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[Vira-Lorr was not doing well. On the surface, it wasn't going to be obvious. The omni showed her on the shoreline of Trench, bundled up and watching out to the iceflows of the winter. There were, in the background, greeters tending to the last steps of the arrivals. The beasts from the ocean weren't breaking out of the ice right now, and it was past the usual time for sleepers to wash up, so the winter festivities were being closed up. Everything was safe. She just looked like she was finishing up a vigil. Anyone who knew her knew that she did this every month. She was usually waiting for a few people in particular. She just ... didn't publicize it like this.

Her eyes were rimmed red. It was clear that she'd been crying, but she wasn't doing it currently. Instead, she was smiling, though it was a distant and pained thing. One hand reached up to rest on her shoulder, to feel where the mark had been placed.]

I... don't need to tell some of you this. You will know. You always do. This is for other people in town who might care.

[Usagi would know. She didn't name Serenity, but she knew that she would know that a Senshi had departed, and if she knew then Makoto and Hotaru would know very quickly afterwards. Either by connection, or being told. This message wasn't specifically to tell them that Venus had gone home, though she would appreciate hearing from her friends. It was for the ones who weren't connected like they had been, like she had been.]

My wife, Minako Aino, is fine. She has safely returned to the sea. I felt the distance as it progressed, and ... I know that nothing caught her amongst the monsters below. She's safe. She will be safe in her home. I ... I want all of you who care about her to be certain of that.

[Her lips quivered a little and she sighed. She'd dealt with this before. How many people had she lost since the nightmares? How many had she tried to love? To get close to? Only to lose them too. She'd lost Minako twice now this way. She could handle it. Yet, this time was different. In so many ways it was different because deep down, she knew there was a chance Minako did not remember her where she was going. Usagi, Makoto, Hotaru, they would be reunited one day, but they might all forget her. It hurt.]

I'm fin... no, I'm not. I'm not going to lie. I'm not fine. My wife is gone, and I will come back every month to see if she returns to me, to us. I'm a patient woman. People have come back to me before. I have centuries to wait. My race gives me that luxury. but today hurts. A lot.

[There was a momentary pause and she sighed.]

I could probably use some company over the next few days. I'll be running the shop to help get my mind off of it, so if you need a reading, I just won't be a hundred percent is all. I've been very moody lately. Not sure why, but this is not helping.

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Let's avoid the romantic sort of 'fluff' but yes, a film would be enjoyable. I might not have seen that one yet at the very least. The one with the lawyer.

I definitely haven't seen the other.

[She knows not the Jack Black.]

the first is about a girl who gets dumped because the guy she was into didnt think she was a serious match but its not really a romance

theyre both feel good. i could remember a bunch for you so you can have them play in the background too

btw do you know what a lawyer is. had to explain that once

[ just checking!!! got to get her prepared for legally blonde!! ]

We referred to them as advocates, but yes. The court systems varied from nation to nation at home, but there were always those who defended rights at least among the nobility.

And I've been among Earthlings for a while. that one at least makes sense. So, I appreciate the distraction. Feel free to bring them over.

cool. one movie binge list coming up

[ He'll give a time for coming over, as well making sure he knows where she works, in case he has to. He's dressed in a comfortable coat for the weather, snow-suitable boots he'll probably have to wipe a few times at the doorway before coming too far in. But Robby has something tucked under his arm that he'll bring into view as he gives his greetings.

A box of chocolates. (Easy to get a hold of, when your girlfriend can warp most things into reality.) ]

Hey. I heard these are great company when you're feeling down. Second-hand, of course.

[ A joke, given with a tilt of his head. Not from personal experience, of course. (Really, it's not. But he can joke about himself in times like these.) ]

They aren't bad at all, as a rule. It's also hard to find lots of them around here without going out of your way. [Or making deals with the Chocolatier. Nope. No thank you.]

Thank you for coming by. Come on in.

[She was doing... better by now. When they'd scheduled it, she had enough time to try and relax and mentally get herself together. She was still sad, and she would be for a while. But she was more intact, not red-rimmed eyes at this point. Time helped.]

