Your soulmate is me.

{( Solo: loneliness )} ( TW: SH ) It had been a decent few hours since Fran and Mizuki last spoke. Or days? She couldn't tell, trying to calm herself down. "Fran will be here soon. She.. she must.. she must be here anytime, right..? She.. she wouldn't leave me.." Try as she may, Mizuki couldn't+

Mizuki stood up as well.. looking down, but soon looking up, forcing a smile, as she ran at Francesca, hugging her tightly for a few seconds, around 10, before letting go. "Now you can go.. just wanted a longer embrace before you left.." As she let go, a large door suddenly appeared, leading out.

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

leave yet, but... "...it's time for me to go." She lets go of Mizuki's hand and stands up. Turning to face her, forcing a smile. "Will you let me out of your mind? I can't leave right now without your permission."

"..." Right now, the prospect of spending a few days by herself again without any company from Francesca felt.. terrifying. But it would be selfish to want to stay like this.. "... I'll.. I'll be fine. I won't.. end my own life if that's what you're worried about..." She meant it, though she+

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

going to do is free you from wherever you're trapped. I'm...not sure if I'll be able to contact you during that time though." Turning her gaze back to Mizuki. "Will you be ok without me for a little bit?"

your hand looks best intertwined with mine.

"... you mean it..?" She blushed a bit. B-by that last sentence.. what exactly did she mean..? ... n-no, she shouldn't get ahead of herself. Why would anyone show anything other than pity towards her? "... alright. We'll be here for each other then."

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

"Yes you do..." She senses Mizuki's depression starting to set in again, and moves a little closer to gently nuzzle her cheek. She also gently squeezes her hand. "Everyone needs someone to save them sometimes. Just because you're powerless now doesn't mean you'll always be that way. So all I

Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please...

".. no, it's.. it's fine. I feel bad for receiving your help too, when you need mine.. and I'm just sitting here. Doing nothing." The grass seemed to lose colour for a moment. ".. I don't deserve someone like you saving me." She said, closing her eyes to avoid crying.

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

"I...may need help at times. But I trust that you'll be able to help me when I need it." There was no judgment here. Fran only sees a person in need of comfort, and is the only person who seemingly can penetrate the thick darkness that permeates Mizuki's mind. "If...that's alright. I apologize

"... I hope she can be freed soon..." She doesn't know yet.

"... that would be nice. Your company has been making these days not feel completely hopeless.. so if you could stay by my side afterwards.. I'd love that." She looked over at Fran for a moment. At the one person who was showing her care and comfort. The one person who didn't seem to judge her.

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

"I'd like that..." She scoots just a little closer, keeping her grip on Mizuki's hand. Enjoying the closeness with the friend she'd spent so much time with/ "And in return, I wish to stay by your side when I'm free. I want to free you from what's trapping you, and show you that your life

"... that's good. I'm rooting for them, then, whoever's coming to save you." She smiled. "Uhm.. well, I don't really know how many years it's been, you haven't told me.. but if you want I can teach you.." She wanted to repay the favour Francesca had done to her.. keeping her company..

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

She shakes her head. She didn't want to believe that answer was the right one. She couldn't bear the feeling of leaving her to suffer like that. She wouldn't. "I...suppose you're right. Even still...I wish to help." She looks over to Mizuki, now laying next to her on the patch of grass.

".. that's.. very kind of you. But.. this is my burden. Mine to bear alone. I appreciate the offer, though. You're probably one of the nicest people out there.." She relaxed herself, the mindscape soon turning into a grassy field, with some sparse blossoming cherry trees. They were laying down on+

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

"You're hurting so much. How can I help take the pain away from you? How can I share the burden with you so that you don't have to suffer so?"

She smiled at those words. She was a girl. Was she a girl? She.. she was a girl, yeah. "... It's... Probably a lot to explain. Let's just.. say I've come a long way to get to where I am. A path full of thorns." She looked up to the dark waters above, starting to float up to them. Memories, these+

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

Down, down they went. Fran initially pulled away at the ground pulling her under, but eventually realized that this was intentional. It wouldn't hurt her. She stayed close to Mizuki as they dove further into the mire of her mind. It was suffocating, and the many hands pulling and tearing at her

"... then we'll need to dive deep.. get ready.." She stood up inside the mindscape, Golding her hand out for Fran to grab so she could follow, as the ground began to fade and became a shallow puddle.. Mizuki slowly started to sink, as the ground seemed to swirl under her, slowly swallowing her and+

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Fran lowers herself down to Mizuki's level, keeping a hand on Mizuki's knee to let her know she was there. Just in case the darkness got too thick. "I'm ready to listen."

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"I'm.. I.. I guess.. I guess we can, yeah." She took a deep breath, trying to mentally prepare herself. She was about to reveal deep truths that had been hidden for a long time.. though for these few days she'd been sitting in her room in the lab, Fran had proven she was a great person.. "Ready?"

