Healing Rain

I'm in the grip of the hurricane

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MOVED TO @sanitatemsolis

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" I wish we could just, like, ask a magic ball or something to tell us what was all going on. That way we wouldn't have to live in this limbo of 'is it? isn't it?' I'd totes have a sit down with someone from another world and cook them all sorts of yummy things to try. I'd want the same because what bonds people better than food, but who knows if they even have a fraction of the ingredients we do on Earth. "

Let alone the palette for it, but she'd handle that road block if it ever came up.

" Any ways, I vote we do like... an alien look out night! I can probs ask a friend to borrow their car and we can drive out of the city into a more farmland area or forested one. We'll deff stay at a hotel or lodge, but we can do some exploring at night for all the spooky things we've been talking about! How fun would that be? "

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{ ♪ } -- "Magic Eight Balls aren't known for their accuracy, to my utter dismay."

How much easier would things be if something like that could realistically even kind of predict something? Still, she grinned as Harlow spoke. It was easy to stay by her side most of the time. Just.. fun, and Bella felt like she could actually breathe properly around her.

"I think it would be awesome to have a chat with someone from a different world. Just being able to learn things from them and teach them about humanity. It sounds like a great time."

Food was potentially a hurdle, but it would be crossed when they came to it. If they came to it. At the suggestion, she hummed her approval.

"I technically have a car, but since my eyes move around so much on their own, I never drive it. We could totally use that, though. I'm down! What about a ghost tour? I think Louisiana has some really fun ones. That would definitely be more for a longer trip, but I'm positive we could find something closer by that could be driven to."

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" bella, you don't have to be scared, i'm going to be right here. " hand stays outstretched towards the other, features gentle as she ushers the woman closer. " i'm not going to let anything bad happen to you. i promise. " / @pluviacuratio.

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{ ♪ } -- She takes a slow breath, forcing air into and out of her lungs. The pool in front of them almost feels like it's mocking her. She knows that isn't possible, that an inanimate object can't ridicule her for not knowing how to swim at 30 years old. Still, she took a slow breath and looked over, trying to offer a little smile. Ximena was so kind. Really, the redhead should be more grateful and not shaking like a leaf.

"I trust you, I really do... It's just that I've had this fear of drowning since I was a kid and y'know, it's kinda hard to tell the emotional part of my brain that I'll be fine even if the logical part of my brain knows it. But! I'll be okay. We can do it. I can do it. It's fine."

[chiryxushi]

⸺ 水 A stranger offering swimming lessons ( seemingly at no charge. ) It wasn't quite something the strangerdanger 101 would warn people about, but Tomoe wouldn't have been surprised if she had ended up refusing. Perhaps the refusal had yet to come.

Taken along the high of such simple bliss, lips curled into a bright toothy smile. "I'm easy really, as long it's outside of work hours I'm always up for a swim. Maybe it would be easier to exchange numbers or add each other on social media? That way I can send you my work schedule." Not awaiting an answer, she was quick to fish her phone out of her pocket. The screen lit up and in doing so illuminated the happiness she wore so openly.

"It's what you're most comfy with, of course."

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{ ♪ } -- "Yeah! We can exchange phone numbers."

Bella had often been told that her willingness to trust people was likely going to get her hurt. Really, that exact scenario had happened more than once, so she should be more wary at this point... But, something about her personality wouldn't let that fully click.

After all, Tomoe seemed so nice. Bella was good at detecting bullshit, sometimes anyway, and she didn't get the feeling that the woman in front of her was lying or being facetious in any way. So, she decided to trust that feeling and go for it. If she got bitten for it later... So be it.

"I'm an emergency room doctor, so my schedule can be kind of all over the place... But I promise I'll get you the most accurate schedule I can! I don't use social media all that much, other than Instagram where I just post pictures but usually don't remember to look at anything else. I'm really, really good at making sure I respond to text messages, though!"

She beamed brighter, giving a little giggle.

"Thank you for offering, again. I'm excited. I like the water, but I just get so scared."

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@resolutepath || for Gunhead!

{ ♪ } -- Signing up for Gunhead's martial arts classes was completely on a whim. The redhead had been talking to Ochako about it after the students finished their work studies, but it had taken her time to really consider it. Still, as she stood just inside the door and shifted out of her outdoor shoes in favor of the ones she specifically only wore inside, she hummed with a quiet anxiety.

Bella knew she wasn't much of a fighter. Sure, she had plenty of fire for it, but she didn't know much of anything. Most of her 'fights' had been her dodging until she could get a good whap in that left her hand throbbing later. So, she took a slow breath and looked around to find her teacher.

