( semi-open ) they can take my breath

[regives]

Who: Leanne (regives) & various
What: Your girl's a fugitive on the run.
When: The first of October and the days following!
Where: All around Olympia.
Warning(s): None... for now.


a.)

[ A situation going from bad to worse should be relatively familiar to Leanne, but that doesn't save her from the overwhelming amount of surprise that hits her when news of the explosion finally surfaces. She of course experiences concern for who may be close to the blast, and then is immediately taken aback when the announcement that included her name also rings through.

Undoubtedly there's an explanation that needs to be made. But given her wavering trust there's no way for her to turn herself in, especially when she's being accused for a crime she didn't commit.

Though her luck continues to be a distant thing as the podcast is made when she's trying to make herself back to her apartment. Taking the back streets in hopes of avoiding those who are fully prepared to round up those accused without hesitation, she knows a little silver is enough to motivate anybody. So when she's peering around the next corner and makes blatant eye contact with another person she immediately shrinks back. Way to go, girl, hopefully they didn't notice? But if they did... maybe if she acts normal then they could go on their way without there being an unnecessary bump in the road.

Or not. She's a little glad she left the house with better shoes to run in today. ]

b.)

[ So are you trying to help her get from point A to point B without getting noticed? Great, you're a pal, and Leanne's got the greatest idea known to man: by acting like your terribly non-suspicious girlfriend! With an oversize jacket on her shoulders with the hood pulled up on top of her head she's pretty much the definition of ominous. And while she wouldn't say that she is some sort of award winning actress she does at least try to make the plan of her pretending to be your sick significant other work somehow.

Leanne keeps a hand firmly around the other person's arm. Holding onto them tightly as a heavy weight of anxiety rests on her shoulders. ]

I'm kinda surprised that this is working. [ Oh! Someone's looking, she pretends to cough. ] But I'm glad... sorry for dragging you into this.

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[lifespanned]

[ So Leanne's story matched right up with those other two, and confirmed her suspicions that the Shady Man and his associates, or whatever his name was, was the root evil of this...unbeknownst to Leanne, this only reassures her in her plan to search for a way to take their lives, and informs her that she must be vigilant in her possible future endeavors as Kira here. She'll have to be more careful about her suspicions next time.

But all Leanne gets is her deepened worried look, almost seeming fussy and clingy. ]

That's awful... I'm sure a lot of people thought of you the wrong way. [ yea like urself u snake ] But at least it got cleared up, right? And you're not in trouble?

[regives]

[ YEAH U SNAKE ]

I mean, it's understandable, I didn't really explain to anyone the situation beforehand. And it's also my fault for taking such a shady job in the first place... so I'll at least admit my fault in that. Everything else? Unlikely.

[ And on that last part she pauses, sighing as she shifts her weight from one foot and to the other. ]

I guess after the explanation from the other two I'm not, but I don't think I'll go back to Olympia any time soon.

[lifespanned]

[ hissssssssss but at least Leanne admits some fault and restores Misa's trust in her. ]

Huh? Really? [ That's surprising. Though she supposes it would be hard to return to a place you were exiled from, even if you weren't in trouble. ] Do you like Wyver more than Olympia? Misa isn't sure if she likes it here yet...

[ The humidity? Wack. These long confusing bridges? Wack. me? im tight as fk ]

[regives]

I think it's too soon to jump the gun on whether I like one over the other. [ We all know that Misa is beautiful and the perfect goth gf but that's besides the point. ]

It's just... [ She takes a quick glance around, ensuring that no third parties were nosing their way into their conversation. The last thing she needs is talk about the station spreading and her making another target on her back. ] You know about the virtual simulations back on the station, right? Well when I first got here I did it, too, and while I was in there there was a Wyvern man I came across. He told me not to take everything they say at face value; and considering how they responded to having to come her for help?

[ Hostile. ]

We hardly know anything about the history of this place but we're already being made to pick sides. I just don't think it's fair of us to paint Wyver as such a terrible place when we hardly know who the people of Olympia are.

[lifespanned]

[ She makes a small hmmm noise as the other speaks, considering Olympia in a different light for the first time. She supposes despite how Olympia looks on the outside may not be representative of how it is on the inside - and her want to be somewhere without all the hustle and bustle of Wyver might have been premature. ]

I guess it is a bit weird that they were hesitant to accept help when people could be dying... [ The longer she thinks about it, the more she thinks that she should have pieced this together herself. ] But Misa doesn't think either country can be good or bad.

[ Everywhere had evil inside. So the whole "pick a side" business was something she was somewhat ambivalent to. Some could be worse than others, no doubt, but her moral view of the two countries goes deeper than her superficial needs. ]

Did that Wyvern man say anything else?

[regives]

It's true, I'm sure Wyver has bad history too but... [ She hears that man's voice in the back of her head, the look in his eyes, and something in her chest twists and aches. ] Well, even if I were to go back to Olympia I'd have to face the authorities there. And from what I've learned from Giovanni they aren't particularly friendly.

[ Though she shrugs her shoulders at the last part. ]

He was going to say more, but all of a sudden the VR system cut off. I don't know if that was supposed to happen or the perhaps something went wrong... but before he could finish I had a screen of text telling me that I was empathetic and willing to learn both sides. And that's what I want to try doing.