vulcanblazer | Number Unknown - Fourth Wall Event!

I suppose I shall have to be a judge of that, as I am quite familiar with your cooking.

[It's not like she's been cooking you know Adell. |D]

Ah, right. I keep forgetting, that makes sense.

[It's weird, thinking about that. But he doesn't sound like he actually minds. Still, he goes into one of the other bedrooms, which too is sparsely decorated, but it has a big enough bed and a wardrobe and such. He gets to work making the bed in short order.]

Still, even though I've improved... I still don't think I can touch Mom or Hanako's cooking yet. Seriously, I'm still wondering how they manage to be so good at it.

[She rises from the couch, and leans against the door frame a little watching him... it's weird trying to hold a discussion with someone in a different room.

Oh Hanako's cooking... that is something she really does rather miss.]

I rather doubt we ever will know.

It might just be one of those gifts she was born with.

[Kind of like how he dealt more damage to stronger opponents!

He quickly put the final touches on her bed, but then looked at the bed itself and frowned for a moment.]

...this could use one more blanket. I think it's gonna be cold tonight. I've got a spare in my room.

[With that, he slides past her, and heads for his own room...]

[Feeling oddly warmed that he's going to this much trouble for her despite... well... yes... anyways. She watches him go into another room, so follows to the frame of the other door.]

Hanako is quite fortunate...

[There have certainly been times now where Rozalin did almost wish she was a more competent cook...]

She is, no doubt about it.

[Still, once inside his room, he goes to his own personal closet and reaches up to the top shelf to get a heavy winter blanket down.

His own room is much more decorated, or at least, looks more lived in. There's a bookcase, which, perhaps surprisingly, is filled with a books, some of which look quite difficult. There's a few assorted trinkets here and there that Adell collected, including a handheld video game console resting on his nightstand...

And there very much appears to be a toy replica of the Excalibur sword from Veldime resting upright in a corner, too.

Aside from the somewhat eclectic collection of things he had accumulated over the course of his stay in Luceti, the most remarkable thing in the room was a shelf, that was filled with framed pictures, along with a handful of other things.

The pictures included people Adell called best friends, Captain, interesting people, an adopted family and others he loved.

Notably,among those pictures, included a picture of Adell's own Mom, Rozalin herself, and interestingly, someone Rozalin was familiar with...]

[This room is indeed a lot more interesting than the rest of the apartment thus far. A glance around, and her eyes are drawn to the large amount of photos. The picture of herself catching her gaze, and causing her to draw closer to the shelf. Where... when did this get taken? Her gaze is soon drawn to the others... so many faces she doesn't know, so many *girls*, but a few she does. Mom was here? ...Terra?! She might've asked him about that, but her gaze falls on several with him and... other girls. Together.

Suddenly she feels like she should not have followed him in here.]

[Once he's sure he's got the blanket and everything he needed out of his closet, he closed the door with his foot and turned around to see Rozalin looking at his shelf of pictures... and that she's being very quiet about it.]

...I see you found those. A lot of memories there. Memories of friends and people I cared about before they somehow got sent back home.

[He walks up beside her, setting the blanket down on his own bed for the moment.]

It... seems you've had quite the life here. [She says softly, before forcing her expression to be something--anything to hide all kind of emotions inside.]

There's an awful lot of girls here for someone who always says they hate girls.

[Adell blushed a little in embarrassment.]

Well, I stopped hating girls awhile ago. Before I even got here. I was stupid to do so in the first place.

[Yeah, it was an admission long overdue in that case.]

...a lot of the friends I had here were women though, you're right.

[That was a lot of admitting to things. She hadn't expected that.... anyways time for a distractions. She points at the picture of Terra.]

Terra was here?

[He blinks, and his eyes widen as her question registers and sinks in.]

Yeah, she was my best friend here for a long time... and arrived about the same time I did.

[He can't hide the curiosity, or the confusion, in his voice as he asked the next question.]

How did you know who she was?

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Where I've been has people from all sorts of worlds too... she lives in the same village we do.

She's a friend of both of ours.

[Adell straightened up and scratched the back of his head at that.]

I've heard of the idea of a small world, but... that? That has to be one of the least likely coincidences I can think of.

[But it doesn't sound like he doubts Rozalin's statement in the slightest. He's just more blown away at the concept.[

...But that's good to hear. She's very kind... and someone you can trust with just about anything.

[Rozalin gives a nod...] She is...

[Slowly her gaze goes back to the shelf.]

So... none of them are here now?

[He gives a solemn nod.]

Yeah. Anyone who is on this shelf's... gone back to their worlds by whatever twist of fate brought us here to begin with.

[It's a lot of people. And the number only grows.]

Irreplaceable friends and... well, in some cases, they might as well have been family. Worst part of all of it is none of them likely remember any of it.

