[009] ☿ Our bodies are just containers for our powers

[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[It's Tomoe Mami's face, but it's entirely Mizuno Ami's heavy heart that picks up the communicator. It's taken a long time to make herself look almost normal, to make herself look like she hasn't been crying and like she can handle this.

But the hope that's kept her going just disappeared along with Usagi and her other friends. She can't even know when she'll see them again, if she'll see them again, or if they're truly lost to the Darkness until their world can be restored - perhaps never. Three dear friends at once, so close after a fourth, is a terrible blow. Her voice is steady but far too quiet and thin.]

To everyone who knew them, Tsukino Usagi, Hino Rei, and Aino Minako have disappeared.

Naru-chan, we-

[But right there, without any warning, her voice simply stops. She slumps to the floor without any sign of distress of beforehand.]

(ooc: MADOKA SPOILER/explanation: With the body swap, Mami-in-Ami's-body came to pick up the soul gem... thus bringing it too far away for Mami's body (Ami). She will revive once Mami comes back, bringing it close again, and they figure it out.)

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

Mi-Mizuno-san!

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[There's no answer. Her body may as well be lifeless, but she doesn't seem to be choking, wounded or injured, or displaying any symptoms that would suggest why.]

video → action!

[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

( your own face is twisting into concern for you, ami -- ) H-hold on, Mizuno-san! I'm coming!

( and she wastes no time doing just that! she's running at top speed... how remarkably fit you are for a bookworm, by the way... and in no time, she's bursting through the door! ) Mizuno-san! Mizuno-san!! ( she rushes over, looking the girl -- her own body, a look over )

[Action!]

[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[It's probably better to be glad she's in such good shape, than to ask why. Not that the secret is likely to remain secret for long, between them, after this.

The second Mami comes in the door - no, it must have been just a few seconds sooner, because she's already in the process of getting to her knees and slowly to her feet - Ami starts to stir.]

Tomoe-san? [She sounds disoriented; what had happened just now? It must have been... ]

It must have just been a shock, thinking about the others being gone.

[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

( she does her best to help the other girl up ) Are you all right? Perhaps you should sit -- ( she's already moving to bring a chair over... )

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[abracadabrapon.livejournal.com]

Ami....we mustn't give up.

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[But the form on the floor doesn't move, non-responsive. She'd seemed to hold it together until that last moment... what could have happened is a mystery.]

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[abracadabrapon.livejournal.com]

...I'm coming right over.

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[By the time Setsudaj arrives, Ami is sitting up and seems quite fine, though she looks rather perplexed still. Mami has just left, a few moments earlier - having been almost immediately nearby when Ami collapsed.]

Setsuna-san, isn't it? [It's still hard to get used to this.]

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[watchesthesea.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry that your friends have disappeared.

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[There's a long gap before she replies, looking tired and worn but composed. She's still fretful, and gives vent to the worry despite herself.]

They've told us, if we're not here, we were really lost in the darkness.

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[watchesthesea.livejournal.com]

But what was once lost can still be found, if they came here once before, odds are they can return.

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

Usagi-chan was our hope. If she's gone from here...

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[abreakingwave.livejournal.com]

Ami--?



If you can hear me, please answer.

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[She seems to be indoors; the architecture is definitely from Agrabah, if Obi-Wan is familiar with it. But the girl herself doesn't answer, remains lifeless.

It's not until Mami visits that she'll recover her wits.]

[video] → [action]

[abreakingwave.livejournal.com]

[Action]

[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[Though it's typically 'Mercury' who's known as a patroness and guardian of Agrabah, 'Mizuno Ami' is a well-known sight as well, quick to lend a hand if she knows it's needed. It doesn't take long before someone is willing to give Obi-Wan instructions and even set him in the right direction.

By the time he arrives, Ami is sitting up, quite conscious. She doesn't seem to be hurt or in any distress, though she does seem unusually quiet.]

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[share-a-parfait.livejournal.com]

They're... they're gone?

[Who is this girl and why does she know my name?]

Usagi.... no! she can't be gone! She has a strong and pure heart! I .. the heartless.. couldn't have gotten to her. They... just couldn't have..

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[Wait. She's only seen one person seem to have their own natural appearance before this. Logically, this is likely not Naru. (M)ami tries to make herself composed to answer. She gives her name first, being used to needing to.]

This is Mizuno Ami. May I ask who this is first? I understand if it seems rude, but right now... we all truly don't know.

[Though the worry for Usagi... It really seems like Naru.]

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[share-a-parfait.livejournal.com]

[And this response of Ami's, calm and collected though it may be, confuses Naru further]

You're.. uh.. an Mizuno Ami .. too? I'm Osaka Naru.

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

Naru-chan? It really is you? [Well that's certainly interesting... Some people were left unaffected.]

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[violontides.livejournal.com]

How do... you know those names.

[ video ] got to his post before this, sob. bear with plz?

[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[Wait. You know this one, Ami.

(M)ami peers at the screen uncertainly, trying to place the familiarity. She'd talked with him briefly, when he appeared in Michiru's body. So this is...]

Could it be... Michiru-san?

Although I appear like this right now, this is Mizuno Ami.

[ video ] no problemo~!

[violontides.livejournal.com]

( she seems to relax slightly at the revelation... ) ... Ami-chan. So it seems you were affected also... Are you all right? Perhaps the change has taken its toll physically...

[ video ] <33 hey there

[innerflow.livejournal.com]

It seems so. [Even to her friends, she can't out another friend's secret. This is the best way, this plausible excuse.]

Are you alright? Like this, I mean? You feel well?