samantha_grey | IC Inbox - Asgard Eventide

An old, brick edifice stands in front of the burnt-down ruins of a home in the hillside. Mountains rear up in all directions, covered in lush, green vegetation. Nobody comes this way anymore, but you have the sense that anything placed in the mailbox attached to this old structure will be found by someone, the only living person for whom this place still has any meaning.

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From:

seventeenpills

Oh, I know you're not a fan, but I didn't think you had the same aversion to it Satellizer or Hanako has. Neither one can stand it. Which took me a little getting used to - I've never really been around people who dislike a clap on the back or a handshake or whatever so...

[He gave a small shrug.]

-I- was sure as heck surprised. I'm just glad she hadn't figured out how to tap into that Thor House Strength yet. I might look something like a pug dog if she had. But if neither one of you is really fussed about contact... I mean, that works out well for both of you. You'll probably never have a problem, and she could really use some more friends.

From:

samantha_grey

Heh. You as a pug? That's kind of a funny thought, to be honest. You're right though. I try not to fuss... too much. As long as they're not trying anything, it's ok. Mostly.

I'm still getting used to this whole 'friend' thing. It's strange for me, but I'm getting there slowly.

From:

seventeenpills

Well then, it sounds like you have that in common too. She told me a little while ago I'm the only person here she really spends time with. Which, of course, made me feel a little guilty because my time is spread a little thin in general most days, and it's not even spread thin doing terribly exciting things. But there you go.

From:

samantha_grey

Really? I'm a little surprised. She seemed like a friendly enough person, all things considered. Just a little odd is all. See if you can get her out to meet some new people.

From:

seventeenpills

I'm going to do my best to do just that. And it's funny, you know? Sometimes she becomes extremely shy to the point where it's like she doesn't want to talk at all. Get her talking about certain things and she suddenly becomes all business. I've never seen anything quite like it - It's an emotional range of zero to sixty in under two seconds.

From:

samantha_grey

Well, if she had a strange way of living or got raised differently than most people, that might explain it. There's days when I don't understand much of why the people I see do things the way they did. I think part of that's just that I lived with one person most of my life.

From:

seventeenpills

I can imagine a sheltered upbringing like that would be cause for a lot of questions, sure.

[He had to wonder what her Mother was like. She'd have to be an extremly supportive person to have looked after a daughter who could do the things that Samantha could do. He really wanted to ask but thought better of it - For all he knew that would be a sensitive subject so better to leave it be and collect information here and there.]

I grew up in a pretty metropolitan area so I was exposed to a lot of things very young.

From:

samantha_grey

[If he ever asked, she had almost nothing bad to say about the woman. It was, however, a sensitive subject in its own way, but not impossible to talk about.]

Yeah, I got some of those questions out when I left home. There's still some that happen now and then. One of the first things was learning that big cities were good for hiding in, at least to an extent. Picking up the details, that takes time.

She'll figure it out eventually I bet.

From:

seventeenpills

You probably would have enjoyed my home town - it was really easy to get lost in. Like a maze with all those tall buildings and alleys and all the people. Watching people come out of the underground train station in waves still amazed me all the way up into my mid teens.

More than likely - I do hope so. She's really such a great person but if she doesn't give people a chance and they don't do the same for her, I think she'll just stay kind of lonely. Though I doubt she'd use that word.

From:

samantha_grey

Sounds a little like New York. It was a lot harder when I had wings, though a trenchcoat helped a lot. Generally avoided the subways though. There's ways to defend yourself in them, but usually too many people.

[She thought about it a little, considering Satellizer's situation carefully.]

She might not really mind being alone. If we really share that much in common, it wouldn't surprise me. Alone's not all bad at times.

From:

seventeenpills

Ah - You've been to New York? I really want to go there some day and try the food. I hear it's some of the world's best. And are the subways really that dangerous? Being the trains in Japan are so safe I'd always assumed it was kind of a joke. Like aligators in the sewers.

I know she doesn't mind being alone but... I don't know. I just hope that when she is, it's a choice she makes. Not something she does because she feels other options aren't open to her. Lonliness is pretty unpleasant in general but it can lead to other, more troublesome things and I wouldn't want that for her.