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Suguru doesn't know why he's telling her all of this, really - she'd just sat down next to him and asked if he was alright and here he was, spilling his guts, saying the things he'd had swirling in his mind for so long but had never been able to say to even his closest friends. Maybe it's because he assumed this interaction wouldn't matter, they don't know each other after all - but here she is, trying to cheer him up anyways. It's a weird feeling, honestly - over the past couple months he's been coming to hate humanity more and more, everywhere he looked he saw the smiling faces of the cult members, heard their applause even in the brief moments of silence in his skull, felt the excess cursed energy everywhere he went... But this moment feels so disconnected from all of that. Knowing how hateful he's become it's hard to meet her gaze in the face of such random and genuine kindness.

"Is that so?" He murmurs, looking down at his hands, held loosely between his knees. People care and he just doesn't know it, huh. Do Satoru and Shoko still care? It certainly doesn't feel like it, but he can at least humor the idea of it for a moment. "Well, thank you... I just don't know if it's possible for me to live a fulfilling life, at this point." How could he be satisfied, knowing nothing he did as a sorcerer meant a single thing? And how could he return to "normal" life, knowing that all the non-sorcerers around him were creating more and more curses without even being conscious of it?

He sighs, regretting the words as soon as they come out of his mouth - it's too honest, isn't it? Nobody actually wanted to hear that. Just what does he think he's doing... "Sorry, I guess I shouldn't be complaining so much, huh?"

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{ ♪ } -- "Mmhmm." She hums, affirming his confirmation of her words. "If you're not sure your life is fulfilling, maybe it's time to make a change somehow?"

Scarlet gaze rests on him, warm and open. Arabella knows she can be read like a book in this moment. This woman was one who trudged forward during the sad times. Who pressed ahead during those moments where negativity attempted to force her hand, determined to find some inkling of positivity even if it was just in the form of learning something. Pain and suffering had been trying to weigh her down, but she did everything in her power to shake them off every time their ugly heads rose to greet her.

It wasn't as if she didn't feel the pain and despair. Of course she did. But it was a choice to succumb to the sadness and the aching or to try and find a way to work with it.

"Complaining is important. You can't bottle things up and try to ignore them. If you do that, there will come a point where everything explodes and it's much worse than it would've been in the moment. It's good to find a way to express your feelings, and complaining is one way to do it. Other ways I express my feelings are with paintings or playing music. They aren't good, really.. At least, I don't think they are, but that doesn't matter. They just have to get the feeling out a little bit."

Her gaze shifted upwards then, focusing on the sky above them both.

"Fulfilment is different for everybody. No one can tell you what you have to do to be fulfilled. But, I make my life fulfilling by showing kindness when I can. It makes me happy, and I like to believe it can make others happy, too."

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" ugh, please tell me you know of a spell to get rid of — this thing ? " he looks at the cursed object with subtle disgust, turning towards the other with an expectant look. " well, darling ? " / @pluviacuratio.

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{ ♪ } -- The cleric hummed thoughtfully, fingers brushing over her braid as she did so. The book was... Odd. It emanated a sense of dread, of death looming over your shoulder. Frankly, it made her all the more curious to see what was inside. But, there were more than enough problems at the moment without a cursed book's influence. So, she tapped her gloved fingers on her bicep for a moment.

"I have a banishment spell, but I've only found it to work on humanoid things. Objects have never worked for me. I could attempt to dispel the curse, but there's no telling on whether I would be successful or if I could actually make things worse with some form of backlash."

Bella's eyes shone with a mischievous glint and she beamed at him.

"Wanna try it?"

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──  𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄  𝐃𝐎  𝐘𝐎𝐔  𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃  𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑  𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄  ?

in your heart

you hold your love in your heart. love is intrinsic, inevitable, love is the beating core of everything; love is also hard to talk about. your love comes out with more rareness, mostly shows up for the big things in a big way- this doesn't mean it doesn't beat for the small stuff, you feel it all, in fact you feel it more intensely than most which is why it's so hard to get out. you hold your love inside you because it matters, it might be the only thing that does.

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@einspruch || ♫

{ ♪ } -- She spent enough time around the prosecutors to know that Miles Edgeworth was not a person who sounded croaky and uncomfortable. So, when his voice did sound that way, she quickly picked up on it. Frankly, Arabella hadn't anticipated him accepting her offer, but she grinned when he actually answered her question.

"Chicken and vegetable is indeed one of the things I brought. Soup is just a food I enjoy, so I make it often enough... But I'm glad it came in handy. To be fair, I would've gone home and actually made some good soup in a pressure cooker had you asked for a different flavour."

