♥ ☽ stumblin', but yeah i'm still lookin' hella fine

[tsundyne]

Who: Yukari and everyone.
Where: She'll be reappearing on the beach, then making her way back down into the city via elevator and towards the Coral. So anywhere you'd like to run into her in between there!
When: Late evening/close to midnight
Style: I'll match! I'm up for either--action spam or prose.
Status: Open!

[The last thing Yukari ever expected, was needing to rely on someone else for healing. Or in Vatheon's case, something else--like the Coral. She'd always healed herself. People relied on her for healing. But it just can't be helped, in her condition: she's soaked, her clothes are torn, and there is a fair amount of blood indicating a very heavy and intense battle.

...And what a battle it was.

She doesn't want to think about it much, though; it hurts to think how badly she'd lost. It angers her, even; how incredibly unfair. How dare she, how dare she...?]

Damn--! [Her fist slams into the sand of the beach where she's ended up, and she stumbles to her feet.

Then she sighs, remembering.

Remembering Vatheon. Remembering how much weaker she is here. Diarahan wouldn't cut it in the long run; so she knows she should make her way to the Coral as fast as possible before anyone sees her.

A heal, a change of clothes, maybe--

Once again, she's forced to put everything behind her; because Aigis had won, and now she'd have to live with knowing that.]

How long...?

[--has she been gone?

This is the first that's ever happened to her. It's so disorienting, but she decides maybe that's not the most important thing right now. Annoyed and highly emotional as she is, she sighs again and walks towards the elevator, occasionally wincing.]

Nngh.

[...Time to find her own answers here, she supposes. She doesn't need a replacement leader to do that.]

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[Yosuke just waits for her, letting go of her before backing up a little. He stuffs his hands in his pockets, though ready to heal her the rest of the way if she needed it. It just had looked like it was out of his ability to heal her, after all...

Though it still made him curious, but he can bombard her with more questions when she's not so grouchy.

Yup. Just because he's silent doesn't mean that his thinking isn't the same old Yosuke.]

[tsundyne]

[He's kind of lucky she's not even actually pissed at him. With the Coral healing her, she kind of realizes this, and even though it still sucks to know she lost, and who she lost to--she knows it's not this oaf's fault.

She lets out a breath--half relieved, half still annoyed.]

There.

[And turns back to him.

Breathing--more breathing, just because she can. Nice and slow.]

[garbagecanned]

[Lucky? Luck and Yosuke don't go together. Maybe he's just able to catch a break for once.

And hey! At least he helped her out, okay? :c]

Feel better?

[That much was obvious, though.]

[tsundyne]

...Yeah. I guess.

[No. Maybe not--because that would take some time. But physically--and for his purposes here, she can answer yes.

She shuts her eyes for a moment, just to rest them; maybe she'd only intended to blink. Though she finds it hard to open them again.]

I should get changed, though. Probably shower when I get home.

[...Not in that order, obviously.]

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...Yeah, you look beat. Do you need me to walk you back? Y'know, to make sure you don't fall asleep on your feet or something.

[He had noticed she had lagged a little when her eyes opened again.

Just saying.]

[tsundyne]

[Does she look like someone who would like that happen--

Jeez.

Okay, no, he really shouldn't answer that. H e h. Instead she's just going to keep walking, giving him only a glance right before doing so...]

Do what you want.

[She won't stop him.]

[garbagecanned]

[He's just. Going to follow...because he's still worried about her.]

Okay, I'll make sure you get back safely then. Did this happen here?

[tsundyne]

...Hm?

[Absent-mindedly, she turns back, almost like she doesn't process the question. But then it clicks, and she shakes her head.]

N-No, just...something back home. I assume the Coral sent me back for a while.

Explains all the...wet.

[She gestures down to--

well, all of her. Suddenly glad she isn't wearing a white shirt.]

[garbagecanned]

[...Ah. Too bad she's not wearing a white shirt. 8D

Anyway.]

...Right. I didn't...[Really notice.] I haven't gotten out much lately.

[There, that sounds better at least. But she could probably get that from what he had said anyway.]

Yeah, that would probably explain the wet.

[tsundyne]

[B|

Yes, anyway...she does catch onto that, but she's not exactly offended. After all, if she really was only gone for three days...just like Ryoji was, it isn't as if anyone outside the Volo Dorms would notice.

