[She shakes her head, deciding that it's not cheating to say the same thing if you really mean it.]
It's nice.
[She's not used to not having to disguise herself from people or be able to be out in public without everyone watching her back. It's different, it's nice.]
There are four other people here from my world, but I only knew two of them back home. If they weren't here I don't know that I'd be able to settle down.
[Hak, she means Hak. She's really talking about Hak being here ... but she'll never admit it. She loves each and every one of her friends and they're all special in her heart. Hak's place is just carved in super deep and bad for her health. Clearly he's the fatty part that clogs the arteries.]
I know what you mean. Two of my closest friends are here - back when I arrived, it was just the one. But it meant all the difference to know that there was someone I could anchor myself to.
[A slight pause.]
Of course... things have changed a bit with time. I feel at home now with quite a lot of people. But I remember how it was, being here at first.
[She nods. Honestly, she's not sure she could survive without Hak. Maybe before she could have, but she would have worry about him too much now; even if she knew he didn't need it.]
One of my friends says there are bandits here, is that true?
[If there are and they're doing bad things then she wants to help out. Maybe Edea can show her where to go once the festival is over.]
[If Edea knew who she was thinking about it would make perfect sense.]
Back home we had to do a lot of fighting, he said that things weren't as bad here but it wouldn't be a bad thing for me to get a bow because of bandits.
[She wasn't sure if bandits really came out around the outskirts of the city, but she knew Hak worried about her.]
Well... I can certainly help you arrange that if you'd like. If you need to borrow one for the time being, the Enforcers have access to a quite a few spare weapons.
I'll just sign it out until you've earned enough money to purchase your own.
[She really hadn't expected that. It wasn't that she didn't think women could be fighters or anything, she just wasn't expecting to meet any in a maze like this.]
[She could see now why Hak came home looking annoyed sometimes. Working for Edea had to be like working for Zeno. Hak would hate that.
Still, she had to take this opportunity to learn more about the Enforcers. Especially since they had an investigations division. No fighting, just investigating. It would be a good fit for her.]
[Wow, rude, Yona. Working for Edea was like working for the best, most wonderful, perfect infallible employer in the world. Hak was just a butt.]
Well...
We're a division of the native Enforcers meant to keep tabs on the rest of the Otherworlder population. The people of Verens aren't very good at dealing with powers and the like. That doesn't crop up too often, though - primarily our duties are the same as the natives. We enforce the laws, investigate crimes, and keep the peace.
[Then Edea mentions parents and the ground around Yona seems to degrade a little.]
It's nothing like that. It's just that the people from my world that are here really worry about me. One of them's an enforcer so he might bother you till you tell me I can't join.
[Or just follow her around on her investigations even if he has other Enforcer business to do and criticize her the whole time. Seriously, Hak was a jerk!]
No way! I'm his boss, if anything. And I say that nothing good comes of sheltering someone simply because you're concerned for them. The best way for you to be safe in this world is for you to... live in it. The way you'd like to. Not to be cloistered away.
[Edea has strong opinions.]
Who is this person? I'll talk to them if they have issues.
It's not like that either. He's not trying to shelter me or anything and he's always thinking of my best interest.
[Unless he's making those awful jokes where he threatens to molest her or pretends he wants to seduce her. Or even when he beats her up by squeezing her hand with all his might and calls her names and flat chested and not pretty. But that's all to make her stronger and because they're friends. Besides, it's not his fault that he doesn't find her pretty.]
Mm... That's fair, but. Getting hurt is a part of becoming stronger. If nobody ever faced any challenges in life, you'd just... stay the same and never grow.
It's not that anyone wants anybody else to get hurt, but... the idea itself isn't something to be completely afraid of.
I know that, and he does too. He just doesn't want me running into danger when I don't really need to.
[She frowns, it's true though that Hak thinks a lot of things are needlessly dangerous when they really aren't needless.]
That's why I was thinking of applying for the investigations group. That way I'm still helping but he can't claim I'm doing something that's too dangerous.
[She just shakes her head. It sounds like she might have gotten Hak in trouble if she says his name. She might just wait a month or two before applying. Wait for Edea to forget they had this conversation.]
[He can't blame her for being confused, but he tries to answer directly.]
I didn't ask how long you've been in Verens. I asked her if anyone was looking into how someone could make sure they never left, and your name came up. I only asked Usagi because I think she knows everybody.
I want to leave. I've been trying to get out of this place for literal years.
...I know a lot of people who don't, though. And I can tell you right now that we still don't know how or why people up and vanish. The Arehtei, at least, claim they aren't even involved.
