Fiftieth Theory [Voice/Action for Housemates]

[i_speak_softly]

[When Don opens the door to the storage room, he immediately forgets what he went there for. His housemates will hear him shouting:]

No!

[Later, when he's calmer, a Voice post:]

Derek Bliss has gone home.

[... That's all he can manage.]

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[i_speak_softly]

No, come. [He'll - try to make himself presentable.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

I'll be there in half an hour. [That's... a slow walk, but hey; it gives him time.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Ami, you're amazing. By the time you show up, Don will be more or less composed - or, at least, more or less pretending to be composed - and waiting in the living room.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[She lets herself in after knocking and calling out, and shuts the door behind her. She finds Don in the living room, and offers him a slight smile.]

Is it alright if I come in?

[i_speak_softly]

Of course... [He gestures to the other end of the couch.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[She sits rather primly on the couch, and tries not to think too much of visiting Mike.]

You were good friends with Mr. Bliss, weren't you?

[i_speak_softly]

He was one of the first people I met here. [Back when the simple kindness of sharing food was an amazing and unexpected gesture.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

It was like that for me with Jack Sparrow. He was the first friend I made here. I'm thankful he's still nearby, even if it's selfish of me.

[i_speak_softly]

[... Really, Ami? You're friends with Jack?]

So many people I knew have gone home...

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[Adores and will defend him to the very end. No matter what.]

Mm. I've been here almost two years, in winter. So I sort of understand.

[i_speak_softly]

[He nods - it's the same for him.]

Why do some of us stay here so long?

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

I don't know. [And for once, she speaks honestly when she continues:]

I thought, for awhile, that maybe it was to give me a second chance. I know it's not just about me, of course, but that's what it meant to me. But when I went home, I forgot everything, and I missed that second chance!

[i_speak_softly]

[Right. She had told him about that.]

What is it like?

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

Going home? It was like always being there.

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[i_speak_softly]

And coming back?

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

It was confusing. [She can admit that much.] So much had happened, and so many people knew me, that I had no memories of.

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[i_speak_softly]

You didn't remember your first time?

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

No. Even know, I only remember it vaguely, some parts.

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[i_speak_softly]

[The other questions he wanted to ask are irrelevant, then.]

I - I would rather Derek not come back, than come back without his memories.

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[Maybe or maybe not; she's pieced a lot together since back then, and has talked to a lot of other people for their experiences.]

You wouldn't want to see him again? [Something in her expression becomes firm, almost cool.]

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[i_speak_softly]

[Don't do that, Ami.]

I do, but - not if he's going to look at me that way. [That "what are you, and what do you mean I used to live with you" way.] I can't...

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

I... just don't think he'd want you to stay away from him.

[At least to her, it'd be the worst thing.]

And if he were here, he'd want to be with you.

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[i_speak_softly]

[He just shakes his head - how can he answer that?]

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

It's just what I think. Because if I left and came back again, I'd want to meet you again.

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[i_speak_softly]

Really? [There's a hollowness to the question, as in "Really, Ami? Think carefully about what you are saying."]