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Post by Rhona Hall on Apr 16, 2017 12:21:57 GMT -6
"El I am going to put off talking to Leon, I am done with today."
Rhona would sense Atlanti's exact place and put down El as they neared the door. Giving it a solid knock she was pretty silent after todays events. Her eyes were heavy and red, she was quite dusty, she might actually look as homeless as she was.
In a tussle of thoughts trying to figure out all the answers of the five W's for this atrocity against her. She was still on the idea maybe it had something to do with the possibility it having something to do with namek. But she really wanted to talk with Atlanti about those things' hoping it will clear up some. The door would open and she'd look up at them.
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Post by Atlanti on Apr 16, 2017 13:31:40 GMT -6
"Coming!" The house was a decent size, resting on the outskirts of the city. The lawn was clipped and the shutters were open, as were the windows, the Namek's voice carrying easily with a quiet lilt. Still not its cheerful tone, but closer than it had been the last time she'd come across Rhona or the others.
"Rhona." The Namekian blinked, s mile returning at the sight of her friend and...her friend's friend. She hadn't ever met him before, but he seemed to like Rhona and the human wasn't pushing him away, so she trusted Rhona's judgement on him.
The smile faltered, then disappeared at the sight of the blonde's disheveled state, like she'd slept on the ground out in the wild or fought against nature itself.
"Are you okay? What happened?" She opened the door further and waved them both inside with a swift motion, eyes wide. It hadn't been that long, but she looked a lot worse for the wear, but Atlanti figured her friend was uninjured if they were meeting here rather than the hospital.
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Post by Rhona Hall on Apr 16, 2017 14:01:01 GMT -6
"Hi, Atlanti..." she tried to rub more of the ash and soil off her arms and face. "You can say my home town met the same fate as Namek... Every one's completely... Erased." her tone was cold. She had not much more room for tears after a day like today still the very thought and memory that burned into her mind sent pains through her chest and it felt like a punch to the stomach traveling through her body.
But her shoulders sunk as her arms fell to her sides, a heavy breath escaped her lungs, and her brows tilted upwards . she felt bad asking Atlanti for this but... "Do you have room here for us? At least until I figure something out?"
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Post by Atlanti on Apr 16, 2017 16:50:33 GMT -6
Rhona might as well have been speaking to a green owl from Atlanit's expression, the Namekian halting at the way her friend described whatever happened. There was a place on Earth, on her home planet, that had met the same fate as Namek. Why did the rest of it remain?
"Of course." She shook herself from her thoughts and the chill in Rhona's words as she gestured her guests inside, shutting the door behind them. A million questions spun in circles in her mind, ready to tumble out if she wasn't careful.
The pristine care from outside continued, though the open floor plan made the rooms seem larger than one would think. Everything was clean and light, with little touches scattered that show people actually lived there. It was almost closer ti sterile than tidy.
"We have a spare room and a sofa. Did you want to get a shower first, or food?" Or to talk? She could guess a dozen different things, but the truth was that her friend had gone through a lot and needed help, so that was what she would do.
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Post by Rhona Hall on Apr 16, 2017 17:08:07 GMT -6
Rhona would get a few steps in and pause looking around, it was a quiet and nice place.
"I have somethings to get off my chest. If you don't mind me asking you a few questions as well?" She scratched the fuzz of hair behind her ear. "Some questions will be about Namek... and Limax. What happened to the side of my mountain may or may not be connected to the incident, just the fact they are both so close in time frame makes me wonder. Besides that... I... " she paused and breathed through a slight grin. "Oi, already spilling my woes on you, I am practically busting at the seems. But I'd like to go some where private to talk about this, honestly. Is that okay?"
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Post by Atlanti on Apr 16, 2017 17:57:56 GMT -6
Atlanti let Rhona speak without interrupting, hesitating when Namek and Limx were mentioned. She didn't know what she could offer that would help, but she nodded and lead the two into the den.
