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Date: 2022-11-09 03:01 am (UTC)[ She caught that deflection, Shoka. She frowns. Her wooden features may not be as expressive as her human one was in Felfri, but she's expressive enough to convey that emotion at least. ]
You're sure? You were... pretty quiet, I guess. I was worried...
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Date: 2022-11-09 04:34 am (UTC)[That comes out sounding curt and more hostile than she intends, though her tiredness at least removes a few of its teeth. After a moment, her gaze drops down to her hand, still held in Nanami's, and she heaves a sigh.]
... I was just thinking. That's all. Okay? You really don't have to worry about me on top of everything else.
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Date: 2022-11-09 04:37 am (UTC)Nanami glances down at their hands too, her leafy one in Shoka's gray one. ] I... I want to. You worry about me... all the time.
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Date: 2022-11-13 02:28 am (UTC)So what? You don't owe me anything. And you should save that energy for the guy who really needs it right now.
[She doesn't meet Nanami's eyes when she gently unlaces their fingers and starts to move on ahead.]
Let's... just get home, all right?
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Date: 2022-11-13 10:23 am (UTC)But then she's running after Shoka, keeping pace with the kelpie. ]
I have enough energy. Sonic-kun's friends are with him now, and I'm with you now.
You told me not to box things up... that you weren't scared of me. Well, I'm not scared of you either, Shoka-chan. Not a single part of you.
[ Then she wilts a bit, second-guessing herself. ] If... i-if you don't want to talk about it, yet... that's okay. It really is. I can wait. But... I'm here for you too, okay?
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Date: 2022-11-15 01:10 am (UTC)This time, she manages to rein in the worst of it. A short, disbelieving laugh escapes her.]
What, haven't sat in on enough drama to satisfy you for one day?
[A part of her still thinks she ought to put up more of a fight than that, but she can't seem to muster it. Ultimately, she did say those things (her and her big mouth), and hearing them turned back against her has pierced right through her defenses. She takes in a breath and releases it as a defeated sigh.]
... Okay. [Eyes still averted, she starts to fidget with one of the ears of her hood as she mumbles through her thought.] The thing is just—I think I get what he's going through. Even though I really wish I didn't... 'Cause I've been there, too. But I still don't...
[Know what to say, or what to do. She doesn't manage to say as much out loud, trailing off there into an ashamed quiet.]
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Date: 2022-11-15 10:12 am (UTC)This is what she was worried about, really. Shoka had told her before that dying came easy for her, that she'd been able to let it happen. And now here was Sonic, hurting himself, begging for death, and Shoka's right here, watching it...
She doesn't take Shoka's hand - doesn't force the contact that's been broken. But she does place her hand gently on Shoka's back. ]
I'm sorry. That... that you're being reminded of-- that. ... I don't really know what to say, either. I know how to take care of him physically, but...
[ She shrugs. And even then, just barely. She hesitates. ]
... I think ... even if you don't know what to say... he'd appreciate your company. You're friends, right? Sometimes... just being there, that's enough. Or at least, it's a start.