[...Was this why he had seemed so... off? Like he'd hadn't smiled in awhile? He'd been through much, it seemed. Though she was rather uncertain and confused of how she felt about a some of these pictures... seeing Adell like this... He mattered most right now to her.

She only wished she knew what to do for him.]

Adell...

I-I'm sorry... You do not need to say anything more.

[Her voice is surprisingly soft and apologetic.]

[Adell turned to look at her when she apologized. Her tone was unusually soft and... kind, for her. It wasn't as though he didn't know Rozalin was kind and caring deep down, but hearing it like this startled him just a little. But truth be told, he didn't mind it at all.]

Rozalin...

[He shakes his head.]

No, it's... it's okay. Believe it or not, even just their memories are a good thing. I find a lot of strength in looking back at them.

[Of course, that might just lead to further questions.]

Who... were they all then?

[While there's certainly a few photographs she's more curious of than others, that seems like the safer question, despite that it'll probably involve a long answer.]

[He smiles a bit before he answers.]

This'll take awhile. But all right.

[He points to the first picture.]

That guy? His name's Stahn. I met him pretty early on, and he was one of my best buddies. A great fighter with that sword of his... and the sword talked, too. And he had an appetite like a black hole, it was something to see. Pretty upstanding guy, if... not always the brightest. He's really the kind of guy you'd want watching your back.

[He moves to the next person.]

And it was Stahn who introduced me to Vyse, and convinced me to join his organization, the Blue Rogues. Vyse said he was a Sky Pirate. Despite the title of "pirate," he actually was leading the only village defense organization at the time. I got to know him, and... he was a really trustworthy sort dedicated to keeping people safe. Stahn, as it happened, was the number two guy in the Blue Rogues.

...Vyse disappeared pretty early in my stay here. Stahn decided he wouldn't be leader material and well... he asked me to command the Blue Rogues in his stead.

That is not terribly surprising.

[Adell had been easily their group's leader and defending people was certainly his 'thing', so Rozalin was not surprised someone would ask him to lead such a thing.]

Well, it was surprising to me at the time. I was still one of the newer recruits when he asked me.

[He pointed to the next one.]

That's Fatima. She was a Witch who used Darkness magic. She wasn't evil, though, despite what it may have sounded like. Actually, she was pretty interesting and had a different outlook on things, but she was definitely a good person and friend. Kinda serious and reserved at times, too. I think you would've liked her, actually.

Though not very reserved concerning her wardrobe choices, it appears.

[She says this, faintly amused more in that there was a time Adell wouldn't have been able to stand having someone like that anywhere near him.]

[He chuckles. He won't say it, but part of him didn't really mind that.]

No, not really. But hell, it's not like a lot of women in the Netherworld are either.

[He then moves to the next grouping of pictures, pointing to each picture: the Scarlet family, Luka, Sylvia, Charlotte, and... his Mom, of all people.]

These people, though. I lived with them for a good while in one of the bigger houses in the village.

Mom was here for a good while. Strange, she showed up when I caught the flu. It's like she knew I had, and showed up to give me a lecture and then take care of me for awhile. Kind of funny, in retrospect. She also learned how to use magic while she was here. She was getting pretty good before she got sent back.

[He looks at the picture of the Scarlet family next.]

Funny story about them. At first I only knew her. [He pointed to the purple-haired woman in the picture.] Patchouli. She was a witch too, with a mastery of quite a bit of magic. Something about her screamed that she had a good heart, despite being something of a shut-in and not great at dealing with people. But we ended up being friends... and she was the one who convinced me to make reading a habit.

[Which would explain the bookshelf, anyway.]

Then, most of the rest of her own "family" showed up. See, she lived in a place called the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Ominous name, but... the people there ended up being like family. There's Koakuma, Patchouli's assistant... [He pointed to the red haired girl with wings coming from her head. She was clearly a succubus, but didn't carry any typical signs of the traits Adell disliked about them.] ...klutzy and harmless, but genuinely kind and caring. [He then pointed to the maid.] Sakuya, their maid, who could stop time and do chores while doing it. Made the best tea, too. [Then to the taller redhead.] Meiling, their gatekeeper, who was a great martial artist and as loyal as they came. [Then he pointed to the youngest girls, first the one with blonde hair, then the one with purple hair and red eyes.] And Flandre and Remilia Scarlet. Flandre was the younger sister, and Remilia was the head of the household. Remilia held herself with the bearings of a noblewoman but had quite a few quirks, and Flandre was more like a normal little girl, though she was still a bit... strange.

They were all youkai, which are kinda like us demons, from what I can understand. Well, except Sakuya, anyway. She was a human. Remilia and Flandre were both vampires, but... they took their blood in tea, weird as that sounds. But, sure as heck better than them going out and draining people, and Luceti provides for vampires anyway.

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