(Open) Time Skip - Lost in Nostalgia
Oct. 14th, 2024 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trickstervioletIt has been several days, a week, perhaps a month at most since Briar has been seen in the Velvet Room. It could be assumed she found herself back home, safe and sound...
And yet, to no one's surprise, she has found herself here once more... though she looks a tad different. She's still wearing her glasses, though she has her hair pulled back into a red ribbon while letting most of her hair rest down her back still. A combination of her and Kasumi's hairstyles.
Her clothes are more breezy, perhaps indicating it's summertime. She's wearing a cute, white blouse with a blue skirt with matching sandals.
But the one thing that may stand out the most is the air about her. She doesn't have as much nervous energy... or even the cheerful energy she would have at times. No, she seems almost lacking in energy at all, perhaps even seeming distant. A hint of seriousness lingers around her, and the look in her eyes don't seem quite as bright as before. No, she seems... older. More mature. And yet... hardened slightly.
What could have happened?
--
Option 1: Briar finds herself at Leblanc, simply sitting at the counter, drinking a cup of coffee. She stares at the cup with a quiet, almost unreadable expression on her face as she does so.
She lingers on it, lost in her thoughts. How long has it been since she's been here...? Some time. It feels like it was so long ago, and yet... here she is. It's all the same. Perhaps not much time has passed here, she thinks to herself.
She wonders where everyone is. Perhaps they're not awake yet, given she's arrived rather early in the morning, it seems...
Option 2: The next place she finds herself is Jazz Jin. She sits alone at one of the tables, simply waiting for her drink. All alone, she finds herself lost in her head once more. She finds herself thinking back on the times with Shirogane-- or rather Akechi, as he demanded to be called during the last series of battles they had to face.
She hopes he's OK after that... He disappeared after they faced Maruki, and none of the Phantom Thieves have heard a single word from him. There's no telling where he is or what he's gotten into. They're... still friends, right? He still knows that, right...?
Option 3: And last, but not least, Briar finds herself at the Underground Mall in Shibuya, walking through it as she finds herself in front of the flower shop. All of the beautiful flowers available... Especially the roses... She stops, finding herself eying the red roses with a quiet and distant look in her eyes.
She thinks of them. Kasumi... Ren... Roses are linked to both of them... It always comes back to them, doesn't it? And yet, her expression is vaguely distant.
And yet, to no one's surprise, she has found herself here once more... though she looks a tad different. She's still wearing her glasses, though she has her hair pulled back into a red ribbon while letting most of her hair rest down her back still. A combination of her and Kasumi's hairstyles.
Her clothes are more breezy, perhaps indicating it's summertime. She's wearing a cute, white blouse with a blue skirt with matching sandals.
But the one thing that may stand out the most is the air about her. She doesn't have as much nervous energy... or even the cheerful energy she would have at times. No, she seems almost lacking in energy at all, perhaps even seeming distant. A hint of seriousness lingers around her, and the look in her eyes don't seem quite as bright as before. No, she seems... older. More mature. And yet... hardened slightly.
What could have happened?
--
Option 1: Briar finds herself at Leblanc, simply sitting at the counter, drinking a cup of coffee. She stares at the cup with a quiet, almost unreadable expression on her face as she does so.
She lingers on it, lost in her thoughts. How long has it been since she's been here...? Some time. It feels like it was so long ago, and yet... here she is. It's all the same. Perhaps not much time has passed here, she thinks to herself.
She wonders where everyone is. Perhaps they're not awake yet, given she's arrived rather early in the morning, it seems...
Option 2: The next place she finds herself is Jazz Jin. She sits alone at one of the tables, simply waiting for her drink. All alone, she finds herself lost in her head once more. She finds herself thinking back on the times with Shirogane-- or rather Akechi, as he demanded to be called during the last series of battles they had to face.
She hopes he's OK after that... He disappeared after they faced Maruki, and none of the Phantom Thieves have heard a single word from him. There's no telling where he is or what he's gotten into. They're... still friends, right? He still knows that, right...?
Option 3: And last, but not least, Briar finds herself at the Underground Mall in Shibuya, walking through it as she finds herself in front of the flower shop. All of the beautiful flowers available... Especially the roses... She stops, finding herself eying the red roses with a quiet and distant look in her eyes.
She thinks of them. Kasumi... Ren... Roses are linked to both of them... It always comes back to them, doesn't it? And yet, her expression is vaguely distant.
