006 ~*~ In which loyalties are tested

[not_so_great_wall]

[ Phone : Open ]
I had to go to work today. People are killing each other left and right and it was like nothing was different at school. [ Meiling's characteristic carefree nature is absent from her tone. The past few days have been hard on her, even in isolation, as she cannot escape the emotional aftermath of all this senseless bloodshed.

And the strangest part of this? She hasn't hurt a soul. ] I don't get it -- don't people care?

[ There is a brief pause. ] They had me clean up after a fight, too... [ You would think that wouldn't unnerve someone who has lived as long as she has, but... ]

I can't believe this place.

[ Her voice drops. ] What if I saw him there? I could've-- [ She cuts herself off with a sharp slam of the handset onto the receiver. ]

[ Action : 340 Brady Lane ]
[ Meiling stands at the edge of the property, the stone path behind her and strong fencing at her flanks. The concrete is cracked in a wide circle beneath her feet, as if someone had been trying to pound a heavy weight into the ground.

The post with the mailbox atop it? Distinctly absent. After receiving her letters today (there were two at once), and spying a third for Miss Patchouli, she had angrily ripped it from the ground and thrown it into the garage. When a drone had given her a questioning look, she merely smiled and waved it off stating she was doing "remodeling!", but she was all but happy about doing it.

She waited patiently and steadfast as always, with her stance wide and her arms crossed before her. There's something different about her. Maybe it's the lack of a smile. Perhaps it's a certain electricity in her blue eyes as they watch the road before her. Even her red hair is more radiant than it has been in months. It could be the light; it could be her conditioner. The truth is that Meiling is nearly whole again, and she'll need need every bit of that in order to do what must be done.

This cycle has to end.

If you approach, you'll still get a smile, but it will be somewhat forced. Empty. Distracted. ]


((OOC: Meiling made it to Round 4 without lifting a single finger. Calls may be before or after her confrontation with wizardoftheweek, but their action thread will definitely be last unless something happens with Hiccup or even Kurt!))

Comments

Phone

[yamaxanadu]

There are people who care, but you must remember that most of the people seen are not what you could consider as normal. They will see nothing wrong with this, and may not even be aware it's happening. As for those who have embraced this barbaric display, they are not the kind who would care beyond themselves or those they feel are important to them.

[not_so_great_wall]

I didn't mean just the drones. [ Meiling should have been more clear. ] Aren't they worried about the consequences?

[yamaxanadu]

They are blind, or more... unsure no doubt. I fear there are those who are simply jaded in this place as well.

But... I have every intention of educating everyone once I am capable of doing so again.

[not_so_great_wall]

[ A weak hum of amusement. ] I think you'll have your work cut out for you...

[yamaxanadu]

Perhaps, but it's not much different from what I usually do during my times off. For the great offenders I will try and visit them personally. But... right now I have no idea who they are, so we will have to see if I can find that out after the fact.

[action]

[wizardoftheweek.livejournal.com]

-Patchy had come for her second letter. What she had found was Meiling continuing to be defiant. Her anger was palpable.-

Step aside, gatekeeper.

[not_so_great_wall]

[ Meiling looked to the wizard and tried not to pity her. She still in awe of how this ordeal had warped her friend's attitude. ] Are you coming home? I don't have supper made, but I can do that in a hurry! [ It's an act, and a desperate attempt at that. All she wants is her Patchouli back, not this -- whoever this was. ]

[wizardoftheweek.livejournal.com]

I said step aside. If you do not obey, gatekeeper, I will be forced to remove you from my sight. -And as if to accent her point, several glyphs begin to form around her.-

[not_so_great_wall]

[ Her brows were creased, and her optimistic tone vanished. Her voice was quiet, pleading, but she did not move save to reach her hands out. ] Miss Patchouli, please. Don't do this...

[wizardoftheweek.livejournal.com]

Enough. You've no place to speak to me like that. -She gives a wave of her hands, the glyphs shooting off several charges of elemental danmaku.-

[phone]

[grand-theft-moe.livejournal.com]

The town prizes routine above all else. Even if people are dying, the sanitized, mechanical rituals have to continue.

[not_so_great_wall]

There's nothing routine about this. [ So that doesn't make sense to her. ]

[grand-theft-moe.livejournal.com]

Something new and usually horrifying happens about once a month or so. The true torture of this place is that it deadens your reactions to these kind of things.

[not_so_great_wall]

I know humans can be cruel, even to each other, but I don't think I'll ever get used to things like this. I don't want to.

[grand-theft-moe.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't too, miss.

[phone]

[vertulpen.livejournal.com]

Meiling?

[He sounds tired, but he's glad she's alright.]

[not_so_great_wall]

Mm, it's me. [ She tries to muster up some enthusiasm, but it's difficult. ] It's good to hear from you.

[vertulpen.livejournal.com]

Same. Are you alright?

[not_so_great_wall]

I'm... [ Not really okay. ] I'll be alright. My friend is having a hard time, but I'll talk to her later.

[vertulpen.livejournal.com]

You'll tell me if I can help, I hope. Are you staying in?

[forgottenshiki.livejournal.com]

Do you know what would happen to those that show they care? How worried they are?

[not_so_great_wall]

...no? [ But she'll listen. ]

[forgottenshiki.livejournal.com]

They make it more obvious that they're easy targets. Several expressed their care over the phone lines when this first started. I wonder how many are still alive now?

[not_so_great_wall]

Not everyone who wants to avoid fighting is an automatic "easy target".

[forgottenshiki.livejournal.com]

Then those are the lucky ones. All I'm saying is that obviously, there are people that care. It's just better for them not to call attention to themselves by showing off how much they do.