"It's okay. It seems like you've been through a lot." She offered Rhona a warm smile, head tilting to the side at the mention of privacy. She hesitated for a moment, then went to close the windows.
"We can talk here. No one else is home right now."
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Post by Rhona Hall on Apr 16, 2017 18:16:37 GMT -6
Leaving El at the room from earlier she followed Atlanti. Watching her close off the room her arms crossed over her chest. It still felt like it was about to rip itself apart. She really did feel like she was coming apart at the seems.
"Thank you... This is your parent's place right? I hope we wont be causing them or you too much trouble." She'd lean agains a wall near by and began to think about where she would start.
"It is a bit of a flight between there and here and I had a lot on my mind. I realized I did not actually know much about Limax... or Wasabi... or anyone for that matter. Including you... was I selfish? I mean, with Limax, I got the impression he did not want to talk about himself so I was not going to worry and maybe one day he'd open himself. I guess since that was the case I too did not have much I wanted to say about myself hoping to keep somethings secret... I just stayed in the moment." She looked off in the distance the whole time she talked.
"I felt we almost kept him with us... But... damn it... Did I do the right thing at that Lookout?" Her jaw clenched tight and her brows furrowed.
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Post by Atlanti on Apr 16, 2017 19:23:23 GMT -6
"It's fine. You're a friend, and both of you are guests." She nodded, but didn't take a seat. She could see the distress on Rhona's face and tried to offer what she could to soothe it, her voice calm and reassuring.
"Well, I guess it depends on what you're talking about when you ask if you were selfish," she began slowly, looking down at her hands as she mulled over the idea. She shook her head and looked up again a few moments later.
"I think some people are private people, rather than just trying to hide. Or maybe they're trying to accept someone else doesn't want to talk as much. It just depends on teh people involved." She wasn't sure where the selfish idea came from, whether Rhona had reached it herself or if it had been suggested. She set aside the fact Rhona kept secrets.
"I don't think there are many people you know everything about all at once, either. I only met Wasabi once and saw him in the tournament, but he seems nice and willing to talk. So if you're selfish, I guess I am too. A lot of people would be." Her hands slid behind her back instead as she rocked on teh heels of her feet, expression falling somber at the mention of their friend and how close they had come.
"I don't know," she admitted softly. She could see it clearly still, hear the desperation of their words, smell the blood on the otherwise pristine tiles. Feel the way the auras there mixed together but managed to stand out on their own, like reading the world around her in layers, and not all the people present had been the same.
The silence dragged, weighing heavily on her shoulders.
"We did what we could." It just wasn't enough. "We weren't alone, but we were close. I don't know if it was selfish or not, but I know what I've been taught and what I've learned." She shook her head, but didn't elaborate her thoughts on what that something was. Her thoughts shifted towards their friend, instead, the future.
"He's still Limax. Whatever happens, we both saw it."
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Post by Rhona Hall on Apr 16, 2017 21:13:36 GMT -6
Rhona looked at Atlanti, in both the girls minds there was certainly flashes of today rushing before their eyes. Parts they recognized, parts that stood out, and parts they wished they hadn't wish to remember. "Somewhere in there, towards the end, you... saw something that actually worried you." Atlanti made sense, and it was just confirming how Rhona felt. "Maybe we are selfish and maybe if I don't know where he's been or where he is going that is fine. So you are saying we just wanted our friend back." She looked down and smiled a bit of relief. Probably the only relief she was going to get today. "You are right... He is still Limax. Just... his planet, his family, was wiped away."
"I've been in that place... I am there now, again... Knowing now, what I didn't then. I was the same way, I hate to admit what I've done, and I am a coward for running away from it for so long. If what happened to me has nothing to do with Namek... then my Past for some reason is chasing me." She began searching her mind again but then pushed those dark thoughts aside.
"If Limax goes through with all of this he will not be able to get the blood stains off either. So we want him back... that sounds selfish, But we are his friends... I did not even know how much I needed you guys until I met you. Limax will need us to look out for him." She placed her hands on her hips with resolve. "Thank goodness it looks like we still have Wasabi in some right mind looking after him."
