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[Delicate snowflakes flutter down, shining stark white in the moonlight against a starless sky, somehow more delicate and intricate than normal snowflakes; special snowflakes. The ground is already coated in perfect, undisturbed white snow, piled in fluffy drifts, except for a single set of footprints.]

[Follow the footprints through the rolling drifts and copses of sweet-smelling evergreens to a lone park bench, and you'll find Yui, hands loose in her lap, bundled up in a scarf, hat, thick red jacket and a pair of jeans. She's vaguely aware that this is a dream, that in reality, she's in a different kind of snowy place--but for now it's nice to get away from it all. It's nice to dream.]

[She sighs and leans back into the bench, her breath fogging in the chilly air, taking a vague but recognizable shape--dispersing just before the pattern can be identified. There's something magic about the snow tonight. She wonders, vaguely, if there's a reason that the constellations in the midnight sky above are hidden from view.]

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[The snow never feels too cold to her. Instead, it makes her feel lively. Ami - perhaps deliberately - fails to look up at the moon, which leads her to notice the pristine landscape broken up by the footprints. She follows them, steps measured and careful.

When they lead her to Yui, Ami pauses as soon as she sees the other girl. How can such an opportunity be resisted? She gives a faint smirk and scoops up some of the snow, tossing it to land right in Yui's lap.]

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[Yui knows who it is before her head swivels to blink at Fell, surprised but not for long. There's something small that she feels like she's lost as the solitude is broken and a second pair of footprints break the snow, but the feeling is fleeting and uselessly nostalgic at best.]

[Smiling in return, she gathers the snow in her lap into a small, hard-packed snowball, tossing it at Ami.]

[The snowball catches her on the arm, no more harmful than her own. She grins, and invites herself to sit beside Yui. She crosses her ankles.]

It's a nice day out today.

[Most people might not say this surrounded by winter.]

[Yui props her elbows up on the back of the bench.]

In a way, maybe. It's awfully cold, though.

I don't mind the cold. It suits me.

[But she takes a second glance at Yui.]

What made you decide to come out?

...I don't remember. Maybe I wanted to think.

[Pause.] This is probably a dream, so it doesn't matter anyway, does it?

If we're able to meet, it should be a dream, right?

[This is said solemnly, almost quietly. There is no way for them to truly be together, no matter how they wish it.]

I won't let go of this dream.

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Someone who gets me like you do has to be a dream. [She ruffles at her bangs.] The universe has been too cruel for this to be reality for either of us.

[A faint smirk, almost dismissive.]

So do you plan to waste the time we have? [And Ami is moving closer.]

[She almost wants to wallow and speak cryptically and tragically a little while longer--strange. Then again, dreams are supposed to be strange, right?]

The average person dreams seven times in a night. I think I can pencil you in for all of them. [Yui doesn't wait. She's not good at waiting. She catches Ami by the lips, half-grinning.]

[It's such a cheesy line, but it works somehow. It gets her to almost smile. Ami leans into the kiss-

But before their lips meet, the ground starts to shake. She leaps up from the bench and grabs for Yui's hand, but they can't quite touch before the earth opens up and they're forced too far away.

So far away she can hardly believe it happened that fast as the quake finally stops and the chasm between them is too wide for even a senshi to leap across.

She yells instead.]

Yui-chaaaaaaan!!

[--what just happened?]

[She teeters at the edge of the huge fissure, gaping down. She could practically taste Ami--but then--]

Ami-chan--what just happened?

Stay back! [Yui you are going to fall! She'll figure something out, just don't fall down into that!]

Ami-chan, I--

[She's at the edge--and the edge starts to crumble as an aftershock hits. With a shrill scream, Yui tumbles over the edge, echoing into the blackness below.]

[Ami-chan. She'd always wanted to be able to be called that, without any hesitation or reservation or worry about just what it meant and if it was proper. Somehow in the dream, that it's Yui doing it just makes even more sense.

And right now, hearing that name in Yui's voice makes her decision. Rashly, impulsively, Ami jumps into the fissure.

Didn't she say it? When there's someone she wants to be with, she won't let them go.]

