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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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[lucentia]

No, not at all! If anything, I'm aware I must be the bother here.

[vacuous]

It's fine. I wasn't doing much other than walking around anyway.

[lucentia]

[a nod, as he approaches tokinaga more closely so that he can walk alongside him... tries not to look at his funky eye and make it seem like he's staring.]

[vacuous]

[ Just silently keeps walking while looking vaguely like he's seen the horrors for some reason. The vibe of someone permanently sleep-deprived. ]

[lucentia]

[...]

Pardon my asking, but are you all right...? You seem tired.

[vacuous]

? ...Yeah, I'd say I'm pretty tired...

It's why... I decided to come to Saga. I just needed to get away...

[lucentia]

[lucien, internally screaming: WHAT IS SAGA.

a pause, because he is aware anything he can ask will potentially doxx himself as someone who doesn't know what's going on at all, but.]

Get away...?

[vacuous]

[ It's classic Square Enix hit Romancing SaGa 2 ]

Yeah. You know.

Just from everything...

[lucentia]

[help me]

... And you're hoping that Saga can give you some peace?

[vacuous]

Yeah... guess so. I picked it sort of at random... I just wanted some-place quiet that was open during this season.

[lucentia]

Well, if it's quiet you're looking for, you've certainly found it. Though I fear that you really may not be in the right place.

[vacuous]

How far off from Saga could I possibly be? Didn't I get off at the right station?... I can be airheaded but it's not usually that bad...

[lucentia]

[wonders if maybe he should've just pretended this was saga after all as he tries to come up with something.]

... I'm sorry. It's a little hard to explain. [...] How long did you intend for your trip to be, again?

[vacuous]

About a week.

Solo trip.

[lucentia]

—Once again, I apologize if I'm bothering you.

[IN CASE THAT WAS MEANT TO BE A HINT...]

What about work?

[vacuous]

You're fine.

...I quit.

[lucentia]

... To take the trip, or because you were already thinking of it? If you don't mind me asking.

[vacuous]

As in, I already quit. A while ago.

[lucentia]

... I see. Too much to deal with?

[vacuous]

Yeah, you could say that.

[lucentia]

Work itself, or your colleagues?

[vacuous]

...Both... I guess. Something happened, and it'd just gotten worse and worse until I just... couldn't go anymore. So, I quit and went back home to my parents'.

[lucentia]

... It's good that you have a place you can return to when things are difficult.

Are you hoping to figure anything out while on this trip, or is it purely to give yourself a chance to breathe?

[vacuous]

Um... probably the second.

I just wanted to go someplace where there wasn't anybody I knew or could recognise me. Some place I know nothing about.

I kind of ended up choosing Saga on a whim that way.

[ return of the mysterious saga ]

[lucentia]

[saga......

and instead this poor man has to deal with a million people recognizing him.]

It's not so bad to let your whims guide you, sometimes. I hope it works out.

[except for the part where he's not in saga!!!]