After many days, after weeks, of bearing the weight of people's emotions through Felfri, Reira finally returns 'home'. The girl, soon again goblin, returns home- to a lukewarm bed, to over excited pets. To spoiled food to be replaced in the fridge, and to still burning messages and conversations upon the network.
(She's glad she waited until the last minute.)
(She's tired of hearing it all, whether she agrees or doesn't.)
When Reira comes in, Elias will know, as she approaches his chamber, that this is different from the usual. It's different from her daily ritual of coming in with a hello, and with chats about her day, and with the other. It's different from the wavering mood of a child, a teenager, going between excitement or melancholy or frustration or contentment, from the feeling of a friend who is here to play.
The first obvious reasson is that Joshua is there with her.
The second of course, is that she looks miserable- dreading the conversation that will come.
(Not because she thinks Elias will be mad. Or that he'll threaten her. She trusts him- she knows he never would.)
(It's because she worries he just won't listen.)
The goblin swallows as they come in. "...Hi, Elias. ...I..."
She hesitates. Chews her lip, and grips at her arm. Words are hard when you don't want to say them- they both know how much easier it is, to simply not say anything at all.
(But then that's what caused this mess.)
"....I... ...We need to talk. ...About a lot of things- things that... ...I didn't want to talk about, I guess. ...I think I've been a bad friend, when it comes to saying what I don't like. ...Friends are supposed to help stop the other from doing things that seem wrong. Or...or at least talk about it to be sure. ...But I kept not. We both know... ...it's harder to talk to people about what they don't like. ...It's easier to just...to not. ...To keep everyone's feelings safe... ...but I...."
The girl sniffs, and swallows. "...I'm going to try and be better than that. It's why I'm here now- why Joshua is here with me now, too. Even though I never want you to hurt, or be sad, because of something I said... ...if it just means we're all more sad later- including you..."
She can feel herself coming off topic perhaps. So sucking in a breath, she reigns herself in. There was just so much that happened in Felfri. So...so much, that came out, that came forward.
"....'E+L'...Who, and what, are they to you? Please- please tell me, to the detail. There were so many things that happened, that I heard..."
With a deep breath, she confesses something- something that could well have her own friends look to her in shock, were they there. "...I understood a lot of it; even if I didn't like it, I understood. But...that's why it hurt, learning that way. I didn't hear it from you. ...so please...what I ask- it's not me saying, 'how could you'. ...It's more than that. ...It's about making things better than that."
[[OOC - This is a joint prayer; to keep things simple, a summary in brackets will be included, to make mod reply easier. The next tag from here will be from Joshua to that end. For now though-
Reira is here outside her typical (near, given events) daily habit of chatting and playing with Elias, to confess she feels she's been a 'bad friend' by never speaking up when she thought he might not want to hear something. Admitting as well, that what hurt more about the numerous revelations brought forth in Felfri was not necessarily What he did- not even in the case of what she disliked- but instead that she didn't hear it from him in the first place.
Aside from that, she asks point blank for a clear answer to the following question; 'Who or What is E+L, to Elias?']]
JOINT PRAYER - OCT 31/NOV 1 (dependent on the duo's timing after all)
(She's glad she waited until the last minute.)
(She's tired of hearing it all, whether she agrees or doesn't.)
When Reira comes in, Elias will know, as she approaches his chamber, that this is different from the usual. It's different from her daily ritual of coming in with a hello, and with chats about her day, and with the other. It's different from the wavering mood of a child, a teenager, going between excitement or melancholy or frustration or contentment, from the feeling of a friend who is here to play.
The first obvious reasson is that Joshua is there with her.
The second of course, is that she looks miserable- dreading the conversation that will come.
(Not because she thinks Elias will be mad. Or that he'll threaten her. She trusts him- she knows he never would.)
(It's because she worries he just won't listen.)
The goblin swallows as they come in. "...Hi, Elias. ...I..."
She hesitates. Chews her lip, and grips at her arm. Words are hard when you don't want to say them- they both know how much easier it is, to simply not say anything at all.
(But then that's what caused this mess.)
"....I... ...We need to talk. ...About a lot of things- things that... ...I didn't want to talk about, I guess. ...I think I've been a bad friend, when it comes to saying what I don't like. ...Friends are supposed to help stop the other from doing things that seem wrong. Or...or at least talk about it to be sure. ...But I kept not. We both know... ...it's harder to talk to people about what they don't like. ...It's easier to just...to not. ...To keep everyone's feelings safe... ...but I...."
The girl sniffs, and swallows. "...I'm going to try and be better than that. It's why I'm here now- why Joshua is here with me now, too. Even though I never want you to hurt, or be sad, because of something I said... ...if it just means we're all more sad later- including you..."
She can feel herself coming off topic perhaps. So sucking in a breath, she reigns herself in. There was just so much that happened in Felfri. So...so much, that came out, that came forward.
"....'E+L'...Who, and what, are they to you? Please- please tell me, to the detail. There were so many things that happened, that I heard..."
With a deep breath, she confesses something- something that could well have her own friends look to her in shock, were they there. "...I understood a lot of it; even if I didn't like it, I understood. But...that's why it hurt, learning that way. I didn't hear it from you. ...so please...what I ask- it's not me saying, 'how could you'. ...It's more than that. ...It's about making things better than that."
[[OOC - This is a joint prayer; to keep things simple, a summary in brackets will be included, to make mod reply easier. The next tag from here will be from Joshua to that end. For now though-
Reira is here outside her typical (near, given events) daily habit of chatting and playing with Elias, to confess she feels she's been a 'bad friend' by never speaking up when she thought he might not want to hear something. Admitting as well, that what hurt more about the numerous revelations brought forth in Felfri was not necessarily What he did- not even in the case of what she disliked- but instead that she didn't hear it from him in the first place.
Aside from that, she asks point blank for a clear answer to the following question; 'Who or What is E+L, to Elias?']]