Everlasting Love

" To me love is—love is layered. Love is a mystery to be uncovered. I could never truly give my heart to someone superficial. " affiliated with Asphodel Valley Belle from OUAT Housing ; TBA ** note I'm playing Belle from season 2 where she lost her memories again.

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「Even More ❀ :Lost ↬ ( open/intro )

[takasato]

All she’d done was bump into him. That was it, and this was the result. He felt awful and confused. It didn’t make any sense—she hadn’t done anything wrong to him. So why did things like this keep happening around him? They didn’t deserve this treatment, and he didn’t deserve this bizarre form of protection. He wanted to remember why. He hung his head, hair swooping over his eyes.

"No…I’m sorry, it’s my fault."

He quickly crouched down to help her pick up the scattered books. He made sure to avoid the girl’s hands—the fear of what might happen if he interacted with her overtook him. All the books smelled of old paper and leather, which only served to make him feel worse about the whole ordeal. He tried to smooth out any crinkled pages he found that were caused by him.

Her friendliness threw him off. It was something completely unknown to him. He’d become used to people blaming him or running after an incident like that—their cold stares and odd looks were quite clear. But she brushed it off like it was nothing. He wasn’t sure why, but he thought that might bother him more than anything else.

"Ah…I’m Takasato."

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His fault ? Well now he was just being silly. A small short laugh came out of her and shook her head. " Books flying off randomly . . I'm pretty sure that isn't your fault. ", she said with a smile as usual. If there was one thing she noticed he was very careful as he picked up the books. Almost as if he was avoiding all contact besides with the books. The only thought she could come across was that was maybe he was really shy.

" Well it's nice to meet you Takasato. Ah, well hopefully no more random strange events like that happen again right ? ", she said with a small laugh trying to lighten up the situation. Looked like so far she wasn't doing such a very good job about it though. Well at least she was trying right ? At least thats what counted, she was trying. Even though she didn't know him it didn't hurt to try and be nice. It'd be rude of her to not to at least.

Perhaps maybe she could start some small talk then since she really wasn't getting anywhere with what she was doing right now. " Um . . so, what kind of books are you wanting to read here ? ", she asked. Well one can be curious about that right ? Everyone has their own different tastes in what books they read and everything like that. Just like how she was just wandering around looking for a book that was a story with adventure. It was just something she wanted to look for and was in the mood for. Then maybe go to another book about languages or something.

Her interest was just perked about all the topics right now. Everything just seemed so fascinating to her for some reason. But it was more curious to see what someone else would be interested in. Though she was sure she'd be called weird if she said any of this out loud of course. So she was of course keeping it all to herself.

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(( I'ma get on replies soon s2g

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dull start. [AV Open]

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So she doesn’t know anything either. B-But that was alright! They had been thrown into such a different situation, it was only natural to be disoriented and lost! Two women alone in a secluded town like this… what were they thinking?! Sure, Koizumi hadn’t seen signs of hostile activity, but that could definitely change. Point being, she would have to find temporary shelter until she understood the situation a bit more.

But she wouldn’t leave this woman behind, no way! Who knows what was out here…?

“I feel like there’s more we can find out if we go into town. I just didn’t want to go in there all alone.”

It was true. The photographer was scared. Frightened stiff by what was going on. Maybe if the others knew where they’d end up if they were killed…Perhaps none of them would commit murder anymore in fear of this happening to them. She couldn’t sit on her hands any longer. Someone would get hurt from god knows what lurking about.

She shuddered, and grabbed at her camera in a sheepish fashion. For some reason, the smooth texture of the camera put her mind at ease. Maybe her thoughts wouldn’t be so hazy anymore. But her head was still throbbing. She offered a gentle smile in attempt to comfort the other woman, but she probably looked even more worried.

" I can see some vacant buildings from here… They don’t look too bad, so maybe we can snoop around there for a bit? I don’t think staying here is a good move…”

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Belle couldn't really blame this girl for not wanting to go alone into the town. It was something they were randomly thrown into, and it was frightening. Especially when there was the fact they were supposed to be all dead. What kind of insanity was this ? Definitely something she didn't want to be apart of that was for sure. But, Belle would go with her that was for sure into the town. After all, she didn't want to go alone wandering around this strange place. There could be something dangerous out there.

" Well, I'm willing to go with you if you'd like.", Belle offered with a smile.