Bella shifted the bag off of her shoulder, reaching in to grasp a large soup thermos. Then, she produced a bowl kept clean in a sandwich bag. Then, she offered a small box with clean utensils inside. The doctor was nothing if not tidy.

"Make sure you drink lots of fluids, Mister Edgeworth. If you feel like it's from mucus, you can take an expectorant, but maybe talk about it with your doctor. Just in case."

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@thornedlamb || ♫

{ ♪ } -- She instantly grinned, shifting to grab the book she'd brought with her.

"Reading stuff like philosophy for fun works for some people. Heck, I like it from time to time, but most people take more enjoyment in stories that don't follow more serious principles."

Brandishing the book in her hands, she gave a mischievous grin. There was no title on the front of the tome, probably scrubbed away and hidden to help the owner keep their habit private. But, she continued speaking.

"This is about Balduran, actually! And his, um... Well... Sword."

The reference just made her giggle wildly. As someone versed in medicine both through use of divine power and the more secular type, bodily anatomy didn't really bother her. They were just bits of flesh and muscle and bone. So, she made herself comfortable and started reading a passage. The writing was basically awful, but it did make her burst out laughing with some of the choices of words used.

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@mouthymercx0x0 whispered: "Good Girl."

MEME

{ ♪ } -- A distinct shiver ran down her side, but she frowned and crossed her arms over her chest. This was definitely a term she liked, but she had to tease a little, at least. Her hands found her hips and she tilted her head to one side.

"Sorry, darlin', that privilege only comes after about three dates. Try again later, hmmm?"

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@spungolden whispered: “You don’t need to tell me everything. I just want to know how I can help.” // from dio

MEME

{ ♪ } -- Rage and shame were so overwhelming to get being right that moment that her only option was to cry. There was no combination of words that could properly express how she was feeling. Why was she still so affected by an ex from a decade ago?

Looking over at Dio, she managed a small smile. It was a ghost of her normal bright grins, but it was all she could muster.

"I... Don't know what to do. I've been in therapy for a while over all this, but... It doesn't seem to have helped at all... This is embarrassing..."

In a rare show of pure defeat, Bella pressed her forehead to Dio's shoulder. She couldn't handle it alone.

"Just... Be with me, please."

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@eraserisms whispered: "anything to eat around here?"

MEME

{ ♪ } -- She paused for a moment, raising a brow at him. It took less than a heartbeat for her to move and stand, one hand on her hip and the other held out to him as if in introduction.

"Hi! Hello. Pleasure to meet you. I'm Arabella Cesario-Furuya and I constantly make way too much food. What do you mean, 'is there anything to eat around here?'"

Part of her was tempted to lightly smack his arm, but she held back the urge. Not everyone liked the playfighting that some of her friends did. Still, she chuckled at him before striding towards the fridge in the staff dorm's kitchen.

"I made chicken meatballs yesterday, but there's also the Bolognese that I made a few days ago. It's frozen, so it's perfectly fine to reheat. Is there something in particular you're after?"

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@eclipsemuses whispered: "Good girl" xo vlad

MEME

{ ♪ } -- That one caught her by surprise.

Initially, the redhead looked around to see if his dog was in the vicinity. Of course, she wasn't. Bella wasn't entirely surprised, though. Considering she was one of the few big dogs the redhead wasn't terrified of, she paid close attention to when she was present. But that only meant that the only one he could have directed that at was her.

A flush spread over her cheeks and she shook her head, pouting at him.

"Don't do that to me when I'm trying to learn how to fight, you goof... Unless you want to be part of a cliché trope with the training-turned-tension thing."

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@chaoscrawls || ♫

{ ♪ } -- The first reaction came from Patriot. He seemed to notice the shift in the air, a low growl coming from his throat as his muscles tense to throw himself up at a moment's notice. That was what actually called Bella's attention. Then, when she saw who had manifested in her room, she gave a soft smile.

There was a part of her tempted to play a very dangerous game. To annoy Nyarlathotep was risky, and a wise person likely wouldn't. Then again, a wiser person probably wouldn't have sought their attention to begin with. Still, she attempted to soothe her dog and tilted her head to one side.

"Mm... Maybe?" She had missed them, for a while anyway. But after a certain point, it was difficult to hold on to the feeling. "I assumed you'd just lost interest in me."

[adsanare]

Just like MOONS and like SUNS, with the certainty of TIDES,

Just like HOPES springing high,

STILL, I RISE.

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♣ hi there little reminder that i'm over at @sanitatemsolis now!!

my queue is just running out in the mean time :3