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Post by Atlanti on Apr 16, 2017 22:03:59 GMT -6
Atlanti went still at the mention of what had worried her, remembering it as if it were still happening now. Her desire to share her thoughts warred with the sense of privacy she saw in others. Did it even need to be said? Part of her believed Rhona would have already acknowledged what the Namekian was thinking before she said it out loud.
"It's not just that, though. It's something I can feel. We have warriors, but we don't have...that."..." She paused. "It's not just about us or what we want." She tucked the hair from her face to keep from fidgeting further, taking a deep breath as her thoughts began to settle and focus on Rhona's predicament.
"Well, you are both welcome to stay here. My father is away and my mother will be in an out sometimes, but she's dealing with work right now." Both places she had thought to be - needed to be - but now she was needed here. She knew they would understand.
"Then we will be here." She smiled, glad that Limax was alone and turning her focus once again. "But why would you say your past is chasing you?"
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Post by Rhona Hall on Apr 16, 2017 22:41:31 GMT -6
She thought about what Atlanti said and sure she would be right still but they had to try.
Still her question came up and it was something she was not quite sure of herself but thinking it over there might be some thing right about it. "I am not sure the man I killed was at all as important as blowing craters in the Earth. If who ever did this was also apart of Namek's destruction... would they have the same effect to get to me by blowing all of Earth as well? Something just doesn't fit. So if it has nothing to do with Namek I am positive it has something to do with me."
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Post by Atlanti on Apr 17, 2017 22:35:21 GMT -6
"Mmmmm." She bit the edge of her lip in thought, sobered by the fact that there was enough more death tied to a planet and those that had been lost on it. She didn't know what connection could be there, but Rhona at least seemed to have an idea. Because she had murdered someone. The notion clashed with the sense of good she had sensed from her friend at the outpost, but even then, it hadn't been a hundred percent. No one was.
"Like what?"
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Post by Rhona Hall on Apr 18, 2017 0:01:33 GMT -6
Rhona looked up at her pain was written on her face and her lip twitched as she'd force the words to come out. "Because they leveled my town. Unrecognizable corpses were littered around my Dad's Dojo, and My Modryb and our house... it..." Her breath caught painfully in her chest enough that she gripped her shirt. "The entire area was a smoldering crater. Nothing was left... Who would leave such a horrible scene if not have someone come to find it? Me, being the only one left alive who'd care..."
Her knees just wanted to give in again. she tried her best to shove it all back and regain her strength. "Shit... maybe it is just haunting me in the fact I can't get myself away from it. Maybe I am sticking myself in the past, or this has just been brought upon me because of what I did to begin with..."
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Post by Atlanti on Apr 20, 2017 21:34:39 GMT -6
Atlanti bowed her head for a moment at the blunt response, the description that matched their last moments on the destroyed planet.
"I'm sorry." The consolation was quiet and gentle. Another friend that had lost their home to this force, though she was grateful it was contained. But Rhona had also lost her loved ones, her home, the life she knew. Nothing but dust in the wind.
"Maybe, but beating yourself up over what happened won't help you if you can't look forward." She tried to soften the words, knowing they could sound cold.
"You lost everything. I'm so sorry you came back to that. Please, let me know if you need anything. You are welcome to stay here as long as you need." She gave the woman a small smile. "We don't mind guests here."
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Post by Rhona Hall on Apr 20, 2017 21:43:34 GMT -6
She took a deep breath and you could see her jaw muscles ripple as she clenched her jaw trying to force no more tears to come out and no more painful thoughts to consume her.
"Oh I am going to look forward... I am going to find who did that and look forward to make sure they will be brought justice. I am not going down the same path Limax is going.. It is not a good path." She looked at her hands and the dust that has been sitting in their creases.
"Thank you Atlanti...You know I could use a shower..." She looked up and gave her a weak and small grin
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