Maybe not the answer you're looking for, but I doubt anyone will be able to say anything different. You can talk to Kevin, if you'd like. He's been here since the very beginning, and as far as I know, never went back at all. I actually had a three year break.
I hate to say it, but it doesn't seem like we have much of a choice either coming or going. You should live your life here to the fullest - don't worry too much about something you can't control...
Kevin, you know, feels the same way.
I don't think the Arehtei know much more - or at least, they're not spilling.
I've been trying to do just that - what you said about living. It's easier
said than done for someone like me.
[Still a little self-focused yet.]
But... I wanted some kind of proof I could give to someone else.
That there was something we could do so we both stayed here. Even if I'm
the hundreth or millionth person to ask them, I guess I'll talk to the
Arehtei anyway - after Kevin.
...You wouldn't happen to be dead in your world, would you?
[Edea can be blunt sometimes.]
I don't think you'll find the proof you're after, though. ...Nobody has been able to control their coming and going from this place. The best we can do is make the most of our time here.
I can tell you that if I had any power of this sort, I'd have kept a few of my friends around... Probably quite selfishly.
[He gasps as she pins his personal reason down with her blunt
statement. He doesn't mind the blunt part, just her guess out of thin air.
And he thought he was being so subtle! Yeah right, Arden.]
I, well... Erm...
[He definitely wishes she had the power to be selfish.]
If that's the case... I can see why it might be more of an urgent issue. I still think you're best off trying to make the most of life here without spending too much of your energy fretting - I don't want to give you any false hope about any of this.
[And mostly he's not used to getting an even remotely gentle treatment from other people for his situation. Granted he didn't actually give her his backstory - because he's been encouraged not to - but still. It's a welcome surprise.]
Speaking to more people meaning... do you have some suggestions?
Kevin, if you like. But I don't know everything that goes on on this island. You can see if the mayor or the researchers over at the observatory have gotten any further, maybe. I think they mostly just tolerate us nowadays...
[...Although Edea doesn't have the slightest idea where the wyvern has come from, she's not the type to be too alarmed. She watches as it flaps down and approaches with its missive.]
Hunk and... Keith... Oh! Well, I see food, so that's an obvious yes.
[The wyvern gets a pat on the head and Edea digs a cookie out of her pocket because there's always at least three cookies on her person at all times.]
[Gordon is absolutely delighted to get not only a nice pat, but also a cookie! She wriggles her butt in her excitement, tail flicking around. Once the cookie is in her mouth it's gone in a second, as if it never even existed. The wyvern gives a cheerful snorting huff and licks at Edea's hand.
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Edea/Yona Flower Festival April 2016
Date: 2016-05-03 02:39 am (UTC)Oh! ...Well, if that's the case, I don't think seeking compliments from him would be a very good idea, either.
[A faint smile.]
You have several friends from home here, then? That's good - it makes the transition a bit easier.
[At the hedge, she gives a pause.]
Is it cheating to use the same thing? I don't feel like we're strangers at all, somehow.
Re: Edea/Yona Flower Festival April 2016
Date: 2016-05-03 05:06 am (UTC)It's nice.
[She's not used to not having to disguise herself from people or be able to be out in public without everyone watching her back. It's different, it's nice.]
There are four other people here from my world, but I only knew two of them back home. If they weren't here I don't know that I'd be able to settle down.
[Hak, she means Hak. She's really talking about Hak being here ... but she'll never admit it. She loves each and every one of her friends and they're all special in her heart. Hak's place is just carved in super deep and bad for her health.
Clearly he's the fatty part that clogs the arteries.]no subject
Date: 2016-05-05 01:59 am (UTC)[A slight pause.]
Of course... things have changed a bit with time. I feel at home now with quite a lot of people. But I remember how it was, being here at first.
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Date: 2016-05-06 01:59 am (UTC)One of my friends says there are bandits here, is that true?
[If there are and they're doing bad things then she wants to help out. Maybe Edea can show her where to go once the festival is over.]
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Date: 2016-05-07 02:35 am (UTC)[That was a bit of an odd jump in topic, but she nods.]
Yes, it's much like any other city in the world. There's always going to be that type around. ...Why do you ask?
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Date: 2016-05-10 03:31 am (UTC)Back home we had to do a lot of fighting, he said that things weren't as bad here but it wouldn't be a bad thing for me to get a bow because of bandits.
[She wasn't sure if bandits really came out around the outskirts of the city, but she knew Hak worried about her.]
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Date: 2016-05-11 02:39 am (UTC)I'll just sign it out until you've earned enough money to purchase your own.
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Date: 2016-05-11 03:59 am (UTC)You're an Enforcer?
