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 Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:36 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:43 pm
Yongnian stood surveying the world around him. Things seemed so lifeless, unconnected since he had left his home to wander. He watched as a leaf fell to the ground, even that leaf had purpose where he--Yongnian had none.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:32 pm
Nagisa floated down slowly, landing on the ground without making a sound. Her children were growing up, and they felt they no longer needed her ever-loving gaze following their every move.
'I feel so useless now and all alone,' and she was completely alone. Secluded by her choice to move away from Japan, from her home. It was the only place she had ever known before, and most of her friends and family were unsure that she would have been able to make it on her own.
So she had done the unthinkable. Nagisa had picked up her things and moved to the Valley. 'Maybe I should go visit them, or maybe they will come here and be with me again,' she sighed softly.
She then noticed that she was not as alone here as she had first thought. A young man was standing with his back to her. 'He must be lost in his own thoughts to have not noticed me yet. Maybe I should just leave him that way,' she thought, turning to walk away, 'But, maybe he's more than just lost in his thoughts. Maybe he's really lost and needs help finding his way home. I know that if I were lost, I'd really like for somebody to help me out.'
Nagisa gathered up her strength and tapped the young man on his shoulder, "Hello there, are you lost? Maybe I can help you out somehow?" She smiled gently, awaiting his response.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:24 am
Yonnigan was startled for a half a second, he had been so deep in thought that he had not noticed someone coming. He turned towards her and assessed her for a moment. She had touched him so he could feel the tiny threads of connection sifting from her off into different directions, to different paths she had both taken and not taken.
He paused a moment before answering her question. It was one that took a lot of consideration. "Lost...Well, that's a difficult question to answer, milady." He bowed his head slightly in reverence to her. "I am lost in many ways. I do not know where I am going or when I intend to get there, but my sense of purpose drives me toward it. Can one really be lost when they are just wandering? It's a difficult question to answer. Maybe what's important is that now I am found."
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:24 pm
"Umm," Nagisa blushed brightly, "Well, since you don't really have a specific destination, I think you're right that you can't really be lost."
Her heart was fluttering, a feeling that she had not experienced in quite some time. 'I don't think I've been this flustered since I left home and Tomoya...'
"So," she shook her head softly, clearing her thoughts, "Why are you wandering around?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:56 pm
Yongnian smiled at her, watching the blush ripple across her face. He remembered another face, another blush...one for reasons he found all together unpleasant. He banished the thoughts from his mind. Arwen was gone, she was with someone else.
He tilted his head. "I'm wandering trying to find purpose. I'm in self-exile." He shut his eyes for a moment, then continued on a bit hesitatingly. "I have always lacked a certain connection with others. I've always been able to trace it in other ponies, in other events but myself. I find myself alone, no strings of connection no matter how hard I forge them."
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 3:19 pm
'How sad...'
"I'm so sorry." A tear formed on Nagisa's cheek, she yearned to run over and hug this poor man. But she managed to get a grip on her emotions, "I know how you feel. I'm very far away from all my family, and at times its very hard to keep myself from feeling so alone."
"I.." she moved close, trying to fight her urge to hold him, "I think maybe we might be able to find peace together."
She blushed again. This time much more lightly, "If.. if you don't mind."
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:21 am
Yongnian blushed deeply as he reached out toward her. As his off touched her cheek to wipe away a solitary tear, he felt something he had not before. Silken strings, very fine seemed to be weaving from her to him. He had never felt that before, never been connected. The strings could at any moment break, but for now he was connected. "I think we can." An odd look passed over his face, this was how it felt to connect with people?
It was wonderous and fearful, he wasn't exactly sure what he was feeling.
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:48 pm
"Well," Nagisa smiled softly, "Before we get too far ahead of ourselves.."
Her heart was fluttering; she took a deep breath before she continued, "My name is Nagisa."
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:02 pm
Gently, taking her hoof he kissed it lightly. "I'm Yongnian." He bowed his head in deference to her. His heart was pounding, his whole being was over-whelmed with feelings he'd never experienced before. He had never been connected. Never felt like this. Every moment he gazed at her, every moment he thought of her...the loneliness subsided as he connected with her in a way he had never connected with anyone. If nothing else ever happened, this moment---it could be enough.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:04 pm
Nagisa giggled, blushing more. 'Such a gentleman,' she mused, her heart still fluttering a bit.
"So, Yongnian, where are we going?" she smiled softly and looked into his eyes.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:07 pm
He was smiling, he hadn't smiled like this in a long time. "Do we have to know? Do we have to decide now? Can't we just go wherever we end up, wherever this takes us?" He stared into her eyes, the connection to her had grown stronger. She had such a strong, tangible path to him. It was like he was drawn to like a magnet.
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:18 am
"Well then," Nagisa interlocked their arms and started walking, "You can't get anywhere just standing still. If we don't start moving now, we'll likely stay in that spot for hours."
Her mind was abuzz with thoughts about where this journey might lead them. 'Could this all just be some trick. What if we get lost. How will her children manage...'
She shook her head softly, banishing those thoughts. 'He seems genuine enough. We don't have a destination, so how can we get lost. And the children are all grown up. You have nothing to worry about, Nagisa. So stop it.'
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:53 pm
Yongnian smiled, "That's very true."
For a moment he walked with her quietly, he didn't' have anyone to answer to or to miss him, not anymore. It was refreshing to have someone to talk to, someone who was interested.
He noticed her silence and spoke, "Are you okay? Are you worried?" Was she second guessing this?
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:15 pm
"Passing thoughts about my family. Nothing more."
She smiled brightly. The sun was warm on her skin already, even though the day had hardly begun.
"Are you worried?"
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