Silver ice storm (Ami thread, Lime warning)

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles gratefully at Tellu, her lower lip beginning to tremble again before she forcibly steadies herself, biting her lip.

"I've...when we were fighting the Ice spirit...Celcia..." Ami begins, shakily, "She was doing so many things at once...Attacking with golems of ice, slowly freezing the mall and the people in it. And at the same time, she was trying to make a woman she'd possessed into a suitable vessel for her..."

Ami pauses, taking a deep, shuddering breath. "I couldn't help with the fighting...I was drained as it was...but what she was doing to Nakahime-san...I thought, because of my elemental control, I could..." shaking her head, she sighs. "I was reckless...I found I could affect the ice energy...so I pulled it into myself, to get it away from her."

Ami pulls her knees up to her chest hugging them tightly. "I made a mistake. I thought...it was my own mind...I could handle her there...but I was helpless. I couldn't even move." Her eyes begin to mist up again.

"She talked to me." Ami goes on, in a near whisper. " She said 'I see....Ami Mizuno, Sailor Mercury...all alone, without the friends she clinged to no matter how much they rejected her. They hate anyone as cold as us, don't they?'. I tried...on an intellectual level, I knew...what-what she was saying was wrong, but on some level, I think...I might have believed it...she confronted me with things...with things I've never shared with anyone." Ami shivers in remembrance, wiping her eyes again.

"She hit me, and...she wounded me...badly. If it weren't for the others, I would have died. Haruka...she almost drained herself dry keeping me alive."

Ami shudders, hugging her knees to her chest, and hiding her face in them.

[Anastasia]

AS you find yourself crying into your knees...

"Oh my..." Tellu sniffles, slowly breaking down herself as you sob out your story. Tears trickle down her face as she wrings her hands together, at the climax of your tale.

"Ami..." she says, slowly hugging you, "At...at least you came back. I....if you hadn't...." Taking a deep, ragged breath, "So no matter what she said...even if it's true..." she adds quietly, pain most notably heard in those words. "Even if it's true, you're still here.

Even if no one else would have, I would have missed you," is her comment, as she shakes with her own tears.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami shivers a little as Tellu hugs her, and shudder noticably at Tellu's words, the dam breaking again as her eyes begin to water again, glomping Tellu.

"T-Thank you..." she manages shakily, an honest smile breaking through the tears. "I really needed to hear that..."

[Anastasia]

Hugging on to you with a tightness of her own, "You're welcome...and I'm happy I'm able to help you, Ami..." Fishing a tissue from her pocket she dabs her eyes, then passes it to you. "Just glad no one's around to see us like this...we're a pair of wrecks."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami laughs softly, brokenly, while accepting the tissue and dabbing at her eyes with it as well, nodding to the older girl.

"Yes..." she agrees, smiling a bit. "But...I'm glad you're here." she admits softly

[Anastasia]

"It...thank you for coming here when you were like this, Ami," Tellu says, a few more tears working out as she smiles shyly. "I...it means a lot to me, as well. Heh...at least I'm here for someone."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles softly, gently touching Tellu's arm, her eyes still wet, but not crying anymore. "I want to say thank you, but it seems so inadequate..." Ami flushes.

"But, I can't think of any better way of putting it. It's been hard, and...I couldn't let anyone else see what she'd done to me...being able to talk to someone..." Ami smiled again and let out a soft breath. "Thank you. I needed someone to lean on...more than even I knew..."

[Anastasia]

Blushing at the praise, Tellu smiles despite her embarrassment. "Thanks, Ami. I...I'll be here if you need to lean on me, talk to me, or even just take a nap here and don'tw ant to be alone." Taking the tissue back to once again dab her eyes and cheeks, "Or at least a nap," she says, sniffling. "I always like to sleep after crying. My Mom said it helps clean out the bad feelings that the tears missed."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami feels her eyes begin to well up with tears again, though not in a bad way, and she nods wordlessly, taking Tellu's hand and squeezing it gently, before smiling softly and nodding, wiping her eyes again. "Thank you..." she murmurs gratefully.

After a few moments, she notes that Tellu is indeed correct. "That does sound good..." she agrees finally, yawning as though to punctuate her statement. "You...and the plants don't mind?" She wonders, a bit sheepishly. "I wouldn't want to interrupt anything they needed..."

[Anastasia]

"No..." she says quietly, lying down next to you. "Here..." Rising right back up, she sheds her lab coat. "It's not much, but it's long enough to be a blanket for two." At that, she blushes, "I mean, it's always nicer to sleep next to your sister or mother after crying, too. Or a friend, so you aren't alone." A bit of embarrassed, light haste is in her voice, as if clarifying.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods, smiling a little more as she has to resist the urge to hug Tellu. "Thank you...I'd like that a lot." Ami replies shyly. "I seem to be saying that a lot...

[Anastasia]

"It's the same here," she says, laying the spread out lab coat over the both of you. While's it's not total coverage, it does cover a good part of your midsections.

Taking a moment to unbind her hair in a flood of plant green, she fulfills your aborted hug, snuggling in. "Mmmm...." she says, her head close to your chin. "Let's...just sleep and heal, Ami, okay?"

[Bean Bandit]

Ami blushes a little, admiring the older girl briefly. She's...but no, I remember from Rei's birthday party. I hope she finds out what makes her happy. I'll do whatever I can to help...

Ami smiles shyly and snuggles in as well, feeling...better than she has in a quite some time, actually. " 'kay..." Ami replies softly, feeling a soft, comfortable drowsiness setting in, the platonic comfort of another wam body feeling...wonderfully soothing...

[Anastasia]

"....night, Ami," Tellu murmurs, as the both of you pass on into a much needed sleep of emotional exhaustion.

OOC - New thread time!