The worst thing was though out of it all was that this town was unknown to everyone. No one had no idea what this place was or where it was at. That sort of thing sent people into a panic, and then bad things usually follow afterwards and that was never really good. So what were they supposed to do here as they stayed ? Where was the housing ? Did they just pick any apartment like place they saw and called it their own ?

Did this place even have like, a mayor or anything ?

Empty buildings though ? That would be a good thing to snoop around about at. At least it was a start at least. " Mm . . yes that would be a pretty good place to start at ! And there's also not much good for just standing around also is there ? ", she said to try and at least brighten up things a little bit as she let out a small laugh. If it was one thing, Belle was always trying to cheer things up so people could feel at least a little bit more at ease.

" Well lets start going toward there shall we ? ", Belle said then as she started turning to walk toward there. Well if these buildings were vacant, that mean they could at least make a temporary home out of them for now. Maybe look for something better later if they weren't all that great. But it would have to do for now, but they could make the best out of this situation couldn't they ? Things could always become good even if they weren't currently, just had to give it time.

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「Even More ❀ :Lost ↬ ( open/intro )

[takasato]

It was no surprise that Takasato ended up at the library. He had a special affinity for books, both fiction and non alike. He didn’t have a particular preference—he enjoyed books about fairy tales just as much as he did books about geography. Reading made him feel a tad closer to the year lost in his memories.

He stood on the tips of his toes and carefully removed a book from a higher shelf. Its colorful cover and odd placement had caught the boy’s eye. He flipped through the pages a bit and took note that it was written in English. It was odd—before he came here, he never had a good enough grasp on the language to read something like this. He could understand it perfectly now.

Deciding to discard the observation for the moment, he put the book back on its shelf and instead took out another. It appeared to be some sort of book about interesting places to take vacations—focusing particularly on mountains.

He took care to turn through the pages slowly, absorbing each breathtaking picture on the slick paper. He came to an abrupt stop on a section that covered Mt. Roraima, and a small smile formed on his lips. The crystal valleys and labyrinths of rocks it depicted seemed so familiar that it left him feeling almost homesick.

He was so lost in his world of books and mountains that he barely even took notice when a stranger bumped into him. It was the voice that pulled him back—he wasn’t used to anyone apologizing to him so profusely.

"Ah—No, it’s…"

It’s fine, he was about to say, until a shadowy blur rippled through the case located directly behind the girl—knocking out an entire row of books.

He stood there dumbstruck for a moment, then reality seeped in and he remembered he was already quite used to this sort of thing. It was natural of course. Strange things always seemed to happen around him.

A not-too-happy librarian poked his head around the corner, sighed, and walked off while mumbling complaints under his breath. Takasato turned to the girl again—realizing he should say something, but not having the slightest clue of what would be good.

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Belle slightly tilted her head in question as he spoke but with the sudden crash of books being flung off, of course that would cut someone off. She jumped and covered her mouth to keep her from yelling loudly in surprised a gasp just came out instead as she turned around and looked at the books. That was certainly something she wasn't expecting to happen in the slightest. She wondered how that even happened, but then again this place was strange so some strange things were probably bound to happen.

At first she was silent as she looked down at the fallen books and then just shook her head a little and turn back to the boy. " Ah, well then. That was . . . an interesting event ", she said with a slight nervous laugh. " Um . . well, I hope you're alright. I really am sorry for bumping into you. I hope I didn't hurt you or anything ", she said with a small smile as she bent down and started picking up the books. Well she couldn't just leave the books down on the floor could she ? Indeed she couldn't.

She then just slowly started to stack them back on the shelf one by one. Though she wasn't too sure if they were in the right order but, she was just hoping they wouldn't randomly just fly off again. It could damage the books and well, that wouldn't be too good. The books were all really precious and it would be saddening to see any harm come to them. They were fragile little things that were filled with great adventures, that sort of thought always cheered her up a little.

Stopping for a moment as she was putting away the books, she noticed that she totally didn't introduce herself. Well that was certainly embarrassing, she quickly turned back to him with a smile. " I didn't introduce myself, I'm sorry how rude of me. I'm Belle. It's a pleasure to meet you ", she said nodding her head a little. Well, now she got that done, that was good. But now she just needed to wait for his name in return, so she wouldn't have to go around calling him ' sir ' or anything like that. She knew some people would rather not be called sir or something really formal.

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「Even More ❀ :Lost ↬ ( open/intro )

[justblindluck-deactivated201311]

"I think .. I might have fucked that one up D."