She just keeps on walking with a brief nod, but stops to grab a towel along the way without saying much. Might as well. It'd help with the cold, too, since she's kinda shivering; so she pulls it over herself, kind of like a cape.

Then she sighs, and keeps moving.]

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So...

[LOL Yosuke's no good at this. He does want to see things through to the end to make sure she'll be okay.

But it would be incredibly awkward to just keep walking in silence too...

Oops?]

[tsundyne]

[Sorry. Yukari's not exaxtly in a talkative mood at the moment, otherwise she'd be as loud as she usually is.

At the prompt however, she looks at him again, with a tired:]

...So.

[Is the silence really so bad?]

You...haven't gotten out much?

[Kinda wonders what that's supposed to mean. He's gotta be doing something with himself.]

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[And Yosuke's at a loss for words.]

Ah, right. Just haven't really been doing much...I slept for a while, which was pretty weird.

Y'know, that sort of thing.

[aka: He's been lazy.]

[tsundyne]

...Taking after Kanji-kun, I see.

[A teasing smirk as they continue on their merry way, and she reminisces. About sewing classes, about the man behind them, about how much he sleeps--about Yosuke, Chie, various other friends she's made here...

She's glad.

Now that a bit she's calmer she can appreciate the fact that she still remembers them all.

...Thank goodness.]

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Hey, it was just this once! It hasn't happened any other time...

[Huff. He's not taking after anyone, okay...he couldn't help it.

He likes his sleep apparently. So sue him.]

[tsundyne]

Yeah, yeah.

[Psh, sleep isn't a bit thing, but it's just a bit ridiculous, okay. Then again, she slept for a good few weeks before, so she isn't much one to talk.

She just keeps on walking; and after a while, the Volo Dorms come into view far ahead of them.]

Have you even been to the Volo Dorms before?

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[Yosuke shakes his head, not even pausing to think about it. He's been around Vatheon a lot by now, but there were still some places he's never been to.]

Nope, never. Is that where we're heading, then?

[tsundyne]

Mmhmm. [Yukari nods, as they continue their approach. She nods her head over to indicate where it is, since they're close.]

It's like SEES's base of operations, I guess. It helps that it looks a lot like our dorm at home.

...Though not everyone living there is a part of it.

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Huh. Well I guess that works, so you guys can all stick together.

[He nods.] I get that.

[tsundyne]

It comes in handy during the Curses and stuff, yeah.

[And now Yukari is reaching for her keys. Hopefully no one's actually awake to see her like this--

Just Yosuke seeing is bad enough.]

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[And there's that awkward silence again, and he shoves his hands in his pockets.]

So, uh...now that you're here and obviously okay...I'll leave. I guess. I mean, I'm sure you want to rest up or something.

[Would she need any more rest?? Probably?? ?____? does he leave her here or does he make sure she was okay??

But then again her other friends were here so...yeah. That was a good plan. He could leave. :|b]

[tsundyne]

[The way he shoves his hands into his pockets reminds her of Minato, actually. An amusing thought, since they're pretty different.

But in any case, she nods. She definitely wants nothing more than to clean herself up so she can sleep; and though she wouldn't actually mind his company much, it looks like he's trying to get outta there.]

You should get some rest, too.

[The door's open now, but she won't step inside until they've said goodbye proper.

Seems that's where this little conversation is headed.]

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[He laughs. He can't help it, the idea of getting more rest on top of the sleeping he already does.]

Like I need any more. But...yeah. I'll leave you alone now. See you later?

[Awkward turtle time!]

[tsundyne]

['Leave her alone'?

Jeez. The wording kind of surprises her; but yes, okay, she will nod again. She scratches at her head a bit, realizing that she's got a headache coming on, too.]

...Thanks. Yeah, I'll see you later.

[After all, she won't be going anywhere, this time.

She walks into the dorm and shuts the door behind her; not too abruptly and not too slowly. And somehow, she realizes she's survived another day. Hopefully there'd be a lot more where that came from.]

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[He waves slightly, before starting to walk off as well.

That had been kind of awkward, to be honest. But hey, at least he knew she was okay now.

Now it was just time to go home and...chill, he guessed.]