Voice/Action for House 48 - 003

[moezama]

[Kazuma was just reading a book in his room, when he heard a loud wailing from the other side of his door. It certainly gave him quite a fright and it sounded like...Tao? His journal picked up their conversation as he went to investigate]

Tao? What's wrong?

Boo-meow...Litchi is...is g-go...Tao can't say it!!

What?

[Tao's words were incoherent, covered in her constant sobbing that Kazuma couldn't get anything else out of her. So..rather than keep pressing her, he'll go to Litchi's room to investigate himself. The journal will just pick up Tao's wailing and wheezing for a while until Kazuma comes back.]

Tao...Tao, it's okay. I'll tell everyone. You just...[Just what? What could he even say to make this better? ] Take it easy, all right...? [Kazuma went to his bed and sat down, his journal now in hand. He stared blankly at the page, Tao still crying in the background.]

To those who knew her, Miss Litchi Faye-Ling has been sent home. [She's gone] She left behind...well cooked a few things for people before she left...I think. [Why does it matter to me?] A lot of things actually...we can't possibly eat all of this, so I'm positive this was meant to be shared with those she knew. [We were from different times, we would have never met anyway] So please feel free to come by House 48 to pick some food up. I'm...sure she'd be happy to know her cooking was appreciated here.

[So why does it hurt here?]

Comments

[Voice]

[daisy023]

What.

[The word sounds as if she had been threatened. The Major, Michael, and Kirimi had left just a few weeks apart, and now Litchi!?

She wants to direct her anger and sadness in combat. Something to redirect everything she felt. She is in a mode to fight and kill an enemy that is not here. To which she cannot even reach.

It takes almost a minute and all of her willpower to tame those feelings.]

...

Understood. [Her words are cold. A Spartan's way of coping.] I don't know if I'll come.

[Voice]

[moezama]

I'm...I'm sorry we couldn't do more. [The way Daisy spoke was enough for Kazuma to think he had done something wrong.]

It's...all right if you can't.

[Voice]

[daisy023]

--It's not your fault.

[A somewhat raised tone. Not angry, but regardless of her stoic facade of a Spartan, she has yet to accept this.]

I used to be friends with the Major and Litchi. But I never got a chance to meet you guys.

[Litchi and the Major had always allowed her to be welcome in their household. With them gone, she does not know if the remnants of the house will accept her as easily.]

[moezama]

Ah, I see. Well I'm...the newest arrival to stay in this house, so you...probably wouldn't know me anyway. [Like how he honestly doesn't know all of Litchi's or David's friends]

My name is Kazuma though.

[daisy023]

... Daisy.

['If you could keep an eye on Litchi and Tsubaki for me... I would be eternally grateful.']

Once it all calms down, sir... I hope I do.

[moezama]

Daisy...I'm sorry we had to meet under these circumstances, but I'm sure none of us would mind meeting you later on.

[...] Any friend of Miss Litchi and Mister David are welcomed here.

[daisy023]

Thank you, sir. ... I wouldn't, either.

[Meeting people under these circumstances is becoming too common.]