voicesofspirits | Event Post

*"Maybe it was all a dream? Maybe I'll wake up and everything will be normal again."

Ruka's eyes slowly flickered open to be greeted by unfamiliar surroundings. She slowly sat up and looked around the room she was in. Where was she? Who brought her here? All she knew was that being there meant that no matter how much she wished, everything that has happened recently, had really happened.

She slowly got up from the bed, steadying herself from a short dizzy spell before moving towards the door. She listened by it for any noises, then slowly opened it.

The hallway it brought her into she did recognize. This was Juudai and Asuka's apartment. So Juudai must of brought her here? Quietly she walked down the hallway until she got to a slightly open door on her left. Looking through the small gap, she could see Juudai sat in the living room, working on his laptop. Ruka didn't want to disturb him. After all, she's probably caused him enough trouble already.

Slowly and quietly, Ruka opened the front door and snuck out of it. When outside, she was about to run across the courtyard to her apartment when a thought hit her. Did she really belong there anymore? Is that even her home now? She really wasn't sure... and holding herself up in it again wouldn't be a good idea anyway.

Ruka leaned against the wall beside the entrance to Juudai's apartment and slid down until she was sitting. Pulling her legs to her chest, she buried her face in them.

She had honestly never felt so lost and so ashamed of herself as she did at this moment.

Looks like she could use someone to talk to!.*

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Juudai?

*Ruka looks at the apartment behind her.*

He lives right here.

Oh! That's convenient. *he rubs his head* I knew it was somewhere in here... Thank you.

*he smiles a bit, heading for the door*

I'm going to go get that taken care of then, alright? I hope I'll be able to talk to you again, soon.

*Ruka smiles back and nods*

I hope so too.

And... thank you.

*he nods back, and well. as awkward as it is, he enters into the apartment, mainly since he figures that Ruka would probably be as well an invite as anything.

He does however knock on the door/wall to whatever room Juudai is in.*

*Who's that knocking on the living room door?? Juudai looks up at the slightly ajar door, seeing a figure through the slight gap, but not enough to see who it is.*

You can come in.

*he comes in, looking a bit awkward*

Ah... Hello, Yuuki. Sorry I'm intruding like this...

Shinji!

Ah, no. That's okay! Feel free to sit down!

*He motions towards one of the chairs in the room, before placing the laptop he was working on, on the table in front of him.*

*he nods, getting a chair and sitting down, and getting out a small metallic case-- notably a different colored one than the one he had originally put Galaxy Queen into, putting it onto the table*

She talked to me.

*Juudai reaches over and picks up the case to look inside it.*

The Number?
What did she say to you?

*Galaxy Queen's card is there in it's moonrune glory*

She said... That she was interested in my connection with spirits, but implied that it might not work due to differences it had from Ruka's own connection to spirits. She also said she and all of the other Numbers are criminals, or were considered so dangerous that they had to be locked up.

She said they were all scattered when they did escape, and that the "most dangerous one of them all" was trying to gather them all. Ruka's ability apparently would have made that goal much simpler for all of them.

They're criminals? Urgh, great. At least this confirms they are dangerous though.

But they needed Ruka because of her ability? *Juudai thinks.* Well, she does have an incredibly strong connection to not just the spirits, but to their world as well. What could their goal be after being gathered? Do they just want to go back to the spirit world, or something else?

That might explain it... I feel like if it were a case of them wanting to go back to the world of spirits, they should have been able to convince to get assistance much better than they have been.

No, chances are... They have something else in mind.

You're right. They have to be up to something to go to these lengths...

I'm just glad we were able to get Galaxy Queen away from her. Though it could mean that she might be in danger from the other Numbers that are out there, if her power is desirable to them...

Probably. They're much capable of manipulation-- and it doesn't bode well for myself if she was considering trying to work out using me, instead.

Though I think having a clear basis to dislike her certainly helped. *he pushes his glasses up*

All I can think is to make sure you keep a close eye on how she acts-- though other Numbers might learn from example and not approach her the same way.

Yeah, I guess keeping an eye on her is all that can be done to keep her safe for now... though...

*Juudai pauses a little to think before continuing.*

...would you be able to do me a favour.

... Nm? What? *looks a bit surprised at that*

At some point, Ruka will probably be going back to the Academy and so I may not be able to keep an eye on how she's acting when she's there.

Would you be able to keep an eye on her for me while she's there?

Oh. Well, ah. Sure. I was actually going to ask where she attends, since I wasn't really sure.

I think that would be doable though. Yes.

*Juudai smiles and nods.*

Thank you. I'm confident the both of you will be fine if you look out for one another.

Well... Hopefully that will be the case, yes. *recomposes himself, yes. don't be so awkward.*

Besides, I've wanted to talk to her more, anyway.

I'm sure she'll be grateful to be able to talk to someone with a similar ability to her own.

Probably, though, er... Can I actually ask that you don't mention that I can do that to anyone, if it comes up?

I've had to deal with enough people who have been rather... Disbelieving that I could talk to cards, even after monsters became solid.

That's no problem. I won't tell anyone about it.

*smiles then*

Thanks.

Have you figured out a safe place to keep these cards, by the way?

Yeah. I'm keeping them in a safe within the spirit foundation. I'm the only one who knows the combination to get into it.

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