13th Magic Bullet

[drank_the_milk]

[Well, the milk has worn off and Yuna's basically done cowering in her room and moping.  She still feels bad, but she knows it won't do any good to just keep sitting around feeling sorry for herself.  The first thing to do is apologize to the town, and then try to get on with her life.]

[Phone]

So, um... I wasn't really feeling like myself last week.  I know I did and said some bad things.

...Really bad things.

But I wanted to at least say I'm sorry.  I guess that's about it.

[Action; rec center]

[Yuna's got her basketball uniform from home back now, so that's some small consolation for what the town put her through.  She's got it on at the rec center today as she practices her shots on the basketball court.  It looks like she's trying to give it her all, but she's missing way more shots than usual.  Easy shots that even a beginner wouldn't have much problem with.  It should be pretty clear to anyone even remotely familiar with the sport that there's something on her mind holding her back, but Yuna just keeps on trying anyway.  It's the only way she knows to keep her mind from wandering to bad places right now.]

[Action; 1446 Mitchell Road]

[After several hours of failed basketball practice, Yuna heads for Negi's house.  She clutches her pactio card tightly to her chest, walking up to the house and ringing the doorbell.]

Hello...?  Negi-sensei?  Are you home?

Comments

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

[ Garviel just puts a hand on her shoulder. It is the a very gentle gesture, utterly at odds with his warlike appearance and nature. ]

Yuna... I cannot be your confessor, and I cannot absolve you of your guilt. But I can say that the town, and the masters of it are to blame. You are a good and pure person. Remember that.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

But I still hurt people! That was still my hand pulling the trigger. I can't blame it all on the town.

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

Yuna. We have all hurt people we wish we had not. None of us are without failings or sins. What matters is what we do after we realized we've made them. If your heart can still know regret, you are still a good person.

[ Garviel shakes his head. ] When i made the greatest mistakes of my life, the town wasn't involved at all.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

But what if they never forgive me for it?

[She hangs her head until that last part.]

...Really? I couldn't imagine you doing something that bad.

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

I have. The only time I felt fear in my life, when the life of my gene-father was endangered, I battered mortals on the loading deck out of our way, so that we could get his wounded body to the apothecarion faster.

....

Some of them did not survive. They had thought only to see their blessed master, and did not understand we needed a clear path. I feel shamed by my actions, especially considering... what became of the Warmaster, in the end.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

...What happened to him?

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

He betrayed everything we had all believed in, and became the enemy of his own father, the Emperor of Mankind. He personally betrayed me and my men, and tried to have us all killed in a treacherous ambush.

[ He recites this matter of factly, but there is a hint of grief around the corners of his eyes. ]

We did everything for him, for the Emperor. And it wasn't enough.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

Why would he do something like that?

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

[ There's a little more of that subtle grief in Garvi's grey eyes. ]

I don't know, Yuna. Pride? Ambition? Resentment? Corruption by the dark gods of Chaos? I don't think I'll ever know, not really.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

...Sorry. It must be tough to think about, huh?

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

It is just the truth of what happened. Truth is amoral and neutral, though I aspire to it at all times.

[ Anyway... ]

Do not be crushed by what you may have done. Learn from your failings, if you can. You will be stronger for it in the end.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess you're right.

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

.... [ And now Garviel wonders if he did good at being a father. Maybe it's hug time? He's not sure. ]

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

[Yuna picks up on the signal, gives a little laugh, and stands up on her tiptoes to hug her massive not!daddy.]