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[rosae]

( The feed opens to a woman who's clearly seen better days, hair a mess of disheveled layers and eyes circled in dark. Fellow Warmbloods might be able to relate to the way she moves — as though hardly daring to, even the most subtle shifts of her body resulting in little stabs of pain.

Despite the wince that flinches across her features as she settles back against a nest of pillows, the woman offers a quiet laugh. )

This is probably the worst time to show my face on here, huh. But I hope the rest of you who have this flu, or whatever it is, are taking care.

Anyway, since all I can really do is sit here... ( —a wry little smile; it's been weeks and she's still not too thrilled about being home-bound— ) ...it's been giving me a lot of time to think.

( She reaches very slowly for something that was just off-screen, drawing it gingerly into her lap. It's a brown teddy bear. )

This is something from my home that ended up here with me. It's my daughter's. When she was little, she had a very hard time with sleep. ( An understatement to be sure; the progressively dangerous sleepwalking spells are what she now knows were supernatural callings to her daughter's fractured soul. But Rose won't divulge that quite so openly. )

This guy brought her comfort, so in turn, he brought me comfort, too. ( She can't quite hold the stuffed animal to her chest the way she wants to, not with physical contact being as painful as it is, but one arm dares to loosely curl a bit closer around it, protective. )

Do you have anything here with you, from your home? If you don't mind sharing, what does it mean to you? This sick old lady would love to hear your stories.

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[virtuosital]

[Sumire's smile persists, even knowing that frown as it pulls gently at Rose's mouth. She would never go so far as to say it was okay, that she was okay with Kasumi's loss, but she had moved past the worst of it. There were still days she woke up and stayed in bed, crippled by the loss, but then she'd just get up when she could breathe again and train harder.]

[It helps, she thinks, to have a goal they both wanted to keep her going.]

[So her smile warms further, and she tangles her fingers together in front of her, just out of view.] Thank you. This world may not be the one I'm used to, but I can still work toward getting our names known. And everyone who believes in me, like yourself-- even just a little bit... It helps keep me going.

Oh, it's wonderful! I've been doing it since I was pretty young, but it's very freeing.

[rosae]

If there's any way I could help, please do let me know. I may be out of sorts right now... ( — Rose gives a soft mix of a laugh and a wince — ) ...but hopefully this won't last much longer. I'm itching to get busy again.

( There may not be much she could do for the young woman's ambitions, but Rose would absolutely help any way she could. )

I used to take yoga classes, back home. I know it's not nearly the same, but I really enjoyed having quiet time to just kind of... stretch my body and get in tune with myself.

( She smiles again, thinking back on it. )

Maybe I'll try to start that back up again, when I can.