[She really hadn't expected that. It wasn't that she didn't think women could be fighters or anything, she just wasn't expecting to meet any in a maze like this.]
no subject
Date: 2016-05-12 02:07 am (UTC)[Most people are surprised by her numerous quirks, to be fair.]
Probably no one would mind if I just gave you one, but I should follow the rules.
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Date: 2016-05-13 05:12 am (UTC)[She could see now why Hak came home looking annoyed sometimes. Working for Edea had to be like working for Zeno. Hak would hate that.
Still, she had to take this opportunity to learn more about the Enforcers. Especially since they had an investigations division. No fighting, just investigating. It would be a good fit for her.]
What are the enforcers like?
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Date: 2016-05-18 01:26 am (UTC)Well...
We're a division of the native Enforcers meant to keep tabs on the rest of the Otherworlder population. The people of Verens aren't very good at dealing with powers and the like. That doesn't crop up too often, though - primarily our duties are the same as the natives. We enforce the laws, investigate crimes, and keep the peace.
no subject
Date: 2016-05-18 03:12 am (UTC)Do the people who investigate crimes have to fight?
[This is super important to her future alright!]
no subject
Date: 2016-05-19 01:03 am (UTC)[Edea continues leisurely along the maze towards the next barrier as they speak.]
Soooo... it sounds like you might be interested?
no subject
Date: 2016-05-20 04:41 am (UTC)[She frowns, thinking. Hak definitely wouldn't approve.]
I don't know if I'd be allowed to.
[Well, Hak wouldn't forbid her or anything, but he WOULD make her life annoying for a good long time.]
no subject
Date: 2016-05-21 01:50 am (UTC)...I mean, not unless your parents came with you, too, but even so, you're old enough to make your own decisions, aren't you?
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Date: 2016-05-21 02:07 am (UTC)[Then Edea mentions parents and the ground around Yona seems to degrade a little.]
It's nothing like that. It's just that the people from my world that are here really worry about me. One of them's an enforcer so he might bother you till you tell me I can't join.
[Or just follow her around on her investigations even if he has other Enforcer business to do and criticize her the whole time. Seriously, Hak was a jerk!]
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Date: 2016-05-21 02:38 am (UTC)[Edea has strong opinions.]
Who is this person? I'll talk to them if they have issues.
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Date: 2016-05-21 03:02 am (UTC)It's not like that either. He's not trying to shelter me or anything and he's always thinking of my best interest.
[Unless he's making those awful jokes where he threatens to molest her or pretends he wants to seduce her. Or even when he beats her up by squeezing her hand with all his might and calls her names and flat chested and not pretty. But that's all to make her stronger and because they're friends. Besides, it's not his fault that he doesn't find her pretty.]
He just doesn't want me to get hurt.
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Date: 2016-05-21 05:20 pm (UTC)It's not that anyone wants anybody else to get hurt, but... the idea itself isn't something to be completely afraid of.
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Date: 2016-05-22 08:25 am (UTC)[She frowns, it's true though that Hak thinks a lot of things are needlessly dangerous when they really aren't needless.]
That's why I was thinking of applying for the investigations group. That way I'm still helping but he can't claim I'm doing something that's too dangerous.
[He's going to say it anyway.]
no subject
Date: 2016-05-24 02:11 am (UTC)[A slight pause.]
Seriously, though, who is this person?
no subject
Date: 2016-05-24 05:14 am (UTC)Oh, I like your confidence.
[Distraction with the maze]
no subject
Date: 2016-05-25 12:55 am (UTC)[Not quite so distracted as Yona might hope.]
Alright, alright. I'll just figure it out by myself.
no subject
Date: 2016-05-27 01:10 am (UTC)I'd really rather you didn't. He can be a super jerk sometimes.
no subject
Date: 2016-05-29 12:46 am (UTC)[a slight pause]
Well. Just about everyone in the Enforcers besides Steve and Tiz.
Still! I'll figure it out eventually.
no subject
Date: 2016-05-29 03:02 am (UTC)[Maybe if she can get her to concentrate on what they're doing she'll eventually forget.]
Dec 12th / Amulet
Date: 2017-12-11 02:02 am (UTC)[He's worried he's misprouncing it because Usagi gave him her name over text. He says it Eh-dee-uh.]
Anyway, my name is Arden. Usagi said I should talk to you. I'm trying to figure out how someone can make sure they stay in Verens forever.
no subject
Date: 2017-12-11 02:13 am (UTC)[Edea responds to this summons rather quickly - it isn't often she gets messages like this.]
...Usagi did? ...Wow, she has a good memory. I think we've only talked once or twice.
Are you just talking to me because I've been around for ages?