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

"Maybe..." Fran walks over to Mizuki, offering a hand to the eternally curled up girl. "...maybe we can walk the path together? I've been working tirelessly to defend you against these thoughts, and I'd like to continue doing so."

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"... it's.. something I want to leave buried, honestly.. I'm finally close to being able to leave it behind.." Yet it still hurts. The thoughts of not being worth, not being enough. Ņ̷͓̪̞́̓́o̵̰̳̬͓͛ṭ̴̛̬̲̽ ̷̢̍͘b̴̝͈̊̈́̏̀e̸̜̫̮͌͊͋ḯ̷̦͕͇̦̂̆ǹ̷͔̖ğ̶̡̽̏͠ ̵̧̭͓͆̉a̴̮͈̤̘̾͌͠ ̷̧̹̲̒́̌r̸̙̽e̸͙̳̋a̶̭͌l̷͚̓̌͑͆ ̶̺̼̒ģ̴̮̼̔i̴̖̭̓̍̾̕r̴͕̱͐͌͝ḽ̵̈́̔́̀.̸̋̉͘ All those thoughts still plague her mind, and they aren't getting better, no matter how much+

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

Fran beats away another bad thought with a broom, frowning. "You have been suffering for so long, haven't you?" She takes a moment to collect herself before turning back to her friend. "What plagues you so, Mizuki?"

She honestly couldn't ask for better company right now.. that alone is one of the things that's keeping her from doing that. ... though if she tried it's quite likely that her ribbons would prevent her from doing it.

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

Fran's been keeping herself inside Mizuki's mind for the time being. Keeping her company while she suffers, attempting to shoo away those dark thoughts plaguing her friend's mind!

... yeah. Company really helps in these moments. For both of them.

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

She exists. All she can do is really telepathically communicate at this point. At least she's not alone anymore...

Stolen~

What's with those eyes? Ah, of course it's those eyes.

".. sure, I.. I guess that'd be.. nice." She smiled a bit, face covered in tears, her eyes a bit sore from crying so much. ".. though if I can, I want to try finding a way to set you free, too." She said, for the first time looking at Francesca in the eyes, not looking away or curled up entirely.

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

It was a strange scent indeed. Fran rose back to her feet, casting a soft gaze at the pinkette. "I want to know more about you. As long as I'm trapped, would you permit me to be by your side in your mind?" She hasn't really gone into detail about how she's been trapped...

The flower's scent seems to be a bit bitter, though not entirely unpleasant, it certainly wasn't pretty either. ".. Really..?" She was.. intrigued. Did she really mean that..? She cared about her..? .. of course she did, she'd only seen darkness and someone to fix. Not the disgusting bits inside.

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

"...I think I would. You're one of the very few people I've been able to communicate with in centuries." It's a monochrome garden. It's pretty, in a way. She kneels down to sniff at one of the flowers nearby. "You want to die, and I can't die...what a strange paradox, isn't it?"

There's no happiness to be found anyhow.

"... you're not wrong about that, I suppose. Though Sayori and Wendy are strong, they have each other to support the other's burdens and help each other. ... but realistically.. who'd miss a failure like myself..?" The mindscape seemed to be a garden of sorts, though everything, from the sky, to+

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

"I can't say that they're the most pleasant thoughts I've seen." She walks over to Mizuki, looking around a bit at the mindscape she'd constructed for herself. "I think that ending the pain won't stop things from hurting though. It will just give that pain to someone else."

".. yeah, make yourself at home. Try not to.. look too deep. There are secrets I don't want getting out.. These thoughts aren't that great though, huh? I wish I could try to think of something nicer right now.. but all I can really think of is.. Putting an end to the pain." She said, bluntly. +

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

Francesca can sense this. She can't quite see what's going on, but she can see some of the thoughts floating through Mizuki's mind. "I won't force you to talk about them...but...can I stay with you in here for a while? I can't move right now, and it feels nice to be with someone

"... bad.. bad things happened. I don't really feel like talking about them.." ... she still hasn't gotten used to the void that she feels without Kitty around. It stings so much. Knowing she won't be able to hold her in her arms ever again. To feel that soft fur and cuddle with her whenever she+

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

Francesca appears. Only for Mizuki to see, and only when her eyes are closed, but she's there. "Can you see me? I can see you. Oh, you look pretty." Fran brings a hand up to her lips, giving a soft giggle. "A face like that shouldn't be so sullen, Mizuki. What hurt you so to make your

".. it's alright. But.. sure.." She closed her eyes, after sitting down on the ground, holding her knees as she curled up again, awaiting for something to happen. "..."

Francesca@timewarpkalos.bsky.social · last yr.

The pain was palpable in Mizuki's voice. She'd been asking for help for so long, but...maybe she should spare her some time instead? "You sound so sad...can you close your eyes for me?" Maybe it'd be easier if she could appear in Mizuki's mind instead? This telepathy was allowing it anyway.