[003 ☿] Amusement Park Outing!

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Tinny carnival music and excited chatter fill the air along with the mechanical creaking of the typical assortment of rides.

The Juuban amusement park. How many times has she been here? Familiarity doesn't seem to dampen Ami's enthusiasm, even now that she's older. It's a place tied to her subconscious - clearly, as here it is in her dream, and she'd even tried building it with Ariadne once. She smiles brightly, and goes from one entertainment to the next like a child again.

An older couple, their hands joined and both of them clearly very much in love, are never far from sight. They bear a familial resemblance to the young doctor: her parents, never divorced. A whole and loving family, forever. A young girl, almost the very picture of Ami herself, walks with them and calls them Grandma and Grandpa.

"Father has many things to attend to today, but he'll meet us here in an hour," Ami assures her daughter when she has a moment between rides and game booths. A family tradition, she could call it now. She likes that thought. "He always keeps his promises, doesn't he?" Her reward is a broad smile and a nod before the little girl runs off again. Ami, too, seems to trust this promise from her husband as she straightens to her full height and smiles quietly to herself.

(ooc: Anyone who comes is begged welcome to be her dear friend, as her ~perfect dream~ would definitely involve having a lot of friendships. Short version of dream changes: her parents never divorced, she is now married with children and a happy family life herself. She still has success in a rewarding medical career.)

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[waterfell.livejournal.com]

It's a good compromise. [And, more quietly, an excuse to spend more time together with Aerith before they go their separate ways.]

Shall we go, then? [Ami heads right for the ferris wheel to get on; once again, there's no line to wait through, not here.]

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

Right, let's go! [ And they can enjoy the sights from the top. ]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Ami sits still in silence as the ferris wheel begins to climb. She looks out across the view and smiles to herself before she finally turns back to Aerith.]

You like this sort of peaceful thing.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

You do too. [ Ami did agree to go on this twice. ]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

What I like is just the view. From up here, it's like all of it is small and far away.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

[ She leans forward, peering at the sights ahead. She likes being close to them. ] The open air. That's what I like. You can really feel the wind up here.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Ami straightens her posture and looks over at Aerith.]

Could it be what you want is the freedom?

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

... Does it always have to have another meaning? [ Granted, a lot of things do with her. But still. The question makes her feel a little odd because within the dream, there is no particular reason why she should desire freedom. She is free to live a normal life, have a boyfriend, do whatever she wants. ]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[It's a flaw in Ami, not in Aerith; that constant search for the deeper motives, the similarities.]

Maybe not. But a lot of times, it does.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

I think, this time ... it's just the feeling of being up so high.

... But now we're going down again. [ AWWW ... ]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Maybe you're right. I'm overthinking it.

[She has that tendency to alarming extremes at times. Ami settles back in her seat and seems to relax - a little.]

If you don't like it, we can make him stop it at the top. [Or, well, here before they go down much further.]