forgotten_titan | Memory 003: (Backdated to after the Thanksgiving nuclear event)

(When Tara woke up after her first death, her initial reaction was to throw her quilt covers off and gasp for air. Dying from radiation poisoning is horrible, and the slow death had definitely hit her hard. Things get even more confusing for her when she notices that she's back in her bed, totally healthy and alive. She scrambles for the curtains; the sight of Mayfield, back to normal, both relieves her and scares her.)

Action: 625 Topper Street and around

(Tara's inching out the door of her house nervously. She keeps looking around, half-expecting a cannibal to pop out of nowhere. There's a box out on the doorstep that has her name on it though, so she HAS to go out. Unwrapping it where she stands, her apprehension changes to surprise, then happiness, and then sadness as she stares at the photograph of her and her father that Mayfield had just sent to her.

If you're around, you'll notice her staring glumly at the picture. Wanna ask her how she's feeling?)

Action: Mayfield High
(She seems out of it today. Instead of studiously taking notes like usual during class, she just seems to be staring out the window vacantly, her pencil idly tracing around her books. Teachers may need to grab her attention before they'll get even a reaction out of her, while fellow classmates are free to ask her what's wrong.)

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Ummm...hi, this might sound like a weird question to ask but...does anyone have any practice swords or something that I can borrow?

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[In between classes, Tara gets a tap on her shoulder. Ruri looks slightly different from before but nods.]

You don't look all right. Do you want to skip the next class?

[Here's Yuna, trudging along looking similarly glum and also holding a picture in her hands. As she passes by Tara, she notices the other girl's expression and stops.]

Hey. Town send you back a depressing picture too?

Huh?

(She rubs her arm, unsure. She's never been the type to skip class...her dad would be disappointed in her.)

I don't know...I've never skipped class before.

Hey.

(She nods at Yuna's question.)

Yeah. I mean, it's not a bad picture, it's just...it's a picture of my dad, and I miss him a lot.

[Yuna nods sympathetically.]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I guess the town decided it wasn't making the holidays depressing enough, huh?

Yeah...

You got a picture like that too?

I was made the guidance counselor here. Its not skipping class if you are given an appointment.

Yup, sure did.

[Another nod as Yuna hands the picture over for Tara to take a look. It's a picture of her as a little girl, smiling and laughing with her parents.]

I mean, it was bad enough reminding me about dad, but...

[She probably doesn't really need to actually say the rest of that. It's from when her mom was still alive.]

(Tara looks at it, and she understands. She knows your pain Yuna.)

Your parents look like really nice people.

(She shows Yuna her picture as well. It's one of her dad and her, taken at the carnival.)

I just got out of hospital when this picture was taken; I was in a coma for four months. Dad thought that I needed some cheering up, so he took me to the carnival. He knows I love carnivals.

Man, I ate so much cotton candy and pie I nearly got sick again.

Yeah, they're the best.

[Picture exchange! Yuna laughs a little at the story, smiling at the picture.]

You guys look really happy together. I bet your dad's a pretty great guy.

(She hesitates, but Ruri does have a point. And she really needs to talk about this.)

...OK. Thanks Ruri.

Yeah, he is. He's a really serious guy most of the time, and it's really hard to get him to smile, or laugh. But he really does care about me, and he's always there for me when I need help.

(She pauses, feeling another wave of homesickness hit her.)

I'm sorry, I never introduced myself. I'm Tara.

[She smiles slightly and nods]

I just got back after a few years away. The time here is a complete disaster, but lets go to my office.

[She nods a bit and points down the hall]

(If Tara was not so down, she would've been more shocked and surprised. But at this point, she's so down that the only thing she can say is:)

Is that why you look a little different?

(She follows Ruri down the hall.)

It is. There was the nuclear winter, then I woke up at home, and two and a half years passed. It was odd.

[She opens the door to her office]

I got chocolates with caramel if you would like some.

Haha, my dad's like the total opposite! He's really goofy, and can't do anything right without me there. But he's always been there for me too, and I really love him a lot.

[She gives a bit of a wistful smile.]

Nice to meet you, Tara. I'm Yuna.

*Sniper is in front of the house with his regain. Yes that beat up Land Rover that's now parked in the driveway. He's almost grinning as he runs the hose over it, a bucket of soapy water standing by to wash it off.

It showed up exactly how he left it. With the blood of a spy spread all over the side of it. He glances over at his not!daughter with the box.*

You get anythin' good?

[ Guess who's going out of his way to check up on her? And by out of the way, I mean totally entering a class that isn't actually his because seriously who cares?

...Squall isn't exactly the best as expression his own emotions, but he can read others pretty well. And she doesn't look too happy. But who would be, after what had just happened? ]

Hey.

Hey.

(She can monotone too! And offer one sentence replies!)

(She's too down to even comment on the blood. But she does glance up at his direction when he asks her that question.)

Yeah, sorta.

Thanks, but no thanks.

(She sits at the chair and waits nervously.)

So, umm...I guess this makes you my teacher now, huh?

Nice to meet you too, Yuna.

(She responds with a tentative smile of her own.)

I'd like to meet your dad, maybe he could teach mine to relax.

I guess. I don't know, I'm only just 18, and most of my days involve sitting in here, watching America steal my peanut butter cups. The drones don't need guidance and most of the non drones have their own people to talk to.

(The words "America" and "peanut butter cups" gets Ruri a confused look from Tara.)

There's a person called "America" here?

(And she thought her name was bad enough to be so similar to someone who tried to take over a city. But being called after a country? She can't imagine the amount of teasing the poor guy must've gone through as a kid.)

There is. He is a teacher here. He has another name too, but I can't quite remember what it is.

Apparently several people here are the embodiment of countries. Its odd, but not the oddest thing I've seen here.

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