voicemail.

[coastal]

[Following the "record your voicemail at the beep" message--]

What? Who gave you the right to order me around? -- W-Wait, was that the beep?

I wasn't prepared--!! [a whispered hiss:] How do you get this thing to stop-?!

[Beep!

You know the drill! IC Inbox for voice/video/action threads for whatever occasion.]

Comments

ACTION;

[retorter]

I thought I explained that already.

[ JUST TO KILL, OKAY LILI. HE'S HERE TO KILL. He pulls his katana out of his obi belt and lays it across his knees like that's an answer. death ]

I want to know because I'm curious. That's why people usually ask questions.

[ get it lili. he cocks a brow at her. ]

Anyway, you made a big deal about training to protect yourself, after all. It might help if you thought about what you could have done differently.

ACTION;

[coastal]

[Well.

He sort of gets his answer because when she sees the katana, she's stiffening and leaning back immediately. She knows that Souji won't hurt her - well, she assumes - but seeing a sword again so soon frightens her a bit. She can't quite help herself as she inhales quickly but quietly.]

.... I -

I don't... want your lecture.

I know that I made mistakes.

ACTION;

[retorter]

[ Souji's sharp and he also has a sixth sense for discomfort, so it's a guarantee that he notices Lili's very subtle reaction. He tilts his head.

Normally, the given response here would be to slide the sword out of sight, or at least not comment on it. But Souji doesn't move. Instead, he rests his right hand on its hilt. ]

Hey. Are you afraid?

[ of the sword, of the incident. is this just a passing moment of shakiness? It better be, Souji thinks. It'd be better for her, in the long run. ]

ACTION;

[coastal]

[Souji won't hurt her.

But it still gets her pulse to pick up uncomfortably when he lays his hand on the hilt. Kashuu left some time ago, but there's no guarantee that he'll be back. Some part of her considers the logistics of her window plan one more time.

Then she steels herself, squares her shoulders, and looks Souji in the eye.]

Not of you.

[If this is a test - and perhaps it's easier for her to think of it as a test, as a challenge - then she intends to pass it.]