aqua catchall

[sonorant]

I LOVE YOU MISS AQUAAAAA YOU DESERVE THE WOOOOORLD

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[keeper]

[ they're not exactly sad tears. but they aren't exactly happy, either.

aqua smiles, regardless. ]

...Thank you for singing. Yes, it did.

[ she doesn't go into the details unless robin asks. ]

Is this a song you wrote...?

[sonorant]

[ they have just met, and it is a little rude to pry into the reason behind a lovely girl's tears. ]

As long as it didn't upset you too much.... I only hope my songs can bring a little peace to those who hear them.

[keeper]

Not at all. I was just moved. ...It's been a very long time since I've heard anyone sing.

I definitely feel more at ease, thank you.

[ aqua's not particularly secretive at least, just more interested in learning about her companion moreso than sharing about herself. ]

May I ask your name...?

[sonorant]

There are too many of you who have bereft of song. [ it's a little said to her. ] If the emotions of my song can be conveyed, I'm glad.

I'm Robin.

[keeper]

Is that so...? That's unfortunate. But I'm sure they're just as grateful to hear you sing.

[ SO MANY SAD BITCHES IN THIS GAME ]

It's nice to meet you, Robin. I'm Aqua.

[sonorant]

[ ALL OF YOU, STOP BEING SO SAD. EMBRACE HOPE or something. ]

It's a pleasure, Miss Aqua. I can only hope our circumstances become better with time.

[ or that they are given something so they can make it better themselves. ]

[keeper]

[ you can be sad and hopeful simultaneously...!! ]

I'm sure they will.

[ see! hopeful!! (and then the npc intro happens oops...) ]

Can I ask what you were doing before you woke up here?

[sonorant]

I was waking up from a dream. Do you remember the last thing you were doing before you arrived?

[keeper]

A dream...?

[ that piques her curiosity even more. ]

...I was trapped in something like a dream, too. More of a nightmare, you could say.

[sonorant]

Penacony is a planet where you can enter a dream world.

[ her expression dims appropriately for aqua being trapped in a nightmare. ]

That's terrible. Did you manage to escape? Could you wake up?

[keeper]

Oh? I've never heard of it. Was it a nice dream...?

...I woke up here, actually. If it weren't for everyone else around, I would've believed I was still in the same place.

[ technically, she hasn't really escaped. ]

[sonorant]

Most people think so.

[ oh, no. it's something she can understand on some level. ]

Were you alone in the nightmare?

[keeper]

But not you?

[ ...she nods. ]

I was.

[sonorant]

I have been away long enough that my opinion is not as informed as it could be.

[ she has no comment to give. ]

I am sorry, Miss Aqua. To face a nightmare is terrible enough, but to face it alone is even worse.

[keeper]

...Away?

[ she shakes her head. ]

Thank you, but it's all right. I'm not alone here.