[ Robby's got his sources. He walks in, closing the door after him, and finding the first good place to put the box down. If there's a place to sit or somewhere Vira-Lorr gestures to, then that's where he'll go. And she'll see - with all three eyes - that the packaging is rather...not like Trench styles.

But at least everything inside is very real. ]

How long have you been running this place? You uh, one of those people who showed up here, or in the other one?

[ Should he call it 'the dream place'? The word dream comes to him, but he isn't sure if it's accurate. Let's not get too confusing. ]

[She reached and murmured a soft thank you to him as he offered the gift. Things that weren't Trench style were absolutely a good thing.]

Years now. I... was originally in the nightmare with the others who are still here. Shiro, Reaper and I have been here for several years now. They both arrived a little before me. I want to say it's close to five years now?

Damn. [ It comes out with a second thought, but he does pause after. ] Shiro told me about it. It's... really been a long time. I don't know if that makes you feel any better, but -- I know people like it here, even with everything going on.

[ They find love (not a good topic), and they find a life they wouldn't have had wherever they came from. But he tries to lighten the subject away in case it's needed, a small huff as he asks: ]

Do you read people's futures? What's that like in a crazy place like this?

This world... is much better than the nightmare. [It was hard to say it today, but she did mean that.] And Shiro's stories would be pretty accurate. We've both begun to make a home in this world, and I mean to continue...

When I use my third eye and see the future? Generally pretty harrowing, but vague. Awful hints but possibilities of getting through it. It's blurry enough I can't be too specific, but at least it's not as bad as it was in the nightmare when I had it then.

Then it was just "How many ways can each of us die that I get to see in advance?" I was glad that sight was blind usually.

Shit-- [ he wants to ask, but instead? He's sweeping out his hands. ] Y'know what? Life's already depressing enough. Not gonna ask.

[ That's a story for another time and place. Instead he'll sit, bringing out his omni and a sheet of paper, pushing it along the table. ]

Made up a list of every movie I could remember where love isn't the plot. You might get a side plot line, but you're hopefully going to be too busy with the chase scenes and action. [ Terminator 2? Fast and Furious?? Welcome to 90s and early 00s movies, Vira-Lorr. ]

Kept off the horrors. We walk out and deal with them daily.

mmm. [She did manage to wink over at him.] If it's what I think it is? You wouldn't have enjoyed the answer. It wasn't a very reassuring one. thankfully it isn't so bad here.

[Oh god, but Fast and Furious, the whole series was in the files that Murderbot had here. Thank Neo for that shit.]

Something inane and action oriented would be fun. And yes. Horrors are more ... research around here. There was one I watched about a man with a machete and a mask. Surprisingly informative.

[ There's a huff. ] I wanna know how often that happens? [ Masked men with machetes. ]

'Least we can't watch movies on videos anymore. That one was a classic. Know the one I mean?

[ Seven daaaays? ]

Mmmm. Monsters that never seem to die and take the form of men? A bit more often than I would like, but they don't usually go after the ones who aren't virgins. [She laughed.] Never understood that part.

Hmmmmm... I'm not sure?

Oh, yeah, they're all the 80s or 70s ones or whatever. You get those ones, or the ones where they do go after the non-virgins. No one gets a break.

[ Especially if you're a teen girl. ]

That's the one where people watch a video -- what movies used to be shown on? [ In case. He needs to explain. ] Anyway, they watch this special movie and they get a call about dying in seven days, unless you pass the movie on.

[ A motion out with both hands. ] Dunno how you'll do that here.

That sounds a little creepy. What on earth would have been doing such a strange thing through a video?

[Ironically? There'd been a monster just like that poor, tortured spirit in the well, the month they'd arrived, but no magic videos.]

...You want me to add it to the list? [ Since she's asking about the plot. ] It's not a slasher movie. You find out what's going on.

[ Maybe they'll get spooky this month after all. ]

I... you know what? I'd be curious at the very least.

[And ultimately confused because that movie was terrible at explaining itself.]

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