Sad Tidings [ Video ]

[universal_charm]

I know this is coming kind of late, so sorry about that, but you just have to be sure, you know? I didn't want to write her off and cause a panic or have that stupid kid give me the look for a week... 

But... yeah, I'm pretty sure Arya Stark has gone home, and Nymeria with her. 

[ There's obvious sadness on his face and his voice, though he's trying to do his manly and captainly best and hold it back. But, he had cared for that little girl. She was such a tomboy, and he had even grown to like Nymeria, even if he had to clean her fur off the couch twice a day or else he'd be as furry as she was. 

The house was just... emptier now. Like part of his crew was gone, an empty chair not yet filled on his deck. It hurt. ]

Comments

( Video )

[padme_amidala]

( A couple of losses in a row. She wonders if that is normal. )

Is there anything I can do?

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[universal_charm]

I don't know that there's much anyone can do... she went home. The Malnosso let her go. It's what everyone here wants, right?

_{[ He shrugged, trying to keep the worry from his face. ]}

( Video )

[padme_amidala]

That doesn't mean she won't be missed.

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[universal_charm]

Hey, on the bright side, I won't be having to clean up fur every single day.

_{[ But dang it, he would miss that too. He was just trying to be tough right now. ]}

( Video )

[padme_amidala]

...fur? ( Sorry, she doesn't know Nymeria is a wolf. )

[widows_kiss]

[Coming so soon after Clint's departure, Natasha takes this one hard as well. She'd grown fond of the girl. And her wolf.]

Kirk... I'm sorry.

[universal_charm]

_{[ He opens his mouth to say it's okay, but it's not. She'd told him what she faced back home, and it made him sick. He wanted to protect her, and he couldn't... ]}

She's strong. She'll make it back home. I know it. Like Nymeria would let anything happen to her anyways.

[widows_kiss]

She is strong. [Natasha had known that the moment she'd met her, and she gives Kirk a small smile, what reassurance she could offer.] She's a survivor. And she's very good at landing on her feet.

[universal_charm]

Yeah, that's true. You just like to know for sure though. I'm not good with not knowing.

[Action]

[spohkh]

[Spock was walking through the house, looking for Jim...]

Captain?

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[universal_charm]

_{[ He looked up from where he was sitting on their slightly more wolf-fur clean chair. ]}

Hey.

_{[ It was all he had in him to say. ]}

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[spohkh]

[Spock went to stand next to Jim...]

I am uncertain if what she is returning to is an optimal situation, however, she is where she belongs. Yet... it is difficult to see them disappear...

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[universal_charm]

Stupid kid. She's going to go kick some guy's balls in and we both know it.

_{[ That's how she was, how he wanted to remember her and believe her to be. Because if she was like that, she'd make it. ]}

[stillplaying]

[She never met the girl but she knows what it's like to lose a part of your family. She imagines it must be a lot like when she returned home from that damn draft to find Peeta sitting in Rue's room, Rue gone from this place. Dead.

She doesn't know if Arya Stark arrived here dead or alive. She doesn't want to ask. She wants to reach out and wrap her arms around Jim, hold him like he had held her after she had returned from her kidnapping and they had discussed the most recent shift. It's those damn lingering feelings. Feelings she wants gone entirely.]

I'm sorry. [And she means it, too. It's why she's determined to do everything in her power to keep Prim here.] Do you... do you want company?

[universal_charm]

_{[ Did he want company? Probably. Kirk sulked, but he wasn't one to sulk alone. He tried it, now and again, but it usually led to fights. So being alone might not be a good thing for him after all... ]}

Yeah, sure. But not here. I need to get out of here for a bit.

[stillplaying]

[She could understand that. Their house had been one of the last places Katniss wanted to be when she had found him gone. The treehouse was a close second. But most of her memories there still involved Rue, not Peeta.

She understood the need to get away.]

Where do you want to go?

[universal_charm]

I don't know. Either some place where I can get a good drink or some place where I can maybe punch a tree and no one will care.

_{[ He's at least being honest with his feelings, if not out right saying them. But those two seemed like his favorite options right now. ]}

[origami_ninja]

[She knows that people can be brought and sent home at random, but it's still something that concerns her. Arya once told her it was dangerous to use her real name when confessing her true identity.]

I'm very sorry to hear that.

[She would be missed, but Konan does have faith in Arya's resilience, if nothing else.]

[universal_charm]

It's fine. Not like anyone can do anything about.

_{[ He just felt sort of listless, and he hadn't made the announcement for sympathy. It just slid across him wrong, people saying sorry. It didn't make anything better. ]}

[origami_ninja]

I know. But I regret that she's gone back home.

[She was safer here.]

Still, thank you for making the announcement.

[universal_charm]

Hey, I can't be her only friend, right? Figured people should know...

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

At least they got to go home together, right? So neither one of them has to be alone here.

[After five years here, Emil has learned that it's the little things that count, and as far as he's concerned, the fact they were able to return to their world together is a small blessing.]

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[universal_charm]

Yeah, and Nymeria can take care of her. Not to mention I don't want to deal with that wolf on my own.

_{[ It comes out gruff and sarcastic, but it's just something to hide behind, to keep back the ache. ]}

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Let me guess: she got fur all over everything, and she was always following you around begging for food?

[He has pets, so he's quite familiar with those things.]

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[universal_charm]

Well, the fur part sure. The food part not so much, but I think she hunted a lot...