[ Just a little bit, York. ]

York laughed to himself, running a hand through his hair, as he wandered down the sidewalk, helmet tucked under his arm, armor dented and sticking out like a sore thumb. That’s just how he was though. It didn’t help that floating by his left shoulder was a small green figure that flickered every now and then. Anyone who was watching them would think he was talking to a tiny green ghost, but no. That was just Delta. 

"You’re the one who was supposed to watch my left."

[ I am watching it now, am I not? ]

"Ha. Ha. Very funny D." He replied sarcastically, hobbling up some stairs before pushing the door open to the large building he was in front of. Library. That should at least help him get his groundings again. Plus books were nice. He’d like to forget about all the studying of army manuals he had done, but books were nice! Except it still hurt to read… 

Every step he made thudded as the ex-freelancer wandered down the aisles of books, scanning the left while Delta (still faithfully hovering by his ear) cataloged the left. There was really an assortment of texts — much to York’s surprise. Medical, psychology, fantasy, historical — it was impressive. Would give him something to do other than argue back and forth with his AI and target prac —

"Woah there!" York held out an arm, catching the woman stepping backward and blinked and her flushed expression. She was cute alright. Cuter than South, that was for damn certain, "Naw, you’re alright. This armor is pretty tough. One little bump won’t do anything. How about you? That could have been a nasty tumble, you know." 

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Well at least she didn't hurt him or anything, armor was pretty nice so you wouldn't get hurt. But she had to question in her head why was he wearing armor. There wasn't anything dangerous in this new place was there ? They were already dead so . . ? Or maybe perhaps he died with it on and that was why he had it. " Oh, no I'm fine. It wasn't that bad ", she said with a slight small reassuring smile. She was a tough girl, she could stand on her own after all. Well, she hoped she could at least anyway.

" Well it's good to know that everyone is okay ", she said with a slight smile and nodded slightly. Now, she wasn't really sure what to do, should she walk away and just say bye ? She didn't want to be rude. Oh but, she didn't really introduce herself did she ? Nope. That was probably she should have done instead of saying ' happy to know no one is hurt '. Silly her, she should have thought better on that. But it's never too late for anything thankfully. " Um . . I'm Belle. Nice to meet you ", she said kind of awkwardly holding her hand out for a handshake.

She still kind of felt shaky not having any of her memories still. It just all felt awkward, because everything felt like a stranger to her, even though she could meet that person. She just didn't want to say the wrong words and make someone upset. Which it seemed like she did quite a lot with that one man, who she believed was Mr. Gold was it ? It just always seemed sad and it made her feel bad, but she couldn't do anything about it. She could only hope that she didn't know this man. Not that it wouldn't be a bad thing of course, it'd just be easier. But the chances of her knowing at this place was extremely slim, so that was a bright side she supposed.

" So, what should I call you ? ", she asked with a small smile. Well best to be cheery then awkward and lost right ? She needed to just shake out all these bad thoughts and just keep on being perky and things would be okay. All this thinking on it was just silly and she needed to stop and believe everything would be okay. Because everything will be okay, and that was that.

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(( hey guys ! I'm getting onto replies today and hopefully I'll get a lot in, I've been studying for a test that's tomorrow and dealing with homework, so I apologize for not really being active this week ; w; ;; ))

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dull start. [AV Open]

How…How could this happen? She was finally off the island but…

She was dead. Simple as that. Someone had gotten to her. Killed her with no remorse. She couldn’t remember who had done it either. All she remembered is that she was talking to Kuzuryuu about his sister’s death. Ah, right. She wanted to make amends, for what she had done. The redhead had provoked him, but then everything went black.

Koizumi took a step forward, only to fall on her knees, planting her hands in the cold dirt. She shivered, and gingerly touched the back of her head. It wasn’t prominent, but a dull pain throbbed. 

“What…. what happened to me?”

Questions were piling up in her head. It felt like it was about to burst. She groaned, and picked herself off of the ground. She shivered once more. The wind was especially chilly, lowing through the thin fabric of her jumper. She rubbed her hands against her arms to get some friction going, and noticed that her camera wasn’t too far from her, sitting on the ground. Koizumi reached for it, realized that the lens was cracked and sighed.

“Figures…But I can’t just sit here and give up!”Koizumi turned on her heel to face the town before her, determination beaming on her complexion. Perhaps she’d find the answer to her questions in there. Surely, she wasn’t the only one here.

A presence of another broke her gaze, and she found herself approaching them.

“Sorry, I don’t mean to bother you, but do you know where newcomers are staying? I mean, we have a place to stay somewhere right?”

