Voice | Fiddlesticks Day 4

[loveandduty]

[Minako was at least settled since she first arrived with it having been Day 4 now. Because of that she already had things on her mind and that was things others probably were not expecting someone to want to talk about.]

So... it's not been long since I first arrived on the train and I have met many people and it made me realize there are many good looking people on the train.

So I am now going to ask. Who do you think is the cutest man or woman, boy or girl on the train and who do you think is the hottest? Like you would have a massive crush on them hot.

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[emerald_mirror]

[He can't help but shrug at that. Xander's a lot of things, really--uncertain that he's even a person, much less his own person, but he's him, definitely...]

I gotta be me. Whatever 'me' is. I'm trying. [And he can't really help but smile, either. Even when he's upset about how certain things are going? He's got a kernel of confidence, there. But it hasn't pushed itself into cockiness, either.]

You feeling okay? [Of course he knows the probable answer, but Xander would rather hear it from her.]

[irrationally]

I think I have to go lie down for a while.

[ She says it dryly, to the point where it almost sounds like she's making a joke in her usual deadpan way, but Alice does just mean that honestly as well. This has been too wild of an emotional rollercoaster for her. She's gone way beyond the social energy she has for any given day.

There's too much to think about. Like how weird that hug made her feel. Something she has to contemplate by herself in her room.

She lets out a half-exhausted, half-exasperated sigh. ] Just.. give me a warning in advance next time before you do that again.

[ .. which means she isn't saying he can't hug her again. ]

[emerald_mirror]

Okay. If you need to, you need to. Go lay down.

[At this, he nods more than amicably. He can feel the emotional exhaustion in Alice, and he kind of feels guilty about it, but Xander isn't going to let it show. Not if he can help it. He doesn't want Alice to avoid him.

Well, not unless he's done something really stupid, and she's mad at him. He's well aware it could happen, because he's him. And he'd hug her again, but he figures he's pushed it far enough.]

I'll try and warn you next time, but I think you've figured out I don't always think before I do stuff. Sorry.

[The smile he gives her is more than sheepish, but if she's going to go, he's going to watch her do so before he gets up and goes back to taking care of the plants here.]

[irrationally]

[ Alice definitely needs to. She feels like she needs at least fourteen naps to try and come to terms with any of this. Especially with him admitting that last part - just being aware of it isn't enough to make it okay, you know!

But this isn't the time to throw a fuss about that. She really is too tired. There's too much to think about. So Alice just nods at him in return before turning around and taking a few steps towards the exit.

She isn't fully gone yet though. Before she leaves through the door, she does turn back to look at Xander and actually say something rather than just leave without. ]

.. You really are a handful.

[ Somehow that doesn't sound like a complaint.

But before he can say anything in return, she quickly leaves to actually go take that nap. ]