imeeji_frontstage | Interlude

Then we'll find a good place for it somewhere inside. When people ask about it, there will be a story to tell. [ Not Aliza's story to tell really, but she can get the bones of it out. ]

But you don't have to apologize to me for wanting to keep things as your friends and family had them. I just know that you want me to feel like this is my home, and I'm trying to work on that. But I also know that asking you to move it could be hard or sad or just different.

... Mn, but it isn't really anything like that, you know? If it isn't something that's necessary for us to have, then there isn't anything wrong with wanting it to be moved to another place - is there? Of course... um, well, Mind crush has been used a bit, so whether it's something that "I" feel, or something that is felt by "Aradia" - there are probably... definitely, lots of different emotions like that, because he isn't here anymore and I ended up doing something that was a little bit embarrassing at that time, but if it's something like removing the sign ...

That sort of thing is fine, isn't it? By itself, or to make this dormitory feel more like a place that you can live in comfortably, I don't think it's very strange at all, you know?

But even besides those sorts of things, haven't you been worrying over a lot of different things, recently? It's something that would include me too, so isn't it fine to apologize?

[ ...wow. okay. ]

I sort of worry about everything, so it's nothing unusual. Besides, how could you know it was bothering me if this is the first I'm telling you about it?

You do so much for us, so don't think twice about it.

[ "wow okay" is true. Regardless of state she is simply always a little like That it seems ]

I see . . .

Well, I'll make sure to put it...

[ oh

Actually ]

It's something that was made by Glory, but it was mostly for Doodle's sake, so I wonder where it could go... I'll need to think about that for a little while, but for right now I'll take it to be placed in my room - okay?

I think your room would be a great place for it. Do you want some help hanging it? [ At least Aliza's good for things that require brute force like hammering ]

I think - ...

[ that she could do it on her own, but - ]

Um, I'm sure that it's something that would be possible for me, but - just like that, it's something that could be nice to do together too, couldn't it?

It would be nice, yes.

[ Bonding or something! And it just feels wrong to give Dia this assignment which could perhaps, possibly be emotionally trying (who can tell with Aradia really) and leave her alone with it. ]

I'll go get the sign down, unless you want to handle that part.

That much should be something possible for me, shouldn't it...? I'll go to get it -

[ which she does just proceed to do, grabbing a stool for some extra height before climbing up to take it from where it's currently displayed, careful - gingerly, with both hands. ]

All right. [ She doesn't mind watching more than helping, that's fine. But if Dia so much as teeters with that sign, she's ready to leap over and grab one corner of it. ]

[ she keeps herself steady enough, handling the sign slowly enough to maintain a sense of balance; even when she's got it down she's slow in how she lowers herself in the chair, a gradual bending of her knees until she's a safe enough distance from the ground to comfortably sit -

and then she just hops off. ]

There. Thank you...

[ just watching this whole process ]

I didn't really do anything. You've got that?

Mm -

Then - ... well, of course you already know about it, but my room is this way ...

[ tucking it under her arm, she is now heading on off towards the bedrooms.

once the door is open, aliza will see

uh

it's a bit of a lot?

in its size and shape it is essentially just the standard unit room, its canopy bed and fancy sconces and the like, and it wouldn't be the most correct thing to call it "dirty," but - her nightstand and a writing desk across from her bed are both piled high with books and papers of a varied sort (atop them all on the nightstand a small container of an over the counter sleep aid), some of them more than just a little bit dusty. the bed itself, though, is covered in furbies.

like, eight of them (cw body horror-ish descriptions). the space not taken up by them is instead relegated to a selection of long, body-length pillows, their covers displaying some rather risque illustrations of d☆☆dl☆m☆n, of course, and lucifel, who she's likely seen in passing, but also -

some dude she's almost certainly never seen and some lady she's also likely never seen.

dia for her part hums a bit thoughtfully and takes a seat on the edge of the bed. ]

Then - I wonder where it might be best...?

[ Somehow this is both exactly like and nothing like she expected. Mmkay then. ]

Uh... are you sure you need me? You seem to have that pretty well in hand.

It's okay - if you want to help, then I don't mind, you know?

Maybe - ... do you think that it would be nice beside the writing desk?

Okay. I think it would look fine there. [ "nice" might be a bit much for her to imagine right now, that sign is not her favorite thing ]

What can I do to help, then?

If it's alright, could I ask you to mount it there?

[ she could do it herself but if they're both here then she wants aliza to feel included. ]

In comparison to mine, your hands are a little bit sturdier, aren't they?

[ her jock-ness is useful, hooray! ]

[ She takes the sign and holds it up where Dia indicated ] Does that look straight?

Yes! Thank you -

It looks really nice...!

I'm glad you like it there. And thank you again for moving it. I feel better now.

Mm, isn't it fine? For me, too - being able to see something like that - ... Glory's handiwork, but something that was made for Doodle - being able to see it when I wake up, and when I enter the room, and when I go to read or to study - I'm sure that will be something really, really wonderful for me too, won't it?

Thank you...

I'm really glad you'll get to look at it all the time and that it will make you happy.

[ And it's weird enough to fit in with the rest of the room ]

"Happy?"

Oh, that's true, isn't it?

I think that's your call, but usually when people say something is wonderful they mean it makes them happy.

Mm, to determine that sort of thing - that isn't really something that I know very much about, but even then at the moment ... of course it's something that would be difficult at this moment, isn't it? Well -

I'm sure that it must be something like that...

[ That train of thought explains a lot. ]

It's okay, you're trying your best even if it's difficult. Just be observing you, I would think you're happy to have that sign on your wall, which was made by someone precious to you and for someone precious to you.

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