R4 Viewing Party - no crying til the end (if you can help it)

[serrata]

I'm sure this is fine.

WELCOME TO THE R4 LIVEWATCH: AIRLOCKED REACH EDITION

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[scourgingstars]

[Ardyn counted off about a minute before he followed Yuuri; a little time to give her some space, but that was about the limit of what restraint he had on the matter.]

[A light hand was brushed across her shoulder in the garden, Ardyn meeting her with a small and very, very transparently tired smile.]

Hello, regia puella.

[serrata]

[ For once, she doesn't start at his touch -- she's not far gone enough this time that she hadn't heard his approach and when she looks up at him, her eyes are glossy but present. She looks tired more than anything but the work of aggressively weeding the little garden out here seems to have done a little to ground her. ]

... I made a bit of a scene again, didn't I?

[ Storming out over Airlocked is getting to be a bit of a habit, it seems. ]

I just needed some air. You... should be back in there. With the others.

[scourgingstars]

They can handle themselves for a moment. You're my concern right now.

[Ardyn sat down beside her with a small smile, looking to the garden.]

...You've really done spectacular work with this, Yuuri.

[serrata]

[ She follows his gaze without really thinking. It's easier, somehow, to look out across all the gently swaying flowers than it is to keep her eyes on him. She's... embarrassed, she thinks the word for it is. Embarrassed to have made a scene like she said or maybe embarrassed that she isn't quite as capable of getting through all this as she thought.

But the flowers. The flowers are easier to talk about. ]

I'm just glad they're thriving so much. They spent their whole lives cooped up in that tiny garden on the Fantasy Sweet, I was a little worried they wouldn't be able to adapt to growing somewhere different. But it looks like they're doing fine. Maybe they're just glad for the open air.

[scourgingstars]

I think that they must be, certainly. They've adjusted quite well.

[serrata]

I think they'll be fine, when we go. As long as Ein-san keeps an eye on them, they'll keep blooming... and I'd feel bad uprooting them and sticking them back in the Armiger just to bring them along.

[ She gives him a weary little smile. ]

Then maybe once we're all settled, I'll start up another garden of my own. It'd be nice to have one just because I wanted to grow something. Not for... any other reason.

[ She doesn't want it to be a memorial. Not again. ]