow at that fact.  "And I don't know why you'd even want to meet him, honestly," she tells her.

"As for Hornhead and Madness..." she says outloud wonderingly.  "I think those two were named Cynthia and Orestes.  Do these names mean anything to you?" she asks curiously.

[Anastasia]

"Well...if he exists and I scupted him, I'd like to see what I made," she shrugs, still a bit disturbed by the latter - and coming up short when you mention the rest. "You know the rest of them as well? How?" Holding in even more surprise, she leans forward intently.

Also, is it you, or is it getting a touch chilly?

[Liddo-kun]

The chill touching her in a heated mall does begin sounding her internal warning bells that she may be heading into dangerous waters.

"They were all part of a... special group," Haruka tells her interested listener.  "And I know their names through happenstance - random occurences of this and that.  Anyway," she pushes forward quickly, dancing around the exact issue of how she knows, "there are at least two more members that I can recall off the top of my head - Starfire and... Celcia."

Haruka waits patiently to see what reaction Miss Nakahime will gift her with....

[Anastasia]

As you talk, Viluy shivers a bit. Sipping at her tea to banish her chill, she stays silent still.

"I..those names..." she murmurs, voice a bit out of focus, and her faec to match. Her eyes are definintly not all there at the moment, you can see. "Celcia? It's familiar..."

As she speaks, she shivers as well. Reaching out for her warm tea and taking a strong draught of it, "That name really rings a bell, Haruka. Even more than the others do."

[Liddo-kun]

"Oh?  And how exactly is it familiar?" Haruka asks Miss Nakahime amid her growing curiosity regarding this situation.

Watching both Viluy and Miss Nakahimie shiver makes Haruka more aware of the chill coming over herself as well.  While rubbing her arms for warmth, "Is it just me or is it getting unusually cold here?"

[Anastasia]

"Yeah," Viluy nods in agreement. "I hope the heating isn't breaking down." Miss Nakahime nods in agreement, but keeps focused on the matter at hand.

"It's just familiar," she says, almost helplessly. "Like I've heard the name a few times before on some level." Rubbing her arms a moment, she settles for shrugging deeper into her sweater, while Viluy just shivers.

Or a few million times...it's just...

What the hell? And why is it getting so cold all of a sudden

It feels kind of good...