Call Me Out v. 5.0.5

[misheard]

CALL ME OUT .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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[thepathibelievein]

Is something wrong?

[Hijiri, meanwhile, knows nothing about any Aleph nor why she could be freaking out.] Did something happen?

[technologic]

I... [Yeah, she wasn't expecting him to know about Aleph anyway, so she hastily wipes her eyes with a hiccup.]

S-sorry, I thought I... I-I thought I saw s-someone I knew, b-but my eyes are kinda bad after all these years, ahaha...

[It's hard to pull the nervous awkward laugh when you're still crying though, so she grumbles and presses the heels of her hands to her eyes to hopefully stop the waterworks.]

[thepathibelievein]

I'm sorry I look like your friend, I didn't mean to upset you...

[Even though it's not really his fault, he looks guilty.]

[technologic]

I-it's fine, it's not y-your fault, so d-don't apologize. [Sniff and another hiccup, now moving her eyes away from her face.] B-besides, it's been years and years s-since I last saw them, s-so I shouldn't be getting this u-upset...

[thepathibelievein]

I don't blame you... Some wounds don't ever really heal.

[technologic]

[EPIC SPIRIT SKILLS, WATCH WHAT I CAN DO WITH MY HEAD.

Once April has moved her hands away, she anxiously twists them in front of her.]

... Y-yeah, they don't. That friend is... was really i-i-important to me and I-I owe a lot to him. But I-I'm sorry, I shouldn't have f-freaked out like t-t-that.

[thepathibelievein]

[SCREAMS LIKE A GIRL]

Don't worry, we all have moments like that. I'm not mad.

[technologic]

[CACKLES

April sniffs again, now looking less like some sort of old spirit and now just like a little young woman with a red face.]

I-I'm still sorry... A-at around 1000 or something years old, I-I thought I w-wouldn't have moments like that a-anymore...

[thepathibelievein]

I don't know what it's like to be that old, but I still don't blame you.

[technologic]

T-thank you... [She feels a bit awkward now, and she's still crying a bit. So she turns her attention to something else.]

Um, w-what's that...? [Pointing at the drum thingy.]

[thepathibelievein]

Oh, it's an Amala Terminal. It lets you travel between long distances - I've been studying this one since I can't really go anywhere.

[technologic]

I-is it cause it's too dangerous for you to go anywhere? [Gonna closely examine the terminal now.]

[thepathibelievein]

Yeah. Humans aren't really cut out for this kind of world.

[technologic]

I-I see... If you want, I-I can act as a kind of bodyguard? I'm way stronger than I look.

[thepathibelievein]

You'd do that for me?

[technologic]

Y-yeah, of course! I-I used to do similar stuff back when I was, um, alive and I'm a-always happy to help when I can.

[And then April screws with the plot of Nocturne oops.]

[thepathibelievein]

It'd definitely be nice to be able to leave this room.

[technologic]

Then I-I can help you do that. And I'll make sure to stay b-by your side so that nothing happens to you.

[thepathibelievein]

Thank you, April.

[He's really happy...]

[technologic]

[Blink. And blush as she glances away.]

Y-you don't need to thank me. I, um, I-I'm just happy to help.

[thepathibelievein]

If you insist - should we be going?