From:

samantha_grey

Part of what makes them unsafe doesn't apply to you. Tight little crowds like that are harder to hide brimstone and wings in. So I tended to not like cramped spaces like those. Some of the bums were a bit unpleasant, though.

And, it's probably good to be concerned. Just don't push too hard. She might bolt the other way in the end, you know. That wouldn't help anything.

From:

seventeenpills

Ah - I see. Yeah, not problems I've got.

Oh, beleive me, I understand. It's a delicate thing and I do my best to be encouraging but not forceful. I've gotten good at that.

From:

samantha_grey

Around here, god, I'd have to imagine you have to. If you're dealing with basket cases like she and I on a regular basis, you're going to need patience for one. Heh, it's not like we come with instruction manuals.

From:

seventeenpills

Actually, most of what I know in that regard I learned from being friends with Hanako - Again, no instruction manual for that. Just... a lot of patience and gentleness.

[That would have been useful though - Possibly a lengthy tome but he'd never been afraid of a thick book.]

From:

samantha_grey

Kind of a crash course, is she? She ... well, I don't want to say, but the burns sort of tell me that she's got to have a pretty unpleasant story that's none of my damned business. But, I'd bet she'd be a good teacher on being gentle.

From:

seventeenpills

She is. The first time I ever spoke to her, we managed about five words between the two of us before she ran away. I learned very, very quickly the level of patience and care required to be a part of her world. Heh.... even if she decides never to speak to me again, I'm grateful I got to spend even a little time there.

[He gaze became a little distant as he looked out over the water, a hand running up to push his bangs out of his eyes.]

From:

samantha_grey

I... I don't plan on letting it end that way, so please stop talking that way, Hisao. I'm going to find something to fix this problem, one way or another, so you two don't have to be this pissed off at each other.

It's just that simple. You two are forcing my hand. I have to find a fix.

From:

seventeenpills

[He looked back at her, honestly a little surprised. He knew she felt responsible, but he hadn't asked her to provide a fix. He'd taken that upon himself.]

....Samantha, I really appreciate that...

[He had half a mind to tell her not to. That she had enough to worry about herself. And that was true, really. But she sounded so sincere, he didn't have the heart to say no to her offer.]

...And anything you can think of would be just great.

From:

samantha_grey

I have to somehow find a way to make it so I'm not as much a danger to you. She's mad because you're putting yourself in danger, right? I... if you're going to be stubborn, then I just have to find some way, either getting locked up or something else or both, to not do what I did to you ever again. [much less worse]

From:

seventeenpills

Well, something will be figured out, I'm sure. Just so long as it's nothing that hurts you - Obviously I'd hate to think of you being harmed, even in your Other state. I mean, it was all I could do that night not to try and heal your bite wound before getting out of there.

....how's that healing up by the way?

From:

samantha_grey

I got whatever was done taken care of after I was more lucid. As much as I'd prefer not to, she took a hunk out of my arm, so it was harder to just ignore. Everything's pretty much taken care of. Just a little scarring.

...odd, really. Not used to having scars. Don't worry, though. I'm not suicidal. As much as I think the world's better off without me, it's not in my nature to go and do something that stupid or get myself in a situation that's just as bad. We'll find a way that doesn't overdo it.

From:

seventeenpills

[Hisao looked a little green at the memory, swallowing hard.]

Yeah that was really... something. Ugh.

[Such a frail constitution.]

Well, I'm glad we're on the same page there. Safety is important but it has to be safety for everyone, including you.

From:

samantha_grey

She... has her own demons to struggle with. I wish I could help her more, but she frightens me at times, and I feel bad about that. It's very hard for me to associate with half demons.

[She didn't fully agree about her safety, but she also wasn't the sort to just put her head on the block, so it was an easy request to go along with.]

From:

seventeenpills

I'll admit I find her pretty scary myself. I tried talking to her when she first arrived and she made it kind of clear it wasn't exactly welcome. I mean, all I saw was a person with arms that looked like they'd been injured, so... I mean, my instinct was to offer to help. I think she took that the wrong way or what have you so, after a few tries at conversation I kind of gave up...