Lonesome Days [Open]

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

For the most part, things had been very quiet for Sasami. Despite the odd incidents between that dragon creature and the gravity cutting out, it seems a bit worrisome not to have something exciting happen. At this point, as Sasami looked out to the Bleed, she made probably the most duh-inspiring statement ever.

"I miss everyone." Sasami said to herself. She had allowed Ryo-Ohki to wander off and she was even regretting not having her company. Even though she had the palace, even though she had met some of the kids, no one really came to visit her.

More maybe it was because she was still reeling from Karen's reaction. Just because she was an alien didn't mean she should be normal. Maybe that's why no one was around or asking about her. Maybe they figured that, because she was an alien, she could take care of herself...

As she curled herself up on the chair, she wished Paula or maybe Hikari would show up. They were nice...

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[not_the_philistine]

"You are not alone in this regard."

Sorry, Sasami. Goliath isn't Hikari, or Paula. Not even close. But his tone is kind, for someone who can easily be mistaken for a statue in the corner, with all these shadows around.

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami heard the voice, turned her head... and nearly fell over seeing the large, imposing figure there. She quickly recovered, though, and faced Goliath.

"You... you don't have people you know here, too?" Sasami asked.

[not_the_philistine]

"No."

He stands his ground as she reacts to him, hardly surprised by her reaction. He does not make a habit of apologizing for frightening humans merely by being what he is and looking as he does, but this is a child, not a battle-seasoned 10th-century warrior or a lawkeeper toughened by the streets of a 20th century city. "I apologize for startling you. I am still growing accustomed to speaking to humans who are not already my friends."

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami shook her head. "No, no, it's alright." she said smiling. She looked away a bit, thinking. "I miss everyone. I really didn't have many friends, just... my family, but still..."

"That, and it's kinda hard to make friends for me..." She scratched her head. "...I never should have told them..."

[not_the_philistine]

"Told them what?"

It's a little hard to tell (since he generally looks like he is all the time), but Goliath is frowning slightly. For a young human girl to have trouble fitting in on a ship of mostly humans strikes him as a thing more than slightly odd.

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

"...that I was a princess... and an alien." Sasami said.

Granted, it was probably just a few people, but still, it did make her feel very uncomfortable that some of the others hadn't approached her to be friends.

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

Chris who at sometime after his encounter on the Obs deck, had returned there to find a sad blue-haired alien girl curled into a ball. Chris with some caution approached the girl. He didn't want to spook her.

"Are you..." He stopped himself before finishing. She definitely wasn't okay. "What seems to be the matter?"

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami blinked, noticing Chris approach her. She still found it odd that so many people could understand here, even with her being from another place.

"I... I miss everyone." Sasami said, looking down.

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

A sad smile creeps onto his face unexpectedly. "I know the feeling. None of my friends from home are here."

[ermine-flash.livejournal.com]

It was one of the rare few times that Chamo was without Negi, but the kid was off sleeping the day away, having tired himself out between workouts and cleaning. He had been scoping out prospective girls for Negi to pactio with when he came across the young girl, Sasami her name was watching the Bleed.

Brow furrowed, he hopped up to the rail and padded over. "Hey Neesan, what's up?"

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami blinked at hearing the creature call out to her as she looked up, though she remembered seeing him before - at the palace at least.

"Me? Oh... just homesick, really." Sasami said. "I miss everyone... I wish they'd wake up..."

[ermine-flash.livejournal.com]

Padding over, Chamo leaped to the rail in front of Sasami and gazed at her for a long moment. "Huh," he said finally. "You've got the same look Aniki does in his eyes right now. "I wish everyone was here safe and sound" like you said."

He sat up, rubbed his head and said, "You're probably wondering if everyone's asleep, and hoping no one was lost huh?"

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami nodded her head, laying it on her knees.

"Yeah... but, Negi has some of his friends here with him. Me? I... I don't have anyone. Just... Ryo-Ohki."

Another time and place? Maybe it would have been enough. Now? Not so much.

[ermine-flash.livejournal.com]

Hopping over from the railing to Sasami's head, Chamo bonked her lightly on it. "Don't do that. I get it enough from Aniki. There's no time to be unhappy right now, even if it is sad that no one's around here right now."

He sighed and added, "If anything, you're chosen for a larger purpose. I dunno how to put it much like that."

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami winced a bit as Chamo jumped on her head and again as he bopped her.

"A larger purpose?" Sasami said, cocking her eyebrow in confusion. "Isn't that... a little too big for me?"

[chosenlightchld.livejournal.com]

Hikari headed over to the observation deck, Tailmon nowhere in sight. She had let her partner go off on her own for a bit (and by let, more like demanded, Tailmon didn't need to stick to her all the time, she could make friends of her own if she wanted. Beside Stacy wasn't going to let anything hurt them on the ship.)

And that's when she noticed what Sasami said, and that Sasami was there. "There's nothing wrong with that," she said, walking over towards the girl.

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami turned her head to see Hikari there. Her upset look quickly turned into a smile. "Hikari! I..." The smile faded, though, as she continued.

"...I know, but... I wish they were here. I wish they were awake..." she began before tears began rolling down her face. A few moments later and Sasami would race over and cling to the (slightly) older girl, sobbing. "...I wanna go home! I don't like it here! Why was I pulled into this?!"

[chosenlightchld.livejournal.com]

Hikari frowned, hugging Sasami back, her hands moving to run through the young girl's hair. "That's... a difficult question to be able to answer Sasami," she said, holding the girl tight to her.

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami continued to cry for a while long, letting Hikari comfort her as she did. Before long, she stopped, pulling back to look at Hikari.

"I... I just... I'm scared. Everyone's handling this so well, and I'm..." Sasami whispered.

[chosenlightchld.livejournal.com]

Hikari frowned, hugging Sasami a little bit tighter, especially after what she just said. "Sasami-chan... no matter how it looks, we're NOT handling this well. Even if we're not showing it as openly as you are... we're all still hurting."

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

Sashimi might have noticed the slight difference in temperature when the demon girl appeared before her, unable to not overhear. The truth was, though, that Alessa could hear the hearts of children, though it was something she would never admit. She was a demon, after all, and no one needed to know how she felt in regards to things like that.

"Everyone here misses someone," Alessa commented, in her human guise for once. "But they manage not to be depressed about it by forming interactions with others, finding things that keep them occupied. You aren't of the typical human world, but you look like one. There are several kids aboard this ship that would be happy to include you as a friend. Why not engage them?"

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

"I..." Sasami began. "I have, but..." She trailed off, reeling slightly. It wasn't that she didn't trust Alessa, oh no. Right now, she still felt a bit sensitive to everything. She wanted to make friends, but it was people's reactions that made her self-conscious.

Sasami looked away as she continued. "...I think some people don't like me..."

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

"I cannot see why that is," Alessa said. "You're not exactly the oddest person on the ship, and you have no negative attributes that would cause others to ostracize you. Why would you think that people wouldn't like you?"

Alessa, after all, knew a thing or two about being disliked: it was a permanent state of mind for her, enough so that if people actually DID express a liking of her it was a bit of a surprise.

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

"I... told some people what I was and..." Sasami said, trailing off. She didn't want to remind herself of what happened. She was certain someone like Alessa wouldn't want to hear her little sob story.

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

On the contrary: Alessa was bored with the reasons that people didn't like her: they were usually the same stupid irrational fears huamns had. Why they would choose to be unpleasant to a girl like Sasami, however, was of interest to Alessa.

"Tell me about it," Alessa said. "I will listen."