[Falling, bursts of pain, sickening cracks and a thud and silent, winded scream of agony--]

[Surprise, to find that in pitch blackness she's still alive, still awake, and still able to move.]

[It takes her a good thirty seconds to cough and reclaim her breath. She props herself up on her elbows, still coughing.]

A--Ami-chan--

[Clear thinking would have dictated finding another way to help her (but what if it was too late?) or deciding nothing could have been done.

Instead, Ami lands trying to protect Yui. She winces as they hit.]

Yui-chan. You're not hurt.

[Why... can she almost hear herself saying those words in a higher, breathier voice. Like her self from years ago?]

I'm not dead.

[A shuddering breath.] And you aren't either. These dreams...

[It's true. They should be injured pretty badly, at best, after that fall.]

Don't fall again. Next time might be different.

[She's fumbling in the darkness, reaching out for Ami.]

But you'd still come after me.

[Ami slides her hand along the ground, groping blindly for Yui's and using Yui's voice to find where she should be. She'll worry about standing up and getting their bearings once they've found each other.]

I told you before: I won't let it go.

[All of a sudden she feels Fell's and and makes to grab it tightly, almost gasping in relief.]

You won't blame me for being skeptical after my last experience with that kind of promise.

[No. But she's learned that sometimes, people turn their words into truth, too. And there's no harm voicing her own intentions.]

Come on. More importantly, we need to find a way to climb up.

[She gets to her feet slowly, taking note of the lack of excruciating pain. It's a little disconcerting simply because it's not natural.]

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This is a dream. Is it really more important?

[--and now she's just doing it to tease, getting up, still a little shell-shocked..]

I won't be trapped in a dream, either.

Fair enough.

[Feeling along the walls.]

Here. There are some handholds.

[she runs her fingers over them to be sure.]

[Yui follows, frowning.]

--somehow this doesn't exactly seem safe.

No. But staying here isn't safe, either.

True enough.

[She brushes her fingers over the wall, finding a handhold, and grabs hold of it. Silently she wills for a light, or an easier way up--but the dream isn't indulgent.]

[It's slow going, but there it is: Ami continues her careful progress, always with their hands joined. If one of them stumbles, the other can - hopefully - steady them.]

And when we reach the top?

[Yui pauses in her progress, but only briefly, stomach knotting in worry. It's become decidedly nightmare-like.]

We'll see, won't we?

We'll see.

[It's an echo of agreement, and soon enough they're so close that she strains the last little distance.]

Just another few inches.

[Yui's only answer is a grunt of exertion. She finally pulls herself up over the edge, panting, and lies on the ground for a moment to catch her breath.]

[Ami lifts herself up and out of the fissure. She lets herself lay beside Yui, not moving for several moments.]

[After a few moments of catching her breath, she turns her head to face Ami.]

Are you alright?

I'm fine. [The only she'd ever give to that question.]

Let's go before the ground becomes unstable again.

Mm. [Yui nods and pushes to her feet. The landscape has changed; the bench is gone, and so is the snow. It's still chilly, but instead of snowdrifts, the barren, flat ground is covered in patches of ice.]

Which way?

Shouldn't you be the one to decide, in your own land?

If I had full control, do you think that earthquake would have happened?

[The earthquake. No, that makes her nervous for an entirely different reason.]

It doesn't matter. The tremors stopped now.

[But earthquakes were the domain of the element of, of course, Earth...]

But what if they start again?

We'll take care of that when it comes.

Ami-chan...

What are we supposed to do to "take care of it?"

We'll climb back up again. [But right this moment, there's no way to predict exactly what would happen.]

[It's not an answer that satisfies her, but she purses her lips, picks a random direction, and starts walking anyway.]

[It's the only answer they have, yet.]

There's no choice for the time being.

I know.

Besides. I won't let go this time either.

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Wish 001

going with their previous CR-ish for this, to set up evented when we get there 8D

alrighty <3

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she'll keep you warm yui bb

lmfao

and cue melodrama start

Oh, Amimamohome ♥♥♥

YUIAKSAGI!!!! <3333

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I'm sorry these suck |D she's being. kind of quiet.

no worries, hon <3

;;

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/SUCKS

DO NOT

DO TOO ;;

LIES

B|

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