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Date: 2017-12-11 02:27 am (UTC)I didn't ask how long you've been in Verens. I asked her if anyone was looking into how someone could make sure they never left, and your name came up. I only asked Usagi because I think she knows everybody.
sorry!! terrible journal to fail on
Date: 2017-12-11 02:38 am (UTC)[Edea seems surprised.]
I want to leave. I've been trying to get out of this place for literal years.
...I know a lot of people who don't, though. And I can tell you right now that we still don't know how or why people up and vanish. The Arehtei, at least, claim they aren't even involved.
Maybe not the answer you're looking for, but I doubt anyone will be able to say anything different. You can talk to Kevin, if you'd like. He's been here since the very beginning, and as far as I know, never went back at all. I actually had a three year break.
It's fine, I died laughing, like YOU SUMMONED THE AREHTEI TO HER INBOX GJ ARDEN
Date: 2017-12-15 12:50 am (UTC)Kevin... alright.
[Another name to go track down. Great.]
I guess I thought it was two sides of the same problem. I can't go back there. There's nothing for me.
[Or for Naminé, for whom he made the promise to look into all this.]
Usagi said I might be able to at least ask the Arehtei about it, but I've never spoken to any of them - I wouldn't know which one to talk to anyway.
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Date: 2017-12-15 04:18 am (UTC)[In case he has trouble.]
I hate to say it, but it doesn't seem like we have much of a choice either coming or going. You should live your life here to the fullest - don't worry too much about something you can't control...
Kevin, you know, feels the same way.
I don't think the Arehtei know much more - or at least, they're not spilling.
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Date: 2017-12-18 06:01 am (UTC)I've been trying to do just that - what you said about living. It's easier said than done for someone like me.
[Still a little self-focused yet.]
But... I wanted some kind of proof I could give to someone else. That there was something we could do so we both stayed here. Even if I'm the hundreth or millionth person to ask them, I guess I'll talk to the Arehtei anyway - after Kevin.
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Date: 2017-12-19 01:09 am (UTC)[Edea can be blunt sometimes.]
I don't think you'll find the proof you're after, though. ...Nobody has been able to control their coming and going from this place. The best we can do is make the most of our time here.
I can tell you that if I had any power of this sort, I'd have kept a few of my friends around... Probably quite selfishly.
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Date: 2017-12-23 10:00 pm (UTC)[He gasps as she pins his personal reason down with her blunt statement. He doesn't mind the blunt part, just her guess out of thin air. And he thought he was being so subtle!
Yeah right, Arden.]I, well... Erm...
[He definitely wishes she had the power to be selfish.]
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Date: 2017-12-29 04:28 am (UTC)[Her tone is slightly gentler.]
If that's the case... I can see why it might be more of an urgent issue. I still think you're best off trying to make the most of life here without spending too much of your energy fretting - I don't want to give you any false hope about any of this.
But it can't hurt to speak with more people.
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Date: 2017-12-30 05:40 am (UTC)[And mostly he's not used to getting an even remotely gentle treatment from other people for his situation. Granted he didn't actually give her his backstory - because he's been encouraged not to - but still. It's a welcome surprise.]
Speaking to more people meaning... do you have some suggestions?
no subject
Date: 2017-12-31 08:43 pm (UTC)[A shrug.]
Kevin, if you like. But I don't know everything that goes on on this island. You can see if the mayor or the researchers over at the observatory have gotten any further, maybe. I think they mostly just tolerate us nowadays...
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Date: 2018-01-05 03:51 am (UTC)[He doesn't know what else he should say, given her pessimistic outlook, before hanging up.]
12/25
Date: 2017-12-25 03:48 am (UTC)Merry Christmas Miss Edea,
May your holiday be merry and bright.
I hope we can try these new teas together!
With love,
Alice Liddell
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Date: 2017-12-29 04:37 am (UTC)Early June
Date: 2018-06-06 02:00 am (UTC)Gordon has come bearing a personal invitation to you!
Hunk and Keith are hosting an open house at the Golden Afternoon Bakery to celebrate summer!
There will be free food, drinks, and live music!
No reservations are required, but they do hope you'll attend!
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Date: 2018-06-06 04:10 am (UTC)[...Although Edea doesn't have the slightest idea where the wyvern has come from, she's not the type to be too alarmed. She watches as it flaps down and approaches with its missive.]
Hunk and... Keith... Oh! Well, I see food, so that's an obvious yes.
[The wyvern gets a pat on the head and Edea digs a cookie out of her pocket because there's always at least three cookies on her person at all times.]
There you go. Who's a good dragon, yes you are!
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Date: 2018-06-06 04:46 am (UTC)Thank you kind lady!!]