Almost Forgot

[lastexit]

Who: Maya, Imelda, Maya's baggage (Open Prompt to be Added Later)
What: Hollow Plot
When: On a day... where there are classes? After the "Several Bones to Pick" mission.
Where: On the Grounds of the School. Keeping it vague.
Warnings: Depression and Suicide will both come up in the main thread. And possibly in the aftermath, depending where Maya is then.

Note: Once the main thread has some traction I'll link to a prompt in this log for Maya after things have happened. Depending on how much of a mess Maya is.

Hollow Hearts - Closed

Maya's classes were fairly mundane today. She didn't have her control class about manipulating her silence, nor the class for sensitives so she can manipulate and control her Hearing. Days like this she almost felt like this was a normal school.

Except for the constant noise of everyone else's magic, and the fact it was all in French. You know, those things made her remember it was all nonsense and magic.

She was heading toward the cafeteria, toward getting food, when she heard it. An impossible sound. A sound she couldn't hear, not ever again. It made her think of cheering crowds, and frozen rinks. But it was softer, sadder than the excitement of a Hockey game. Lamenting the festivities as much as being at the center. The notes not quite right, due to the sort of sound equipment an ice rink would have.

But there were other notes in the sound, she remembered those notes from the Catacombs in Paris. The sounds she put a name to. A sound of death in her mind...

She whipped around in place, looking for where the sound was coming from. It was moving, too fast. Behind a building? Was she actually insane now? She- she can't hear that sound.

She can't hear him.

Maya's not walking toward the cafeteria anymore, she looks- lost. Lost and alone. Like the whole world was melted away by whatever she was hearing.

Going into Town + Hog's Swill (Open)

Maya didn't even bother changing from her uniform before heading into town. She didn't want to bother trying to avoid people seeing her. Just leave, just run, just get some space. No guitar, no cello, just her and her books in the middle of a day in a dive bar. She ordered some cheap beer, a water, and some greasy bad-for-you pub grub.

She needed space, not to forget him, but to remember herself. That's how it always went, when she thought about him, wasn't it?

Heading back from Town + Lumiere Dorm (Open)

Eventually, still buzzed, Maya made her way back to the dorm. She'll deal with the classes she ditched later. She'll deal with the friends she didn't see later. For now she wanted to... do something.

She wasn't sure if it was 'avoid people and wait until tomorrow,' maybe 'sleep three days until it stops hurting,' or how about 'find an adventure and forget.' She was too tipsy to work on music and it's awkward to start bawling while playing a cello so she just lazed around in the Floor 1 common room waiting for something to happen. Or to sleep.

Comments

[lastexit]

"I'll be fine, I can take care of myself." Plus she was attacked on campus so really the bar was safer.

Then she started giggling, "You don't have to be such a momma bear."

[betheman]

"Mnnhhhmnnn...." He sounds incredibly unsure- but fortunately, the pun is distracting enough to pull him from his fretting. "AUH- ...M...Momma bear..?"

Mostly because he doesn't quite understand the full meaning of it.

[lastexit]

"Worrying about me like that, getting super protective? That's being a momma bear."

Maya sat up, a little too fast, and grabbed her head. "Ow, anyway. I got attacked on campus. So going off campus was safer."

[betheman]

"That is a saying, then..? AUH-" Hold on.

"Y-You were attacked, as well..!? By what!?" Momma bear continues,

[lastexit]

"I'd rather not, I did the whole explanation with Peter when he found me heading back from town. I'm not hurt," she omits 'emotionally through the ringer' and 'needed a drink' as her roommate was worrying enough, she didn't need to detail any new information for him to worry over.

"Unless something beary interesting is going on, I'd like to just wait here until I get tired. Okay?"

[betheman]

"Th-That is not the only thing to be concerned about..! What if someone else is also attac-"

wait

"...bear...y..?"

Why do all of you do this to him the English language is mean.

[lastexit]

"It's a pun, a joke. I'm drunk I do that."

Such a grizzly end to her amusement, the joke just not landing.

"And the thing only was after me, my past coming to haunt me." Literally, but sadly that bit of wordplay didn't make Maya happy at all, "It won't be trouble for anyone else."

[betheman]

"Mnghhh..." He looks very, very uncomfortable...but unfortunately there isn't a lot for him to protest.

Not to mention it makes him think of when he spoke with Peter about the supposed 'bears'...

"...You are...certain, then...?" ...That it'll be alright? For anyone, for her..?

[lastexit]

No. "Yes. I'm certain."

Putting this weight on even his shoulders, wasn't something Maya wanted to do. He was too young for that, sure their age difference wasn't huge. But he was her age when that weight crushed her to dust.

No way she could do that.

[betheman]

He isn't sure he believes it.

But it's not like he can tell if someone is lying, either.

And he's not quite sure what to do with that. Eventually, he just sits.

"...Will... ...You certainly, be alright? ...Now, I mean?" This is probably more of a tea offer than anything.

[lastexit]

No. "I'll be fine. Really."

Maya wasn't going to give him a burden he couldn't help with. Telling him she wasn't okay wouldn't make her feel better, and he'd just try to fix something that doesn't get fixed. Time and space, the two things that make things less broken.

Maya wished Zaka could help, but he can't bear her burdens for her.

[betheman]

"Mnhhh..." Naturally he can never feel certain about these things. So even though she's insisted, he has to offer-

"...If I bring, tea, will you enjoy it later? ...I will not stay out here, if you wish, but...it is something to help you rest, yes?"