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There was absolutely nothing to do it seemed. Belle still hadn't really figured out this place so she was exploring. What was she to do other than that or read books in the library all day ? Sure she didn't mind having her nose shoved into them all day but she needed some air and need to do some walking around. There was no point in sitting around all day. It seemed she wasn't the only person who was lost and confused though, which she was thankful for. She wasn't alone and that's what counted.

The question that still hung in the air was what were they to do ? It seemed a little odd that after you die you'd come to something like this. She was expecting something like heaven or hell, something of the sort like that anyway. Not some, creepy old looking town filled with dead people, that's what she was expecting the least. Never even thought of that really. But still, she was here, and there was nothing she could do about it now but make the best of it. It was an interesting new life but, she would make do with it even though she still had no memories in her head.

You would think after you die you would regain your memories right ? Well apparently not.

Hearing someone approach her and speaking to her, Belle offered a small smile. But her question, she really didn't have an answer to sadly. " Ah . . no I'm sorry, I don't know. I'm just about as lost as you are when it comes to that. I'm . . . I'm not too sure what we're supposed to do about our living situations and all of that ", she said sincerely.

It kind of put Belle down a little bit she wasn't able to offer much help at all. She enjoyed helping others, but she really couldn't do anything in this kind of situation. Especially since there was nothing here to tell you how to do things or where to go or saying where you could live and what not. It was a little frustrating if anything.

" Um. . but I'm sure there's probably something around here that could say something about living situations just, haven't seen it yet ", she said as she slightly gestured all around them basically. Well there had to be something right ? Maybe they just hadn't found anything saying ' oh hey, you can live here ! '. They were probably just missing it, that had to be it. At least she hoped that was it anyway, it would be quite a downer again if nothing was offered like that.

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「Even More ❀ :Lost ↬ ( open/intro )

She was so confused, so lost, and just more lost. One thing after another kept on happening to her it was to the point where she was about done with everything. She couldn't even remember her name for heaven's sake, and now after the accident she was thrown into another place. But. . it just sent a chill up her spine and it was just a place where she did not want to be at. This was definitely a place where it was not good to be at, she was sure of it. But another thing she could definitely be positive about . . she was dead.

She was absolutely one-hundred percent positive she was dead. There was no warmth in her hands as she hugged her arms close to her, there just wasn't any warmth at all. She was frighten about all of it, she didn't know what to do. The last thing she remembered was being hit and wounded then a man screaming ' Belle! ' at her and she was confused as she had no idea who this ' Belle ' was. But everyone kept calling her that she so assumed that was her name then. 

This didn't change the fact though she still didn't know who she was and now she didn't know where she was even at. At all. At least she was at the hospital before, but now she wasn't. She was in some strange town dead and had no idea who anyone was. All these face she didn't know, had no idea where they came from, besides the fact they also looked dead. Everyone just seemed to be dead as well as she was. She would say at least she wasn't alone, but this wasn't really a situation to be ' happy ' about.

She wanted to know how she died, when was it. Was it when she was in the hospital ? She didn't remember being that badly wounded especially after she was healed by that strange man. It just seemed like they were keeping her in the hospital because she had lost her memory. Maybe she was hit on the head and something went wrong then. She wasn't sure really, but she supposed she would probably never receive her answer.

There was no use standing around though doing nothing, she could explore for a little bit. Figure out her living situation now here, and see what's in this dark gloomy type of town. So she started to wander about in the streets, not too sure where she was going of course. But she could maybe find something, something that would keep her occupied at least for a good while. Maybe it could be some sort of adventure right now for her, just thinking about it made her happy and made a small smile appear on her face. Yes an adventure sounded very nice.

It wasn't too long until she came across a rather large building. A building with a word plastered on it that made her just smile with a little more joy. She found the library apparently, and that was enough to make her happy.

So she slowly opened the door and trotted right on in. It seemed large enough, and it was enough to keep her content. Hell, she would be content even if it was a small amount of books it seemed like. Just seeing all of them made her excited and happy. Walking up closer she looked at all the books on one shelf and pulled one out. She quickly looked at it and through the pages, there was dust on it but it didn't bother her as she could just clean it right up. Putting the book back she took a couple steps back and then felt herself bumping into someone. She quickly turned around looking slightly flustered as she lowered her head a little.

" Oh, I'm sorry ! I wasn't. . really paying attention my apologies. I didn't step on you or anything did I ? ", she asked politely. Well wasn't she making a fool out of herself now.

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WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?

" Reading my books of course "