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onlyhearmusic: soft smile (genuine, a small smile with the corners of his mouth faintly upturned, fond gaze) (127)

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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-02-07 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[He took the time to send her his laugh, pleased by her assurance that she was still playing it smart. Teasing him about his insistence, really. He liked that.]

Good.

[When she arrives it's not long before he comes out of his room, greeting her with a small smile and a tip of his hat.]

Good evening, petal. Thanks fer comin'.
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-02-09 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
[He chuckled softly and gave her a small shrug.]

Hope it's not too borin' fer ya. Do me a favor once more... accompany me tha old fashioned way?

[He held out his arm for her to take to walk hand in arm together.]
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-02-09 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[He seemed happy that she indulged him. He led the way to the library as they talked.]

You've read those books? What did you think of them?
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-02-09 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Well, Wake's version of it anyway. And their in tha fiction section.

[But he kept his smile in place despite his light eye roll.]

Aye, I did. I enjoy detective novels. [Funnily enough.] I enjoy crime more.
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-02-09 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[He chuckled.]

Something like that.

[He let her have that. A better image of him than the truth.

He led her into the library and began to head deep inside through the maze-like interior. It was easy to get lost with the path he took but he seemed to feel assured where he was going like it was a well-worn path. It was quiet, isolated.]
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-02-09 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
[It was nowhere near where their last encounter in the library occurred. There were quiet rooms in the back recesses. Most of them were in groups near each other, but Collins liked the stowaways best. They were meant for study. Collins used them for peaceful solitude.

He took her down a narrow passage with books crowding close on both sides. They couldn't walk side by side then so he took her by the hand instead. At the end he had to duck beneath the oddly low ceiling. He opened the door and stepped inside.

It was much more cozy here. The room was of proper height and it was of comfortable space for two or four individuals to gather round and study or practice without stepping on each other's toes. There were chairs and a table in the middle and various instruments to play media of all types on to the side. There were scrapes of colored paper stacked on the table and a few folded pieces of art. Collins had been here before.

It was a little private getaway.]
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-02-09 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
[He chuckled very quietly. She knew him so well.]

He's happy anywhere so long as he's free.

[And if there was a little nest for the stoat around here somewhere it was tucked indeed away neatly for the moment. Everything was free reign though just like in his cabin room.

Collins waved a hand in the air.]


Have a seat. Get comfortable.

[He moved to do so himself.]

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onlyhearmusic: soft smile (genuine, a small smile with the corners of his mouth faintly upturned, fond gaze) (127)

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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-02-09 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Collins smiled benignly from his seat across from her.]

Would you like me to put on a song?
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-02-10 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[He chuckled silently with his eyes.]

Aye, something like that.

[Collins regarded her for a little bit in silence. His eyes searched deep.

Then he moved his chair closer and leaned forward over the table towards her.]


Are you doin' all right, petal?
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-02-10 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Like a wolf watching a doe fall ill and stumble upon the path-
That was Collins's cold calculating gaze. He saw the prey desperately hide the illness from sight, as all prey must do lest a predator see it, but still he saw it. She could only hide so much from him.

But, he could only glean so much from afar. Now he kept her close so that he could see more.

And she was too close to full him with that smile, those sad eyes.]


I didn't say that anything was wrong. [But you did.] But then there is, isn't there. That's what has you so distracted of late.

Yer so good at bein' cheerful, petal. Especially when someone is watchin'. But lately, when ya think no one sees, you go quiet, still. Tha music stops. [He tapped his fingers on the table, a steady beat- and then it slowed, stopped. Silence.] It ain't that yer never quiet or thoughtful, lass. It's that even in those moments tha light still shines bright in you and tha joy is never far gone. There's always just...somethin' there even in tha worst of times.

[Even when facing down a murderer or supporting a fallen friend. There was just something indescribable, something that was always there that made Aerith seem so...unconquerable. Bright. Full of life.

It pained him to see that light dwindled and in pain.]


You seem sad, melancholy. It's like tha light has faded...and tha joy is just a pale imitation of what it used ta be. Something's weighing you down.

Maybe I'm wrong. I would like ta be wrong. But I also don't want ta ignore it, ignore you when it matters.

[He held out his hand in a gesture to encourage her to talk to him.]
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-03-10 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[He watched her reaction carefully. His eyes lingered on her throat for a moment, taking in the sight of the necklace, noting how she fidgeted with it.]

I'm sure the flowers are wonderful and distractin'. They keep you busy.

[He gently called her out on that. He had no doubt they brought her joy, but right now it was short lived. It was more of a distraction from everything else, he thought.]

I think the population of the Barge doesn't often get sick. And I also think that maybe yer prevaricatin' ta keep from sayin' anything meanin'ful. It don't quite have yer usual ring to it today, petal.

Granted, maybe you are just tired lately. It's a wonder we're not all just exceedingly tired all tha time with tha way things go here. Perhaps you ought ta get more sleep.

Hmm. Or you could talk about what's keepin' you up at night and makin' you so tired durin' tha day. [He said pointedly.]
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-03-17 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
No?

[Collins made some thoughtful noises as he considered her closely.]

No. Hmm. I can believe I'm not tha best option ta talk ta about sensitive material, but I can't believe there's not someone you can talk to. What's so hard about talkin' ta one of yer special friends?

[She had so many friends. But the ones from her world that shared her adventures...those bonds had to be special. Special enough for this, surely.]
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[personal profile] onlyhearmusic 2025-03-21 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Anyone tellin' you yer a burden needs a punch ta tha face. I'll provide tha fist.

[He said it with a small scoff at the end. Then his tone changed back to something more low and serious. His head angled so he could hold her gaze with his own stormy blue eyes.]

Yer not a burden. People care about you because- [kind words, kind words- what would his mother say? if she still spoke.] -because yer important to them. If you weren't important, they wouldn't care in tha first place. And tha only way ta make them stop would be ta not exist at all.

No one wants that. That's what upsets them about you gettin' hurt. They want ya ta keep bein' around. Not hurtin' or dead or not comin' back.

[He paused. He was starting to talk in circles. About feelings. These were not things he understood, just emulated. He didn't know what the hell he was doing.

Then again-]


You don't wanna hurt anyone? Talk ta me about it. I don't do all that empathy or sympathy nonsense anyway.

[Someone hit him over the head with something hard because this man needed a jolt to realize that's exactly why he was here.]

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