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Yuna "The Kid" Akashi ([personal profile] drank_the_milk) wrote2011-05-08 11:46 am

5th Magic Bullet

[It's Mother's Day, so Yuna can be found in a couple of places around town throughout the day today.]

1. [Yuna's out shopping for flowers.  She doesn't have a whole lot of money, but she's managed to save her allowances from Garviel for a few weeks and should at least have enough for a red rose and some carnations to spruce fill out the bouquet a little bit.  Feel free to bump into her while she's looking around at the selection, or perhaps you're the one selling the flowers to her.]

Hmm... I wonder how many I should get.  I wonder how many I can afford...

2. [Heading home, flowers in hand.  They're currently just wrapped up in some tissue paper, and she's cradling them very closely as she carries them along.  Every so often, she stops, sighs, and smiles wistfully up into the sky before continuing along on her way.]

Mother's Day already, huh...

3. [Once she's back home, Yuna immediately sets about finding an appropriate vase to put the flowers in.  She fills it up with some water, carefully lifting the flowers out of their wrapping and spending a few minutes arranging them tastefully - red rose in the middle, carnations surrounding it on the sides.  And then she takes the whole arrangement into the living room, setting it by the window where everyone can see it.  Anyone paying particular attention to her while she's doing this may catch her whispering at the very end while she looks up one last time into the sunny spring skies of Mayfield.]

...Happy Mother's Day, mom.

[Then she closes her eyes for just a moment to bow her head and smile before going about her business for the day.]

[identity profile] gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It's my mom. She passed away when I was just a little girl. I don't remember too much about her, but she was really kind and loved my dad a lot.

[identity profile] lunawolves10th.livejournal.com 2011-05-09 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
I am sure she would be proud of a daughter as brave as you.

[He remembers her fight against the Milkbot, even if she ran, she tried. That's more than most mortals would dare.]

[identity profile] gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com 2011-05-09 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Proud grins all around for that comment.]

Hehe~ You really think so?

[identity profile] lunawolves10th.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[he smiles back down at her.]

Have I ever been less than totally honest with you, Yuna?

[identity profile] gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 10:59 am (UTC)(link)
No. It just means a lot to me to hear someone say that.

[identity profile] lunawolves10th.livejournal.com 2011-05-10 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. You are lucky to have known your parents. I do not remember mine.

[identity profile] lunawolves10th.livejournal.com 2011-05-14 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
I can't remember most of my life before becoming an Astartes. Hypno-conditioning has made that time of my life fragmentary at best. And I don't dwell on it. I haven't lived on or seen my homeworld in over a hundred years.

[identity profile] gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com 2011-05-14 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't you ever wonder about it?

[identity profile] lunawolves10th.livejournal.com 2011-05-14 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Very rarely. My eyes are on the future and the present. The past is what it is, it has formed me, and I will study it, but I cannot live in it or I might miss my duties in the present.


[identity profile] gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
I guess that's a pretty good way to look at it. As long as you don't forget the really important stuff.

[identity profile] lunawolves10th.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
What memories I have will never fade. I have been altered to have total recall.

[identity profile] gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Wow... I can't even imagine what that would be like.

[identity profile] lunawolves10th.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Strange, to say the least. [he looks thoughtful, then asks Yuna.]

Is there anything I can do for you today? I mean, specifically.

[identity profile] lunawolves10th.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. [He shrugs.] Is that a strange thing to ask?

[identity profile] gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it's not really strange. But I'm okay, really. I just wanted to do something to remember my mom today. I think she would have really loved these flowers.

[Yuna smiles softly at the blooms sitting in the window.]

[identity profile] lunawolves10th.livejournal.com 2011-05-17 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Garviel pats her shoulder comfortingly. Best space marine dad.]

[identity profile] gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com 2011-05-17 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Hehe~

Thanks, Garvi.