Library; Wednesday [ 10/02 ]

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Adah limped into the library this Wednesday, October the Second, supposedly the Year of Their Lord Two Thousand Seven without the usual armful of books; it was a sad moment for her, really, as she instead had to clutch to a thermos of hot tea to aid in soothing her throat, which was inexplicably sore these past few days. She felt unbalanced without the books. And she let out a soft sigh when she saw the stack of books that needed to be put away on the desk, waiting for her, as though her usual stack was displaced, leaning tower of literature.

She dropped into the chair, looking at them idly, and decided that she'd just read them instead of putting them away.

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Re: Second Period -- 10/02

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

Funny how that worked, that those were were supposed to be protecting us are left hurting us the most. Even wit hthe ants, her mother, not without her guilt, leaving Adah to be completely consumed if it weren't for Anatole...

Adah drew in a breath, trying to cut off the flow of thoughts; her fingers twitched a little under River's light touch, and she hoped that River didn't take her lack of response as anything against her. She had a habit of closing herself down over things like this; it demanded a lot of her mental facilities, and so her energy almost transfered entirely to it, and then it left her exhausted, mind, body, and soul. If she even had one of the last.

Re: Second Period -- 10/02

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"Recurring pattern," River agreed. Her own parents had abandoned her after all. "Exceptions become important." She suddenly wanted Adah to meet Simon, imagining they would get along quite well. She kept her fingertips against Adah's hand, prepared to pull away should Adah want her to.

Re: Second Period -- 10/02

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Adah didn't really move hardly at all at this point; she knew what had happened, understood it perfectly. Her anger, disappointment was so sharp that it took all the juice out of her half brain and left it quiet, dormant, simple. No more dancing; they'd hit a center. An unexpected one, like a nail on the head, driving it into the coffin of her brain functions.

She felt bad; she didn't mean for this to happen, to suddenly become just dead flesh when River expected more from her. She was tired, and she missed Leah, for the first time since leaving Africa. At times like this, she needed her other half to do what she no longer had the energy for.

Re: Second Period -- 10/02

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"Find a book to rest in?" River tilted her head, slowly pulling away her hand. Most people got tired of dancing before River did, and it didn't bother her. She sat up, swinging her legs over the edge of the desk.

Re: Second Period -- 10/02

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Adah made a soft, small noise into her arm. She had Japanese homework she should be working on. The jumbled structures of their sentences might help her feel a little back in her crooked place again.

Re: Second Period -- 10/02

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River slipped off the desk, then turned to face Adah, smiling. She took a step backwards, towards the door, then another one. "Dance at the party with me?" She hoped Adah understood by now that River didn't expect anything from her that she couldn't do, that she only asked for things that Adah had a very particular talent for. Still, she was nervous, concerned that she was pushing Adah into a corner and far away, and to chase that away River spun around, before resuming walking backwards.

Re: Second Period -- 10/02

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Adah recalled that one of the first things River had ever remarked to her was how loud Adah's thoughts tended to be, so she didn't worry about the thought that she would, to the best of her abilities, try not reaching the retreating River.

Re: Second Period -- 10/02

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Adah got a quick smile and then River disappeared, quietly slipping out of the door.